Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ying Yue strengthened his hold on Konoha by introducing generous shinobi benefits and work hours as the village recovered from war. Meanwhile, the other major villages underwent leadership changes and upheaval, leaving the shinobi world in a shifting and uncertain state.

• Uchiha Ying Yue raised Konoha shinobi salaries, improved medical coverage, and introduced a five-day, six-hour workweek, earning their support and consolidating control of the village.
• The Third Raikage A stepped down after losing an arm to Ying Yue, and his son A became the Fourth Raikage, determined to rebuild Kumogakure and take revenge on Konoha.
• Karatachi Yagura became the Fourth Mizukage and led Kirigakure's purge of its bloodline clans, while Kimimaro, Haku, and other survivors found shelter with Ying Yue's Dawn Organization.
• Ōnoki worried about Iwagakure's lack of a strong successor, began cultivating future leaders, and adopted a cautious strategy to avoid conflict with Konoha.
• The Third Kazekage suppressed the Land of Wind rebellion, took control of Sunagakure and the country's resources after the Daimyo's death, and withdrew the village from the war.

After becoming Fourth Hokage, Ying Yue agreed to marry Yamanaka Chinatsu and Hyuga Ayane in an alliance between the Uchiha, Yamanaka, and Hyuga clans. Following the wedding, he looked out over Konoha and prepared to face the village’s increasingly complicated future.

• Yamanaka Lanfeng and Hyuga Tianzang proposed a marriage alliance to Uchiha Chōkaku, who agreed to discuss it with Ying Yue.
• Chōkaku summoned Ying Yue and presented the proposal, and Ying Yue agreed after recalling his childhood bond with Chinatsu and Ayane.
• Chōkaku informed the Yamanaka and Hyuga clans of Ying Yue’s decision, and Chinatsu and Ayane welcomed the news.
• Konoha celebrated as Ying Yue married Chinatsu and Ayane, strengthening the alliance among their three clans.
• After the wedding, Ying Yue stood atop the Hokage Building and reflected on his responsibilities and Konoha’s future.

Uchiha Ying Yue reassured Senju Tsunade about his political marriage alliances, and she gradually accepted Yamanaka Chinatsu and Hyuga Ayane as part of a harmonious family. Ying Yue and the Uzumaki Clan then completed the Modified Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals, which made the fatal effects of tailed-beast extraction reversible for jinchuriki.

• Ying Yue told Tsunade that she remained the most important person in his life despite his marriage alliances with Chinatsu and Ayane.
• Tsunade spent time with Chinatsu and Ayane, and the three developed mutual respect and a harmonious household.
• Ying Yue made time for Tsunade and their son, Uchiha Yao, while continuing to lead Konoha as Fourth Hokage.
• Ying Yue and the Uzumaki Clan completed the Modified Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals after extensive experimentation.
• The new sealing technique made the fatal consequences of extracting a tailed beast reversible for jinchuriki.

Uzumaki Mito passed the Nine-Tails to Uzumaki Kushina using a modified sealing technique that preserved Mito’s life, and urged Kushina to seek understanding with the tailed beast. After becoming Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Ying Yue expanded Konoha’s modernization through cooperation with the Dawn Organization and appointed Orochimaru to lead the Science Department.

• Uzumaki Mito and the sealing experts used the Modified Phantom Dragon Nine Consuming Seals to transfer the Nine-Tails while leaving some chakra inside Mito.
• Uzumaki Kushina became the Nine-Tails’ new jinchuriki, steadied herself against its power, and vowed to treat it as a partner.
• Uzumaki Mito advised Kushina to approach the Nine-Tails with love and understanding instead of relying only on seals and force.
• Uchiha Ying Yue promoted cooperation between Konoha and the Dawn Organization, bringing electrical appliances and industrial production lines to the village.
• Uchiha Ying Yue established Konoha’s research department and appointed Orochimaru as head of the Science Department.

Ying Yue supported Orochimaru’s research, helped his disciples advance, and led Konoha into a prosperous era of modernization. After the Destiny System awarded him a lottery opportunity for changing the shinobi world, he reviewed his increased abilities and more than 620,000 Destiny Points.

• Ying Yue recommended Yakushi Kabuto to Orochimaru, who took him on as a disciple and drew him into scientific research.
• Sarutobi Asuma asked Sarutobi Hiruzen for permission to join the Twelve Guardian Ninja, and Ying Yue supported his decision to seek independence.
• Yuhi Kurenai and Shizune studied medical ninjutsu under Tsunade, who formally took them as disciples.
• Ying Yue supported Orochimaru’s expanding research while keeping watch for experiments that crossed ethical boundaries, as Konoha grew more prosperous and technologically advanced.
• The Destiny System awarded Ying Yue a lottery opportunity for significantly changing the shinobi world, and he inspected his improved attributes and rising Destiny Points.

Uchiha Ying Yue used a Destiny System lottery and gained a one-time meteor-summoning ability, then spent his remaining Destiny Points to evolve his Sage Body into an Undying Sage Body. He left the Hokage Office with his new regenerative power and the meteor summon reserved as a trump card.

• Uchiha Ying Yue won the Grand Summoning Art—Summon Meteor, a one-time fate-based ability that drew a meteor from low Earth orbit without consuming chakra.
• Ying Yue decided to keep the meteor summon hidden and save it for a critical battle.
• Ying Yue spent six hundred and twenty thousand Destiny Points to raise his Sage Body from 96% to 100%, evolving it into Undying Sage Body 1%.
• Ying Yue tested the new body's regeneration by cutting his finger and watched the wound heal almost instantly.
• Ying Yue considered the immense Destiny Points needed for future upgrades as he looked out over Konoha from the Hokage Office.

After the Third Shinobi World War, the Five Great Nations faced domestic rebellions, and Kumogakure’s A crushed the Jashin Cult’s main forces while Kirigakure struggled to defeat maritime rebels. In the Land of Earth, Ōnoki chose to prolong the rebellion to strengthen Iwagakure’s political position.

• A led Kumogakure’s elite forces against the Jashin Cult and eventually broke its main forces, though cult remnants remained underground.
• Kirigakure struggled to suppress armed maritime rebels, whose attacks and use of island terrain left the campaign in a prolonged stalemate.
• Ōnoki decided to imitate the Third Kazekage’s strategy and use the Land of Earth’s rebellions to increase Iwagakure’s leverage.
• Ōnoki publicly promised to cooperate with the Feudal Lord’s suppression orders but recalled Iwagakure’s strongest shinobi from the front lines.
• Ōnoki placed poorly performing frontline shinobi in charge of suppression, allowing the rebellion to continue.

Uchiha Ying Yue learned how Iwagakure and Sunagakure exploited rebellions and chose a controlled approach to unrest in the Land of Fire. He traveled to the Land of Rain with Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan and found Hanzo of the Salamander living in hiding, where Hanzo admitted how far he had fallen.

• Ōnoki kept the rebels alive to gain resources and political support for Iwagakure.
• Ying Yue planned to manage the Land of Fire rebellion while investing in Konoha’s economy and monitoring other villages.
• Ying Yue learned that Hanzo’s withdrawal had thrown Amegakure into disorder and decided to intervene.
• Ying Yue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Akatsuki’s camp and told Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan he would help resolve the crisis.
• Ying Yue and the three Akatsuki members infiltrated Hanzo’s bunker and found him feasting in hiding.
• Hanzo offered no resistance and lamented that Amegakure’s ninjas might see him as a cowardly, pathetic old man.

Hanzo yielded leadership of Amegakure to Yahiko, allowing Akatsuki to take over and guide the Land of Rain toward peace. After Ying Yue returned to Konoha, the story shifted to Uchiha Madara training Uchiha Obito to carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.

• Ying Yue challenged Hanzo over his failure to lead the Land of Rain, and Hanzo prepared to commit seppuku.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan stopped Hanzo and urged him to keep serving the Land of Rain.
• Hanzo stepped down and publicly handed Amegakure's leadership to Yahiko, after which Akatsuki took over its management.
• Ying Yue urged Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan to use their power to protect people, then returned to Konoha and assigned continued monitoring to the intelligence department.
• Uchiha Madara trained Uchiha Obito in combat, Yin-Yang Release, and Sharingan control so Obito could carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan.

As Konoha recovered from war, Fourth Hokage Uchiha Ying Yue prepared for a baby boom and arranged care for his pregnant wives and the village’s clans. When Sunagakure’s Karura faced a dangerous delivery, Ying Yue welcomed Rasa and promised Konoha’s medical support, strengthening the alliance as the next generation approached.

• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki remained hidden as Jigen while seeking a vessel, and Uchiha Madara continued training Obito for the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Ying Yue monitored Konoha’s postwar population growth as Tsunade, Yamanaka Chinatsu, and Hyuga Ayane became pregnant.
• Ying Yue arranged medical care for pregnant Kushina and Uchiha Mikoto, and prepared to support the many other clans expecting children.
• Rasa brought his pregnant wife Karura to Konoha because Sunagakure could not manage her risky delivery, and Ying Yue assigned her an elite medical team.
• Ying Yue planned improved childcare, medical care, and education to help Konoha’s new generation grow up safely.

The Third Kazekage deposed the Land of Wind’s daimyo, installed another puppet ruler, and defended his takeover amid condemnation from other nations. In Konoha, Uchiha Ying Yue monitored the upheaval while Shimura Danzō drew inspiration from it and began considering how to seize control of the Land of Fire.

• The Third Kazekage established a shogunate, made himself Shogun, and reduced the daimyo to a puppet.
• The Third Kazekage uncovered the daimyo’s conspiracy, deposed him, and installed another of the former daimyo’s sons as his successor.
• The daimyos of the Land of Fire, Land of Earth, and Land of Lightning condemned the Third Kazekage, who claimed his actions served the Land of Wind’s stability.
• Uchiha Ying Yue decided to avoid a direct conflict with Sunagakure and sent the Shadow Curtain Organization to monitor the Land of Wind.
• Shimura Danzō, angered by Root’s loss of power, considered controlling the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and turning Uchiha Ying Yue into a puppet.

Uchiha Ying Yue learned that Danzō planned to seize control of the Land of Fire and manipulated events to frame him for an assassination attempt on the daimyo. After Konoha declared Danzō an S-rank rogue ninja, Ying Yue set out to capture him.

• Danzō ordered Root to secretly monitor the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and prepare to take control of him.
• Ying Yue learned of Danzō’s coup plot and arranged intelligence leaks and a false black-market bounty to convince the daimyo that Danzō threatened his life.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire summoned Ying Yue, who condemned Danzō’s past actions and promised to protect him.
• Ying Yue disguised himself as Danzō and led wood clones posing as Root ninja in a staged attack on the daimyo’s residence, leaving evidence implicating Danzō.
• At a meeting of Konoha’s leaders, Ying Yue rejected Sarutobi Hiruzen’s call to investigate and secured Danzō’s designation as an S-rank rogue ninja.
• Ying Yue decided to lead a team to pursue and capture Danzō.

Uchiha Ying Yue led Konoha forces to capture Shimura Danzō after declaring him a rogue ninja, and Uchiha Shisui killed him when he refused to surrender. Ying Yue exposed Danzō’s crimes in a public trial, while Sarutobi Hiruzen was left grieving over his former comrade’s death.

• Uchiha Ying Yue joined Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Fugaku, Namikaze Minato, and their forces to pursue Shimura Danzō, using Shadow Curtain intelligence to track his escape.
• Ying Yue’s forces captured Danzō’s Root ninjas and cornered Danzō at a cliff, where Shisui questioned why he had rebelled.
• Danzō claimed his actions had been for Konoha, but Ying Yue ordered Shisui to give him a dignified end, and Shisui killed him.
• Ying Yue brought Danzō’s body back to Konoha and publicly revealed his crimes, winning support from the village’s ninjas, clan heads, and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen mourned Danzō’s death and struggled to let go of the loss of his longtime comrade.

Sarutobi Hiruzen persuaded Uchiha Ying Yue to keep Danzō’s crimes from being widely publicized, then helped usher in a change of Konoha’s advisors as the village stabilized under Ying Yue. Meanwhile, the Third Kazekage’s seizure of power in the Land of Wind sparked growing opposition from nobles, officials, and conservative Sunagakure ninja.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Uchiha Ying Yue to let Danzō be buried in Konoha’s Memorial Garden, but Ying Yue refused because of Danzō’s crimes.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Ying Yue to keep Danzō’s crimes from being widely publicized, and Ying Yue agreed to seal them away to preserve stability.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that he, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura would step back from frontline roles, and Ying Yue named Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade as the new Hokage advisors.
• Konoha appointed the Three Sannin as advisors and made Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura elders, while Sarutobi Hiruzen retired from village affairs.
• Nobles and officials in the Land of Wind formed an alliance with the slain daimyo’s sons and the current daimyo to oppose the Third Kazekage’s rule.
• Conservative Sunagakure ninja grew dissatisfied with the Third Kazekage for drawing the village into politics and taking control of the Land of Wind’s government.

The Third Kazekage’s shogunate rule provoked a growing anti-shogunate movement in the Land of Wind, backed by foreign daimyos and pressured by other shinobi villages. At a Sunagakure leadership meeting, the Third Kazekage realized the domestic unrest had become an international crisis.

• Conservative shinobi and Land of Wind nobles opposed the Third Kazekage’s rule, while the daimyo and former daimyo’s sons secretly sought support from other nations.
• The Third Kazekage had Anbu execute noble leaders, courted Sunagakure’s conservatives, and warned foreign daimyos against interfering.
• Uchiha Ying Yue learned of the crisis and chose to monitor the Land of Wind through the Shadow Curtain Organization rather than intervene.
• Backed covertly by the daimyos of the Land of Fire, Land of Earth, Land of Lightning, and Land of Water, Land of Wind nobles launched an anti-shogunate movement.
• The Fourth Raikage A threatened war unless the Third Kazekage returned power to the daimyo, while Ōnoki and Karatachi Yagura issued condemnations under pressure from their daimyos.
• At a Sunagakure high-level meeting, the Third Kazekage cursed and recognized that his struggle had become an international crisis.

The Third Kazekage faced rebellion at home and threats from the major nations over his shogunate rule. After receiving advice from Ōnoki and Uchiha Ying Yue, he stepped down and returned authority to the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind, easing the crisis for now.

• The daimyos of the major nations pressured the Third Kazekage, while the Fourth Raikage A threatened war and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire demanded that Ying Yue condemn him.
• Ying Yue publicly condemned the Third Kazekage but secretly monitored the crisis and arranged covert assistance for Sunagakure.
• As opposition grew among the Land of Wind's nobles and within Sunagakure, the Third Kazekage considered purging his internal critics.
• Ōnoki and Uchiha Ying Yue sent letters warning the Third Kazekage that the daimyos opposed his takeover and Sunagakure could not endure another war.
• The Third Kazekage followed Ying Yue's advice, announced his resignation, and granted the Feudal Lord of the Land of Wind authority.
• The feudal lords of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire began to stand down after the Third Kazekage's concession.

After Rasa succeeded the Third Kazekage, Sunagakure stabilized and the great nations avoided immediate war. Meanwhile, emboldened by their success against the shogunate, the daimyos formed a Five Nations Allied Army to crush rebellions and curb the power of the ninja villages.

• The Third Kazekage retired and appointed Rasa as the Fourth Kazekage, who preserved Sunagakure’s influence while taking a more cautious approach to foreign affairs.
• A halted preparations for war, Ōnoki privately supported the Third Kazekage’s concession, and Ying Yue continued protecting Konoha’s interests from the shadows.
• Ying Yue recognized that the Land of Wind’s crisis had only temporarily eased as tensions and unrest continued across the Ninja World.
• The daimyos concluded that ninja villages benefited from prolonged rebellions and feared losing control as the villages grew stronger.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning proposed a Five Nations Allied Army equipped with modern weapons and made up of samurai and commoners.
• The daimyos of the Lands of Fire, Earth, Water, and Wind joined the plan, recruiting troops to suppress rebellions and weaken the ninja villages.

Uchiha Ying Yue secretly backed organized resistance forces in the Land of Wind and the Land of Water while the Feudal Lords formed the Five Nations Coalition Army. The coalition’s early victories gave way to mounting losses, leaving the Feudal Lords reliant on the ninja villages and Ying Yue guiding events from behind the scenes.

• The major ninja villages offered only token aid as the Feudal Lords assembled the Five Nations Coalition Army, and Uchiha Ying Yue likewise avoided openly investing resources.
• The coalition army crushed scattered, disorganized rebels, while Ying Yue used the Dawn Organization to supply and strengthen the Oasis Resistance Army and the resistance forces in the Land of Water.
• As the coalition army’s campaigns continued, surviving rebels joined the organized resistance forces, which gained more civilian support and expanded under pressure.
• Uchiha Ying Yue, A, and Ōnoki secretly ensured that the resistance forces would not be destroyed, keeping the coalition army dependent on the ninja villages.
• The resistance forces’ guerrilla tactics inflicted growing losses, and the Feudal Lords recognized that their own armies could not replace the ninja villages’ strategic role.
• Uchiha Ying Yue continued manipulating events to preserve Konoha’s initiative as the Feudal Lords found that escaping the ninja villages’ influence remained difficult.

Uchiha Ying Yue welcomed a new generation of children in Konoha, including his own children and Sasuke, while building ties with Rasa after Gaara’s birth. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara died after entrusting the Eye of the Moon Plan to Obito, who began gathering intelligence and infiltrated Konoha to investigate the Nine-Tails.

• Rasa and Karura welcomed Gaara, and Ying Yue blessed the child while predicting that Rasa would become the next Kazekage.
• Ying Yue and Tsunade welcomed Uchiha Hui, Hyuga Ayane gave birth to Uchiha Yukine, and Yamanaka Chinatsu gave birth to Uchiha Yu.
• Konoha welcomed a generation of children, including the future members of the Twelve, and Ying Yue visited Fugaku and Mikoto to bless Sasuke’s birth.
• Madara severed his connection to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, died, and entrusted Obito with his name and the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Obito deployed Black Zetsu and White Zetsu to search for the tailed beasts, then used Kamui to infiltrate Konoha and investigate the Nine-Tails.

Uchiha Obito planned to release the Nine-Tails during Uzumaki Kushina’s childbirth to avenge himself against Konoha and advance the Eye of the Moon Plan, despite Black Zetsu’s objections. Hokage Uchiha Ying Yue prepared extensive defenses and emergency measures against Obito’s possible attack.

• Obito learned from Kakashi that Kushina would give birth soon and decided to release the Nine-Tails while she was vulnerable.
• Black Zetsu strongly opposed Obito’s plan, but Obito refused to change course, prompting Black Zetsu to fear for his own goal of reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Ying Yue deployed over a hundred Anbu and elite jonin to protect Kushina and prepared emergency sealing plans with sealing experts from the Land of Whirlpools.
• Ying Yue positioned sensory ninja and Orochimaru’s spatial sensing devices around Konoha to detect Obito’s Kamui, while keeping shadow clones ready to respond.