Chapter Summaries

Tianqi returned to the Uchiha Clan, paid his respects to Xinyang Uchiha, and spent a year training the clan’s shinobi. He then learned that Sen'u’s second child had been born and was asked to choose the boy’s name, while Itachi remained in training instead of going to meet his younger brother.

• Tianqi refused the seat of honor and praised Uchiha Kong and the clan leaders for growing the clan to nearly three thousand members.
• Zhan told Tianqi that his father, Xinyang Uchiha, had died, then led Tianqi and the others to visit the elder’s grave.
• Tianqi read Xinyang’s letter alone and paid his respects at the grave for three days without eating or drinking.
• Tianqi moved into the Uchiha compound and began training the clan’s shinobi, with Itachi joining him.
• Animal Path of the Xuanyuan Group delivered Sen'u’s letter announcing the birth of his second son and asking Tianqi to choose a name.
• Itachi asked to visit his younger brother, but Tianqi told him to keep training and promised he could go once he reached the required level.

Tianqi named Itachi’s baby brother Uchiha Sasuke and showed Itachi the newborn through shared Rinnegan vision. After identifying Sasuke and the unborn Naruto Uzumaki as reincarnations of Indra’s and Asura’s Chakra, Tianqi brought Karura to Konoha on the night Kushina was due to give birth, worried that Sasuke might be in danger.

• Tianqi named his second grandson Uchiha Sasuke and used his Animal Path in Konoha to see the baby.
• Tianqi shared his vision with Itachi, who saw Sasuke and vowed to train hard to protect him.
• Tianqi told Karura that Sasuke carried Indra’s Chakra and that another child in Konoha would carry Asura’s Chakra.
• Tianqi said the reincarnations’ arrival would bring conflict and planned to watch events while protecting his grandsons.
• On the night Kushina was due to give birth, Tianqi and Karura used his Animal Path to travel to Konoha and hid near Sen'u’s house.

Tianqi sensed Uchiha Obito infiltrating Konoha and watched him release the Nine-Tails, throwing the village into chaos. As Karura worried about the civilians under attack, Tianqi told her Konoha's Ninja would handle the crisis.

• Tianqi sensed two Uchiha from the Moderate Faction take Sen'u and Mikoto away, then discovered the faction's Jonin had gathered for a secret meeting.
• Tianqi detected Obito entering Konoha and sent the five members of the Xuanyuan Group to surround Sen'u's house.
• Obito killed the guards at the cave beneath Kage Rock and entered while Kushina was giving birth.
• Obito released the Nine-Tails, which attacked Konoha under Sharingan control and killed civilians.
• Karura wanted to help the civilians, but Tianqi said Konoha's Ninja would handle the attack and prepared to take her to meet Obito.

Tianqi followed the wounded Obito after his fight with Minato, identified him to Karura, and explained the loss that drove him toward darkness. He then returned with Karura to the Nine-Tails, where Minato prepared to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and Karura urged Tianqi to help.

• Tianqi followed Obito outside Konoha and confronted him about losing to Minato and unleashing the Nine-Tails.
• Tianqi revealed Obito's identity as an Uchiha and exposed Zetsu hiding nearby before leaving with Karura.
• Tianqi told Karura how Rin's death had changed Obito, and she wondered whether Tianqi had endured a similar trial.
• Tianqi took Karura to the Nine-Tails, where Kushina restrained it with her Adamantine Sealing Chains and Minato summoned the Shinigami with the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Karura asked Tianqi to help Minato and Kushina.

Tianqi saved Kushina from dying after the Nine-Tails attack, while Minato sacrificed himself to seal the Yin Nine-Tails and help seal the Yang Nine-Tails into Naruto. Five years later, Itachi had reached Jonin level and fought his way to the finals of the clan’s ranking tournament.

• Tianqi stopped time during the Nine-Tails attack and used his Ten-Tails chakra to stabilize Kushina, though he could not save Minato after the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Minato sealed the Yin Nine-Tails inside himself and the Yang Nine-Tails into newborn Naruto, who would grow up with Kushina alive.
• Tianqi returned to his clan, where Sen'u and Mikoto discovered Konoha’s destruction and hurried home to check on Sasuke.
• After Minato’s sacrifice was announced, Danzo failed to become Fifth Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the position.
• Tianqi trained his clan and opened access to the Small World; five years after Itachi joined the clan, the ten-year-old reached the ranking tournament finals with Jonin-level strength.

After Itachi won first place in the Uchiha competition, Tianqi agreed to let him return to Konoha if he passed a test. Their test began in the forest, where Tianqi quickly found Itachi after he tried to hide.

• Itachi won first place among the younger generation, and Zhan praised his strength and talent.
• Tianqi told Itachi he could leave for Konoha if he passed a test the next day, and Itachi eagerly agreed.
• Tianqi explained to Zhan that Itachi cared more about seeing his family than becoming clan head.
• Tsunade asked Tianqi whether Itachi would really be allowed to return to Konoha, and Tianqi confirmed it.
• The next day, Itachi faced Tianqi in the forest and fled into the trees to evade his Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique.
• Tianqi told Itachi that hiding would not work against him and turned toward the place where Itachi was concealed.

Tianqi tested Itachi in their small world, using lightning, earth dragons, and Wood Release to overwhelm him. Itachi was bound after being caught by Tianqi’s underground attack, but he refused to admit defeat and vowed to grow strong enough to withstand his grandfather’s attacks.

• Tianqi called down lightning on Itachi, who used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge while Tsunade and Zhan watched.
• Tianqi intensified the lightning, and Itachi calmed himself, identified Tianqi as the weakness, and attacked with the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.
• Tianqi vanished, then sent earth dragons after Itachi, who destroyed them with his sword until exhaustion set in.
• Tianqi burst from beneath Itachi, punched him into the air, and bound him with Wood Release.
• Tianqi told Itachi to accept his loss, but Itachi insisted he would someday withstand one of his grandfather’s attacks.

Tianqi put Itachi through a brutal test, secretly using a clone while giving him a chance to counterattack. Itachi exhausted his chakra but caught Tianqi’s clone off guard and declared that he had won the test.

• Tianqi whipped Itachi with wooden vines, and Itachi endured the punishment while preparing a counterattack with genjutsu.
• Itachi escaped his Wood Release bindings and attacked Tianqi with a Fire Dragon Technique, then used a Crow Clone and genjutsu to distract Tianqi’s clone with repeated doubles.
• Tianqi’s clone grew impatient and used Wood Release to attack the apparent Itachis, while the real Tianqi watched from a distance.
• Karura revealed to Zhan and the others that the Tianqi fighting Itachi was only a clone, and Tsunade worried about how the deception might affect Itachi.
• With his chakra nearly depleted, Itachi slipped behind Tianqi’s clone with the Body Flicker Technique and pressed a Kunai to his back.
• Tianqi’s clone praised Itachi for staying clearheaded and finding an opening.

Uchiha Itachi passed Tianqi’s test and prepared to leave the Uchiha Clan’s Small World. After the clan’s farewell rites, Tianqi gave him the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade, and Itachi left as his family watched.

• Itachi chose to leave for his parents and Sasuke, and Tianqi’s clone let him defeat it before Tianqi declared that he had passed the test.
• Tsunade, Karura, Shizune, and the other women packed Itachi’s belongings while Tianqi and the clan elders waited at the shrine.
• Itachi bowed to the Uchiha ancestors, and Uchiha Kong performed the clan’s farewell rite for him.
• Itachi promised to protect the clan’s secrets, and Tianqi gave him the Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade to help him face the hardships ahead.
• Itachi left the Uchiha Clan’s Small World, and Tsunade cried before chasing Tianqi and pummeling him for making light of her grief.

Tianqi accepted a system mission to use the Phantom Spirit Extraction Technique and began planning how to find Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and involve his clan. The chapter ended as Tsunade asked Tianqi to take her and Karura out to explore the Shinobi World.

• The system offered Tianqi an optional mission to extract the world's will through Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, then explained that completing it would let the system travel to another dimension.
• Tianqi learned that taking his family with him required special authorization from a being above the system, and the system said he would meet that being more than once.
• Tianqi accepted the mission and realized he could find Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo through Uchiha Madara during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Tianqi decided to gather a hundred clan members to perform the Phantom Spirit Extraction Technique together instead of using his own clones.
• Tsunade and Karura entered Tianqi's study, and Tsunade asked him to take them out to explore the Shinobi World.

Tianqi trained the Uchiha Clan to master the Phantom Spirit Extraction Technique, then spent three years traveling with Tsunade and the others while monitoring Konoha. He learned that Uchiha Itachi’s fate remained unchanged and, fearing a tragedy was near, warned Tsunade that something bad might happen soon.

• Tsunade left with Karura and Shizune while Tianqi stayed behind to handle clan business.
• Tianqi showed Uchiha Kong and Zhan the Phantom Spirit Extraction Technique and asked the Uchiha Clan to train with it for a month.
• Tianqi left the Small World after the clan learned the technique and reunited with Tsunade and the others.
• Tianqi and his companions traveled around the Land of Fire for three years, while he periodically checked on the clan and sent Xuanyuan Group puppets into Konoha.
• Tianqi learned that Itachi had become a double agent and that Obito had begun approaching him, while another radical group had arisen among the Uchiha.
• After Tsunade returned from gambling, Tianqi told her he had a bad feeling that something might happen in the next few days, and insisted he was serious.

Tianqi watched Konoha’s leaders and their allies begin slaughtering the Uchiha Moderate Faction, while Tsunade and Karura feared for Sen'u and Mikoto. As the massacre unfolded, Tianqi summoned the Xuanyuan Group’s Paths and set his sights on Fugaku’s hidden Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Tsunade sensed danger and demanded that Tianqi take her to Konoha, so he knocked her unconscious and had Shizune carry her downstairs.
• Tianqi told Karura that Konoha’s people planned to kill Sen'u and Mikoto, but he insisted he had a plan and wanted Sen'u to see Konoha’s true nature.
• At night, Tianqi’s Xuanyuan Group watched as Itachi, Obito, and Danzo’s Root operatives slaughtered members of the Uchiha Moderate Faction and collected their Sharingan.
• Tianqi’s Asura Path realized that Fugaku secretly possessed a Mangekyō Sharingan, and Tianqi’s Hell Realm summoned the other Paths.

Tianqi’s Xuanyuan Group confronted Uchiha Fugaku at his home and revealed the clan’s hidden history before demanding his Mangekyō Sharingan. Fugaku believed Tianqi’s account and accepted the group’s claim to the clan’s bloodline, but the Asura Path refused his unspoken request to spare his wife and child.

• The Xuanyuan Group killed the guards at Uchiha Fugaku’s home and entered after Fugaku called them in.
• Tianqi’s Asura Path showed Fugaku an illusion of the clan’s defection from Konoha and its battle against the Five Great Nations, then revealed that he was Uchiha Tianqi speaking through puppets.
• Tianqi demanded Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan, and Fugaku revealed its pinwheel pattern to his wife, child, and the Asura Path.
• Tianqi watched Fugaku through their shared vision and condemned him for never using his Mangekyō to fight Konoha.
• The Asura Path overwhelmed Fugaku with his Chakra, and Fugaku decided Tianqi had no reason to lie and said he believed him.
• Fugaku glanced at his wife and child and asked Tianqi for something, but the Asura Path rejected his request before he could make it.

Tianqi took Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and killed Fugaku, his wife, and their child after Fugaku chose to surrender his eyes. Later, Itachi killed his parents as part of the plan, and the chapter ended with Sasuke discovering their bodies and facing his brother.

• Uchiha Fugaku gouged out his Mangekyō Sharingan and gave it to Tianqi, accepting responsibility for his clan’s failure to unite.
• Tianqi killed Uchiha Fugaku, his wife, and their child, then released the Mangekyō’s ocular power instead of keeping it.
• Itachi returned home and found Sen'u and Mikoto waiting for him; they accepted his choice and asked him to protect Sasuke.
• Itachi killed his parents, overcome with grief as Tianqi watched.
• Sasuke returned, found his parents dead, and asked Itachi who had killed them.
• Itachi threw a Shuriken at Sasuke, leaving his younger brother stunned by his cold behavior.

Itachi used genjutsu to torment Sasuke, telling him to seek power and kill his best friend, while Sasuke awakened his Sharingan. After Itachi left Konoha, Tianqi’s group retrieved Sasuke and the bodies of Sen'u and Mikoto, then brought them to the inn, where Tsunade discovered her son was dead.

• Itachi showed Sasuke the Uchiha Clan’s slaughter with his Mangekyō Sharingan and told him to hate him, survive, and someday challenge him.
• Sasuke awakened his Sharingan under Itachi’s genjutsu, then threw Kunai at Itachi as he fled; Itachi knocked away three and let the fourth dislodge his Forehead Protector.
• Sasuke collapsed unconscious, and Itachi wiped away his tears before leaving Konoha.
• The five members of Tianqi’s Xuanyuan Group carried Sasuke home, exchanged Sen'u and Mikoto’s corpses with substitute bodies, and took the real bodies away.
• Tianqi reverse-summoned the Xuanyuan Group and the bodies to the inn, then stored the puppets in the Kamui Dimension.
• Karura entered with Tsunade and Shizune, and Tsunade found her son’s cold body lying on the ground.

After Tsunade blamed Tianqi for failing to protect their son, Tianqi used his Time Force to revive Sen'u and Mikoto. The couple woke up and reunited with their families, while Sen'u remained uneasy around his father.

• Tsunade grieved over Sen'u and Mikoto, accused Tianqi of failing them, and struck him.
• Karura urged Tianqi to use his power to save the children, and he activated his Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Tianqi used Time Rewind to heal Sen'u and Mikoto and pull their souls back into their bodies.
• Tianqi shouted for Sen'u and Mikoto to wake up, and they opened their eyes.
• Tsunade embraced Sen'u, Karura comforted Mikoto, and Mikoto thanked Tianqi for saving them.
• Tianqi asked Shizune to take Mikoto to rest, and she left after Sen'u nodded.

Tianqi reprimanded Sen'u for trusting Konoha and explained how his position had contributed to the Uchiha clan’s massacre. He revealed that Itachi had been framed for the slaughter and sent to Amegakure as a spy, while Sasuke remained unconscious in Konoha Hospital.

• Sen'u knelt before Tianqi and apologized, but Tianqi rebuked him for ignoring warnings about Konoha and earning the elders’ hostility.
• Tsunade and Karura asked about Itachi and Sasuke, and Tianqi said Itachi was likely in Amegakure while Sasuke was unconscious in Konoha Hospital.
• Tianqi explained that Sen'u’s powerful position as Anbu commander had made him an obstacle to Konoha’s elders.
• Tianqi said Konoha’s elders had joined forces with Itachi to slaughter the Uchiha clan, including Sen'u, then blamed the massacre on Itachi.
• Tianqi revealed that the elders had sent Itachi to spy on Amegakure’s new ruler after he killed Salamander Hanzo, prompting Tsunade and Karura to condemn Konoha’s treatment of Itachi.

Tianqi learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen had ordered Sen'u’s death and confronted Danzo, who tried to use Shisui’s power to control him. Before leaving Konoha, Tianqi secretly protected himself from that power and healed Sasuke, leaving him to face the trials ahead.

• Tianqi went to Konoha and questioned Danzo, who revealed that Sarutobi Hiruzen had put Sen'u on the kill list.
• Danzo urged Tianqi to join a coup and used Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami to try to control him, but Tianqi resisted.
• Tianqi sealed the power of time within himself as protection against Kotoamatsukami, while Danzo planned to make him a tool.
• Tianqi found Sasuke unconscious in the hospital, healed his physical and mental injuries, and decided to let him endure his trials.
• Tianqi left Konoha after telling Sasuke to spend a few years alone.

Tianqi brought Sen'u and Mikoto to the hidden Uchiha Clan Compound and showed them the thriving clan living there. He left Mikoto in the clan and ordered Sen'u to remain confined in the shrine to reflect on his betrayal.

• Tianqi led Sen'u and Mikoto through the light gate into the Uchiha Clan Compound, where they discovered a large, thriving clan.
• Tianqi took them to the shrine, where Sen'u and Mikoto bowed to their ancestors' memorial tablets.
• Uchiha Zhan welcomed Sen'u and Mikoto, then mistakenly called Sen'u by Mikoto's name.
• Tianqi ordered Sen'u to kneel before the ancestors and forbade him from leaving the clan without permission.
• Tianqi showed Mikoto her new home and left Sen'u under Zhan's supervision.
• Tianqi returned to his travels with Tsunade and the others, while Sen'u remained confined to the clan for years.

After four years of wandering, Tianqi met Orochimaru in a town far from Konoha and explained why Itachi had defeated him. The revelation that Living Corpse Reincarnation damaged Orochimaru’s soul left him realizing his pursuit of immortality could ultimately destroy him.

• After four years of travel, Tianqi settled in a town and reflected on Sasuke’s growing hatred during his visits to Konoha.
• Orochimaru met Tianqi at a restaurant, and they discussed Orochimaru’s defection and his understanding of life.
• Tianqi revealed that he knew Itachi had defeated Orochimaru and said he would not interfere if Orochimaru pursued Itachi.
• Tianqi challenged Orochimaru’s claim to Kage Level strength and pointed to Living Corpse Reincarnation’s hidden side effects.
• Tianqi explained that changing bodies damaged Orochimaru’s soul and weakened his resistance to genjutsu, helping Itachi defeat him.
• Orochimaru realized that his reincarnation technique was causing his weakness and that it offered only a limited extension of life.