Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yao used fabricated, half-true intelligence about a threat to Nawaki to win Tsunade and Mito’s trust while steering Fugaku toward an alliance with Hatake Sakumo. After returning to Konoha, Yao comforted Mikoto over Nanako’s death and agreed to accompany her to the border to seek revenge on the Iwagakure ninja.

• Yao gave Tsunade intelligence implying that Iwagakure and Konoha insiders planned to target Nawaki, and Tsunade decided to report the danger to Mito.
• Yao persuaded Fugaku that the Uchiha should build trust with Konoha and look to Hatake Sakumo as a potential ally, while Tsunade secretly listened through a slug.
• Tsunade brought Yao to meet Mito, who told him to watch for anything unusual surrounding Nawaki’s mission.
• Yao returned home and found Mikoto grieving because Nanako had died protecting her during an ambush by Iwagakure ninja.
• Yao comforted Mikoto and agreed to meet her at the village gate in three days to go to the border and avenge Nanako.

Tsunade secretly followed Nawaki’s mission and saved him from an explosive trap, disguising him afterward, while Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Mikoto defeated Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. After hearing that Nawaki had supposedly died, Uchiha Yao used the news and a staged display of his powers to gain Tsunade’s trust and become her informant.

• Tsunade gave Nawaki Hashirama’s necklace, then followed him after he left on a C-rank mission with Orochimaru and three other ninja.
• Tsunade rescued Nawaki from an explosive-tag ambush, healed his wounded leg, and disguised him as a civilian child to protect him and draw out the conspirators.
• Uchiha Yao awakened Groudon’s power and killed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with a magma attack, then he and Uchiha Mikoto headed back to Konoha.
• A messenger told Uchiha Yao and Uchiha Mikoto that Nawaki had died in the ambush, and Uchiha Yao visited the Memorial Stone to pay his respects.
• Uchiha Yao staged a Tenseigan-related power crisis before Tsunade, who treated him and asked him to act as her informant within the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Yao agreed to help Tsunade, secretly pleased that he had gained her trust and access to the Senju Clan.

Tsunade examined Uchiha Yao's three Kekkei Genkai and warned him that their immense borrowed power could damage his unadapted body. After the Uchiha Clan assigned him to approach Uzumaki Kushina, Yao secured Mikoto's and Tsunade's understanding, leaving him to carry out the mission cautiously while Konoha's political tensions continued to build.

• Tsunade tested Uchiha Yao's Kekkei Genkai, warned him about the backlash, prescribed medicine, and gave him her research report.
• Uchiha Yao told Mikoto about his awakened powers, and they decided to take his report to Elder Setsuna.
• Elder Setsuna and Uchiha Fugaku assigned Uchiha Yao to gain Uzumaki Kushina's trust, while Mikoto arranged for him to merely go through the motions.
• Uchiha Yao told Tsunade about the mission and presented a forged Intelligence Scroll claiming someone planned to sabotage her medicinal herbs.
• Tsunade agreed not to interfere as long as Uchiha Yao did not harm Kushina, and he promised to protect her and the village.

Uchiha Yao’s training with Mikoto and his new ties to Tsunade drew him into the Senju and Uchiha clans’ growing political cooperation. As Tsunade warned Kushina about hidden threats and tested the Uchiha clan’s sincerity, Yao accepted the clan’s support and continued working with her.

• Uchiha Yao defeated Uchiha Mikoto in a spar, received her hand-sewn amulet, and was interrupted by Uzumaki Kushina’s Shadow Clone.
• Tsunade failed to win support for her Medical Ninja System proposal, then publicly linked arms with Uchiha Yao to signal cooperation between the Senju and Uchiha clans.
• Uchiha Fugaku and the Uchiha Elders mistook Tsunade’s gesture for a budding relationship and asked Yao to use it to advance the clan’s standing; Yao accepted their support.
• Uzumaki Mito cautioned Tsunade about the risks of relying on the Uchiha, but Tsunade defended her decision to seek their cooperation.
• After rumors about Tsunade and Yao spread, Tsunade told Kushina about political pressure and warned her to guard against secret schemes.
• Tsunade asked Yao about the Uchiha clan’s promised benefits, and he offered funding for her research and personal needs.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the village elders discussed Tsunade's growing closeness with Uchiha Yao and Konoha's wartime plans, while Yao's discoveries and battlefield skill strengthened his standing. After mastering the Mystical Palm Technique and creating a Lightning Fire Rasengan, Yao questioned Namikaze Minato's faith in the Will of Fire, leaving Minato troubled by doubt.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned Hiruzen Sarutobi about Tsunade's ties to the Uchiha, and Hiruzen prioritized the war in the Land of Rain and planned to deploy Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya alongside Hatake Sakumo.
• Shimura Danzo confronted Hiruzen over Tsunade and Uchiha Yao, then stormed out after Hiruzen asserted his authority; later, Hiruzen rejected Danzo's demand to control Kushina's marriage and named Namikaze Minato as a suitable partner.
• Uchiha Yao gave Uchiha Setsuna a report suggesting Senju Nawaki's death was no accident, prompting Setsuna to promise the clan's best resources to help Yao grow stronger.
• On a mission, Uchiha Yao killed an ambush of Grass Ninja, impressing Namikaze Minato and drawing Uzumaki Kushina's attention; Minato later told Jiraiya he would not pursue Kushina unless she chose him freely.
• Tsunade gave Jiraiya a notebook of Uchiha Yao's advice about respecting a partner's choices, while Yao mastered the Mystical Palm Technique and developed a powerful Lightning Fire Rasengan.
• Before departing on a supply mission with Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Yao questioned whether the Will of Fire justified sacrificing comrades, leaving Minato uncertain about the village's creed.

Tsunade and Jiraiya led a supply mission that was secretly designed to lure mercenary ninja from the Land of Lightning into an ambush. When Kushina recognized them as the people who destroyed the Land of Whirlpools, she lost control of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra, and Uchiha Yao helped restrain her until Tsunade sealed it; the mission ended with Kushina recovering but questioning whether she was a monster.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya briefed the team on the dangerous route while Uchiha Yao learned that Kushina carried the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.
• At Heaven and Earth Bridge, a Hyuga scout detected traps and mercenary ninja, and Tsunade ordered the team into battle as the attackers targeted Kushina.
• Kushina recognized the mercenaries as the butchers of the Land of Whirlpools and erupted into a Four-Tailed rampage, devastating the battlefield with a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Tsunade and Orochimaru’s concealed squads joined the fight, while Uchiha Yao entered Kushina’s consciousness and Jiraiya and Orochimaru restrained her so Tsunade could seal the Chakra.
• Uchiha Yao reassured the recovering Kushina that she was not alone, and Tsunade treated their wounds as the Konoha ninja gathered around them.

After absorbing Nine-Tails Chakra, Uchiha Yao recovered under Tsunade’s care and grew stronger through relentless training, while Tsunade warned him about the dangers facing Konoha’s clans and gave him the Slug Sage summoning scroll. As Yao’s abilities drew attention from Orochimaru, Danzo, and the Uchiha leadership, he accepted the chance to become a Jonin and continued building strength in the Land of Grass.

• Tsunade treated Uchiha Yao after he helped suppress Kushina, then discovered that his body was absorbing and refining Nine-Tails Chakra through Groudon’s power.
• Uchiha Yao warned Tsunade that the Senju and Uchiha clans were being marginalized and suggested Hatake Sakumo as a future Hokage; Tsunade gave him the Slug Sage summoning scroll.
• Two months later, Uchiha Yao demonstrated his Lightning Fire Rasenshuriken, and Tsunade praised his power while insisting that he practice the summoning technique and avoid overusing Shadow Clones.
• Uchiha Yao summoned the Slug Sage Clone, then allowed Orochimaru to examine his earth-based power and received a ninjutsu scroll; Tsunade warned him to be cautious around Orochimaru and Root.
• Danzo urged the Third Hokage to restrain Uchiha Yao, while Uchiha Setsuna worried about Yao’s proposed Jonin promotion; Uchiha Mikoto supported the promotion and shared Yao’s Rasengan and Chidori training scrolls.
• Orochimaru gave Uchiha Yao medicines and offered guidance, while Namikaze Minato responded to news of Yao’s Sealless Ninjutsu by training harder to catch up.

Konoha discovered that Ōnoki’s forces were preparing to strike through the Land of Takigakure and trap its troops in the Land of Grass, forcing a sudden retreat. After Uchiha Yao led the main force toward safety disguised as Tsunade, he turned back alone to rescue Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, who were ambushed while meeting the Grass Leader.

• Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru ordered Uchiha Yao to impersonate Tsunade and hold the camp while they went to meet the Grass Leader.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that at least three thousand Iwa Ninja planned to pass through the Land of Takigakure and cut off Konoha’s retreat, so he ordered the forces in the Land of Grass to withdraw.
• Ōnoki revealed that his apparent effort to win over Kusagakure was a decoy and ordered his forces to attack Konoha and eventually establish a puppet regime in the Land of Grass.
• Uchiha Yao received the emergency withdrawal message, while Tsunade’s meeting with the Grass Leader was interrupted by Iwa Ninja, forcing Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to fight their way out.
• Disguised as Tsunade, Uchiha Yao led the Konoha troops through a rogue-ninja attack and safely reached the Land of Fire border with the main force.
• Uchiha Yao refused to wait for reinforcements and set off alone to rescue Tsunade and the others, while Uchiha Fugaku and the Jonin prepared to follow after regrouping.

Ōnoki dismissed reports of Uchiha Yao’s strength as a ploy while Iwagakure targeted the Sannin, but Yao awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to save them from the Iwa Ninja. Ōnoki then ordered Iwagakure’s forces to retreat from the front and began plotting to trap and kill Yao amid a wider conflict.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure’s forces to focus on tracking Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, dismissing reports about Uchiha Yao as a Konoha diversion.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the rescue of the Sannin, while Danzō prioritized Tsunade and argued that Orochimaru and Jiraiya could be used as bait.
• Uchiha Yao escaped an Iwa Ninja encirclement and directed the exhausted Tsunade, Orochimaru, and injured Jiraiya to his trapped mountain hideout.
• As Iwa Ninja attacked the valley, Yao awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to destroy their assault and protect his companions.
• Konoha reinforcements arrived and witnessed Yao’s power, while Ōnoki learned of the Mangekyō and ordered his front-line forces to retreat to defend the Land of Earth’s border.
• Ōnoki sent Iwa Ninja to stir up trouble in the Land of Rain and contacted Sunagakure and the Rain Ninja, seeking to create an opportunity to kill Yao.

In Black Seal City, Lin Yao mourned Old Master Lin and resolved to enter the Underground Arena to gain the strength to avenge him. He then met another version of himself in a mysterious Star Palace and learned that the other Lin Yao had lived in the Dragon Ball world.

• Lin Yao returned to his impoverished home and remembered how James had arranged Old Master Lin’s fatal beating before seizing his apothecary.
• Lin Yao decided to risk fighting in the Underground Arena because he lacked the strength and influence to challenge James.
• Lin Yao fell asleep and found himself in a Star Palace, where he met a powerful young man who also called himself Lin Yao.
• The two Lin Yaos touched hands and exchanged memories, discovering that one had transmigrated into the Battle Through the Heavens world and the other into the Dragon Ball world.
• Dragon Ball Lin Yao wondered whether other versions of them might exist in the palace’s remaining seats.

In the Star Palace, two new Lin Yaos joined the gathering and shared memories and abilities with the others, giving Battle Through the Heavens World Lin Yao the power to pursue revenge. He killed James and Li Gongfeng in Black Seal City, escaped the Eight Fan Sect’s retaliation, and headed for Jia Nan Academy to master his newly fused strength.

• Hong Kong Movies World Lin Yao welcomed two newcomers, and twelve other Lin Yaos appeared to greet them in the Star Palace.
• High Martial World Lin Yao explained that the Star Palace let them share memories and abilities, and the fourteen Lin Yaos fused their knowledge and powers.
• Battle Through the Heavens World Lin Yao realized that his new strength let him avenge Old Master Lin and set out to kill James and the people behind him.
• Lin Yao killed James at his residence, learned of James’s connection to Li Gongfeng of the Eight Fan Sect, and went to the Black Seal City Lord’s Mansion.
• Lin Yao killed Li Gongfeng, escaped when Eight Fan Sect experts arrived, and chose Jia Nan Academy as the place to consolidate his powers.

Lin Yao reached Soul Emperor and demonstrated his overwhelming strength, while Ning Rongrong traveled to Shrek Academy to scout talented students. There, she joined Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing for Zhao Wuji’s entrance test as Chen Xin and Tang Hao briefly clashed over Xiao Wu’s hidden identity.

• Lin Yao suppressed a Ye Family Soul Saint and three Soul Emperors with his aura, then learned that Ning Rongrong had gone to Shrek Academy under Chen Xin’s protection.
• Lin Yao visited Dugu Bo, who showed off a new poison developed using Lin Yao’s medical theories, and later cultivated with Qian Renxue through their perfect Martial Soul Resonance.
• Ning Rongrong registered at Shrek Academy with Level 35 Soul Power and met Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Chen Xin sensed Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura and confronted Tang Hao, but the two exchanged blows and withdrew without fighting to the death.
• Zhao Wuji began the fourth entrance test, asking Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to last one incense stick under his attacks, and Ning Rongrong revealed she could enhance all three classmates at once.

Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Zhao Wuji’s assessment, with Ning Rongrong’s unusual Soul Rings and combat skills drawing attention. The next morning, Lin Yao arrived at Shrek Academy, effortlessly defeated Dai Mubai and Tang San, and reunited with Ning Rongrong.

• Dai Mubai warned the group that their assessment would be against the Soul Saint Zhao Wuji, and everyone was shocked by Ning Rongrong’s thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong supported Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing as they fought Zhao Wuji, using her precise boosts and movement skills to help them last until the incense burned out.
• Zhao Wuji declared that the four had passed, while Tang San grew curious about Lin Yao and Tang Hao watched with resentment over Zhao Wuji’s attack on Tang San.
• The next morning, Flender ordered Ning Rongrong and Oscar to run twenty laps, and Ning Rongrong maintained a steady pace without Oscar’s stamina-restoring sausage.
• Lin Yao arrived at Shrek Academy and defeated Dai Mubai and Tang San with ease, then greeted Ning Rongrong warmly when she ran over to him.

Ning Rongrong proved her growth by defeating a Battle Soul Elder alone, then teamed up with Zhu Zhuqing to win a two-person soul battle through precise coordination. After the victories, Lin Yao explained his cultivation method, while Tang San began considering training his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s boosts and physical strikes to defeat the Great Strength Black Bear Soul Master, a level thirty-four Battle Soul Elder.
• Lin Yao praised Ning Rongrong, promised Ma Hongjun the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to help cure his Evil Fire, and encouraged Oscar to stay on his chosen path.
• Lin Yao explained that he had strengthened and compressed his Soul Power throughout cultivation, prompting Tang San to reconsider training his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing coordinated their boosts and attacks to defeat the Sabertooth Tiger and Mysterious Iron Turtle Soul Elders.
• After the victory, Ning Rongrong tidied Zhu Zhuqing’s hair as the two grew closer, and Lin Yao watched them with a smile.

After the group left the Battle Soul Arena, Lin Yao warned Ma Hongjun to resist his desires now that the Five Elements Seal had suppressed his Evil Fire. He then met Tang San privately to arrange a purchase of finished Hidden Weapons, leaving with his doubts about Tang San’s character reinforced.

• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Dai Mubai after Ma Hongjun nudged him toward the women in the alley, and Dai Mubai left without pursuing her.
• Lin Yao and Flender warned Ma Hongjun that he would ruin his future if he returned to indulgent habits, and Ma Hongjun promised to change.
• Lin Yao asked Tang San to sell him finished Hidden Weapons, and Tang San agreed after Lin Yao said he did not want the blueprints.
• Lin Yao noticed Tang San’s fleeting killing intent and privately concluded that Tang San’s gentle manner concealed his true nature.
• Lin Yao reunited with Ning Rongrong at their inn, where she excitedly described her ambition to become a Battle Soul Master who fought with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Yin Qingfeng sent the Holy Spirit Cult’s First Worship to kill Lin Yao, but the elder ambushed Lin Yao’s group in the Star Dou Great Forest and threatened Xiao Wu. Lin Yao killed the Level 94 Title Douluo with his Soul Skills, leaving Zhao Wuji and the others stunned.

• Yin Qingfeng studied intelligence about Lin Yao and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult’s First Worship to pursue him.
• Lin Yao traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Rongrong and the Shrek group to find a Soul Ring for Oscar.
• A green-robed Title Douluo attacked the group, identified Lin Yao as his target, and revealed that he also wanted Xiao Wu’s Soul Bone.
• The elder struck Tang San aside and used his pressure to pin Xiao Wu and the others, while Lin Yao shielded Ning Rongrong and challenged him.
• Lin Yao slowed the elder with Azure Realm, disrupted his Soul Power with God Eater Eclipse, and trapped him with the Five Elements Seal.
• Lin Yao beheaded the First Worship with the Star Sword, and the Shrek group stared in shock as Ning Rongrong hugged him.

Douluo World Lin Yao entered the Star Palace and met newcomers from Pacific Rim and Scissor Seven, prompting the Lin Yaos to discuss their worlds and ways to combine their powers. As the gathering ended, they began planning how to use abilities across worlds and shared goals for strengthening their respective selves.

• Douluo World Lin Yao entered the Star Palace and found Pacific Rim World Lin Yao and Scissor Seven World Lin Yao waiting there.
• The Lin Yaos used Memory Fusion to learn the newcomers’ origins, then discussed the dangers facing Pacific Rim World Lin Yao and Scissor Seven World Lin Yao.
• Scissor Seven World Lin Yao explained his precarious life on Chicken Island, while the others teased him about selling fish balls and hoped his world connected to Fox Spirit Matchmaker.
• The Lin Yaos discussed their worlds’ potential, including the new martial-world battle royale in Divine Eagle World and the possibility of using power systems across world barriers.
• Battle Through the Heavens World Lin Yao suggested simulating other power systems with Chakra, while Dragon Ball World Lin Yao and Battle Through the Heavens World Lin Yao discussed finding Yardrat and gathering Heavenly Flames.
• The Lin Yaos felt the Star Palace’s repulsive force and said their farewells as they departed.

Lin Yao broke through to the Dou Spirit realm at Jia Nan Academy, earned the vice principal’s support and rewards, and reflected on his progress and plans. The next morning, he went to the Skill Pavilion, where meeting Hu Jia sparked her determination to take cultivation more seriously.

• Lin Yao broke through to Dou Spirit, condensed a silver-white Dou Qi Spear, and sensed Hu Gan’s Soul Force probe.
• Hu Gan praised Lin Yao’s talent, gave him a token to choose a low-level Earth-tier cultivation method and Dou Technique, and told him to prepare for the Inner Court.
• Lin Yao reflected on his six months at Jia Nan Academy, his alchemy studies, and his resolve to become powerful enough to survive.
• After cultivating through the night and studying Alchemy Abstract, Lin Yao headed to the Skill Pavilion to use his reward.
• Hu Jia asked Lin Yao about his breakthrough, complained about her grandfather’s nagging, and vowed to surpass him after he encouraged her to pursue cultivation.

Lin Yao chose the Five Elements Art and Star Collapse Step at Jia Nan Academy, adapted his cultivation and advanced to two-star Dou Ling. After giving Elder Huo a booklet of spiritual-control techniques, he received the Hibernating Dragon Breath Concealment Art as he prepared to venture into the Black Corner Region.

• Lin Yao selected the Five Elements Art and Star Collapse Step from the academy’s Earth-tier collection, reassured the Elder he could handle their difficult cultivation, and received permission to study them.
• Lin Yao practiced the Five Elements Art, fused its five attributes into his Rasengan, and sensed the art nourishing the merging powers of his Reincarnation Mangekyō Sharingan.
• After three days of changing cultivation methods, Lin Yao broke through to two-star Dou Ling and demonstrated how Five Elements Mutual Generation strengthened and refined his flames.
• Lin Yao visited Elder Huo and offered him a booklet of spiritual power application techniques he had developed.
• Elder Huo praised the booklet and gave Lin Yao the Hibernating Dragon Breath Concealment Art to help him hide his strength during his planned trip to gain experience.

Lin Yao mastered the Hibernating Dragon Breath Concealment Art, fused the powers of his Tenseigan and Mangekyō Sharingan, and broke through to four-star Dou Wang. After stabilizing his cultivation and completing Star Collapse Step, he disguised himself as Young Master Ling and headed for an auction house in the Black Corner Region to lure potential targets.

• Lin Yao learned the Hibernating Dragon Breath Concealment Art and concealed his cultivation at two-star Da Dou Shi.
• Lin Yao entered a secluded valley and used pills and spiritual power to fuse the Tenseigan and Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The fusion transformed Lin Yao's Dou Crystal and advanced his cultivation to four-star Dou Wang.
• Lin Yao concealed his new strength again, while a youth in the Xiao Family vowed to challenge Nalan Yanran in three years.
• Half a month later, Lin Yao had mastered his new cultivation and Star Collapse Step and dealt with his assassination target.
• Lin Yao adopted the disguise of Young Master Ling and flew toward a prosperous Black Corner Region auction house to bait potential prey.