Chapter Summaries

After Uchiha Yuzuru’s training accident, Sara and the others revealed they could now use Chakra and had mastered the Yin Seal. Yuzuru gained the Ancestral Return trait and signed a summoning contract with Sage Slug, then traveled with Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest to begin learning Sage Jutsu.

• Tsunade, Kushina Uzumaki, and the others rushed to check on Uchiha Yuzuru after his training damaged a room, and Yuzuru reassured them that he was fine.
• Sara said she and the other women had received White Zetsu Cell transplants, allowing them to cultivate the Yin Seal, and Yuzuru asked Sara to move back home and later help him seal the Dragon Vein into his body.
• Yuzuru told Tsunade he planned to learn Sage Jutsu at Shikkotsu Forest, and Tsunade agreed to ask Sage Slug about it.
• Yuzuru gained the Ancestral Return family trait, which gave descendants a high chance of awakening both parents’ Kekkei Genkai.
• The next morning, Tsunade told Yuzuru that Sage Slug had agreed to form a summoning contract with him, and Yuzuru signed the scroll.
• Tsunade summoned a small slug, which used the Reverse Summoning Technique to transport Yuzuru and Tsunade away.

Uchiha Yuzuru traveled to Shikkotsu Forest to learn its sage arts, where the Sage Slug warned him of the deadly risks. His Sage Body let him absorb Nature Energy and produce Sage Chakra almost immediately, and he told the astonished slug he had already succeeded.

• Uchiha Yuzuru and Tsunade followed a small slug through Shikkotsu Forest, where it explained that many past visitors had died trying to learn sage arts.
• Uchiha Yuzuru met the Sage Slug, who assigned a small slug to teach him and warned that cultivation could kill him.
• After Tsunade left, Uchiha Yuzuru listened to the slug's instructions and sensed the abundant Nature Energy around him.
• Uchiha Yuzuru absorbed Nature Energy and combined it with his Chakra without difficulty, producing Sage Chakra.
• The small slug tried to console Uchiha Yuzuru when he opened his eyes, but he revealed that he had already succeeded in producing Sage Chakra.

Uchiha Yuzuru successfully cultivated Sage Chakra in Shikkotsu Forest, astonishing Sage Slug and learning about the differing abilities of the Three Great Sacred Lands. He returned home to Tsunade and revealed his success, promising her a surprise that night.

• Uchiha Yuzuru showed Sage Slug and Sage Slug's main body that he had created Sage Chakra, and they marveled at how quickly he had succeeded.
• Sage Slug explained the distinct traits of the Sage Arts of Shikkotsu Forest, Mount Myōboku, and Ryūchi Cave, including Ryūchi Cave's shapeshifting abilities.
• Sage Slug advised Uchiha Yuzuru to carry sealed Nature Energy for battle, but he said he already had a solution and left using the Reverse Summoning Technique.
• Tsunade worried that Uchiha Yuzuru had abandoned Sage Arts because they were dangerous, and he reassured her that he had already succeeded.
• Uchiha Yuzuru embraced Tsunade and promised to give her a big surprise that night.

Uchiha Yuzuru and Sara traveled to the Roran Ruins to seal the Dragon Vein, where they encountered Mukade, a Sunagakure ninja seeking its power. Mukade unleashed the Dragon Vein and vanished into a purple pillar, leaving Yuzuru and Sara to deal with its rampaging energy.

• Uchiha Yuzuru mastered sage arts and went with Sara to the Roran Ruins to seal the Dragon Vein.
• Two giant centipede puppets attacked Yuzuru and Sara, and Yuzuru destroyed them with Wind Style.
• Yuzuru recognized the Sunagakure ninja Mukade as Anrokuzan and revealed his identity, terrifying him.
• Mukade threatened to unseal the Dragon Vein, but Yuzuru attacked and drove him to pull out its sealing Kunai.
• The Dragon Vein erupted in purple light and swallowed Mukade, and Sara urged Yuzuru to control its rampaging power.

Uchiha Yuzuru sealed the Dragon Vein within himself and gained the ability to maintain Sage Mode indefinitely. After returning to Kumogakure, he learned that Obito Uchiha had been trying to see him, while Obito trained furiously after losing to Shisui Uchiha and learning that Shisui had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Sara calmed the Dragon Vein and told Uchiha Yuzuru that Anrokuzan had escaped to the past using its power.
• Sara guided Uchiha Yuzuru as he sealed the Dragon Vein into his body over three days and three nights.
• Uchiha Yuzuru tested his new Sage Mode by unleashing Sage Arts that reduced the underground Rōran Ruins to dust, then promised to take Sara sightseeing.
• Uchiha Yuzuru and Sara spent fifteen days traveling back to Kumogakure, where Tsunade told him that Obito Uchiha had come looking for him several times.
• Obito Uchiha trained with his Lightning Release techniques and resolved to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan after losing to Shisui Uchiha, who had awakened it.

Obito Uchiha began grueling training under Uchiha Yuzuru and Uchiha Fugaku to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan, but after more than a year he still had not succeeded. He learned that Yuzuru was critically ill and went to visit him in the hospital.

• Obito Uchiha asked Uchiha Yuzuru to help him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Yuzuru told him to train at Cloud Thunder Gorge.
• Obito Uchiha discovered that Uchiha Fugaku had already awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan, then began daily training under Yuzuru and Fugaku.
• Obito Uchiha trained for more than a year without awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Yuzuru stopped attending training for over a month.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Obito Uchiha that Yuzuru was unwell and took him to the hospital, where Obito saw Yuzuru pale and connected to medical tubes.
• Uchiha Yuzuru opened his eyes and weakly greeted Obito Uchiha.

After Uchiha Yuzuru died of Bloodline Disease, Obito inherited the Uchiha Clan leadership as the Fourth Great Ninja War erupted and the Land of Lightning came under attack from four great nations. With Kumogakure nearing defeat, news arrived that the Third Raikage had died after battling Ōnoki’s forces for three days and nights.

• Uchiha Yuzuru explained that his Bloodline Disease was incurable, entrusted the Uchiha Clan to Obito, and died as Obito held his hand.
• Obito secretly buried Yuzuru, became the Uchiha Clan’s new head, and struggled to lead while war spread across the Land of Lightning.
• The Land of Fire attacked the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Earth, Wind, and Water soon joined the war against it.
• The Third Raikage demanded that Obito send the Uchiha Clan into battle, and Obito agreed as Kumogakure fought on multiple fronts.
• After a year of setbacks and heavy losses, the enemy forces closed in on Kumogakure, and the Third Raikage died after being surrounded by Ōnoki’s ten thousand Stone Ninja.

After years of defeat and siege, Obito Uchiha led Kumogakure into its final battle against the four great villages. His allies died one by one, and after Kakashi Hatake was killed, Obito broke down and rejected the world around him.

• Obito Uchiha became the Fourth Raikage and, after reviewing the war’s losses, gathered Kumogakure’s leaders to plan a final battle.
• Kumogakure’s forces initially drove back the enemy, but the other villages held their ground and wore them down over the following months.
• Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Fugaku killed Ōnoki and Kitsuchi but died after their Mangekyō Sharingan went blind, while A and Killer B killed Karatachi Yagura before being killed themselves.
• Kakuzu killed Chiyo before dying under siege, and Rasa sealed Yugito after she attacked Sunagakure’s forces.
• Might Guy killed Jiraiya and nearly ten thousand Konoha Ninja before dying, while Minato Namikaze survived and killed Kakashi Hatake.
• Obito Uchiha watched Kumogakure burn, mourned Kakashi Hatake, and roared that he would never acknowledge a world like this.

Obito Uchiha awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan after suffering through a devastating genjutsu world, then vented his anger on Uchiha Fugaku. He remained cheerful and asked Uchiha Yuzuru what ability his new eyes had.

• Uchiha Yuzuru assured Uchiha Fugaku that Obito Uchiha could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and warned him not to let children undergo the same training.
• Obito Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and came back to reality, shaken by a genjutsu world in which Uchiha Yuzuru, Uchiha Fugaku, Shisui Uchiha, and many others had died.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Obito Uchiha to take out his anger on Uchiha Fugaku, and Fugaku endured more than two hours of chasing and beatings.
• Obito Uchiha discovered his Mangekyō Sharingan in a mirror and excitedly imagined showing it off to Kakashi, Might Guy, and the grandmas.
• Uchiha Yuzuru asked Obito Uchiha what ability his Mangekyō Sharingan had.

Obito Uchiha told Uchiha Yuzuru about his Kamui abilities and showed him the orderly Kamui Dimension. After Obito reunited with Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy and challenged them to a match, Uchiha Yuzuru decided the Land of Lightning was ready to begin planning the reclamation of Konoha.

• Obito Uchiha privately revealed that his Mangekyō Sharingan let him become intangible and open portals to his Kamui Dimension.
• Obito Uchiha took Uchiha Yuzuru into the Kamui Dimension, where Yuzuru found rows of empty houses and secretly left a mark from his own dimension.
• Obito Uchiha left to find Kakashi Hatake and embraced him before challenging him and Might Guy to a match.
• Obito Uchiha told Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and the three headed to the training ground.
• Uchiha Yuzuru concluded that the Land of Lightning was powerful enough to begin planning to reclaim Konoha.

Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi forced the Hyuga Clan to provide one hundred chūnin-level members and Neji for the Anbu. After agreeing under threat, Hyuga Hiashi proposed secretly contacting Kumogakure to rebel against Konoha.

• Shimura Danzō demanded one hundred chūnin-level Hyuga members for the Anbu and ordered the clan to hand over Neji.
• Hyuga Hiashi refused to surrender Neji, but Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō threatened the clan until Hizashi Hyuga agreed to their demands.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō gave the Hyuga Clan one month to prepare, then departed.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga discussed how refusal could lead to the clan's annihilation, and Hizashi worried that Neji would hate him.
• Hyuga Hiashi proposed rebelling and asked Hizashi to secretly deliver a letter to Kumogakure.

Shisui Uchiha and Obito Uchiha awakened Susanoo, and Uchiha Yuzuru explained how White Zetsu Cells could restore their Mangekyō Sharingan power. After learning that Hyuga Hiashi had sought an alliance against Konoha’s leaders, Yuzuru visited him and declared that he intended to make the Hyuga Clan submit.

• Shisui Uchiha and Obito Uchiha awakened skeletal Susanoo during training with Uchiha Yuzuru.
• Shisui Uchiha asked what happened when Mangekyō Sharingan power ran out, and Uchiha Yuzuru warned that it caused blindness.
• Uchiha Yuzuru told Obito Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha to visit Orochimaru’s research base for White Zetsu Cell transplants to restore their eye power.
• A Kumogakure Anbu shinobi delivered a letter from Konoha, and Uchiha Yuzuru promised to bring the Hyuga Clan members and Neji to the Hokage Building in one month.
• Uchiha Yuzuru entered Hyuga Hiashi’s room, heard his offer to join forces against Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō, and said he had come to make the Hyuga Clan submit.

Uchiha Yuzuru demanded the Hyuga Clan submit to him and abolish the Caged Bird system, while explaining that he planned to return the Uchiha Clan to Konoha and undermine Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō. Hiashi agreed to submit, but froze when he heard Yuzuru’s unexpected condition.

• Uchiha Yuzuru overwhelmed Hiashi with his Chakra and told him he did not need the Hyuga Clan’s strength to attack Konoha.
• Uchiha Yuzuru explained that he intended to return the Uchiha Clan to Konoha and strip Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō of their standing by exposing them as Rogue Ninja.
• Hiashi agreed to lead the Hyuga Clan in submitting and offered to bring other Ninja Clans with him, but Uchiha Yuzuru said they would first have to suffer for aiding the Uchiha Clan’s enemies.
• Uchiha Yuzuru demanded that the Hyuga Clan abolish the Caged Bird system and allow its members to marry outsiders, leaving Hiashi stunned.

Hiashi Hyuga agreed to Uchiha Yuzuru’s plan to abolish the Caged Bird system, and Yuzuru killed the Hyuga Main Family elders who opposed it. Hiashi and Hizashi prepared to take control of the clan and await Yuzuru’s return in three days.

• Hiashi Hyuga recalled how the Caged Bird mark had separated him from his twin, Hizashi, and explained that the Main Family elders would oppose abolishing it.
• Uchiha Yuzuru threatened Hiashi to stand by his convictions and offered to kill the elders, then Hiashi wrote down their names and residences.
• Yuzuru killed the last elder and concealed the body before returning to his plans.
• The next day, Hiashi told the Hyuga clansmen that the Main Family needed to meet, then explained Yuzuru’s proposal and the elders’ deaths to Hizashi.
• Hiashi ordered Hizashi to help keep the deaths secret and prepare the clan to take control, while Hizashi agreed to persuade the Branch Family over the next three days.

Uchiha Yuzuru and Obito Uchiha moved the Hyuga Clan out of Konoha, then Uchiha Yuzuru destroyed the village with Sage Art: Great Spiraling Ring. He ended by announcing that the Fourth Great Ninja War had begun.

• Obito Uchiha learned that the Hyuga Clan had submitted to Uchiha Yuzuru and asked how Yuzuru had persuaded them.
• Uchiha Yuzuru checked that Obito Uchiha felt well after receiving White Zetsu Cells, then took him to Konoha.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga gathered more than two thousand Hyuga clansmen, and Obito Uchiha transferred them through a Kamui portal into the Kamui Dimension.
• Uchiha Yuzuru and Obito Uchiha revealed themselves as they left Konoha, triggering the Barrier Team's alarm and sending residents to shelters.
• Uchiha Yuzuru destroyed the rebuilt Konoha with Sage Art: Great Spiraling Ring, then announced that the Fourth Great Ninja War had begun.

Uchiha Yuzuru brought the Hyuga Clan to Kumogakure and announced that war with Konoha could begin at any time. In Konoha, Shimura Danzō and Hiruzen Sarutobi discovered the Hyuga Clan had relocated and ordered the village to prepare for war.

• Uchiha Yuzuru told the Third Raikage that he had brought the Hyuga Clan to Kumogakure and declared war on Konoha.
• Dodai led Uchiha Yuzuru and Obito Uchiha to the Hyuga Clan's new compound, where Uchiha Yuzuru instructed the clan to settle in and stay there.
• Hyuga Hiashi thanked Uchiha Yuzuru and introduced Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi before agreeing to prepare for the coming war.
• Shimura Danzō learned from Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Hyuga Clan's shelter was empty and concluded that the clan had secretly relocated with Uchiha Yuzuru.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Konoha to build defensive lines and send every clan member capable of fighting to the front, even if their clans were wiped out.

Uchiha Yuzuru and the Third Raikage mobilized Kumogakure for war against Konoha, framing the campaign as a just effort to reclaim the village for its legitimate founders and exiles. The Land of Lightning prepared its forces while the wider Shinobi World watched in uneasy silence.

• Uchiha Yuzuru told the Third Raikage that other villages would not dare attack and urged him to focus on ruling rather than expanding blindly.
• Uchiha Tarou and Uchiha Fugaku watched Uchiha Yuzuru receive the crowd’s cheers, and Uchiha Tarou lamented the Uchiha Clan’s former treatment in Konoha.
• Uchiha Yuzuru declared that Kumogakure was Konoha’s legitimate faction and called for reclaiming the village from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and their followers.
• Tsunade, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and Might Duy were surprised to hear themselves described as Konoha’s legitimate faction and felt less burdened about fighting Konoha.
• After the mobilization, the Land of Lightning transported supplies to the border and gathered Kumogakure ninja as the Shinobi World fell into an uneasy quiet.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga reported that the clan had joined Kumogakure’s forces, while Uchiha Yuzuru advised them to make sure Hinata ate enough. At the Ninja Academy, Neji Hyuga learned about Kumogakure’s graduation rules from Naruto Uchiha, then faced a challenge from Sasuke Uchiha.

• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga told Uchiha Yuzuru that the Hyuga ninja had registered and joined the village’s squads, and Yuzuru asked them to ensure Hinata received enough food.
• After leaving Uchiha Clan Land, Hiashi and Hizashi agreed to follow Yuzuru’s advice and wondered why he was concerned about Hinata.
• At Kumogakure’s Ninja Academy, Neji Hyuga reflected on his Caged Bird seal and wished Yuzuru had abolished the system sooner.
• Naruto Uchiha explained that Kumogakure students had to attend the academy until fifteen and urged Neji to stop skipping class.
• Naruto warned Neji to stay away from Sasuke Uchiha, but Sasuke appeared and challenged Neji to a fight.

Sasuke Uchiha challenged Neji Hyuga to a duel, and their fight escalated from taijutsu to ninjutsu before Naruto and Gaara intervened to prevent Neji from being hit by Sasuke’s fireball. Neji admitted defeat, but Sasuke acknowledged his strength, and the classmates praised the duel.

• Sasuke Uchiha confronted Neji Hyuga and pressured him into accepting a sparring match in front of their classmates.
• Sasuke overwhelmed Neji with his speed and taijutsu until Neji activated his Byakugan and used the Gentle Fist to disrupt Sasuke’s Chakra flow.
• Sasuke forced Neji back with a Lion Combo and launched a Great Fireball Technique at him.
• Gaara pulled Neji out of the fireball’s path with sand while Naruto used Water Style: Water Wall to block the flames.
• Neji said he had lost, and Sasuke acknowledged the strength of the Byakugan and Gentle Fist as the classmates cheered.

Neji Hyuga returned from his loss to Sasuke Uchiha surprised by the respect he received in Kumogakure, while Hinata Hyuga’s family urged her to eat her fill and stop denying herself. At the Land of Fire border, a patrol squad speculated that civilian ninja had been assembled for dangerous missions since Uchiha Yuzuru declared war on Konoha.

• Naruto reassured Neji Hyuga that Kumogakure respected those who fought with everything they had, and Neji thanked Gaara for saving him.
• Naruto made Sasuke Uchiha treat the group to Three-color dango, then led Gaara and Neji away from the Ninja Academy.
• Neji Hyuga returned home and reassured Hinata Hyuga that Sasuke, Naruto, Gaara, and the villagers were good people.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Hinata Hyuga that Lord Yuzuru had ordered her to eat her fill, and she finished the dishes and much of the rice.
• Hyuga Hiashi comforted Hinata, while Hizashi Hyuga asked Neji to protect her and Neji vowed to do so.
• A Land of Fire border patrol squad discussed its assignment, and its captain said civilian ninja had been secretly assembled for more dangerous missions since Uchiha Yuzuru declared war on Konoha.