Chapter Summaries

Jueming interrupted his work treating Sayuri to meet Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina, but refused to let them visit Sayuri. Mikoto proposed putting past tensions aside and improving relations between the Uchiha and Senju, while Jueming suspected the Uchiha were buying time and considered how to strengthen his own position.

• Jueming gained immunity to poisons after treating Sayuri and agreed to see Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina.
• Mikoto apologized for her earlier behavior and asked to visit Sayuri, but Jueming refused and warned that Sayuri was emotionally unstable.
• Jueming claimed he could regenerate Sayuri's severed limbs, and Kushina and Mikoto believed his assurance.
• Mikoto tried to bring Kushina and Rin Nohara along to visit Sayuri, but Jueming blocked the visit and Mikoto grew wary of his intentions.
• Mikoto told Jueming that the Uchiha recognized his strength and hoped the clans could get along, while Jueming suspected they were using the offer to buy time.

Jueming restrained Mikoto Uchiha after she discovered the aftermath of his fight with Sayuri, then photographed her in compromising poses to keep her silent. Mikoto left without telling Kushina what had happened, while Jueming threatened her with the consequences for her family and clan if she spoke.

• Mikoto Uchiha followed Jueming underground and saw Sayuri asleep amid the traces of a battle.
• Jueming accused Mikoto of visiting to buy time for the Uchiha Clan and restrainingly demanded payment for keeping his secret.
• Jueming bound Mikoto with Grass Release: Grass Knot and photographed and filmed her in compromising poses without actually touching her.
• Jueming warned Mikoto to keep quiet and reminded her of the consequences for her husband, son, and clan.
• Mikoto returned to Kushina and said everything was fine.

Mikoto Uchiha discovered a change in herself and began considering poisoning Jueming, while Jueming continued healing Sayuri and visited the Memorial Monument on Obito’s death anniversary. He hinted to Rin that Obito was gone, but privately suspected Obito might return with a Mangekyo Sharingan.

• Kushina asked Mikoto whether Sayuri’s severed limbs had regenerated, but Mikoto admitted she had not checked.
• After returning home, Mikoto noticed a change in her body and considered using poison against Senju Jueming.
• Jueming saw Sayuri’s limbs beginning to regrow and reassured her that they would build the Senju Clan together.
• Jueming went to the Memorial Monument, where Rin Nohara, Kakashi, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina mourned Obito Uchiha.
• After the others left, Jueming told Rin that Obito was gone while privately wondering whether Obito would return with a Mangekyo Sharingan.

Jueming sparred with Rin Nohara at the Memorial Monument to torment the watching Obito Uchiha, then discussed his plans for Tekka Uchiha with Sayuri. After overhearing their conversation, Obito decided Konoha was beyond saving and went to Naka Shrine, where Sasori encountered Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha.

• Jueming sparred with Rin Nohara in the rain at the Memorial Monument while Obito Uchiha watched from the bushes and grew distraught.
• Jueming told Sayuri about his plans for Tekka Uchiha to become Hokage, and Sayuri warned that the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyō Sharingan made them dangerous.
• Jueming sensed someone had entered the house, while Mito Uzumaki also detected faint malice, but they found no one outside.
• Obito Uchiha overheard Jueming and Sayuri, concluded that Konoha had become irredeemably corrupt, and headed to Naka Shrine to inspect the stone tablet.
• Sasori waited outside Naka Shrine as Fugaku Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha arrived, and Fugaku demanded Sasori show identification.

Itachi inspected Sasori’s forged refugee documents and warned him to leave the Uchiha clan’s shrine, while Mikoto secretly sought and received poison from Sasori. Obito and Sasori later watched Konoha, with Sasori planning to attack Senju Jueming and Obito allowing him to test Jueming before Obito’s own farewell.

• Itachi used a Shadow Clone to inspect Sasori’s documents, identified him as a possible impostor, and ordered him to leave the Uchiha shrine.
• Mikoto returned to Sasori and asked him for the strongest poison, then secretly tested the colorless, odorless toxin on a tiger in the Forest of Death.
• Mikoto retrieved the poison and hoped Sasori would cause trouble for Senju Jueming.
• Obito and Sasori watched the crowd in Konoha, and Sasori confirmed that he had given Mikoto real poison.
• Obito decided to stay in Konoha until he could bid farewell to Senju Jueming, while Sasori proposed poisoning Jueming and Obito let him try.

Senju Jueming confronted Yakushi Nonō at the orphanage to learn what had happened to Anko and the others. After using poison to overpower Nonō, he learned Anko was still imprisoned despite being proven innocent and decided to become her guardian.

• Senju Jueming visited the orphanage and asked Yakushi Nonō about the group connected to Orochimaru.
• Yakushi Nonō tried to refuse, so Jueming poisoned her and pressured her about the orphanage's ties to Root.
• Jueming confronted Nonō over the fate of the orphans trained for Root, while Yamanaka Santai briefly brought in tea.
• Yakushi Nonō revealed that some of Anko's associates had been executed, used in Mutation experiments, stripped of their ninja positions, or sent on dangerous expeditions.
• Nonō told Jueming that Anko had been proven innocent but remained imprisoned because she was Orochimaru's disciple.
• Jueming released Nonō and decided to become Anko's guardian, then told Nonō to visit his house that night.

Jueming infiltrated Root’s underground prison to free Anko, but she refused to leave because she wanted Danzo’s forgiveness and planned to kill Orochimaru. Jueming began reshaping her view of her former teacher, portraying Orochimaru as a persecuted biologist rather than a traitor.

• White Zetsu spotted Jueming entering the underground tunnels and sent a clone to notify Sasori.
• Jueming transformed into an Abnormal Type and crawled through the sewers to avoid traps.
• Obito Uchiha entered the underground to scout Konoha’s tunnels while Sasori went ahead.
• Jueming used his Sound Genjutsu to muddle Root guards, took their key, and opened Anko’s cell.
• Anko refused Jueming’s offer to take her out, saying she would leave only after Danzo personally forgave her.
• Jueming asked Anko why she hated Orochimaru and described him as a great biologist persecuted by Danzo.

Jueming convinced Anko that Orochimaru had been framed by Konoha’s leadership and led her out of prison, while she mistakenly believed he had rescued her out of love. In the underground passage, Mito sensed an enemy, Jueming transformed into an Abnormal Type and scared Anko unconscious, and he and Sasori were startled to find each other looking like Aberrations.

• Jueming persuaded Anko to investigate his claims about Orochimaru and Konoha’s upper ranks, and she agreed to leave prison with him.
• Anko decided Jueming had rescued her because he loved her, while Mito sensed malice ahead in the underground passage.
• Jueming transformed into an Abnormal Type, frightening Anko so badly that she fainted.
• Sasori approached Jueming in the darkness, and both mistook the other for an Aberration.

Jueming fought Sasori, mistaking him for an Aberration, and discovered that his enhanced body resisted Sasori’s attacks and poison. After Jueming destroyed Hiruko, Sasori emerged from inside, leaving Jueming stunned by his appearance.

• Jueming drew Sasori away from the unconscious Anko, deflected his poisoned needles, and withstood his poisonous tail and mist.
• Jueming charged Sasori and sent him flying, then cut off Hiruko’s tail with the Leaf Blade Sword.
• Jueming shattered Hiruko and mistook Sasori, who emerged from it, for a newly hatched Aberration.
• Mito Uzumaki examined Hiruko and realized it was a fusion of flesh and wood, but she could not identify it for certain.
• Jueming stopped in astonishment when he saw Sasori’s handsome face, while Sasori wondered at Jueming’s illogical behavior.

Jueming fought Sasori, who revealed that his puppet was the Third Kazekage and attacked with Iron Sand. The battle continued as Jueming's sword clashed with Sasori's Magnet Release without either weapon breaking.

• Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage as a Human Puppet and attacked Jueming with its Thousand-Armed Martial Arts.
• Jueming cut through the puppet's arms, releasing Mutated Toxin that raised his Mutation Level.
• Jueming rushed out of the poisonous mist at high speed and severed the puppet's arm.
• Sasori revealed the puppet's Iron Sand, and Jueming and Mito Uzumaki recognized him as Sasori of the Red Sands, who had killed the Third Kazekage.
• Sasori formed a massive Iron Sand cube and smashed it toward Jueming, whose Leaf Blade Sword met the attack without breaking either weapon.

Jueming fought Sasori, whose Magnet Release failed to control Jueming’s sword before Sasori revealed that he had turned himself into a puppet. Sasori’s explosive Iron Sand attack killed Ryoma Aburame and the Root members, leaving Jueming with no choice but to stop him.

• Jueming dodged Sasori’s Iron Sand cube and cut Sasori’s robe and puppet threads, while Magnet Release failed to move the Leaf Blade Sword.
• Sasori revealed his puppet body and declared that he intended to turn Jueming into a Human Puppet.
• Jueming told Sasori to leave Konoha and said he would not kill him, but Sasori attacked again as Ryoma Aburame and his subordinates arrived.
• Sasori drove two Iron Sand cubes apart, unleashing a devastating blast that killed Ryoma Aburame and the Root members.
• Jueming shielded Anko from the Iron Sand and realized he could no longer let Sasori escape.

Jueming defeated Sasori by tearing apart his puppet body and taking his living core, then returned home with Sasori, the Third Kazekage puppet, and Anko. Obito chose not to intervene and planned to control the Bloody Mist Village through Yagura, while Jueming prepared to keep Anko underground and avoid assignments to Sunagakure.

• Jueming severed Sasori’s control of the Third Kazekage puppet, then ripped off Sasori’s limbs and head as Sasori’s weapons failed to harm him.
• Jueming cut the strings controlling Sasori’s hundred puppets and tore out Sasori’s living core, defeating him; Mito Uzumaki watched in horror.
• Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed Sasori’s defeat, and Obito decided to choose new candidates from the Hidden Mist after controlling Yagura.
• Jueming returned to his residence with Anko and Sasori’s spoils, including the Third Kazekage puppet, and planned to refuse assignments by claiming illness.
• Mito Uzumaki used the Four Symbols Seal to secure Sasori, and Jueming carried Anko underground to turn her into a Grass Weapon.

Yamato investigated the deaths of Danzo’s Root operatives and confronted Jueming over Sasori, but Jueming refused to hand him over. Kurama then approached Jueming, warned that Danzo might target Momoka, and proposed an alliance, leaving Jueming wary of the fox’s motives.

• Yamato’s team found Ryoma Aburame and the other Root operatives dead, and linked their deaths to Senju Jueming and Iron Sand.
• Danzo ordered Yamato to question Jueming, then summoned Fugaku Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha while planning his next moves.
• Yamato found Sasori’s head and puppet core at Jueming’s home and asked to take Sasori away, but Jueming refused and threatened to spar.
• Kurama appeared outside Jueming’s home, revealed that it could speak, and told Jueming that Shimura Danzō might attack Teacher Momoka.
• Kurama proposed joining forces with Jueming and claimed it had never killed a Senju Clan member, while Jueming questioned why he should trust it.

Nine-Tails revealed that it came from a Parallel Universe where Senju Jueming’s vengeance destroyed the Ninja World, then negotiated an alliance with him. The chapter ended with Nine-Tails celebrating after securing the Tailed Beasts’ freedom from capture and exploitation.

• Nine-Tails urged Jueming to upgrade the Five Seal Barrier and offered to serve as his strategist, but Jueming questioned whether he could trust it.
• Nine-Tails claimed it came from a Parallel Universe and described how Momoka Senju’s Mutation and Jueming’s vengeance had destroyed its world.
• Mito Uzumaki confirmed that Parallel Worlds were plausible and identified Kurama as the Nine-Tails, linking its story to a prophecy from another time and space.
• Jueming sealed Sasori away so Nine-Tails could reveal its identity, then asked what it could offer and negotiated a cooperative agreement with it.
• Nine-Tails ran off celebrating because its agreement with Jueming would keep the Tailed Beasts from being captured and used as shit-producing machines.

Danzo considered drawing the Uchiha Clan into an alliance against the Senju, while Fugaku and Mikoto plotted to poison Jueming. At Naka Shrine, Obito revealed himself and confronted Jueming about the Moon Eye Plan, but Jueming responded by pretending they were still good brothers.

• Danzo heard Yamato relay Jueming's answer and planned to gradually win the Uchiha Clan over against the Senju.
• Jueming gained a Grass Release movement skill and decided to keep raising Anko's Grass Weapon level.
• Fugaku and Mikoto discussed killing Jueming, and Mikoto considered inviting him over under the pretense of repaying money so she could poison him.
• Jueming followed a mysterious invitation to the underground Naka Shrine despite Mito's warning that it might be a trap.
• Obito removed his mask, revealed himself to Jueming, and brought up the Moon Eye Plan.
• Jueming pretended to be delighted that Obito was alive and called him his good brother while asking him to help him become Hokage.

Obito Uchiha declared himself Jueming's rival and left to pursue his distant dream, while Jueming considered how to address the Uchiha Clan's future. The next morning, Jueming accepted Mikoto Uchiha's invitation to discuss repayment at her home.

• Obito Uchiha revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, challenged Jueming, and said he would enjoy their coming war before leaving.
• Mito Uzumaki worried about the consequences of Obito's actions, while Jueming argued that the Uchiha Clan's power—not inherent evil—made them dangerous.
• Jueming decided to let Tekka Uchiha become Hokage and lead the clan, and said he would handle any trouble the Uchiha caused.
• Mito Uzumaki warned Jueming not to pursue the married Mikoto Uchiha, but Jueming did not answer.
• The next morning, Jueming received Mikoto Uchiha's invitation to her home to discuss repaying money and left the underground chamber.

Senju Jueming visited Mikoto Uchiha to discuss repaying a debt while the Nine-Tails wandered around Konoha in a concealed, tiny form. Mikoto prepared poisoned tea and drank from her own cup to disguise her plan, leaving Jueming unaware of the danger.

• The Nine-Tails arrived at Jueming’s home in a tiny husky-like form, and Mito Uzumaki was unable to sense its Chakra.
• Jueming declined the Nine-Tails’ offer to accompany him and went to the Uchiha Clan compound.
• Mikoto prepared a hidden-compartment teapot containing poisoned tea and planned to replace it with an ordinary one if discovered.
• Jueming arrived, and Mikoto invited him inside to discuss continuing his debt repayment.
• Mikoto brought tea, poured Jueming’s cup first, and drank from her own cup to make him lower his guard.

Jueming tested Mikoto Uchiha’s tea and discovered she tried to poison him after he pretended to collapse. He trapped Mikoto with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique and left her bound in darkness.

• Jueming repeatedly hesitated before drinking Mikoto Uchiha’s tea, then drank the whole pot while praising it.
• Jueming pretended the tea had poisoned him and threatened to expose the photos and videotapes he had taken of Mikoto.
• Mikoto denied poisoning the tea, but returned and pressed a poison-soaked cloth over a straw doll disguised as Jueming.
• Jueming revealed himself, accused Mikoto of trying to kill him, and bound her with the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
• Jueming gagged Mikoto and said he would leave her bound in darkness for an entire day.

Mikoto Uchiha struggled with the aftermath of her failed attempt to poison Jueming while hiding what happened from her family. Kurenai Yuhi and Uzuki Yugao visited Jueming, and Yugao asked him to persuade Tsunade to treat Hayate Gekko.

• Jueming dispelled the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, returned ten million ryo to Mikoto Uchiha, and left after telling her they would discuss repayment again.
• Mikoto concealed her distress from Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi, claimed Jueming would bring another ten million ryo, and suffered a nightmare about the previous day.
• Jueming received Kurenai Yuhi and Uzuki Yugao at the Senju Clan compound after news spread that he had defeated Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Uzuki Yugao explained that Hayate Gekko's health was worsening and asked Jueming to persuade Lord Tsunade to treat him.

Senju Jueming agreed to find the medical ninja who had treated Kakashi Hatake to examine Hayate, then used an illusion on Kurenai Yuhi after she challenged his sense of responsibility. The illusion exposed something she feared, and Kurenai fled, leaving Jueming to wonder at her reaction.

• Jueming explained that he could try to persuade Princess Tsunade to help Hayate, but warned Uzuki Yugao that she might refuse.
• Kurenai Yuhi argued that Jueming had the power and responsibility to help, and Jueming countered by accusing her of ignoring the Senju Clan’s troubles.
• Jueming offered to find the medical ninja who had treated Kakashi Hatake so she could examine Hayate, and Uzuki Yugao thanked him before leaving.
• Jueming grabbed Kurenai Yuhi’s wrist and cast a D-Rank Demonic Illusion Viewing Technique on her.
• Kurenai Yuhi collapsed in terror, then staggered away and ran off without answering Uzuki Yugao.