Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chen faced Madara Uchiha’s two enormous falling meteors while worrying that their destruction would reach the village where Miao Miao and Miemie were sheltering. The chapter ended with Chen weighing whether to reveal his Six Paths Mode to stop them.

• Chuan Lüzi sheltered Miao Miao and Miemie from the meteor, and Miao Miao reassured her that Uncle Chen would save them.
• Uchiha Chen recognized Madara Uchiha’s Tengai Shinsei as a real flaming meteor and realized it was more powerful than he had expected.
• A second meteor, more than twice the size of the first, appeared, and Madara’s Wood Style clones vanished as he challenged Chen to face the attack.
• Chen hesitated to use Six Paths Mode, but feared the meteors would devastate the Land of Rivers and kill Miao Miao and Miemie.

As Madara’s meteor closed in, Uchiha Chen realized what it meant to have the heart of a true strong man and awakened a new resolve. Madara, envious of Chen’s potential, attacked him with Planetary Devastation as the meteor bore down.

• Chen reflected on Hatake Sakumo’s strength and the words about facing danger without fear or anger, then understood what they meant.
• Chen’s aura transformed as he stepped onto the path of a true strong man, unsettling Madara.
• Chen rose into the air, wrapped himself in shrunken Susanoo armor and a dense Chakra Cloak, and prepared to face the meteor.
• Madara, jealous of Chen’s youth and potential, hurled Planetary Devastation at him, intensifying the meteor’s pull toward Chen.

Uchiha Chen awakened his power and cut through Madara Uchiha’s Chibaku Tensei with a sword slash, forcing Madara to retreat. Chen then stopped the falling meteorite with Conversion and appeared alongside versions of himself from different points in time.

• Uchiha Chen infused his ancient sword with power and split Madara Uchiha’s Chibaku Tensei with a single slash.
• Madara Uchiha used Shinra Tensei against Chen’s slash, but it broke through and carved a deep ravine in the hill as Madara dodged.
• Uchiha Chen used Forbidden Ultimate Technique: Conversion and disappeared as the meteorite passed his position.
• Madara Uchiha mocked Chen, believing the meteorite would kill him, until ripples in space halted its descent.
• Uchiha Chen reappeared and used four special-marked kunai to summon versions of himself from different times.

Uchiha Chen and his clones destroyed the first meteorite, then Chen faced and carved apart an even larger one threatening the mountain village. Uchiha Madara retreated, while the villagers and Chuan Lüzi’s daughters cheered Chen on.

• Uchiha Chen and his three clones shattered the first meteorite into dust as Uchiha Madara turned away.
• Chen’s clones threw their swords to him, and he combined them into a brilliantly glowing blade before attacking the larger meteorite.
• The villagers watched in awe as Chen confronted the second meteorite, and Miao Miao and Miemie cheered for him with Chuan Lüzi’s encouragement.
• Chen used his Susanoo armor and sword to carve the larger meteorite into harmless fragments.
• Uchiha Madara used Earth Release to flee, promising he would return.

Uchiha Chen defeated the meteor with the help of swords and versions of himself from other times, then decided to leave the village before shinobi from the warring nations investigated. He reunited with Miao Miao and Miemie, who had been cheering for him without actually seeing what happened.

• Uchiha Chen thanked his past and future selves as the swords they had lent him vanished after destroying the meteor.
• Chen watched his other selves disappear, then found that Madara Uchiha had fled.
• Chen concluded that the meteor battle would expose his location and decided to travel with his two young disciples instead of staying in the village.
• Chen appeared in front of Miao Miao and Miemie, caught them as they stumbled, and learned they had been cheering for him.
• Miao Miao claimed she knew Chen had stopped the meteor even though she admitted she could not see what was happening.

Uchiha Chen told Chuan Lüzi he planned to leave the Land of Rivers within two days and take Miao Miao and Miemie with him. Chuan Lüzi agreed the girls would be safer with him but decided to stay behind, leaving the children upset.

• Uchiha Chen asked Miao Miao and Miemie to travel with him, and both girls eagerly agreed.
• Chuan Lüzi returned and heard Miao Miao excitedly tell her that Uchiha Chen had driven away the burning meteorite.
• Uchiha Chen explained that the meteorite incident would draw attention to the Land of Rivers and said he planned to leave within two days with the girls.
• Chuan Lüzi objected at first, then said she would stay because she was an ordinary person who could not keep up with them.
• Miao Miao and Miemie became distressed when Chuan Lüzi said she would not come, and Chuan Lüzi and Uchiha Chen comforted them.

Uchiha Chen comforted Miao Miao and Miemie before giving Chuan Lüzi protective items as the girls prepared to leave with him. In the Land of Rivers, Shikaku Nara learned that Chen had destroyed two falling meteors, and he and Hatake Sakumo realized Chen was nearby.

• Uchiha Chen reassured Miao Miao that she and Miemie could return to visit Chuan Lüzi and gave Chuan Lüzi a kunai and a protective necklace.
• Miao Miao worried that leaving her mother would make Miemie cry, but Uchiha Chen explained that Chuan Lüzi could not easily leave the village.
• A reconnaissance report told Shikaku Nara that witnesses had seen someone knock down a meteor in the heart of the Land of Rivers.
• Shikaku Nara dismissed the reporting Chunin and told Hatake Sakumo that Uchiha Chen was nearby and had destroyed two meteors.
• Hatake Sakumo, still recovering from his previous battle with Uchiha Chen, was alarmed by the report.

After Uchiha Chen defeated Madara, the villages scrambled to investigate the battle while Chen left with his two young disciples. Black Zetsu and Madara began revising their plans, and Madara learned Chen’s chakra had been detected in a hidden village.

• Hatake Sakumo ordered Shikaku Nara to report the battle and keep scouting for information about the unknown fighter who had stopped Madara.
• Sunagakure also ordered an urgent investigation and hoped to recruit the powerful fighter to its side.
• Uchiha Chen traveled away from the battlefield with his two sleeping young disciples, moving carefully so he would not wake them.
• Black and White Zetsu examined the battlefield, found traces of Chen’s chakra near a concealed village, and decided to change their plan.
• Madara replenished his strength through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as Black and White Zetsu reported what they had found.

Uchiha Chen used a sensing technique to find nearby villages, but the frightening change in his appearance left Miao Miao and Miemie afraid of him. Their reaction unsettled him as he wondered why the girls feared him.

• Uchiha Chen set out toward the nearest town with Miao Miao and Miemie to buy food and gather information about the Land of Rivers.
• After the two girls repeatedly demanded toys, rest, and snacks, Uchiha Chen used his Sharingan to frighten them into quiet.
• Uchiha Chen performed the Yin Sensing Technique and searched the surrounding area for nearby villages.
• When Uchiha Chen approached the girls afterward, Miao Miao and Miemie trembled and backed away from him.
• Uchiha Chen felt deeply disturbed by the girls' fear and wondered why they saw him as frightening.

After taking Miao Miao and Miemie as his disciples, Uchiha Chen comforted them and brought them to a town in the Land of Rivers to rest. He left them in the care of a Wood Style clone and went to an izakaya, where he heard that Sunagakure and Konoha were investigating the meteorite he had stopped.

• Uchiha Chen deactivated his Sharingan and comforted Miao Miao and Miemie after they cried in fear of him.
• Chen carried the girls to a town in the Land of Rivers and promised to show them Konoha and its food someday.
• Chen settled the exhausted girls at an inn, where they fell asleep, and left a Wood Style clone to watch over them.
• Chen went to the town's izakaya and listened to locals discuss a meteorite that someone had stopped from striking the Land of Rivers.
• Chen learned that Sunagakure and Konoha had sent people to investigate the meteorite, but the drinkers knew nothing useful about who had stopped it.

Uchiha Chen learned that the Land of Rivers’ daimyo was being pressured by the Teng Kang Family to side with the Land of Wind after the commander-in-chief’s death. The townspeople organized a protest, while Chen suspected Konoha was manipulating events and chose not to interfere.

• Chen heard that the Land of Rivers’ daimyo planned to side with the Land of Wind.
• A man said the Teng Kang Family was pressuring the daimyo to avenge Teng Kang Mu Jian, whose death they suspected Konoha had caused.
• The izakaya patrons feared opposing Konoha and argued that the Land of Rivers depended on the Land of Fire for grain.
• A patron called for the townspeople to unite and protest to the daimyo, and the izakaya crowd agreed to join him.
• Chen suspected the protest was part of Konoha’s scheme, paid for his sake, and left without getting involved.

Uchiha Chen recognized Konoha shinobi stirring up civilian protests across the Land of Rivers and left them to carry out their plan. He headed toward the Bounty Exchange for better intelligence, where a scarred man warned him away.

• Uchiha Chen identified the supposed commoners in the izakaya as Konoha shinobi trying to provoke protests against the daimyo.
• Uchiha Chen intimidated one of the disguised shinobi and left without interfering in Konoha's plans.
• Uchiha Chen suspected Konoha had made a deal involving the Teng Kang Family and wondered whether Sunagakure would notice its moves.
• Konoha shinobi used Shadow Clone Technique to stir up protests in towns across the Land of Rivers.
• Uchiha Chen headed down a road toward the Bounty Exchange, and a scarred man warned him to leave.

Uchiha Chen headed toward the Bounty Exchange and overwhelmed the bloodstained people along the road with his killing intent. When a burly man who had warned him earlier begged him to stop, Chen withdrew his presence.

• A burly man warned Uchiha Chen not to enter the Bounty Exchange, but Chen continued down the road.
• The people along the road watched Chen like prey, and he unleashed his presence and killing intent against them.
• Several people collapsed coughing blood as Chen continued forward, while the survivors pleaded for mercy.
• The burly man rushed to Chen and begged him to spare the fallen people.
• Chen paused, then withdrew his presence and returned to his usual calm.

Uchiha Chen spared the troublemakers after an enforcer intervened, then entered the Bounty Exchange’s hidden entrance. The guards challenged him, and he began to reveal his suppressed aura.

• Uchiha Chen stopped himself from harming the people on the ground because the man had advised him to hold back.
• The man explained that he worked as an enforcer for the Bounty Exchange, and Uchiha Chen said the man owed him a favor.
• Uchiha Chen revealed his Sharingan, alarming the man, then left him to return to his seat and drink.
• Uchiha Chen crossed the dangerous road and entered the small house that concealed the Bounty Exchange.
• Two shinobi guarding the hidden entrance challenged Uchiha Chen, who released a sliver of his suppressed aura.

Uchiha Chen went to the Bounty Exchange to buy intelligence about the shinobi villages, especially Konoha, and used a mountain of gold to persuade the receptionist to sell it despite wartime restrictions. After reading the documents, he realized events were becoming more interesting.

• Uchiha Chen intimidated the Bounty Exchange guards with his aura, then entered without paying them any mind.
• Uchiha Chen asked the receptionist for intelligence on the shinobi villages, but she initially refused because of wartime policy.
• Uchiha Chen poured out a mountain of gold, and the receptionist accepted the payment and handed him a stack of intelligence papers.
• Uchiha Chen read the papers and concluded that things were getting more interesting.

Uchiha Chen left the Bounty Exchange after burning the intelligence notes, while a group of bounty hunters followed him, hoping to seize the reward on his head. He led them onto a quiet path out of town, seemingly unconcerned as they prepared to attack.

• Uchiha Chen discarded a suggestive note from the woman at the inn and burned the remaining intelligence notes after reading them.
• Uchiha Chen left the inn, and a group of desperate men began following him in hopes of claiming a bounty.
• The Bounty Exchange staff cleared away the bodies and blood from the road, while Uchiha Chen admired their efficiency.
• Uchiha Chen gave the man at the entrance a jug of liquor, and the man watched him leave without warning him about the men following.
• Uchiha Chen headed down a smaller path out of town, and his pursuers grew eager to attack despite their wariness.

Uchiha Chen lured the criminals following him to a secluded spot and attacked them with Majestic Destroyer Flame. He intimidated them with a stolen katana, but they kept retreating, and he advanced to strike.

• Uchiha Chen led the criminals who had slipped out of the Bounty Exchange beyond the town and slowed down so they would keep following him.
• Uchiha Chen stopped in a secluded place and called for the criminals to come out of hiding.
• Uchiha Chen unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame, forcing the criminals to flee as the fire scorched the trees and soil.
• Uchiha Chen took a katana from the front rank and dared the criminals to attack together, but they backed away instead.
• Uchiha Chen grew impatient, stepped toward the retreating crowd, and raised the katana to strike.

Uchiha Chen pursued the fleeing missing-nin and samurai, cutting down those who tried to escape. He summoned Wood Style clones to chase the scattered fugitives while leaving some of the crowd untouched for the moment.

• The crowd panicked and fled toward the Bounty Exchange while attacking one another to slow Chen down.
• Chen leisurely pursued the fugitives, killing them with his katana as they ran.
• Chen leaped ahead of the last man and blocked the fugitives’ escape route.
• The fugitives scattered in different directions after someone urged them not to bunch up.
• Chen created Wood Style clones and sent them after the fleeing people, while several others remained behind, uncertain of their fate.

Uchiha Chen killed the fleeing criminals, then told the survivors that only two of them would leave alive. The survivors turned on one another, and the fight continued as former companions formed shaky alliances while the isolated were killed off.

• Uchiha Chen's Wood Style clones killed the fleeing people and burned their bodies, then vanished.
• Uchiha Chen asked the remaining people if they wanted to live and declared that only two would survive.
• Sukumo stabbed Shota, but Shota escaped using the Substitution Technique and struck back at Sukumo.
• The survivors attacked one another, betraying former companions in an effort to stay alive.
• The remaining fighters formed alliances, but those without trusted partners lost ground and died one by one.

Uchiha Chen forced the twelve surviving fighters into paired battles, which ended with only Shibukawa and Chizuru standing. Chizuru killed his partner to claim survival, but Chen revealed that he had counted himself among the two who could live.

• Uchiha Chen urged the twelve survivors to fight, and they split into six pairs.
• The pairs fought until exhaustion and casualties reduced the survivors from twelve to two.
• Shibukawa and Chizuru celebrated surviving together, but Chizuru stabbed Shibukawa in the stomach.
• Chizuru explained that he wanted to live and asked Uchiha Chen whether he could now survive.
• Uchiha Chen praised Chizuru, revealing that he had included himself among the two survivors.