Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue exploited the weaknesses in Sasori of the Red Sands' puppet technique, broke through his defenses, and defeated him with Wind Blades. Sasori survived the fight but lost both arms and could no longer control puppets.

• Sasori of the Red Sands sent seven puppets to fire poisoned concealed weapons at Uchiha Yue, who blocked them with Falling Moon Style: Wind Barrier.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Sweeping Dash to pass the puppets and sever their Chakra Threads.
• Sasori of the Red Sands abandoned most of his puppets and used one to defend himself as Uchiha Yue closed in.
• Uchiha Yue struck from a distance with three Wind Blades, severing both of Sasori of the Red Sands' arms and nearly cutting his body in half.
• Sasori of the Red Sands stayed alive by controlling his body midair, but he could no longer control puppets.

Uchiha Yue defeated Sasori of the Red Sands and won the Chunin Exams, but the Third Raikage and Third Tsuchikage confronted the Third Hokage as disguised spectators began an attack. The chapter left the arena on the brink of a major assault, with Yue sensing a powerful chakra fluctuation.

• Uchiha Yue defeated Sasori of the Red Sands and severed both his arms, then Shikaku Nara announced Yue's victory and warned him to stay alert.
• Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze discussed protecting Yue and Kakashi as the Kage watched from the stands.
• Ōnoki praised Konoha's younger ninja, while the Third Hokage worried about Uchiha Yue's future and potential.
• The Third Raikage challenged the Third Hokage, and the Third Tsuchikage joined them as the three Kage prepared to fight.
• Disguised spectators revealed themselves and formed hand seals, while Uchiha Yue sensed chakra spreading through the arena.

During the Chunin Exams attack, Uchiha Yue tried to disrupt Iwagakure’s genjutsu against the spectators but was intercepted by Kumogakure ninja. With Konoha Anbu protecting him, he recovered briefly, then turned the Iwagakure squads’ genjutsu against them and killed them.

• Uchiha Yue noticed Iwagakure ninja preparing a large-scale genjutsu to put the spectators to sleep and set out to stop them.
• Kumogakure ninja confronted Uchiha Yue, who used Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist to evade them before Tsunade’s Anbu blocked their pursuit.
• Uchiha Yue swallowed a secret medicine pill and began restoring his chakra while the Anbu fought the Kumogakure ninja.
• Two squads of Iwagakure chunin attacked Uchiha Yue and the Anbu with genjutsu, but Uchiha Yue reflected it with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style Secret Technique: Blade Waltz to kill both squads of Iwagakure chunin.

Uchiha Yue led Kushina Uzumaki and Tsunade's Anbu to stop the Iwagakure genjutsu while Minato Namikaze fought elsewhere in the arena. Kushina and the Anbu became locked in a stalemate with Iwagakure, leaving Yue to activate his Sharingan and attempt to break the genjutsu.

• Uchiha Yue killed two Iwagakure squads, then recovered his chakra, mental energy, and Sharingan power while the Anbu fought Kumogakure ninja.
• Minato Namikaze asked Uchiha Yue to lead Tsunade's Anbu and break the Iwagakure genjutsu, and Kushina Uzumaki went with him for protection.
• Uchiha Yue decided he had only a thirty percent chance of breaking the genjutsu, but that Kushina Uzumaki's distraction could raise his odds to fifty percent.
• Kushina Uzumaki led Tsunade's Anbu to attack the Iwagakure ninja, but sensory ninja sent an intercepting unit and the two sides reached a stalemate.
• Uchiha Yue watched the battle from the shadows and activated his Sharingan.

Uchiha Yue watched Kushina Uzumaki’s battle for a chance to break the Iwagakure ninjas’ genjutsu. He finally shattered it, but dozens of Iwagakure ninjas closed in on him.

• Uchiha Yue waited for the Iwagakure ninjas maintaining the genjutsu to lose focus while Kushina Uzumaki and Tsunade’s Anbu fought them.
• Kushina Uzumaki unleashed the Nine-Tailed Fox’s chakra and used a Tailed Beast Cloak to break the stalemate, but the strain slowed and injured her.
• The Anbu protecting Uchiha Yue rescued Kushina Uzumaki and charged the Iwagakure ninjas maintaining the genjutsu.
• Uchiha Yue poured his Sharingan’s ocular power into breaking the genjutsu, then used his spiritual energy to overcome the resistance.
• Uchiha Yue endured the approaching Iwagakure ninjas’ attacks long enough to break the genjutsu, leaving himself facing dozens of enemies.

Uchiha Yue and Kushina Uzumaki were surrounded by Iwagakure ninja after the Anbu protecting them were wiped out. Just as the enemy prepared to capture them, Shikaku Nara arrived to support them.

• Uchiha Yue narrowly evaded the Iwagakure attacks but was wounded by a jonin before the Anbu reached him.
• Kushina Uzumaki joined the fight despite her injuries, but told Uchiha Yue she could no longer use the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra.
• The Iwagakure ninja targeted the Anbu to isolate Uchiha Yue and Kushina Uzumaki, and their jonin killed the Anbu in five minutes.
• Uchiha Yue urged Kushina Uzumaki to keep fighting rather than let the enemy capture them, while he searched for a way to escape.
• Shikaku Nara suddenly appeared beside Uchiha Yue and Kushina Uzumaki as the Iwagakure ninja moved in to capture them.

Shikaku Nara joined Uchiha Yue and Kushina Uzumaki inside the Iwagakure encirclement, confident he could defeat the attackers with Choza Akimichi's help. After they eliminated the Iwagakure ninja, a group of Kumogakure ninja appeared, and Shikaku told Yue and Kushina to rest while the Ino-Shika-Cho trio handled them.

• Kushina Uzumaki and Uchiha Yue questioned Shikaku Nara for entering the encirclement, but Shikaku assured them reinforcements were coming.
• Choza Akimichi arrived and used the Super Multi-Size Technique, drawing the Iwagakure ninja away from the others.
• Shikaku used Shadow Stitching Technique: Black Spider Lily to restrain the Iwagakure ninja by linking their shadows with Choza's.
• Uchiha Yue, Kushina Uzumaki, and Choza Akimichi killed all the restrained Iwagakure ninja.
• A group of Kumogakure ninja appeared, and Shikaku revealed that Inoichi was nearby and said the Ino-Shika-Cho trio would deal with them.

Uchiha Yue and Kushina Uzumaki watched Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi demonstrate the Ino-Shika-Cho trio’s coordination against a large force of Kumogakure ninja. The trio defeated the attackers, leaving Yue impressed as he finished recovering his chakra and spiritual energy.

• Kushina Uzumaki reassured Uchiha Yue that Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi could handle the approaching Kumogakure ninja.
• Choza Akimichi shielded Shikaku Nara from the first wave of attacks, while Shikaku used Choza’s shadow to bind many of the attackers.
• As Shikaku’s chakra began to run low and the Kumogakure jonin resisted his technique, Inoichi Yamanaka emerged and used his secret technique to make the attackers kill one another.
• Uchiha Yue observed Inoichi’s powerful spiritual energy but could not understand how the Yamanaka Clan technique worked.
• The Ino-Shika-Cho trio wiped out the Kumogakure force, and Uchiha Yue restored his chakra and spiritual energy before praising their coordination.

After joining Shikaku Nara, Uchiha Yue, and Kushina Uzumaki, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio reached Minato Namikaze’s urgent main battlefield and prepared to break through the enemy line. Shikaku assigned roles for their coordinated attack, leaving Yue to finish off surviving enemies and provide support.

• Uchiha Yue praised the Ino-Shika-Cho trio’s teamwork, and Inoichi Yamanaka explained that their coordination made them difficult to defeat unless separated.
• Uchiha Yue, Kushina Uzumaki, and the trio reached the main battlefield, where Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya’s Anbu were resisting Kumogakure and Iwagakure ninja.
• Kushina Uzumaki tried to rush to Minato Namikaze, but Shikaku Nara stopped her and directed the group to advance carefully under his command.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to identify a weak point in the enemy line, giving Shikaku Nara the information he needed to plan a breakthrough.
• Shikaku Nara assigned himself and Inoichi Yamanaka to control enemies, Kushina Uzumaki and Choza Akimichi to eliminate them, and Uchiha Yue to finish off survivors and provide logistical support.

Uchiha Yue joined Kushina Uzumaki and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio as they attacked enemy ninja, using his Purple Eye to relay information and then claiming kills across the battlefield. He left the fight determined to become the “King of Finishing Blows.”

• Uchiha Yue followed Kushina Uzumaki and the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, observing enemy movements and reporting them to Shikaku Nara.
• Shikaku Nara restrained two Iwagakure Jonin, and Kushina Uzumaki killed them with her kunai.
• Inoichi Yamanaka controlled several Kumogakure ninja and turned them against the Iwagakure ninja, throwing the enemy into chaos.
• Shikaku Nara caught the disorganized enemy with his Shadow Strangling Technique, but Uchiha Yue killed the restrained ninja before the technique could finish them.
• Uchiha Yue rushed around the battlefield to claim opponents subdued by Shikaku Nara and Choza Akimichi, while Shikaku told Choza to give him chances to show himself.
• Uchiha Yue repeatedly muttered that he would become the King of Finishing Blows.

Uchiha Yue fought alongside the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, using their coordination to annihilate enemy ninja and help Minato Namikaze break through. As Yue prepared to rest, a Konoha ninja arrived urgently asking Minato for reinforcements.

• Uchiha Yue coordinated with Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi, who controlled and distracted enemies so he could attack freely.
• Inoichi Yamanaka controlled twenty enemy ninja, and Uchiha Yue killed them all with Falling Moon Style Secret Technique: Blade Waltz.
• Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi focused on restraining enemies while Uchiha Yue attacked, and together they wiped out the enemy force in five minutes.
• Minato Namikaze and the Anbu under Jiraiya's command broke through to Uchiha Yue's group, and Minato told Yue to rest while he took over.
• A Konoha ninja rushed to Minato Namikaze and urgently requested reinforcements.

Orochimaru and Jiraiya arrived with reinforcements and turned the battle against the Iwagakure and Kumogakure forces, while Jiraiya ordered Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Yue to assist the Hyuga Clan. Just as they prepared to leave after recovering, Uchiha Fugaku arrived with Uchiha Clan ninja.

• Orochimaru led Anbu reinforcements into battle and drove back the Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninja.
• Jiraiya arrived with more Anbu and told Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Yue that the other fronts were under control.
• A Konoha ninja reported that Hizashi Hyuga needed aid because enemy ninja had infiltrated the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Jiraiya ordered Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Yue, Kushina Uzumaki, and the others to recover briefly before supporting the Hyuga Clan.
• Kushina Uzumaki warned Uchiha Yue not to let his reservations about the Hyuga Clan affect the mission.
• Uchiha Fugaku arrived with Uchiha Clan ninja as Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Yue prepared to leave.

Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Yue to secure reinforcements after Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninja infiltrated the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. As Yue headed to aid the Hyuga Clan, he suspected Shimura Danzō had engineered the attacks to weaken several rival clans and villages.

• Uchiha Fugaku privately thanked Uchiha Yue for keeping the Anbu away from the village and asked him to arrange reinforcements for the Uchiha Clan.
• Fugaku explained that Iwagakure and Kumogakure ninja had infiltrated both the Uchiha and Hyuga clans, threatening to inflict heavy losses.
• Uchiha Yue told Jiraiya about the Uchiha Clan's plight, and Jiraiya led his Anbu to reinforce it with Fugaku and the Uchiha elites.
• Uchiha Yue, Minato, and the others set out to aid the Hyuga Clan while Yue suspected Shimura Danzō had conspired to weaken the Uchiha, Hyuga, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure.

Uchiha Yue accompanied Konoha reinforcements to the Hyuga Clan compound and realized Hyuga Hiashi had arranged an ambush instead of rescuing his people. Hiashi defended the decision as necessary for Konoha, while Yue recognized that he was sacrificing clansmen to protect his elites and gain prestige.

• Uchiha Yue observed fresh blood but no bodies outside the Hyuga Clan compound and asked Shikaku Nara whether the battle had ended.
• Shikaku Nara concluded that the Hyuga Clan had cleared the battlefield and planned to ambush the enemy after they finished fighting inside.
• Kushina Uzumaki located the Hyuga forces, and Uchiha Yue was surprised to find Hyuga Hiashi leading them.
• Hyuga Hiashi explained that he had returned to Konoha with the clan's elites and was using them to ambush Kumogakure and Iwagakure ninjas.
• Kushina Uzumaki questioned why Hiashi had requested reinforcements and left his clansmen under attack, and Hiashi claimed he was protecting his elites and serving Konoha.
• Shikaku Nara accepted Hiashi's explanation, while Uchiha Yue and the others recognized that Hiashi was using his clansmen as bait to reduce elite losses and build prestige.

Uchiha Yue recognized that Hyuga Hiashi planned to sacrifice rival clansmen to strengthen his control of the Hyuga Clan. After Yue urged Hizashi Hyuga to act, Hizashi defied his brother and prepared to rescue them with Yue’s help.

• Uchiha Yue realized Hiashi’s ambush would preserve the clan’s elite forces while eliminating his rivals and consolidating his authority.
• Uchiha Yue approached Hizashi Hyuga, who had not noticed the reinforcements and was troubled by his brother’s plan.
• Uchiha Yue called the endangered Hyuga shinobi sacrificial pawns and urged Hizashi to lead the elites to rescue them.
• Hizashi confronted Hyuga Hiashi, but Hiashi refused to lead the rescue, so Hizashi returned to Yue grim-faced.
• Uchiha Yue offered to help Hizashi rescue the abandoned Hyuga clansmen and asked if he was ready to go.

Uchiha Yue joined Minato Namikaze and the others in a rescue operation after Hizashi Hyuga revealed that Hyuga Clan ninjas were trapped. Their swift assault seized control of the battlefield, but they did not realize they had entered a conspiracy.

• Uchiha Yue promised to help Hizashi Hyuga rescue the trapped Hyuga Clan ninjas, and Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and the others agreed to join them.
• Hyuga Hiashi let the group proceed, and Hizashi Hyuga led them toward the Hyuga Clan residence and reported enemy movements to Shikaku Nara.
• Shikaku Nara devised a plan in which Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hizashi Hyuga would break the enemy rear line while the others supported them.
• Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hizashi Hyuga shattered the enemy formation, allowing Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka to restrain opponents and Uchiha Yue to attack.
• Uchiha Yue and the group took control of the battlefield within five minutes and pushed through several defensive lines, unaware that they had entered a conspiracy.

Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze’s squad fought through enemy defenses to reach the trapped Hyuga Clan ninja, while Hyuga Hiashi revealed that he had planned to use the rescue as an ambush to kill Uchiha Yue and secure control of the clan. The chapter ended with Hiashi confident that the enemy forces would prevent Yue and the others from escaping.

• Uchiha Yue’s squad, aided by Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka, broke through enemy lines as Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hizashi Hyuga killed numerous enemy ninja.
• After ten minutes of fighting, Uchiha Yue and the others neared the trapped Hyuga Clan ninja led by Elder Rimian.
• Hyuga Hiashi’s subordinate asked whether they should stop Minato Namikaze’s unit from reaching Elder Rimian, but Hiashi said he had prepared for the rescue and expected the unit to be trapped.
• Hyuga Hiashi explained that Uchiha Yue had uncovered his plan to eliminate Elder Rimian and seize control of the Hyuga Clan, so he had laid an ambush inside to kill Yue.
• Hyuga Hiashi said the presence of Uchiha Yue’s Sharingan would make the Kumogakure and Iwagakure ninja especially unlikely to let anyone in the unit escape.

Uchiha Yue and his allies fought through the enemy ninja inside the Hyuga Clan compound while growing exhausted, but Yue discovered a new way to combine his abilities. As the battle neared its end, he realized that the path suited to his advancement was the Way of Killing.

• Uchiha Yue and his allies fought the hidden enemy ninja, while Minato Namikaze and Hizashi Hyuga grew too tired to continue and Choza Akimichi took Hizashi's place.
• Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka noticed that Yue was using less stamina than the others and had become stronger and more coordinated in battle.
• Uchiha Yue continued fighting alongside Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Jiraiya's Anbu while the others rested and recovered their chakra.
• Uchiha Yue used kunai, ninjutsu, swordsmanship, taijutsu, and genjutsu to kill the remaining enemies, seamlessly combining the skills he had mastered.
• Uchiha Yue realized he had found his path of advancement: the Way of Killing.

Uchiha Yue integrated his abilities into the Way of Killing and led the others to defeat the enemy ninja. When they reached the Hyuga Clan ninja, they found them dead and discovered they had been surrounded.

• Uchiha Yue used the Purple Eye and his combined skills to develop the Way of Killing, an offensive style focused on suppressing and killing enemies.
• Uchiha Yue unleashed his full abilities on the battlefield, impressing Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki, and Hizashi Hyuga.
• Uchiha Yue and the others eliminated their enemies and headed to rescue the Hyuga Clan ninja.
• Uchiha Yue and his companions found the Hyuga Clan ninja dead, including the elders.
• Uchiha Yue sensed enemy ninja surrounding them and warned Minato-kun that they had fallen into a trap.

Uchiha Yue and his allies discovered that Kumogakure and Iwagakure had used wandering ninja as bait, then found themselves ambushed by the villages’ full forces. As their casualties mounted, Hyuga Hiashi watched from inside the Hyuga Clan’s residence and prepared to trade away a Byakugan while ensuring the enemy’s elite force would be swallowed up.

• Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye to confirm that some of the earlier enemy corpses belonged to weak-chakra wandering ninja, while others were Kumogakure and Iwagakure ninja.
• Shikaku Nara blamed himself for missing the trap, but Kushina Uzumaki urged him to focus on finding a way out.
• Kumogakure and Iwagakure forces launched a coordinated attack, killing several Anbu under Jiraiya’s command with a large-scale Lightning Release technique.
• Shikaku Nara led a counterattack with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, but the enemy encircled them, more Anbu died, and Hizashi Hyuga suffered grievous wounds.
• Hyuga Hiashi watched the battle with his Byakugan and resolved to trade a Byakugan while making sure the enemy’s elite force would be swallowed up.