Recaps

Uya discussed senjutsu and Orochimaru’s research into the soul, then forced Orochimaru to take their proposed cooperation seriously. Orochimaru taught Uya the Added-Weight Rock Technique, and Uya left after agreeing to help him twice.

• Uya surprised Orochimaru by naming natural energy and senjutsu, then discussed Orochimaru’s research into the soul and body.
• Orochimaru proposed cooperating with Uya to obtain experimental materials and test subjects.
• Uya appeared behind Orochimaru at high speed and held the Kusanagi Sword against his shoulder, challenging whether they could truly cooperate.
• Uya agreed to help Orochimaru twice in exchange for a soul-strengthening technique and the Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Orochimaru taught Uya the Added-Weight Rock Technique, and Uya left.

Uya spent half a year mastering the Added-Weight Rock Technique and used its adjustable gravity to accelerate his physical training toward the Fifth Gate of the True Eight Gates Released Formation. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kageyama gave Uchiha Rin a black box and ordered him to kill Uya, leaving Rin shocked by what he found inside.

• Uya mastered earth chakra nature transformation, then spent half a year learning the Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Uya used the technique to apply adjustable gravity to himself and steadily increase his strength.
• Uchiha Kageyama said Konoha had left the Uchiha Clan alone after the war and suggested that the clan would not keep Uya in check for Konoha.
• Uchiha Kageyama handed Uchiha Rin a black box and ordered him to use it to kill Uya, saying Konoha would not interfere.
• Uchiha Rin opened the box and reacted with horror and disbelief.

Uya discovered that Uchiha Rin was confronting him through an unusual illusion that Shockwave Sensing could not detect. After Uya recognized Rin as a phantom, the illusion suddenly gained a lethal presence, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Uya sensed that the Kushina who came to bring him lunch did not exist within his Shockwave Sensing, then dispelled the genjutsu with the Power of Tremors.
• Uchiha Rin appeared and declared that he intended to kill Uya, while Uya failed to recognize him.
• Uya cut Rin in two, but the severed figure split into two complete phantoms that taunted him about the Uchiha Clan.
• Uya reasoned that the figures were neither genjutsu nor clones, and let their swords pass through his body after realizing they were illusions.
• The two Uchiha Rins attacked again, this time with chilling killing intent.

Uya fought Uchiha Rin, whose Mangekyō Sharingan gave him the power to create tangible attacks and manipulate light. Uya’s Shockwave Sensing let him find Rin despite the darkness, and Rin died wondering how Uya had detected him.

• Uchiha Rin turned his illusory swords into tangible chakra weapons and claimed Uya could not touch him.
• Uya shattered Rin’s multiplying illusions with a Mental Shock, while Rin’s Mangekyō Sharingan caused him pain and made his left eye bleed.
• Uchiha Rin plunged Uya into darkness and explained that he could control light and make its illusions tangible.
• Uya sensed Rin approaching and stabbed him in the chest with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Uchiha Rin collapsed and died, and Uya wondered why someone with Mangekyō Sharingan had no reputation.

Uya realized Uchiha Rin had used transplanted Mangekyō Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan’s hidden reserves, then sealed the eyes away after defeating him. At the Uchiha compound, Uchiha Kageyama and Uchiha Fugaku discussed Rin’s assassination attempt until they learned Rin was dead and his Sharingan had been taken.

• Uya deduced that Uchiha Rin’s Mangekyō Sharingan belonged to someone else and that the Uchiha Clan had preserved pairs of Mangekyō as hidden reserves.
• Uya removed Rin’s eyes, sealed them in a scroll, and decided to open the Fifth Gate before confronting the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Kageyama told Uchiha Fugaku he would step down as clan head and captain of the Konoha Military Police Force so Fugaku could succeed him.
• Uchiha Kageyama explained that Rin had used Mangekyō abilities suited to assassination, and Uchiha Fugaku questioned whether Rin could kill Uya.
• A messenger reported that Rin’s body had been found on the back mountain and that someone had taken his Sharingan.

After learning that Uya was responsible for Uchiha Rin’s death, Uchiha Kageyama ordered his clan to stop investigating. Uya had opened the Fifth Gate of the True Eight Gates Released Formation and adapted to the resulting power, leaving him near the threshold of Super Kage strength.

• A Uchiha Clan ninja told Uchiha Kageyama and Uchiha Fugaku that Rin had been killed and her Sharingan stolen, and said he had sent investigators.
• Uchiha Kageyama asked what had happened to Uya, then ordered the ninja to call back the investigators and make no further inquiry.
• Uchiha Fugaku backed his father’s order, and the confused ninja left.
• Uya trained in Konoha’s rear mountains and revealed that he had opened the Fifth Gate after years of effort.
• Uya said he had adapted to his new power, reached peak Kage-level chakra reserves, and advanced Quake Release to its fifth stage.

After awakening the Fifth Gate, Uya assessed his greatly increased strength and considered his next goals. He learned that Uchiha Fugaku would become clan head the next day and planned to confront the Uchiha Clan, while warning Kushina to stay out of whatever happened.

• Uya reflected that the Fifth Gate had greatly enhanced his chakra, mental power, speed, and sensory range, and wondered whether opening all Eight Gates would bring perfection.
• Uya spent the day adapting to the Fifth Gate and thinking about opening the Sixth Gate, obtaining the Totsuka Blade, and the situation in the Land of Rain.
• Uya sensed that the Uchiha Clan would hold a private leadership succession ceremony the next day, with Uchiha Fugaku inheriting the position from Uchiha Kageyama.
• Uya decided the ceremony was the right time to address the Uchiha Clan's repeated assassination attempts against him.
• Uya kissed Kushina, warned her to stay out of whatever happened the next day, and asked whether she would leave Konoha with him someday.

Uya vowed to take Kushina with him if he ever left Konoha. The Uchiha Clan gathered to approve Uchiha Fugaku as its new head, but an unexpected voice objected at the last moment.

• Kushina took Uya's hand, and he resolved to take her with him if he ever left Konoha.
• The Uchiha Clan assembled at its compound while Konoha temporarily covered the Military Police Force's patrols.
• Uchiha Kageyama described his leadership and nominated Uchiha Fugaku as his successor.
• The Uchiha senior figures unanimously approved Fugaku, and the gathered clan members anticipated his appointment.
• An unidentified speaker objected just as Kageyama was about to announce Fugaku as the next clan head.

Uya interrupted the Uchiha Clan's succession ceremony and openly confronted Uchiha Kageyama. He killed Kageyama with the power of tremors, leaving the clan in shock as the ceremony remained unfinished.

• Uya objected to the succession ceremony, stunning the gathered Uchiha Clan ninja.
• Uchiha Kageyama signaled Uchiha Fugaku to retreat, but Uya appeared in front of Fugaku and challenged them to stop him from attending.
• Uchiha Kageyama threatened Uya, declaring he could attend only as a dead man.
• Uya moved too quickly for Kageyama's Sharingan to follow and placed a hand on his shoulder.
• Uya sent a pulse of tremor power through Uchiha Kageyama, shattering him before the horrified clan ninja.

Uya killed Uchiha Kageyama and used Mental Shock to incapacitate nearly the entire Uchiha Clan. As Uya prepared to leave, Kageyama returned through Izanagi, leaving Uya intrigued and Kageyama horrified that he knew the technique.

• Uya killed Uchiha Kageyama with a single blow, provoking the Uchiha Clan ninja to attack him.
• Uya unleashed Mental Shock, knocking down most of the Uchiha Clan and alarming people throughout Konoha.
• Uya noticed that Uchiha Kageyama’s shattered remains had vanished as Uchiha Fugaku called out to his father.
• Uchiha Kageyama reappeared unharmed except for one closed eye, having used Izanagi to survive.
• Uya asked when Kageyama had made the hand seals for Izanagi, and Kageyama demanded to know how Uya knew about the technique.

Uya defeated Uchiha Kageyama, extinguishing his Amaterasu flames with the Power of Tremors before killing him. Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived too late, and Uya confronted him over what happened to Uchiha Rin before leaving him to clean up.

• Uya struck down Uchiha Kageyama, who used Izanagi to escape and replace his eyes with a nearly blind pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uya split the Uchiha Clan patriarch's residence and the ground with a sword slash, while Uchiha Kageyama awakened Amaterasu.
• Uya enclosed the Amaterasu Black Flames with the Power of Tremors and extinguished them, even as Uchiha Kageyama unleashed more flames at him.
• Uya killed Uchiha Kageyama and destroyed his Mangekyō Sharingan before Hiruzen Sarutobi could stop him.
• Uya challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over whether he had known about what happened to Uchiha Rin, then told him to clean up the mess and walked away.

After Uya destroyed the Uchiha Clan, Hiruzen Sarutobi covered up the attack by blaming enemy ninja and ordered the battlefield cleaned. Uya returned home to Kushina, reassured her that he did not intend to leave Konoha yet, and they affirmed they would stay together.

• Konoha's Anbu and Jonin arrived at the Uchiha compound and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi what to do about Uya's attack.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi claimed enemy ninja had attacked the Uchiha Clan and that Uya had killed them, then ordered the aftermath cleaned up.
• Uya walked through the crowded streets to his home as civilians assumed he had defeated an enemy invasion.
• Kushina asked Uya if he was hurt and worried he might turn against Konoha.
• Uya told Kushina that his future depended on Konoha and that he had largely repaid his debts to the village.
• Kushina promised that they would not be separated, and Uya leaned toward her.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers decided to avoid provoking Uya after witnessing how quickly he had crushed the Uchiha Clan, though Danzo still wanted him removed. At Orochimaru’s underground base, Uya traded research on strengthening souls for Uchiha Rin’s Mangekyō Sharingan, delighting Orochimaru.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura decided not to restrict Kushina or provoke Uya within Konoha.
• Danzo opposed the decision because he saw Uya as an obstacle to gaining power.
• Uya visited Orochimaru’s secret base, received Orochimaru’s research findings on soul strengthening, and gave him a vial containing Uchiha Rin’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Orochimaru accepted the eyes in exchange for both favors Uya had promised him and rejoiced at obtaining them.

Uya obtained Orochimaru’s notes on senjutsu and soul-strengthening research, then used his power of tremors to train Kushina at home. Kushina recovered from the exhausting session and angrily accused Uya of taking advantage of her concern about Orochimaru.

• Uya asked Orochimaru about senjutsu, and Orochimaru gave him a scroll describing Ryūchi Cave’s training method.
• Orochimaru put the Mangekyō Sharingan away and watched Uya leave before eagerly taking the eyes out again.
• Uya returned home with the senjutsu and soul-strengthening scrolls, while Kushina warned him to keep his distance from Orochimaru.
• Uya used his power of tremors to temper Kushina’s body, leaving her exhausted and unable to speak for a time.
• Kushina regained her strength, shouted at Uya, and objected that she had only been worried Orochimaru would trick him.

Uya teased Kushina during her training, and their morning ended in playful antics that left her exhausted and asleep. He then studied the Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode scroll and considered how the sage arts of the three great locations differed, leaving the source of Hashirama Senju’s Sage Mode uncertain.

• Kushina confronted Uya over his teasing during training, then went to bathe after he told her to rest and wash up.
• Kushina tossed her wet clothes at Uya, who followed her into the bathroom and began washing them, prompting her to splash water at him.
• Uya’s vibrations scattered the water onto Kushina’s clean clothes, and the two continued their playful argument until Kushina grew tired and fell asleep.
• Uya studied the Ryūchi Cave Sage Mode scroll and compared its training method with Mount Myōboku’s.
• Uya considered whether Hashirama Senju’s Sage Mode came from Shikkotsu Forest and concluded that the sage arts of the three locations were different.

Uya decided to pursue Shikkotsu Forest’s Senjutsu as part of his plan to develop a Sage Mode suited to him. Tsunade brought him to meet Katsuyu’s main body, where he asked to learn about Senjutsu.

• Uya studied Orochimaru’s soul-strengthening scroll and increased his soul’s strength by about a third, improving his control over chakra, his body, and the Power of Tremors.
• Uya concluded that his chakra reserves and strengthened control made him ready to investigate Sage Mode, but he wanted to prepare carefully because he lacked a teacher.
• Uya asked Tsunade about Shikkotsu Forest’s Senjutsu, and she offered to take him to meet Katsuyu’s main body.
• Uya and Tsunade traveled on foot to the vast underground Shikkotsu Forest and reached Katsuyu’s enormous main body.
• Katsuyu asked Tsunade what had brought them, and Tsunade said she wanted to learn about Senjutsu.

Uya obtained the Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu training method from Katsuyu, but returned to Konoha to study senjutsu on his own and develop a Sage Mode suited to him. Nearly a month later, he still had few leads, though he had made a breakthrough in the Added-Weight Rock Technique.

• Tsunade asked Katsuyu to assess whether Uya could practice senjutsu, and Katsuyu sensed his unusual physique and hidden Quake Release Kekkei Genkai.
• Katsuyu gave Uya the Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu training method and cautioned that she could not tell whether his body was suited to it.
• Uya returned to Konoha with Tsunade instead of staying in Shikkotsu Forest, intending to study several Sage Modes and create one suited to himself.
• Uya spent nearly a month studying natural energy and combining ideas from three Sage Modes, but made little progress.
• Uya continued using the Added-Weight Rock Technique to temper his body and achieved a breakthrough in the technique.

Uya learned that Bloody Hand, wielder of the Totsuka Blade, had assassinated the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and was being pursued by Konoha. After Bloody Hand escaped a force of eight Anbu jonin, Uya volunteered to hunt him down alone.

• Uya trained with his Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique and continued strengthening his body.
• Uya received word that Bloody Hand had appeared again after assassinating the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Uya consulted Konoha Anbu intelligence and followed the pursuit because he wanted to claim Bloody Hand’s Totsuka Blade.
• Bloody Hand killed four of the eight Konoha Anbu jonin sent after him and escaped, though he was injured.
• Uya told Konoha to leave Bloody Hand to him, prompting the High Command to recall its planned forces and Hatake Sakumo.

Uya tracked Bloody Hand through the resonance of his Kusanagi Swords and confronted him in a mountain forest. After destroying Bloody Hand’s Blood Clone and finding the real man, Uya resisted a technique that disrupted his blood flow, but Bloody Hand unleashed a golden attack from a gourd.

• Uya used the faint resonance of his Kusanagi Swords to locate the fleeing Bloody Hand.
• Uya raced through the forest and cut Bloody Hand in half, only for the body to turn into two corrosive blood spheres.
• Uya destroyed the spheres with an Air Shatter and realized the Bloody Hand he had struck was a clone.
• Uya appeared beside the real Bloody Hand at a nearby river, surprising him and explaining how he had tracked the Totsuka Blade.
• Bloody Hand disrupted Uya’s blood flow with the Blood Body Restriction Technique, but Uya restored it with the power of tremors.
• Bloody Hand pulled out a gourd and sent a golden streak of light hurtling toward Uya.

Uya took the Totsuka Blade from Bloody Hand after its sealing power failed to move or harm him. He used the blade to seal Bloody Hand into the gourd and brought all three Kusanagi Swords together.

• The Totsuka Blade’s golden light pierced Uya, but its sealing power could not pull him into the gourd.
• Uya grabbed the sword light and wrenched the Totsuka Blade from Bloody Hand, making the gourd his own.
• Bloody Hand tried to escape by turning into blood, but Uya pierced him with the Totsuka Blade’s sealing light.
• The golden light sealed Bloody Hand inside the gourd, which Uya then returned to its unremarkable state.
• Uya summoned his other two Kusanagi Swords, and the three swords hovered together.

Uya let the three Kusanagi Swords unite, and the Totsuka Blade absorbed the other two while drawing in natural energy to forge a single weapon. As the sword began a month-long fusion, Uya used its energy flow to learn to sense natural energy and strengthened his Shockwave Sensing enough to detect it under normal conditions.

• Uya studied the Totsuka Blade and sensed that the three Kusanagi Swords were pleading to be released from his restraint.
• Uya stopped restraining the swords, and the Totsuka Blade swallowed the other two Kusanagi Swords through its gourd.
• The Totsuka Blade began absorbing natural energy, and Uya learned from its merged consciousness that the three swords had originally been parts of one Six Paths weapon.
• Uya stayed nearby while the Totsuka Blade fused and nurtured a new Kusanagi Sword, a process expected to take about a month.
• Uya used Shockwave Sensing to perceive natural energy flowing into the Totsuka Blade, then strengthened his sensing until he could detect natural energy under normal conditions.

Uya broke through the limits of his Shockwave Sensing, learned to sense and control natural energy, and developed a Sage Mode unique to himself. After ten days of training, he successfully entered Sage Mode, marked by a red diamond between his brows.

• Uya spent half a month strengthening his Shockwave Sensing until he could perceive natural energy and detect objects through its fluctuations.
• Uya used Quake Release to influence natural energy, overcoming the main obstacle to creating his own Sage Mode.
• Uya refined his rudimentary Sage Mode and began training, using the Power of Tremors to expel natural energy if it went out of control.
• Uya absorbed natural energy while training and mastered Sage Mode after ten days.
• A red diamond formed between Uya's brows as he entered Sage Mode.

Uya tested his first-stage Sage Mode and devised a way to cultivate Hashirama Senju’s Sage Body by merging natural energy with his cells through the True Eight Gates Released Formation. He believed a Sage Body would let him open the Sixth Gate, but he still wondered what would be needed for the Seventh and Eighth Gates when the Totsuka Blade suddenly stopped absorbing natural energy.

• Uya tested his Sage Mode with a punch that shattered the forest ahead of him.
• Uya distinguished his first-stage Sage Mode from Hashirama Senju’s Sage Body and set his sights on cultivating the latter.
• Uya concluded that infusing natural energy through his five opened gates could gradually transform his cells and help him open the Sixth Gate.
• Uya considered whether Six Paths Mode would be needed to open the Seventh and Eighth Gates.
• The Totsuka Blade beside Uya suddenly stopped absorbing natural energy.

After the Totsuka Blade absorbed natural energy for over a month, it exploded and revealed a golden, shape-shifting Kusanagi Sword forged from materialized chakra and natural energy. Uya tested its hammer form with his tremor power, destroying the surrounding mountains and forest and leaving an enormous crater.

• The Totsuka Blade stopped absorbing natural energy, then cracked and exploded, unleashing a shock wave that Uya shattered before it destroyed the cavern and surrounding landscape.
• Uya absorbed the excess natural energy released by the explosion and channeled it into the First Gate of the True Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Uya found a golden glasslike orb at the center of the light and realized it was the newly forged Kusanagi Sword, which could transform into different weapons and a miniature Susanoo.
• Uya transformed the orb into a huge hammer and swung it at the mountains and forest, amplifying his power of tremors.
• Uya's blow shattered the mountains and collapsed the ground into a crater large enough to hold Konoha, with power that surpassed Super Shinra Tensei.

Uya tested the power and shape-changing abilities of his new Kusanagi Sword, then headed toward Konoha while considering his growing speed and Sage Mode. He discovered a mountain range rich in natural energy and recognized it as Mount Myōboku, home of the Toad Clan.

• Uya tested the Kusanagi Sword’s hammer and gauntlet forms, blasting a deep pit that filled with water and turned the surrounding mountains and forest into a lake.
• Uya shrank the sword into a ring, reflected on its power and his chakra limits, and continued toward Konoha without restoring the Kusanagi surname.
• As he traveled, Uya considered whether his speed with Soru could rival Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God over short distances.
• Uya sensed a vast mountain range with unusually dense natural energy and changed course toward it.
• Uya recognized the mountain range as Mount Myōboku, home of the Toad Clan.