Chapter Summaries

After the Second Shinobi World War, Uchiha Kiyoshi reflected on why the other villages stayed quiet and planned to target Danzo, while Konoha's unresolved grievances deepened. Rumors about Kiyoshi's death spread through the Uchiha Clan, leaving the village-clan relationship strained and Uchiha Kai wary of a confrontation.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi learned that all five great villages had suffered losses and planned to travel the Ninja World, trouble Danzo, and take the First Hokage's Cells.
• Tsunade left Konoha after settling the Senju Clan's withdrawal from public affairs, while Orochimaru began independent research with the Third Hokage's support.
• A mysterious ninja spread claims that Kiyoshi had been sent into an ambush by the village higher-ups, and Uchiha clansmen demanded that the Third Hokage identify the culprit.
• Uchiha Kai and the village suppressed the Uchiha Clan's anger, but the incident drove a lasting wedge between the clan and Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku questioned Uchiha Kai about Kiyoshi's death, and Kai warned that confronting the Hokage could lead the Uchiha Clan toward ruin.

After two years of secluded cultivation, Uchiha Kiyoshi reached Kage Level and returned to Konoha to reconnect with his clone. He absorbed the clone’s memories and replaced it with two stronger clones, restoring his access to timely intelligence from the village.

• Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Clan remained troubled by Uchiha Kai’s decision to let Kiyoshi’s death go unchallenged.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi spent two years cultivating and researching, broke through to Kage Level, and developed Water Release natures for purification and nurturing.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi left his island base, disguised himself, and traveled toward Konoha after charging the Barrier to keep it running for three months.
• Near Konoha, Uchiha Kiyoshi used a message and a kunai to switch places with his depleted clone outside the village Barrier.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi dispelled the clone, absorbed its two years of memories, and learned about Konoha’s recent affairs, including the exposure of Danzo’s Root ninja within the clans.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi created two new Shadow Clones, sealed them into the clones with the Five Elements Seal, and restored his flow of intelligence from Konoha.

Uchiha Kiyoshi reunited with Orochimaru near Konoha's border and negotiated an exchange of Kekkei Genkai research notes for the Gate of the Great God scroll. The chapter left Orochimaru convinced that Kiyoshi planned to capture a Tailed Beast and become a Jinchuriki, while Kiyoshi actually wanted its Chakra to power his Barrier.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi sensed Orochimaru approaching, revealed himself, and reassured his former teacher that he had no hostile intentions.
• Orochimaru recognized Kiyoshi and accepted that he had faked his death, while Kiyoshi passed off his clone as a subordinate and sent it away.
• Kiyoshi asked about Orochimaru's research and proposed trading Kekkei Genkai development notes for Ninjutsu and Secret Jutsu.
• Orochimaru agreed to the trade, and Kiyoshi chose the Gate of the Great God scroll, explaining that he wanted to study its sealing effect.
• Kiyoshi exchanged his research notes for the scroll, and Orochimaru misread the notes as evidence that Kiyoshi planned to capture a Tailed Beast and become a Jinchuriki.

After parting from Orochimaru, Uchiha Kiyoshi traveled to the Rain Country and considered awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan to overcome his strength bottleneck. He restored his Chakra while advancing his Nourishing Origin Art, then discovered he could not contact the clone in the Rain Country and decided to search for it.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi slipped away from Orochimaru, who recognized his student's progress and wondered whether Danzo might be in danger.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi checked the Gate of the Great God scroll, headed west, and decided that awakening his Mangekyo might be his best near-term path to greater strength.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi admitted he lacked a reliable way to awaken the Mangekyo and set aside his stalled Sharingan research for the time being.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi crossed into the Rain Country and restored his Chakra while refining the Nourishing Origin Art and working toward sensing Natural Energy.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tried to contact his clone in the Rain Country but received no response, so he decided to search the area for it.

Uchiha Kiyoshi replenished Doseki and updated his memories before Doseki infiltrated Iwagakure to search Roshi’s residence for something hidden. Doseki’s search triggered Roshi’s anger, and Doseki fled with four Earth Clones as Roshi roared behind him.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi updated his Rain Country clone, then replenished Doseki and transferred the clone’s recent memories.
• Doseki used a concealed gap beneath Iwagakure’s Barrier to enter the village and left a kunai substitute outside as an escape route.
• Doseki disguised himself as an Iwagakure Genin, evaded Roshi’s guards, and searched the Four-Tails Jinchuriki’s residence.
• Doseki sensed someone approaching and burst out of the residence, then created four Earth Clones to help him escape.
• Roshi roared furiously as Doseki and the four clones fled.

Doseki escaped Iwagakure after battling Roshi, then shared his experience with Uchiha Kiyoshi, whose interest in Tailed Beasts grew. Uchiha Kiyoshi set that research aside to meet Maka in the Wind Country and collect his Gold Sand.

• Roshi chased Doseki through Iwagakure and attacked him with magma, while Doseki evaded the strikes using Earth Clones and the Substitution Body Flicker Technique.
• Roshi partially transformed and flooded the area with magma, but Doseki sealed some of it and escaped using a prepared substitute.
• Ōnoki arrived, recognized that an enemy had infiltrated the village, and stopped Roshi from joining the pursuit as they argued.
• Doseki recovered the magma after his scroll burst, then shared his memories of Roshi's power with Uchiha Kiyoshi, prompting speculation about Tailed Beasts' immortality.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi postponed researching or capturing a Tailed Beast and met Maka in the Wind Country to charge him and receive a large supply of Gold Sand.

Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the Land of Earth after his clone failed to steal the Lava Release scroll but obtained Roshi’s Lava Release Chakra. He encountered Black Zetsu, revealed that he knew his identity, and persuaded him to arrange a meeting with Uchiha Madara, hoping to gain Sharingan knowledge and Izanagi.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi accepted that Roshi’s Lava Release Chakra would help his research, even though his clone had failed to obtain the scroll.
• Orochimaru heard that Roshi had gone berserk in Iwagakure and suspected Uchiha Kiyoshi was behind the incident to capture the Four-Tails.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi sensed Black Zetsu hiding in a rock, exposed him, and identified him as the embodiment of Uchiha Madara’s will.
• Black Zetsu recognized Uchiha Kiyoshi and agreed to take him to meet Uchiha Madara after Kiyoshi asked to see him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi hoped the meeting would provide Sharingan knowledge and the Izanagi technique, while remaining wary of Madara’s strength.

Uchiha Kiyoshi met the long-hidden Uchiha Madara and offered to assist him in exchange for Sharingan research materials and Uchiha Ninjutsu. Madara agreed to the deal, then tested Kiyoshi with an illusion, leaving Black Zetsu bewildered.

• Black Zetsu led Uchiha Kiyoshi underground to a hidden cavern near Kannabi Bridge, where Uchiha Madara was waiting.
• Black Zetsu introduced Uchiha Kiyoshi, and Madara recognized him as the Uchiha genius he had heard about during the war.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi told Madara he knew about his plan and offered to act for him during its dangerous final stage.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi asked for Sharingan research materials and Uchiha Ninjutsu, and Madara agreed to the exchange.
• Madara used an illusion to examine Uchiha Kiyoshi's thoughts about the deal, and Kiyoshi emerged from it while Black Zetsu stood stunned.

Uchiha Kiyoshi traded with Uchiha Madara for Sharingan research, Uchiha Ninjutsu, and powerful Genjutsu before retrieving Lava Release Chakra from Doseki. He then headed for the Lightning Country to seek Lightning Release techniques through its Black Market without provoking it.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi broke free of Uchiha Madara's illusion, and Madara gave him Sharingan research notes, Uchiha Ninjutsu, and another pair of Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi left with Izanagi and Izanami and decided to retrieve Lava Release Chakra from Doseki Clone.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reached Doseki's hiding place near Iwagakure and collected the lava Doseki had created, while Doseki chose to remain undercover and infiltrate Iwagakure later.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi left the area and traveled across the sea toward the Lightning Country to find Lightning Release techniques.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to obtain Ninjutsu from the Lightning Country's Black Market without stealing from or openly robbing it.

Uchiha Kiyoshi entered the Black Market to buy Ninjutsu while secretly mapping its security and scroll storage so he could replicate its techniques later. After spending fourteen million ryo on Ground Walk and Lightning Fang, he left determined to copy enough Ninjutsu to recover the cost.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi disguised himself, concealed his presence, and entered the Black Market to investigate its Ninjutsu collection and guards.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi learned that the Black Market offered many basic techniques but charged far more than ninja villages, and he chose Ground Walk and Lightning Fang.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Mental Perception to track the receptionist and infer that a steward carried the scrolls.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi paid fourteen million ryo for Ground Walk and Lightning Fang, then vowed to replicate more of the Black Market's Ninjutsu.

Uchiha Kiyoshi bought two Ninjutsu scrolls at the Black Market, then slaughtered the ninjas who followed him and took their spoils. He infiltrated the Black Market’s Ninjutsu Storage Area and secretly copied every Ninjutsu before leaving.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi inspected the two scrolls he had bought and left the Black Market, while its steward decided not to send anyone after him.
• Numerous wandering ninjas followed Uchiha Kiyoshi out of the trading district, hoping to rob him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi led his pursuers to a remote area and killed nearly all of them with Fire Release and other attacks, then collected their belongings.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used an Isolation Barrier and the Earth Movement Technique to sneak back into the Black Market and genjutsu two guards at the Ninjutsu Storage Area.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Shadow Clones to transcribe the stored Ninjutsu over several visits, eventually copying every Ninjutsu in the Black Market.

After copying hundreds of Ninjutsu from the Lightning Country Black Market, Uchiha Kiyoshi infiltrated Kirigakure with a clone before returning to his base. He began developing Lightning Release by mastering Ground Walk’s Shape Transformation first, then quickly comprehended its Nature Transformation.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi copied more than three hundred Lightning Release techniques and over four hundred other Ninjutsu from the Black Market, then decided not to visit the other great countries’ Black Markets.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi traveled to Water Country, and a clone infiltrated Kirigakure as a newly graduated Genin specializing in Sealing Jutsu.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to his base, sorted his captured loot and copied scrolls, and chose Lightning Release: Ground Walk as his first Lightning Release technique.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi repeatedly trained Ground Walk until he could gather lightning in his palm and achieve Shape Transformation without possessing the Lightning Attribute.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi used ten Shadow Clones to help him comprehend Lightning Release’s Nature Transformation, completing the initial training in eight hours.

Uchiha Kiyoshi studied Roshi’s magma and made major progress toward developing Lava Release, while assigning Doseki to explore building a magma Gundam. Elsewhere, one of Kiyoshi’s clones secured an assistant identity through Orochimaru, and Maka joined Chiyo’s secret medical research project in Sunagakure.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi extracted Lava Release Chakra from Roshi’s magma, theorized that Kekkei Genkai development meant opening the rule behind an attribute, and identified Earth Release hardness and Fire Release heat as the basis for Lava Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi studied magma for three days, began repeated attempts to fuse its properties, and assigned Doseki to consider developing a magma Gundam.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi’s clone asked Orochimaru for an identity and received a registered assistant position, leaving the original body owing Orochimaru a favor.
• Maka learned that Chiyo was leading a long-term, secret medical technique project requiring a Cursed Seal and signed up so he could seek access to its research materials.

Hui used the identity Orochimaru had arranged through Danzo to walk openly around Konoha, while staying wary of being exposed as a soulless clone. He encountered young Kakashi and Might Duy, and left without drawing attention to himself or interfering in Duy’s troubles.

• Hui reflected that Orochimaru had obtained his identification documents through Danzo and resolved to avoid meeting Orochimaru too often because he had no soul.
• With his identity established, Hui wandered through Konoha and considered his complicated feelings toward the village and the Uchiha Clan.
• Hui saw two-year-old Kakashi carrying soy sauce alone, patted his hair, and joined the villagers in praising Hatake Sakumo’s parenting.
• Hui noticed Might Duy asking Genin to team up with him at the Mission Office but chose not to get involved.
• Hui left the Hokage Building, deciding he had no particular need for the Eight Inner Gates or deeper ties to Might Duy and Might Guy.

Over two years, Uchiha Kiyoshi advanced his Sharingan research, developed Lava Release, and strengthened his other abilities while remaining at his base. In Konoha, Hui watched Root grow under Danzo and the Third Hokage, and planned to contact Uchiha Fugaku before the Uchiha Clan faced greater pressure.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi spent two years researching the Sharingan and found a way to ease its side effects, though he had not yet awakened the Mangekyō.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi explained how the Sharingan's insight, copying, and Genjutsu abilities worked, while leaving his theories about Mangekyō Dojutsu unverified.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi developed Lava Release, passed its development memories to Doseki, and improved his Water, Fire, and Lightning Releases.
• Uchiha Fugaku awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan on a mission, became an Elite Jonin at eighteen, and rose to captain level in the Military Police Force.
• Hui planned to meet Fugaku to coordinate with the Uchiha Clan, as Danzo rebuilt Root with the Third Hokage's support and quietly increased pressure on the clan.

Hui met Uchiha Fugaku in secret, proved that he was Uchiha Kiyoshi’s clone, and warned him about the Uchiha Clan’s dangerous position. After sensing the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, Hui secretly followed the kidnapped Uzumaki Kushina and watched Minato Namikaze arrive to rescue her, suspecting Jiraiya had arranged the incident to earn Minato the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Hui lured Uchiha Fugaku to a secluded grove with an Earth Release kunai and revealed himself as a clone of Uchiha Kiyoshi.
• Hui convinced Uchiha Fugaku of his identity by explaining Kiyoshi’s apparent death and recalling their past, then warned him about Danzo and the Uchiha Clan’s precarious position.
• After returning to his cave, Hui sensed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and identified Uzumaki Kushina as being in trouble.
• Hui followed the Cloud Ninja carrying Kushina beyond Konoha’s weakened Barrier while she left strands of her red hair as markers.
• Hui watched Minato Namikaze arrive at great speed and concluded that Jiraiya had delayed intervening so Minato could earn credit for rescuing Kushina.

Hui returned to Konoha after witnessing Minato Namikaze’s speed and remained bitter about how the Third had treated Hui’s original body. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kiyoshi tested his breakthrough into the Body Refining Late Stage and found that his body had become more attuned to Fire and Earth Release, leaving him imagining the beginnings of an Immortal Cultivation System.

• Hui watched Minato Namikaze move at startling speed, then returned to Konoha and brooded over the unfair treatment of his original body.
• Hui saw Obito helping an elderly woman cross the road and decided to avoid approaching him, suspecting Uchiha Madara might already be watching him.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tested his advanced Nature Transformation and found little change in Wind Release but major improvements in the heat and other properties of Fire Release and Earth Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that adapting to Lava Release had made his body more compatible with Fire and Earth Release, and he wondered whether those changes amounted to inheritable Spiritual Roots.

Uchiha Kiyoshi tested his Lava Release and found that using it felt easier than expected, then decided to develop more Kekkei Genkai. He planned to power his island’s Great Formation with a captured Tailed Beast and sent Doseki to capture one so he could test his strength.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Lava Release to launch a magma ball and create piercing Senbon, and he wondered whether the Body-Tempering Realm had improved his control.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided he wanted to cultivate a second or even third Kekkei Genkai and believed he could overcome conflicts between them.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi remembered the Great Formation covering his island and decided to activate it using a Tailed Beast’s Chakra.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reasoned that his Flying Thunder God Technique and Doseki’s developing Gundam Mode could help counter a Tailed Beast’s advantages.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi sent Doseki to capture a Tailed Beast, hoping to see whether he could seal one of the first seven by himself.

Doseki traveled to the Water Country to capture Isobu, the Three-Tails, and fought him with a massive Lava Release giant. Doseki suppressed Isobu beneath three Sealing Gates and began restoring the Chakra he had spent.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi ordered Doseki to capture Isobu, and Doseki reluctantly accepted despite knowing his own strength might not be enough.
• Doseki reached an uninhabited island in the Water Country, sensed Isobu's enormous Chakra beneath its lake, and built a Barrier around the water.
• Doseki transformed into a fifty-meter Lava Giant and told Isobu to move elsewhere, but Isobu attacked after realizing Doseki intended to capture him.
• Doseki and Isobu grappled around the lake until Doseki separated from him and cast Lava Release: Sealing Gate.
• Three lava gates pinned Isobu down, and Doseki activated the Nourishing Origin Art to recover the Chakra he had expended.

Doseki failed to seal the Three-Tails after it broke free and destroyed his Lava Release Gundam, but he sealed away its severed tail and escaped the island. Kirigakure ninja arrived to find the Three-Tails enraged and the attacker gone.

• Doseki attacked the Three-Tails with Lava Release: Rasenshuriken, breaking the barrier and alerting nearby ninja to the battle.
• The Three-Tails broke free, blasted apart Doseki's Lava Release Gundam with a Tailed Beast Ball, and forced Doseki to retreat using the Substitution Body Flicker Technique.
• Doseki dodged the Three-Tails' attacks, sealed its severed tail in a scroll, and escaped the island with his remaining Chakra.
• Kirigakure ninja reached the devastated island and retreated when the enraged Three-Tails attacked, while other ninja were struck by its tail.