Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Kiyoshi provoked Naruto with claims about the truth behind his parents’ deaths, driving him into a Nine-Tails transformation and a destructive fight. Kiyoshi escaped after testing his Senjutsu-powered Gundam against the Nine-Tails, leaving Naruto exhausted and vacant-eyed as Tsunade and Jiraiya arrived.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi told Naruto that Danzo and possibly the Third Hokage had been involved in his parents’ deaths, and Naruto lost control of his emotions.
• Naruto attacked with a Rasengan, but Uchiha Kiyoshi punctured it with Lava Release: Senbon, causing it to explode and prompting Naruto to transform with five tails.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi fought Naruto with battle armor and Lava Release techniques as Naruto’s transformation grew to eight tails.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Gundam Mode against Naruto’s nine-tailed form, then strengthened it with Senjutsu Chakra and wounded the Nine-Tails without defeating it.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi fled to a forest outside Konoha before Tsunade and Jiraiya could confront him, and Naruto collapsed after leaving Tailed Beast Mode.

Uchiha Kiyoshi captured two White Zetsu and then traveled to Sunagakure, where he arrived as Chiyo prepared to revive Gaara. He offered to save Gaara in exchange for One's Own Life Reincarnation, but Chiyo refused to give him the technique.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi sensed two White Zetsu, captured one, and killed the other before sealing away both bodies for study.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi spent five days looking for more White Zetsu, then gave up and headed to the Wind Country to seek One's Own Life Reincarnation.
• Naruto recovered from his distress and traveled to support Kakashi, helping rescue Gaara and reaching Sunagakure in five days.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi arrived at Sunagakure and confronted Naruto and Kakashi, prompting Kakashi to acknowledge that Danzo had acted suspiciously around Naruto's parents' deaths.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi offered to revive Gaara if Chiyo gave him One's Own Life Reincarnation, but Chiyo refused to hand over the village's technique.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi announced that he would enter Sunagakure and stay there until he obtained the technique.

Uchiha Kiyoshi forced Chiyo to give him the One's Own Life Reincarnation Jutsu scroll, then quickly learned the technique and used a White Zetsu clone to revive Gaara. Gaara opened his eyes, while Chiyo, Kakashi, and Naruto watched in astonishment.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi threatened Chiyo until she handed over the One's Own Life Reincarnation Jutsu scroll, despite Chiyo warning that Gaara had been dead too long.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Shadow Clones and his time-slowing Mangekyo ability to study the scroll and master the Jutsu in minutes.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi had a White Zetsu clone perform the One's Own Life Reincarnation Jutsu on Gaara, alarming Chiyo, Kakashi, and Naruto.
• The White Zetsu clone transferred its Life Force to Gaara and collapsed after completing the Jutsu.
• Gaara revived and opened his eyes, asking whether he had not been dead.

After reviving Gaara, Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the Dragon Vein and discovered how its Chakra could connect to the timeline passage. He contacted his clones in the original time-space, reviewed the situation there, and began planning new research into cultivation, soul techniques, and finding a disciple.

• Naruto celebrated Gaara's revival and explained what had happened, while Gaara resolved to thank Uchiha Kiyoshi, who had already slipped away.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the Dragon Vein Core, studied its Chakra, and found that activating its spatial power could resonate with the timeline passage.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi revived Doseki's Shadow Clone, received its memories, and confirmed that time flowed equally in both time-spaces and that Spiritual Energy could also serve as a medium for crossing.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi learned that the original time-space remained tense, with Kumogakure's invasion delayed, and considered Maka's idea of developing Alchemy and Refining.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to seek a disciple with strong Chakra control and Sealing Jutsu aptitude, and began considering how to develop a method for cultivating the soul using materials from Orochimaru.

Uchiha Kiyoshi studied Orochimaru’s research and discovered that Natural Energy could nourish the soul, leading him to develop the beginnings of a Soul Refining Method. Meanwhile, Naruto returned toward Konoha troubled by Uchiha Yun’s words, and Kakashi resolved to warn the village about Yun’s influence.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi abandoned the idea of beginning with visualization and examined Orochimaru’s research for clues about soul cultivation.
• Naruto asked Kakashi whether Uchiha Yun’s claims were true, and Kakashi explained that Yun had selectively presented the facts to influence him.
• Kakashi worried that Uchiha Yun might turn Naruto or Sasuke against Konoha and planned to alert the Hokage after returning.
• Gaara returned to Sunagakure after losing Shukaku, and the Sand Shinobi found that his sand abilities and strength remained intact.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi inferred from Orochimaru’s research that Natural Energy could restore the soul and recognized the Cursed Seal’s role in that process.
• After half a month of research, Uchiha Kiyoshi identified Natural Energy’s violent component as nourishment for the soul and named his planned method the Soul Nourishment Art.

Uchiha Kiyoshi teamed up with Orochimaru to locate Sasuke and draw Itachi out, intending to kill him. He found Sasuke in the Land of Grass and began overwhelming him in combat, leaving Sasuke furious and struggling to keep up.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi emerged from the Dragon Vein and decided to find Sasuke and kill Itachi.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi met Orochimaru at the Wind Country border and agreed to kill Itachi in exchange for Sasuke's location.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Kiyoshi where Sasuke was, and Uchiha Kiyoshi arranged for word of his search to reach Itachi.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi found Sasuke outside a cave in the Land of Grass and provoked him into fighting.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi dodged Sasuke's attacks and struck him repeatedly, mocking his weakness as Sasuke grew increasingly frustrated.

Uchiha Kiyoshi confronted Uchiha Itachi over the massacre and the reason Sasuke survived, while Sasuke awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan after hearing Itachi claim he wanted Sasuke’s eyes. Kiyoshi and Itachi began a fight as Sasuke battled Orochimaru, and Itachi used Tsukuyomi when Kiyoshi was distracted.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi beat Sasuke while questioning why Itachi had spared him, then called for Itachi to explain himself.
• Uchiha Itachi appeared and claimed he had spared Sasuke because he wanted Sasuke’s Mangekyo eyes to restore his sight and awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Sasuke believed Itachi’s explanation, broke down, and awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan as Orochimaru stepped out to claim him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi attacked Itachi with his Lava Release Long Spear and Earth Clones while Sasuke fought Orochimaru with a Lightning Cutter.
• Sasuke used Amaterasu, but Orochimaru escaped by shedding his body and struck Sasuke while the technique’s pain left him open.
• Uchiha Itachi took advantage of Kiyoshi watching Sasuke’s fight and cast Tsukuyomi.

Uchiha Kiyoshi broke Uchiha Itachi’s Tsukuyomi with Dragon Vein Chakra, sealed Amaterasu, and killed him after countering Kotoamatsukami with his Dojutsu. The backlash badly damaged his left eye, while Obito escaped with Sasuke before Orochimaru could stop him.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi studied Tsukuyomi Space and used Dragon Vein Chakra to break Uchiha Itachi’s control over it.
• Uchiha Itachi cast Amaterasu, and Uchiha Kiyoshi sealed the flames into a scroll with Fire Sealing Method.
• Uchiha Itachi tried to use Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, but Uchiha Kiyoshi reversed the crow’s time and killed him with two slashes.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi suffered severe backlash that blurred his left eye, while Obito recognized that his Dojutsu had countered Kotoamatsukami.
• Obito used Kamui to seize Sasuke and escape, leaving Orochimaru furious that his vessel had been taken.

Uchiha Kiyoshi examined the damage to his left eye and ordered his Shadow Clones to focus on developing the Soul Nourishment Art after learning that Pain would soon attack Konoha. Meanwhile, villages across the shinobi world learned that Uchiha Yun had killed Itachi and began to regard him and the Immortal Organization as dangerous mysteries.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi cultivated in a cave, found his left eye badly drained, and concluded that improving his Life Force absorption required developing the Soul Nourishment Art.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi told his Shadow Clones to devote themselves to the Soul Nourishment Art after learning from Orochimaru that Pain would attack Konoha soon.
• Tsunade learned that Uchiha Kiyoshi had killed Itachi and that the Masked Man had taken Sasuke, while Naruto kept demanding to search for Sasuke.
• Nagato and Konan discussed Itachi's death and Uchiha Yun's ability to withstand Tsukuyomi, but Nagato did not share Konan's concern.
• The other major shinobi villages received news of Uchiha Yun's victory and grew wary of him and the mysterious Immortal Organization.

Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to Konoha and watched as Pain launched an early attack in search of Naruto, who was away training in Senjutsu. Jiraiya and Tsunade fought the Six Paths, but Jiraiya was sealed inside Planetary Devastation while the Paths continued searching for Naruto.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi reached Konoha, found Naruto absent, and created a White Zetsu clone named Zhen.
• Nagato moved near Konoha with Konan’s help, and Pain arrived, prompting Tsunade and Jiraiya to confront him.
• Pain broke Konoha’s barrier with Shinra Tensei and demanded to know where the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and joined Tsunade, forcing Pain to bring out all six Paths.
• Pain used Planetary Devastation to seal Jiraiya, then sent three Paths to question Konoha’s residents about Naruto while the others fought Tsunade.

Uchiha Kiyoshi intervened in Pain’s attack on Konoha, destroying four of the Six Paths while Naruto and Tsunade fought the others. After Obito fled and Nagato’s bodies were defeated, Naruto persuaded Nagato to abandon his plan and revive the people killed in the attack.

• Naruto arrived at the ruined Konoha and fought Deva Path Pain in Tailed Beast Mode while Uchiha Kiyoshi watched from the shadows.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi appeared with Hui and Zhen, destroyed the Hell Path and Asura Path, and helped Naruto and Tsunade battle the remaining Six Paths.
• Naruto entered Sage Mode and joined the fight; he and Uchiha Kiyoshi’s clones defeated the Human Path, Preta Path, and Animal Path while Uchiha Kiyoshi killed Deva Path Pain and Obito escaped.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tracked down Nagato and Konan, then listened as Naruto, Jiraiya, and Tsunade confronted the weakened Nagato.
• Naruto persuaded Nagato to abandon his plan with Obito, and Nagato promised to revive the people killed in Konoha and asked Naruto to pursue peace.

Nagato used the Rinnegan’s Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Konoha’s dead, then died. Uchiha Kiyoshi secretly followed Konan with plans to seize the Rinnegan if Obito attacked, while Tsunade warned Konoha to prepare for war and Naruto confirmed that Uchiha Yun posed a deadly threat.

• Nagato activated his true Rinnegan and revived the people killed in Konoha, while Uchiha Kiyoshi studied his seals and Chakra circulation.
• Nagato died, and Uchiha Kiyoshi withdrew rather than fight Jiraiya, Tsunade, Naruto, Konan, and the other defenders; Jiraiya let Konan take Nagato’s body.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi secretly followed Konan toward the Rain Country, intending to act if Obito attacked her, but Konan reached her destination without trouble.
• Tsunade told Konoha’s leaders that the Akatsuki had gathered at least six Tailed Beasts and ordered them to prepare for war against the organization and its remaining mastermind.
• Jiraiya asked Naruto about Uchiha Yun, and Naruto said he felt Yun could kill him and had not used his full strength.

Uchiha Kiyoshi and Obito both pursued Nagato’s Rinnegan while Konan drew them into a battle inside a space-sealing barrier. As Konan unleashed her 600 billion Explosive Tags, Kiyoshi survived by teleporting through safe gaps and confronted her, while Obito remained trapped in his intangibility.

• Obito attacked Konan at dusk, but she countered with Paper Release and Explosive Tags, blasting away part of his mask.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Mental Perception to locate Nagato’s corpse and teleported to it as Obito followed him.
• Obito took Nagato’s right Rinnegan while Kiyoshi removed the left, then Konan’s barrier blocked their escape through space-time techniques.
• Kiyoshi used his Substitution Body Flicker Domain to evade Konan’s 600 billion Explosive Tags, while Obito relied on intangibility against the continuous blasts.
• Kiyoshi moved beside Konan and warned her that Obito could use Izanagi to revive himself, prompting her to curse Uchiha Yun.

Uchiha Kiyoshi escaped Konan’s explosive trap with the Rinnegan and began preparations at Orochimaru’s abandoned laboratory as the conflict between Akatsuki and the Five Great Shinobi Villages escalated toward war. Akatsuki gathered seven Tailed Beasts, the villages formed an alliance, and Uchiha Kiyoshi worried that the Fourth War would begin before he was ready.

• Konan detonated her Explosive Tags, and Uchiha Kiyoshi survived the blast by shielding himself with the Lava Giant until the Barrier broke, then teleporting away.
• Obito revived with Izanagi, recovered his right Sharingan from the Kamui Dimension, and later took Pain’s place at Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi searched Orochimaru’s abandoned laboratory for equipment and set up a Barrier to begin the next stage of his plan.
• The Five Kage Summit formed an alliance against Akatsuki after learning that the organization had collected five Tailed Beasts; Akatsuki then captured two more within half a month.
• Obito ordered Akatsuki to start a war because the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were now heavily protected, while Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto prepared their own forces.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi worried that the Fourth War would begin before the end of the year as one hundred thousand White Zetsu gathered and the Five Kage convened again.

Uchiha Kiyoshi traded Obito the left Rinnegan for Obito’s right eye and White Zetsu Bodies, then entered the Fourth Great Ninja War and used powerful techniques to weaken and restrain the Akatsuki’s Tailed Beasts. His impact shifted the battlefield in the Shinobi Alliance’s favor and revealed to both sides that he had mastered Wood Release.

• Obito found Uchiha Kiyoshi and agreed to exchange his right eye and one hundred White Zetsu Bodies for the left Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi joined the battlefield and used Lava Release to weaken Shukaku with a series of powerful attacks.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Wood Release and Sage Art: Gate of the Great God to restrain the Four-Tails.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi repeated his Wood Release and sealing tactics against another Tailed Beast, helping reverse the Shinobi Alliance’s disadvantage.
• The village Kage and the Akatsuki recognized that Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Wood Release gave him an unusually strong advantage against the Tailed Beasts.

Uchiha Kiyoshi fought off three reincarnated Kage before Uchiha Madara joined the war and tore through the Allied army. Kiyoshi confronted Madara, cut through his Susanoo, and summoned his newly developed Gundam Mode as their battle began.

• A hundred thousand White Zetsu appeared and gave Akatsuki the numerical advantage, while Kabuto summoned the Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, and Third Raikage to challenge Uchiha Kiyoshi.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Battle Armor Mode and powerful techniques to defeat the three Kage, then sealed them with his Soul Sealing Method.
• Kabuto summoned Uchiha Madara, who charged into the Allied army and devastated it with his combat skills and powerful Fire Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi warned Madara not to reclaim his eyes, then used Air Circular Slash to cut through Madara's Susanoo.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi formed his hundred-meter Gundam Mode, and Madara waited for it to finish before preparing to fight him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi fought Uchiha Madara and turned on the resurrected Hokage, then used One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive Madara before fleeing through the Dragon Vein. As his clone stayed behind to witness the war's final battle, Kiyoshi traveled upstream through time to escape the collapsing timeline.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used a blue giant and Air Circular Slash to fight Uchiha Madara, while Naruto, Sasuke, and the others reached the battlefield.
• Orochimaru summoned the four Hokage, and Uchiha Kiyoshi attacked them, killed Sarutobi Hiruzen, and had Uchiha Hui seal Hiruzen's soul beneath Hokage Rock.
• Senju Hashirama joined Uchiha Kiyoshi against Uchiha Madara, but Madara and Hashirama's overwhelming power forced Kiyoshi to withdraw his damaged giant as the war entered its final stage.
• Obito revealed that the Rinnegan had been gathered, and Uchiha Madara rushed toward them.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used One's Own Life Reincarnation to revive Uchiha Madara, then vanished and fled to the Land of Grass.
• After receiving his clone's memories, Uchiha Kiyoshi entered the Dragon Vein and traveled upstream through time.

Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the original timeline, killed Anrokuzan, and tested the improved Soul Nourishment Art. In the future timeline, Madara's resurrection left him without his Rinnegan, setting him against Obito.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the original timeline with Dragon Vein Chakra and shared his memories with his clones.
• He discovered the clones had improved the Soul Nourishment Art by incorporating methods from the Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi found Anrokuzan and killed him with an Air Circular Slash.
• He cultivated the Soul Nourishment Art, strengthening his soul and accelerating the recovery of his left eye.
• In the future timeline, Uchiha Hui and Zhen reached the battlefield after Uchiha Kiyoshi disappeared.
• Uchiha Madara was resurrected without his Rinnegan, and he faced Masked Obito as suspicion and tension grew between them.

After returning from the future, Uchiha Kiyoshi resolved to lie low and focus on reaching Return to Innate, which he equated with Foundation Establishment. He and his clones prepared for the breakthrough as he began researching Hashirama Cells, leaving the story on the eve of his next major cultivation step.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed the gains from the future, including Itachi's eyes, Sharingan, and reincarnation techniques, and decided to cultivate in peace on Kiyoshi Island.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi redirected his clones from developing new offensive methods to refining their existing techniques and researching Return to Innate with him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reasoned that Foundation Establishment should evolve both body and soul, with bodily evolution as the immediate focus.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi brought out future laboratory equipment and began studying Hashirama Cells as a possible guide to bodily evolution.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi and his clones reviewed their preparations for Foundation Establishment, and a year passed.

Uchiha Kiyoshi completed his year of preparations and used repeated cellular destruction and reconstruction, gentle Natural Energy, and Shadow Clone reserves to trigger his body's transformation. After opening his Sea of Consciousness and discovering the core of Foundation Establishment, he continued absorbing Natural Energy as his body evolved toward becoming the Ninja World's first Foundation Establishment cultivator.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used his matured Takamagahara Dojutsu to create experimental cells and finish preparing for Foundation Establishment.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi released more than a hundred stored Shadow Clones to provide gentle Senjutsu Chakra for the breakthrough.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi damaged and reconstructed cells in his heart, organs, and other vital body parts, then used Yang Release to restore their ability to divide.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi repeated the process with Chakra from dispelled Shadow Clones until his cells could rapidly absorb and purify Natural Energy without assimilating him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi entered his Sea of Consciousness, recognized that Foundation Establishment involved increasing the fusion of soul and body, and returned to his transforming body.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi continued absorbing Natural Energy as his body evolved, approaching the status of the first Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Ninja World.