Recaps

The year-end assessment narrowed to four as Yutian surrendered to Kagami and Yinglang advanced through a series of apparent accidents. Yinglang reached the final against Kagami, leaving Yutian wondering whether he could actually win.

• Yutian fought Kagami but gave up after Yinglang warned him that continuing could leave him injured and unable to train.
• Yinglang defeated Uchiha Honoikazuchi when a fall tore Honoikazuchi's trousers, forcing Tetsu Uchiha to declare Yinglang the winner.
• Kagami defeated Uchiha Tomohisa, while Yinglang advanced past Uchiha Ken after Ken's pouch came loose and Yinglang's fall swept his ankle.
• Tetsu Uchiha announced that Kagami and Yinglang would meet in the final after an hour's rest.
• Yinglang reassured Yutian with a subtle look as he was helped away, and Yutian began to think he might have a chance against Kagami.

Uchiha Yinglang dropped his act and briefly overpowered Kagami, who awakened his Sharingan and turned the fight around. As Kagami prepared to finish him, Yinglang revealed that he had awakened an identical one-tomoe Sharingan.

• Kagami began the final match by advancing on Yinglang, who dodged two casual strikes with seemingly clumsy accidents.
• Yinglang stopped pretending, caught Kagami's full-force punch, twisted his arm off balance, and kicked him down to one knee.
• Kagami accused Yinglang of pretending, then awakened his one-tomoe Sharingan and attacked at increased speed.
• Kagami struck Yinglang in the ribs and swept at his supporting leg, leaving him hurt and struggling to stay upright.
• As Kagami prepared a finishing blow, Yinglang looked up and revealed his own one-tomoe Sharingan.

During the year-end assessment, five-year-old Yinglang revealed his awakened Sharingan and countered Kagami Uchiha’s attacks with precise, unconventional techniques. After Yinglang dismantled Kagami’s Great Fireball with chakra-guided shuriken, he asked whether Kagami still wanted to fight.

• Yinglang revealed a One-Tomoe Sharingan, shocking Kagami and the children watching the assessment.
• Yinglang evaded Kagami’s punch with a flexible backward fall and struck Kagami’s wrist, sending the punch off course.
• Kagami used Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, but Yinglang sent three chakra-threaded shuriken into critical points and dispersed the fireball.
• Yinglang caught the returning shuriken and claimed his technique was called “Ninja Art: Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique,” though he had just invented it.
• Yinglang asked the pale-faced Kagami whether he still wanted to fight.

Uchiha Yinglang defeated Uchiha Kagami in the year-end assessment despite Kagami awakening a two-tomoe Sharingan during their fight. Tetsu Uchiha declared Yinglang the ultimate winner.

• Kagami's rage caused his Sharingan to evolve to two tomoe, and he launched a faster, more dangerous attack on Yinglang.
• Yinglang dodged Kagami's knife-hand and used a curving shuriken to wound him and set up a scissor sweep that knocked him down.
• Kagami began forming hand seals for a Fire Release attack, but Yinglang appeared behind him and held a shuriken to his neck.
• Yinglang taunted Kagami that the Sharingan could not see behind him, and Kagami dropped his hands without completing the attack.
• Tetsu Uchiha announced that Uchiha Yinglang had won the year-end assessment.

After Yinglang defeated Kagami in the year-end assessment, the victory reshaped Uchiha clan opinion and drew the attention of Konoha’s leaders. Tobirama chose to take Kagami as his disciple and marked Yinglang as a major threat to watch, while Yinglang sensed that events had only begun.

• News spread through the Uchiha Clan Compound that five-year-old Yinglang had awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan and defeated Kagami with his Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique.
• Elder Xuan reviewed Tetsu Uchiha’s assessment record, ordered Liuli to monitor Yuanguang’s household, and asked her to bring Yinglang to see him.
• Yutian punched a tree until his hands bled, then reconsidered his ideas about strength and resolved to follow a more patient path.
• Hashirama Senju praised Yinglang’s achievement, while Tobirama Senju warned that the victory shifted influence within the Uchiha and decided to take Kagami as his disciple.
• Tobirama classified Yinglang as a high-priority threat requiring close surveillance and contingency plans.
• Yinglang finished his Evening Chakra Refinement (fake), caught a snowflake beneath Elder Xuan’s veranda, and silently thought that it had finally begun.

After Uchiha Gen was gravely wounded in an ambush by the Tsuchigumo Clan, Yinglang suspected Yuanguang Uchiha of arranging the attack to seize power and align the Uchiha with Konoha. Yinglang revealed his forbidden technique and was authorized to manage clan affairs while Uchiha Gen recovered, leaving him poised to move against Yuanguang.

• Uchiha Lei arrived bloodied and reported that the Tsuchigumo Clan had ambushed Uchiha Gen with Raging Hair Heaven.
• Yinglang questioned Uchiha Gen about who knew of his trip and accused Yuanguang Uchiha of conspiring with outsiders to kill him.
• Yinglang revealed his Qi Family Saber and claimed he had secretly practiced the Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique, then demonstrated its strength by tearing apart a heavy stone mortar.
• Yinglang proposed rallying the clan against Yuanguang Uchiha by spreading suspicion, demonstrating strength, and winning over dissatisfied members.
• Uchiha Gen authorized Yinglang to handle clan affairs, especially the matter of Yuanguang Uchiha, and warned him to be careful.

Yinglang accused Yuanguang of arranging Elder Xuan’s attack and won the elders’ approval to take over Xuan’s authority while the investigation continued. Tobirama learned of Yinglang’s rise and ordered the ANBU to watch him closely as he considered how to act before the child grew stronger.

• Yinglang confronted the Uchiha elders and accused Yuanguang of leaking Elder Xuan’s route to the Tsuchigumo Clan.
• Yinglang argued that Yuanguang had betrayed the Uchiha and Konoha, then demanded that Yuanguang be removed while he exercised Elder Xuan’s authority.
• Uchiha En and the other elders backed Yinglang, temporarily stripping Yuanguang of office and ordering him to remain at home.
• Tobirama reviewed a report on Yinglang’s actions and lifespan-consuming Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique, then ordered the ANBU to monitor Yinglang and report everything he did.

Kagami resolved to grow stronger and prove his father’s path was right after Yuanguang’s downfall. Meanwhile, Hashirama and Tobirama argued over the danger of Yinglang’s forbidden technique, and Yinglang used a newly acquired feng shui method to detect tensions in the Uchiha clan, especially around Kagami.

• Kagami blamed the clan and Yinglang for his father’s fall, then decided to train harder and challenge Yinglang through strength earned fairly.
• Hashirama confronted Tobirama about whether he had arranged the attack on Tsuchigumo, and Tobirama defended the need to counter the Uchiha’s Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique.
• Tobirama warned that the technique could let the Uchiha turn children into powerful, loyal fighters, and Hashirama was shaken by the possibility of children being made to fight.
• Yinglang received a fragment of the Book of Shaking the Dragon through his weekly draw and learned a method for observing feng shui and the flow of qi.
• Yinglang sensed resentment around Yuanguang’s residence spreading toward Kagami, whose aura suggested conflict between his Uchiha origins and the Will of Fire.
• Yinglang marked the locations with unusual auras on a map and planned to visit them, especially Kagami’s training spot.

While watching over the injured Elder Xuan, Yinglang comforted Liuli and gave her a Fake Immortality Pill for her father, bringing them closer and prompting her to offer help with clan affairs. The next morning, Yinglang prepared to face the Elders' Council and received a message that Tobirama wanted to see him.

• Liuli blamed herself for Elder Xuan's condition, and Yinglang reassured her that they were family and shared responsibility for his care.
• Yinglang gave Liuli a Fake Immortality Pill that might prolong Elder Xuan's life, and she accepted it with gratitude and concern for Yinglang.
• Liuli offered to help Yinglang with minor clan affairs, and they agreed to keep watch together after a medical ninja reported Elder Xuan was stable.
• At dawn, Yinglang left Liuli sleeping and reflected on the strength he concealed behind his apparent jonin-level chakra.
• Uchiha Lei told Yinglang that Elder Yuanguang had claimed to be ill and that Tobirama wanted Yinglang to visit the Hokage Office.

Yinglang confronted Tobirama Senju over Yuanguang’s punishment and Konoha’s control of the Uchiha, then awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan. His resolve to leave the Uchiha and establish the Toyotomi House hardened, and he headed to speak with the recovering Elder Xuan before departing.

• Yinglang decided he could no longer remain in the Uchiha Clan and reaffirmed his plan to establish the Toyotomi House, while intending to repay Elder Xuan’s kindness first.
• Yutian told Yinglang that Tobirama Senju had summoned him again and that Kagami had been training furiously after Yuanguang lost his authority.
• Yinglang told Tobirama Senju that Yuanguang should be stripped of his chakra and expelled, then resisted Tobirama’s demand for a compliant Uchiha.
• Yinglang’s anger at Tobirama Senju triggered the awakening of his three-tomoe Sharingan, which Tobirama briefly noticed.
• Yinglang tested his Sharingan in a deserted alley, sensed a closer connection between it and his dragon essence, and went to visit Elder Xuan.

Yinglang told Elder Xuan that Konoha’s hostility toward the Uchiha made the clan’s future unsafe and proposed secretly creating a refuge outside the Land of Fire. Elder Xuan approved the plan and agreed to arrange trusted scouts, while Yinglang considered possible locations for the base and the future Toyotomi House.

• Yinglang told Elder Xuan that his three tomoe Sharingan had awakened during his confrontation with Tobirama.
• Yinglang accused Konoha’s leadership, especially Tobirama, of treating the Uchiha as threats and warned that an opportunity to destroy the clan was approaching.
• Yinglang proposed building a secret base outside the Land of Fire to shelter Uchiha clansmen, particularly children and promising youths, if they had to flee Konoha.
• Elder Xuan warned that discovery could be treated as treason, but agreed to provide trusted people and asked Yinglang about possible locations.
• Yinglang suggested sending discreet, reliable people who were already considered dead to investigate sites without drawing Anbu attention.
• After leaving Elder Xuan, Yinglang considered Rōran, the Land of Demons, and the Land of Ghosts, while favoring undiscovered land as the foundation for the future Toyotomi House.

After awakening his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Yinglang explored how its spiritual power fused with his dragon essence and assessed his growing strength. He concluded that he had entered ordinary Kage level, with the potential to challenge strong Kage, and began considering how to advance his plans.

• Yinglang tested the fused gray-white qi, which silently pulverized stone and corroded a wooden post from within.
• Yinglang divided shinobi strength into tiers from weak Kage through Six Paths level and judged his physical power to be at least that of an ordinary Kage.
• Yinglang activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and used infused qi to destroy a post through a precise, corrosive attack.
• Yinglang combined dragon essence and Sharingan power, crossed the threshold into Kage level, and cut through a post and reinforced stone wall with a qi blade.
• Yinglang judged himself firmly within ordinary Kage level and possibly near strong Kage in combat, while recognizing his lack of experience against equal opponents.
• Yinglang left the training ground at dawn and considered accelerating his overseas base, Uchiha escape route, and Toyotomi House plans while preparing to catch up to Tobirama Senju.

Yinglang used South Wind and the Anywhere Door to discover and reach a vast, undeveloped continent south of the Land of Fire, which he named Great Britain and planned to rule himself. He concealed the continent from Elder Xuan, instead proposing a separate escape base for the Uchiha in the Land of Ghosts.

• Yinglang observed migratory birds, then used Reverse Summoning to travel with South Wind to a vast southern continent with no shinobi civilization.
• Yinglang anchored the Anywhere Door between the new continent and his underground training ground, then explored the area and found abundant resources and scattered Stone Age tribes.
• Yinglang named his intended nation Great Britain and decided not to let the Uchiha Clan become involved in its development.
• Yinglang told Elder Xuan that scouts had found remote islands but recommended establishing a secret Uchiha escape base in the Land of Ghosts instead.
• Elder Xuan agreed to select trusted clan members for the Land of Ghosts plan while Yinglang kept Great Britain under his sole control.

Yinglang began establishing Great Britain on the British Continent, choosing Yutian to govern it and giving him a new source of power. After laying the settlement’s first foundations, Yinglang renewed his ties with Tsume Inuzuka and Kurama Unkai as potential allies for the future.

• Yinglang planned Great Britain around a directly ruled core territory, frontier noble domains, and chartered colonial companies.
• Yinglang brought Yutian through the Anywhere Door, explained the dangers and purpose of the new land, and gained his pledge to serve as its governor.
• Yinglang replaced Yutian’s chakra seed with one shaped by his dragon essence, strengthening Yutian and binding his power to Yinglang.
• Yinglang trained Yutian in governing and development, while the two recruited a nearby tribe with gifts and demonstrations of power and began building New London.
• Yinglang visited Tsume Inuzuka and Kurama Unkai, renewed their friendship, and quietly considered them future recruits for the Toyotomi Clan.

Yinglang lured Yuanguang into betraying Elder Xuan and fed false intelligence to the Tsuchigumo chief, then killed them both in a staged ambush. The Uchiha clan concluded that Yuanguang had conspired with the Tsuchigumo and that their meeting ended in mutual murder.

• Yuanguang agreed to give the Tsuchigumo chief information about Elder Xuan and Yinglang in exchange for help reclaiming power.
• Yutian, disguised as a Tsuchigumo envoy, gathered Yuanguang's intelligence while Yinglang arranged for false reports to reach the Tsuchigumo chief.
• The Tsuchigumo chief and four fighters entered an abandoned training ground to ambush Elder Xuan, but an enhanced trap killed the four fighters and wounded the chief.
• Yinglang killed the Tsuchigumo chief, found Yuanguang hiding nearby, and killed him after mocking him and disarming his attack.
• Yinglang planted misleading evidence and traces at the scene to frame Yuanguang and the Tsuchigumo for conspiring and killing one another.
• Uchiha En's patrol found the bodies, and the clan accepted the staged account that Yuanguang and the Tsuchigumo chief had died in a betrayal and counterattack.

Rumors within the Tsuchigumo Clan blamed Tobirama Senju for using their clan leader and covering up his death, while Tobirama manipulated Kagami Uchiha’s grief to secure his loyalty. The chapter ended with Tobirama ordering an investigation after learning the Tsuchigumo were mobilizing and clashing with Konoha patrols.

• Tsuchigumo clansmen spread suspicions that Tobirama Senju had used their clan leader and silenced the truth about his death.
• Kagami Uchiha told Tobirama Senju that Uchiha elders had removed his father Yuanguang’s portrait from the clan shrine.
• Tobirama comforted Kagami and encouraged his resentment toward the Uchiha, prompting Kagami to swear lifelong loyalty to him and the Will of Fire.
• An Anbu reported that the Tsuchigumo were spreading accusations against Konoha, contacting other dissatisfied clans, and clashing with border patrols.
• Tobirama ordered the Anbu to find the source of the rumors and identify the Tsuchigumo leaders behind the unrest.

Hashirama Senju confronted Tobirama Senju over Yuanguang’s death, then apologized on Konoha’s behalf to the Tsuchigumo and Uchiha clans. Madara Uchiha returned and challenged Hashirama at the Valley of the End, and Hashirama set out to meet him.

• Hashirama Senju accused Tobirama Senju of engineering Yuanguang’s death, but Tobirama defended his actions as necessary for Konoha’s stability.
• Hashirama Senju went alone to the Tsuchigumo Clan compound, knelt, and apologized for Konoha’s failure to protect the clan leader.
• Hashirama Senju visited the Uchiha compound and knelt before Elder Xuan, Yinglang, and Liuli to apologize for the clan’s losses.
• Yinglang interpreted Hashirama’s apologies as an attempt to separate the Hokage’s responsibility from Tobirama’s, while Elder Xuan said trust between the Uchiha and Konoha had been broken.
• Madara Uchiha’s chakra swept over Konoha, and he roared a challenge to Hashirama at the Valley of the End.
• Hashirama Senju heard Madara’s challenge and headed south toward the Valley of the End.

Madara Uchiha confronted Hashirama Senju in the Valley of the End, condemning him for kneeling to address Konoha’s tragedies and accusing the village of betraying their shared ideals. Madara joined forces with the Nine-Tails, and Hashirama began using Wood Release as their battle started.

• Madara Uchiha confronted Hashirama Senju with the Nine-Tails and accused him of abandoning his strength by kneeling before Tsuchigumo and the Uchiha.
• Hashirama explained that he had accepted responsibility for Yuanguang’s death and the Tsuchigumo clan leader’s death, and said his actions came from duty rather than weakness.
• Madara blamed Konoha, Tobirama Senju, and the Will of Fire for Izuna’s death and the Uchiha’s decline, rejecting Hashirama’s offer to talk.
• Madara released the Nine-Tails, covered himself in its chakra, and challenged Hashirama to stop him.
• The Nine-Tails roared as Hashirama formed hand seals and unleashed Wood Release, beginning their battle.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha fought at the Valley of the End, escalating their battle into a clash between True Several Thousand Hands and Perfect Susanoo: Nine-Tails Form. Yinglang used Feng Shui Observation and suspected the Sage of Six Paths was secretly replenishing and protecting Hashirama, potentially tipping the battle’s outcome.

• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha exchanged Wood Release attacks and Tailed Beast Bombs, with Hashirama surviving Madara’s blast behind the Bracken Shield Technique.
• Madara Uchiha encased the Nine-Tails in Perfect Susanoo and attacked Hashirama with its chakra sword.
• Hashirama Senju entered Sage Art mode and summoned True Several Thousand Hands to meet Madara’s attack.
• The collision between the two giants unleashed shock waves that damaged the Valley of the End and injured distant spectators.
• Yinglang observed the forces clashing and noticed pale golden light subtly restoring and purifying Hashirama’s momentum.
• Yinglang suspected the Sage of Six Paths was secretly favoring Hashirama, leaving the battle’s balance tilted.

Hashirama Senju defeated Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End, sealed the wounded Nine-Tails, and collapsed from his injuries. As Tobirama Senju took command and Uchiha Yinglang withdrew with his clan, Madara’s apparent death concealed an Izanagi prepared to bring him back.

• Hashirama Senju fatally wounded Madara Uchiha with a Wood Release Spear during their final clash, while both fighters and the Nine-Tails were left gravely injured.
• Hashirama Senju subdued and sealed the Nine-Tails, then lost consciousness in Tobirama Senju’s arms.
• Tobirama Senju ordered Hashirama’s treatment, secured the battlefield, and confirmed that Madara Uchiha appeared to be dead.
• Tobirama Senju and Uchiha Yinglang briefly assessed each other across the battlefield before Yinglang led the Uchiha away to prepare for Konoha’s coming turmoil.
• Izanagi, prepared in Madara Uchiha’s corpse at the cost of one Sharingan, began counting down toward his resurrection.

After the battle left Hashirama gravely wounded and Konoha damaged, Yinglang used the crisis to push for a massive expansion of the Uchiha-controlled Military Police Force. He then had Anbu watchers killed and reported as foreign spies, leaving Tobirama furious and their covert struggle openly hostile.

• At a postwar meeting, Yinglang proposed greatly expanding the Konoha Military Police Force and securing more village funding, and Tobirama said the plan was open to discussion pending review.
• Yutian reported that Anbu were watching the Uchiha Compound and that disguised agents were probing its outskirts, so Yinglang ordered him to eliminate them as accidents.
• Liuli objected to killing Konoha personnel, but Yinglang insisted the watchers were foreign spies and explained how their deaths could be concealed and reported.
• Two days later, Tobirama read the police report identifying the dead Anbu as foreign spies and received the Uchiha's draft requesting a major personnel and budget increase.
• Tobirama slammed his desk in anger and recognized that his pretense of cooperation with Yinglang had ended.

Yinglang consolidated the expanded Konoha Military Police Force while directing covert plans overseas and toward the Land of Ghosts. Meanwhile, Madara survived his apparent death, took Hashirama's cells, and began recovering as Black Zetsu drew his attention to Yinglang and the possibility of an ancient cycle.

• Yinglang and Liuli reviewed the police force's tripled staffing, village-wide patrols, and approved funding, and Yinglang ordered the Uchiha to follow regulations and keep clean accounts.
• Yutian reported progress in Great Britain and the departure of Elder Xuan's group toward the Land of Ghosts, and Yinglang ordered the southern passage and the gate kept secret.
• Madara recovered in hiding with one Sharingan blinded by Izanagi and Hashirama's cells sealed in a chakra membrane.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Yinglang had expanded Uchiha influence and described legends of a cycle linking the Senju and Uchiha bloodlines.
• Madara vowed to break any destined cycle, prioritize the Rinnegan and Infinite Tsukuyomi, and ignore Yinglang unless he interfered.

Yinglang exploited his authority in Konoha’s Police Force to extract money and resources from prisoners while presenting the schemes as public service and prison reform. Through his Shadow Clone, he also expanded his settlement in Great Britain, where he traded with local tribes and established rules for the growing community.

• Yinglang ordered a Sarutobi steward to pay an increased fine, then secretly recorded the extra money in his ledger.
• Yinglang proposed a prison system that gave better conditions to inmates who provided resources, wealth, or intelligence.
• Yinglang instructed Yutian to trade iron tools for supplies, test a salt field, and consider Shiya for a guard leadership role.
• Yinglang’s Shadow Clone surveyed the thriving settlement and planned an exploration route toward mountains said to contain glittering stones.
• Yinglang reflected that he was building power in Konoha while creating a country of his own in Great Britain.

Uchiha officers envied the eastern branch’s wealth and privileges, while Tobirama Senju confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over Yinglang’s corrupt methods. Hiruzen left determined to pursue subtler ways to enrich his clan and cultivate young Uchiha.

• Uchiha Ken, Uchiha Long, and Uchiha Deng discussed the eastern branch’s generous allowances and profits from flexible enforcement, and Deng suggested joining it.
• Tobirama Senju told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Yinglang’s branch was exploiting Konoha’s residents and using its money to strengthen the Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately considered discreet ways to earn money for his clan, including commissions, procurement, and business connections.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the Anbu to monitor the eastern branch’s finances and directed Hiruzen to focus on the Chunin Ninja Exams and younger Uchiha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi left the Hokage Office resolved to borrow Yinglang’s methods under a more respectable and discreet guise.

In spring of Konoha’s eighth year, Yinglang reached the threshold of Peak Kage and decided he was ready to experiment with the forbidden technique Emotion Transformation. After learning that Tobirama had taken six disciples and Hashirama was unlikely to recover fully, Yinglang anticipated the political conflicts ahead while continuing to build power in Konoha and overseas.

• Yinglang reviewed reports from his Shadow Clone, which was expanding farmland, trade, and a fifty-person guard on the British Continent.
• Yinglang completed his weekly lottery draw and received a jar of premium caviar.
• Yinglang considered using Emotion Transformation, believing his physique, Dragon Essence, and Sharingan could help him resist its risks.
• A police officer reported that Tobirama had taken Shimura Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, Torifu Akimichi, and Kagami Uchiha as disciples, and that Hashirama’s injuries would make full recovery difficult.
• Yinglang welcomed the news as an opportunity to undermine Konoha’s future leadership and continued preparing for the conflicts to come.