Chapter Summaries

After the Chinoike attack devastated Hidden Leaf Village, Black Zetsu killed the Uchiha Clan Head and framed his death as a suicide, leaving the Uchiha disgraced and leaderless. The clan faced mounting internal pressure and an uncertain future.

• Hiruzen held the Uchiha Clan Head responsible for failing to prevent the Chinoike attack and ordered the clan to pay for the village's losses and reconstruction.
• The Uchiha Clan Head secretly summoned his Hell Valley confidant to learn how the Chinoike had escaped.
• The confidant revealed himself as Black Zetsu, seized control of the clan head's body, and killed him with a kunai.
• Black Zetsu reflected that Uchiha Shin'yu's human attachments could become vulnerabilities.
• The village heard that the Uchiha Clan Head had committed suicide out of guilt, worsening the clan's disgrace and leaving it without a leader.

Tobirama attacked Shin'yu and deduced the limits of his Mangekyo space-time ability as they fought. Shin'yu unleashed Susanoo and destroyed the battlefield, but Tobirama trapped him inside the Four Red Yang Formation.

• Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to attack Shin'yu, who dodged with Ame no Tokotachi and countered with Autumn Dew.
• Tobirama studied Shin'yu's eye techniques and inferred that they could rewind his position and heal injuries, but had limited range and a cooldown.
• Shin'yu summoned Susanoo and swept its spear across the battlefield, leveling everything within a thousand meters.
• Tobirama threw Flying Thunder God Kunai in several directions, and four versions of him surrounded Shin'yu.
• The four Tobiramas formed the Four Red Yang Formation around Shin'yu, suppressing his Chakra and restricting its flow.

After the Uchiha Clan’s leadership dispute escalated, Chiri’s effort to replace deadly contests with a clan-wide vote failed to gain support. Tong Ren told Nen that Chiri was wavering over Naka’s plan to win the clan head position through battle, and Naka revealed that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Chiri convened an emergency clan meeting and urged the Uchiha to stop fighting among themselves and elect a leader by vote.
• Naka supported Chiri, but the clansmen rejected her proposal, and the meeting ended without agreement.
• Tong Ren met Nen outside the Ninja Academy and explained that Chiri remained troubled by the ongoing leadership struggle.
• Tong Ren told Nen that Naka had proposed joining the battles to the death with Chiri so they could claim the clan head position and end the disputes.
• Naka revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan to Chiri, surprising her.

Tobirama trapped Shin'yu inside the Four Red Yang Formation and unleashed reincarnated Uchiha as an endless explosive assault. Shin'yu remained inside the Barrier as Tobirama added a barrage of Five Elements Ninjutsu, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Tobirama summoned over a hundred reincarnated Uchiha inside the Barrier, and Shin'yu's Susanoo destroyed many of them without breaking through.
• Shin'yu tried to attack through the ground but discovered that the Four Red Yang Formation extended underground as well.
• A reincarnated Uchiha covered in Exploding Tags reached Susanoo, and Tobirama triggered Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.
• The reincarnated Uchiha swarmed Susanoo and produced relentless explosions within the Barrier.
• Tobirama sent some reincarnated Uchiha to the Barrier's edge, where they combined Five Elements Ninjutsu with the explosions against Shin'yu.

Nian learned that Hiruko was investigating a hidden underground chamber, a possible route to completing the mission assigned by the mysterious Senior. Hiruko continued mapping the chamber while an unseen observer watched him from a tree.

• Kirito told Nian that Naka sought Zhi Li's influence to strengthen his bid for clan head.
• Kirito and Nian found Jiraiya peeking into the girls' hot spring and asked whether he had seen Orochimaru.
• Nian learned that Hiruko had asked Jiraiya to teach him Earth Release and was making quick progress.
• Hiruko used the Earth Tremor Technique to detect a hollow space extending three hundred meters underground and continued searching for the chamber entrance.
• A black-haired figure with golden vertical pupils watched Hiruko from a nearby tree.

Beneath a waterfall, Shin'yu and Uchiha Hikari discussed the Uchiha situation and Nian before confronting their feelings for each other. The chapter ended with them confessing their love and embracing in the spring.

• Shin'yu said he would not interfere in the Uchiha situation and that Nian would eventually join their group.
• Hikari challenged Shin'yu for acting like a coward despite their past intimacy.
• Shin'yu pulled Hikari into the spring after she teased him by undressing behind him.
• Shin'yu kissed Hikari, and she returned the kiss.
• Hikari said she hated Shin'yu but liked him even more, and Shin'yu replied that he loved her more.

Shin'yu escaped Tobirama's bombardment with Amaterasu, but Tobirama used Flying Thunder God to send him into the deep sea, where crushing pressure and cold threatened to destroy his Susanoo. Trapped between the danger below and Tobirama waiting at his original location, Shin'yu resolved to adapt to the deep sea.

• Shin'yu failed to raise his Susanoo to the Third Stage while the Four Red Yang Formation and Five Elements Great Barrage pressed him toward death.
• Shin'yu used Blaze Release: Great Fire Annihilation to burn the reanimated attackers, then destroyed the distant barrage ninjas with Yasaka Magatama.
• Tobirama touched Shin'yu's Susanoo and used Flying Thunder God to transfer him away, then prepared for Shin'yu's possible return.
• Shin'yu awoke in the deep sea as the water pressure cracked his Susanoo and realized Tobirama had sent him there to kill him.
• Shin'yu resisted teleporting back, fearing Tobirama's ambush, and resolved to adapt to the deep sea.

Tobirama and Sasuke waited for Shin'yu to return from the deep sea, unsure whether he had survived. Shin'yu emerged transformed by adapting to the ocean, and he wondered whether his new strength still left him human.

• Tobirama told Sasuke he had sent Shin'yu to a point more than twenty thousand meters beneath the sea and had stayed behind to watch for his return.
• Tobirama ordered the allied clans to withdraw, explaining that Shin'yu's Spirit Transformation and ocular techniques made a group attack too dangerous.
• Shin'yu burst from the sea after adapting to its pressure, cold, and water, and declared that he had won.
• Shin'yu recalled how Mahoraga's adaptation had repeatedly destroyed and restored his body until he could survive the deep ocean.
• Shin'yu found and destroyed Tobirama's Flying Thunder God kunai before returning to the surface.
• Shin'yu adapted to his strengthened body and concluded that he could contend with Hashirama, but questioned whether he was still human.

Uchiha Naka defeated Uchiha Taki in a clan-head contest, revealing an ocular technique that nullified chakra-based ninjutsu. Chiri stopped Naka from killing Taki, but Taki left humiliated and vowing revenge.

• Chiri declared that she would oversee the contest and prevent either fighter from killing the other, then signaled the duel to begin.
• Taki fought Naka with sword techniques and powerful Fire Release attacks, but Naka emerged unharmed from the flames.
• Naka explained that his ocular technique restored chakra-based techniques to their original state and advanced on the exhausted Taki.
• Chiri blocked Naka's sword and stopped the fight; Naka accepted the agreed limit of inflicting wounds without killing.
• After Naka and Chiri left, Taki raged at their restraint and swore revenge on them.

A mysterious white-robed man returned through Karasuki and planned to gather the Nine Tailed Beasts before attacking Uchiha Shin'yu. At Shin'yu's base, Madara encouraged Shin'yu and Light to openly acknowledge their relationship, while Shin'yu remained wary of unseen threats.

• A white-robed man emerged from a cave in the sky, celebrated Karasuki's return, and vowed to kill Uchiha Shin'yu after gathering the Nine Tailed Beasts.
• Shin'yu sneezed during a meal and told Madara and Light that he sensed a powerful presence watching him.
• Shin'yu considered whether Black Zetsu, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, or the Sage of Six Paths might be targeting him, then steadied himself with Madara's advice.
• Shin'yu asked Madara about his Yin-Yang Fusion, and Madara said he would keep cultivating until his eye opened.
• Madara pointed out that Shin'yu and Light were in love, and they admitted their feelings and held hands openly.
• Madara welcomed their relationship and said their union would help the Uchiha Clan flourish and make the Path to Peace less lonely.

Madara returned to his underground base after faking his death with Izanagi and obtaining a piece of Hashirama’s flesh, then prepared to transplant Hashirama cells. Meanwhile, Shin'yu enjoyed his newly enhanced underwater speed and surfaced on the Land of Iron, embarrassed to discover an old man had witnessed his antics.

• Uchiha Madara reached the Kannabi Bridge base alive, though Izanagi had left one of his eyes blind.
• Madara explained that he had taken a piece of Hashirama’s flesh and told Light to prepare for a Hashirama cell transplant.
• Madara reassured Light that Shin'yu had not returned with him but was likely safe, and noted that the Nine-Tails’ Summoning Contract remained intact.
• Shin'yu swam through the sea at extraordinary speed, testing his abilities and playing with marine animals for hours.
• Shin'yu leaped onto shore with an elaborate landing and asked imaginary judges to score him, then blushed when he noticed an old man gathering seafood nearby.

Tong Ren recognized that a man impersonating Zhi Li had lured him into a trap, where Uchiha Taki attacked him. Nen and Orochimaru joined the fight, and just as Taki’s flames overwhelmed them, Nen revealed Wood Style and shielded the three.

• A Police Force member led Tong Ren away alone, claiming Zhi Li wanted to speak with him privately.
• Tong Ren saw through the disguise and slashed the fake Zhi Li, revealing Uchiha Taki; the Police Force member left after Taki promised to release his younger sister.
• Taki attacked Tong Ren and mocked his weakness, but Nen and Orochimaru arrived and said they had called for help.
• Tong Ren, Nen, and Orochimaru attacked Taki together, but his fire techniques broke their formation and overwhelmed their defenses.
• Nen used Wood Style: Wooden Dome Wall to shield the three from Taki’s flames, shocking Taki.

After reaching the Land of Iron, Shin'yu traded a bluefin tuna for a straw raincoat and tried to summon help getting home, but his Ninja Cat summons were unavailable. He ran west toward the Land of Fire, yet after a night of travel he was still in the eastern Land of Iron and was shocked to learn where he had ended up.

• Shin'yu traded a bluefin tuna to an old man for a straw raincoat and conical hat.
• Shin'yu summoned Tetsusuke, who said Bochi was absent and Kitsuroumaru was on cooldown, leaving Shin'yu unable to summon himself back to the Cat House.
• Tetsusuke demanded payment for keeping Shin'yu's secret, and Shin'yu gave him a fish before asking the old man for directions to the Land of Fire.
• Shin'yu ran west through the snowy Land of Iron for a day but found he was still near its eastern side, despite locals confirming his direction.
• After traveling through the night, Shin'yu asked where he was and reacted in shock to the answer.

Nian, Tong Ren, and Orochimaru defeated Uchiha Taki, but Taki killed Tong Ren in a surprise attack before Nian could stop him. Nian killed Taki in rage, and Uchiha Chiri arrived to hold Tong Ren's body.

• Nian rescued Tong Ren and Orochimaru, then said he would create an opportunity for Orochimaru to reach the treasure.
• Nian, Tong Ren, and Orochimaru fought Uchiha Taki, and Tong Ren cut Taki's throat after Nian's wood clone took a fatal sword strike.
• Taki rose again with Red and White Heterochromatic Eyes and stabbed Tong Ren through the chest, killing him.
• Nian attacked Taki with a wooden spike that grew through his body and killed him.
• The Hidden Leaf Village ninja arrived after the battle, and Uchiha Chiri recognized Taki's corpse and wept while holding Tong Ren.

Shin'yu realized he was directionally challenged and tried to reach the Land of Iron's capital by following a merchant caravan. After the lead samurai saw through his story, Shin'yu used his Sharingan to make the samurai take him to Takeo Castle.

• Shin'yu discovered that he had wandered in circles around Machino Village and concluded that he was directionally challenged.
• After spending a day lost in the snow, Shin'yu spotted a merchant caravan crossing a frozen river and decided to follow it.
• The lead samurai questioned Shin'yu, who claimed he was a lost fisherman’s grandson trying to reach Takeo Castle.
• The samurai noticed that Shin'yu's hands were warm despite his time in the snow and accused him of acting.
• Shin'yu used his Sharingan to make the samurai believe his story and agree to take him to Takeo Castle.
• A merchant invited Shin'yu into a carriage, and the caravan prepared to continue its journey.

Shin'yu learned about the Forging Blades Workshop and the Three Iron Traditions while traveling with a merchant caravan toward the Land of Iron's capital. The merchant's hint that trouble had weakened the workshop went unexplained as Shin'yu cultivated through the journey and the caravan settled for the night.

• Shin'yu asked a middle-aged merchant about the Forging Blades Workshop, and the merchant explained its origins and the Oikawa, Sugawara, and Niwa families' Three Iron Traditions.
• Shin'yu asked why the caravan had hired only two samurai, but the merchant grew troubled and left without explaining what had happened to the workshop.
• Shin'yu cultivated Chakra, reflecting that his Sea God Body had greatly increased his physical energy and Chakra reserves.
• The merchant returned to the carriage after nightfall and assumed Shin'yu had fallen asleep, while two samurai remained outside guarding the caravan.

After Tong Ren died in the Uchiha conflict, Chiri awakened her Mangekyo Sharingan and vowed to end the infighting. The chapter revealed Shin'yu had revived Tong Ren, but Otsutsuki Urashiki attacked him, leading to their confrontation.

• At Tong Ren's funeral, Chiri awakened her Mangekyo Sharingan after Nen explained that Uchiha Taki had used Izanagi to kill him.
• Chiri swore to put an end to the Uchiha internal conflict, while Nen and Orochimaru reassured her that Shin'yu might have had reasons for staying away.
• Two hours earlier, Shin'yu watched the battle, revived Tong Ren, and planned to send him to the Land of Iron for safety.
• Urashiki emerged through folded space and attacked Shin'yu and Hikari with his Fishing Rod, but Shin'yu shoved Hikari out of its path.
• Shin'yu confronted Urashiki in midair and challenged him to call himself a god again.

Shin'yu recognized Otsutsuki Urashiki as a time traveler from the future and deduced that he had come to collect the Tailed Beasts. Urashiki admitted his plan and attacked Shin'yu, declaring that he would kill him in this era.

• Shin'yu kicked Urashiki away after Urashiki ambushed him with a fishing rod, while Light and Kakuzu prepared for a fight.
• Urashiki introduced himself as an Otsutsuki and claimed to be a god, and Shin'yu recognized him from the Original Timeline.
• Shin'yu bluffed that his eyes could see through people's hearts, then used Urashiki's reaction to deduce that he had traveled from the future.
• Urashiki admitted he had crossed time and space to kill Shin'yu, Light, and Kakuzu, and revealed that he had abandoned his search for the Tailed Beasts to attack Shin'yu.
• Urashiki declared Shin'yu too weak to defeat a god and vowed that he would die in this era.

Shin'yu watched bandits ambush the caravan so he could observe the samurai swordsmanship, then saw Sugawara Shoko fight to protect the civilians. Shoko was trapped by the bandits' coordinated Ninjutsu attack and faced a Water Dragon with her sword knocked away.

• Shin'yu sensed more than thirty bandits lying in wait ahead and chose to watch rather than intervene.
• The bandits attacked the caravan, and the leading samurai fought them with Chakra-coated blades while the rear samurai struggled.
• Sugawara Shoko emerged from a carriage and swiftly defeated bandits threatening the civilians.
• Shin'yu used Red Light to calm the frightened middle-aged man, who explained that Shoko led the caravan and was the sole heir of the Dragon Riding Forging Sword Style.
• Three bandits trapped Shoko with Earth Release, knocked her sword away, and launched a Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique at her.

Shin'yu stopped an ambush on the caravan, discovering that its attackers included a Hidden Mist Village Jonin and had been sent to kill someone before they reached Takeo Castle. Afterward, Sugawara Shoko thanked him by offering her treasured sword, First Snow's Dragon, and Shin'yu politely refused it.

• Shin'yu dispelled the Water Dragon and blocked a hammer blow before killing the giant attacker with a punch.
• Shin'yu used the Spiritualization Technique to kill more than twenty attackers and learn that the ambush had been planned by a mysterious figure in the Land of Iron.
• Shin'yu learned that the attackers included a Hidden Mist Village Jonin and intended to prevent someone from returning to Takeo Castle alive.
• Sugawara Shoko thanked Shin'yu in the luxurious carriage and began untying her hemp belt to retrieve her most precious possession.
• Shōko offered Shin'yu First Snow's Dragon, her father's finely forged katana, and Shin'yu declined to accept it.