Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue accompanied Orochimaru on a mission to massacre a village and discovered Orochimaru’s interest in a stone tablet. When Yue used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to read it, he immediately deciphered its message.

• Uchiha Yue checked the slaughtered civilians to make sure the Anbu had missed no one.
• Orochimaru praised Yue and explained that he had massacred the village to uncover the truth of the world.
• Yue secretly activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to read the stone tablet Orochimaru had ordered the Anbu to take away.
• Yue deciphered the tablet and murmured, “Six Paths… Samsara?”

Uchiha Yue used his Sharingan to read a stone tablet about the Shinobi World’s truth, then secretly helped Orochimaru collect more tablets while training as an Anbu. After two months, Orochimaru realized the tablets required the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan to decipher and asked Yue to help him.

• Uchiha Yue read the strange tablet with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and decided to hide his ability from Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Yue followed Orochimaru and the other Anbu across the Land of Fire, collecting tablets and completing his Anbu training in half a month.
• Uchiha Yue grew increasingly silent and resentful as Orochimaru slaughtered civilians while gathering tablets.
• Uchiha Yue and several Anbu killed a band of thieves and wandering shinobi, giving Yue a chance to release his pent-up frustration.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yue that the tablets required the Sharingan to be fully deciphered and asked him to lend his eyes; Yue agreed, concealing that he had already read their vague truth.

Orochimaru guided Uchiha Yue’s training while Yue helped decipher stone tablets, and Yue advanced to the strength of an elite chunin before hitting a bottleneck. As they prepared to travel to the Land of Water, Orochimaru offered Yue the chance to take charge on his own, and Yue eagerly accepted.

• Orochimaru personally trained Uchiha Yue in ninjutsu in exchange for his help deciphering stone tablets.
• Uchiha Yue reached elite chunin strength but struggled to break through to jonin level, so Orochimaru advised him to gain experience through real combat.
• Orochimaru finished collecting the stone tablets in the Land of Fire and prepared to travel with Uchiha Yue to the Land of Water.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yue he intended to let him take charge on his own, and Yue thanked him and accepted.

Orochimaru promoted Uchiha Yue to Anbu squad captain and assigned Stream and Pinewood to serve under him. Uchiha Yue established his codename as Asura and began his first mission with the newly formed squad.

• Uchiha Yue reflected on the opportunity Orochimaru had given him and resolved not to disappoint him.
• Orochimaru made Uchiha Yue an Anbu squad captain and assigned Stream and Pinewood to his squad.
• Stream and Pinewood introduced themselves only by their codenames, subtly showing their reluctance to accept Uchiha Yue as captain.
• Uchiha Yue announced his codename, Asura, and used his spiritual energy to make Stream and Pinewood take him seriously.
• Orochimaru summoned the new squad and assigned them a mission, prompting Uchiha Yue to focus on completing it.

In Konoha's 41st year, Orochimaru assigned Uchiha Yue's new Anbu squad to map Kirigakure's hidden sentries along the Land of Water's border. Yue used his Purple Eye to scout the defenses, but on the second day Stream and Pinewood disappeared.

• Orochimaru sent Uchiha Yue, Stream, and Pinewood to locate every hidden sentry along the Land of Water's border before his planned infiltration.
• Yue told Stream and Pinewood to record the sentry locations while he used his special observation ability to scout, overruling their objections as captain.
• Yue used his Purple Eye to detect Kirigakure's tightly arranged sentries within a thousand meters, though Stream and Pinewood doubted his reports.
• On the second day, Yue prepared to continue scouting and discovered that Stream and Pinewood had vanished.

Uchiha Yue watched Stream and Pinewood infiltrate the Land of Water against his wishes, then discovered Kirigakure’s sentries had spotted them and were using them to lure out their backer. When the two returned with intelligence, Yue remained polite and took their scroll, while Pinewood privately questioned whether Yue had really shown weakness.

• Uchiha Yue realized Stream and Pinewood had secretly entered the Land of Water and feared their recklessness would ruin the mission.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to observe the border and saw that Kirigakure’s hidden sentries had detected Stream and Pinewood but were letting them proceed to draw out their leader.
• Uchiha Yue decided not to intervene and recorded something on a ninjutsu scroll.
• Stream and Pinewood returned at night with intelligence, and Uchiha Yue calmly thanked them, accepted their scroll, and disappeared.
• Stream claimed Uchiha Yue had shown weakness because he needed their help, while Pinewood silently wondered if that was true.

Uchiha Yue sent Stream and Pinewood to gather intelligence at the Land of Water's border while secretly using them to draw out Kirigakure's forces. After they were surrounded, Yue reported to Orochimaru that the group could depart.

• Uchiha Yue told Stream and Pinewood to investigate the Land of Water's border sentry posts again and gave them concealed weapons coated with a chakra-devouring poison.
• After Stream and Pinewood left, Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to watch them and revealed that he had already mapped the sentry posts himself.
• Uchiha Yue decided that Stream and Pinewood had been abandoned and continued observing as Kirigakure ninja ambushed them.
• Stream and Pinewood fought the pursuing Kirigakure ninja, creating chaos at the border.
• Orochimaru and his group arrived, and Uchiha Yue knelt before Orochimaru and said they could depart.

Uchiha Yue helped Orochimaru infiltrate the Land of Water by using Stream and Pinewood as decoys, then revealed that he had poisoned them to ensure their corpses would be useless to Kirigakure. Orochimaru ordered Yue to retrieve the bodies, but Yue argued that the poison made the mission unnecessary.

• Uchiha Yue gave Orochimaru intelligence on the Land of Water's border sentries, and Orochimaru led the Anbu into the country.
• Stream and Pinewood drew Kirigakure's sentries away, but the poison on the concealed weapons Uchiha Yue had given them killed them before the Kirigakure ninja finished them off.
• After the infiltration, Orochimaru questioned Uchiha Yue, who explained that he had used Stream and Pinewood as bait because they had disobeyed him and lost their value to the mission.
• Orochimaru ordered Uchiha Yue to retrieve Stream and Pinewood's corpses to keep them from Kirigakure.
• Uchiha Yue revealed that he had poisoned Stream and Pinewood so their corpses would be useless for research and would harm anyone who examined them, then questioned whether retrieval was still necessary.

Orochimaru praised Uchiha Yue for abandoning Stream and Pinewood to help his group infiltrate the Land of Water, and Yue increasingly adopted Orochimaru’s ruthless methods. After Yue led a massacre to recover a stone tablet, Orochimaru called him a true Anbu, leaving Yue questioning whether his transformation was right.

• Orochimaru told Uchiha Yue that abandoning Stream and Pinewood had been the right choice and praised him for completing the infiltration.
• Uchiha Yue continued traveling through the Land of Water with Orochimaru and grew more ruthless while carrying out missions to collect stone tablets.
• Uchiha Yue ordered the Anbu to kill every civilian in a village before recovering a stone tablet, and he joined in the massacre.
• Uchiha Yue told Orochimaru that the tablet had been found and everyone who knew about it had been eliminated.
• Orochimaru said Yue had become a true Anbu by carrying out orders, while Yue stood wondering whether becoming like this was right.

Uchiha Yue accepted Orochimaru’s challenge to complete a mission alone in the Land of Water and traveled to Turtlefish Village to seize a stone tablet and kill its civilians. He detected hidden chakra fluctuations in the village upon arrival, suggesting the mission would be more difficult than expected.

• Uchiha Yue continued helping Orochimaru find stone tablets and earned the respect of the Anbu working with him.
• Orochimaru assigned Uchiha Yue to complete a mission alone in the Land of Water as a test of his abilities.
• Uchiha Yue left without an Anbu escort and used Purple Eye to watch for Kirigakure’s ninja and other pursuers.
• Uchiha Yue spent three days reaching Turtlefish Village, where Orochimaru’s target was hidden.
• Uchiha Yue sensed concealed chakra fluctuations in Turtlefish Village as he arrived.

Uchiha Yue discovered that rogue ninja hiding in Turtlefish Village were bandits and began a nighttime massacre of the villagers before turning on the rogue ninja. After killing a scout, he spotted Kirigakure forces nearby and wondered whether they also knew the stone tablet’s secret.

• Uchiha Yue spent a day observing Turtlefish Village and learned that rogue ninja bandits were hiding there among the villagers.
• Uchiha Yue decided to eliminate both the rogue ninja and the villagers, then infiltrated Turtlefish Village at night.
• Uchiha Yue silently killed civilians household by household, including a sleeping couple and their infant.
• A rogue ninja scout encountered Uchiha Yue, who killed him with Fubuki Tachi.
• Uchiha Yue noticed people from Kirigakure nearby and wondered whether they knew the stone tablet’s secret.

Uchiha Yue found the stone tablet in Turtlefish Village and prepared to leave, but Kirigakure ninja discovered him and gave chase. Realizing none of them were jonin, he turned to fight and charged into their ranks.

• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to locate the stone tablet and found no Kirigakure ninja guarding it.
• Uchiha Yue packed away the stone tablet and tried to leave Turtlefish Village, but a Kirigakure sensor detected him.
• The Kirigakure ninja pursued Uchiha Yue, intending to capture him because he wore Konoha Anbu uniform.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist and Single Blade Slash to kill the first Kirigakure ninja.
• Uchiha Yue unleashed his fighting spirit and charged into the remaining Kirigakure ninja.

Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye and combat skills to slaughter two Kirigakure squads in Turtlefish Village without being injured. Afterward, he confronted a hidden Kirigakure ninja whom he recognized as a true elite.

• Uchiha Yue charged into the Kirigakure formation, confident he could defeat the squad.
• Uchiha Yue used Clone Slash, Basic Shatter Step, and Falling Moon Style techniques to kill the Kirigakure ninjas.
• Uchiha Yue threw kunai to interrupt the survivors' counterattack, then resumed his assault.
• Uchiha Yue killed eight Kirigakure ninjas across two squads within ten minutes without suffering an injury.
• Uchiha Yue called out a hidden figure, and a Kirigakure ninja appeared before him.
• Uchiha Yue recognized the new opponent as a true Kirigakure elite.

Uchiha Yue fought a Kirigakure elite whose body could liquefy and reform, then discovered the ninja was Hozuki Mangetsu. Mangetsu recognized Yue as the Konoha genius who defeated Mei Terumi and challenged him to prove his strength.

• Uchiha Yue refused to reveal his identity or purpose in the Land of Water and attacked the Kirigakure elite.
• Uchiha Yue’s first sword strike did not injure the elite, who countered and anticipated his Basic Shatter Step.
• Uchiha Yue used a Wind Style Iai Slash to cut the elite in half, but watched him liquefy and reform.
• Uchiha Yue identified the elite as a member of the Hozuki Clan.
• Hozuki Mangetsu revealed his identity, recognized Uchiha Yue, and challenged him to demonstrate the strength that had defeated Mei Terumi.

Uchiha Yue fought Hozuki Mangetsu and struggled to overcome the Hozuki Clan’s liquid-body defense. Mangetsu pressed his advantage with sword attacks and ended the chapter by firing a Water Release technique at Yue.

• Uchiha Yue recognized Hozuki Mangetsu as a formidable shinobi and inferred that Mangetsu wanted to defeat him after Yue had beaten Mei Terumi.
• Uchiha Yue attacked Mangetsu with Fubuki Tachi, but Mangetsu liquefied his body and recovered from the resulting wound.
• Hozuki Mangetsu counterattacked with his tachi and wounded Uchiha Yue in the arm.
• Uchiha Yue and Hozuki Mangetsu exchanged six rounds, with Yue unable to overcome Mangetsu’s liquid-body defense as Mangetsu inflicted several wounds.
• Hozuki Mangetsu formed hand seals and launched Water Release: Water Gun Technique at Uchiha Yue.

Uchiha Yue fought Hozuki Mangetsu, whose liquid-body technique and counter to Basic Shatter Step kept Yue at a disadvantage. After breaking Mangetsu’s sword and landing a blow that caused a minor injury, Yue realized he had found a flaw in the Hozuki Clan’s secret technique.

• Hozuki Mangetsu used Water Release: Water Gun Technique, timing his shots to counter Uchiha Yue’s Basic Shatter Step.
• Hozuki Mangetsu charged into close combat, and Uchiha Yue avoided his strike and studied his fighting style with Purple Eye.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist to appear behind Hozuki Mangetsu and slash his back, but Mangetsu’s liquid body prevented injury.
• Uchiha Yue followed with Falling Moon Style: Steel-Severing Flash, shattered Mangetsu’s tachi, and struck him with Falling Moon Style: Body-Penetrating Force.
• Hozuki Mangetsu liquefied his abdomen to limit the damage, but Uchiha Yue noticed the resulting minor injury and concluded that the secret technique had a flaw.

Uchiha Yue exploited the weakness in Hozuki Mangetsu’s secret technique and overwhelmed him with Monster Strength and relentless attacks. After Mangetsu’s final attempt to overpower him failed, Yue prepared to stop him from fleeing.

• Uchiha Yue struck Hozuki Mangetsu with Monster Strength, injuring him despite his liquefied body.
• Uchiha Yue used his speed and repeated punches to suppress Mangetsu and reverse their fight.
• Hozuki Mangetsu charged at Uchiha Yue and enlarged his right arm to concentrate his strength into a punch.
• Uchiha Yue met Mangetsu’s punch with his own and left Mangetsu’s arm in pain, confirming his defeat.
• Hozuki Mangetsu tried to flee, but Uchiha Yue declared that the place would be his grave.

Uchiha Yue defeated Hozuki Mangetsu, sealed his chakra, and slit his throat before leaving him for dead. Hozuki Mangetsu survived and vowed to fix his flaws and become Yue’s nightmare at their next meeting.

• Hozuki Mangetsu tried to flee, but Uchiha Yue caught him and used Falling Moon Style: Body-Penetrating Force to gravely injure him.
• Uchiha Yue criticized Mangetsu for relying on the Hozuki Clan’s secret technique and compared him unfavorably to Mei Terumi.
• Uchiha Yue sealed Mangetsu’s chakra, laid the Fubuki Tachi across his neck, and slit his throat.
• After checking that Mangetsu appeared dead, Uchiha Yue left to head for Turtlefish Village and hunt the rogue shinobi there.
• Mangetsu opened his eyes after Yue departed and vowed to correct his flaws and become Yue’s eternal nightmare.

Uchiha Yue returned to Turtlefish Village and killed the remaining wandering ninjas, then heard Orochimaru explain that he would have to build his strength gradually. Yue left the encounter confident that three years of accumulation would be enough to advance.

• Hozuki Mangetsu escaped Turtlefish Village using a Hozuki Clan secret technique and vowed to become Uchiha Yue's nightmare.
• Uchiha Yue infiltrated Turtlefish Village again and hunted down the alert wandering ninjas to prevent information from leaking.
• Uchiha Yue killed the wandering ninjas with Fubuki Tachi and Falling Moon Style Swordsmanship, then suppressed his excitement and prepared to report back.
• Orochimaru appeared in Turtlefish Village, praised Yue's performance, and told him that he would need to accumulate strength gradually before he could break through his bottleneck.
• Uchiha Yue understood Orochimaru's advice and murmured that three years of accumulation would be enough.

Uchiha Yue continued training under Orochimaru while their team moved from the Land of Water to the Land of Wind to collect stone tablets. After reconstructing a memory about spiritual space, Yue realized that studying it could improve his control over spiritual energy and increase his strength.

• Orochimaru kept Uchiha Yue close, gave him occasional training guidance, and limited his missions so he could build up his strength.
• After collecting most of the stone tablets in the Land of Water, Orochimaru led Uchiha Yue and the other Anbu into the Land of Wind to avoid Kirigakure's search.
• Uchiha Yue collected stone tablets and trained daily, spending only about three hours on missions and using the rest of his time for his own regimen.
• After returning from a mission in the Land of Wind, Uchiha Yue studied the reconstructed memory about a spiritual space that had appeared after he devoured Monster Ido's power.
• Uchiha Yue concluded that the memory could help him master spiritual energy more deeply, then focused on uncovering the mysteries of the spiritual space.