Chapter Summaries

Urashiki transformed into Crane Form and revealed a golden Rinnegan, shocking Madara, but Shin'yu overwhelmed him in battle. The chapter left Urashiki pinned in a crater by Shin'yu's spear, his body being crushed and eroded.

• Urashiki transformed into Crane Form, regenerating golden Byakugan and revealing a golden Rinnegan on his forehead.
• Madara reacted with shock as Urashiki declared himself an Otsutsuki god and threatened him and Shin'yu's loved ones.
• Shin'yu intercepted Urashiki's attack on Madara and battered him through the air with a barrage of punches.
• Urashiki used the golden Rinnegan to expand a repulsive force, but Shin'yu stomped on his back and tore off his Wings.
• Shin'yu pierced Urashiki's chest with the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi and pinned him in a crater, where gravity and Geng Metal Power continued to suppress him.

Shin'yu and Madara defeated Otsutsuki Urashiki, who revealed that their ninja world was a garden used by the Otsutsuki to cultivate the God Tree. Madara left the base to consider the threat and the truth of their origins, while a black rhombus mark remained embedded in Shin'yu's palm.

• Urashiki escaped the crater and unleashed his full power, so Shin'yu opened the Gate of Wonder and destroyed him with Great Wilderness Heaven.
• At dusk, Uchiha Hikari returned to find Madara brooding over Urashiki's claims about the ninja world and the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Madara reasoned that the Uchiha and Senju descended from the Otsutsuki and questioned whether Infinite Tsukuyomi could protect the world from their enemies.
• Shin'yu reminded Madara of their goal of peace, while Hikari said they should defeat any invaders who threatened the world.
• Madara left the base to think through the revelations, and Shin'yu ate with Hikari while concealing the black rhombus mark in his palm.

Shin'yu returned to the Cat House and discovered that his incomplete adaptation to the Flying Thunder God Technique had disrupted his sense of direction. After identifying the cause, he set his sights on Tobirama Senju.

• Shin'yu reunited with Bochi at the Cat House, and Bochi traded the Helm Master Token for one million ryo.
• Bochi demonstrated that he could transform into a longsword and offered to rent himself to Shin'yu for three million ryo a day.
• Shin'yu tried to recall the route back to Lord Madara but found his memories of familiar roads conflicting.
• Shin'yu used Mahoraga to examine himself and realized his incomplete adaptation to the Flying Thunder God Technique had given him a faulty magnetic sense.
• Shin'yu concluded that his new magnetic sense interfered with his visual route memories and vowed to find Tobirama Senju.

At the Dew Spring, Shin'yu told Light that Otsutsuki Urashiki had implanted Karma in him, which would eventually replace his body and soul. Shin'yu explained that his time-rewinding ability could halt the thawing while Mahoraga adapted to Karma, and he and Light realized a sealing technique might suppress it further.

• Light asked Shin'yu why Madara had not returned, and Shin'yu said Madara was at the Valley of the End contemplating the day's events and the future of the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Shin'yu told Light he would share Madara's burdens and protect him from the Otsutsuki Clan and other enemies.
• Light noticed the Karma mark on Shin'yu's hand, and he explained that Urashiki had digitized himself and implanted his body, spirit, and data in Shin'yu.
• Shin'yu explained that Karma would eventually overwrite his body and soul, but his time-rewinding ability could stall the thawing while Mahoraga slowly adapted to it.
• Light suggested finding a sealing technique to suppress Karma so Shin'yu could continue growing stronger.

Shin'yu traveled with Bochi toward the Land of Fire and encountered Uchiha Kagami, Uchiha Setsuna, and their group. After a young Uchiha attacked him with shuriken, Shin'yu killed him with a single sword strike.

• Shin'yu hired Bochi to guide him and headed toward the city gates, confident Hashirama would not come to investigate him.
• A Ninja Cat summoned Uchiha Kagami, Uchiha Setsuna, and their companions, who recognized Shin'yu and prepared for a fight.
• Shin'yu ignored the Uchiha and continued on his way, leaving Kagami and Setsuna stunned by his indifference.
• A young Uchiha Chunin threw three shuriken at Shin'yu, and Bochi blocked them with blue mist.
• Shin'yu surged back toward the group and split the Chunin in two with his sword.

Shin'yu showed Light that Karma could open a Teleportation Gate, then reassured her that using it would not hasten its thawing. Light left to investigate the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques, while Shin'yu learned that the Hidden Leaf Village was investigating Uchiha Nen and began to suspect the boy knew more about his father than he admitted.

• Shin'yu opened a Teleportation Gate with Karma and explained that it could connect places he had visited, though it activated too slowly for battle.
• Light grew jealous when Shin'yu mentioned traveling to the Land of Iron, and he insisted he had no relationship with Niwa Yukino.
• Shin'yu confirmed that Karma's ability would not hasten its thawing and told Light he had located Madara at the Valley of the End by guessing.
• Light said she would investigate the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques and reported that the Hidden Leaf Village valued Uchiha Nen's Wood Style and planned to promote him to Chunin.
• Light told Shin'yu that the Hidden Leaf Village had found Nen's former girlfriend, Uchiha Yuko, and that Nen had described his father as a deserter who died on the battlefield.
• Shin'yu questioned how a deserter could have died on the battlefield and wondered what Uchiha Nen was hiding.

Uchiha Shin'yu defeated Kagami and urged him to hate Shin'yu to unlock his true power before leaving for the base near Kannabi Bridge. He arrived safely and learned from Uchiha Hikari that Lord Madara trusted he was fine.

• Shin'yu shattered Kagami's sword, overwhelmed him, and told him to hate Shin'yu to awaken his power.
• Shin'yu challenged Kagami to tell Tobirama Senju to wait for him, then leapt away as Setsuna watched in awe.
• Shin'yu used Bochi's help to find Kannabi Bridge and glided to the base on Ice Blue Wings.
• Uchiha Hikari attacked Shin'yu when he entered the base, but he blocked her strikes and tossed her aside.
• Shin'yu asked Hikari about Lord Madara, and she said Madara believed Shin'yu was fine.

Shin'yu returned to Madara’s base with new abilities gained from adapting to the sea and helped clean Madara’s unhealed wounds. He prepared a proper meal for Madara, who finally began eating, while Shin'yu and Hikari joined him.

• Shin'yu returned to the base and told Madara that his trip to the Land of Iron had been difficult but fruitful.
• Shin'yu used natural water vapor to clean the blood from Madara’s body and explained that he had adapted to the sea.
• Madara described his weakened condition, and Shin'yu encouraged him by recalling Madara’s words about enduring pain and being reborn.
• Shin'yu found that Hikari had been feeding Madara only carrots, then brought back a wild boar and cooked pork belly for him.
• Shin'yu and Hikari teased Madara into trying the Shinobi Beast meat, and Madara eagerly ate it as they joined him.

Hiruko opened a concealed underground entrance in Hidden Leaf Village, but Orochimaru stopped him when two ninjas emerged from within. Orochimaru proposed that they investigate the likely laboratory together, and the two retreated to plan their next move.

• Hiruko used Earth Release to locate and open a hidden entrance beneath a moss-covered boulder.
• Orochimaru seized Hiruko and shut the entrance before anyone could see them.
• Two Hidden Leaf ninjas emerged from the passage and left after the entrance closed again.
• Orochimaru revealed he had followed Hiruko, helped him evade guards, and suspected the underground chamber was a laboratory.
• Hiruko agreed to cooperate with Orochimaru and share their information as they withdrew.

Tsunade visited Nen late at night and revealed evidence that his father was Uchiha Kagami, whose genes had been used in an experiment involving Hashirama Senju. Nen was left stunned and overwhelmed as he read the Diary documenting the year-long experiment.

• Nen prepared for an apparent enemy at the door, then recognized Tsunade when she gave the phrase Hell Valley.
• Tsunade apologized for Kirito's death and asked why Nen had revealed his Wooden Style Power to protect a comrade.
• Tsunade explained that her investigation led her to a Photograph and Diary from her great-grandfather's residence.
• Nen dismissed his Shadow Clone and examined the Photograph, which showed Uchiha Kagami looking almost exactly like him.
• Tsunade concluded that Kagami was probably Nen's father, and Nen read the Diary's records of experiments using Kagami as the transplant target.

Madara set a cautious plan for the group, training Hikari and Shin'yu while warning that Hashirama's remaining lifespan was short and another great war was coming. Six years passed as the three lived and trained together in their hidden base.

• Madara said they should wait before capturing the Tailed Beasts, then gave Hikari a Gunbai and scythe to master and Shin'yu an improved Izanagi scroll to study.
• Madara explained that Hashirama's Mitotic Regeneration was draining his lifespan and predicted a large-scale war within eight to ten years.
• Shin'yu proposed creating an organization to handle routine tasks, and Madara entrusted the project to him while insisting the Eye of the Moon Plan remain secret.
• Madara trained Hikari in foundational skills and Blaze Release and taught Shin'yu more about the Mangekyo Sharingan as the three settled into a peaceful routine.
• Six years passed while Hikari and Shin'yu continued their training in the mountain base.

After six years in seclusion, Shin'yu and Uchiha Hikari learned that Madara had recovered enough strength to protect himself and urged them to leave the base and gain experience. They finally departed together, while Madara watched them go with relief.

• Shin'yu received news from Kitsuroumaru that Hashirama Senju had a granddaughter, and Uchiha Hikari wondered aloud whether Madara was old enough to be a grandfather.
• The group reviewed six years of world events, including the distribution of the Tailed Beasts, the founding of the Hidden Leaf Academy and Anbu, and Tsunade's birth.
• Madara confronted Shin'yu and Light about their unfinished training and revealed that he had recovered to roughly Kage-level strength.
• Madara told them he trusted them as Uchiha Madara's successors and ordered them to either leave seclusion or never leave again.
• Shin'yu claimed he had suddenly understood Izanagi, and he and Light strapped on their weapons and left the base together.

After Tsunade told Uchiha Nian about his father and gave him the Diary and Photograph, Nian realized her visit had been detected and chose to stay behind to learn what the watchers would do. Root agents came to force him into their ranks, but Nian used a substitution as the room caught fire.

• Tsunade told Nian she suspected a conspiracy surrounding his father and promised to investigate.
• Nian accepted the Diary and Photograph as mementos, then warned Tsunade that his room was under surveillance.
• Nian told Tsunade to leave normally and not interfere so he could judge the watchers by their response.
• Tsunade left the Uchiha Clan Territory while sensing hidden observers around her.
• Root agents demanded that Nian join them or die, and their leader pinned him to the floor.
• Nian turned into scattered white smoke as flames ignited around the room.

Uchiha Nen fought off a Root squad that attacked him on Danzo’s orders, using traps and Wood Style to resist their assault. He broke the masked squad leader’s insect technique with Orochimaru’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, sending a torrent of shuriken toward him.

• Root’s initial attack destroyed Nen’s home, but Nen escaped through an underground tunnel as more than twenty Root ninja surrounded the ruins.
• The Root leader confirmed Nen was present and ordered the squad to eliminate him after Nen refused to join Root.
• Nen blocked the squad’s combined Wind and Fire Style attack with a Wooden Dome Wall, then used Adamantine Entangling Trees against the surrounding ninja.
• The masked Root leader countered Nen’s wooden drill with a swarm of Kikaichū, while an orange-haired ninja’s Mind Body Switch Technique failed and the attacker collapsed.
• Nen used Orochimaru’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to overwhelm the insect swarm and launch a stream of shuriken at the masked leader.

As Hidden Leaf Village prepared for Tsunade's Hundred Days Banquet, Uchiha Kagami withdrew from the festivities and helped contain a tense confrontation between the Hidden Mist and Hidden Stone delegations. The chapter left him alone on Hokage Rock, watching the brightly lit village.

• Uchiha Fire Core invited Kagami to eat, but Kagami declined and asked to be alone.
• Gengetsu Hozuki argued with a child who mocked his mustache, and Kagami intervened to stop trouble in Hidden Leaf Village.
• Gengetsu mistook Kagami for a frightening figure from his past before realizing they had never met.
• Gengetsu and Mu exchanged hostile words until Tobirama Senju stepped in and sent Kagami back to his duties.
• After the villagers dispersed, Kagami went to Hokage Rock and watched the village alone.

Uchiha Shin'yu rescued Uchiha Nen from Root and took him away through a space-time whirlpool. In the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo argued over the failed operation and ordered the village to strengthen its defenses.

• Uchiha Nen fought off Root ninjas until one used the Shadow Imitation Technique to immobilize him.
• Shin'yu appeared, absorbed the ninjas' attacks, and took Nen away through a black-and-red whirlpool.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Danzo over disobeying orders and attacking Nen.
• Danzo blamed Hiruzen for failing to stop Tsunade and insisted Uchiha Shin'yu was unlikely to attack the village unless provoked.
• Hiruzen ordered stronger barriers, police patrols, and immediate reports of anything unusual.

Uchiha Fire Core comforted Uchiha Kagami as he confessed his guilt over his brother’s defection and the deaths of his comrades. At Tsunade’s Hundred Days Banquet the next day, the Kage traded insults until Tobirama warned them that Uchiha Madara was still alive.

• Uchiha Fire Core found Uchiha Kagami alone atop Hokage Rock and apologized for his earlier words.
• Fire Core drew out Kagami’s guilt over his brother and the dead comrades, and Kagami asked him to support him if he ever had to trade his life for his brother’s.
• Fire Core hugged Kagami and told him these years had been hard, easing Kagami’s loneliness.
• Hashirama Senju welcomed the Kage and their guards to Tsunade’s Hundred Days Banquet and became tearful during his speech.
• Gengetsu Hozuki and Second Earth Shadow Mu exchanged insults, while Ōnoki glared at the Hidden Mist group.
• Tobirama stopped the escalating argument and reminded everyone that Uchiha Madara was not dead.

Shin'yu brought Uchiha Nen to a tranquil plain, where Nen pieced together the political reasons behind his father Uchiha Kagami’s disgrace and death. Shin'yu revealed that he had killed Kagami and transformed his body into the giant tree and sea of flowers, leaving Nen stunned.

• Uchiha Nen emerged with Shin'yu onto a flower-filled plain and broke down as his suppressed grief overwhelmed him.
• Nen explained his belief that Uchiha Kagami had been framed by people jealous of his achievements, and Shin'yu corrected his understanding of the village’s political motives.
• Shin'yu said the Hidden Leaf Village’s leaders and the Uchiha Clan had wanted Kagami dead because his death served their interests.
• Shin'yu revealed that he had killed Kagami, and Nen recalled that Shin'yu had once said he had wronged him.
• Shin'yu explained that he had taken Kagami’s eyes on the plain twelve years earlier and transformed Kagami’s body into the giant tree and flowers.

Uchiha Shin'yu attacked Sarutobi Sasuke, destroyed the Hidden Leaf Academy, and faced Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, the Four Great Shinobi Villages' Kage, and the Anbu. He stood surrounded, without Lord Madara to save him.

• At the banquet, Hashirama asked why Sasuke and Fire Core had not arrived, just as an explosion shook the Hokage Building from the direction of the Sarutobi Clan Territory.
• Uchiha Shin'yu, disguised as Uchiha Fire Core, attacked Sarutobi Sasuke, but Sasuke revealed that he had spotted the substitution and summoned Enma.
• Shin'yu used fire techniques and feints to counter Sasuke, then struck him with a Rasengan and stopped his attempt to open the Eight Gates.
• Shin'yu pierced Sasuke with Autumn Dew on Leaves, killing him, then triggered hundreds of Exploding Tags buried in the Hidden Leaf Academy and reduced it to rubble.
• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, the Kage of the Four Great Shinobi Villages, and countless Anbu arrived and surrounded Shin'yu.

Shin'yu revealed how Nian's father, Uchiha Kagami, betrayed his brother for the Hidden Leaf Village and was later betrayed by the village. Nian awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and asked to follow Shin'yu, who agreed to give him a chance to prove himself by helping Orochimaru and Hiruko find the treasure.

• Shin'yu told Nian that Kagami's lost eyes caused Hashirama's Yang Style Power to backlash, and Nian's Sharingan awakened to its third Tomoe as he grieved.
• Shin'yu revealed that he was Uchiha Kagami's biological brother and described how Kagami betrayed him for the Hidden Leaf Village, only to be betrayed by the village in turn.
• Nian feared Shin'yu had cared for him only because of Kagami's dying request, but Shin'yu clarified that he had encouraged and raised Nian because he valued him and regarded him as his nephew.
• Nian awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, then knelt and asked to follow Shin'yu, vowing to find the treasure for Orochimaru and Hiruko or kill himself if he failed.
• Shin'yu accepted Nian's request and agreed to give him the chance to prove himself.