Chapter Summaries

Sasuke removed Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal after five days of research, then relentlessly destroyed and sealed the weakened Orochimaru clone that emerged from it. With the seal gone, Sasuke prepared to begin cell transplantation and finished the first stage of his experiments in Loulan.

• Sasuke used layers of formations and Shadow Clones to study the Cursed Seal and remove it from his shoulder.
• A weakened Orochimaru emerged from the seal, attacked Sasuke as countless Little Snakes, and tried to escape through cracks in the barriers.
• Sasuke contained Orochimaru, burned the remains for a day, and repeatedly melted and sealed the ashes and debris.
• Sasuke confirmed the seal was gone, repaired the skin on his shoulder with Medical Ninjutsu, and ruled out relying on the Cursed Seal to learn Sage Mode.
• Sasuke planned to begin cell transplantation and used his solar panels and stored energy for preliminary experiments.
• Sasuke took strolls through Loulan City, and the villagers gradually forgot the strange occurrence at the altar; the first experiment stage ended.

Sasuke implanted Naruto’s cells into himself, then spent months preparing and testing Hashirama Cells before injecting them under the Mangekyō Sharingan’s protection. He secluded himself to monitor the changes and waited to see whether his body would withstand the experiment.

• Sasuke implanted Naruto’s cells at multiple points across half his body and stimulated their growth after confirming there was no rejection.
• Sasuke captured three criminals for Hashirama Cell experiments, and they transformed into trees; he kept one in a flowerpot and considered how the resulting plants might be used.
• Sasuke investigated Hashirama-derived plants and resolved to ensure none remained when he returned to the original Timeline.
• More than three months after the Naruto cell implantation, Sasuke noticed slightly improved Chakra recovery and healing, then spent a hundred days recovering from tendon and bone damage.
• Sasuke injected himself with Hashirama Cells while using his Mangekyō Sharingan to resist them, felt itching at the injection site, and went into seclusion to monitor his body.

Sasuke attended King Ukon’s wedding in Rōran, then decided it was time to resume acting after months in hiding. He released Sasori from his sealed core and tried to recruit him to make puppets, leaving Sasori demanding proof that they had traveled back several years before the Second Shinobi World War.

• King Ukon invited Mister Shan to his wedding, and Sasuke accepted while considering what gift to bring.
• Sasuke continued monitoring the spread of Hashirama Cells, which had improved his chakra and stamina but made him need frequent meals.
• Sasuke attended Ukon’s wedding, met the newlywed queen Karura, and left a Shadow Clone at the celebration after lunch.
• Sasuke released Sasori’s core from its seal and asked him to help design puppets in exchange for serving Sasuke rather than the Akatsuki Organization.
• Sasuke told Sasori they had returned to several years before the Second Shinobi World War, and Sasori demanded to verify the claim himself.

Sasuke and Sasori traveled to Konoha, where Sasori agreed to help Sasuke learn puppet-making while asking to save his parents from their deaths in the Second Shinobi World War. They began planning how to rescue them without disrupting the timeline, and Sasori set aside the possibility of inhabiting a cloned body until after the attempt.

• Sasori chose to visit Konoha with Sasuke and asked for two days to modify Sasuke’s ornamental puppets, with no poison added.
• Sasuke brought Sasori to a backup base through a spatial passage, and they traveled to a vantage point overlooking Konoha and Hokage Rock.
• Sasori asked to save his parents, and Sasuke warned that changing history could send them back to the original timeline or cause the saved person to die another way.
• Sasori promised to work for Sasuke if he could attempt the rescue, and the two discussed faking his parents’ deaths and arranging their escape from the war.
• Sasuke agreed to learn puppet-making from Sasori, returned the Third Kazekage's Puppet, and discussed the potential uses and limits of Human Puppets and Kekkei Genkai.
• Sasuke proposed that Sasori might use Body Snatching to inhabit a clone, but Sasori chose to prioritize saving his parents and postpone the idea.

Sasuke secretly collected corpses while traveling with Sasori, turning powerful shinobi into Human Puppets and testing their abilities. After creating puppets from the Second and Third Kazekage, the Fourth Kazekage, and Haku, Sasuke discovered how naturally Haku’s Ice Style puppet could use Ice Release.

• Sasuke secretly gathered corpses and preserved usable remains for Human Puppet manufacturing while avoiding Impure World Reincarnation in the current Timeline.
• Sasuke made the Second Kazekage his first Kekkei Genkai Human Puppet and tested its Iron Sand against the Third Kazekage’s puppet, finding the Third Kazekage’s innate ability superior.
• Sasuke completed puppets made from the Fourth Kazekage and Haku, then used Haku’s puppet to release Ice Style and found its Kekkei Genkai impossible for ordinary shinobi to learn by practice.
• Sasuke tested Water Style and Wind Style through Haku’s puppet and found both techniques were altered by its innate Ice Release Chakra.

Sasuke asked Sasori to design a massive puppet armor to prepare for the Akatsuki and future threats, then chose a remote site in the Land of Wind for a hidden underground base. The chapter ended with news of a coup in Kumogakure that killed the Second Hokage and Second Raikage and led to Hiruzen Sarutobi becoming the Third Hokage.

• Sasori compared Sasuke's rare Human Puppets with his own collection and reflected on his limited Chakra and his search for a safe home for his parents.
• Sasuke showed Sasori blueprints for armor more than two hundred meters tall, intended to fight giant enemies and conserve Sasuke's eyesight when he used Susanoo.
• Sasori criticized the design and insisted on a proper skeletal framework, while Sasuke agreed to consult him about the materials and equipment.
• Sasuke selected a remote location in the Land of Wind, far from Rōran, and construction began on a massive underground base.
• News reached the ninja world that a coup in Kumogakure had killed the Second Hokage and Second Raikage, while Hiruzen Sarutobi took office as the Third Hokage.

Sasuke and Sasori spent months establishing a deep desert construction site and planning a giant puppet to serve as the base. The design raised concerns about size, durability, and power, but Sasuke offered part of Kubikiribōchō as a source of Chakra Metal, which Sasori suspected had been made with techniques from the Land of Artisans.

• Sasuke and Sasori built temporary shelters in the desert and began gathering water, stone, and other construction materials.
• Sasuke used Magnetic Style and heat to produce steel beams, while puppet caravans transported sealed materials to the site.
• After more than fifty days, they dug over two hundred meters down to bedrock, then spent another two months preparing the foundation before construction began.
• Sasori warned that a giant puppet would consume too much Chakra and suggested a hollow design that could reach Sasuke's desired height, though it would be vulnerable to attacks.
• Sasuke and Sasori discussed ways to improve the puppet and power it, including renewable materials and Fuinjutsu.
• Sasuke cut off more than half of Kubikiribōchō with the Kusanagi Sword and gave it to Sasori, who suspected the sword's construction involved the Land of Artisans.

Sasuke and Sasori developed a giant puppet powered by Gelel Stone, then assembled and tested its prototype. The puppet could move, but its weapons bent and its enormous Chakra consumption made it impractical without further improvements.

• Sasori directed Sasuke to melt and refine the Chakra Metal from the Kubikiribōchō, reducing its volume as they prepared materials for the puppet.
• Sasori absorbed energy from a Gelel Stone and his puppet body malfunctioned, so Sasuke removed the ore and explained its dangerous Natural Energy.
• Sasuke described the Gelel Ore Vein and discussed with Sasori using its energy to power puppets, and they finalized provisional designs for the base and giant puppet.
• Sasuke and Sasori completed the base, upgraded the processing machinery, and spent two and a half years building a hundred-meter humanoid puppet resembling Unit-01.
• Sasuke tested the prototype and found that its weapons bent and its operation required constant Chakra, while Sasori drained a standard piece of Gelel Ore in under two minutes.

Sasuke and Sasori continued their research and prepared for Sasori’s parents to live safely in seclusion as the Second Shinobi World War began. When King Ukon asked Sasuke to protect his wife Karura and daughter Sara, Sasuke agreed and received the seal token from Ukon.

• Sasuke agreed to help Sasori make small puppets and added Gelel Ore imitation and recycling to their research plans.
• After eight peaceful years, Sasori used Shadow Clone and Transformation Jutsu to visit his parents and arrange a hidden undersea base where they could retire.
• As tensions grew between Amegakure, Sunagakure, and Konoha, Sasuke kept watch over Sasori’s parents and received a signal from King Ukon in Roran.
• Ukon warned that war was approaching and asked Sasuke to protect Karura and Sara while he led warriors to the front.
• Sasuke met Karura and Sara, agreed to help protect them, and accepted the seal token Ukon had left with Karura.

After Ukon died defending Rōran, Karura became queen and tried to keep the country safe with Sasuke’s help. Meanwhile, Sasuke monitored the war and Nagato’s family, then watched Nagato leave Amegakure after his parents were killed.

• Karura and Sara were threatened by invading ninja, but Sasuke rescued them and helped capture six attackers from the Land of Lightning.
• Karura retrieved Ukon’s remains, and Sara realized her father was dead before Karura ascended the throne as Queen of Roran.
• Karura began training ordinary residents to defend Rōran and declined Sasuke’s suggestion that she relocate with her people.
• Sasuke continued monitoring the war and the Uzumaki Clan while planning his next moves with Sasori.
• A chakra shockwave destroyed Sasuke’s Shadow Clone animal as Nagato’s parents died in Amegakure.
• Nagato buried his parents, packed his belongings, and left the war-torn village.

Sasuke and Sasori intervened in a clash between Hatake Sakumo and a Sunagakure squad, preserving the planned confrontation while trying to keep Sasori’s parents alive. Sakumo escaped wounded, and the remaining Sunagakure ninja returned to find someone treating their fallen comrades.

• Sasuke and Sasori set out for the Land of Rain after learning that Hatake Sakumo and Sasori’s parents were headed for the same frontline.
• Sakumo attacked the Sunagakure squad, identifying its Puppet Masters and striking through their formation as the battle turned against them.
• Sasuke and Sasori secretly deflected Sakumo’s attacks to protect Sasori’s parents while preventing other Sunagakure ninja from disrupting the fight.
• Sakumo killed a Sunagakure fighter and struck the red-haired youth in the throat, but the youth’s uncontrolled puppets injured Sakumo and forced him to retreat.
• After two more Sunagakure ninja were injured pursuing Sakumo, they returned to the battlefield and found someone in Sunagakure attire treating the wounded.

Sasuke and Sasori faked the deaths of Sasori’s parents, rescued them, and hid them from the war by changing their appearances and persuading them to leave their ninja lives behind. The family traveled toward a prepared base while Sasuke kept watch from a distance.

• Sasuke made convincing corpse doubles of Sasori’s parents, and Sasori and Sasuke staged the bodies to appear dead in battle.
• After Sunagakure collected the fallen ninja’s forehead protectors and left, Sasori and Sasuke took his parents away from the battlefield.
• Sekiryu woke beside Saori in a hidden shelter, and Sasori brought him food while avoiding questions about who had saved them.
• Sasori and Sasuke planned to persuade his parents to stay hidden by explaining that their reported deaths would make returning to the village dangerous.
• Sasori told his parents they would undergo cosmetic surgery, and Sasuke altered their appearances so they would not be recognized.
• Sasori led his parents toward a prepared base while Sasuke scouted nearby using an animal Shadow Clone.

Sasori left Sasuke’s group to settle his parents in the Land of Rivers, while the Second Shinobi World War spread to the Land of Whirlpools. During the assault on the Uzumaki, Sasuke searched a secret vault and encountered Zetsu.

• Sasori quit and spent time training his parents, Sekiryu and Saori, in medical skills and self-defense.
• Sasori and Sasuke helped his parents settle in the Land of Rivers and left them twenty million ryō.
• After three months, Sasuke and Sasori reduced their visits to his parents while the war continued.
• Forces from several countries and Root launched a coordinated attack on the Land of Whirlpools, killing Uzumaki and civilians as the clan fought back.
• Sasuke investigated the attackers and searched the Uzumaki secret vaults for scrolls and treasures.
• Zetsu emerged from beneath the second secret vault, remarked on Sasuke’s strange Chakra, and Sasuke asked what he was.

Sasuke froze a secret base to drive off Zetsu, then discussed the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and Akatsuki with Sasori. Sasori agreed to help as needed, while Sasuke made clear that Itachi was his target and that Akatsuki was only one of many looming threats.

• Sasuke used Ice Style techniques to freeze Zetsu's secret room and the surrounding ground, then stole the records and collapsed the building.
• Zetsu observed Sasuke leave and vanished, deciding he could investigate the powerful stranger later.
• Sasuke and Sasori discussed how the Land of Whirlpools was destroyed after Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to send aid, leaving the Uzumaki Clan's members in Konoha trapped.
• Sasuke told Sasori that Itachi was his target and warned that Akatsuki's plan to collect the tailed beasts would bring it into conflict with the Five Great Nations.
• Sasori said he was ready to become enemies with former colleagues, and agreed to do whatever Sasuke needed.

Sasuke used the end of the Second Shinobi World War to demand ransom and territory from the Land of Wind in exchange for Sunagakure prisoners. Negotiations in Sunagakure grew tense as Chiyo and Sasuke threatened to turn the meeting into a fight.

• After the war, Sasuke told Karura he would borrow the Name of Rouran as payment for protecting her country, and she agreed.
• Sasuke and Karura arranged a prisoner exchange proposal, demanding five million ryo for each captive and a strip of desert connecting Rōran to the coast.
• Sasuke arrived in Sunagakure with Karura disguised as the King of Rouran, four guards, and two prisoners.
• A Land of Wind official threatened Rōran, and Sasuke questioned his authority, drawing attention from the daimyo and Kazekage.
• Chiyo rejected Rōran's territorial demand and confronted Sasuke, who warned the Land of Wind daimyo to protect himself.
• Chiyo summoned her Ten Puppets while Sasuke's guards revealed their weapons, and the Third Kazekage urged Chiyo to stand down.

Sasuke, disguised as Karura, negotiated compensation and territorial concessions from Sunagakure before luring Chiyo and her squad into an ambush. After capturing them, he sealed Sunagakure’s exits and sent explosive-tagged seawater rushing into the village.

• Chiyo and Karura lowered their puppets as Rōran and the Land of Wind argued over territory, taxes, and compensation, eventually signing a contract for Rōran’s claims.
• Sasuke and the Land of Wind representatives brought the contract and payment to Sunagakure, where the village released several dozen captive ninja.
• Sunagakure factions planned to break the agreement and ordered Chiyo to lead elite squads after the disguised Queen of Roran.
• Sasuke trapped Chiyo’s attackers inside a Four Violet Flames Formation, defeated them, and captured Chiyo and two others.
• Sasuke blocked Sunagakure’s two exits with giant stones and flooded the village with seawater carrying Explosive Tags, triggering a massive explosion.

Karura defeated Sunagakure’s attacks and warned the village that another invasion of Rōran would leave no survivors. Sunagakure began dealing with the flood damage while the Kazekage ordered the daimyo sent back to the capital and prepared to guard against Rōran.

• Sasuke repelled the Third Kazekage’s attacks, while Karura’s puppet absorbed and sealed the Iron Sand and Rasa’s Gold Sand.
• Sunagakure’s ninja launched a massed attack, but Sasuke answered with a Great Waterfall Technique that damaged buildings across the village.
• Karura accused Sunagakure of breaking faith, warned that another invasion would leave no survivors, and left after Sasuke confiscated the ninja’s weapons.
• The Third Kazekage stopped his ninja from continuing the fight and ordered the daimyo returned to the capital.
• Sunagakure began draining the floodwater, condemned Chiyo, and decided against releasing Shukaku while the Kazekage remained responsible for guarding the village.

Sasuke failed to return to his original Timeline after striking Sunagakure, so he negotiated with Karura over Rōran’s future and learned how the Dragon Vein might help him get home. The chapter ended with Karura offering Rōran as a place to study the Dragon Vein in exchange for Sasuke’s help.

• Sasuke met the genuine Karura and refused to take responsibility for Rōran until she demanded his help protecting it.
• Karura agreed that Rōran could help Sasuke return, and he demanded two puppets as payment for the method.
• Karura signed land transfer contracts with Sasuke, who claimed the Land of Wind and told her descendants how they could acknowledge him.
• Karura explained that the Dragon Vein could not itself send people through time, but that a large energy source near a spatial rift could enable the journey.
• Karura offered Sasuke access to Rōran and its Dragon Vein for experiments, and the two began negotiating their mutual assistance.

Sasuke warned Karura that Rōran could not safely confront Sunagakure and helped her prepare a shelter while discussing puppet defenses. Sasori joined their Dragon Vein research and revealed that Karura carried Uzumaki blood, then warned her about the clan’s destruction.

• Sasuke showed Karura Shukaku’s destructive power and urged Rōran to build a shelter rather than fight Sunagakure openly.
• Sasuke offered Karura his hidden fortress outside Loulan City for Rōran to use as a shelter, and she proposed modifying it and connecting it to the city.
• Sasori agreed to help research the Dragon Vein after Sasuke asked him to join the project.
• Sasori recognized Karura as a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan and told her that the clan had been wiped out during the war.
• Sasori warned Karura that Rōran could suffer the same fate as the Land of Whirlpools if it failed to protect its secrets.
• Sasuke withheld advanced weapons technology from Rōran, explaining that its defenses should rely on puppets and ninjutsu.

Sasuke and Sasori worked with Karura in Rōran until a Dragon Vein disturbance suddenly sent them back to Loulan City in the past. They found the mountain where Sasuke had once established a base, broke through its protective genjutsu and sealing, and waited for someone to approach.

• Sasuke marked out his territory in the desert with stone pillars while he and Sasori helped Karura plan Rōran’s construction and defenses.
• A sudden Dragon Vein tremor caused crystals to re-form in the Grell Mine, killed Sasuke’s Shadow Clone, and pulled Sasuke and Sasori away from Rōran.
• Karura found that she could no longer summon Mister Shan from the future and began gathering the documents and materials he had left behind.
• Sasuke and Sasori appeared amid ruins in Loulan City, realized they had returned to the past, and headed toward Sasuke’s former base in the mountains.
• Sasori tested an Uchiha puppet’s Sharingan and discovered that using it drained his Chakra, while Sasuke explained the risks of exposing it.
• Sasuke blocked the mountain’s genjutsu and used a Rasengan to break its Funjutsu, prompting signs that someone was approaching.