Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue fought Mishima Hideyoshi in the Chunin Exams finals, holding back despite his overwhelming advantage and using a series of attacks to keep the match going. Shikaku Nara signaled Yue to conserve his strength for his next-round match against Mei Terumi, and Yue continued the bout with another jutsu as Mishima Hideyoshi faced him in fear.

• Uchiha Yue rushed Mishima Hideyoshi but slowed down to let him complete the hand seals Shikaku Nara had warned him not to interrupt.
• Mishima Hideyoshi raised an Earth Wall, which Yue broke through with Fubuki before attacking with Falling Moon Style: Clone Slash.
• Mishima Hideyoshi hid underground to evade Yue’s clones, but Yue found him with his Purple Eye and exposed him with a deep sword strike.
• Shikaku Nara signaled Yue to conserve chakra and stamina for his next-round match against Mei Terumi.
• Uchiha Yue sheathed Fubuki, sent a deliberately off-target Rasengan at Mishima Hideyoshi, and summoned three clusters of Eerie Fox Fire before beginning to form more hand seals.

Uchiha Yue unveiled his new Falling Moon Style ninjutsu during the Chunin Exams finals and used it to defeat Mishima Hideyoshi. The chapter ended with Shikaku Nara declaring Yue the winner as the crowd applauded.

• Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze watched Yue form hand seals and realized his new jutsu drew on both chakra and spiritual energy.
• Yue created a heart-shaped jutsu, Falling Moon Style: Enchanting Light, and struck Hideyoshi after predicting where he would dodge.
• Enchanting Light made Hideyoshi lose control of his body, allowing Yue to hit him with Deception Orb and Eerie Fox Fire.
• Yue's chained attacks killed Hideyoshi before Shikaku could intervene, and Yue apologized for going too far.
• The crowd applauded Yue, and Shikaku declared Hideyoshi eliminated and Yue the winner.

Uchiha Yue won his first-round match against Mishima Hideyoshi after putting on a deliberate display for the Chunin Exams audience. He discussed his new spiritual-energy-based genjutsu with Kushina Uzumaki, while Minato Namikaze warned him to focus his training rather than pursue too many skills.

• Shikaku Nara declared Uchiha Yue the winner, and medical ninja carried the gravely injured Mishima Hideyoshi away for treatment.
• Uchiha Yue returned to the contestants’ rest area, where Hatake Kakashi and Sarutobi Danzō congratulated him and asked about performing in their own matches.
• Uchiha Yue advised Sarutobi Danzō to attack immediately with flashy techniques so he could impress the audience and advance.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki told Uchiha Yue that they had recognized his performance and warned him that Mei Terumi and Sasori of the Red Sands would be formidable opponents.
• Uchiha Yue explained that Enchanting Light used spiritual energy to suppress an opponent’s and control their body, and asked Kushina Uzumaki to guide his future genjutsu training.
• Minato Namikaze cautioned Uchiha Yue that pursuing too many areas could create a bottleneck and hinder his progress toward jonin-level strength.

Uchiha Yue exchanged training insights with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki before watching Sasori of the Red Sands overwhelm Kaga Sōgen in the Chunin Exams. Yue then noticed the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage beside the Third Hokage and learned they might be planning an attack on Konoha.

• Uchiha Yue reassured Minato Namikaze that he could handle his training and continued carefully using up to nine shadow clones.
• Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Uchiha Yue shared their training insights and secret techniques.
• After Mei Terumi won her match, Kushina Uzumaki led Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze to watch Sasori of the Red Sands face Kaga Sōgen.
• Sasori of the Red Sands easily suppressed Kaga Sōgen, while spectators judged Uchiha Yue to be stronger based on his earlier impressive match.
• Uchiha Yue spotted the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage beside the Third Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki warned they might attack Konoha after the finals.

Uchiha Yue watched the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage arrive in Konoha and reflected on his ambition to challenge powerful shinobi. The remaining first-round matches concluded, and Yue arranged the second-round matchups.

• Uchiha Yue felt an urge to fight the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage, while Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki discussed their ambitions to become Hokage.
• Sasori of the Red Sands defeated his opponent and advanced to the second round.
• Sarutobi Danzō impressed the spectators with flashy attacks but lost to Okita Ichiro of Iwagakure, becoming the first Konoha ninja eliminated.
• Kisame Hoshigaki defeated Hijikata Sakuhei of Sunagakure with repeated katana attacks, though the audience disliked the fight.
• Hatake Kakashi defeated Katsura Kurō of Sunagakure, bringing the first round to an end.
• Uchiha Yue arranged the matchups for the second round of the Chunin Exams finals.

Uchiha Yue faced Mei Terumi in the Chunin Exams' second round, using his confidence and knowledge of her loss to Mo Chenfeng to pressure her. After Mei Terumi revealed that her earlier fear had been a feint, Yue gained the upper hand with his speed and sword techniques, but she calmly prepared a counter as his clones attacked.

• The second-round matchups were announced, pairing Uchiha Yue against Mei Terumi and revealing Sasori of the Red Sands and Okita Ichiro as Yue's potential later opponents.
• Uchiha Yue noticed Mei Terumi's apparent unease, and she was affected by the crowd's cheers as they entered the arena.
• Before the match, Yue taunted Mei Terumi about losing to Mo Chenfeng and questioned whether she could overcome Yue's knowledge of Mo Chenfeng's fighting style.
• When Shikaku Nara started the match, Uchiha Yue used Basic Shatter Step and attacked Mei Terumi with Fubuki, but she escaped with Water Substitution Technique.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to track Mei Terumi, evaded her attempt to imitate Basic Shatter Step, and attacked with Falling Moon Style: Clone Slash.
• As Yue's three clones closed in, Mei Terumi calmly formed hand seals and told him he had underestimated her.

Uchiha Yue discovered that Mei Terumi had mastered the peak of Water, Earth, and Fire Style chakra transformations as they clashed in the Chunin Exams finals. After Mei Terumi blocked his clones and counterattacked with flame bullets, Yue stopped holding back and prepared to strike seriously.

• Mei Terumi blocked Uchiha Yue's Clone Slash with an unusually resilient Earth Wall.
• Uchiha Yue rushed toward Mei Terumi with Falling Moon Style: Sky-Breaking Slash as she formed hand seals.
• Mei Terumi completed Fire Style: Flame Bullet and sent controlled flames at Uchiha Yue, who evaded them.
• Uchiha Yue realized Mei Terumi had mastered three chakra nature transformations and unleashed his full strength.
• Mei Terumi recognized that Uchiha Yue was about to counterattack.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki watched Uchiha Yue battle Mei Terumi and bet on how quickly he would defeat her. Yue unleashed a powerful wind blade that cut apart Mei Terumi’s Water Dragon Bullet Technique, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Minato Namikaze praised Mei Terumi’s skill and told Kushina Uzumaki that Yue was preparing to fight at full strength.
• Kushina Uzumaki bet Yue would need at least five minutes to defeat Mei Terumi, while Minato Namikaze predicted three minutes.
• Uchiha Yue charged Mei Terumi with Fubuki and the Falling Moon Style: Sky-Breaking Slash Second Stage.
• Mei Terumi completed her hand seals and attacked Yue with Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• Uchiha Yue unleashed Wind Blade Slash, severing the water dragon’s head and splitting its body in two.

Uchiha Yue wounded Mei Terumi with Wind Blade Slash, but she used Hidden Mist Technique to conceal her Boil Release attack and trap him in corrosive vapor. As Uchiha Yue tried to escape the mist, Mei Terumi declared that he could not flee its range.

• Uchiha Yue destroyed Mei Terumi’s water dragon with Wind Blade Slash, and she narrowly dodged the attack, receiving a deep wound on her left arm.
• Mei Terumi used Hidden Mist Technique while remaining in place, and Uchiha Yue relied on Purple Eye to track her through the mist.
• Uchiha Yue charged through the mist and cut Mei Terumi across the abdomen, but she revealed her Boil Release and turned the mist into corrosive vapor.
• Uchiha Yue felt the vapor corroding his clothes and burning his exposed skin, so he tried to escape with Afterimage Fist.
• Mei Terumi mocked Uchiha Yue’s attempt to flee and insisted he could not escape the range of her Boil Release.

Uchiha Yue discovered that Mei Terumi had used Hidden Mist Technique to spread her Boil Release across the arena, then countered by unleashing a massive tornado with Fubuki. The tornado swept up the corrosive mist and rushed toward Mei Terumi, leaving the outcome of their match decided.

• Uchiha Yue realized Mei Terumi's Hidden Mist Technique had expanded her Boil Release to cover every corner of the arena.
• Uchiha Yue targeted Mei Terumi, who had to maintain her Boil Release with hand seals and continuous chakra.
• Uchiha Yue charged through the mist with Steel-Severing Flash, using its wind to clear a path toward Mei Terumi.
• Uchiha Yue unleashed Steel-Severing Flash Secret Art: Wind Sweeps the Clouds and formed a massive tornado.
• The tornado gathered Mei Terumi's Boil Release mist and rushed toward her, while her depleted chakra left her unable to evade.

Uchiha Yue defeated Mei Terumi but ran out of chakra before he could kill her, and Sasori of the Red Sands and Hatake Kakashi also advanced to the semifinals. Kakashi suspected Kisame Hoshigaki had deliberately lost so he could attack Konoha's genin at the next Chunin Exams, and Yue vowed Kisame would not live that long.

• Uchiha Yue trapped Mei Terumi in a tornado filled with her Boil Release mist, severely injuring her, but his chakra ran out before he could finish her off.
• Shikaku Nara declared Uchiha Yue the winner and told him that sparing Mei Terumi was fortunate for Konoha's relations with Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Yue restored his chakra, while Sasori of the Red Sands won his match and advanced to the semifinals.
• Hatake Kakashi defeated Kisame Hoshigaki after Kisame made repeated mistakes, becoming the final contestant to advance.
• Hatake Kakashi warned Uchiha Yue that Kisame had thrown the match to return for the next Chunin Exams and slaughter Konoha's genin.
• Uchiha Yue said Kisame would be the first target if Kumogakure and Iwagakure moved against Konoha, and asked whether Kisame would live until the next exams.

Uchiha Yue and Hatake Kakashi agreed to exploit the coming conflict to eliminate rival villages’ ninjas, then attended the Chunin Exams semifinal draw. Sasori of the Red Sands discovered Konoha had rigged the lots and vowed to kill Hatake Kakashi for revenge.

• Uchiha Yue proposed blaming the deaths of rival village ninjas on Kumogakure and Iwagakure, and Hatake Kakashi agreed that Mei Terumi, Sasori of the Red Sands, and Kisame Hoshigaki should be eliminated.
• Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Yue went to Shikaku Nara for a new semifinal draw, where Sasori of the Red Sands drew lot number one.
• Shikaku Nara hinted that Uchiha Yue should draw carefully, and Uchiha Yue drew the bye, leaving Hatake Kakashi to face Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Sasori of the Red Sands accused Konoha of rigging the draw so Hatake Kakashi could wear him down before Uchiha Yue faced him in the finals.
• Uchiha Yue revealed that Hatake Kakashi was the son of Konoha's White Fang, and Sasori of the Red Sands vowed to kill Hatake Kakashi to avenge his parents.

Uchiha Yue, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki watched Hatake Kakashi face Sasori of the Red Sands, whose puppets and poison gave him the advantage. After Kakashi was poisoned and began to weaken, Yue urged Minato to have Shikaku Nara stop the match so Kakashi could be treated.

• Kushina Uzumaki complained that Yue's quick victory over Mei Terumi had cost her a bet with Minato Namikaze.
• Uchiha Yue judged Kakashi had only a forty percent chance against Sasori, while Minato said their training had raised Kakashi's chances to sixty percent.
• Hatake Kakashi and Sasori of the Red Sands began fighting, and Sasori's hatred of Konoha's White Fang fueled his aggression.
• Uchiha Yue warned that Kakashi was fighting a battle of attrition that favored Sasori and risked exposing him to poison.
• Sasori's puppet wounded Kakashi, who slowed and showed signs of pain as poison spread through him.
• Uchiha Yue saw black blood at Kakashi's wound and urged Minato Namikaze to ask Shikaku Nara to stop the match.

Uchiha Yue treated Hatake Kakashi after Kakashi was poisoned and forced to forfeit his semifinal against Sasori of the Red Sands. After recovering his strength during the break, Yue prepared to face Sasori in the finals.

• Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze urged Hatake Kakashi to forfeit, but Kakashi hesitated and Sasori's puppets struck him with poisoned needles.
• Shikaku Nara stopped Sasori from attacking Kakashi further and declared that Kakashi had admitted defeat.
• Uchiha Yue treated Kakashi and stabilized him by purging the poison, then rested and restored his chakra and spiritual energy.
• Kushina Uzumaki urged Yue to punish Sasori in the finals, and Yue promised to face him.

Uchiha Yue entered the Chunin Exams final furious that Sasori of the Red Sands had nearly killed Hatake Kakashi, and he overwhelmed Sasori with his speed and swordsmanship. The chapter left the fight hanging as Yue appeared before Sasori and launched a powerful attack.

• Uchiha Yue treated the final as a real battle after seeing Hatake Kakashi severely wounded by Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Uchiha Yue and Sasori entered the arena, and Shikaku Nara announced the start of the final.
• Uchiha Yue rushed Sasori and shattered the shield of Sasori's puppet Ibuse with a single slash.
• Uchiha Yue used Basic Shatter Step to evade Sasori's perception and circle around him while Sasori searched for his position.
• Uchiha Yue appeared directly in front of Sasori and shouted, "Break!"

Uchiha Yue overwhelmed Sasori of the Red Sands by destroying his puppets and reminding him that he was a Puppet Master's nemesis, trained by Tsunade. Sasori was left shocked after Crow and Black Ant were smashed apart, while Yue caught Fubuki and prepared to continue the fight.

• Sasori of the Red Sands used puppet Ibuse's shields to delay Uchiha Yue, but Yue shattered the shields and forced Sasori to retreat.
• Uchiha Yue destroyed puppet Ibuse with a slash and severed its Chakra Threads, preventing Sasori from repairing it.
• Sasori summoned Crow and Black Ant and attacked Yue with his coordinated puppet technique.
• Uchiha Yue caught Sasori off guard by smashing Crow and Black Ant with his fists instead of using Purple Eye to counter their movements.
• Uchiha Yue caught Fubuki and told Sasori that his master Tsunade's iron fists made sturdy puppets powerless.

Uchiha Yue fought Sasori of the Red Sands, who used a Sand Substitution Technique to evade Yue’s wind blade and then summoned ten puppets. The chapter ended as Sasori surrounded Yue with the puppets and revealed his Red Secret Technique: Ten Directions Slaughter formation.

• Sasori realized Uchiha Yue was Tsunade’s disciple and suspected he had mastered her Monster Strength.
• Uchiha Yue spotted a ninjutsu scroll in Sasori’s hand and attacked with Basic Shatter Step and Wind Blade Slash.
• Uchiha Yue redirected the wind blade toward Sasori’s chosen escape route, but Sasori used the Sand Substitution Technique to evade it.
• Uchiha Yue used Afterimage Fist to close in as Sasori opened the scroll and summoned ten puppets.
• Sasori connected Chakra Threads to the ten puppets, surrounded Uchiha Yue, and announced the Red Secret Technique: Ten Directions Slaughter formation.

Sasori of the Red Sands trapped Uchiha Yue in a coordinated formation of ten armored puppets designed to counter his close-combat fighting style. Uchiha Yue recognized how the formation worked but remained unable to break through it as Sasori prepared to kill him.

• Sasori of the Red Sands revealed that he had devised a puppet formation to restrain Uchiha Yue after studying their previous battle.
• Sasori attacked with six puppets at once, and Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist to evade them.
• Uchiha Yue realized Sasori could truly control only three puppets at once, but could coordinate all ten to maintain the formation and block his advances.
• Uchiha Yue tried to use Basic Shatter Step and monstrous strength to destroy an unoccupied puppet, but the surrounding puppets fired poisoned hidden weapons and forced him to retreat.
• Sasori of the Red Sands taunted the trapped Uchiha Yue and declared that he would kill him.

Uchiha Yue struggled against Sasori of the Red Sands’ puppet formation, which attacked with concealed weapons and the Sato Clan’s One-Sword Style. After spotting the formation’s true weakness, Yue challenged Sasori’s confidence and declared the secret technique weak.

• Uchiha Yue tried to break through Sasori of the Red Sands’ encirclement, while Sasori used a puppet formation designed to counter him alone.
• Sasori controlled three puppets to attack Yue with the Sato Clan’s One-Sword Style, which he had studied to exploit Yue’s swordsmanship.
• Yue used Basic Shatter Step to evade the puppets’ sword attacks but struggled to find an opening as Sasori countered his attempts to destroy them with concealed weapons.
• After observing the formation for ten minutes and noticing puppets that had not joined the attack, Yue evaded the assault and realized he had found its weakness.
• Yue taunted Sasori of the Red Sands and declared that his secret technique was ridiculously weak.

Uchiha Yue used Rotation and his speed to counter Sasori of the Red Sands' puppet attacks, identifying weaknesses in Sasori's control and destroying three puppets. He prepared to exploit a third weakness: Sasori's underestimation of his ability to fight groups.

• Sasori of the Red Sands sent three chakra-enhanced puppets to attack Uchiha Yue, who realized Sasori was developing humanoid puppets and resolved to cripple him for harming his companion.
• Uchiha Yue dodged the puppets and blocked Sasori's barrage of hidden weapons with the Hyuga Clan's Rotation.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist to reach a distant puppet, explaining that Sasori's control weakened with distance, then shattered it and severed its Chakra Threads.
• Uchiha Yue repeated the tactic and destroyed two more puppets, while Sasori's control over the remaining puppets grew stronger.
• Uchiha Yue drew Fubuki and announced that Sasori's third weakness was underestimating his ability to fight groups.