Chapter Summaries

Senju Chen trapped the Nine-Tails with Adamantine Summoning Wood and drained its chakra, then used Spirit Transformation Technique to wrest Minato Namikaze’s soul from the Death God. As the struggle began consuming Senju Chen’s life force, the Death God turned its gaze toward him.

• Senju Chen bound the Nine-Tails with golden wood dragons and drained its chakra, restoring his own energy.
• Senju Chen rushed to Minato Namikaze and used Spirit Transformation Technique to envelop Minato Namikaze’s soul as the Death God tried to take it.
• Senju Chen resisted the Death God’s grasp, but its touch made his spiritual body crack and began stripping away his life force.
• Senju Chen burned his spiritual power to hold Minato Namikaze’s soul in place, and the Death God lowered its head to look directly at him.

Senju Chen’s attempt to save Minato Namikaze triggered the Death God to prepare to erase both their souls, but Minato forced Chen away and stopped the attack. With Chen separated, the Reaper Death Seal accelerated its pull on the Nine-Tails.

• The Death God drew its blade of rules and targeted Senju Chen and Minato Namikaze’s joined souls for deletion.
• Minato Namikaze realized his actions had endangered Chen and urged him to live and care for Kushina and Naruto.
• Minato detonated his remaining soul power to force Chen out of his soul.
• Senju Chen was hurled from Minato’s body, and the Death God lowered its blade.
• The Reaper Death Seal accelerated, making the Nine-Tails shudder as it was pulled into the seal.

Minato Namikaze completed the Nine-Tails’ sealing, giving Naruto Uzumaki its Yin Release Chakra while the Death God took Minato’s soul and the Yang Release Chakra. Senju Chen’s attempt to change events failed, but after the Death God mocked him, he refused to accept defeat and approached the dying Kushina and Naruto.

• The Death God tore the Nine-Tails into Yin and Yang Chakra, and Minato Namikaze sealed the Yang half with himself while the Yin half entered Naruto Uzumaki.
• Minato Namikaze’s soul was taken by the Death God, who turned its attention to the wounded Senju Chen before disappearing.
• Senju Chen recognized that Minato had died, Kushina was near death, and Naruto had become a Jinchūriki despite his plans.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi cautiously approached Senju Chen as he laughed at his failure and rejected the idea that fate had won.
• Senju Chen regained his focus and walked past Hiruzen Sarutobi toward Kushina and Naruto.

Senju Chen preserved Minato Namikaze’s body and brought the dying Kushina and Naruto to their home, where he proposed putting Kushina into suspended animation until he could revive her. Kushina doubted a future without Minato, leaving Senju Chen facing the possibility that her soul would refuse his help.

• Senju Chen sealed Minato Namikaze’s body inside Orochimaru and Amado’s Sealing Coffin and took Kushina and Naruto from the barrier despite Hiruzen Sarutobi’s objections.
• Senju Chen teleported Kushina and Naruto to their home, where Kakashi arrived and was ordered to guard the entrance.
• Senju Chen laid Kushina and Naruto on the bed, and Kushina thanked him for lying to Minato to comfort him before his death.
• Senju Chen explained that he could preserve Kushina’s body and soul in the Sealing Coffin until his technology could revive her.
• Kushina lost hope because Minato’s soul was gone, while Senju Chen realized her cooperation was necessary for the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Senju Chen preserved Kushina Uzumaki’s soul in her body after she died, then entrusted the crying Naruto to Kakashi. He left to settle a score, driven by the deaths of Minato and Kushina and his doubts about the world’s apparent return to its original course.

• Senju Chen persuaded Kushina to hold on by promising he would someday retrieve Minato Namikaze’s soul, and she said she believed him.
• As Kushina’s life ended, Senju Chen used the Spirit Transformation Technique to seal her soul inside her body and placed her in a Sealing Coffin.
• Senju Chen reflected that Minato and Kushina had died as they did in the original story despite his preparations, and questioned whether the world corrected its own plot.
• When Naruto Uzumaki woke and cried, Senju Chen picked him up and called Kakashi into the room.
• Senju Chen handed Naruto to Kakashi and said he was going to settle a score.

After Obito failed to capture the Nine-Tails, Madara Uchiha urged him to take on Madara’s name and continue the Eye of the Moon Plan. Senju Chen followed Minato’s Flying Thunder God mark to Obito’s hideout and found Madara alive with Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

• Senju Chen left Kakashi with the wailing Naruto and pursued Obito after Minato’s death.
• Obito returned to Madara’s cavern wounded and despaired over his failed Nine-Tails attack.
• Madara told Obito that the world was to blame for his failure and ordered him to assume Madara’s name and carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Madara placed Black Zetsu and the White Zetsu under Obito’s command as his life began to fade.
• Senju Chen used Minato’s Flying Thunder God mark to reach the cavern, then froze when he saw Madara alive with Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Senju Chen discovered that Madara Uchiha was alive in the cavern, then countered Obito Uchiha’s attack with Flying Thunder God. The chapter ended with Chen appearing behind Obito and preparing to strike him with a Rasengan.

• Senju Chen, Obito Uchiha, Black Zetsu, and Madara Uchiha were shocked when Chen appeared in the cavern.
• Obito Uchiha attacked Senju Chen, who dismissed him as a threat and punched at him.
• Obito Uchiha turned intangible to evade Chen’s punch, then made himself solid and stabbed toward Chen’s neck.
• Senju Chen vanished with Flying Thunder God, evaded Obito’s kunai, and reappeared behind him.
• Senju Chen placed a Flying Thunder God mark on Obito’s back and raised a Rasengan to strike.

Senju Chen nearly killed Obito Uchiha with a second Rasengan, but Madara Uchiha stopped him with an unexpected display of authority. Chen challenged the frail-looking Madara, doubting that he could still fight.

• Senju Chen slammed Obito Uchiha into the cavern floor with a second Rasengan, leaving him gravely injured in a shattered pit.
• Senju Chen prepared to finish Obito with a stomp, but Madara Uchiha ordered him to stop.
• Madara revealed that he still possessed scarlet Sharingan and exerted a commanding presence that halted Chen’s attack.
• Madara recognized Chen’s skill with Tobirama’s techniques while Black Zetsu watched in stunned silence.
• Senju Chen lowered his foot and provoked Madara, saying he did not believe the old man could still fight.

Senju Chen broke free of Madara Uchiha’s genjutsu by revealing his Sharingan, shocking Madara with his possession of both the Sharingan and Wood Release. He seized the opening and charged at Madara with the Thunder God Sword.

• Madara Uchiha cast a genjutsu that showed Senju Chen visions of his family’s deaths, his imprisonment, and Tsunade’s suffering.
• Senju Chen recognized the genjutsu but found that his ordinary efforts could not break its hold.
• Senju Chen awakened his Sharingan, startling Madara because Senju Chen also possessed Wood Release.
• Madara’s shock created a flaw in the genjutsu, and Senju Chen used his Sharingan to break free.
• Senju Chen drew the Thunder God Sword and thrust it toward Madara Uchiha’s heart.

Senju Chen killed Madara Uchiha and sealed his corpse, preventing its later use in Impure World Reincarnation. He then confronted the White Zetsus and asked whether they wanted to live or die, prompting them to beg for mercy.

• Senju Chen stabbed Madara Uchiha with the Thunder God Sword, and Madara died after staring into Chen's eyes.
• Senju Chen absorbed Madara's combat experience and sealed his corpse in a Sealing Coffin.
• Black Zetsu escaped with the gravely wounded Obito Uchiha while Senju Chen decided not to pursue them.
• The White Zetsus panicked over Madara's death and focused their attention on Senju Chen.
• Senju Chen asked the White Zetsus whether they wanted to live or die, and they immediately pleaded to be spared.

Senju Chen subdued the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and established a faint connection with it, securing the cavern and its White Zetsu as a major prize. After checking the system’s refreshed ability lists, he replaced his Exploding Insects Rearing Insights skill with Obito Uchiha’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path Summoning Technique.

• Senju Chen approached the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and recognized it and the God Tree husk as his greatest prize.
• Senju Chen touched the statue and resisted the Ten-Tails’ savage will by combining his Senju and Uchiha powers.
• Senju Chen established a faint connection with the statue and stored the Sealing Coffin in a sealing scroll.
• Senju Chen reviewed the system notifications and considered abilities refreshed from Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha.
• Senju Chen replaced Exploding Insects Rearing Insights with Obito Uchiha’s Demonic Statue of the Outer Path Summoning Technique.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Senju Chen secured Madara’s forces and attended Konoha’s emergency leadership meeting, where Danzo pushed to become Hokage. The meeting ended before a successor was chosen, with Hiruzen Sarutobi weighing his options.

• Senju Chen left over a hundred White Zetsu under a subordinate’s command and claimed Madara’s accumulated assets and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Senju Chen surveyed Konoha’s devastation and went to the Hokage Building after an Anbu summoned him.
• Utatane Koharu reported the attack’s losses and noted that the Uchiha Clan’s rescue efforts had kept civilian casualties far lower than expected.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi set out the priorities of finding the attacker, helping the village recover, and choosing a new Hokage.
• Shimura Danzō argued that Konoha needed a firm, experienced leader, while Hiruzen Sarutobi privately questioned whether anyone else could take the position.

As Danzo argued that Konoha needed him as its next Hokage, Senju Chen interrupted the succession discussion by presenting masked assassins who had attacked important families during the Nine-Tails' rampage. Hiruzen recognized the killings as evidence that his wife's murder might have involved a conspiracy inside the village.

• Danzo praised his own leadership and called for Konoha to adopt a tougher approach, while Homura supported his candidacy and Koharu urged the elders to wait a month before deciding.
• Senju Chen asked Hiruzen and the elders to examine something before discussing the next Hokage and summoned people into the conference room.
• An Uchiha Military Police officer and his group brought in covered stretchers, surviving villagers, and Konoha ninja.
• Senju Chen revealed the corpses of masked assassins and explained that they had attacked the families of Konoha officials and Aburame elders during the Nine-Tails' rampage.
• A surviving villager identified one of the corpses as an attacker, and Hiruzen suspected that Biwako's murder had involved an internal conspiracy.

Senju Chen exposed Shimura Danzō’s suspected role in the attacks and forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to have him detained pending an investigation. Chen then visited Minato Namikaze’s home, where he found Kakashi watching over the sleeping baby Naruto.

• Fugaku presented evidence that the assassins who targeted prominent families bore Root’s distinctive tongue marks.
• Senju Chen proposed that the Yamanaka Clan examine the assassins’ memories under the elders’ and Shikaku Nara’s supervision.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi relieved Shimura Danzō of his duties and ordered Anbu to take him into strict custody.
• Hiruzen ended the meeting until the investigation results were available, and the attendees left the Hokage Building.
• Senju Chen visited Minato Namikaze’s home and found Kakashi Hatake sitting beside the sleeping baby.

Senju Chen took the orphaned Naruto Uzumaki from Kakashi and brought him to Uchiha Fugaku’s home, proposing that the Uchiha family foster him. Fugaku agreed, and Mikoto welcomed Naruto with maternal tenderness.

• Senju Chen picked up Naruto Uzumaki and told Kakashi he would find the baby food and a family to care for him.
• Senju Chen decided to ask Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto to foster Naruto, then headed to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Senju Chen arrived at Fugaku’s residence and asked him to take in the Fourth Hokage’s orphaned son.
• Senju Chen argued that the loyal Uchiha Clan was well suited to raise a hero’s orphan, and Fugaku recognized the political significance of the proposal.
• Uchiha Mikoto came out holding her baby and showed affection toward Naruto, and Uchiha Fugaku promised that his family would care for him.

Xing helped Tsunade and Shizune escape the ruins, but Tsunade refused to return to Konoha while she searched for a way to resolve Chen’s supposed bloodline conflict. After Xing left them safe in a nearby town, Senju Chen faced furious elders over sending Naruto to the Uchiha Clan.

• Xing brought Tsunade and Shizune out of the ruins and collected the White Zetsu corpses inside.
• Tsunade refused to return to Konoha, saying she wanted to find a way to resolve Chen’s bloodline conflict.
• Xing took Tsunade and Shizune to a nearby town, gave Shizune a new Flying Thunder God Kunai, and embraced her before departing.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu accused Senju Chen of sending the Fourth Hokage’s orphan to the Uchiha Clan without authorization.
• Senju Chen told the elders that he had acted for the village’s sake.

Senju Chen persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders to let the Uchiha Clan raise Naruto, presenting it as both a practical choice and a gesture of trust. Naruto settled into the Uchiha household with Uchiha Mikoto and Sasuke as Senju Chen left, confident that Konoha was beginning to recover.

• Senju Chen argued that the Uchiha Clan had earned the village’s trust by protecting civilians and that Uchiha Mikoto could nurse Naruto.
• Senju Chen dismissed the elders’ concerns about the Sharingan seen in the Nine-Tails and warned against taking Naruto from the Uchiha Clan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to leave Naruto with the Uchiha Clan and ordered the Anbu to watch over the compound and protect him.
• Uchiha Mikoto nursed Naruto while Sasuke watched, and Uchiha Fugaku vowed that the clan would protect the child.
• Senju Chen watched the Uchiha family from a tower, then departed through Konoha’s streets, planning to eat Ichiraku Ramen.

Senju Chen sent White Zetsu specimens to Orochimaru, Amado, and Sasori for research into regeneration, cloning, and puppet vessels. As the researchers eagerly began dissecting them, Senju Chen enjoyed ramen in Konoha and learned that villagers were praising the Uchiha for their actions during the Nine-Tails' Attack.

• Xing arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory and presented Orochimaru, Amado, and Sasori with bound White Zetsu corpses.
• Orochimaru, Amado, and Sasori examined the White Zetsu and discussed its potential for biological research and replacing human puppets.
• Xing explained that he would send live specimens and asked the researchers to study whether White Zetsu could be mass-produced or used as durable vessels.
• The researchers ignored Xing as they began discussing experiments, so he left them scrolls filled with White Zetsu corpses and departed.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Senju Chen learned through Xing's transmitted images that the specimens had reached the laboratory and heard villagers praise the Uchiha for protecting them during the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Senju Chen decided to send more White Zetsu to the researchers and ordered another bowl of chashu ramen.

Senju Chen returned to Konoha and attended a meeting where Hiruzen Sarutobi stripped Shimura Danzō of his positions and sentenced him to life in prison. Senju Chen opposed disbanding Root and volunteered to take control of it.

• Senju Chen switched consciousness with his returning clone and sent it to the Hokage Building while his original body continued processing Madara Uchiha's combat memories.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi announced that Shimura Danzō had ordered Root's assassinations and covert operations, then removed him from office and confined him for life.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura proposed disbanding Root and screening or purging its members.
• Senju Chen argued that Konoha should preserve Root's intelligence network and operational expertise under new leadership.
• Senju Chen declared that he would take over Root.

Senju Chen persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him take charge of Root, which he planned to remake as a Public Security Department. He then recruited Kakashi Hatake to live in the Uchiha Clan Compound and protect Naruto.

• Senju Chen argued that Root had originally belonged to the Senju and that taking it over meant restoring it to its rightful owner.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to put Senju Chen in charge of Root on the condition that it answer to the Hokage, and Senju Chen proposed renaming it the Public Security Department.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to station Anbu with Naruto in the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Senju Chen visited Kakashi Hatake at the Memorial Stone and proposed that he look after Naruto as Minato's student and Naruto's senior brother.
• Kakashi Hatake accepted the responsibility of protecting Naruto.