Chapter Summaries

Yichen entered Obito Uchiha’s Kamui Space, recovered Madara Uchiha’s stockpile of Sharingan, First Hokage’s Cells, and experience scrolls, and brought back two surviving children, including Ranmaru. After warning Iwagakure’s leaders about Orochimaru and assigning them the recovered materials, Yichen began searching for intelligent students to train as battlefield commanders.

• Yichen and Atsumi Akino entered the Kamui Space, found Ranmaru and a girl guarding the Lightning Blades, and collected Madara Uchiha’s supplies, including Sharingan, First Hokage’s Cells, and scrolls.
• Yichen brought Ranmaru and the girl to Iwagakure, assigned Atsumi Akino to study repairing the Space-Time Tunnel, and placed the children in Anbu custody.
• Yichen told Iwagakure’s leaders that Black Zetsu and White Zetsu had allied with Orochimaru, then directed the village’s research and security plans for the recovered Sharingan, cells, and experience scrolls.
• Yichen and Iwagakure’s leaders sorted Madara Uchiha’s scrolls, and Yichen focused on the extensive Yin Release materials.
• Yichen reviewed Ninja Academy graduates’ profiles and announced shogi and Chinese chess competitions whose winners would become his disciples.

Yichen selected Aono Shinichi, Minamoto Shizuka, and Rion as his disciples after Iwagakure’s three-day chess competition. Meanwhile, Konoha’s civilian ninja and clan shinobi grew increasingly divided, prompting Yichen to seek contact with Danzo and plan how to exploit the tensions.

• Yichen formed a team with Neji, Kurotsuchi, and Karin under Uzumaki Riori, while Atsumi Akino worried about Riori guiding them.
• After the shogi and Chinese chess contests, Yichen chose Aono Shinichi, Minamoto Shizuka, and Rion as his disciples, and Atsumi Akino and other Jonin began selecting disciples of their own.
• In Konoha, clan leaders recalled their ninja from village service and filled important posts with clan members, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi remained distracted by Danzo and the First Hokage’s Cells experiment.
• Growing resentment over clan control and village resources deepened the divide between Konoha’s civilian ninja and clan shinobi, reducing mission motivation and success.
• After receiving intelligence about Konoha’s conflict, Yichen ordered his assistant to find Danzo or publicly announce that he wanted to meet him.
• Yichen listed Konoha’s ninja clans and prominent civilian Elite Jonin, then began analyzing them.

Yichen recruited Danzo to lead the Konoha Collapse Plan and arranged an exchange that gave Iwagakure the Fourth Kazekage Puppet for mining. He later watched Uzumaki Riori struggle to teach her disciples, then sent his own students to talk her around.

• Yichen met Danzo in the Land of the Moon, outlined plans to rally Konoha's Civilian Ninja, and proposed the Konoha Collapse Plan with support from the Sky Ninja and Orochimaru.
• Yichen gave Danzo money and Exploding Tags, and suggested he raise funds by collecting taxes from maritime trade.
• Kankuro asked Yichen to trade Sunagakure's loyalty and money for the Third Kazekage Puppet, prompting Yichen to arrange an exchange with Sasori of the Red Sands for the Fourth Kazekage Puppet.
• Mei took charge of using the Fourth Kazekage Puppet's Magnet Release to mine ore in the Land of Wind.
• Uzumaki Riori tried to teach Neji, Kurotsuchi, and Karin Multiple Shadow Clones and Fire Release while Yichen and his students watched.
• Yichen told Minamoto Shizuka, Rion, and Aono Shinichi to persuade Riori about how to teach, and the three praised her until they talked her around in circles.

Yichen assigned training and study plans to his disciples while Atsumi Akino repaired the Space-Time Tunnel near Uzushio Village. Orochimaru confronted Yichen and summoned six reincarnated fighters to test whether he remained worthy of equal cooperation.

• Yichen gave Aono Shinichi, Minamoto Shizuka, and Rion battle records to study, then assigned Kurotsuchi, Karin, and Neji individualized training plans.
• Several days later, Yichen and Atsumi Akino used Flying Thunder God to reach the Space-Time Tunnel near Uzushio Village, where Yichen sealed the nearby snakes and guarded Akino as she worked.
• Atsumi Akino explained that the tunnel was being held open by a stabilizing force and began dismantling its edge so it could close naturally, while suspecting it had been created by a dōjutsu.
• Orochimaru learned that the snakes near Uzushio Village had vanished and went to confront Yichen, who claimed he had sealed the tunnel while pursuing a half-black, half-white creature.
• Yichen asked Orochimaru about the creature, and Orochimaru admitted that he had studied it but could not divide it; he then summoned Hashirama Senju, Senju Tobirama, Jiraiya, Hanzo, Chiyo, and Pakura to test Yichen.

Yichen fought Orochimaru’s six reanimated Kage-level fighters, using Light Release, Porcelain Release, and sealing techniques to remove Chiyo and Hanzo from the battle. As Orochimaru targeted Atsumi Akino, Yichen’s allies trapped and sealed Senju Tobirama inside a barrier that disrupted Flying Thunder God.

• Yichen attacked the six reanimated fighters, and Orochimaru suppressed their wills to control them directly.
• Yichen used Banshō Ten'in and Porcelain Release to seal Chiyo, severing Orochimaru’s connection to her.
• Yichen outmaneuvered Hanzo, erased the Flying Thunder God mark on his body, and sealed him despite being exposed to his poison.
• Orochimaru tried to draw Yichen toward the barrier by threatening the ninja inside, but Yichen stopped his apparent rush and let Senju Tobirama enter the trap.
• Atsumi Akino and four Yichens activated the barrier’s sealing formation, trapping Senju Tobirama and severing his connections to every Flying Thunder God coordinate.

Yichen trapped Orochimaru’s Reanimated Bodies, sealed Senju Tobirama’s soul with the Shinigami Mask, and helped Atsumi Akino study the closing Space-Time Tunnel. Seven days later, Yichen led a secret mission to the Land of Snow to find a Hyuga-connected ninja, where Neji detected something unusual underground.

• Yichen trapped Senju Tobirama, forced Orochimaru to leave Pakura behind, and later sealed Pakura as well.
• Orochimaru released Jiraiya, told him that Minato Namikaze and others had died, then released the remaining Reanimated Bodies after revealing their children were alive.
• Yichen used the Shinigami Mask to capture Senju Tobirama’s escaping soul, while Hanzo, Pakura, and Chiyo’s souls escaped.
• When the Space-Time Tunnel vanished, Atsumi Akino briefly reopened a connection between the two spaces with Yichen’s help.
• Yichen told Neji to prepare for a mission to break the Caged Bird, then gathered the mission team seven days later and traveled to the Land of Snow.
• Neji used his Byakugan to scout the area and detected an unusual spot underground.

Yichen led Neji and the others through a stable Space-Time Tunnel to the moon, where they encountered Hamura Otsutsuki’s lingering spirit. Hamura sacrificed his remaining spiritual power to demonstrate Yin Release to Yichen and taught Neji how to awaken the Tenseigan.

• Atsumi Akino confirmed that the lake was a stable Space-Time Tunnel, and Yichen entered it with Han, Neji, Sokai, Izumi, and Chiga while Ōnoki and the others waited behind.
• Yichen and his companions crossed the tunnel, avoided its genjutsu bubbles, subdued a crab guarding the passage, and emerged on the moon.
• Yichen led the group to an abandoned town, where a statue opened a passage to an underground chamber and a blind old man’s light sphere knocked Neji and Yichen unconscious.
• In an illusion, Yichen met Hamura Otsutsuki, identified himself as Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s disciple, and asked Hamura to help defend the Ninja World from invading Otsutsuki.
• Hamura taught Neji how to awaken the Tenseigan and spent his remaining spiritual power demonstrating ultimate Yin Release to Yichen.
• Chiga woke Yichen, who found his companions guarding him and Neji; Yichen said they were safe and realized Hamura’s demonstration had greatly benefited his Yin Release.

Yichen and his companions breached the artificial sun and fought through its Puppet Army to reach the Giant Tenseigan. Otsutsuki Miune awakened its power to defend Otsutsuki Toneri, but Yichen struck him down, and Miune asked Toneri to die with him.

• After resting, Yichen led Han, Sokai, Izumi Uchiha, Chiga, and Neji toward the artificial sun and assigned them roles for the assault.
• Yichen blasted open the fortress with Light Release, and Han fired a Tailed Beast Bomb inside while Izumi Uchiha protected the group from the Puppet Army's attacks.
• Yichen used Storm Release to destroy the flying puppets, then entered the artificial sun and found that its damaged puppets could slowly reassemble unless vaporized by Light Release.
• Otsutsuki Miune awakened the Giant Tenseigan, restored his strength, and raised a Rock Golem to fight Yichen's group; Han transformed into Kokuō to restrain it.
• Otsutsuki Miune summoned a Golden Greatsword and attacked Kokuō, but Sokai and Izumi Uchiha blocked it while Yichen sealed the Rock Golem and attacked Miune with Light Release.
• Yichen tricked Otsutsuki Miune into colliding with a second Light Release attack, vaporizing his lower body; Miune asked Otsutsuki Toneri to come with him, and Toneri agreed.

After the Otsutsuki clan’s defeat on the moon, Yichen brought Neji to the Giant Tenseigan and guided him through its awakening. Neji’s first fetal movement loosened his Caged Bird seal and strengthened him, while Yichen discovered that he had gained a boost to his own soul by observing the process.

• Otsutsuki Miune died alongside Otsutsuki Toneri, causing the Tenseigan and the moon’s puppets to fall dormant.
• Yichen’s group reached the Giant Tenseigan, and Izumi Uchiha explained that she wanted Sokai to lead the Uchiha Clan into a new era.
• Neji offered his blood to the Giant Tenseigan and began the awakening process while Izumi Uchiha, Sokai, and Chiga searched the castle ruins.
• Yichen observed Neji’s first fetal movement and realized that using Yin Release and the Spirit Transformation Jutsu let him perceive the changes within Neji.
• Neji’s first fetal movement loosened his Caged Bird, brought him to Quasi-Jonin strength, and left Yichen eager to benefit from future stages of Neji’s evolution.

Yichen returned from the moon with Neji and the others, reorganized Iwagakure’s leadership, and planned a large-scale migration to the moon. On his way to confront Danzo and the Sky Ninja Village’s leader, he met the Sage of Six Paths, then arrived at Shinno’s clinic and revealed his connection to Danzo’s plan.

• Neji reported that the Tenseigan restrained his Caged Bird seal and removed his Byakugan’s blind spot, while Yichen ordered the moon expedition’s findings kept secret.
• Yichen returned to Iwagakure, where Mei and Saka retired, Han and Kitsuchi joined the Advisor Group, and the village approved a moon migration organized with several allied daimyo.
• Yichen arranged a permanent Iwagakure force at the Moon-Earth Channel and set out for the Land of Hot Water with Team Eight to meet the Sky Ninja Village’s leader.
• The Sage of Six Paths confronted Yichen about his visit to the moon and showed him the process of Five Elements Fusion before disappearing.
• Yichen reached Shinno’s clinic and asked whether Danzo had visited; when Shinno reacted nervously, Yichen revealed that he had introduced Danzo to him and devised the Konoha Collapse Plan.

Yichen secured Shinno’s cooperation, arranged for his disciples to negotiate with Danzo, and left them in Danzo’s care. Meanwhile, Kakashi survived his First Hokage’s Cells transplant as Konoha’s clans exploited his inattention, and Yichen visited the imprisoned Shisui Uchiha, whose blind fighting skill surprised him.

• Yichen persuaded Shinno to teach two Iwa children as disciples by offering funding for the Sky Fortress and promising support for the Sky Ninja Village if the Konoha Collapse Plan succeeded.
• Yichen met Danzo at an Izakaya, let Aono Shinichi, Minamoto Shizuka, and Rion negotiate supply prices, then left the three with Danzo to gain experience and keep contact between their villages.
• Kakashi underwent a successful First Hokage’s Cells transplant, began basic training with Might Guy, and planned to develop Wood Release before learning Flying Thunder God.
• Shikaku Nara and the other clan leaders exploited Kakashi’s absence from Hokage duties, siphoning Konoha funds while leaving projects such as the Land of Wind branch and the Defense Barrier unfinished.
• Yichen watched Sokai spar with the blind Shisui Uchiha and realized Shisui had adapted to fighting without eyes and grown stronger through daily battles.

Yichen learned that Cat Granny wanted the Ninja Cat Clan to join Iwagakure and ordered further study of lunar records and Uchiha eyes. As news of immigration to the moon unsettled the Ninja World and Konoha debated infiltration, Danzo looted a port and prepared to buy support in Konoha.

• Sokai defeated Shisui Uchiha after Shisui's seals weakened, and Yichen inspected the seals before having Anbu take Shisui away.
• Izumi Uchiha told Yichen that Cat Granny wanted the Ninja Cat Clan to join Iwagakure, and Yichen said they would wait for Danzo to cause trouble before acting.
• Izumi Uchiha reported that the Intelligence Department was studying lunar records and a captive's memories, while Yichen ordered them to check the Sharingan for Mangekyō abilities and congratulated Sokai on reaching Kage-level strength.
• Iwagakure publicized its route to the moon and immigration plans, prompting civilians and officials across several countries to consider or begin moving there.
• Kakashi and Shikaku Nara discussed the moon and possible intelligence-gathering plans, then received word that Danzo had looted a port with help from apparent Iwa ninja.
• Danzo returned to the port with money to recruit Konoha ninja, while Aono Shinichi and his companions negotiated a lower price for the stolen supplies.

Orochimaru learned from Black Zetsu that Iwagakure held several dangerous Mangekyō Sharingan and that Danzo’s offer might be a trap. Meanwhile, Yichen seized the Star from the remnants of Hoshigakure and brought the Land of the Moon under Iwagakure’s control, leaving the other major villages with little response.

• Orochimaru summoned Black Zetsu and demanded intelligence about Iwagakure, learning of its Kage-level fighters and their Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Danzo held one of Shisui Uchiha’s eyes and that Obito Uchiha’s Sharingan might have reached Iwagakure, prompting Orochimaru to demand a piece of Black Zetsu’s body.
• Black Zetsu told Orochimaru about the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki after Orochimaru asked about the moon.
• Yichen accepted the Land of the Moon’s offer to pledge allegiance in exchange for its intelligence about the Star, then traveled there and exposed the Hoshigakure remnants’ hideout.
• Yichen took the Star, destroyed the Star Ninja who resisted, and returned to Iwagakure with it.
• Yichen sent Kawakita to establish an Iwagakure branch in the Land of the Moon and approved its civilians’ lunar migration; Kirigakure protested, while Konoha stayed silent and Kumogakure shifted troops.

Yichen visited Iwagakure Hospital to check on Shinno's instruction of Karin and Sakura, then went to the Anbu Prison to demand Yomi's Dark Medical Ninjutsu research. After exposing Yomi's attempt to sabotage the technique, Yichen secured the complete research and released him, though Yomi lost an arm and was sealed against revealing Iwagakure's secrets.

• Yichen confirmed that Shinno was behaving himself and watched him teach Karin and Sakura Medical Ninjutsu at Iwagakure Hospital.
• Yichen warned Nakata Hajime that Shinno was the leader of Sky ninja village and a dangerous Kage-level fighter, then visited Yomi in the Anbu Prison.
• Yichen threatened Yomi and used Light Release to vaporize his left arm after Yomi initially revealed only his elemental techniques.
• Yomi explained his Dark Medical Ninjutsu research, and Yichen ordered him to write down everything he had mastered and test whether it could heal Light Release injuries.
• Three days later, Izumi Uchiha's genjutsu exposed Yomi's thirteen traps, so Yomi corrected the scrolls and wrote out the complete Dark Medical Ninjutsu.
• Yichen and Katsuya sealed Yomi's ability to speak about Iwagakure's secrets, took his blood to help locate Chiga, and released him in an uninhabited mountain region.

Yichen explained why he had freed Yomi and manipulated Shion into training to digest Moryo before Yomi could return. He then revealed the truth about the second personality inside Yakumo Kurama and persuaded her to become his disciple and help protect the Ninja World.

• While flying back to Iwagakure, Yichen told Izumi Uchiha that Yomi could be useful by causing trouble for their enemies, and that Light Release could counter his Dark Medical Ninjutsu.
• Yichen told Shion that Yomi had escaped and might return to release Moryo, then frightened her into agreeing to train at Katsuya's laboratory with Katsuya and Natsuki.
• At the Ninja Academy, Yichen told Yakumo Kurama that another personality inside her had killed her parents and suggested that her clansmen's and parents' expectations had shaped it.
• Yichen described his plans to unite the Ninja World and warned Yakumo about Kaguya Otsutsuki, her accomplices, and other beings who had survived since the Sage of Six Paths' era.
• Inspired by Yichen's account, Yakumo asked him to make her his disciple so she could grow strong and defend their homeland, and Yichen accepted.

Yichen helped Natsuki advance to the third stage of Yin Release, making her Kage-level, then refined his own Yin Release understanding through five days of training. He told Iwagakure’s advisors that the village needed stronger Yin Release attacks and left Natsuki’s future appointment undecided until she learned the Spirit Transformation Jutsu.

• Yichen brought Yakumo Kurama to Katsuya and Natsuki, then offered Natsuki advanced Yin Release insights in exchange for teaching Yakumo and Shion.
• As Yichen wrote down Hamura Otsutsuki’s insights and his experience possessing Neji, Natsuki’s soul fluctuations intensified and she reached the third stage of Yin Release.
• Natsuki celebrated becoming Kage-level, while Shion and Yakumo Kurama teased her and Katsuya about their relationship; Katsuya copied Yichen’s scroll.
• Yichen reviewed his notes, developed further Yin Release insights, and trained for five days before recording questions to explore during a future possession of Neji.
• At a High-Level Meeting, Yichen announced Natsuki’s advancement and urged the advisors to seek advanced Yin Release attack techniques from the Yamanaka and Yūhi Clans.
• Yichen asked Ikura to assess Natsuki’s combat abilities and deferred making her an Honorary Advisor until she learned the Spirit Transformation Jutsu, which Tomoko would teach her.

Yichen learned that Kumogakure was searching for Matatabi, the Two-Tails, and intervened after staging a false intelligence leak. He found Matatabi hidden in a cat-sized form, captured hundreds of White Zetsu clones, and pursued her into the Land of Fire, where her ability to conceal her chakra left him unsettled.

• Shinno left Iwagakure with the promised apprenticeship fee and Exploding Tags, and Yichen instructed Sakura and Karin to share Shinno's techniques and study Dark Medical Ninjutsu.
• As Iwagakure's Moon Immigration Plan and village administration progressed, Yichen received A-Tu's report that Cloud ninja had found traces of Matatabi near the border between the Land of Iron and the Land of the Moon.
• Yichen arranged a false intelligence leak in Kumogakure, then traveled to the border to search for Matatabi before the Cloud ninja could find her.
• After failing to detect Matatabi during repeated searches, Yichen spotted White Zetsu clones converging on her and discovered her sunbathing in a cat-sized form.
• Yichen used Earth and Water Release to expose the White Zetsu clones, sealed them all, and sent Atsumi Akino to return them to Iwagakure while the Cloud ninja fled.
• Yichen pursued Matatabi into the Land of Fire and realized that she could move without detectable chakra fluctuations, raising the possibility that she could vanish from his perception.

Yichen persuaded Matatabi, the free Two-Tails, to teach three ninja cats how to suppress their Chakra fluctuations by claiming to be the Child of Prophecy. After investigating Yichen and Iwagakure, Matatabi remained cautious but sent a clone back with the cats.

• Yichen brought Atsumi Akino, three ninja cats, and their owners near Matatabi, hoping the cats could learn its ability to hide its Chakra.
• Matatabi tried to flee, but Yichen convinced it to teach Dango, Little Flower, and Fenghuo by claiming ties to Hamura Otsutsuki and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Atsumi Akino secretly placed a Flying Thunder God mark on Fenghuo, and Matatabi spent three days teaching the cats to suppress their Chakra fluctuations.
• Matatabi learned that Yichen taught the cats Sage Jutsu and heard Dango describe him as a righteous leader, then investigated Iwagakure's rule in the Northwestern Land of Fire.
• Matatabi returned with the three cats as a clone, while its true body remained cautious.

Yichen brought Little Matatabi to Iwagakure, then spent half a year struggling to advance Five Elements Fusion before Neji’s second fetal movement offered him another chance to improve his Yin Release. After guiding Neji through combat training on the moon, Yichen witnessed the fetal movement and found that Neji had awakened the Tenseigan.

• Yichen secretly brought Little Matatabi to Iwagakure and introduced her to Little Rhino Dog, Little Chōmei, Little Son Goku, and Kokuō.
• Over the next six months, Yichen advanced his Five Elements Fusion framework to its fourth layer, but found the fifth layer too difficult and worried he would not finish in time.
• Neji told Yichen that his second fetal movement would happen within days, so Yichen took him to the moon and the Giant Tenseigan.
• Yichen criticized Neji’s reliance on Gentle Fist and sparred with him for two days, forcing him to fight without relying on his clan’s techniques; Neji gradually adapted and used the Tenseigan technique Wheel Rotation Like Intent.
• Neji’s second fetal movement began, and Yichen entered his body with Spirit Transformation Jutsu, improving his Yin Release as his soul underwent another cleansing.
• After the fetal movement ended, Neji awoke, and Yichen recognized the Tenseigan in his eyes.

Neji connected with the Giant Tenseigan and used the Yata Mirror to separate his soul from the Caged Bird, then became Yichen's disciple and grew stronger. After the team passed the Chunin Exams, Yichen assigned Neji, Karin, and Kurotsuchi new paths and gave Uzumaki Riori three new students.

• Neji's Byakugan began taking on the appearance of the Tenseigan, and he discovered that communicating with the Giant Tenseigan could isolate the Caged Bird from his soul.
• Yichen placed the Yata Mirror between Neji's soul and the Caged Bird, then promised to seal the curse mark on Neji's physical body.
• Yichen trained Neji until he adapted to his new strength, accepted him as a disciple, and heard that Neji wanted to join the Anbu after becoming a Chunin.
• Neji, Kurotsuchi, and Karin passed Iwagakure's internal Chunin Exams, and Yichen pushed Kurotsuchi to request a strict training plan by teasing her about her progress.
• Yichen disbanded Team Riori, promised Uzumaki Riori rewards for her work, and assigned her Sakura Haruno, Shion, and Yakumo Kurama as new students.