Chapter Summaries

Qingcheng teased Sasuke and Kurenai at home while secretly keeping his strength hidden from Konoha’s watchers. He then infiltrated the Shimura Clan grounds with two thousand Explosive Tags, intending to punish Danzo’s clan, and searched for its valuables and Ninjutsu Scrolls.

• Qingcheng told Sasuke to focus on training, and Sasuke went to practice in the backyard.
• Kurenai chose to train her Chakra while Qingcheng used a Shadow Clone to distract the Root shinobi and ANBU watching the compound.
• Qingcheng disguised himself, traveled underground to the Shimura Clan, and observed its members returning home after the Shimura Ken incident.
• Qingcheng entered the Shimura Clan leader’s office and began searching for the storage room containing money and Ninjutsu Scrolls.

Qingcheng looted the Shimura Clan's supplies, killed its head and guards, then destroyed its compound in a massive explosion. Hiruzen ordered aid for the survivors and questioned ANBU about Uchiha Qingcheng, Naruto, and Kakashi, whose doubts about Danzo's role in his father's death deepened.

• Qingcheng stole the Shimura Clan's storage-room wealth, trapped Shimura Kumano in a genjutsu, and killed him with Shuriken.
• Qingcheng killed the two guards at the Shimura Clan's war reserve warehouse and seized its Explosive Tags, weapons, and Soldier Pills.
• Qingcheng sent Shadow Clones to scatter Explosive Tags across the compound and used Fire Release to reduce the Shimura Clan's territory to ruins.
• Hiruzen ordered ANBU to send medical ninja to rescue survivors and asked whether Uchiha Qingcheng and Second Pillar had made any moves.
• Hiruzen discussed Naruto's concealed identity and school life with Kakashi, then claimed Danzo had caused Sakumo's fate; Kakashi obeyed but grew more doubtful.

Kakashi got permission from Hiruzen Sarutobi to visit Naruto while Qingcheng and the Uchiha prepared to exploit the destruction of the Shimura Clan. Danzo and Konoha’s leaders arrived at the devastated compound as the investigation began.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Kakashi to visit Naruto but warned him not to say anything improper, and Kakashi left to buy a gift.
• Qingcheng, Kurenai Yuhi, and Uchiha Sasuke saw the explosion at the Shimura Clan and reacted to the destruction; Qingcheng pretended to condemn Sasuke’s celebration.
• Qingcheng ordered Yunye and Uchiha One-Stop Service to offer funeral services to the Shimura Clan, telling them to wait two hours and charge two hundred Ryo per ninja.
• Danzo mobilized Root and rushed toward the Shimura Clan, furious over the attack.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the ruins, where more than four hundred Shimura Clan members had died, and ordered an investigation.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu arrived and questioned whether Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo’s secret actions had made other Konoha clans targets.

After the Shimura Clan was destroyed, Danzo accused Hiruzen and demanded an investigation, while Hiruzen restricted him and offered compensation. Yunye's funeral band arrived to provide its services, enraging Danzo before the band fled toward the Uchiha Clan.

• Danzo found the Shimura Clan district in ruins, and survivors blamed a supposed Sarutobi attacker who had used Explosive Tags and Fire Release Ninjutsu: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
• Hiruzen, Utatane Koharu, and Homura Mitokado resisted Danzo's demand for a large-scale investigation, and Hiruzen offered compensation for the Shimura Clan's losses.
• Hizashi Hyuga recalled how Konoha's leaders had pressured the Hyuga Clan into sacrificing Hyuga Hiashi after Hizashi killed Lightning ninja who tried to kidnap Hinata.
• Danzo learned that Shimura Kumano was dead and the Shimura Clan's property had vanished, leaving Root ninja to search the ruins without finding any assets.
• Yunye led a white-clad funeral band to offer the Shimura Clan its services, but Danzo accused them of mocking him and drove them away.
• Homura and Koharu criticized Danzo for mistreating the band, and Danzo retorted that they would not preserve their dignity if their clans were destroyed.

Yunye and his band fled to the Uchiha Compound after their botched mourning performance angered Danzo, and Qingcheng discovered they had accidentally played Bombing Happy Song. Later, Qingcheng used genjutsu to awaken Sasuke’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and Sasuke reaffirmed his goals of killing Itachi, rebuilding the Uchiha Clan, and becoming Hokage.

• Yunye and the band sought protection at the Uchiha Compound after Danzo threatened them, and Qingcheng reassured them that the Third Hokage would prevent trouble.
• Qingcheng realized the band’s nervous horn player had sped up their mourning tune, turning it into Bombing Happy Song, and told them to practice before pursuing funeral-service work again.
• Qingcheng found Sasuke training after midnight and promised him two advanced ninjutsu if he took first place at the Ninja Academy.
• Qingcheng used Sharingan Genjutsu to make Sasuke relive the massacre, awakening his Two-Tomoe Sharingan before Sasuke collapsed.
• Sasuke woke frightened from the genjutsu and told Qingcheng he intended to kill Itachi, rebuild the Uchiha Clan, and become Hokage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi cut Root’s funding after the Shimura Clan attack and warned Danzo not to target the Uchiha, while Danzo secretly plotted to capture Kurenai Yuhi. Kakashi visited Naruto, learned more about his hardship, and took him to Ichiraku Ramen.

• Villagers feared for Konoha’s safety after the Shimura Clan grounds were bombed and many clan members were injured.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reduced Root’s expenses and said he would seek daimyo funds to compensate the Shimura Clan, despite Danzo’s demands for equipment.
• Danzo threatened the Uchiha remnants for their money, and Hiruzen warned him not to harm them; Danzo then planned to use Kurenai Yuhi to lure Uchiha Qingcheng into a trap.
• Kakashi found Naruto’s hallway clean and visited him, where Naruto resentfully asked why his father had sealed the Nine-Tails inside him.
• Kakashi learned that Naruto had endured neglect and spoiled food, then offered to treat him to Ichiraku Ramen.

Qingcheng convinced Kurenai to resign as a ninja and join him in business, then used genjutsu to relive his family’s slaughter and awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan. He emerged conscious with powerful ocular strength and believed he could now do anything.

• Qingcheng persuaded Kurenai to give up her Hokage ambitions, resign from the Ninja Department, and help manage the Uchiha Clan’s business.
• Sasuke proudly told Qingcheng he had awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan and left for school after Qingcheng teased him about Naruto.
• After Kurenai left, Qingcheng used Sharingan Genjutsu: Heaven and Earth Reversal on himself to try to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Qingcheng relived Uchiha Itachi killing his mother, himself, and Mei during the clan massacre, and his fury intensified.
• Qingcheng’s three tomoe transformed into an inverted triangular pinwheel, ending the genjutsu and awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Qingcheng tested his Mangekyō Sharingan and discovered powerful space-time techniques, but their use quickly drained his Chakra and damaged his eyes. After Kurenai was forced to accept a mission, he equipped her with supplies and a kunai he claimed could summon his father, then suspected Danzo was targeting the Uchiha Clan.

• Qingcheng used Yomotsu Hirasaka to enter and leave Yomi Space, then tested Divine Army and learned that it consumed enormous Chakra and strained his left eye.
• Qingcheng manifested the second form of Susanoo, but his eyes soon began bleeding and his vision worsened, so he resolved to obtain Hashirama Cells.
• Kurenai told Qingcheng that Konoha's higher-ups had refused her resignation and assigned her to escort a minister from the Land of Hot Water.
• Qingcheng gave Kurenai a scroll containing Explosive Tags, Soldier Pills, kunai, money, and ninjutsu scrolls, along with a Three-pronged Kunai he claimed could summon Uchiha Yongcheng.
• Kurenai left to meet her teammates, and Qingcheng suspected Danzo was plotting against the Uchiha Clan and vowed to confront him.

Uchiha Qingcheng invested in Konoha businesses and arranged funding for a funeral company, then secretly followed Kurenai Yuhi’s escort team out of the village. Kurenai’s team encountered an unsettlingly quiet forest, putting them on alert.

• Qingcheng gave Yamahuku three billion ryo to buy land near Ichiraku Ramen and every available storefront on Uchiha Street, despite Yamahuku’s warnings about the risks.
• Qingcheng approved another two hundred thousand ryo for Yunye’s One-Stop Company and described his plan to build an Uchiha commercial empire in Konoha.
• Kurenai Yuhi joined Uzuki Yugao and Gekko Hayate to escort the Land of Hot Water’s minister back home.
• Izumo Kamizuki and Kotetsu Hagane wished Kurenai’s team a safe journey as they left Konoha, while Qingcheng secretly slipped out beneath the gates.
• Kurenai sensed the forest was unnaturally quiet and warned the team to stay alert, as the minister worried about protecting his goods.

Root ninjas ambushed Kurenai Yuhi’s group, killing Gekko Hayate before Kurenai and Yugao fought back with a massive stockpile of Explosive Tags. As the Root leaders cornered Kurenai, Qingcheng appeared through a spatial rift and protected her with a yellow Susanoo skeleton.

• The masked Root leader ordered his ninjas to capture Kurenai Yuhi and kill everyone else, prompting Kurenai to call off the mission.
• Gekko Hayate attacked the Root ninjas with the Crescent Moon Dance, but a sensory ninja detected him and a barrage of attacks killed him.
• Grieving for Hayate, Yugao and Kurenai hurled Explosive Tags at the Root ninjas, killing several and scattering the rest.
• Kurenai sent Yugao to rescue the fleeing client while she continued pursuing the carriage and throwing Explosive Tags.
• Two Elite Jonin Root ninjas caught up to Kurenai, but Qingcheng emerged beside her in a yellow Susanoo skeleton and seized them.

Uchiha Qingcheng used a Susanoo and Fire Release to defeat the Root ninjas, then posed as his undead father, Uchiha Yongcheng, to frighten Konoha’s leaders and demand that Qingcheng have twenty children. After leaving Kurenai and Yugao to continue toward the Land of Hot Water, Qingcheng headed there himself to find Tsunade and obtain a Sage Body or Yin Seal.

• Uchiha Yongcheng appeared in a Susanoo, crushed two Root Elite Jonin, and burned the remaining Root ninjas with Dragon Flame Release Song Technique.
• Yongcheng claimed to be the God of Asura and warned Hiruzen Sarutobi not to threaten his son or the Uchiha Clan.
• Yongcheng told Kurenai to persuade Qingcheng to have twenty children, and Kurenai agreed to discuss finding him more partners.
• Yongcheng vanished underground, while Kurenai, Uzuki Yugao, and the Land of Hot Water minister reacted to his claims and resumed their journey.
• Uchiha Qingcheng traveled underground toward the Land of Hot Water to find Tsunade and seek a Sage Body or Yin Seal, while wishing his father would take Shimura Danzō and other enemies away.

Qingcheng reached the Land of Hot Water, rested at a luxury inn, and gained new genjutsu abilities before heading to a casino to approach Tsunade. The chapter ended with Tsunade eyeing his money and considering robbing him to pay her debts.

• Qingcheng arrived in the Land of Hot Water’s capital and booked a luxury room for ten days.
• The system detected Kurenai’s child and rewarded Qingcheng with improved genjutsu talent, mastery, and Tree Binding Death.
• Qingcheng recovered his Chakra, prepared for his meeting with Tsunade, and went to the largest casino.
• Tsunade wagered five hundred thousand Ryo on small while the gamblers bet against her, expecting her to lose again.
• Qingcheng entered and bet five million Ryo on triples, and Tsunade recognized his Uchiha scent before deciding his scroll might contain enough money to help pay her debts.

Uchiha Qingcheng won a huge gambling payout, revealed his identity to Tsunade, and learned about her past with his father and the decline of the Senju Clan. He placed another massive bet and hit a second triple, leaving the casino owner facing a 15-billion-Ryo payout and calling for Boshima.

• Qingcheng won 150 million Ryo on a triple and decided to keep gambling, while Tsunade lost her last 500,000 Ryo and asked him for a loan.
• Qingcheng accidentally revealed that he was Uchiha Yongcheng's son, then asked Tsunade to go on a date in exchange for lending her money.
• Tsunade recalled how she had beaten Yongcheng and mocked the Uchiha, then explained that the Senju Clan had dwindled and been exterminated.
• Tsunade warned Qingcheng to bet on big, but he put 50 million Ryo on triples after using his Sharingan to spot the dealer changing the dice.
• Qingcheng won another triple, and the casino owner panicked over the 15-billion-Ryo payout before ordering someone to bring Boshima and the dealer to accuse Qingcheng of cheating.

Qingcheng looted a casino, defeated its rogue ninja protectors with Tsunade’s help, and learned the Lightning God Armor’s cultivation method from Boshima. After killing Boshima and destroying the evidence, Qingcheng carried the terrified Tsunade away.

• Qingcheng used his Sharingan to knock out the gamblers and emptied the casino’s valuables into a Storage Scroll.
• Boshima confronted Qingcheng and revealed that he had fled the Tsukiyo Clan after failing a mission and being suppressed by the Fourth Raikage.
• Tsunade struck Boshima down with Chakra Enhanced Strength, but seeing his blood caused her to collapse in fear.
• Qingcheng awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo’s Eight-Headed Curved Magatama to destroy the rogue ninjas and half the casino.
• Qingcheng used genjutsu to make Boshima reveal the Lightning God Armor’s cultivation method, then killed him and burned the bodies.
• Qingcheng carried the still-frightened Tsunade over his shoulder and ran toward the street.

Danzo and Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Yongcheng had destroyed Root ninja and threatened the Sarutobi Clan, so Hiruzen summoned Qingcheng to negotiate. Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone provoked the elders, revealed his sudden rise to jonin, and prepared to summon Yongcheng as Danzo readied another attack.

• Danzo and Hiruzen discussed Yongcheng’s power and threat, and Hiruzen called Qingcheng to the Hokage’s Office.
• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone accused Danzo of attacking Konoha’s mission ninja and killing Gekko Hayate, then threatened clan extermination.
• Danzo attacked Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone, but Hiruzen intervened and demanded that Danzo explain himself.
• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone released jonin-level Chakra, shocking Hiruzen, Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
• Danzo prepared to strike again as Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone raised the marked Three-pronged Kunai and prepared to summon Yongcheng.

Qingcheng used the threat of summoning his father from the Underworld to force Konoha’s leaders to confront Danzo’s crimes. Hiruzen stripped Danzo of his authority and had ANBU surround him, while Qingcheng accused Danzo of dragging Konoha into darkness.

• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone pretended to summon Uchiha Yongcheng, frightening Hiruzen and the Konoha Elders into asking how Qingcheng wanted Danzo punished.
• Qingcheng demanded that Root and the Shimura Clan be wiped out, then accused Danzo of ordering attacks on Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Gekko Hayate.
• Hiruzen stripped Danzo of his position among Konoha’s higher-ups and confined him to the Shimura Clan for life after learning of the attacks.
• Qingcheng demanded that Danzo return Uchiha Shisui’s eye, but Danzo denied the accusation and prepared to attack Qingcheng.
• Hiruzen, Homura Mitokado, and Utatane Koharu turned against Danzo as ANBU surrounded him, and Qingcheng denounced Root as Danzo’s private army.

Uchiha Qingcheng exposed Danzo’s crimes and challenged his claim that he acted for Konoha, turning the Hokage’s Office against him. Hiruzen ordered Danzo to remove the bandages covering his right arm and eye as Danzo realized he had lost control of the situation.

• Qingcheng accused Danzo of seeking power for himself, implanting the First Hokage’s cells in his arm, and desecrating the First Hokage’s remains.
• ANBU and Konoha’s leaders confronted Danzo, while Hiruzen denounced him and distanced himself from Danzo’s actions.
• Danzo declared that he deserved to become Hokage and prepared to attack Qingcheng, prompting the ANBU to ready themselves to protect Hiruzen.
• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone threatened to summon Uchiha Yongcheng and expose Danzo’s bandaged arm and eye to the village.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo to uncover his right arm and eye after Qingcheng revealed that Danzo possessed the First Hokage’s cells and Uchiha Shisui’s eye.
• Danzo saw that the others were ready to seize him and realized the tide had turned against him.

Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone confronted Danzo over Uchiha Shisui’s stolen Sharingan while Hiruzen and the advisers demanded that Danzo surrender it. The ANBU surrounded Danzo, but Qingcheng’s real body had not yet returned.

• Danzo revealed the Sharingan he had taken and refused Hiruzen’s order to return it, claiming it held Kotoamatsukami.
• Hiruzen and Utatane Koharu condemned Danzo for killing Shisui and stealing his eye, while Qingcheng threatened to summon his father if Konoha’s leaders failed to act.
• Danzo defied Hiruzen’s orders to return the eye, apologize, and disband Root, then declared that Hiruzen was unfit to be Hokage.
• ANBU, including Kakashi, surrounded Danzo and ordered him to surrender.
• Qingcheng urged the ANBU to kill Danzo, but Kakashi instead warned Danzo to surrender as Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone waited for the real body to return.

Qingcheng escaped Tsunade after she attacked him for impersonating Dan Katō, leaving her a fortune and insisting that Dan Katō was involved. Back in Konoha, Danzo was surrounded by ANBU as he tried to persuade the Third Hokage to keep opposing the Uchiha Clan.

• Tsunade caught Qingcheng at the inn and tried to kill him for using genjutsu to impersonate Dan Katō.
• Qingcheng used his Mangekyō Sharingan to summon a Susanoo skeleton, but Tsunade shattered it with her Chakra Enhanced Strength and sent him flying through the inn wall.
• Qingcheng convinced Tsunade that he had shown her an Uchiha who resembled Dan Katō, then left her a Storage Scroll and departed.
• Tsunade opened the scroll, found the money Qingcheng had left her, and regretted not playing along before vowing to punch him if they met again.
• In Konoha, ANBU surrounded Danzo in the Hokage's Office as he tried to persuade the Third Hokage to continue opposing the Uchiha Clan.

Qingcheng used the threat of summoning his father, Uchiha Yongcheng, to frighten Konoha’s leaders while Danzo was exposed for possessing stolen Sharingan. The Third Hokage ordered Danzo’s sealed arm opened and said he would personally judge him.

• Kakashi gouged out Danzo’s Kotoamatsukami eye, and Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone took Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone persuaded Mitokado Homura to seek control of Root and urged Kakashi to uncover Danzo’s arm, which held stolen Sharingan and a sealed mechanism.
• Kakashi removed Danzo’s bandages and released the seal in his metal arm, prompting Danzo to warn that it would go berserk.
• Qingcheng’s Shadow Clone threatened to summon Uchiha Yongcheng, claiming his father might destroy the Sarutobi or Shimura Clan and become a dangerous Hell Demon God.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ANBU to hurry and release Danzo’s seal, then declared that he would personally judge Danzo.