Chapter Summaries

Li Yao theorized that Chakra carried an Otsutsuki tracking marker and that the Sage of Six Paths had abandoned his body to escape detection. He concluded that the danger could not be addressed until his Chakra reached the Six Paths Level, so he needed to grow stronger first.

• Li Yao reconsidered why Mount Myōboku’s frogs used Nature Energy instead of Chakra and suspected they feared carrying the Otsutsuki Clan’s Chakra fluctuations.
• Li Yao connected the inherited Chakra marker to the limited number of shinobi and Kaguya Otsutsuki’s cautious cultivation of the God Tree.
• Li Yao questioned the Sage of Six Paths’ motives, including his creation of the Pure Land and his role in helping Naruto and Sasuke seal Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Li Yao realized that Chakra fluctuations were tied to the body and deduced that the Sage of Six Paths had discarded his physical form to hide from the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Li Yao decided to strengthen himself until his Chakra reached the Six Paths Level before trying to deal with the Otsutsuki tracking marker.

Li Yao postponed his revenge against the Third Hokage so Obito could awaken Kamui, while planning a more elaborate revenge and seeking a stronger body. After reuniting with Little Yezi, he discovered that Perfect Transformation Jutsu could restore Kimura Yao’s physical strength but not his Chakra reserves.

• Li Yao decided to let Madara and Black Zetsu continue their plans until Obito awakened Kamui, so he could copy its spatial abilities.
• Li Yao resolved to delay direct action against Konoha and pursue revenge against the Third Hokage through a plan to make his Uchiha clone Hokage.
• Li Yao considered depraved ways to torment the Third Hokage, and Little Yezi caught up with him and embraced him, relieved he had survived.
• Li Yao flew toward his accidental son in Konoha, suspecting Danzo or the Third Hokage had enhanced the boy’s Chakra reserves with Hashirama’s Wood Release Cells.
• Li Yao used Perfect Transformation Jutsu to regain Kimura Yao’s appearance and Kage-level physical strength, but found that his Chakra reserves remained unchanged.

Li Yao and Little Yezi traveled toward Konoha, where he demonstrated his new Black Hole Space ability and considered how to keep its secrets from his enemies. He left determined to hide his spatial techniques and other powerful abilities while preparing for the future threat of the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Li Yao reunited with Little Yezi in his original appearance, and the two spent time together aboard the Clay Bird.
• Little Yezi asked how Li Yao had survived Lightning Style - Light Fang, and he let her touch his intangible arm.
• Li Yao told Little Yezi that his ability was a Water Transformation Technique rather than revealing Black Hole Space Chakra.
• Li Yao explained that his Body Black Hole Spatial Elementalization could nullify nearly all attacks, but spatial abilities could disrupt it.
• Li Yao decided to conceal his new spatial techniques, Genjutsu, and Sealing Technique abilities while developing his strength against future Otsutsuki threats.

Li Yao's Lightning Style Clone memorized Konoha's Sensory Barrier master passcode and resigned as Anbu Commander and a ninja after the village turned against Hatake Sakumo. The Third Hokage shifted his attention to Fugaku Uchiha, while Obito invited Rin to the Uchiha clan head's wedding and agreed to bring Kakashi extra squid sushi for her sake.

• The Lightning Style Clone memorized the Sensory Barrier master passcode and went to the Hokage Building.
• The Lightning Style Clone resigned from his Anbu Commander role and ninja status, then left before the Third Hokage could stop him.
• The Third Hokage accepted that he could not force Hatake Sakumo to remain and scrutinized Fugaku Uchiha's wedding invitation, suspecting he might possess the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Lightning Style Clone silently memorized the hostile villagers he passed and savored thoughts of future revenge.
• Obito invited Rin to Fugaku Uchiha's wedding, and when Rin asked him to bring Kakashi squid sushi on Monday, Obito reluctantly agreed.

Li Yao planned to use a Fire Style Clone to take Fugaku Uchiha’s place and began researching new lightning techniques while his Lightning Style Clone spoke with Kakashi. Li Yao then infiltrated Konoha by passing through its Sensory Barrier without being detected.

• The Lightning Style Clone decided to place the Fire Style Clone on Fugaku Uchiha and looked forward to Fugaku’s wedding to Mikoto Uchiha.
• Kakashi asked whether the accusations against his father were true, and the Lightning Style Clone urged him to think independently, prompting Kakashi to resolve to become Hokage and uncover the truth.
• The Lightning Style Clone returned to his room and researched how to fuse the Chakra nature transformations of White Lightning and Black Lightning.
• Li Yao told Little Yezi to leave him in Konoha, then used Black Hole Space Body Elementalization to pass through the Sensory Barrier without triggering an alert.
• Li Yao successfully infiltrated Konoha while Little Yezi watched from above.

Li Yao infiltrated the Hokage Building to find the Scroll of Seals but discovered it was not there, then followed the Third Hokage and Chiba Emi to her home. After the Third Hokage left, Li Yao took his place and decided to stay with Chiba Emi until next Sunday.

• Li Yao used Invisibility Jutsu and Body Black Hole Spatialization to enter the Hokage Building and search its secret chamber for the Scroll of Seals.
• Li Yao found no Scroll of Seals and concluded that the Third Hokage had kept it at his home.
• The Third Hokage finished work and parted ways with Chiba Emi, who went to a yakitori shop before returning to her apartment.
• Chiba Emi welcomed the person she believed was the Third Hokage into her home and embraced Li Yao, who had taken his place.
• Li Yao decided to stay at Chiba Emi's home until next Sunday.

Li Yao used Genjutsu to deceive Chiba Emi, then stole the Scroll of Seals from beneath the Sarutobi Clan compound. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage and Danzo learned that Kirigakure had built a prosperous, well-supplied village through commerce, and they decided it had to be destroyed.

• Li Yao kept Chiba Emi under Genjutsu, made her promise to conceal their night together, and sent her to work as usual.
• Li Yao infiltrated the Sarutobi Clan’s underground chambers and took the Scroll of Seals from beneath the Third Hokage’s study.
• The Third Hokage noticed Chiba Emi seemed different, but set aside his suspicions and summoned Danzo to discuss Kirigakure.
• Danzo read the intelligence report and learned that Karatachi Yagura had stabilized Kirigakure, which prospered by controlling production and trade despite losing noble funding.
• Danzo urged the Third Hokage to destroy Kirigakure’s model, and the Third Hokage agreed to leave the matter to him.

Li Yao studied the Flying Thunder God Technique and succeeded in inscribing its array inside his body, then infiltrated Mikoto Uchiha’s bridal chamber on the night of her wedding to Fugaku Uchiha. The chapter ended with Li Yao using Genjutsu on Mikoto after appearing in her room.

• Li Yao studied the Flying Thunder God Technique in the Scroll of Seals and formed its array pattern on Chakra Paper.
• After three days of research, Li Yao inscribed the Flying Thunder God Array inside his body and sensed he could teleport to the marked Chakra Paper.
• The Uchiha Clan held Fugaku Uchiha and Mikoto Uchiha’s wedding, attended by powerful clans and shinobi, including Hatake Sakumo.
• After the guests left, Mikoto Uchiha waited nervously in the bridal chamber, reflecting on her political marriage to Fugaku Uchiha.
• Li Yao emerged through the floor, put the Uchiha guards under Genjutsu, and caused Mikoto to become dazed and shy when she saw him.

Li Yao took Mikoto’s place on her wedding night while Fugaku met with the Uchiha elders and planned how to protect the clan. After Fugaku discovered them, Li Yao immobilized and transported him away, where Fugaku’s questions about futures Li Yao did not exist in revealed that he had seen possible futures.

• Li Yao embraced Mikoto in the bridal chamber while Fugaku met with the Radical and Conservative Faction elders about the coming war and the Uchiha’s place in Konoha.
• Fugaku promised to lead Konoha to victory and pursue integration, though he privately believed the clan had to avoid appearing to covet the Hokage position.
• Fugaku returned to the bridal chamber, found Li Yao with Mikoto, and froze in disbelief when Li Yao’s Genjutsu Chakra prevented him from moving or using his Sharingan.
• Li Yao used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Fugaku to a cave far from Konoha, then attacked his soul while suppressing the fluctuations of his will.
• Fugaku demanded to know who Li Yao was and why he appeared in none of the futures Fugaku had seen.

Li Yao erased Fugaku Uchiha’s will and turned him into a Fire Style Clone, then learned Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan could see the past and future. Li Yao discovered that Fugaku had secretly investigated the missing bodies of Uchiha Clan members and planned to test the copied ocular abilities himself.

• Fugaku’s cries led Li Yao to suspect his Mangekyō Sharingan could see the future, though Fugaku had never foreseen Li Yao or his own death.
• Li Yao used Will Purification Chakra to erase Fugaku’s will and make him a Fire Style Clone.
• Li Yao returned the clone to Fugaku’s room with the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving it with Mikoto Uchiha while he went back to Chiba Emi.
• After sharing Fugaku’s memories, Li Yao learned that Fugaku’s left eye saw futures connected to himself and his right eye revealed scenes from anyone’s past.
• Li Yao learned that Fugaku had secretly investigated where Uchiha Clan members’ bodies had gone after they died on missions.

After probing Fugaku’s memories, Li Yao learned why Fugaku had sought to reconcile the Uchiha with Konoha, then conceived a child with Chiba Emi before pursuing his remaining objective. Meanwhile, Orochimaru tested a weakened Adaptation Factor at the Root Base, where an unknown attacker broke into Lab Zero and stole its test subject.

• Li Yao saw that Fugaku had uncovered Root and Anbu assassinating Uchiha and had decided to make the clan integrate into Konoha, a choice Li Yao condemned.
• Li Yao spent three nights with Chiba Emi, and her pregnancy gave him another son; he then set out to complete his remaining objective.
• Orochimaru injected a weakened Adaptation Factor and found that it rapidly healed his wound and strengthened his body’s adaptability.
• A sudden blast shook the Root Base, and Orochimaru ran to Lab Zero as Danzo arrived with Root members.
• Danzo opened Lab Zero and found the test subject missing, then led his men in pursuit while Orochimaru searched the laboratory and found a tube of dark blue liquid.

Li Yao took over Konoha Hatsune’s body, escaped Danzo, and demonstrated a lethal new attack against Root. While studying the Scroll of Seals, he found Tobirama’s theory that Impure World Reincarnation’s unlimited Chakra was related to time.

• Li Yao erased Konoha Hatsune’s will and seized control of his body, then transformed himself into Kimura Yao’s appearance.
• Danzo pursued Li Yao with eight Root ninja, but Li Yao killed them with black spheres and deliberately spared Danzo.
• Danzo abandoned the pursuit and wondered whether the powerful attacker was the mysterious ninja who had attacked Kumogakure.
• Li Yao studied Impure World Reincarnation and the Mutual Destruction Paper Bomb Technique in the Scroll of Seals.
• Li Yao learned that Tobirama suspected Impure World Reincarnation’s unlimited Chakra was related to time and had used that trait to develop the Mutual Destruction Paper Bomb Technique.

Li Yao confirmed that Little Yezi’s mother, Kumori, could not be revived and promised revenge before taking Little Yezi toward Kirigakure. Meanwhile, the rogue ninja Ghost Lantern Wuyue defeated the Kirigakure Anbu sent to capture him and remained determined to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage.

• Li Yao continued researching the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu for traces of time-related properties.
• Little Yezi asked Li Yao whether her mother could return to life, and he confirmed that Kumori’s body and soul had been erased beyond recovery.
• Li Yao comforted Little Yezi, promised revenge against those responsible for Kumori’s death, and flew with her toward Kirigakure.
• On the Land of Waves, six Kirigakure Anbu confronted Wuyue over his failed attempt to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage.
• Wuyue argued that the Fourth Mizukage’s policies were weakening Kirigakure, then killed all six Anbu in a prolonged fight.
• The dying Anbu captain maintained that the Fourth Mizukage was right, while Wuyue vowed to return after developing a ninjutsu that would let him kill the Mizukage.

Li Yao acquired Ghost Lantern Wuyue’s Water Release talent and completed his Five Style Clone before settling in the Land of Waves. Six months later, memory probing revealed that Chiba Emi’s pregnancy began after an encounter with someone who looked exactly like the Third Hokage, leaving Hiruzen stunned.

• Li Yao and Little Yezi found Ghost Lantern Wuyue after he had killed six Kirigakure Anbu ninja using Water Release that seeped into their bodies.
• Li Yao possessed Ghost Lantern Wuyue with a Spirit Body, erased his will, and made the Water Style Clone his fifth and final clone.
• Li Yao learned that Ghost Lantern Wuyue’s Seepage Style was still developing and stayed in the Land of Waves while his clones pursued their research.
• Six months later, the Third Hokage ordered Inoichi Yamanaka to probe Chiba Emi’s memories to identify the man who had made her pregnant.
• Inoichi found that Chiba Emi’s memories showed the Third Hokage entering her home, and told Hiruzen that he was the man who got her pregnant.

Inoichi Yamanaka confirmed that Chiba Emi’s memories showed the Third Hokage, despite Hiruzen insisting he had never been with her, and the two concluded that someone had altered her memories. As Hiruzen launched a Konoha-wide investigation, Li Yao devised a new plan to torment him by turning him into a dog.

• Inoichi Yamanaka examined Chiba Emi’s memories twice and confirmed that the man in them was the Third Hokage, while Hiruzen denied being with her.
• Inoichi ruled out ordinary memory alteration and Genjutsu, leading Hiruzen and Inoichi to suspect an enemy with an undetectable method of changing memories.
• Hiruzen ordered Inoichi to investigate the alteration, summoned the Anbu and Danzo to search Konoha, and called Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze back.
• At the Hatake Household, Li Yao’s Lightning Style Clone overheard the investigation and judged that Hiruzen would be difficult to break psychologically.
• Li Yao arrived in the Land of Waves, came up with a plan to make the Third Hokage possess a stray dog, and assigned a Shadow Clone to find a way to do it.

Li Yao’s Genjutsu concealed the altered memories in Chiba Emi, fooling Minato and Inoichi when they examined her. Unable to discover the truth while she was alive, the Third Hokage killed Chiba Emi and her unborn child so Inoichi could probe her memories after death.

• The Shadow Clone’s first attempt to preserve and transfer will failed, while Li Yao captured ninjas for experiments over five days.
• Minato sensed Chiba Emi’s Chakra but found no trace of another person’s Chakra or any abnormal fluctuations.
• Li Yao revealed that his Genjutsu made anyone examining Chiba Emi see the false memories he had created.
• The Third Hokage sent Minato away and strangled Chiba Emi, killing her and her unborn child.
• The Third Hokage prepared to have Inoichi probe Chiba Emi’s memories after death, when her Chakra could no longer interfere.

After Inoichi Yamanaka failed to uncover how Chiba Emi’s memories had been altered, the Third Hokage ordered her death concealed. Six months later, Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone posed as Captain Fūgyō in Sunagakure and killed two ninja who tried to assassinate him.

• Inoichi Yamanaka identified Chiba Emi’s visitor as an ordinary-looking man but found no evidence of his identity or memory-altering method.
• The Third Hokage ordered Chiba Emi’s death reported as the result of an enemy activating a restriction in her body and increased surveillance in Konoha.
• Six months later, Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone sat motionless in a cave in the Land of Wind while two Sunagakure ninja watched him.
• One ninja tried to poison Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone, and the other’s blade passed through him, revealing that their target was not the real Fūgyō.
• The two ninja attacked with combined Wind and Fire Release, but Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone opened his eyes and beheaded them with a Cutting Strike.

Li Yao's Wind Style Clone completed Wind Style Slash by killing the Sunagakure assassins sent to eliminate him. Meanwhile, Li Yao's main body perfected the Spirit Assimilation Technique by turning an Iwagakure ninja into a dog, then destroyed him and prepared to return to Sunagakure to deal with the Third Kazekage.

• Li Yao's Wind Style Clone escaped a cave and faced eight Sunagakure ninja disguised as Iwagakure ninja, who attacked him with poison gas and Fire Release.
• Li Yao's Wind Style Clone used Wind Style Slash to cut through the smoke and flames and kill all eight assassins.
• Li Yao's Wind Style Clone absorbed the ten souls from the encounter, erased the bodies and traces, and headed for Sunagakure to target the Third Kazekage.
• Li Yao's Shadow Clone pulled an Iwagakure ninja's soul from his body, weakened it, and used the Spirit Assimilation Technique to merge it with a stray dog's soul.
• The Iwagakure ninja, trapped in the dog's body, attacked Li Yao's Shadow Clone, who kicked him apart and compressed his soul into energy.

Li Yao tested Wind Release Slash and then set out with Little Yezi to find Shinnō and learn how Zero-Tails produced dark chakra. Meanwhile, Sasori poisoned and attacked the Third Kazekage in a desert oasis, wearing down the poisoned leader with remote-controlled puppets.

• Li Yao's Wind Release Slash cut through eighteen layers of defenses and destroyed his Shadow Clone, proving its chakra strength rivaled Dust Release.
• Li Yao left the Land of Waves with Little Yezi to search for Shinnō and investigate Zero-Tails.
• Sasori revealed that he had planned to assassinate the Third Kazekage, whom he blamed for his parents' deaths, and had poisoned the oasis water.
• The poisoned Third Kazekage used Magnet Release: Iron Sand Shower against Sasori, but Sasori kept his distance and sent puppets to wear him down.
• The Third Kazekage's confidence faded as the poison weakened him and he failed to defeat Sasori.

Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone intervened in Sasori’s assassination attempt on the Third Kazekage, gave the Kazekage the antidote, and revealed his own ambition to become the Fourth Kazekage. After the Third Kazekage recovered his strength, he attacked with an enormous Iron Sand Sea.

• Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone arrived in time to stop Sasori from escaping and told the Third Kazekage he would provide the antidote.
• Sasori handed over the antidote, and Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone tossed it to the Third Kazekage while refusing to kill Sasori.
• The Third Kazekage accused Fūgyō of betraying Sunagakure, but Li Yao’s Wind Style Clone declared, “I’m the Fourth Kazekage.”
• The Third Kazekage swallowed the antidote and a Soldier Pill, while Sasori hid inside his Scallop Puppets and burrowed into the sand.
• The Third Kazekage summoned Iron Sand from beneath the desert and formed a vast Iron Sand Sea overhead.