Chapter Summaries

The Third Raikage received Konoha’s real-time intelligence on Uka Senju and considered whether the Hokage’s faction truly believed its prophecy, while Uka’s expedition reached Summoning Island and began scouting for summons. The chapter ended with Sanan Senju’s team engaging a chakra-bearing tiger as it leaped to evade an Earth Release attack.

• A Cloud intelligence chief told the Third Raikage that Konoha had begun providing real-time updates on Wood Release and that its faction might genuinely believe its prophecy; the Raikage ordered him to seek proof.
• The intelligence chief showed the Third Raikage Konoha’s report that Uka Senju was heading toward Gunma port and Summoning Island, a route that could offer an ambush site.
• Uka Senju and his group reached Summoning Island, fought off underwater summons, and landed their ship on a concealed cliffside.
• Uka Senju ordered scouts to explore the area, assigned others to secure the camp, and kept his own team ready to provide support.
• Kenchū Senju assessed a troop of monkeys as poor candidates for summons, while Sanan Senju’s team fought a chakra-bearing tiger that leaped over a young Senju’s Earth Release attack.

Sanan Senju’s team uncovered numerous powerful summoning-beast groups on Summoning Island, while Orochimaru received Ryūchi Cave’s contract scrolls under new safety assurances. Uka Senju chose Bear Valley as the Senju Clan’s first target and secretly hunted beasts with Aburame Kaun and Inuzuka Furin, ending the chapter as Kaun hinted that he wanted something in return for helping.

• Sanan Senju’s team killed a tiger, and the pale-purple-haired woman read its memories to identify nearby summoning-beast groups and a vast wolf pack farther away.
• Tagorihime led Orochimaru to the Ryūchi Cave Sage, who gave him a scroll for individuals to sign contracts with selected snakes and promised their safety.
• Uka Senju’s teams compiled their scouting reports, and Uka chose Bear Valley as their first destination while directing Sekisei Senju’s sealing team to prepare more scrolls.
• Uka Senju took Aburame Kaun and Inuzuka Furin into the forest, gave them wooden senbon, and led them in killing nearby creatures to collect energy.
• After the three returned with roughly twenty-eight thousand energy, Uka Senju told his companions not to ask about his actions and assured them he was not the person described in the prophecy.
• Aburame Kaun told Uka Senju that he could help with this kind of activity, but added that he wanted something in return.

Uka Senju secured contracts with the Bear Valley bears, the Albatross Clan, and the Golden Eagle Clan while traveling across Summoning Island. As his group prepared to return home, the Third Raikage tracked the Wood Release Squadron and grew uneasy about his planned attack.

• Aburame Kaun asked Uka Senju to introduce him to someone from the Senju Clan so he could marry into the clan, and Uka agreed to help him find a match.
• Uka Senju negotiated a contract with the Bear King, agreeing to provide living supplies in exchange for the bears' cooperation and setting rules for protecting other contracted creatures.
• The Third Raikage learned that the Wood Release Squadron had reached Summoning Island and that three people had been killing animals along the route; he ordered reinforcements and kept his attack plan under close watch.
• Uka Senju signed a contract with the Albatross Clan and, five days later, secured another with the Golden Eagle Clan, whose leader assigned Feihe to contract with him.
• After completing the mission, Uka Senju told his companions they would return to their ship that afternoon and sail home the next day, while feeling guilty about the slaughter he had put Inuzuka Furin and Aburame Kaun through.

Senju Uka’s squad was ambushed at sea by Kumogakure and another enemy force, and Uka organized a defense while trying to protect his people and their mission haul. As the battle escalated, Konoha’s Senju compound sounded its alarm and mobilized for an emergency.

• Senju Uka led his squad back across the sea, but he sensed an attack and used Wood Release and Triple Rashomon to block a powerful Chakra Ball.
• The Third Raikage sent Dodai, Blue B, and Seiga Yasaka to lead an assault while keeping himself in reserve to target Uka.
• Kenchū Senju warned that seventeen Kumogakure shinobi were attacking from behind, and Uka sent three squads to confront them while calling for reinforcements.
• Shimura Danzō’s group advanced from the reefs with two black-robed Kage-level fighters, and Senju Sekisei handed Uka the pouch containing their mission haul.
• Uka rejected his companions’ pleas to flee, summoned Katsuyu Sage to coordinate communication and healing, and prepared to fight alongside them.
• An alarm rang through the Senju Clan Compound, prompting its members to arm themselves and gather for defense.

After Mito Uzumaki received Uka Senju’s level-three distress signal, the Senju and their allied clans mobilized reinforcements while preparing for a possible conflict with Konoha. As the Flying Thunder God Formation sent rescuers toward the battlefield, they learned that the Raikage, a tailed beast, Danzo, and dozens of powerful enemies were waiting there.

• The alarm at the Senju compound and Mito Uzumaki’s wave of malice alerted Konoha, prompting clans to arm themselves and move their civilians to safety.
• Mito Uzumaki told Senju Toka that Uka Senju had requested reinforcements, and Toka ordered the Senju to send rescue teams through the Flying Thunder God Formation.
• The allied clan leaders organized their forces and sent groups to the battlefield as the triplets relayed intelligence about the enemies, including the Raikage, a tailed beast, and Danzo.
• Senju Toka ordered the Senju compound locked down, civilians relocated, intelligence channels connected, and forces prepared for possible war.
• The triplets warned that enemies were watching the arrival point and that the next reinforcements would face immediate combat; the Kurama clan leader recruited Senju Masaki and other taijutsu fighters to protect them.

Uka Senju’s attempt to delay the enemy ended with Inuzuka Furin sacrificing herself to save him, and the Third Raikage struck Uka down shortly afterward. Mito Uzumaki arrived in a fury and drove the Raikage into a fierce fight, while the battle around Senju Tsukika intensified.

• Senju Masaki and another Senju taijutsu ninja entered the Flying Thunder God Formation with the Kurama clan head, and the group vanished.
• Uka Senju used Wood Release to block the enemy advance, but Inuzuka Furin shoved him clear of the Third Raikage’s Hell Stab and took the fatal blow; Uka sealed her body in a scroll.
• Uka Senju punched the Third Raikage and broke his fist, then joined Aburame Kaun in using Wood Release and insects to hinder Danzo and the other attackers.
• Shimura Danzō summoned Baku, whose gale scattered Kaun’s insects, while the Third Raikage attacked Uka again and blasted him apart.
• Mito Uzumaki arrived, released five of Nine-Tails’ tails, and attacked the Third Raikage with her chakra cloak and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Blue B left Seiga Yasaka to face Senju Tsukika and rushed to aid the Raikage, while Dodai grew concerned about the battle’s mounting danger.

Uka Senju and Konoha’s reinforcements fought to hold off Kumogakure, Shimura Danzō, and the black-robed faction as the battle around the teleportation point intensified. Mito Uzumaki and Senju Masaki unleashed greater power, while Uka came under a renewed assault and the chapter ended with Mito’s transformation growing stronger.

• Dodai ordered Kumogakure’s forces to intensify their attacks as Uka Senju struggled against Shimura Danzō and Konoha’s forces faced mounting casualties.
• Inuzuka and Hatake reinforcements arrived, helping stabilize the battle; the Hatake clan head killed the wounded Shunchi Sarutobi.
• Uka summoned Katsuyu Sage at the teleportation point, and her acid attack corroded a Kumogakure ninja while disrupting the fighting.
• Two Senju reinforcements opened multiple Eight Gates, and Senju Masaki confronted the Third Raikage while Mito Uzumaki attacked Shimura Danzō, Blue B, and the black-robed man.
• Kumogakure redirected its forces to attack Uka and turn away further reinforcements, forcing Uka into repeated danger as Senju Masaki opened the Gate of Limit and Mito Uzumaki manifested another tail and chain.

Mito Uzumaki resumed fighting Blue B, Dodai, and Shimura Danzō as the battle at the South Battlefield continued. A secret mobilization order triggered Ihyo Castle’s highest alert, and Sawagen Senju organized forces to secure the southern routes and move toward Konoha, while Hiruzen Sarutobi’s forces prepared for their own operation and awaited Mitokado Homura.

• Mito Uzumaki regained her human form with a six-tailed red cloak and attacked Blue B, Dodai, and Shimura Danzō as the other fighters shifted targets.
• A sealed letter bearing the highest security mark arrived at Ihyo Castle, prompting the intelligence department to sound the alarm and mobilize the city.
• Sawagen Senju ordered forces across the South Battlefield to assemble, block routes, defend the Land of Forests, and prepare to advance toward Konoha.
• Sawagen Senju assigned vanguard and support units, ordered Logistics to distribute supplies, and set the forces’ departure schedule.
• Senju Chiharu organized the Sixth Large Unit and Fourth Medium Unit for their vanguard mission while worrying about Senju Uka’s situation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Sarutobi Nanasegyō and Sarutobi Kōshū to hold their positions, then waited with Utatane Koharu for news from Danzo and Mitokado Homura’s unit.

Mitokado Homura returned to Konoha with the Four Clans’ forces as Hiruzen Sarutobi prepared for a conflict with the Senju, while the Uchiha and Ino-Shika-Cho debated how to respond. As the southern command mobilized against the interception, the Senju Third Elder ordered two thousand trained personnel sent toward Konoha as reserves.

• Mitokado Homura reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Utatane Koharu that his forces were deployed, the Four Clans’ elders and children were escorted to camp, and reinforcements were returning from the Land of Clouds.
• Uchiha Setsuna demanded an attack on Sarutobi’s men outside the Uchiha compound, but Uchiha Motohisa instead ordered elders to contact neutral clans and sent Uchiha Hikaku to seek details from the Hokage Building.
• The Nara Clan Head, the Akimichi Clan Head, and the Yamanaka Clan Head discussed whether Sarutobi was targeting Wood Release or conspiring against the Senju, then received Uchiha Teranaka’s request for a visit.
• Aburame Gyokusei ordered multiple units to defend the southern coastline and led the Third Large Unit and medical personnel toward a sea sector near the expected battlefield.
• The Senju Third Elder ordered two thousand trained personnel from shallow-level bases to move toward Konoha, join the First Elder, and remain under orders to keep the deeper bases concealed.

Senju reinforcements turned the sea battle against Kumogakure and Konoha, and Senju Masaki exploited Rōji’s defection to kill a Sarutobi ninja. As the Third Raikage tried to break through the Senju’s wooden barrier, Mito Uzumaki overwhelmed him, while Blue B prepared to unleash the Eight-Tails’ power so his comrades could retreat.

• The Third Elder ordered certificates for the Senju reinforcements and refused to spare base personnel to escort them.
• New Senju reinforcements arrived through the Flying Thunder God Formation, shifting the battle toward trapping and stalling Kumogakure and Konoha’s forces.
• Rōji signaled Senju Masaki during their fight, then helped him stage an apparent clash; Masaki killed a Sarutobi ninja while Rōji escaped.
• The Third Raikage and Shimura Danzō tried to flee, but Rōshin’s attack delayed them, allowing Senju Masaki and Senju Tsukika to pin them down.
• Mito Uzumaki defeated the Third Raikage’s attempts to break through the wooden barrier, forcing him to use his Nukite techniques to reach the forest at sea.
• Dodai ordered Blue B and Seiga Yasaka to lead their squads away, and Blue B asked Gyuki for the Eight-Tails’ power to hold off their pursuers.

Blue B transformed into the Eight-Tails and fought Mito Uzumaki and the Third Raikage while the other shinobi evacuated and continued battling. In Shikkotsu Forest, Katsuyu revealed her need to escape the sealed space and warned Uka Senju that Hagoromo Otsutsuki might target him, then offered him energy and protection in exchange for future cooperation.

• Blue B fully manifested the Eight-Tails, and the Third Raikage and Mito Uzumaki fought him while their allies withdrew to deal with the remaining enemies.
• Katsuyu brought Uka Senju to Shikkotsu Forest, where she explained that the space was filling with slugs and slowly killing her.
• Katsuyu asked Uka Senju to grow to Six Paths strength, break the space's restrictions, and summon her into the outside world.
• Katsuyu explained that Uka Senju's energy absorption could attract Hagoromo Otsutsuki's attention, and she promised to watch for his moves and protect Uka.
• Katsuyu gave Uka Senju some of her stored energy, which he absorbed, and he accepted her offer to cooperate.

Uka Senju recovered in Shikkotsu Forest and returned to the southern sea battlefield, while the Senju received word that he was safe. The Second Elder died after giving Senju Toka final instructions, and Uka rejoined the fighting as Senju forces began operations against Sarutobi’s people.

• Katsuyu treated Uka Senju’s injuries and sent him back to the battlefield after telling the Senju he was safe.
• Senju Toka received news that Uka and Mito were unharmed, but the Second Elder’s condition worsened and he died after urging Toka to protect Uka, support the Uzumaki relocation, and contain the news.
• Senju Toka ordered Hayata Senju and Reishichi to guard the Second Elder’s tent, block Sarutobi’s people from leaving Konoha, and monitor the clan grounds.
• Uka Senju returned to the battlefield and used Wood Release to help a Hatake jonin defeat a Shimura elite jonin.
• Uka Senju’s plants restrained a wounded Kumogakure elite jonin, allowing an Aburame jonin to join the attack.

Senju Uka divided his recovered fighters between two battlefields, then flew west with Feihe to reinforce Mito Uzumaki. Meanwhile, the Uchiha convened neutral clans to halt the fighting, Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure to exploit Konoha’s turmoil, and Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to regroup rather than counterattack; Mito ordered her forces back to port.

• After the battlefield was secured, Senju Uka sent Senju Yamato and others east, while he, Senju Yuangao, Senju Kenchū, Senju Sekisei, and Hatake Senagakyo flew west on Feihe to aid his teacher.
• At a meeting in the Uchiha compound, Uchiha Motohisa persuaded the neutral clans to discuss separating the Senju and Sarutobi sides and stopping the conflict.
• Senju Chiharu ordered her forces to surround and destroy an enemy relief unit, then asked Kurama Mizue to join forces with her.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to keep its spies hidden, count the forces deployed by Konoha’s clans, and send seven units to New Mountain Port to prepare for a sea crossing.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Utatane Koharu to regroup with Homura and rejected an immediate counterattack, deciding to wait for a chance to end the fighting.
• Senju Uka arrived at Mito Uzumaki’s ship, stabilized its damaged bow with Wood Release, and rejoined her; Mito ordered everyone to return to port.

Senju Uka received his Sage Body Supplement Injection and woke with dramatically increased strength, though he discovered that his control over his body had worsened. Senju Chiharu investigated the chakra surge but accepted his preparations as a reason not to intrude, while Uka ended the chapter keeping his sealed scroll untouched.

• Senju Uka reviewed the losses from the battle in Year 29 and prepared to use his accumulated energy for a Sage Body injection.
• Senju Uka chose the Sage Body Supplement Injection and sealed himself inside a wooden coffin before activating it.
• Senju Chiharu rushed to Uka's house after sensing a chakra surge, but his sealed defenses prevented her from checking inside.
• Senju Chiharu told the Senju Guard Unit that Uka had been testing a ninjutsu, and they left without investigating further.
• Senju Uka woke two hours later, broke out of the coffin with ease, and realized his new strength had reduced his control over his body.
• Senju Uka left the scroll on the shelf untouched and ignored the scattered wooden debris in the room.

Uka Senju emerged with a perfected Sage Body and tested his new power, while Senju Chiharu kept the clan guard and outsiders from interfering. Mito Uzumaki recognized the completeness of Uka’s body and, after watching him train, suggested Senju Tsukika teach him before he grew too strong to beat.

• Uka Senju returned to the backyard with his changed body, instructed Senju Chiharu to protect the scroll and keep others away, and practiced his new strength.
• Senju Chiharu turned away the guard unit, and Senju Toka later ordered Senju Yoshika to reassure nearby clansmen and stop investigating Uka’s disturbance.
• Mito Uzumaki sensed Hashirama-like chakra from Uka’s training, activated the clan’s barrier, and went with Senju Tsukika to observe him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Anbu to keep watching the Senju compound and sent resources to Orochimaru’s base.
• Mito Uzumaki recognized that Uka’s Sage Body seemed more complete than Hashirama’s and asked Senju Tsukika whether she wanted to train him before he became too strong.

Uka Senju sparred with Senju Tsukika to master his newly awakened Sage Body, then joined his family for dinner and explained that an unknown force had granted him his abilities in exchange for energy. After demonstrating his healing and chakra-draining Wood Release, he began recounting what he had learned about events thousands of years ago.

• Senju Tsukika fought Uka Senju, helping him coordinate his movements and control his strength as his Sage Body rapidly healed his injuries.
• Senju Toka returned home and joined Mito Uzumaki, Senju Tsukika, Senju Chiharu, and Uka Senju for dinner; she was startled by how much Uka's appearance had changed.
• Uka Senju decided to give his family a vague explanation for his unusual abilities while concealing his deepest secrets.
• Uka Senju told the others that an unknown 'it' had granted him Wood Release and his complete Sage Body, with energy as the price and no known risk of losing his gains.
• Uka Senju demonstrated rapid healing and chakra-draining Wood Release, prompting Mito Uzumaki and Senju Toka to examine him and find no immediate danger.
• Uka Senju explained that the unknown source had provided information about Sage Bodies, Sage Eyes, and the Ōtsutsuki, then began recounting events from several thousand years ago.

Uka Senju told his family the hidden history behind the clans and his enemies, then revealed that his power could strengthen others. After his aunt and teacher received injections, Uka began studying Hashirama Senju’s notes to see whether his Sage Body would let him learn Senjutsu.

• Uka Senju explained the ancient history, his circumstances, and the nature of the energy he absorbed to Mito Uzumaki, Senju Toka, Senju Tsukika, and Senju Chiharu.
• Senju Toka decided to support Uka and have him marry and inherit Chiharu’s position, while Uka revealed that his power could grant others Wood Release.
• Mito Uzumaki warned that the power had to remain secret, declined an injection because it would not extend her lifespan, and Senju Toka and Senju Tsukika agreed to use it.
• The next day, Senju Toka ordered five more large units transferred to Chiharu and told Uka to prepare for Tsunade’s group to arrive.
• Uka retrieved Hashirama Senju’s notes and began trying to sense natural energy, hoping his Sage Body would help him learn Senjutsu.

Tsunade traveled back to Konoha with her family for her wedding, while Uka and Maki spent a final date together before their own wedding preparations. On the wedding day, Toka secured the Inuzuka clan’s agreement to wait for an explanation about Uka keeping Furin’s body, and the ceremony was about to begin.

• Tsunade teased and scolded Nawaki during the convoy’s journey back to Konoha, while Might Duy shared his snacks with them.
• Uka and Maki enjoyed a date in Konoha and browsed shops selling baby clothes without buying anything.
• On the wedding day, Uka and the three brides endured elaborate preparations and teasing from Senju clan members.
• Toka apologized to the Inuzuka clan head and Retsu for Uka’s refusal to return Furin’s body, but said she could not reveal the reason.
• An Inuzuka elder accepted Toka’s promise that Furin’s body would not be used for experiments and agreed to wait for an explanation.

Uka Senju married Senju Chiharu, Senju Maki, and Tsunade in a ceremony attended by allied clans, while the three brides discovered they were expected to share their wedding night. At the ensuing alliance gathering, clan leaders debated how to organize their forces and accommodate smaller clans.

• Inuzuka Retsu questioned why the old Inuzuka had agreed to Senju Toka's arrangement, and the old man urged him to think it through calmly.
• Uka Senju, Senju Chiharu, Senju Maki, and Tsunade completed their wedding rites and exchanged vows, tokens, and courtesies with the guests.
• Uka Senju teased Senju Nawaki about being tired after scattering flower petals, and the Senju aunties joked that Uka should hurry to have children.
• Senju Chiharu told Tsunade and Senju Maki that the wedding rites required them to consummate the marriage, and the three realized they were all expected to stay in the same bedroom.
• At the post-wedding alliance meeting, the Inuzuka Clan head proposed that clans keep up to three main-force units and assign remaining members to mixed units.
• The Gekko Clan head objected that smaller clans could not afford to retain a main-force unit and asked to keep their existing arrangements.

The clan heads agreed on village garrison quotas and personnel transfers during Uka Senju’s wedding banquet, while Uka celebrated with his relatives until he was carried home. After the wedding rites, he pulled Chiharu, Senju Maki, and Tsunade onto the bed, and the room went dark.

• Senju Toka assigned village garrison quotas to the Gekko, Kato, Yuhi, Hatake, Kurama, Aburame, and Inuzuka clans, and ordered newly promoted Chunin to be reassigned.
• Senju Toka reduced the Senju village garrison to around five large units, while Uka Senju gained control of the covert combat force outside Konoha and doubled its strength.
• Uka Senju stayed at his wedding banquet until long after sunset, then Senju Toka carried him home and instructed the servants to wash and prepare him for the remaining wedding rites.
• The servants brought Uka Senju to the wedding room, where Senju Maki, Senju Chiharu, and Tsunade debated who should stay with him.
• Uka Senju woke unsteadily, kissed Chiharu, and pulled all three women onto the bed before the room went dark.