Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue followed an Akatsuki member into the Land of Bears, suspecting he intended to steal Hoshigakure’s sacred meteorite, the Star. Yue planned to use the distraction to hunt wanted Hoshigakure ninjas, but two villagers appeared from the toxic fog as the Akatsuki member struggled to enter.

• Uchiha Yue recalled that Hoshigakure’s Star increased chakra but harmed those who used it, and suspected the Akatsuki member planned to steal it.
• Uchiha Yue followed the Akatsuki member into the Land of Bears and sent Shikaku Nara a scroll about his suspected objective.
• Uchiha Yue decided to enter Hoshigakure and target its wanted ninjas for Underground Exchange bounty missions.
• The Akatsuki member reached Hoshigakure’s outskirts after a rushed journey but could not get past the toxic fog barrier.
• Uchiha Yue watched the Akatsuki member struggle with the fog, then saw two Hoshigakure ninjas emerge from it.

Uchiha Yue watched an Akatsuki member enter Hoshigakure with the village’s apparent cooperation, then decided to capture a Hoshigakure ninja for intelligence and a way inside. As he confronted the scout, the ninja began using the Mysterious Peacock Method, leaving Uchiha Yue stunned by what he saw.

• Uchiha Yue saw two Hoshigakure ninja greet an Akatsuki member and escort him into the village, making him suspect they were allies.
• Uchiha Yue detected a hidden Hoshigakure scout and decided to capture him to learn about the alliance and infiltrate the village.
• Uchiha Yue concealed himself with spiritual energy, but the scout detected him using Hoshigakure’s special sensing method.
• Uchiha Yue attacked with Basic Shatter Step and Falling Moon Style: Afterimage Fist, aiming to subdue the scout quickly and avoid alerting Hoshigakure.
• The Hoshigakure ninja formed a hand seal to use the Mysterious Peacock Method, and Uchiha Yue reacted with astonishment.

Uchiha Yue tested the Hoshigakure ninja’s Mysterious Peacock Method, shattered his barrier, and studied his fighting style. After identifying weaknesses in the ninja’s impure chakra and stamina, Uchiha Yue launched a fierce assault to end the fight and capture him alive.

• The Hoshigakure ninja formed a Four-Sided Barrier with the Mysterious Peacock Method, but Uchiha Yue shattered it with a single slash.
• Uchiha Yue used the Basic Shatter Step to attack at high speed, while the Hoshigakure ninja tracked his movements and rapidly raised defenses.
• Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye to identify that the Hoshigakure ninja’s chakra was impure and his body was weak, leaving him short of breath.
• Uchiha Yue tightened his grip on the Fubuki Tachi and launched a fierce assault to finish the fight and capture the Hoshigakure ninja alive.

Uchiha Yue defeated and captured a Hoshigakure ninja, then pretended to be one of Hanzo’s Amegakure subordinates to make him reveal why Akatsuki had come to Hoshigakure. The captive panicked when Yue confronted him about Hoshigakure’s cooperation with Akatsuki.

• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step and Fubuki Tachi to break through the Hoshigakure ninja’s defenses and wound his right arm.
• When the ninja tried to flee and then attacked with Bear Paw, Uchiha Yue cut through his Mysterious Peacock Method and sealed his chakra with Sunflower Pointing Hand.
• Uchiha Yue captured the weakened ninja and asked whether he was from Hoshigakure.
• Uchiha Yue claimed to serve Hanzo of Amegakure and accused Hoshigakure of cooperating with Akatsuki.
• The Hoshigakure ninja grew flustered and asked whether Hanzo knew about the cooperation.

Uchiha Yue interrogated a captured Hoshigakure ninja for information about the village, then killed him. The intelligence gave Yue a reason to infiltrate Hoshigakure and test himself against the small village.

• Uchiha Yue invoked Hanzo of the Salamander and the Akatsuki to convince the Hoshigakure ninja that he was connected to Hanzo.
• Uchiha Yue used spiritual energy to weaken the captive's resistance and questioned him about Hoshigakure's forces.
• The Hoshigakure ninja claimed the village had fifty-eight jonin, one hundred and sixty-two chunin, and two hundred and eighteen genin, and praised its leader's strength.
• Uchiha Yue judged the captive's numbers exaggerated, estimated Hoshigakure had around thirty jonin, one hundred chunin, and three hundred genin, and guessed where the Star was hidden.
• Uchiha Yue killed the Hoshigakure ninja and decided to infiltrate the village, seeking information and a chance to increase his strength.

Uchiha Yue prepared to infiltrate Hoshigakure alone, hoping to challenge the village and grow stronger while capturing an Akatsuki member. After neutralizing the poisonous mist and entering the village, he spotted two Hoshigakure ninjas hiding ahead and suspected they were guarding something important.

• Uchiha Yue killed a Hoshigakure ninja and decided to infiltrate Hoshigakure to test himself against the village.
• Uchiha Yue concealed his presence with spiritual energy and sealed away his chakra to evade Hoshigakure's sensory ninjas.
• Uchiha Yue studied the poisonous mist and prepared an antidote, then entered Hoshigakure while the Akatsuki member remained nearby.
• Uchiha Yue spotted two Hoshigakure ninjas hiding in the poisonous mist and suspected something important was concealed there.

Uchiha Yue was ambushed by two Hoshigakure jonin in the toxic mist and found their coordinated Mysterious Peacock Method far stronger than expected. Trapped in their purple chakra cage, he searched for a way to break free.

• Uchiha Yue noticed two Hoshigakure ninja collecting material in the toxic mist and suspected it was connected to the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• The two Hoshigakure jonin sensed Uchiha Yue’s chakra fluctuation, vanished, and attacked him.
• One jonin’s powerful Mysterious Peacock Method struck Uchiha Yue and sent him flying, while the other pressed the attack.
• Uchiha Yue used Basic Shatter Step to evade their coordinated attacks, but they forced him toward a cliff.
• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step, but the jonin formed a purple chakra cage that trapped him.
• Uchiha Yue searched for a way to break the cage and escape the Mysterious Peacock Method.

Trapped in the Hoshigakure jonin’s Mysterious Peacock Method: Life-and-Death Cage, Uchiha Yue developed a way to break it with overwhelming force. After shattering the cage and injuring both jonin, he faced them and declared they would die by his hand.

• Uchiha Yue realized the two Hoshigakure jonin’s shrinking purple cage and their continued use of the Mysterious Peacock Method threatened his life.
• Uchiha Yue struck the cage with Fubuki Tachi, then used Tsunade’s Monster Strength to crack its barrier with his fists.
• Uchiha Yue gathered Chakra around his fist and unleashed Falling Moon Style Secret Technique: Air Shock, shattering the cage with three blasts.
• The barrier’s destruction caused both Hoshigakure jonin to suffer backlash and spit blood.
• Uchiha Yue told the stunned Hoshigakure jonin that they were about to die by his hand.

Uchiha Yue used his newly developed Air Quake to defeat one Hoshigakure jonin, who died after inhaling the poisonous mist. Yue then evaded the surviving jonin and considered capturing him alive.

• The two Hoshigakure jonin attacked Uchiha Yue with the Mysterious Peacock Method, and Yue used Flash Step to close in on the one forming a barrier.
• Uchiha Yue struck the barrier and its user with three successive Air Quakes, sending the jonin flying.
• The wounded Hoshigakure jonin inhaled the poisonous mist, coughed up black blood, and died.
• Uchiha Yue evaded the surviving jonin with Basic Shatter Step while recovering from Air Quake.
• Uchiha Yue planned to wear down the surviving jonin and considered capturing him alive.

Uchiha Yue captured a Hoshigakure jonin and read his memories, learning that Hoshigakure had cooperated with Akatsuki but not what the cooperation involved. The memories also revealed information about the poisonous mist surrounding Hoshigakure, leaving Yue focused on uncovering its mystery.

• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and genjutsu to overwhelm the Hoshigakure jonin before he could call for reinforcements.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Clone Slash to sever the jonin's legs and capture him alive.
• Uchiha Yue knocked out the jonin and entered his spiritual space to read his memories.
• Uchiha Yue learned that Hoshigakure had cooperated with Akatsuki, though the jonin did not know the details.
• Uchiha Yue obtained information about the poisonous mist on Hoshigakure's outskirts.

After learning that materials in Hoshigakure’s poisonous mist counteracted the Star’s harmful effects, Uchiha Yue spent two days collecting them before infiltrating the village. Inside, he felt a powerful bloodline attraction that vanished as suddenly as it began, leaving him to wonder whether the Star was connected to the Uchiha Clan or the Uzumaki Clan.

• Uchiha Yue learned from a Hoshigakure jonin’s memories that material in the poisonous mist helped protect ninjas training with the Star.
• Uchiha Yue decided to collect the material for his own training and to deprive Hoshigakure of some of its supply.
• Uchiha Yue spent two days gathering enough material for nearly two ninjas to train with the Star up to jonin level, while disposing of the Hoshigakure ninjas’ corpses.
• Uchiha Yue easily slipped past Hoshigakure’s lax security and entered the village.
• Uchiha Yue felt an intense, painful attraction in his bloodline that suddenly stopped, leading him to suspect the Star was connected to the Uchiha Clan or the Uzumaki Clan.

Uchiha Yue decided to steal Hoshigakure’s sacred relic, the Star, believing it could greatly increase his chakra and help him reach jonin level. After waiting six days for Hoshigakure’s defenses to thin, he approached the Star’s room at night but found a barrier blocking his way.

• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye to locate the Star and discovered it was guarded by twenty Hoshigakure jonin, along with other ninjas and trainees.
• Uchiha Yue concluded that training with the Star could greatly increase his chakra, since his constitution and medical skills might let him withstand its harmful effects.
• Uchiha Yue hid in Hoshigakure for six days and watched an Akatsuki member leave the leader’s residence.
• After the Akatsuki member departed, Hoshigakure transferred away many of the ninjas guarding the Star, giving Uchiha Yue an opening.
• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step to reach the Star’s room at night, but found that he would have to pass through a barrier without alerting the guards.

Uchiha Yue infiltrated Hoshigakure’s defenses and reached the room holding the Star, but approaching it caused the Nine-Tailed Fox’s chakra sealed in his arm to react. He suspected that the Star contained the legendary Ten-Tails’ power.

• Uchiha Yue ruled out disguising himself as a Hoshigakure ninja because their sensory methods could detect his chakra.
• Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye to find the barrier’s weakness, then carefully opened a gap and slipped through without alerting the guards.
• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step to reach the Star’s room while the Hoshigakure ninja were away.
• Uchiha Yue approached the Star, felt intense pain, and sensed the seal on his right arm loosening as the Nine-Tailed Fox’s chakra reacted.
• Uchiha Yue wondered whether the Star contained the legendary Ten-Tails’ power.

Uchiha Yue concluded that Hoshigakure’s sacred “Star” was probably connected to the Ten-Tails and sealed it into a scroll to increase his chakra reserves. When Hoshigakure’s jonin confronted him, Yue prepared to fight his way out and challenge the entire village.

• Uchiha Yue reasoned that the “Star” could be a fragment of the moon imbued with the Ten-Tails’ chakra, explaining its effects on chakra and the Nine-Tailed Fox chakra within him.
• Uchiha Yue decided to seal the “Star” and used his Uzumaki sealing techniques to trap it in a scroll before Hoshigakure’s shinobi arrived.
• Hoshigakure’s alarm alerted its shinobi as soon as the “Star” vanished, and a group of jonin appeared before Uchiha Yue.
• Uchiha Yue smiled because he had already sealed the “Star” and resolved to fight Hoshigakure’s shinobi as he escaped.

Uchiha Yue escaped Hoshigakure’s jonin using Flash Step, then fought through the village’s genin while carrying the Star. As he killed them, he sensed energy resembling his Sharingan’s ocular power and began investigating it.

• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step to evade Hoshigakure’s jonin and pass through their barriers, though repeated use strained his legs and chakra.
• Uchiha Yue reached the genin perimeter and cut down numerous Hoshigakure genin with his sword and Wind Style Chakra.
• Uchiha Yue noticed his heartbeat and blood flow quickening whenever a genin died.
• Uchiha Yue slowed his attack and used Purple Eye to study the energy gathering in the dead genin.
• Uchiha Yue concluded that the energy resembled the ocular power of his Sharingan.

While fighting Hoshigakure, Uchiha Yue discovered that his Three-Tomoe Sharingan could absorb ocular power released by dead Hoshigakure genin and strengthen his own. The discovery led him to consider using the Hoshigakure ninja’s lives to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

• Uchiha Yue reflected on his research into Sharingan ocular power and his inability to convert ordinary spiritual energy into it.
• Uchiha Yue noticed that energy from dead Hoshigakure genin resembled ocular power and wondered whether it could be cultivated through slaughter.
• Uchiha Yue fought Hoshigakure genin with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan while testing whether it could absorb the energy released when they died.
• Uchiha Yue confirmed that his Sharingan absorbed the energy and that it was ocular power, which surged after he absorbed the energy of three genin.
• Uchiha Yue considered using the lives of the Hoshigakure ninja to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Uchiha Yue’s excitement drove him to slaughter Hoshigakure ninja while absorbing the energy released by their deaths, causing his ocular power to grow. When a Hoshigakure jonin restrained him and the surrounding ninja wounded him heavily, Yue charged into their ranks to continue fighting.

• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style Clone Slash to kill Hoshigakure genin and absorbed the energy from their deaths.
• Uchiha Yue fought through waves of Hoshigakure ninja, using his Sharingan and ocular techniques as his power grew and he suffered nonfatal injuries.
• A Hoshigakure jonin restrained Uchiha Yue with the Mysterious Peacock Method, allowing genin and chunin to strike him with kunai, techniques, and hidden weapons.
• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step to charge into the crowd of Hoshigakure ninja despite being heavily wounded.

Uchiha Yue battled Hoshigakure’s forces after stealing their sacred artifact, the Star, while absorbing negative spiritual energy from fallen ninja to push his Three-Tomoe Sharingan toward the Mangekyō. He remained surrounded and undefeated, but surviving the growing siege and escaping Hoshigakure became his most urgent challenge.

• Uchiha Yue unleashed Falling Moon Style Secret Technique: Blade Waltz, killing many Hoshigakure genin and chunin, while a jonin blocked the attack with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Hoshigakure ninja swarmed Uchiha Yue to reclaim the Star, and their growing numbers made his fight increasingly difficult.
• Uchiha Yue absorbed negative spiritual energy from the fallen ninja, becoming dangerously excited as he sensed his Sharingan nearing a qualitative change.
• Uchiha Yue charged into the surrounding Hoshigakure jonin and remained undefeated despite his elite chunin-level strength.
• Uchiha Yue’s desire to awaken the Mangekyō kept him fighting, while escaping the siege remained the critical danger to his survival.

Uchiha Yue struggled to control his excitement as the Hoshigakure ninja surrounded and wounded him. In the middle of the battle, he understood the meaning of wind, broke through his limits, and began striking back with a speed the Hoshigakure ninja could not track.

• Uchiha Yue fought through the encirclement, but the Hoshigakure jonin coordinated their attacks while genin and chunin inflicted severe wounds on him.
• The Hoshigakure ninja used the Mysterious Peacock Method to drive Uchiha Yue to the ground and continue their assault.
• As blood ran into his eyes, Uchiha Yue realized the meaning of wind and felt his excitement give way to a sudden, icy calm.
• Uchiha Yue declared that he had broken through his shackles, vanished from the Hoshigakure ninja's senses, and reappeared before a chunin.
• Uchiha Yue killed the chunin with Fubuki Tachi and called his technique the meaning of a swift wind.

Uchiha Yue comprehended the Intent of a Gale, breaking through to jonin-level strength and finding his own path with Wind Style Chakra. He used his new power and Falling Moon Style techniques to cut down the Hoshigakure forces surrounding him.

• Uchiha Yue realized that his insight into Wind Style Chakra had given him the Intent of a Gale and pushed him to jonin level.
• Uchiha Yue formed Fubuki Tachi into the Edge of Exile and used Flash Step to kill several Hoshigakure ninja.
• Uchiha Yue switched to Basic Shatter Step and swiftly cut down more Hoshigakure genin and chunin.
• Uchiha Yue charged a Hoshigakure jonin with Sweeping Dash, shattered the man's Mysterious Peacock Method barrier, and killed him.
• Uchiha Yue continued weaving through the Hoshigakure forces with Sweeping Dash, determined to kill anyone who stood in his way.