Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yue slaughtered dozens of Hoshigakure ninjas but, badly wounded and nearly out of chakra and spiritual energy, prepared to escape. Hoshigakure’s leader appeared and was hailed as the Star Kage, blocking Yue’s path as the remaining ninjas expected him to die.

• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Sweeping Dash and Fubuki Tachi to kill Hoshigakure ninjas despite his many wounds.
• Uchiha Yue used Purple Eye and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to track enemies and combine genjutsu, swordsmanship, hidden weapons, and taijutsu to kill them.
• Uchiha Yue reduced the Hoshigakure force to a little over sixty, realized his chakra and spiritual energy were nearly gone, and prepared to flee.
• A ninja in purple appeared before Uchiha Yue, and Hoshigakure ninjas identified him as their leader, the Star Kage.

Uchiha Yue confronted the Third Hoshikage over Hoshigakure’s sacred relic, but discovered that the leader was far stronger than the other village ninjas. After Yue failed to break through the Third Hoshikage’s Mysterious Peacock Method, the surrounding ninjas joined the fight and trapped him in a purple Chakra cage.

• The Third Hoshikage offered to spare Uchiha Yue if he returned Hoshigakure’s sacred relic, and Yue mocked him before challenging him to a fight.
• Uchiha Yue noticed the Third Hoshikage secretly signaling the surrounding ninjas and rushed to attack him with Fubuki Tachi.
• The Third Hoshikage blocked Yue’s strike with a powerful Mysterious Peacock Method barrier that suffered only a few small cracks.
• Uchiha Yue used Flash Step to evade the Third Hoshikage’s counterattack, but the other Hoshigakure ninjas attacked together and formed a purple Chakra cage around him.

Uchiha Yue was trapped by the Hoshigakure ninja’s coordinated Mysterious Peacock Method and realized the Third Hoshikage was enabling their teamwork. As Yue fought the Third Hoshikage, his Sharingan began to change, but the Hoshikage’s reluctance to risk injury threatened to cost Yue his chance to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• The Third Hoshikage and the Hoshigakure ninja attacked Uchiha Yue together with the Mysterious Peacock Method, forcing him to spend scarce energy escaping.
• Uchiha Yue noticed that the ninja could coordinate their technique only when the Third Hoshikage was present and concluded that the Hoshikage was linking their chakra.
• Uchiha Yue charged the Third Hoshikage, and his three-tomoe Sharingan began spinning as he sensed it nearing a breakthrough into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Third Hoshikage feared being injured and fought cautiously, inadvertently preventing Uchiha Yue from reaching the intense struggle that might awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yue lost his chance to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan when the Third Hoshikage withdrew, and he furiously attacked him. Yue escaped the Hoshigakure ninja’s barrier and found a battlefield in the poisonous mist where he believed he could defeat them all.

• Uchiha Yue became enraged when the Third Hoshikage retreated and charged him using Flash Step.
• Uchiha Yue struck the Third Hoshikage’s arm with Fubuki Tachi, and the Third Hoshikage counterattacked with the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• The Third Hoshikage’s attack injured Uchiha Yue and shattered the Edge of Exile form around Fubuki Tachi.
• Uchiha Yue spotted an opening in the Hoshigakure ninja’s barrier and escaped with Flash Step.
• Uchiha Yue saw the poisonous mist around Hoshigakure as the perfect battlefield for fighting the pursuing ninja.

Uchiha Yue lured the Hoshigakure pursuers into the poisonous mist, where he had the advantage. After the Third Hoshikage led twenty jonin inside, Yue used a new stealth technique to approach them unseen, preparing to begin his attack.

• Uchiha Yue escaped into the poisonous mist, where his antidotes let him survive while most Hoshigakure ninja stayed outside.
• The Third Hoshikage distributed the scarce poison-resistant medicine and entered the mist with twenty jonin, while other Hoshigakure ninja formed a defensive line outside.
• Uchiha Yue hid in the mist, replenished some chakra with secret medicine, and thought about escaping with the sealed Star to increase his chakra reserves.
• Uchiha Yue spotted the Third Hoshikage and the twenty jonin entering the mist, then moved toward them before his chakra had fully recovered.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style Silent Killing, combining the dense mist, Kirigakure's Silent Killing Technique, and the Basic Shatter Step to approach the Hoshigakure ninja undetected.

Uchiha Yue used the poisonous mist to silently kill all twenty Hoshigakure jonin, then confronted the Third Hoshikage. With his chakra and spiritual energy restored, Yue believed he had found a way to defeat the village leader.

• Uchiha Yue infiltrated the poisonous mist and silently killed three Hoshigakure jonin before the Third Hoshikage noticed they were missing.
• The Third Hoshikage ordered the remaining ninjas to take turns using the Mysterious Peacock Method to guard against the thief who stole the Star.
• Uchiha Yue evaded the guards and killed the remaining Hoshigakure jonin over the next twenty minutes.
• Uchiha Yue recovered his chakra and spiritual energy, then appeared before the Third Hoshikage and announced that he would kill him next.
• The Third Hoshikage watched Yue warily, while Yue felt confident he had found a way to defeat him.

Uchiha Yue fought the Third Hoshikage inside the poisonous mist and tried to kill him before Hoshigakure reinforcements arrived. The Third Hoshikage knocked Yue down and threatened to twist off his head, but Yue smiled and challenged him to look at whose head was about to be taken.

• Uchiha Yue noticed Hoshigakure ninjas outside preparing to enter the poisonous mist and decided he had to kill the Third Hoshikage before they could reinforce him.
• Uchiha Yue attacked with Falling Moon Style: Single Blade Slash, but the Third Hoshikage blocked it with Mysterious Peacock Method: Peacock Tail.
• The Third Hoshikage counterattacked with Mysterious Peacock Method: Bear Claw, striking Uchiha Yue in the chest after Yue dodged with Flash Step.
• The Third Hoshikage stepped on Uchiha Yue's sword arm and prepared to twist off his head, but Uchiha Yue smiled and asked whose head was about to be twisted off.

Uchiha Yue defeated the Third Hoshikage by trapping him in Sharingan genjutsu and making him break through his own Mysterious Peacock Method, then killed him. After recovering his spiritual energy and chakra, Yue prepared to face the Hoshigakure ninja outside the poisonous mist and began planning to destroy Hoshigakure.

• Uchiha Yue used his Sharingan to ensnare the Third Hoshikage in genjutsu and made him shatter his own Mysterious Peacock Method barrier.
• Uchiha Yue seized the Third Hoshikage and twisted off his head, killing him.
• Uchiha Yue confirmed the Third Hoshikage was dead and used the Uzumaki Clan Secret Technique to restore his spiritual energy and chakra.
• Uchiha Yue decided to destroy Hoshigakure because it was cooperating with Akatsuki.
• Uchiha Yue rose to face the Hoshigakure ninja waiting outside the poisonous mist.

Uchiha Yue used the poisonous mist to slaughter Hoshigakure ninja while studying the energy their deaths produced and how to absorb it safely. After driving the survivors back into Hoshigakure, he prepared to wipe out the entire village.

• Uchiha Yue spotted weakened Hoshigakure squads entering the poisonous mist and decided to take advantage of their dwindling strength.
• Uchiha Yue silently killed the ninja in the mist while learning that their death-produced energy carried negative emotions that could taint his mental energy.
• Uchiha Yue investigated whether ordinary people could produce the same energy as Hoshigakure ninja, hoping it might help his Sharingan grow.
• Uchiha Yue killed the squads in the mist, then used Hidden Mist Technique and Purple Eye to hunt down the ninja outside it.
• Uchiha Yue drove the remaining Hoshigakure ninja back into their village and declared that he would exterminate everyone there.

Uchiha Yue wiped out Hoshigakure and discovered that killing people let him absorb ocular power to strengthen his Sharingan, though the power became impure. After leaving the village, he hid to recover from severe injuries and planned how to pursue the Mangekyō Sharingan and grow stronger.

• Uchiha Yue slaughtered everyone in Hoshigakure, burned the village and its dead, and left it to disappear from the Shinobi World.
• Uchiha Yue concluded that deaths produced ocular power he could absorb, with stronger victims yielding more, but the absorbed power polluted his Sharingan and would take years to sort out.
• Uchiha Yue considered accumulating ocular power or pushing himself to his limits as paths to awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, and resolved to seek breakthroughs through dangerous battles.
• Uchiha Yue found a place to treat his severe injuries, began recuperating, and planned his next move while using Medical Ninjutsu.

After destroying Hoshigakure, Uchiha Yue hid in the Land of Bears to recover and train instead of claiming his Underground Exchange bounties. He planned to improve his Sharingan and Purple Eye, devour more of Monster Ido’s power, and eventually train with the “Star,” while an important event unfolded in Konoha.

• Uchiha Yue assessed his injuries, healed himself, and chose a secluded canyon in the Land of Bears as a hiding place.
• Uchiha Yue postponed claiming the Hoshigakure ninja bounties so he could avoid attention and possible trouble at the Underground Exchange.
• Uchiha Yue planned three training programs: develop his Sharingan, devour more of Monster Ido’s power, and later train with the “Star.”
• Uchiha Yue intended to test whether increased spiritual energy caused the Purple Eye’s strange ripple and the memory of a spiritual space.
• An extremely important event for Uchiha Yue occurred in Konoha while he trained in seclusion.

Uchiha Yue finished sorting out most of the chaotic ocular power in his Sharingan after ten days of training, strengthening his spiritual energy and control while gaining hope of awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. As he began to devour Monster Ido's power, urgent intelligence reached Shikaku Nara, who was told to find Uchiha Yue immediately.

• Uchiha Yue completed ten days of training that cleared the hidden dangers in his Sharingan and improved his spiritual energy and ocular-power control.
• Uchiha Yue realized that mastering his ocular power might lead him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and help him absorb ocular power from others.
• Uchiha Yue felt a sudden sense of dread but could not identify its cause, then began devouring Monster Ido's power.
• A squad of Konoha ninjas arrived at the border camp, where an Anbu told Shikaku Nara that Tsunade had ordered him to find Uchiha Yue as quickly as possible.
• Shikaku Nara saw that the intelligence scroll bore the mark for the highest level of urgency.

Shikaku Nara received a top-priority report about a conspiracy involving Uchiha Yue and sent Konoha forces into the Land of Bears to find him. The chapter traced the events ten days earlier, ending as Orochimaru arrived at Tsunade’s home with a report about the plot.

• Shikaku Nara learned Tsunade had ordered him to find Uchiha Yue without revealing the report’s contents, and he mobilized Konoha forces to search the Land of Bears.
• Ten days earlier, the Third Hokage had sent Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and several of Yue’s friends away from Konoha on separate assignments.
• Shimura Danzō received a mysterious group of ninja after Yue’s family and friends had been removed from the village.
• Three days after Danzō received the ninja, Orochimaru barged into Tsunade’s home and urged her to read an intelligence report before reacting.

Tsunade learned from Orochimaru that Konoha had secretly agreed to send Uzumaki Minako to Kirigakure, where she would likely be sacrificed in exchange for Kirigakure’s friendship. The chapter left Tsunade urged to bring Uchiha Yue back without telling him the truth, lest he go to Kirigakure himself.

• Tsunade demanded to know why Sarutobi had hidden Konoha’s negotiations with Kirigakure from her and Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru revealed that a secret clause required Konoha to send an Uzumaki Clan member to reinforce Three-Tails Isobu’s seal.
• Tsunade realized Kirigakure intended to study the Uzumaki Clan member and learned that Danzō had chosen Uzumaki Minako, Yue’s mother.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Yue did not know Minako was being sacrificed and advised her to have Shikaku bring him back from the Land of Bears without revealing the intelligence.
• Orochimaru warned that if Yue learned the truth, he would likely go to Kirigakure.

Tsunade sent Anbu to help Shikaku Nara find Uchiha Yue and bring him back, while worrying about the village’s treatment of Yue’s mother, Minako. Orochimaru warned that Yue would be isolated in Konoha and face a dead end unless he could save Minako himself.

• Tsunade ordered Anbu to hide among a Konoha team, deliver an urgent message to Shikaku Nara, and keep its contents from Uchiha Yue.
• Seven days after Yue began training in the Land of Bears, Tsunade’s Anbu and the Konoha team reached Shikaku Nara’s border camp.
• Tsunade told Orochimaru that Minako had been sent away without her knowledge and that she feared she could no longer protect Yue’s parents.
• Orochimaru explained that the Uchiha Clan would reject Yue, Tsunade could not turn against Konoha to help him, and Yue would have to rely on himself to save Minako.
• Orochimaru warned that Danzo would not leave Yue alone and concluded that Konoha’s true abandoned person was Uchiha Yue.

Tsunade and Uchiha Fugaku worried about Uchiha Yue as Konoha’s search for him began, while he continued training in seclusion in the Land of Bears. After devouring more of Monster Ido’s power and evolving his Purple Eye, Uchiha Yue prepared to study the “Star” he held.

• Tsunade wondered why Konoha had abandoned Uchiha Yue and protected his father, Uchiha Nara, while waiting for intelligence.
• Uchiha Fugaku considered whether to help Uchiha Yue, knowing he might awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shikaku Nara and the Konoha search team began looking for Uchiha Yue, though finding his hidden valley could take ten days to a month.
• Uchiha Yue devoured another two-thirds of Monster Ido’s power, gaining the ability to deprive others of smell and touch.
• Uchiha Yue’s Purple Eye developed three ripples and its range increased to two thousand five hundred meters.
• Uchiha Yue assessed his improved strength and prepared to research the “Star” in his hand.

Uchiha Yue studied the Star and confirmed its connection to the Ten-Tails, then discovered how to use it to increase his chakra reserves while reducing the harm to his body. He began training with this method and expected his chakra to grow until it rivaled that of a tailed beast.

• Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye to study the Star and found that Nine-Tailed Fox chakra was drawn into and could merge with its power, confirming its connection to the Ten-Tails.
• Uchiha Yue spent four days researching the Star and discovered four uses for it, including increasing chakra reserves.
• Uchiha Yue broke the seals on Hoshigakure's secret technique scrolls and used them to develop a safer way to train with the Star.
• Uchiha Yue chose to use the Star's chakra to temper his body and refine his own chakra rather than absorb it directly.
• Uchiha Yue estimated that his chakra already exceeded that of ordinary jonin and could eventually rival the tailed beasts' reserves.

Uchiha Yue discovered that the Star could build his chakra reserves, purify his Sharingan’s ocular power, and might let him become a miniature Ten-Tails’ Jinchuriki. After five more days of secluded training in the Land of Bears, he was found by Tsunade’s Anbu and summoned back to Konoha for an important mission, while Shikaku Nara’s warning left him uneasy.

• Uchiha Yue realized that three years of training with the Star could give him enough chakra to contend with Kage-level opponents.
• Uchiha Yue found that the Star purified the impure ocular power in his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and believed this could help him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yue considered the Star a miniature Ten-Tails that might eventually let him become its Jinchuriki, though he would need extensive research.
• Uchiha Yue continued cultivating in the Land of Bears for five days and felt his strength improving rapidly.
• An Anbu sent by Tsunade found Uchiha Yue and ordered him back to Konoha for an important mission.
• Shikaku Nara met Uchiha Yue at the Land of Fire’s border and warned him to remain calm when he returned to the village.

Uchiha Yue was escorted back to Konoha under heavy guard, growing increasingly suspicious that the village was hiding something from him. At Konoha’s border, Uchiha Fugaku and the Third Hokage’s Anbu both tried to take charge of him, and Yue demanded to know what had happened in the village before going to the Hokage.

• Tsunade’s Anbu and twenty Konoha jonin escorted Uchiha Yue toward Konoha while preventing him from speaking with Shikaku Nara.
• During the seven-day journey, Uchiha Yue continued training with the Star despite fearing that the Konoha ninja might discover its secret.
• At Konoha’s border, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Clan elites arrived to take Uchiha Yue from Shikaku Nara.
• An Anbu delivered the Third Hokage’s order to bring Uchiha Yue to the Hokage Office.
• Uchiha Yue refused to go with the Anbu until someone told him what had happened in the village.

Uchiha Yue demanded answers about what had happened in Konoha, then fought back when the Third Hokage’s Anbu tried to take him away. As Tsunade arrived, the captive Anbu secretly drew a kunai.

• Uchiha Yue demanded that Shikaku Nara and the others explain what had happened in the village.
• The Anbu warned Shikaku Nara and Uchiha Fugaku not to help Yue, then reached to take him by force.
• Uchiha Yue used Falling Moon Style: Flash Step to evade the Anbu and held Fubuki Tachi to his throat.
• Uchiha Fugaku recognized Yue’s increased strength and felt that welcoming him back with the Uchiha Clan’s elite had been the right choice.
• Tsunade appeared, and as Yue began to release the Anbu, the Anbu gripped a kunai in his palm.