Chapter Summaries

Hinata Cang Yue and Itachi tested each other in Star Ninja Village, with Cang Yue displaying her Tenseigan-powered defenses and Itachi revealing his Mangekyo. Their duel escalated into a series of feints and substitutions, ending with Itachi piercing Cang Yue through the heart.

• Hinata Cang Yue blocked Itachi’s flaming shuriken with a precise Chakra barrier, while Tang Ping kept the watching factions and Star Ninja from fleeing.
• Itachi continued probing with Fire Release, then awakened his Mangekyo as he considered whether learning the truth about Nine Tails Night could prevent the Uchiha from rebelling.
• Hinata Cang Yue welcomed the challenge and revealed her starry-blue eyes as Itachi launched a crow-based attack that exploded around her; she escaped with a Substitution Technique.
• Hinata Cang Yue pierced Itachi with Razor’s Edge, but her target was a clone, and Itachi’s body dispersed into crows.
• Itachi appeared behind Hinata Cang Yue and pierced her heart with his ninja blade, stunning the onlookers.

Hinata Cang Yue countered Itachi’s attacks, including Amaterasu, and forced him into close combat before he trapped her in Tsukuyomi. She remained unfazed by the genjutsu’s torture as time in the illusion reached its limit.

• Hinata Cang Yue deflected Itachi’s sneak attack, wounded him, and watched him retreat and heal with a potion.
• Itachi used Great Fireball Technique and Amaterasu, but Hinata Cang Yue escaped the black flames by shedding the chakra coating on her body.
• Hinata Cang Yue attacked Itachi with a Chakra Blade and cut his ninja blade in half.
• Itachi used Tsukuyomi to trap Hinata Cang Yue in a blood-red space and demanded information about Nine Tails Night.
• Hinata Cang Yue endured Itachi’s repeated stabbings with excitement as the genjutsu’s time limit approached.

Hinata Cang Yue overpowered Itachi in his Tsukuyomi genjutsu, then entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode as rival Anbu rushed to save or kill him. She prepared to unleash a powerful technique, while Tang Ping moved away from the battlefield.

• Hinata Cang Yue used her superior eye power to seize control of Itachi's genjutsu and free herself from the cross.
• Hinata Cang Yue bound Itachi and inflicted the same overwhelming pain on him, but he endured it and tried to question her.
• Itachi collapsed unconscious outside the genjutsu, while Hinata Cang Yue remained capable of fighting.
• Konoha Anbu and Anbu from other villages charged toward Itachi, but Hinata Cang Yue's Tenseigan Chakra Mode stopped them.
• Hinata Cang Yue used repulsive force to halt the ninja tools thrown at Itachi, then began spinning her Truth-Seeking Orb as Tang Ping left the battlefield.

Hinata Cang Yue destroyed Star Ninja Village with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Tang Ping learned that the Star was with the fugitive Natsuhi. After killing Red Star and leaving the unconscious Great Filial Son alive, Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue tracked Natsuhi to her location.

• Hinata Cang Yue unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, wiping out Star Ninja Village while Red Star fled and Great Filial Son lay unconscious.
• Tang Ping arrived and found Hinata Cang Yue holding the badly wounded Red Star, the only survivor besides Great Filial Son.
• Red Star revealed that the Star was not in the village, and Tang Ping guessed that Natsuhi had taken it.
• Tang Ping ordered Hinata Cang Yue to kill Red Star, then left Great Filial Son alive and treated his injuries.
• A few days later, Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue reached the place where they had been searching for Natsuhi.

Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue confronted Natsuhi and her son Ang to obtain the Star and the Mysterious Peacock Method. Natsuhi surrendered the Star to protect Ang, then decided to take him to Konoha for safety.

• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue waited near a village on the border of the Land of Bears and the Land of Birds for Natsuhi to return.
• Tang Ping demanded that Natsuhi hand over the Star and revealed that Hoshigakure had been destroyed.
• Tang Ping threatened Ang, and Hinata Cang Yue restrained Natsuhi and drained her Chakra.
• Natsuhi agreed to surrender the Star, and Tang Ping's group retrieved it along with a copy of the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Natsuhi decided to take Ang to Konoha because staying where they were no longer felt safe.

Tang Ping recovered the sealed Star and traveled with Hinata Cang Yue through the Land of Birds, where rival powers fought over bird droppings. After meeting Konan in Amegakure, he learned that she had noticed his appearance changing.

• Tang Ping confirmed that the meteorite he found was the Star and examined its sealing talismans.
• Tang Ping explained that he had helped turn the Land of Birds into a conflict zone so other powers would focus on its resources.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue saw that attacks on transport teams had made the Land of Birds a battleground for Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue exchanged intelligence with Konan in Amegakure, where Chiyo's Reanimation Jutsu was progressing.
• Konan noticed that Tang Ping's appearance was changing.

Tang Ping realized that Hot Spring Valley had accelerated his transformation into a sage and decided to risk pursuing a full Sage Body. After consulting Orochimaru, he ordered Tenshukaku to prepare a plan that would use faith to strengthen Hot Spring Valley and control the Natural Energy eroding him.

• Tang Ping recognized that his rapid physical changes were the result of Hot Spring Valley accelerating his sage transformation.
• After Konan alerted him to the opportunity, Tang Ping left the Rain Country for Otogakure, where Orochimaru provided technology and advice.
• Tang Ping returned to Tenshukaku and chose to pursue a complete Sage Body rather than interrupt the Natural Energy erosion.
• Tang Ping instructed Uchiha Mei, Hinata Cang Yue, Yakushi Nonō, and the others to organize the promotion of Hot Spring Valley through positive emotions and faith.
• Uchiha Mei warned Tang Ping that creating a new Sage Location could make the Three Great Sage Locations enemies, but Tang Ping said they would not intervene personally yet.

Tang Ping and his allies discussed Konoha’s growing Uchiha unrest and considered how to benefit from the coming rebellion. They agreed to rescue children and ordinary Uchiha without tying the operation to Tenshukaku, and Nonō proposed using Kirigakure as cover.

• Yamaa Koji asked whether the Uchiha rebellion would cost Konoha its position as the leading ninja village, and Tang Ping said the outcome was hard to predict.
• Uchiha Shizuka proposed absorbing some of Konoha’s Uchiha into Tenshukaku.
• Uchiha Mei supported taking in children and ordinary clansmen, despite her anger at the Uchiha who had betrayed the Main Branch Lineage.
• Tang Ping approved the plan on the condition that it could not be traced to Tenshukaku.
• Nonō proposed leaving the operation to Kirigakure and using the rebels in the Land of Water as an opportunity.

Tang Ping built the Tenshu Tower, a sealed cultivation facility that used the Star’s radiation to accelerate training while managing its risks and replenishing lost Life Force. After establishing a Contribution Point system for its use, he left for Konoha as the Uchiha Rebellion approached.

• Uchiha Mei praised Nonō’s proposal to use the Kirigakure’s unrest to help the Tenshukaku eliminate threats and pressure the nobles of the Land of Water.
• Tang Ping returned to his laboratory and used the Star and knowledge from the Mysterious Peacock Method to develop a safer, tiered radiation-based cultivation site.
• Tang Ping unveiled the Tenshu Tower to Hinata Cang Yue, Guren, and the Four Kids, explaining that it could accelerate taijutsu and Chakra training at the cost of Life Force.
• The group entered the tower and felt their cells become more active, while Tang Ping explained its benefits, risks, and safeguards.
• Tang Ping established a Contribution Point system to exchange for cultivation time, radiation levels, and restorative supplements, then set off for Konoha as the Uchiha Rebellion began to loom.

As Konoha’s surveillance and pressure intensified, Kakashi and Great Filial Son watched over the Uchiha Clan, while Tenshukaku quietly prepared to intervene. Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei entered the clan grounds under merchant identities to meet the Second Elder and advance the Change the Sun Plan.

• Konoha’s Anbu openly monitored the Uchiha Clan, and surveillance cameras tracked the clan grounds as tensions rose.
• Kakashi took over a monitoring shift with Great Filial Son, who refused her offer to leave the assignment.
• Tenshukaku sent Tang Ping, Uchiha Mei, and several Uchiha allies into Konoha to prepare a plan to extract members of the Uchiha Clan.
• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei entered the clan grounds with a merchant caravan, intending to meet the Second Elder.
• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei found the Uchiha Clan grounds deserted and its residents visibly anxious.

Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei visited the Second Elder in disguise to recruit him for the Change the Sun Plan. After hearing that it could preserve more of the Uchiha bloodline, he agreed to cooperate fully, leaving them ready to handle the plan’s other parts.

• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei left the convoy and used the Transformation Technique to enter the Uchiha’s new clan land unnoticed.
• They went to the Second Elder’s residence, where he mistook them for messengers from the Hokage Faction and refused to help.
• Uchiha Mei revealed herself and explained that she had a plan requiring the Second Elder’s cooperation.
• Mei promised that the plan could preserve more of the Uchiha bloodline, and the Second Elder agreed to cooperate fully and hand over anything useful.

Tang Ping’s group prepared a secret escape route and supplies for Uchiha clansmen while the Second Elder gathered intelligence. On the day of the Uchiha assembly, a large wedding celebration drew clansmen elsewhere as the planned rebellion approached.

• The Second Elder awakened Taryo and ordered him to gather intelligence.
• Tang Ping’s team entered their basement and continued digging an underground passage out of Konoha without using Earth Release.
• Hinata Cang Yue used Razor’s Edge to excavate while Inaho and Tekka removed dirt and brought in supports and supplies.
• Uchiha Shizuka and Uchiha Yashiro handled provisions and key targets, while Kakashi and Akane helped identify sensory patrols.
• Several days later, Konoha Academy announced an emergency drill that delayed the students’ departure on the day of the Uchiha assembly.
• Uchiha elites went to Naka Shrine as the second branch held a heavily promoted celebration for the Second Elder’s marriage, drawing a large crowd of clansmen.

Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi learned of plans surrounding the Uchiha, while Itachi resolved to destroy the clan himself rather than let it be branded rebellious. As the massacre began, Tang Ping, Hinata Cang Yue, and Uchiha Mei entered the Uchiha Clan Grounds, where the only remaining Uchiha branch planned to benefit from the bloodshed.

• Danzo's Root subordinate reported that the Uchiha Second Elder had secretly married and held the celebration to make up for the missed wedding.
• Itachi asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for one more day, saying the Uchiha would be destroyed through internal strife, and then left after asking him to care for Sasuke.
• Itachi met the man calling himself Madara Uchiha and watched Sasuke at the Ninja Academy before night fell.
• The Second Elder secretly held back nearly half the celebration's attendees, while Danzo's forces surrounded the Uchiha Clan Grounds and raised a soundproofing barrier.
• Tang Ping, Hinata Cang Yue, and Uchiha Mei entered the grounds in Shell Organization clothing and heard the massacre already underway.

Tang Ping watched Uchiha Itachi massacre the Uchiha Clan and rescued Uchiha Izumi after Itachi stabbed her. He healed her, declared her his disciple, and then hurried with Hinata Cang Yue toward the Clan Head Residence to target the Hokage Faction.

• Tang Ping explained that Poison Mist and an attack on the Military Police Force had enabled Itachi and another Kage-level expert to slaughter the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi found Uchiha Izumi, trapped her in a Genjutsu of an entire life together, then stabbed her and killed her mother.
• After Itachi left, Tang Ping healed Izumi's pierced heart and told Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue that Izumi was a genius who could rival Mei.
• Tang Ping took Izumi as his disciple and sent her with Uchiha Mei to the evacuation point.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue headed for the Clan Head Residence to prepare a strike against the Hokage Faction.

Tang Ping pressured Uchiha Fugaku to fight during the Uchiha clan’s impending destruction, claiming that the Shell Organization had been hired by Kirigakure to help some clansmen escape. Fugaku agreed to make a stand at the Sarutobi Clan Land, where Tang Ping planned to create a diversion.

• Tang Ping confronted Uchiha Fugaku and urged him to use his Mangekyo Sharingan to remind Konoha of the Uchiha’s power.
• Tang Ping said the Shell Organization had accepted a Kirigakure mission to take some Uchiha away, and he used their escape as leverage to make Fugaku fight.
• Uchiha Mikoto refused Tang Ping’s offer to leave without her husband, and Fugaku agreed to act.
• Tang Ping showed Fugaku a map marking the Sarutobi Clan Land as the planned battlefield, intending to cause a commotion and delay Konoha’s pursuit of the fleeing Uchiha.

Itachi killed the Second Elder, who used his death to signal the village attack and help the chosen Uchiha escape through an underground passage. As the evacuation began, Itachi also killed Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto at the Clan Head Residence, while Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue watched.

• Itachi stabbed the Second Elder, who triggered fireworks and then detonated an Exploding Tag on his own body to destroy the corpse.
• Taryo led the selected Uchiha, carrying the unconscious Uchiha Izumi, into a hidden passage and joined Uchiha Shizuka, Yashiro, Inaho, and Tekka for their escape from Konoha.
• Tang Ping watched the attack from a telegraph pole as Hinata Cang Yue anticipated Itachi's confrontation with his parents.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Itachi to look after Sasuke, and Itachi killed Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto with his blade.

Tang Ping watched Uchiha Sasuke arrive and witness Itachi’s massacre, while Hiruzen and Danzo staged their response to the Uchiha Clan’s destruction. As the Anbu gathered the corpses and Danzo eyed the Sharingan, the Second Elder’s hidden mechanism began to trigger.

• Tang Ping waited for Sasuke to arrive so he could witness the famous confrontation with Itachi.
• Sasuke found his parents dead, and Itachi used Tsukuyomi to torment him until he awakened a One-Tomoe Sharingan and collapsed.
• Itachi noticed that his father’s corpse had disappeared and pursued traces of whoever had taken it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi entered the Uchiha Clan Grounds, declared Sasuke the only survivor, and removed Danzo as Root’s leader in a public show of blame.
• Danzo watched the Anbu collect the corpses, eager to claim their Sharingan, when the Second Elder’s hidden mechanism began.

The Second Elder detonated explosive traps across the Uchiha Clan Grounds to cover his clansmen’s escape, while Itachi confronted a strangely compliant Uchiha Fugaku on the Sarutobi Clan’s roof. The Sarutobi ninjas mistook the father and son’s fight for an Uchiha invasion and moved to defend their clan.

• The Second Elder triggered explosive traps throughout the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered his forces to withdraw amid the blasts.
• Itachi pursued his target to the Sarutobi Clan Land and found Uchiha Fugaku waiting on a rooftop.
• Itachi attacked Fugaku with the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, while Fugaku evaded stiffly as if controlled.
• Tang Ping and Uchiha Mei realized Fugaku was pretending to be controlled so he could blame someone else for his next actions.
• Sarutobi ninjas recognized Itachi and Fugaku, assumed the Uchiha had begun an invasion, and charged into battle.

Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue watched the Sarutobi Clan battle, hoping to expose the Sarutobi Army and keep Konoha occupied while the Uchiha escaped. As Uchiha Fugaku’s Susanoo prepared to unleash a massive fireball, the chapter ended on an unexpected development.

• Tang Ping told Hinata Cang Yue to wait before attacking Konoha and explained that Tenshukaku needed the Uchiha and wanted to expose the Sarutobi Clan’s hidden army.
• A signal flare summoned thousands of Sarutobi shinobi to the clan grounds, revealing the force Tang Ping intended to use against the Hokage Faction’s standing.
• Uchiha Fugaku’s Susanoo collapsed the Sarutobi Clan Head Residence and swept away Sarutobi shinobi who tried to capture the intruders.
• Itachi shouted at Fugaku to stop, but Fugaku remained unresponsive as his Susanoo formed a huge purple fireball.
• A Sarutobi elder recognized the Susanoo and urged the surrounding shinobi to run, but the fireball was about to launch when an unexpected development occurred.

Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku clashed with their Mangekyō Sharingan Susanoo in the Sarutobi Clan Land while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the clan heads agreed on an official account of the Uchiha massacre. As the battle escalated, Itachi tried to preserve his strength and publicly claimed he was testing his limits.

• Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku faced off with their Susanoo amid purple flames, and Itachi was surprised that his father had Mangekyō Sharingan too.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mitokado Homura explained Susanoo to the gathered clan heads, who learned about the Uchiha Clan’s formidable power.
• Nara Shikaku asked Hiruzen Sarutobi for an official explanation, and Hiruzen said Itachi had slaughtered the Uchiha Clan and was pursuing Fugaku after Sasuke was saved.
• The clan heads accepted Hiruzen’s account, and Hiruzen ordered everyone to wait until Itachi and Fugaku chose a victor before intervening.
• Itachi’s eyes began bleeding as he struggled to bear the Mangekyō’s strain, so he announced that he was testing his limits and raised his Susanoo into its second form.