Chapter Summaries

The fortress unleashed a Dragon Vein energy dragon that devastated Kara’s attackers, but Kara changed to a suicidal assault that overwhelmed the defenses. As the Wedge on Cang began consuming the chamber’s protections and infiltrators neared, Zhi Li prepared to use an unfinished forbidden technique.

• The Uzumaki descendants and Sky Ninja personnel activated the Dragon Soul Manifestation protocol, summoning a Dragon Vein energy dragon that struck Kara’s swamp-casting Inner member and scattered enemies.
• Kara’s commanders ordered Plan B, sending frenzied fighters and infiltrators to attack the fortress’s energy nodes and vulnerable flanks.
• Kagami ordered the defenders to contract their perimeter as the barrier weakened and casualties mounted.
• Zhi Li sensed the Wedge on Cang eroding her isolation barrier while the Dragon Vein’s energy and the battlefield’s violence intensified it.
• Kara infiltrators broke into the fortress near the core chamber, while White Fang and Shisui reported they could not reach Zhi Li in time.
• Zhi Li moved to face the chamber door and began forming an unfinished technique combining Uchiha Forbidden Jutsu and Uzumaki sealing arts.

As the fortress defenses failed and reinforcements remained trapped, Zhi Li used her unstable forbidden technique, Avici Coffin, to isolate Cang and his Wedge. The technique activated as intruders entered the chamber, suppressing Cang’s mark and severing the forces connected to him, while Zhi Li’s fate remained uncertain.

• Zhi Li held the hidden chamber’s failing door while Kagami warned that White Fang was still twenty breaths away, Shisui was trapped, and the defenses and Dragon Vein were nearly depleted.
• Zhi Li told Kagami to record her attempt to use Avici Coffin and instructed him to prioritize evacuating the fortress’s core data if it failed.
• Zhi Li cut off communications and began channeling the dangerous technique, using her Mangekyō power and life force to isolate Cang and his Wedge.
• Three intruders entered after the chamber door collapsed, and Zhi Li completed Avici Coffin.
• Avici Coffin’s violet-red force suppressed Cang’s forehead mark and severed its connections to the barrier energies and the Dragon Vein.

Zhi Li used Avici Coffin to isolate Cang and suppress the Wedge, but the strain and the Wedge’s counterattack pushed her technique to the brink of collapse. The Dragon Vein’s spiritual radiance stabilized the force field for now, leaving the battle in a fragile deadlock as the Wedge gathered strength.

• The Wind Style poison-mist and Lava Release Inner Circle members attacked Zhi Li’s force field while the Byakugan Inner Circle member recognized that the technique was consuming her life force and Dojutsu Power.
• White Fang and Shisui arrived and engaged the Lava Release and Wind Style poison-mist Inner Circle members, while Zhi Li warned Shisui not to enter the unstable force field.
• The Wedge on Cang’s forehead reawakened and began probing Avici Coffin, making Zhi Li’s force field tremble and causing her to spit blood.
• The Dragon Vein energy dragon sent its remaining power into the force field, stabilizing it and stopping the Wedge’s reverse infiltration, then dispersed after exhausting its strength.
• White Fang and Shisui continued holding off the Inner Circle members as Zhi Li maintained the altered technique and the Wedge’s empty core gathered strength for another assault.

As Kara’s assault overwhelmed the fortress, Kagami ordered a retreat while Zhi Li’s failing technique left her to face the attackers’ plan to seize Cang. Zhi Li transformed the Infinite Coffin into an unstable spatial rift that consumed her and Cang’s upper body, leaving behind a remnant that began drawing in Otsutsuki-origin Chakra as the war continued.

• Kagami abandoned the eastern outer positions, overloaded the northern gate’s protective wall, and ordered civilians and defenders to withdraw toward the inner shelters.
• White Fang and Shisui fought Kara’s Inner Circle while Zhi Li struggled to maintain the force field protecting Cang and suppressing the Wedge.
• The Byakugan Inner Circle identified the force field’s instability and ordered his companions to keep White Fang and Shisui occupied until it collapsed.
• Zhi Li redirected the force field’s chaotic energy and used her final Dojutsu Power to cast Infinite Coffin: Altered—Exile and Anchoring.
• The spatial rift pulled Cang toward it, swallowed his upper body, and vanished along with Zhi Li, leaving his lower half on the stone platform.
• Cang’s remnant began resonating with distant spacetime and absorbing a pure stream of Otsutsuki-origin Chakra as the fortress battle continued.

The remains on the stone platform became an unstable spatial coordinate, drawing a growing manifestation of Isshiki's will and transforming under its influence. White Fang and Shisui fought the Kara Inner Circle members to keep them from reaching the remains, but the chapter ended as both sides prepared to act against it.

• The Byakugan Inner Circle member recognized that the remains were becoming a passageway and tried to mark and contain the spatial disturbance, while White Fang and Shisui interrupted him.
• White Fang and Shisui fought the three Kara Inner Circle members away from the platform as the spatial cross-section grew more active and the fortress defenses faltered.
• The Lava Release Inner Circle member melted the chamber floor with a broad attack, giving the Byakugan and Wind Style Inner Circle members a chance to rush the platform.
• White Fang stopped the Byakugan Inner Circle member from touching the remains but was struck by poisonous wind blades as he and Shisui defended the platform.
• Isshiki's will surged through the remains, which began to writhe and produce distorted, tentacle-like growths.
• White Fang called for the remains to be destroyed, and Shisui agreed as both sides prepared to attack or seize them.

Uchiha Xiyue and his reinforcements arrived in the secret chamber and sealed the mutated remains inside a barrier, weakening the spatial anomaly. As the Uchiha prepared to take the sealed entity away, the three Kara Inner Circle members began a desperate attack while the entities inside the barrier surged again.

• Uchiha Xiyue led Uchiha elites and two injured fortress guard jonin into the chamber and began forming a sealing technique.
• White Fang, Shisui, and the Uchiha elites held off the Kara Inner Circle members while Xiyue formed a barrier around the stone platform and mutated remains.
• The Byakugan Inner Circle member disrupted the barrier with a spatial technique, but White Fang and Shisui interrupted him long enough for Xiyue to complete the seal.
• Xiyue ordered his forces to eliminate the three Kara members and prepare to transfer the sealed entity out of the fortress.
• The three Kara Inner Circle members began forming a desperate combined technique as the malformed entities inside the barrier started squeezing out faster.

Uchiha Sou revived by awakening his Causality dojutsu, suppressing Isshiki’s Wedge and defeating Kara’s Inner Circle attackers. After helping Xiyue seal the spatial cross-section, he evacuated with the others, while the Wedge and the larger threat remained unresolved.

• A pale-golden power reconstructed Sou’s body and sealed the Wedge at his heart as the aberration retreated into it.
• Kara’s Inner Circle members attacked Sou, but he dispersed their techniques and killed two with his Causality dojutsu.
• Sou prevented the Byakugan member from escaping through space and erased him from existence.
• Sou told Xiyue that the Wedge was temporarily suppressed, then joined her in reinforcing the seal around the spatial cross-section.
• Xiyue ordered the group to evacuate, and Sou left the chamber under White Fang and Shisui’s protection.

Uchiha Sou and the Konoha team escaped Kara’s fortress after Sou used his Causality ability to overcome an ambush and collapse a barrier. The group concealed the details of Sou’s power and Isshiki’s Wedge, then continued toward Konoha so he could recover and seek help.

• Xiyue led Sou and the Konoha team through the damaged fortress, where Sou subtly altered Causality to help them defeat a Kara ambush squad.
• Sou used Retrospection: Cause of Collapse to open a breach in Kara’s barrier, allowing the team to break through and join the embattled support group.
• Xiyue directed the Konoha forces’ retreat as Sou made small interventions that helped them evade attacks and reduce casualties.
• At a hidden mountain hollow, Sou explained that his Mangekyō Sharingan let him observe and interfere with Causality and that he had sealed Isshiki’s Wedge at great personal cost.
• Xiyue ordered everyone present to keep Sou’s abilities and the Wedge’s seal secret until he could report to the Hokage and elders.
• After resting, Sou and the team resumed their journey toward Konoha for his treatment and support researching the Wedge and spatial anomaly.

Isshiki assessed Uchiha Sou’s resistance to the Wedge and decided to reclaim him through patient, covert pressure rather than a direct assault. Sou remained in recovery under Konoha’s protection, unaware that the struggle inside him had become a long game.

• Isshiki sensed that Kara’s attempt to seize Sou and recover the Sacred Remains had failed, leaving the vessel alive but altered by his resistance to the Wedge.
• Isshiki judged Sou’s seal temporary and his Causality Dojutsu Power crude, but recognized that Sou’s resilience made him a valuable vessel.
• Isshiki ruled out an immediate attack because Konoha’s vigilance had increased and Sou’s unstable condition risked destroying the vessel.
• Isshiki planned to weaken Sou gradually by infiltrating his subconscious, manipulating the Wedge’s erosion, and encouraging pressure and conflict around him.
• Sou lay recovering in a nutrient chamber while the seal on his chest continued to suppress the Wedge.

Isshiki entered deep stasis after ordering Amado to lead Kara, monitor Uchiha Sou, prepare new vessels, and continue researching the Supreme Remains. Sou remained in recovery aboard Angkor Fortress, maintaining the fragile seal while considering the threats and connections surrounding him.

• Isshiki told Amado that Sou had survived, that his mutated Causality dojutsu had suppressed the Wedge, and that Isshiki would enter deep stasis.
• Isshiki ordered Amado to preserve Kara, avoid open war with the Five Great Nations, surveil Sou, and prepare at least three specialized vessels.
• Amado reported that research on the Supreme Remains was still theoretical, and Isshiki forbade experiments involving its activation or grafting without permission.
• Amado updated Kara's files on Sou and the vessel replenishment plan, then considered the hidden god's remains and Sou as potential sources of power.
• Sou recovered in Angkor Fortress while keeping the seal active, sensing the Wedge's erosion and the fragile network of connections linking him to others.

Uchiha Sou assessed the dangers and limits of his Causality dojutsu and planned how to stabilize the Wedge seal while gathering knowledge and strength. Meanwhile, Amado took control of Kara during Isshiki’s stasis and began preparing new research and plans involving Sou and the mysterious Supreme Remains.

• Uchiha Sou examined how his Causality dojutsu could perceive and alter causal possibilities, and recognized that maintaining the Wedge seal placed a fragile, continuous strain on him.
• Uchiha Sou considered the Otsutsuki, the possibility of becoming a Kekkei Mōra, and whether the Sage of Six Paths remained connected to the Ninja World.
• Uchiha Sou planned to recover, find a steadier way to maintain the seal, study his dojutsu, gather intelligence, and keep his presence concealed.
• Uchiha Sou sat up in Angkor Fortress and resolved to bring the forces within his body into a more stable balance.
• Amado received Isshiki’s orders to lead Kara during his deep stasis, monitor Uchiha Sou, develop resistant Inner Circle members, and advance research into the Supreme Remains.
• Amado updated Sou’s threat file, revised Kara’s cultivation plans, and privately considered using Sou and the mysterious Remains to pursue goals Isshiki might not anticipate.

Uchiha Sou refined his seal and studied his Causality dojutsu during his recovery at Angkor Fortress, while Kara quietly prepared new experiments and monitored him. The chapter left both sides gathering strength for their next confrontation.

• Uchiha Sou carefully reinforced the seal with Causality and experimented with stabilizing it through his Chakra flow and the fortress's energy.
• Uchiha Sou tested his dojutsu on lifeless objects, studied ancient Uchiha scrolls with Xiyue's help, and discussed power and battle with Shisui and White Fang.
• Xiyue reported that Konoha accepted Sou's serious-injury cover story, giving him time to recover while the Uchiha Eagle Guard watched for Kara.
• Amado reduced Kara's external activity and built a model to predict changes in Uchiha Sou's condition.
• Amado accelerated Inner Circle experiments on rule resistance and spatial adaptability, while cautiously studying the Supreme Remains in secret.

Black Zetsu discovered evidence of a devastating battle on the northern ice plains and sensed strange powers that might be connected to the Otsutsuki. Unsure what caused them, it withdrew and resolved to hide more carefully while adjusting its plans for Mother Kaguya’s resurrection.

• Black Zetsu found enormous craters, cracks, and other signs of a recent battle across the ice plains.
• Black Zetsu sensed unusual chakra traces, including a chilling power and evidence that reality had been altered.
• Black Zetsu consulted a White Zetsu clone, whose account suggested the traces did not come from a complete Otsutsuki.
• Black Zetsu ordered the clone to leave, conceal what it had sensed, and resume ordinary surveillance.
• Black Zetsu decided against investigating further and began reconsidering its plans involving Asura, Indra, and the Eye of the Moon Plan.

Black Zetsu concealed its discovery of Uchiha Sou’s strange power and dismissed Obito’s concerns while turning its attention to the Hidden Leaf Village. There, it watched Sasuke, Naruto, and the village’s leaders, leaving Sou’s unexplained abilities marked for later observation.

• Black Zetsu reported abnormal traces of power from the northern ice field to Obito, who dismissed them as irrelevant to the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Black Zetsu concealed its true concern and shifted its attention toward the Hidden Leaf Village and its ongoing schemes.
• Sasuke trained alone, Naruto sought attention and recognition, and Sakura struggled with her feelings for Sasuke and irritation with Naruto.
• Iruka tried to support the children, while Kakashi observed Sasuke and Naruto with memories of his former companions and their burdens.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi weighed the village’s problems, including Danzo’s interest in the Sharingan and a report that Uchiha Sou was recovering at the northern fortress.
• Black Zetsu watched the village and continued prioritizing the Akatsuki and Tailed Beasts, while leaving Uchiha Sou’s unusual power under observation.

Uchiha Sou reviewed intelligence on the Hidden Leaf, his fortress, and investigations in the Land of Lightning and Land of Water, then ordered his network to continue watching for threats and spatial anomalies. The Ninja World remained quiet for now as Sou worked to strengthen his intelligence network and stabilize his changing body.

• Second Pillar trained obsessively, Naruto struggled with the Clone Technique, and Sakura watched Sasuke from a distance at the academy grounds.
• Uchiha Rukyo observed the Hidden Leaf and sent intelligence about Sasuke, village sentiment, and suspicious Chunin patrols to Uchiha Sou.
• Hatake Kakashi provided occasional guidance at the school while assessing its students and the security surrounding them, and Shimura Danzō received reports on Sasuke, Naruto, and Uchiha Sou.
• White Fang reported that the fortress defenses had been reinforced, while Shisui and Xiyue reported slow investigations into possible spatial anomalies in the Land of Lightning and Land of Water.
• Uchiha Sou ordered Rukyo, White Fang, Shisui, and Xiyue to maintain their assignments and pursue leads cautiously as he prepared for Kara and other threats to return.

Uchiha Sou refined his use of the Eye of “Causality” and expanded his knowledge while monitoring threats across the Ninja World. Amado secretly discovered a faint link between Sou’s dojutsu and the Supreme Remains, as Kara and Black Zetsu continued advancing their plans.

• Uchiha Sou reduced the seal’s daily Chakra burden and practiced modeling causal threads, but a dangerous connection to a spatial anomaly in the Land of Water triggered pain and heat from his seal.
• Uchiha Sou recorded the anomaly as a high-risk connection and continued studying Chakra, sealing, space, and time to better understand his condition.
• Amado developed experimental biological and spatial-adaptation plans for Kara, while designating an unstable subject with sharp spatial perception as Observation Sample A-07.
• Amado found a faint statistical resonance between the Supreme Remains and Uchiha Sou’s Causality Dojutsu Power, then secretly encrypted the discovery instead of reporting it to Isshiki.
• Black Zetsu monitored Naruto, Sasuke, and Uchiha Rukyo in Konoha, while Sou, Amado, and other factions continued gathering power and pursuing hidden clues.

Uchiha Rukyo observed the Academy children in Konoha while Itachi confronted Orochimaru and recruited Deidara into Akatsuki. Uchiha Sou received reports of new discoveries as Akatsuki expanded its operations and the world’s hidden forces continued to converge.

• Uchiha Rukyo secretly recorded Sasuke’s suppressed rage, Naruto’s unstable Chakra, and an unfamiliar Anbu presence at the training ground.
• Itachi warned Orochimaru to stay away from his Sharingan after Orochimaru expressed interest in studying it.
• Itachi assessed Deidara’s weaknesses, demonstrated the threat of his genjutsu, and led him away to learn Akatsuki’s procedures.
• Sasuke brooded over Itachi, Naruto resolved to become Hokage, and Sakura and Ino discussed Sasuke over the phone.
• Uchiha Rukyo sent her final report, and Uchiha Sou reviewed reports from Shisui and Xiyue about a concealed energy node and a spatial distortion.

Uchiha Sou refined his seal and studied the Wedge and causality while Amado expanded Kara’s experiments and investigated the Supreme Remains. Meanwhile, Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and Akatsuki’s members advanced along increasingly tense paths, leaving the factions poised for future conflict.

• Uchiha Sou reduced the seal’s energy demands, tested the Wedge’s reactions, and compared its vulnerabilities to natural energy and Yin Release Chakra.
• Uchiha Sou classified the Land of Lightning ruin and the Land of Water distortion as separate suspicious sites and warned Xiyue to investigate the latter cautiously.
• Amado advanced three vessel prototypes, lost test subject A-07 to a spatial collapse, and hypothesized that the Supreme Remains recorded fundamental laws connected to Uchiha Sou’s Causality power.
• Sasuke Uchiha trained in isolation, Uzumaki Naruto struggled at the Academy while pursuing his Hokage dream, and Haruno Sakura strengthened her training and began reading about medical ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Rukyo reported a hidden Root presence near Sasuke’s routes, while Shimura Danzō ordered closer observation of Sasuke and continued monitoring Naruto.
• Itachi Uchiha kept Orochimaru at a cautious distance, while Deidara’s first operation with Itachi nearly exposed them and earned him a warning from Pain.

The chapter followed Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s contrasting training at the Ninja Academy while Akatsuki members pursued separate schemes and Black Zetsu monitored events across the Ninja World. It left Black Zetsu quietly advancing its plans as tensions and surveillance continued to grow.

• Sasuke Uchiha trained intensely and used the Great Fireball Technique, while Naruto Uzumaki struggled with the Clone Technique and Iruka-sensei tried to help him.
• Hatake Kakashi discussed Naruto’s Chakra control and Sasuke’s hatred with Umino Iruka, while Hiruzen Sarutobi watched both students from his office.
• Orochimaru told Itachi Uchiha that they had been ordered to investigate a mysterious tracker near the Land of Grass, and they agreed to meet at Sanzu River in three days.
• Deidara complained about his escort assignment and planned to test his new C3 Signature Move against Itachi Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu monitored events across the Ninja World, noted Danzo’s surveillance of the Uchiha compound, and continued preparing for the Eye of the Moon plan and Otsutsuki Kaguya’s return.

At Angkor Fortress, Uchiha Sou trained Uchiha Jiri and Uchiha Hikari and taught them about Chakra, Yin–Yang Release, and the balance of body and will. In solitude, he monitored the Wedge’s subtle effects and cautiously used its pressure to pursue controlled changes to his life force.

• Uchiha Sou coached Uchiha Jiri and Uchiha Hikari as they sparred, refining Jiri’s Fire Style and urging Hikari to align her speed with her intent.
• Uchiha Sou demonstrated slow taijutsu and explained how body, Chakra, and will worked together to help Uchiha control the Sharingan without suffering its backlash.
• Uchiha Sou taught Jiri and Hikari about Yin–Yang Release, describing how his seal used Yin Release, his life energy, and Causality to suppress the Wedge.
• Uchiha Sou sensed fragments of Isshiki’s power being absorbed and transformed by his body, producing subtle improvements under the Wedge’s pressure.
• Uchiha Sou carefully monitored the seal and adjusted his Yin–Yang balance to keep the dangerous adaptation controlled.