Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into Uchiha Sanpo’s body, he awakened a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and used its strengthened genjutsu to escape Aoyama Yui’s cave. He left her alive under weakening genjutsu, and the system reported that her favorability had risen to 60%.

• Uchiha Sanpo absorbed Aoyama Yui’s Yin Release chakra and woke with the memories of a captured Uchiha during the Third Shinobi World War.
• Uchiha Sanpo upgraded his Sharingan twice, choosing to strengthen his genjutsu talent and awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Sanpo placed Aoyama Yui under genjutsu and made her release the Earth Prison Bind restraining him.
• Uchiha Sanpo partially released his genjutsu on Aoyama Yui, spared her, and fled the cave.
• Aoyama Yui realized the genjutsu was weakening and wondered how Uchiha Sanpo’s Sharingan had evolved so quickly.
• The system reported that Aoyama Yui’s favorability had reached 60% and granted Uchiha Sanpo a skill fusion attempt.

Uchiha Sanpo fled from Fujino and three Iwagakure chunin while low on chakra, then used the system to obtain the God-Demon Transformation technique. As Fujino pursued him with an Earth Dragon, Sanpo hid behind a tree and began transforming into a two-headed, four-armed form.

• Uchiha Sanpo dodged an ambush by four Iwagakure ninja and fled toward the Land of Fire.
• Sanpo used a fake Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to delay the pursuers, but Fujino saw through the deception and ordered the chunin to chase him.
• Sanpo fused the Clone, Transformation, and Great Fireball techniques, choosing the new God-Demon Transformation skill.
• Fujino summoned an Earth Stone Dragon and attacked Sanpo with Earth Dragon Bullets as the group pursued him.
• Sanpo spotted a large tree, hid behind it, and began using God-Demon Transformation, growing a second head and another pair of arms.

Uchiha Sanpo defeated a group of Iwagakure shinobi with Sharingan genjutsu and a Wind-Fire Combination Jutsu, then escaped a counterattack. After checking his depleted chakra and ocular power, he headed southwest through the Land of Earth.

• Fujino sent an Earth Clone to attack Uchiha Sanpo, who appeared with two heads and four arms and used Sharingan: Genjutsu on the Iwagakure shinobi.
• Fujino broke the genjutsu on Daishi and Sanhuxu, but Sanhuxu was wounded when Daishi attacked him under its influence.
• Uchiha Sanpo combined Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique with Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, overwhelming the Earth-Style Wall and forcing Fujino and his disciples to flee underground.
• Fujino's Earth Clone attacked Uchiha Sanpo with Earth Release: Rock Cannon, but Sanpo used explosive-tagged kunai to destroy the clone and evade the stones.
• Uchiha Sanpo checked his remaining chakra and ocular power, then sped southwest to leave the Land of Earth.

Uchiha Sanpo tried to escape Iwagakure jōnin Fujino by cutting through Kusagakure territory, then used Sharingan genjutsu to turn Kusagakure ninja against Fujino. Fujino was surrounded as more Kusagakure ninja converged on the explosions.

• Fujino ordered Qingyan and Daishi to take the injured Sanhuxu and their intelligence back to the outpost while he continued pursuing Sanpo.
• Sanpo realized Fujino was disrupting his escape and chose to flee through the Land of Grass, where Kusagakure patrols might give him a chance to survive.
• Sanpo killed three Kusagakure genin who tried to stop him at the border, then spotted a patrol with three chūnin and six genin.
• Sanpo used his Two-Headed Four-Armed Technique and Sharingan genjutsu to make Kusagakure chūnin attack one another and blame Fujino for the deaths.
• Fujino fought the approaching Kusagakure ninja, killing one chūnin before another detonated Explosive Tags and drew more ninja to the blast site.

Uchiha Sanpo captured Uzumaki Huiyi, used her to restore his strength, and tried to turn her hatred of Konoha toward Sarutobi Hiruzen. He proposed an alliance with the Uzumaki Clan, but ended by asking Huiyi to become his woman.

• Uchiha Sanpo ambushed Uzumaki Huiyi and two Kusagakure chunin, took control of the chunin, and forced them to reveal that Iwagakure had increased its attacks on Konoha strongholds.
• As more Kusagakure ninja approached, Uchiha Sanpo made the two controlled chunin kill themselves, then bit Huiyi's arm to recover his vitality, chakra, and ocular power.
• Uchiha Sanpo disguised himself as a Kusagakure genin, carried Huiyi east, and woke her after reaching a quieter area.
• Huiyi accused Konoha of betraying the Uzumaki Clan, but Sanpo blamed Sarutobi Hiruzen and described the Senju Clan's losses and political decline.
• Sanpo said the Uchiha and Uzumaki clans shared an enemy and proposed cooperation, then asked Huiyi to become his woman.

Uchiha Sanpo persuaded Uzumaki Huiyi to join the Uchiha Clan and promised to rescue the other Uzumaki living in Kusagakure. As he carried her toward Konoha, Kusagakure ninjas pursued them, and Sanpo used powerful ninjutsu to break through their attack.

• Uzumaki Huiyi questioned why Uchiha Sanpo wanted her to become his woman, then asked how he would protect the fifteen other Uzumaki in Kusagakure.
• Uchiha Sanpo proposed making the Uzumaki a subordinate clan of the Uchiha and promised to rescue them within three days.
• Uchiha Sanpo tied Huiyi to his back and carried her toward Konoha's frontline defensive area.
• Kusagakure jonin Tsunoda spotted Huiyi and led eleven ninjas in pursuit, prompting Sanpo to activate God-Demon Transformation.
• Sanpo knocked away two Kusagakure chunin and countered the pursuing ninjas with a combined Fire and Wind Release attack that killed three.
• Sanpo escaped toward Konoha with Huiyi as the remaining Kusagakure ninjas hesitated to continue their pursuit.

Uchiha Sanpo returned to the Konoha frontline with Uzumaki Huiyi and reported that Iwagakure was divided over its war strategy. He warned that the orders concerning Kannabi Bridge and Namikaze Minato were suspicious, angering Shimura Taro and leaving the command room tense.

• Uchiha Sanpo reunited with Uchiha Inabi and Uchiha Tekkai, introduced Uzumaki Huiyi as his woman, and learned that shortages and heavy casualties had weakened the frontline.
• At the base, Uchiha Sanpo overheard Kurama Unkai confront Utatane Runa and Shimura Taro about deaths caused by scarce medical supplies and missing logistics.
• Uchiha Sanpo told Uchiha Fugaku and the others that Iwagakure's radicals were attacking Konoha while its conservatives prepared for a possible conflict with Kumogakure.
• Uchiha Sanpo objected to Mimura Hamaki's orders to defend Kannabi Bridge with only a hundred men, but Uchiha Fugaku told him to leave and keep the intelligence secret.
• Uchiha Sanpo argued that Namikaze Minato was coming to claim credit rather than reinforce the northern battlefield, then left as the room's mood darkened.

Uchiha Sanpo joined Uchiha Yashiro’s Hawks after proposing a plan to undermine Konoha’s attempt to elevate Namikaze Minato and revealing that Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Yashiro gave Sanpo two ninjutsu scrolls, then hurried off to confront Fugaku about hiding his power while Sanpo received new techniques from his system.

• Uchiha Sanpo learned that Konoha had withheld Uchiha supplies and decided to seek support from Hawk elder Uchiha Yashiro.
• Uchiha Sanpo proposed exposing the truth about Kannabi Bridge through manga to damage Namikaze Minato’s public image and challenge Konoha’s higher-ups.
• Uchiha Sanpo said Fugaku had the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Uchiha Yashiro became excited about Fugaku’s prospects of becoming Hokage.
• Uchiha Yashiro questioned why Fugaku had concealed his Mangekyō while so many Uchiha died, then accepted Sanpo into the Hawks and offered him a squadron captain position.
• Uchiha Yashiro gave Uchiha Sanpo scrolls containing Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame and Transcription Seal, and Sanpo’s system identified both techniques as newly obtained.

At the Konoha outpost, Uzumaki Huiyi adjusted to life among Uchiha Sanpo’s fellow shinobi and spent the day with him. She admitted she was willing to become his woman but asked him to give her time to accept it.

• Uchiha Tekka took Uzumaki Huiyi to Uchiha Sanpo’s room and the shared well, where other Uchiha teased them without malice.
• Uchiha Tekka explained that the outpost’s joking atmosphere helped its people find joy amid suffering, and Uzumaki Huiyi said she was simply unaccustomed to it.
• Uchiha Sanpo returned, gave Uzumaki Huiyi clothes, and directed her to the women’s bath before bringing lunch back to the room.
• After lunch, Uchiha Sanpo locked the door and embraced Uzumaki Huiyi, who said she was willing to become his woman but needed time to accept it.

Uchiha Sanpo’s repeated dual cultivation with Uzumaki Huiyi raised her favorability to 100% and advanced his Uzumaki Sage Body to Basic, greatly increasing his chakra and strength. He was summoned to a command-room meeting after receiving his squad-captain promotion, while neighbors teased him and tried to match him with Uchiha Ami.

• Uchiha Sanpo repeatedly dual cultivated with Uzumaki Huiyi, maxing out her favorability and gaining a Skill Fusion attempt.
• Uzumaki Huiyi’s Sage Body experience reached the upgrade threshold, and Uchiha Sanpo obtained the Basic Uzumaki Sage Body.
• Uchiha Sanpo checked his status and saw that his chakra had risen to 1,608, putting him among Elite Jonin.
• Uchiha Tekka told Uchiha Sanpo that his squad-captain promotion order had arrived and Elder Yashiro wanted him in the command room.
• Neighbors teased Uchiha Sanpo about his stamina and tried to arrange a match with Uchiha Ami, who blushed and fled into her room.

Uchiha Sanpo analyzed the shifting balance of the war and persuaded the Konoha commanders that the conflict might soon end. The meeting ended with Uchiha Fugaku urging the exhausted jonin to hold on, though their shortage of supplies remained unresolved.

• Uchiha Yashiro challenged Uchiha Fugaku over sending Mimura Hamaki and a hundred men to Kannabi Bridge, while Fugaku insisted it was an order from the village higher-ups.
• Kurama Unkai and Clan Head Kazami described the dwindling supplies, mounting casualties, and desperate state of the Konoha forces.
• Uchiha Sanpo reasoned that Kumogakure would soon attack Iwagakure after the Third Raikage's death and that Konoha's war with Kumogakure had effectively ended.
• Uchiha Sanpo predicted that reinforcements would first go to the Kirigakure front, after which Sunagakure might surrender and Iwagakure might seek peace with Konoha.
• Uchiha Fugaku praised Uchiha Sanpo's analysis and called on the jonin to endure the final hardship, restoring their hope.

Uchiha Sanpo warned that Iwagakure was likely to launch a major night assault before Kumogakure entered the war, then proposed three defensive lines to delay the enemy and minimize Konoha’s losses. The commanders discussed the plan’s potential and the risk that the jonin defending it could run out of chakra.

• Uchiha Sanpo argued that Fugaku should not leave the front and warned the commanders that Iwagakure might attack that night.
• Uchiha Sanpo rejected a head-on defense and proposed three lines designed to delay Iwagakure before drawing its forces into traps inside the base.
• Uchiha Yashiro estimated that the defense could cause 800 to 1,200 enemy casualties at low cost and reported that Konoha still had many jonin-level fighters.
• Clan Head Kazami warned that prolonged fighting could exhaust the jonin’s chakra and lead to heavy losses among them, prompting opposition to the plan.

Uchiha Sanpo proposed using Susanoo and the Uchiha Flame Formation to trap Iwagakure’s forces and demand 30 billion ryo in reparations. After learning that ninety-six Konoha ninja had died near Kannabi Bridge, Uchiha Fugaku ended the meeting and ordered everyone to prepare for Iwagakure’s night raid.

• A civilian jonin challenged the three-line defense plan, and Uchiha Sanpo outlined a plan to pursue Iwagakure’s forces with Susanoo and trap them with the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Uchiha Sanpo argued that Konoha should demand 30 billion ryo from Iwagakure to cover casualty compensation, and Uchiha Fugaku and the clan heads discussed how the payment might be secured.
• Uchiha Yakumi reported that ninety-six Konoha ninja had been killed near Kannabi Bridge and that Namikaze Minato had rescued the four survivors before going to save his disciples.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the ninja to carry out the three defensive lines, prepare traps and ambushes, and relocate the medical team and wounded before the night raid.

Shimura Taro tried to flee the base with stolen money, but Uchiha guards exposed his embezzlement of military supplies. Uchiha Sanpo and the crowd killed him, while Uchiha Fugaku chose not to intervene further.

• Shimura Taro tried to leave the base under martial law, but Uchiha guards stopped him and found seven Storage Scrolls full of cash.
• Uchiha Sanpo used Sharingan: Genjutsu to make Shimura Taro confess to stealing and reselling military supplies and spending the proceeds at brothels.
• Uchiha Sanpo summoned Uchiha Inabi to report the crime to Clan Head Kurama, then threw kunai that blinded Shimura Taro.
• Uchiha Fugaku tried to stop Uchiha Sanpo from lynching Shimura Taro, but Uchiha Sanpo and the crowd claimed the injury was accidental.
• Clan Head Kurama ripped out Shimura Taro's tongue, and the crowd threw kunai and shuriken until he died.

Iwagakure’s force advanced into Konoha’s traps, where Konoha’s ambush and repeated withdrawals tried to draw them into an elite battle. Kitsuchi led a group of elite jonin through Konoha’s right-wing defense, and Uchiha Sanpo retreated after realizing Kitsuchi far outmatched him in chakra.

• Konoha’s traps and Wind-Fire Combination Jutsu struck Iwagakure’s vanguard, while Iwagakure raised earth walls and used Earth Release: Earth-Splitting Palm to clear the path.
• Kitsuchi ordered Earth Clones to probe ahead, and Konoha’s jonin destroyed them with Explosive Tag kunai before Uchiha Sanpo signaled a withdrawal.
• Hanakiro advised Kitsuchi that Konoha was trying to wear down Iwagakure’s forces, so Kitsuchi chose to lead elite jonin in an attack on Konoha’s line.
• Uchiha Yakumi warned Sanpo that Kitsuchi had broken through the right-wing defense with more than a dozen elite jonin.
• Sanpo sensed that Kitsuchi had at least twice his chakra and retreated with Uchiha Yakumi and the others.

Uchiha Sanpo stayed behind to cover his squad’s retreat and used his new ninjutsu-copying ability to unleash transformed shadow clones against Iwagakure’s forces. Kitsuchi joined the fight and destroyed one clone, while Sanpo’s other clone remained in battle.

• Uchiha Sanpo learned that his Sharingan and system had copied several ninjutsu as Iwagakure’s attack broke through the first line of defense.
• Uchiha Sanpo ordered his five remaining subordinates to retreat with the wounded while he stayed behind to cover them.
• Uchiha Sanpo transformed into a two-headed, four-armed being and created two shadow clones that attacked Iwagakure with combined fire and wind techniques.
• The clones’ attacks killed seven Iwagakure ninja before Kitsuchi arrived and blocked the fire with multiple earth walls.
• Kitsuchi attacked the Lao Liu shadow clone, which dodged his first strike and countered with a fireball.
• Kitsuchi raised earth spikes that pierced the Lao Liu shadow clone and made it burst apart.

Uchiha Fugaku used a trap and his third-stage Susanoo to defeat Kitsuchi’s Iwagakure force and force its surrender. Ōnoki learned that his son was captured and faced a decision as the village’s situation grew dire.

• After Uchiha Sanpo’s shadow clone vanished, Konoha’s troops retreated into their stronghold, drawing the pursuing Iwagakure ninja into an explosive trap that killed over a thousand.
• Kitsuchi raised a hill to protect the survivors, but Uchiha Fugaku appeared in his third-stage Susanoo and led more than four thousand Konoha ninja in an attack.
• Kitsuchi’s giant earth constructs failed against Susanoo’s Grim Reaper Scythe, and Uchiha ninja sealed the stronghold with the Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered to spare the Iwagakure troops if their village surrendered and paid thirty billion ryo; Kitsuchi accepted, and Konoha confiscated the prisoners’ weapons.
• Ōnoki learned of Iwagakure’s defeat and Kitsuchi’s capture, then confronted the approaching threat to his village.

Ōnoki negotiated with Uchiha Fugaku to end the war, agreeing to a surrender and thirty billion ryo in reparations from the Land of Earth’s nobles. Iwagakure also handed over evidence that Root had secretly provided it with Konoha intelligence, setting up a confrontation over Shimura Danzō’s betrayal.

• Ōnoki flew with Gari to Konoha’s front-line camp to negotiate the release of Iwagakure’s captives and troops.
• Fugaku rejected Ōnoki’s objection to the reparations and threatened to join Kumogakure in destroying Iwagakure unless the Land of Earth’s nobles paid.
• Ōnoki agreed to sign the surrender and pay thirty billion ryo, while Uchiha Sanpo demanded evidence about Root’s leaks as part of the agreement.
• Ōnoki signed the agreement and handed over records of seven secret contacts between Root and Iwagakure, along with information on three intermediaries.
• Sanpo showed Clan Head Kazami that one exchange coincided with the ambush that killed Kazami’s eldest son, and accused Danzō of betraying Konoha to weaken its clans.
• Fugaku ordered everyone to keep the matter inside the tent while the war continued.

More than five thousand Iwagakure prisoners despaired after Ōnoki left without addressing them, but Uchiha Sanpo calmed them by blaming the defeat on their leadership. After Namikaze Minato apologized for Obito’s death, Sanpo accused him of staging the Kannabi Bridge mission for political gain, leaving Kakashi and Rin shaken by doubts about Obito’s sacrifice.

• Ōnoki left the prisoner camp without speaking to the Iwagakure captives, and they believed he had abandoned them.
• Uchiha Sanpo told the prisoners that Ōnoki had gone to obtain thirty billion ryo in reparations, then persuaded them that their defeat was their leaders’ fault.
• Namikaze Minato apologized to Uchiha Fugaku for failing to protect Obito, and Kakashi and Nohara Rin joined him in grieving.
• Uchiha Sanpo accused Namikaze Minato of carrying out the Kannabi Bridge mission to gain credit and advance his bid to become Fourth Hokage.
• Uchiha Fugaku stopped Sanpo from escalating the dispute and told Minato he believed Obito’s death had not been deliberate.
• Kakashi left the command tent in shock, questioning what Obito’s sacrifice had meant if the mission had been unnecessary.

After Uchiha Sanpo’s victory over Iwagakure, the Uchiha leaders debated their next move and whether Uchiha Fugaku should pursue the Fourth Hokage position. Fugaku weighed Sanpo’s plan to defy Konoha’s leadership and reinforce the Kirigakure battlefield against the danger to himself and his family.

• Uchiha Yashiro reprimanded Uchiha Sanpo for revealing the Kannabi Bridge secret to Namikaze Minato, then accepted Sanpo’s explanation.
• Uchiha Yashiro and the other leaders wondered what to do after Iwagakure’s surrender and the promised thirty billion ryō reparations.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Sanpo for advice, and Sanpo said the clan could either return to Konoha or pursue Fugaku’s bid to become the Fourth Hokage.
• Uchiha Sanpo urged Fugaku to reinforce the Kirigakure battlefield despite likely opposition from Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, estimating a seventy percent chance of success if they acted quickly.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered the risks to his family and the Uchiha Clan as he weighed whether to take the chance.