Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ying Yue established the Shadow Curtain intelligence organization while advancing his swordsmanship and gaining experience on missions with the Ying Yue Squad. Over several months, the squad grew stronger and Ying Yue’s bond with Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu deepened.

• Uchiha Ying Yue founded Shadow Curtain with intelligence-gathering support from Senju Mufeng’s loyal clan members and the Ninja Cat Clan, extending its reach through Konoha and the Land of Fire.
• Uchiha Ying Yue trained under Hatake Sakumo, mastered chakra-infused blade techniques, and developed his own Uchiha Ying Yue Style Sword Technique.
• Hatake Sakumo led the Ying Yue Squad on C-rank through S-rank missions, where the team fought enemy forces, gathered intelligence, and destroyed a rogue-ninja weapons research facility.
• Yamanaka Chinatsu improved her Mind Body Switch Technique and clan skills, while Hyuga Ayane advanced her Gentle Fist and Byakugan until she reached elite Chunin combat ability.
• Uchiha Ying Yue grew closer to Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu through their missions and time together, while the two women’s affection for him deepened and they maintained a mutual understanding about their feelings.

Uchiha Ying Yue earned the Daimyo of the Land of Fire’s trust through successful missions and helped Orochimaru establish a laboratory focused on genetic research into Kekkei Genkai. After Orochimaru took charge of renewed Wood Release experiments using Senju Hashirama’s cells, Ying Yue urged him to avoid reckless human experimentation.

• Hatake Sakumo's reputation brought Ying Yue Squad important commissions from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and Ying Yue’s performance during an ambush earned the Daimyo’s attention and trust.
• The Daimyo entrusted Ying Yue Squad with increasingly confidential missions, while Ying Yue’s growing standing also drew attention from Konoha’s leadership.
• Uchiha Ying Yue funded Orochimaru’s laboratory and equipped it with advanced instruments, including microscopes.
• Ying Yue guided Orochimaru toward studying the genetic basis of Kekkei Genkai, and Orochimaru began examining cells and testing how such abilities might be replicated.
• Orochimaru told Ying Yue that Hiruzen Sarutobi had restarted Tobirama Senju’s Wood Release experiments and given him Senju Hashirama’s cells to study.
• Ying Yue warned Orochimaru to handle Hashirama Cells cautiously and avoid rushing into human experiments, and Orochimaru agreed to proceed carefully.

Uchiha Ying Yue warned Elder Senju Mufeng that Hashirama Cells made the Wood Release experiments extremely dangerous, and Mufeng agreed to alert the Senju Clan. Later, Ying Yue met Senju Tsunade in the Senju Compound and began discussing why some people could awaken Wood Release, leaving her curious about his theory.

• Uchiha Ying Yue told Elder Senju Mufeng that fusing with Hashirama Cells could be fatal, even for someone who had awakened Wood Release.
• Elder Mufeng agreed that the Senju Clan should not endure more sacrifices and decided to warn respected clan members about the experiments.
• Ying Yue promised to keep monitoring the Wood Release experiments and share any new risks with Mufeng.
• Ying Yue encountered Senju Tsunade in the Senju Compound, and she asked him to discuss Wood Release.
• Ying Yue suggested that awakening Wood Release might depend on more than combining Water and Earth chakra, and Tsunade asked what other factors he meant.

Uchiha Ying Yue theorized that Wood Release required Water, Earth, and Yang chakra, then reassured Tsunade that Orochimaru’s Hashirama Cell research might help her awaken it. After reviewing his rapid growth in strength, Ying Yue decided to seek promotion from Genin to Chunin.

• Uchiha Ying Yue proposed that Wood Release was a Kekkei Tōta combining Water, Earth, and Yang chakra, and Tsunade agreed to investigate that possibility.
• Ying Yue suggested that bloodline aptitude might affect awakening Wood Release, upsetting Tsunade, then reassured her that Orochimaru was studying Hashirama Cells under his supervision.
• Tsunade agreed to trust Orochimaru’s research and resolved to keep working toward awakening Wood Release.
• After leaving the Senju Compound, Ying Yue reviewed his training under Hatake Sakumo and checked the Destiny System, which showed his increased abilities and chakra reserves.
• Ying Yue judged that his strength had surpassed that of an ordinary Jonin and decided to pursue promotion to Chunin.

Uchiha Ying Yue asked Hatake Sakumo to let his squad take the Chunin Exam, and Sakumo and Sarutobi Hiruzen approved their application. Ying Yue, Hyuga Ayane, and Yamanaka Chinatsu passed the exam, and Hiruzen formally promoted them to Konoha Chunin.

• Uchiha Ying Yue asked Hatake Sakumo for permission to take the Chunin Exam, and Sakumo agreed that Ying Yue, Hyuga Ayane, and Yamanaka Chinatsu were ready.
• Ying Yue gathered Ayane and Chinatsu, and Sakumo led the squad to the Hokage Building to apply for the exam.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen approved the squad's application after Sakumo vouched for their abilities.
• Ying Yue Squad completed a combat simulation, using their individual skills and teamwork to overcome ambushes, traps, and rescue challenges.
• The examiners praised Ying Yue Squad's performance, and Hiruzen signed papers promoting Ying Yue, Ayane, and Chinatsu to Konoha Chunin.

Ying Yue, Ayane, and Chinatsu became Chunin, and Ying Yue later discovered signs that several villages were preparing to attack the Land of Whirlpools. He warned Hiruzen Sarutobi and began arranging aid for the Uzumaki Clan, while questioning whether Konoha’s leadership could be trusted to save them.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen promoted Ying Yue, Ayane, and Chinatsu to Chunin and urged them to keep serving Konoha.
• Ying Yue monitored Shadow Curtain intelligence and learned that Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure were mobilizing troops and purchasing supplies.
• Ying Yue concluded that the villages might be preparing to destroy the Land of Whirlpools and decided to warn its people and seek help from Konoha.
• Ying Yue reported the threat to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who summoned Konoha’s senior leaders to discuss a response.
• Ying Yue ordered Shadow Curtain operatives to watch the great ninja villages and try to save members of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Ying Yue questioned whether Konoha would truly help and decided to tell Lady Uzumaki Mito about the crisis.

Uchiha Ying Yue theorized that the major shinobi villages planned to destroy the Land of Whirlpools because the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu threatened their control of the Tailed Beasts. He warned Mito Uzumaki, who recognized the danger to her homeland and said she could not stand by.

• Uchiha Ying Yue reasoned that the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu and its ability to threaten control of the Tailed Beasts had made the Land of Whirlpools a target for the major shinobi villages.
• Uchiha Ying Yue decided to share his intelligence and theory with Mito Uzumaki, believing her influence could help protect the Land of Whirlpools.
• Uchiha Ying Yue went to Mito Uzumaki’s residence and told her about the unusual movements of Kirigakure, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure and the threat of an attack.
• Mito Uzumaki listened gravely and thanked Uchiha Ying Yue for warning her, saying she could not stand by while her homeland faced such a crisis.

Uchiha Ying Yue and Uzumaki Mito mobilized support after learning the Land of Whirlpools faced a possible attack by several major ninja villages. Mito persuaded Konoha’s leaders to send aid, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the village’s forces to prepare for deployment.

• Uchiha Ying Yue urged Uzumaki Mito to seek Konoha’s help, warn the Feudal Lord of the Land of Whirlpools, and enlist the Senju Clan.
• Uchiha Ying Yue contacted Senju Clan members through the Shadow Curtain Organization while Uzumaki Mito sent a warning to her younger brother and asked Konoha to send troops.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen convened an emergency meeting with Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura to discuss Ying Yue’s intelligence about possible attacks.
• Shimura Danzō argued that Konoha should wait, secretly hoping to seize the Uzumaki Clan’s Sealing Jutsu and avoid strengthening the Senju Clan.
• Uzumaki Mito entered the meeting and demanded immediate aid, prompting Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other leaders to agree to send support.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s available ninja forces to prepare to aid the Land of Whirlpools.

Uchiha Ying Yue assembled an advance squad of Senju and Uchiha ninja to reach the Land of Whirlpools before Konoha's main reinforcements. After spies revealed Konoha's preparations, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure moved up their invasion, leaving both sides racing toward an impending battle.

• Uchiha Ying Yue decided not to wait for Konoha's full reinforcements and asked Senju Mufeng and Uchiha Setsuna for support.
• Senju Mufeng and Uchiha Setsuna agreed to send clan members, and Ying Yue assembled an elite advance squad.
• Uchiha Ying Yue led the squad out of the Land of Fire toward the Land of Whirlpools, traveling in separate groups to avoid enemy scouts.
• Spies informed the leaders of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure that Konoha was preparing reinforcements.
• Third Raikage A, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, and Third Mizukage moved up their attack and ordered their forces to strike the Land of Whirlpools at once.
• The three villages' forces set out as Uchiha Ying Yue's advance squad continued toward the Land of Whirlpools.

Uchiha Ying Yue warned the Land of Whirlpools’ Feudal Lord of an impending attack and helped organize its defenses, but the allied forces of Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure invaded soon afterward. As the battle reached the capital, Uzumaki Ninto led the clan’s resistance while Ying Yue fought elsewhere to protect and rescue people.

• Uchiha Ying Yue reached the Land of Whirlpools and delivered Uzumaki Mito’s warning to the Feudal Lord.
• The Feudal Lord ordered shinobi to prepare for battle and civilians to evacuate to safety.
• Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure launched a joint attack, broke through the outer defenses, and advanced across the country.
• Uzumaki Ninto led the Uzumaki Clan’s elite shinobi in defending the capital and its sealing techniques.
• Third Raikage A led Kumogakure’s forces through the clan’s sealing positions toward the heart of the capital.
• Uchiha Ying Yue led Uchiha and Senju shinobi in fighting the allied forces while protecting and rescuing civilians and shinobi.

Uchiha Ying Yue overwhelmed the Allied Shinobi Forces while protecting the Uzumaki Clan, earning the trust of his squad. In the Land of Whirlpools’ capital, Uzumaki Ninto realized defeat was imminent and decided to sacrifice himself and the clan’s elders to help the younger shinobi escape.

• Uchiha Ying Yue used powerful Fire Release and Wood Release techniques to devastate the enemy forces attacking his squad.
• Uchiha Ying Yue charged through the enemy ranks, and his Uchiha and Senju comrades came to trust and respect him as their leader.
• Third Raikage A’s forces pressed their assault on the Uzumaki Clan’s defenses in the capital while Uzumaki Ninto fought A with Sealing Jutsu.
• Uzumaki Ninto concluded that the Land of Whirlpools could not win and decided to use a forbidden technique, sacrificing himself and the elderly clan members to trap the enemy and give the younger shinobi a chance to escape.

Uzumaki Ninto and the elders sacrificed themselves with a forbidden sealing jutsu to hold back the Third Raikage and let the younger Uzumaki shinobi escape. Uchiha Ying Yue found the survivors and promised to get them to Konoha's reinforcements, but enemy pursuers were closing in.

• Uzumaki Ninto ordered the young shinobi to evacuate civilians and escape while he and the elders prepared a life-forbidden jutsu.
• Uzumaki Ninto and the elders formed a vast sealing barrier that trapped the Third Raikage and the Allied Shinobi Forces' main force.
• The young Uzumaki shinobi broke through and fled the capital, while Uzumaki Ninto and the elders died holding back the enemy.
• Uchiha Ying Yue found the wounded survivors and learned that Uzumaki Ninto and the elders had sacrificed themselves.
• Uchiha Ying Yue promised to escort the survivors to Konoha's reinforcements, then sensed the Allied Shinobi Forces' pursuers approaching.

Uchiha Ying Yue defeats the forces pursuing the Uzumaki survivors and escorts them to Konoha’s reinforcements. After delivering a battlefield report about the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, he joins Hatake Sakumo and the Konoha shinobi in an assault on the retreating Allied Shinobi Forces.

• Uchiha Ying Yue uses Fire Release and Wood Release to defeat the enemy pursuing the Uzumaki survivors.
• Uchiha Ying Yue escorts the survivors to reinforcements led by Hatake Sakumo, Senju Tsunade, and Sarutobi Shinnosuke.
• Uchiha Ying Yue gives Hatake Sakumo a report describing the deaths of Uzumaki Ninto and the elders and the devastation of the Land of Whirlpools.
• Hatake Sakumo orders the Konoha shinobi to march on the capital and avenge their allies.
• Uchiha Ying Yue, Hatake Sakumo, and Tsunade lead Konoha’s attack on the retreating Allied Shinobi Forces, breaking their lines.

Third Raikage A and the allied commanders of Iwagakure and Kirigakure ordered their forces to withdraw from the Land of Whirlpools after seizing Uzumaki sealing techniques. Konoha pursued them, and Ying Yue remained among the ruins to protect the devastated Uzumaki Clan, whose Senju relatives offered help.

• Third Raikage A decided the allied forces had met their objectives and ordered Kumogakure to retreat, while the Third Tsuchikage and Third Mizukage agreed to withdraw as well.
• Ying Yue spotted the retreat and alerted Hatake Sakumo, who ordered Konoha's shinobi to pursue the allied forces.
• Ying Yue led the pursuit, using Fire Release and Wood Release to attack the retreating forces, which escaped with the seized sealing techniques after suffering grievous casualties.
• Ying Yue surveyed the ruined Land of Whirlpools and learned that the Uzumaki Clan had lost nearly 80 percent of its population, including its leader Uzumaki Ninto and his branch.
• Some members of the Senju Clan chose to stay behind to protect their battered Uzumaki relatives.

After the Land of Whirlpools fell, the Senju Clan and Konoha agreed to protect the surviving Uzumaki Clan while it rebuilt. Back in Konoha, Uzumaki Mito asked Uchiha Ying Yue to protect the survivors, and he was left with the responsibility of helping secure their future.

• A Senju elder promised the surviving Uzumaki Clan protection, and Hatake Sakumo offered Konoha's aid and ninja to help them rebuild.
• Uchiha Ying Yue vowed to keep supporting the Uzumaki Clan as he and his team left the Land of Whirlpools for Konoha.
• News of the fall devastated Uzumaki Mito, who learned that her younger brother, Uzumaki Ninto, had died and fewer than two in ten clan members had survived.
• Uchiha Ying Yue visited Uzumaki Mito and recounted how the Uzumaki Clan elders had sacrificed themselves and the survivors had escaped with help from the Senju Clan and Konoha.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Uchiha Ying Yue to protect the surviving members of the Uzumaki Clan.

Uzumaki Mito entrusted Uchiha Ying Yue with protecting the Uzumaki Clan and recommended him as a future Hokage to Konoha’s senior leaders. Though Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to train him, Shimura Danzō privately saw Ying Yue as a threat to his ambitions.

• Uchiha Ying Yue promised Uzumaki Mito that he would protect the Uzumaki Clan and help preserve its bloodline.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura visited Uzumaki Mito and apologized for Konoha’s failure to save the Land of Whirlpools.
• Uzumaki Mito told Konoha’s leaders that she did not blame them for the destruction caused by Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure.
• Uzumaki Mito praised Ying Yue’s courage, abilities, and inherited qualities, then recommended that Konoha train him as a future Hokage.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed to train Ying Yue, while Shimura Danzō privately resented the possibility that Ying Yue could threaten his own Hokage ambitions.
• After the leaders left, Uzumaki Mito prayed that Ying Yue would bring peace to Konoha and the Ninja World.

After returning from the Land of Whirlpools, Uchiha Ying Yue trained and reviewed his improved abilities and the Destiny Points he had gained from rescuing the Uzumaki Clan. He spent his points to acquire High-Dimensional Perception, hoping it would let him learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Uchiha Ying Yue trained hard in Konoha, determined to grow stronger after witnessing the Land of Whirlpools' destruction.
• Uchiha Ying Yue checked the Destiny System and reviewed his strengthened Sage Body, Sharingan, chakra, and ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Ying Yue discovered that the rescue of the Uzumaki Clan had earned him more than thirty-two thousand Destiny Points.
• Uchiha Ying Yue chose to pursue the Flying Thunder God Technique and found that High-Dimensional Perception could improve his spatial and temporal perception.
• Uchiha Ying Yue exchanged his Destiny Points for High-Dimensional Perception and felt his senses change.

Uchiha Ying Yue explored his new High-Dimensional Perception and found that it let him sense changes in time and space, though he could not yet turn those perceptions into combat strength. As his life returned to routine, Shimura Danzō secretly leaked his mission details, prompting Kumogakure and Iwagakure to agree on an assassination.

• Uchiha Ying Yue tested High-Dimensional Perception while sprinting and sensed time slowing and tiny wrinkles in space, but realized he could not yet use the ability directly in combat.
• Uchiha Ying Yue returned to training with Hatake Sakumo and completing missions with Yamanaka Chinatsu and Hyuga Ayane after the rescue mission in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Shimura Danzō ordered Root's ninja to leak Ying Yue's mission routes, locations, and squad details to other villages through the black market.
• Third Raikage A and Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki each judged Ying Yue a threat because of his Sharingan and Wood Release.
• A and Ōnoki agreed to use elite ninja from Kumogakure and Iwagakure to assassinate Ying Yue, while the hidden source of the leaked information remained untraced.

The Third Raikage A and Ōnoki devised a plan to abduct Hatake Sakumo with the Heavenly Transfer Technique and ambush Uchiha Ying Yue’s squad. After Sakumo vanished and more than a hundred enemies closed in, Ying Yue realized Shimura Danzo had likely helped expose their route and ordered Ayane and Chinatsu to break through toward Konoha.

• The Third Raikage A and Ōnoki planned to separate Hatake Sakumo from Ying Yue’s squad and surround the remaining members with a force of more than a hundred shinobi.
• Root shinobi acting on Shimura Danzo’s orders tracked the squad and relayed its route, while three Kumogakure jonin prepared to use the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• Hyuga Ayane spotted apparent Anbu following the squad, but Ying Yue decided they might be on another mission and continued onward.
• The three Kumogakure jonin transported Hatake Sakumo away when the squad entered a narrow valley, leaving him injured and unable to return at once.
• Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu detected a large enemy force closing in, and Ying Yue concluded that Shimura Danzo had likely set them up.
• Ying Yue ordered Ayane and Chinatsu to break through the encirclement and retreat toward Konoha.

Uchiha Ying Yue spent his remaining strength trying to lead Ayane and Chinatsu through the encirclement, but the squad was overwhelmed by a massive enemy force. As a combined attack closed in, Ying Yue awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and unleashed its ocular technique, World.

• Ying Yue poured all his Destiny Points into his Sage Body, raising it to 61% and awakening Seal-less Self-Healing.
• Ying Yue blasted open a path with Great Fireball Technique, then used Deep Forest Emergence and ten Wood Clones to slow the pursuing enemies.
• After his chakra ran out, Ying Yue opened six of the Eight Inner Gates and fought on while Ayane and Chinatsu backed him up.
• More than twenty jonin and other enemies cornered the squad with a combined ninjutsu attack, and Ying Yue stepped in front of Ayane and Chinatsu.
• Ying Yue awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as the attack neared, and his new ocular technique, World, activated.