Chapter Summaries

Doseki escaped the Three-Tails with one of its tails and brought it back to Uchiha Kiyoshi's base for research. Meanwhile, the Ninja World mistook Doseki for a peak Kage Level powerhouse and blamed Iwagakure for hiding him, while Doseki remained unaware of the uproar.

• Doseki hid in a cave, escaped the island with the Three-Tails' tail sealed in a reinforced scroll, and traveled underwater to the main body's base.
• Reports of Doseki's battle with the Three-Tails spread, and Iwagakure identified him as the wanted thief of its Secret Jutsu.
• The other great villages concluded that Doseki was a peak Kage Level fighter secretly backed by Iwagakure, while Kirigakure condemned Iwagakure for attacking its Three-Tails.
• The Third Tsuchikage cursed Doseki, and Danzo ordered Root to investigate him and infiltrate Iwagakure.
• Doseki and Uchiha Kiyoshi researched the Three-Tails' tail and discovered that it could absorb Natural Energy to restore Chakra.

Uchiha Kiyoshi studied the recovering Three-Tails Chakra and used it to explore how Yin-Yang Release created the Tailed Beasts. After finding that the Chakra could not absorb and store other Chakra, he turned to investigating whether the Three-Tails possessed Ice Release.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi placed Three-Tails' Tail at the Great Formation's core and sealed its Chakra so he could sustain the formation.
• Doseki returned to the Ninja World, learned that his battle with the Three-Tails had made him seem peak Kage Level, and went into hiding after reporting to his main body.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi examined Three-Tails Chakra and concluded that the Tailed Beasts' creation involved fusing Yin Release and Yang Release, though his broader classification remained speculative.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tested whether Three-Tails Chakra could absorb and store his Chakra, but found that it could not.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to study whether the Three-Tails had Ice Release.

Uchiha Kiyoshi experimented with the Three-Tails' Chakra to determine whether it could help him develop Ice Release. He successfully produced Ice Release Chakra and realized the Three-Tails could also aid his Senjutsu cultivation.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used a Shadow Clone to test whether Three-Tails Chakra could be guided into Water and Wind Release, confirming the Tailed Beast had deep mastery of both natures.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi's attempt to apply Water and Wind transformations to the same Chakra caused his Shadow Clone to explode and some mutated Chakra to spread, so he sealed it off.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tried applying Water and Wind transformations to separate portions of Chakra, but the Three-Tails Chakra split into Water and Wind Chakra instead of combining into Ice Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi had two Shadow Clones guide a larger amount of Three-Tails Chakra with Water and Wind transformations simultaneously, and watched it turn white and grow cold.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi confirmed that the resulting Chakra had Ice Release properties and recognized the Three-Tails could help him cultivate both Ice Release and Senjutsu.

Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to use the Three-Tails' tail to learn to sense Natural Energy while assigning his clones to research different Kekkei Genkai. The chapter left him considering eye modifications for his Rain Country clone as Doseki planned to improve his Lava Release Gundam Mode.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi concluded that the Three-Tails' tail could absorb Natural Energy as it restored Chakra, giving him a way to study Natural Energy and advance his Senjutsu research.
• Doseki returned to Iwagakure and planned to strengthen his Lava Release Gundam Mode by improving its size, defense, and mobility.
• Zhen planned to contact the Yuki Clan in Kirigakure to obtain ice and develop Ice Release alongside Uchiha Kiyoshi.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi assigned Maka to pursue Magnet Release, considered having Hui investigate Wood Release, and resolved to wreck Danzo's Laboratory.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided the Rain Country clone should avoid risky moves while contacting Nagato, then wondered whether to give him special eyes.

Uchiha Kiyoshi developed Ice Release, completed his second Kekkei Genkai adaptation, and declared his cultivation had reached Qi Refining Perfection. In Konoha, Hui built a credible shinobi identity and began preparing to approach Obito and intervene in Hatake Sakumo’s fate.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi used Three-Tails Chakra, Shin’s memories, and his theories to discover how Wind and Water combined to form Ice Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi controlled his body to prevent Lava Release Chakra from interfering and successfully adapted to Ice Release, which he called Qi Refining Perfection.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi tested Ice Release on Kiyoshi Island and assigned Shin to develop Ice Release Ninjutsu while he continued daily adaptation training.
• Hui used Uchiha Fugaku’s support and Danzo’s records to establish himself as a Konoha shinobi, complete missions, and reduce suspicion toward his identity.
• Hui decided to make contact with Obito and sought a way to intervene before Hatake Sakumo’s suicide, while worrying Sakumo might resist his efforts.

Hui investigated the circumstances behind Hatake Sakumo’s suicide and concluded that Root had manipulated events through Aburame Shishin, while Sakumo chose to die to protect Kakashi’s future. Meanwhile, Uchiha Kiyoshi and his clones weighed their research priorities, deciding to pursue Wood Release and eye modification in parallel while Maka considered developing Magnet Release himself.

• Hui monitored Hatake Sakumo, Aburame Shishin, and Root, then noticed that Shishin’s records showed too few missions for his Jonin promotion.
• Hui concluded that Aburame Shishin was a Root ninja and suspected that his apparent danger during the mission with Sakumo had been staged to make Sakumo abandon the mission.
• Hui inferred that Sakumo had agreed to secure Kakashi’s place in the Hokage Direct Line and had chosen suicide to protect his son from political conflict.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi asked Maka to obtain research on soul-related techniques so Hui could investigate a way to address Sakumo’s situation.
• Maka considered pursuing Magnet Release himself, while Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to postpone that project because he lacked access to Shukaku’s Chakra.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi realized that Hui could work on Wood Release while he began eye-modification experiments, leaving Maka to complain about being neglected.

After leaving his island to find equipment for his eye experiments, Uchiha Kiyoshi encountered Kakashi’s team and challenged the young ninja’s attitude toward his father, White Fang. Kiyoshi left Kakashi questioning whether he had misunderstood his father’s choice to save his comrades.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi left his island after checking its defenses and decided to seek experimental equipment in the Land of Fire, considering taking some from Root.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi found Kakashi and two other Genin fighting a Kumogakure squad while their Sarutobi Clan Jonin supervisor, Sarutobi Tadashi, fought two Jonin.
• After the Konoha team defeated their enemies, Uchiha Kiyoshi emerged and praised Kakashi’s combat skills but criticized his disregard for his companions and his father’s example.
• Sarutobi Tadashi threatened Uchiha Kiyoshi with Konoha’s hostility, so Kiyoshi injured the four Konoha ninjas with Earth Spikes and said he disliked being threatened.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi left after telling Kakashi that his conduct opposed White Fang’s values, and Kakashi began wondering whether his father had been right.

Uchiha Kiyoshi and Hui intervened as Hatake Sakumo committed suicide, with Hui binding Sakumo’s soul and taking his body while Kiyoshi raided Root for Wood Release materials, Hashirama Cells, and equipment. Kiyoshi escaped Konoha disguised as Doseki, leaving the Third Hokage and Danzo to face the chaos.

• After Danzo threatened Kakashi and intensified the pressure on him, Hatake Sakumo killed himself, and Kakashi found his father’s body.
• Hui activated a soul-binding Sealing Jutsu, then attacked Danzo and the Root and Anbu shinobi with Earth Release while secretly removing Sakumo’s corpse.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi infiltrated Root’s third base and stole Wood Release records, Ninjutsu, Secret Jutsu, laboratory equipment, and Hashirama Cells.
• Kiyoshi unleashed Lava Release: Lava Hell across Root’s grounds, alarming Konoha’s powerful shinobi.
• Hui escaped to his residence, and Kiyoshi left Konoha disguised as Doseki.

Uchiha Kiyoshi destroyed Danzo’s Root Base and escaped with its experimental equipment, leaving Konoha to blame Doseki. He returned to Konoha, healed Hatake Sakumo’s fatal wounds, and left Hui to sustain Sakumo’s body while he recovered his Chakra and prepared to retrieve Sakumo’s soul from Kakashi.

• Danzo and the Third Hokage concluded that Doseki had destroyed Root and demanded compensation and Konoha White Fang’s corpse from Iwagakure.
• Danzo found that Root’s records had backups and its Hashirama Cells had apparently been destroyed, while Uchiha Kiyoshi secretly escaped with the cells and valuable equipment.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi received Hui No. 1’s memories, warned Doseki that Konoha might come after him, and returned to Konoha.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi created two new Shadow Clones, sealed them into Hui’s clone body, and began treating Hatake Sakumo’s corpse.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi restored Sakumo’s wounds, organs, and brain with Medical Ninjutsu, then gave Hui the task of maintaining Sakumo’s body while he replenished his Chakra.

Hui visited the hospitalized Kakashi, removed White Fang’s hidden contingency from him, and inadvertently released White Fang’s soul to his body. Meanwhile, Orochimaru encountered Uchiha Kiyoshi, whose presence left him questioning whether Kiyoshi was Doseki.

• Hui learned that Kakashi had been knocked unconscious in the attack and was recovering at Konoha Hospital.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Hui that the attackers had escaped and that one had taken White Fang’s corpse, while Konoha blamed Iwagakure and demanded compensation.
• Hui visited Kakashi, argued that White Fang was not a coward, then knocked Kakashi unconscious and used the Five Elements Seal to release White Fang’s contingency.
• White Fang’s soul emerged from Kakashi and traveled toward his body at Hui’s residence as Obito and Rin arrived to visit Kakashi.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi sensed White Fang’s soul, then went outside and met Orochimaru, who doubted his theory that Kiyoshi was Doseki.

Uchiha Kiyoshi traded his Nature Transformation research with Orochimaru for the Flying Thunder God Technique, then considered how to strengthen his clones with new abilities. He reflected on his progress sensing Natural Energy and the principles behind Sage Mode.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi offered Orochimaru his theories on Nature Transformation in exchange for the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Orochimaru examined Kiyoshi's research and watched him demonstrate a flame with the advanced properties of late-stage Nature Transformation.
• Orochimaru gave Kiyoshi more than twenty scrolls containing the Flying Thunder God Technique, then departed.
• Kiyoshi reviewed the combat strength of his clones and decided Sage Mode could provide them with a new method without exposing his own abilities.
• Kiyoshi recalled that he had sensed Natural Energy after a year of studying the energy absorbed by the Three-Tails' tail and speculated that Sage Mode invoked rules imprinted on the world by past masters.

Uchiha Kiyoshi reviewed his plans for refining Senjutsu Chakra and began preparing to develop Wood Release using research materials and techniques recovered from Root. Meanwhile, Maka continued investigating Magnet Release in Sunagakure, where he considered its possible connection to Lightning Release, Wind Release, and unusual physical traits.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided that refining Senjutsu Chakra could strengthen his clones even without granting them Sage Mode.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi found Root's Wood Release research, including the Wood Human Technique and Wood Dragon Technique, and planned for Hui and Doseki to study them.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi assigned Hui to train his body and research Lightning Release body tempering, with Maka helping him.
• Maka suspected that Rasa had mastered Magnet Release and viewed him as a useful subject for studying the technique.
• Maka theorized that Magnet Release might rely on magnetic force generated through Lightning Release and might use Wind Release as its core.

Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to his base and prepared to research Hashirama Cells and develop Wood Release, while his clone Yun struggled to keep Akatsuki alive under Amegakure’s relentless suppression. Yun continued studying Konan’s Paper Release, hoping it might aid Kiyoshi’s research as Akatsuki’s losses mounted.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to his base with experimental equipment, Root materials, and Hashirama Cells, and planned to research eye modifications and develop Wood Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi reasoned that Hashirama’s cells could refine Wood Release Chakra through their innate vitality and considered how Hashirama’s Sage Mode and Wood Release might have enhanced his abilities.
• Hanzo ordered Amegakure to suppress Akatsuki because he feared the Rain Country’s growth would provoke the surrounding great nations.
• Yun heard Akatsuki members discuss their rising losses and reflected that Yahiko’s leadership, charisma, and strength had kept the organization going despite Amegakure’s attacks.
• Yun continued studying Konan’s Paper Release and concluded that it was likely an imperfectly fused Kekkei Genkai that might offer Kiyoshi insight into developing Wood Release.

Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered that violent Natural Energy could stimulate his Sharingan and began researching whether it might help awaken the Mangekyo or replenish its power. Meanwhile, Yun helped the Akatsuki survive an Amegakure attack, killing a Jonin as the group fought to retreat.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi perfected the Nourishing Origin Art, raising his original body's Chakra recovery to one thousand calories per second.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi found that Chakra infused with Natural Energy carried a violent aura that stimulated his Three Tomoe Sharingan, and he added research into its effects to his projects.
• Yahiko ordered the Akatsuki's weaker members to retreat while he, Nagato, Konan, Yun, and Heishui held off two Elite Jonin and ten Jonin.
• Yun took on three Amegakure Jonin to help Heishui, then used the Mystical Palm Technique to manage his wounds and keep fighting.
• Yun used a kunai substitution to wound and kill one Amegakure Jonin, but the other two struck him with Water Release techniques.
• Yun's Shadow Clone used the Mystical Palm Technique through the seal to alleviate his injuries, and Yahiko praised him after noticing the kill.

After escaping the Rain ninja, Yun urged the Akatsuki to go underground and build up its strength, while he and another clone speculated about how the Sharingan connected to the Ninja World's Rules. The chapter ended with Uchiha Kiyoshi receiving their memories and agreeing to spare time for eye-modification experiments.

• Yahiko ordered Nagato, Konan, Yun, and Heishui to retreat, and the group fled while Yahiko carried the wounded Yun.
• While escaping, Yun theorized that Mangekyo abilities were Divine Abilities formed by connecting to the Ninja World's Rules, and Konan learned that he had Medical Ninjutsu.
• Yun, Yahiko, Nagato, Konan, and Heishui evaded pursuit and decided the Akatsuki would disappear from public view for a year or two to train and strengthen its members.
• The five reunited with the Akatsuki members and led them to a secluded valley, where the organization established a base and resumed normal operations.
• Yun No. 1 and No. 2 shared their memories with Uchiha Kiyoshi, who agreed to set aside time for eye-modification experiments.

Uchiha Kiyoshi developed a theory that Divine Abilities were techniques imprinted upon Rules, while Hui continued researching Wood Release and cared for the still-unconscious White Fang. White Fang awakened, learned he had been revived, and agreed to aid Konoha from the shadows rather than return openly.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi considered Dojutsu, Sage Mode, Yin-Yang Release, and other powers as Divine Abilities connected to Rules, and wondered whether understanding those Rules could explain the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hui investigated how Natural Energy, Life Force, and cell division might relate to Wood Release while maintaining White Fang’s bodily functions with a Shadow Clone.
• White Fang regained consciousness at Hui’s residence, and Hui told him he had survived his suicide attempt and that Konoha believed him dead.
• Hui told White Fang about recent events and persuaded him to remain hidden and contribute to Konoha rather than return openly.
• Hui shared his insights with Uchiha Kiyoshi, helping the original body’s Wood Release research progress.

Uchiha Kiyoshi’s Wood Release research progressed quickly, but worries about his limited Chakra led him to plan further training for himself and his clones. He turned to Lightning Release body forging, while Yun was assigned Fire Release training and became a candidate for eye-modification experiments.

• Uchiha Kiyoshi credited his earlier Spiritual Energy research and accumulated theories for the rapid progress in developing Wood Release.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi realized that his Chakra reserves would limit his ability to use powerful techniques and considered how to increase them.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi planned for all his clones to cultivate Lightning Release and assigned Yun to specialize in Fire Release despite the Rain Country’s rainy environment.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi decided that Yun needed eye-modification experiments to strengthen his Sharingan abilities before the Akatsuki’s future upheaval.
• Uchiha Kiyoshi began focusing on Lightning Release body forging, aiming to improve its benefits while reducing the damage lightning could cause to the body.

Maka investigated Rasa’s Magnet Release: Gold Sand and discovered it relied on Wind Release and Earth Release rather than Lightning Release. He renamed the technique Sand Release and decided he could eventually combine it with Lightning Release to create a true Magnet Release Kekkei Tōta.

• Maka followed Rasa to the sparring grounds for another fight, while Sunagakure ninja gathered to watch.
• Maka’s Wind Release: Great Breakthrough shattered Rasa’s Gold Sand defenses, and Maka collected the scattered gold sand.
• Rasa attacked with Sand Waterfall, but Maka dodged his attacks, cut off some Gold Sand, and eventually wore him down.
• Maka examined Gold Sand containing Rasa’s Chakra and sensed Wind Release and Earth Release, but no Lightning Release.
• Maka concluded that Rasa’s technique was not a Kekkei Genkai, named it Sand Release, and planned to develop true Magnet Release by adding Lightning Release.

Maka pursued Sand Release while Uchiha Kiyoshi experimented with Paper Release and discovered it could produce specialized paper suitable for Explosive Tags. Hui persuaded White Fang to abandon despair and act secretly to change Konoha, and Kiyoshi reflected on how altering people’s fates could help him pursue transcendence.

• Maka set aside Lightning Release research to develop Sand Release, while Uchiha Kiyoshi created Paper Release and began testing paper with different properties.
• Hui urged White Fang to stop blaming himself for Konoha’s failures and to find another way to change the village.
• White Fang regained his resolve and agreed to keep his survival secret while carrying out his plans in secret.
• White Fang asked Hui about his feelings toward Konoha, but Hui said he only maintained a Konoha identity to gather intelligence.
• White Fang left Hui’s residence healed and determined to handle his identity himself, and Kiyoshi received Hui’s memories with relief.
• Kiyoshi considered saving White Fang both a personal choice and a chance to change fate and gain strength for his future pursuit of transcendence.

As Konoha prepared a mission to investigate Kumogakure, Hui realized the Third Hokage was using it to groom Minato Namikaze as a future leader. Hui looked forward to seeing Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique, while Doseki also planned to join the coming conflict.

• Over two years, Uchiha Kiyoshi’s clones advanced in strength, with Doseki reaching Kage Level and Hui becoming a Konoha Jonin who gathered intelligence.
• The Third Hokage assigned Minato Namikaze to investigate Kumogakure with Hizashi Hyuga, Hui, and Yamanaka Inoichi’s group, and Minato accepted the mission.
• Kushina secretly planned to make the most of the long-term mission outside Konoha after Minato explained the assignment to her.
• Hui inferred that the Third Hokage was paving the way for Minato and hoped the mission would let him study Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Doseki learned about the mission and Minato’s Flying Thunder God Technique, then anticipated testing his perfected Lava Release Gundam Mode in a clash with Kumogakure.