Chapter Summaries

Tsunade witnessed a volcanic eruption threatening the Capital of the River as Uchiha Yu used his fire senjutsu to divert falling volcanic debris and attack the tsunami. His spectacular assault halted a brewing confrontation between Konoha and Sunagakure, but Ebizo recognized him as the Sage of Nature who had killed his son.

• After an earthquake shook Tanzaku Town, Tsunade spotted lava rain and a tsunami approaching the Capital of the River.
• Uchiha Yu used the Ring of Zhurong and golden flaming swords to redirect volcanic debris, then sent five lines of Kagutsuchi's chariots against the tsunami.
• Chiyo arrived with Sunagakure ninjas to aid the city and faced off against Konoha ninjas led by Yamanaka Kanko, Nara Shikao, and Akimichi Chōgen.
• The chariots' explosions disrupted the tsunami and drenched nearby Konoha and Sunagakure ninjas with scorching rain, forcing most of them to flee.
• Ebizo approached Uchiha Yu and accused him of being the Sage of Nature who had killed his son.

Uchiha Yu used the Ring of Zhurong to stop a second tsunami while the Konoha and Sunagakure forces watched and assessed his power. Chiyo and Ebizo learned that the Sage of Nature’s space-time ninjutsu and fire ring made him a nearly impossible opponent for puppeteers, leaving Ebizo in despair over his son’s killer.

• Chiyo stopped Ebizo from approaching the Ring of Zhurong and slapped him repeatedly until he abandoned his attempt to attack Uchiha Yu.
• Uchiha Yu appeared behind Chiyo and Ebizo, taunted them into attacking, then warned the Sunagakure ninja to retreat from his power’s range.
• Uchiha Yu swept the Ring of Zhurong across the sea to destroy the second tsunami, and the fire ring burned one of Ebizo’s puppets from within.
• Chiyo and Ebizo realized they needed fire-resistant wooden puppets, while Chiyo wondered whether Monzaemon had designed his puppets to withstand a similar enemy.
• The Konoha and Sunagakure forces discussed whether they could coexist with the Sage of Nature, and Pakura reported that his fire ring was not Fire Style and that he used space-time ninjutsu.
• Chiyo, Ebizo, and Pakura concluded that Uchiha Yu’s speed and fire ring made him a natural nemesis for puppeteers.

Uchiha Yu, acting as Zhurong, battled volcanic fire and tsunamis while the people of the Capital of the River began worshipping him and feeding him faith. He redirected the dangerous power of faith to his Heart Monkey, grew stronger, and drove Sunagakure’s ninja to withdraw.

• Uchiha Yu sensed the Sunagakure ninja waiting for him to weaken and hoped they would attack so he could sever his karmic ties with them.
• Uchiha Yu used the Blazing Sun Sword to destroy the volcanic fire and bombs, causing people in the Capital of the River to place their faith in him.
• Uchiha Yu traced the new faith threads to believers and decided to pursue both the Immortal Path and the Divine Path while trying to control faith’s dangers.
• Tsunade appeared near the shore, and Chiyo explained to Pakura and Ebizo why Tsunade was nearly impossible to kill.
• Uchiha Yu used the Heart Monkey to address the believers, then sent their faith to the monkey, which grew stronger as his own control and power increased.
• After Uchiha Yu’s flame chariots broke apart the tsunami, Chiyo, Pakura, and Ebizo led Sunagakure’s ninja in retreat.

Uchiha Yu protected the Capital of the River from a five-day volcanic eruption while establishing the Southern Fire Spirit God’s faith and gaining the daimyo as a devoted follower. Just as the eruption ended and Uchiha Yu discovered that the River God could turn faith into divine power, a wind-and-lightning heavenly tribulation trapped him beneath the volcanic clouds.

• Uchiha Yu endured the eruption for five days as believers rebuilt the Capital of the River, and he shaped the Southern Fire Spirit God’s doctrine around flame and courage.
• The Land of Rivers’ daimyo first tried to suppress the Fire Spirit Cult, then witnessed Uchiha Yu’s power and became his devout follower.
• Uchiha Yu appointed the daimyo to manage believers, and the daimyo led the city’s disaster relief as the faith-based organization gained authority.
• Uchiha Yu learned that the volcano’s energy was spent, and the relieved citizens celebrated as sunlight broke through the clouds.
• Uchiha Yu discovered the River God was converting stolen faith into divine power, but [Precognition] warned him that a wind-and-lightning heavenly tribulation was approaching.
• The tribulation’s electric charge blocked Uchiha Yu’s Flying Thunder God marks, leaving him unable to escape the volcanic clouds.

Uchiha Yu endured a soul-targeting third tribulation inside his Purple Palace, where he overcame an attack by the dead spirits of people connected to his deaths. After clearing them away and strengthening his spiritual world, he realized the tribulation had ended and left the Purple Palace to protect his body.

• A hidden purple lightning bolt dragged Uchiha Yu into his Purple Palace, where a lightning dragon devastated the world and wounded the five Heart Forms and Little C.
• The lightning dragon split into dead spirits connected to Uchiha Yu, who attacked him while purple lightning pinned him in place.
• Uchiha Yu discovered the dead spirits could not withstand his spiritual power, and their destruction restored his movement and strengthened his control of the Purple Palace.
• Uchiha Yu burned away most of the dead spirits and wondered why Yuki was absent, concluding that Yuki's soul was not in the Pure Land because he had been reanimated.
• Uchiha Yu crushed Shimura Danzō and destroyed the remaining dead spirits, strengthening the Purple Palace and sensing that his bond with the world had diminished.
• Uchiha Yu recognized that the tribulation had ended and left the Purple Palace to return to his vulnerable body at sea.

Uchiha Yu survived the Three Calamity Ordeals and forged a divine mask that let him assume the identity of Zhurong, the southern god of the Fire Spirit. He summoned Miwa Masayo to guard him as he entered the volcano’s crater to begin a two-day transformation.

• Uchiha Yu flew from the Capital of the River to a newly formed volcanic island, intending to use it as a secluded shelter.
• Uchiha Yu lost control briefly and forged a divine mask that could bear believers’ faith and transform him into a golden-furred baboon.
• Uchiha Yu summoned Miwa Masayo, showed her the mask, and explained that he would undergo a major transformation while she kept intruders away.
• Uchiha Yu told Miwa Masayo that a Shadow Clone would handle the preparations for his scheduled regeneration surgery, then asked her to protect him during the transformation.
• Uchiha Yu explained why the volcano contained the natural energies he needed and urged Miwa Masayo to adapt to her new Sage body.
• Uchiha Yu jumped into the volcanic crater to begin his transformation.

Miwa Masayo trained to overcome instincts that no longer matched her sage-transformed body while Uchiha Yu absorbed vast amounts of natural energy inside the volcano. In his dantian, Uchiha Yu formed a Golden Core and gained a new perception of the world’s laws.

• Miwa Masayo created eight Cat Hair clones with natural energy and sent them to guard the island’s perimeter.
• Miwa Masayo repeatedly exposed herself to lava until she could resist her instinct to flee, then began training to keep her paw in it.
• Uchiha Yu’s body absorbed natural energy throughout the day, causing severe pain as the energy gathered in his dantian.
• Uchiha Yu entered his dantian and directed its pressure waves into increasingly ordered spherical patterns.
• A point of light appeared at the center of the waves, drawing in the liquefied natural energy and forming a Golden Core.
• Uchiha Yu sensed the laws of the world through his Golden Core and declared that his fate was his own.

Uchiha Yu formed a Golden Core, learned that his path was to engrave the Ninja World’s laws upon it, and returned to the physical world after a disorienting vision of its projection in his Violet Mansion. After recovering his composure, he tested his new abilities and discovered that he could fly, leaving him ready to walk among the heavens.

• Uchiha Yu understood that his Golden Core Great Dao would advance as he imprinted the Ninja World’s laws onto his core, and he successfully engraved marks for the Five Spirits’ natural energy and space.
• Uchiha Yu’s Golden Core grew, his sense of his lifespan’s limit vanished, and he saw its projection shining like a sun in the Violet Mansion World.
• Uchiha Yu left the Violet Mansion World and recognized that the contradictions he had observed challenged his understanding of the Ninja World, so he resolved to ground himself in reality.
• Uchiha Yu woke beside the lava pool, and Miwa Masayo told him that only one day had passed before he confirmed that he had formed a Golden Core.
• Uchiha Yu tested his new abilities, discovered vastly heightened perception and control, and floated into the air before telling Miwa Masayo that he would walk among the heavens.

Uchiha Yu subdued Heart Monkey and the extraterrestrial demon within the Violet Mansion World, then used the demon and his Golden Core’s laws to complete the Divine Court. He declared himself the Heavenly Emperor and announced that he would rebuild the Divine Court of the mythical era.

• Uchiha Yu returned to Konoha with Miwa Masayo, ate a huge meal after a week without food, and fell asleep while she curled up on his chest.
• Uchiha Yu suppressed four Heart Forms, then fought Heart Monkey, which had gained independent consciousness after receiving faith and the extraterrestrial demon’s influence.
• Uchiha Yu defeated Heart Monkey and stripped away its excess spiritual power, strengthening the Violet Mansion World.
• Uchiha Yu dried up the great river, dragged out the River God, and crushed it into fragments sealed among the clouds, discovering that its chaotic nature could corrupt the seal.
• While Uchiha Yu worked on the Violet Mansion World, Konoha’s war with Sunagakure and Kumogakure continued, and the Third Hokage reclaimed power as Orochimaru went south to counterattack.
• By March, Uchiha Yu completed the Divine Court within the Violet Mansion World and proclaimed himself the Heavenly Emperor.

Uchiha Yu completed the Divine Court and used it to summon Momochi Zabuza, Konan, and Yashamaru, whose souls he accidentally injured. He posed as an ancient god and questioned them about the Ninja World, leaving the three shaken but willing to answer.

• Uchiha Yu realized that the Law of Cause and Effect was the core law of his Golden Core and began building the Divine Court to support his cultivation and plans.
• Uchiha Yu finished the Divine Court, selected three people with causal ties to him, and pulled their souls into its main hall, accidentally knocking them unconscious.
• Momochi Zabuza woke first and mistook Uchiha Yu, seated in the guise of a towering divine emperor, for a god.
• Konan and Yashamaru woke, and Uchiha Yu claimed he had awakened from an ancient slumber and asked them about the world.
• Yashamaru, Momochi Zabuza, and Konan described their lands, the Ninja World, chakra, and the Land of Fire to Uchiha Yu.
• Uchiha Yu ended the questioning after the three grew tired, having used the conversation to help them adapt to the Divine Court.

Uchiha Yu offered Zabuza, Yashamaru, and Konan rewards for their information, and he gave Zabuza and Yashamaru chakra that awakened much of their hidden potential. After discovering that Nagato’s life force was being drained, Konan accepted Uchiha Yu’s offer of treatment and called upon him, establishing a connection of faith.

• Uchiha Yu offered the three shinobi knowledge, cultivation methods, chakra, and healing in exchange for their cooperation.
• Zabuza chose chakra, and Uchiha Yu gave him a Water Style chakra structure; Yashamaru also requested chakra and left the Divine Court.
• Konan asked Uchiha Yu to heal Nagato, whose frail condition he traced to his chakra and life force being continuously drained.
• Uchiha Yu offered Konan pills for Nagato and said she would need to become his believer to receive them, so Konan agreed.
• After waking, Zabuza and Yashamaru felt their chakra reserves increase, while Konan hesitated until Nagato suffered another painful leg spasm.
• Konan recited Uchiha Yu’s honored name in the rain, and he sensed her faith reach him as a faint golden thread.

Uchiha Yu restored Konan’s faith and sent her a fish pill that awakened Nagato, while he reconsidered how to build a safe divine power server for the Divine Court. The chapter left Konan feeding the remaining broth to Nagato as his health improved.

• Uchiha Yu strengthened Konan’s faith, sent her the fish pill through a portal, and warned her that it was meant for Nagato and could kill her.
• Uchiha Yu decided to stop personally handling believers’ prayers and considered creating a divine power server, but he postponed the plan after Miwa Masayo warned him against using a god’s corpse.
• Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo set aside their worries and began preparing Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Konan dissolved the fish pill in water and carefully fed the broth to the unconscious Nagato.
• Nagato awoke, noticed Konan’s drenched clothes, and asked what she had given him as the broth eased his pain.
• Konan urged Nagato to drink the rest of the broth before the pill’s medicinal properties faded.

Konan gave Nagato the Heavenly Emperor’s pill, restoring his strength and helping him resolve to rebuild Akatsuki and fulfill Yahiko’s dream. When Hanzō pursued Akatsuki after Konan’s movements exposed its members, Nagato confronted him and killed him.

• Nagato drank the pill’s soup and rapidly regained his health, strength, and ability to walk.
• Nagato learned from Konan how the Heavenly Emperor had provided the medicine, then worried about Konan’s safety and resolved to watch for the being’s next summons.
• Nagato grieved over Yahiko’s death, accepted responsibility for their companions, and planned to rebuild Akatsuki and return to Amegakure.
• Konan’s search for Akatsuki members drew Amegakure’s attention, and Hanzō set out to hunt them down.
• Hanzō captured more than forty Akatsuki stragglers, but Nagato appeared before him and killed him with the Rinnegan.

Nagato killed Hanzō and took control of Amegakure, changing the Land of Rain battlefield and forcing the three great ninja villages to halt their fighting. In Konoha, Uchiha Yu served a natural-energy-rich meal to his clan and then discussed the Uchiha clan’s political position, leaving his plan to take the clan-head position dependent on first dealing with Uchiha Shiho.

• Nagato killed Hanzō, and he and Konan slaughtered most of Amegakure’s ninja before taking control of the village and joining its survivors with Akatsuki.
• Nagato ordered Amegakure to retaliate against ninja who attacked civilians, while Konan defeated an Iwagakure squad and earned the name “Paper Angel.”
• The three great ninja villages mistook the disappearance of Iwagakure’s Qingyan and his squad for Hanzō’s return, and their commanders paused the war to await orders.
• Uchiha Yu opened his Spirit-Gathering Cauldron and shared its natural-energy-rich food with the Uchiha, then sent the younger clan members out to run so they could safely absorb it.
• Uchiha Yu told the elders not to recruit Uchiha Henghe openly and said he would deal with Uchiha Shiho before using a five-to-two advantage to claim the clan-head position.

Uchiha Yu learned that Hanzō had entered the war and argued that Konoha should withdraw from the Land of Rain, then ordered the Uchiha to resist any deployment there. The Third Hokage plotted to send Yu away to weaken his influence, but Yu recognized the mission as an opportunity to capture Mōryō and agreed to go with Miwa Masayo.

• Uchiha Ryunosuke reported that Orochimaru had reclaimed territory in the Land of Rivers and that Hanzō had killed Qingyan in the Land of Rain.
• Uchiha Yu warned the elders that Hanzō's poison made the Rain front dangerous and urged them to refuse any order sending Uchiha shinobi there.
• Uchiha Yu's Study Group marched in formation through the village, drawing attention from the Military Police Force and the Might family.
• The Third Hokage, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu decided to send Uchiha Yu on a distant mission to separate him from the Uchiha clan and undermine his influence.
• Uchiha Yu recognized that the Land of Demons mission involved sealing Mōryō, which he wanted to capture, and agreed to travel there with Miwa Masayo.

Uchiha Yu convened a Divine Court meeting, bringing Tsunade, Konan, Zabuza, and Yashamaru together with his Heart Monkey-backed alter ego, Immortal Zhurong. He promised Zabuza a chance at healing and explained the conditions for resurrection, then assigned the attendees codenames based on their seats.

• Uchiha Yu summoned his Heart Monkey and used the Heart Monkey Mask to overlay it with the personality of Immortal Zhurong, setting a strict time limit for the transformation.
• Uchiha Yu struggled to pull Tsunade into the Divine Court, then summoned Konan, Zabuza, and Yashamaru without injuring them.
• Zabuza arrived while being pursued, and Uchiha Yu assured him that Divine Court time did not pass in the real world and granted him one prayer for healing.
• Immortal Zhurong explained that the Heavenly Emperor could retrieve a soul from the Pure Land and resurrect its owner if the necessary conditions were met, strengthening the attendees’ faith.
• Uchiha Yu introduced Immortal Zhurong, who assigned the attendees seat-based codenames: Zabuza was Leopard Boy, Konan was Miss Bat, Yashamaru was Goat Boy, and Tsunade was Miss Horse.

Uchiha Yu used the Divine Court meeting to learn that Konan and her companions had killed Hanzō and seized Amegakure, information that reassured him about the fate of his plans for the Uchiha clan. Tsunade was shaken by the news and kept quiet about its source, while the meeting ended with Yashamaru asking for advance notice of the next gathering.

• Uchiha Yu assigned animal codenames and asked Konan about the fate-changing events in the Land of Rain, requiring intelligence or an equivalent payment in exchange for her answer.
• Tsunade agreed to pay 1.5 million ryō for Konan's intelligence, while Yashamaru and Zabuza declined to share the cost.
• Konan revealed that she and her companions had killed Hanzō, taken Amegakure, killed more than a hundred ninja from the major villages, and defeated an Iwagakure ninja named Qingyan.
• Uchiha Yu concluded that the news confirmed his plans were sound, while Tsunade was stunned that young ninja had killed the man who had once defeated her and the other Konoha Sannin.
• Zhurong warned Tsunade not to report the intelligence because she could not explain its source, then guessed that she was in the south from damage to her hair.
• Uchiha Yu ended the meeting as his avatar entered a dangerous period, and Yashamaru asked him to set a time for the next gathering in advance.

Uchiha Yu discovered that interacting with others had begun transforming Heart Monkey’s restlessness into courage, then prepared to travel to the Land of Demons. The Third Hokage arrived with an Ino-Shika-Cho team and three Root ninjas to accompany him, and their meeting ended in open hostility.

• Yashamaru asked Uchiha Yu to give advance notice before future Divine Court meetings, and Uchiha Yu scheduled another meeting in ten days.
• Zabuza returned to his body distracted, broke his arm while running from Kumogakure’s pursuit, and resolved to kill the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura.
• Tsunade, Konan, and Yashamaru returned to their ordinary lives, with Yashamaru considering bringing intelligence to trade at the next meeting.
• Uchiha Yu realized that the four people’s hearts had shifted Heart Monkey’s impulsiveness toward ordered courage, then suppressed the heart form and prepared to travel to the Land of Demons.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with Nara Shikasuke’s Ino-Shika-Cho team and three Root ninjas, saying they would assist Uchiha Yu on his mission.
• Uchiha Yu rejected the team as burdensome and hostile, and his aura clashed with Hiruzen Sarutobi’s.

Uchiha Yu openly defied Hiruzen Sarutobi after knocking out three Root ninja, then accepted an order to lead two squads on a mission to defeat Mōryō in the Land of Demons. As the team set out, Yu proposed a seven-day mission and a risky route through the Land of Wind, while Nara Shikasuke realized Yu might abandon the squad and race ahead alone.

• Uchiha Yu used his Sharingan to incapacitate three Root ninja and harshly confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi for trying to place Root under his command.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Uchiha Yu to take two squads to the Land of Demons, and Yu left with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and the Root ninja.
• Root reinforcements arriving near Uchiha Yu's home caused a tense standoff with the Uchiha, which Uchiha Fugaku ended after Hiruzen apologized.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Mitokado Homura that exiling Uchiha Yu would give them time to destroy Yu's faction within the clan.
• Uchiha Yu reviewed the mission documents, proposed reaching the Land of Demons in seven days by crossing the Land of Wind, and suggested that anyone unable to keep up could be left behind.
• Nara Shikasuke recalled Hiruzen Sarutobi's secret order to keep Uchiha Yu from returning to Konoha and worried that Yu might complete the mission alone.

Uchiha Yu left his pursuers far behind by mastering high-speed flight and reached the Land of Demons before the Konoha teams. As the six pursuers continued toward their destination, Uchiha Yu entered the shrine and took control of its guards while discussing sage bodies with Miwa Masayo.

• Uchiha Yu vanished at full speed, leaving the six Konoha ninja unable to keep up as they pursued him through the Land of Rain and into the Land of Wind.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho team joined the Root squad, and an Aburame Root ninja used his insects to track Uchiha Yu by his unique Lightning Style chakra fluctuations.
• Nara Shikasuke identified Uchiha Yu's use of a Summoning Jutsu at a boulder, and Root handed him command of the combined group as they continued through the desert.
• The tracking trail disappeared, and Nara Shikasuke concluded that Uchiha Yu had flown away using sage technique; the group's reaction to the Third Hokage led him to consider changing the Nara Clan's allegiance.
• Uchiha Yu flew to the Land of Demons with Miwa Masayo and went to the shrine, where he hypnotized an official into leading them to the shrine maiden.
• Uchiha Yu used his Sharingan and genjutsu to subdue the shrine's guards, then told Miwa Masayo that only Senju Hashirama, Madara Uchiha, and he had awakened sage bodies.