Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ying Yue awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan and gained the power to stop time through his Stand, The World, along with Susanoo. He used both abilities to turn the battle against an assassination squad, leaving fewer than twenty enemies alive and driving the survivors to flee.

• Uchiha Ying Yue stopped time and moved Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu out of the path of a combined ninjutsu attack.
• Uchiha Ying Yue revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo as the enemies reacted in shock.
• Uchiha Ying Yue stopped time again and used Susanoo to cut down enemies across the battlefield.
• Uchiha Ying Yue killed most of the assassination squad, and the fewer than twenty survivors fled in panic.
• Uchiha Ying Yue deactivated his Mangekyō Sharingan and told Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu that they had survived and needed to stay vigilant.

After Uchiha Ying Yue survived an ambush by over a hundred assassins and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, he returned to Konoha with his squad and Hatake Sakumo. As Konoha demanded an investigation into the leaked mission intelligence, Ying Yue received treatment from Senju Tsunade while remaining wary of Shimura Danzō's schemes.

• Hatake Sakumo arrived with reinforcements after the battle and learned from Uchiha Ying Yue that he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and driven off the enemy assassination squad.
• Uchiha Ying Yue, Hyuga Ayane, Yamanaka Chinatsu, Hatake Sakumo, and the reinforcements returned to Konoha, where the wounded squad was sent to the hospital.
• News of the attack and Ying Yue's Mangekyō Sharingan spread through Konoha, prompting villagers and Ninja to demand an investigation into the leak of mission intelligence.
• Senju Tsunade treated Uchiha Ying Yue at Konoha Hospital, while Ying Yue suppressed his Sage Body's self-healing so he could remain under her care longer.
• Uchiha Ying Yue stayed alert despite the hospital's peaceful atmosphere, convinced that Shimura Danzō's schemes would continue.

After Uchiha Ying Yue Squad’s near-death encounter sparked alarm in Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi authorized Shimura Danzō to investigate the intelligence leak. Danzō framed captured spies to conceal his own role, while Ying Yue left the hospital determined to grow stronger and wait for a chance to take revenge.

• News of the intelligence leak spread through Konoha, and Uzumaki Mito demanded that Hiruzen Sarutobi investigate it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved Shimura Danzō’s proposal to have Root conduct a sweeping search of the village.
• Root captured foreign spies, while Danzō used the investigation to suppress rivals and expand his influence.
• Danzō tortured and coerced captured spies into confessing to leaking Ying Yue Squad’s information, then submitted fabricated evidence to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Danzō, believing the leak had been solved, while Uchiha Ying Yue left the hospital and vowed to grow strong enough to bring Danzō down.

Sarutobi Hiruzen promoted Uchiha Ying Yue to jōnin, and Ying Yue used the opportunity to obtain the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll. After learning that Ying Yue had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Uchiha Chōkaku summoned him and named him the most suitable successor to lead the Uchiha Clan.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen praised Ying Yue's mission performance and promoted him to jōnin.
• Ying Yue asked to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him its scroll.
• Uchiha Chōkaku heard that Ying Yue had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and decided to summon him.
• Chōkaku told Ying Yue he was the most suitable candidate to succeed him as clan head.

Uchiha Chōkaku began assessing Uchiha Ying Yue as a candidate to lead the clan and gave him the Uchiha Clan Inheritance Scroll. Later, Ying Yue agreed to help Orochimaru’s research in exchange for support developing higher-yield crops.

• Uchiha Chōkaku told Ying Yue he would assess his wisdom and character before deciding whether he could lead the Uchiha Clan, and gave him the Uchiha Clan Inheritance Scroll.
• Orochimaru told Ying Yue that the Sharingan could suppress Hashirama Cells, potentially allowing their powers to be fused and transplanted.
• Orochimaru asked Ying Yue for blood samples because his Senju-Uchiha heritage could advance the research, and Ying Yue agreed.
• Ying Yue asked Orochimaru to help develop better crops to ease farmers’ hardship and reduce famine, and Orochimaru agreed to work on improved rice seeds.
• A small snake drew Ying Yue’s blood into test tubes for Orochimaru, who then left to begin his research.

After Uchiha Ying Yue’s assassination attempt failed, Ōnoki and Raikage A shelved plans to target him again. Ying Yue reviewed his abilities and trained to master his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan powers.

• Survivors reported that Uchiha Ying Yue had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used Susanoo to defeat the assassination force.
• Ōnoki and Raikage A recognized that Ying Yue had become too dangerous to target directly and agreed to wait for a better opportunity.
• Konoha intensified its crackdown on spies, dealing a major blow to Iwagakure and Kumogakure’s spy networks.
• Uchiha Ying Yue trained alone and checked his status, finding that his Sage Body had reached 61% and his ocular power was at 3%.
• Uchiha Ying Yue reviewed his World and Space Control abilities and continued practicing them, noting their limits and the need for more combat experience.

Uchiha Ying Yue received Uzumaki Mito’s support and traveled to the devastated Land of Whirlpools to help the Uzumaki Clan rebuild. After seeing the survivors’ suffering, he began assessing the urgent needs of the land and its civilians.

• Ying Yue checked his growing strength and Destiny Points, deciding to save them for a major improvement and further develop his Mangekyō Sharingan’s Space Control.
• Uzumaki Mito agreed to teach Ying Yue Sealing Jutsu and the method for training Strength of a Hundred.
• Mito told Ying Yue that Uzumaki survivors needed his protection and help rebuilding their home, and he promised to support them.
• Ying Yue traveled to the Land of Whirlpools, where Uzumaki survivors and Senju Clan members were working among the ruins.
• An Uzumaki shinobi asked Ying Yue to lead them, and Ying Yue promised to help rebuild as he surveyed the war-damaged villages and civilians’ hardships.

Uchiha Ying Yue organized relief and reconstruction in the Land of Whirlpools, then resolved to use it as a proving ground for reforming the Ninja World. He founded the Dawn Organization and committed his family’s one hundred million ryō to developing technology that could improve production and daily life.

• Uchiha Ying Yue assigned surviving Whirlpool ninja and Senju volunteers to help civilians secure food and rebuild roads and houses.
• Uchiha Ying Yue used Wood Release to build a residential district of sturdy homes for war refugees.
• Uchiha Ying Yue concluded that feudalism kept civilians poor and turned ninja into tools of the privileged, and decided to begin social reform in the Land of Whirlpools.
• Uchiha Ying Yue vowed to transform the Ninja World through education, industrialization, and technological progress.
• Uchiha Ying Yue established the Dawn Organization to recruit scientists, craftsmen, and technical experts to develop production tools and expand chakra’s uses beyond combat.
• Uchiha Ying Yue invested his family’s entire fortune of one hundred million ryō in the Dawn Organization’s project.

Uchiha Ying Yue gathered the surviving Uzumaki and Senju shinobi to approve a sweeping plan to rebuild and reform the Land of Whirlpools. Over the following months, reconstruction advanced under his leadership as he continued mastering the techniques Uzumaki Mito taught him.

• Uchiha Ying Yue proposed rebuilding homes, restoring agriculture, developing industry, and hiring artisans from the Land of Artisans.
• Uchiha Ying Yue announced the abolition of the feudal system, a centralized three-tier government, and the shift of shinobi from missions to reconstruction work.
• Uchiha Ying Yue planned compulsory education and founded the Dawn Technology Organization with one hundred million ryō, while Senju members would form the Shadow Curtain intelligence network.
• The shinobi unanimously approved Uchiha Ying Yue's plans, and he declared that the Dawn Organization would lead the Land of Whirlpools into a new future.
• Uchiha Ying Yue oversaw rapid reconstruction with the help of Wood Release while training in the Strength of a Hundred techniques and Sealing Jutsu.

Uchiha Ying Yue led the Land of Whirlpools through rapid reconstruction and reforms, earning the people’s trust and more than twenty thousand Destiny Points. After Orochimaru developed high-yield rice, Ying Yue prepared for the coming war by ordering research into medical and soul-sealing techniques.

• Uchiha Ying Yue expanded education, industry, infrastructure, and centralized rule, raising living standards and becoming the Land of Whirlpools’ de facto ruler.
• Uzumaki Mito praised Ying Yue’s leadership, while the Destiny System rewarded his reforms with more than twenty thousand Destiny Points.
• Orochimaru and Ying Yue succeeded in cultivating high-yield rice, and Ying Yue ordered its distribution across the country.
• Ying Yue asked Uzumaki Clan sealing experts to develop a Medical Sealing Tag that could seal Yang Release Chakra for battlefield emergencies.
• Ying Yue also commissioned a technique to trap souls, hoping it could support future resurrection plans, and promised to fund the clan’s research.

Uchiha Ying Yue left the recovering Land of Whirlpools in the hands of trusted Uzumaki and Senju shinobi and returned to Konoha to report to Uzumaki Mito. As Mito encouraged Tsunade to pursue him, Tsunade accepted that her affection for Ying Yue had grown too strong to ignore.

• Uchiha Ying Yue assigned trusted Uzumaki and Senju shinobi to manage the Land of Whirlpools before setting off for Konoha.
• Uchiha Ying Yue reassured Uzumaki Mito that the Land of Whirlpools was recovering and reported on its progress to her, Tsunade, and Kushina.
• Uchiha Ying Yue teased Tsunade about her beauty, making her blush, and promised Kushina he would stay in Konoha for a while.
• Uchiha Ying Yue thought about Minato and Kushina's future and silently resolved to help them if he became Hokage.
• Uzumaki Mito decided to bring Tsunade and Ying Yue together and praised Ying Yue to her granddaughter.
• Tsunade watched Ying Yue and resolved to stop running from her feelings for him.

After returning to Konoha, Uchiha Ying Yue reunited with Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu and agreed to take missions with them. He then began training in the Flying Thunder God Technique, quickly mastering teleportation and discovering he could create temporary space-time coordinates without marked kunai, though he still needed to improve his speed in battle.

• Uchiha Ying Yue met Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu, who welcomed him back and agreed to take missions with him.
• Uchiha Ying Yue ate with Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu before heading to a training ground to study the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Uchiha Ying Yue used his High-Dimensional Perception to sense a marked kunai and successfully teleported to it.
• Uchiha Ying Yue trained for several days until he could move rapidly between marked locations in a battlefield.
• Uchiha Ying Yue discovered he could form temporary space-time coordinates and teleport without a marked kunai, but recognized he needed to shorten the time required to create them.

Uchiha Ying Yue took Hyuga Ayane and Yamanaka Chinatsu on a mission, demonstrating his newly mastered Flying Thunder God Technique and marking them so he could reach them quickly. As they gathered intelligence across several countries, they discovered that Hanzo and other leaders were preparing for war, leaving Ying Yue determined to prepare for the coming conflict.

• Uchiha Ying Yue reunited with Ayane and Chinatsu and placed Flying Thunder God Marks on their waists.
• Ying Yue demonstrated that he could teleport instantly and take Ayane and Chinatsu with him.
• The team traveled through several countries and gathered intelligence about rising tensions and military preparations.
• Ayane reported that Hanzo of the Salamander had invaded the Land of Iron and defeated its samurai, including Mifune.
• Ying Yue learned that Shimura Danzō, Ao, and Third Raikage A were also preparing for war, and he resolved to prepare for the coming conflict.

After Kumogakure’s attempt to kidnap Kushina and Amegakure’s declaration of war, Konoha prepared a counterattack against the Land of Rain. Uchiha Ying Yue received orders naming him a frontline commander alongside Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, and prepared to lead Konoha’s forces.

• Tsunade told Uchiha Ying Yue that Kumogakure had tried to kidnap Kushina, and Ying Yue argued that Konoha needed to make the village submit through strength.
• Amegakure’s Hanzo of the Salamander declared war on Konoha and Sunagakure, spreading alarm through Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen met with Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, then decided to send a force to punish the Land of Rain and train Konoha’s next generation.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen appointed Uchiha Ying Yue, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru as frontline commanders and left Hatake Sakumo in charge of Konoha’s security.
• An Anbu Ninja delivered the order to Ying Yue at his training ground, and Ying Yue accepted his command assignment and resolved to help secure Konoha’s victory.

Uchiha Ying Yue, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade planned Konoha’s campaign against Hanzo of the Salamander, focusing on poison defenses, intelligence, and a feint to draw out Amegakure’s forces. Afterward, Ying Yue placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on Tsunade so he could sense her location and reach her if she needed help.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Ying Yue discussed Hanzo’s poison, Amegakure’s terrain, and the need to prepare supplies and gather intelligence.
• Tsunade agreed to coordinate poison protection and medical support, while Orochimaru proposed feints and intelligence operations with Ying Yue’s Shadow Curtain Organization.
• The commanders agreed that Jiraiya and Orochimaru would lead a feint while Ying Yue and Tsunade attacked Hanzo’s stronghold with the main force.
• After the meeting, Tsunade told Ying Yue she feared the casualties the war could bring, and he reassured her about their duty to protect others.
• Ying Yue placed a Flying Thunder God Mark shaped like 正 on Tsunade and demonstrated that he could use it to locate her and teleport to her side.

The Third Kazekage sent Chiyo into the Land of Rain, while Ōnoki prepared Iwagakure to join the war; A chose to wait for an opening, and the Third Mizukage focused on Kirigakure’s development. Hanzo reflected on his ambitions and committed to fighting for the Land of Rain, despite the uncertain outcome.

• The Third Kazekage ordered Chiyo to lead Sunagakure’s forces into the Land of Rain after Hanzo declared war.
• Ōnoki assembled Iwagakure’s army and personally prepared to lead it into the conflict.
• The Third Raikage A chose to watch the war while training his ninjas and preparing for a future opportunity.
• The Third Mizukage kept Kirigakure out of the mainland conflict and focused on strengthening the village.
• Hanzo recalled his hopes for the Land of Rain and resolved to lead it into the war, believing victory could secure its future.

Uchiha Ying Yue, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya led Konoha’s forces toward the Land of Rain, but Ōnoki redirected Iwagakure to target them and launched a surprise attack. After Konoha repelled the assault, scouts reported Amegakure was preparing to attack, leaving the commanders facing a looming war on two fronts.

• Ōnoki learned Uchiha Ying Yue was leading Konoha’s forces and changed Iwagakure’s plan to target him.
• Iwagakure’s troops ambushed Konoha’s forces on their way to the Land of Rain, and Uchiha Ying Yue organized a defense.
• Uchiha Ying Yue, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya coordinated Konoha’s counterattack as Tsunade treated the wounded.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to withdraw after testing Konoha’s strength and observing Uchiha Ying Yue’s abilities.
• Konoha’s scouts reported that Amegakure was assembling to attack, prompting the four commanders to discuss how to avoid fighting on two fronts.

Uchiha Ying Yue and the other Konoha commanders split their forces to confront Amegakure and guard against Iwagakure, but Hanzo’s strength and the enemy’s tactics forced them into a prolonged defensive campaign. Konoha gradually established a foothold and developed an antidote to Hanzo’s poison, while Hanzo remained occupied fighting Chiyo of Sunagakure.

• Uchiha Ying Yue proposed dividing Konoha’s forces, with him guarding against Iwagakure while Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade invaded the Land of Rain.
• Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade’s force suffered ambushes from Amegakure, while Uchiha Ying Yue used Wood Release and the Flying Thunder God Technique to hold off Iwagakure.
• The four commanders shifted Konoha’s forces to strategic defense as pressure mounted on both fronts.
• Over the following months, Uchiha Ying Yue, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya led numerous battles and gradually secured a foothold in the Land of Rain.
• Tsunade and her medical unit developed an antidote to Hanzo’s poison gas, while Hanzo also fought Chiyo of Sunagakure on another front.

As the war in the Land of Rain reached a strategic stalemate, Ying Yue fought Ōnoki and then cracked down on abuses by Konoha forces to restore discipline. With morale steadied and his troops hardened by months of battle, Ying Yue, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya began planning an offensive to end the war.

• Chiyo and Hanzo fought to a stalemate, while Ying Yue used concealed abilities to evade Ōnoki's Dust Release and earned the title "Battlefield Asura."
• The fighting in the Land of Rain bogged down, and exhaustion, war syndrome, and battlefield abuses weakened Konoha's forces.
• Ying Yue executed Konoha ninjas responsible for serious abuses and called an emergency meeting with Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya.
• At a general assembly, Ying Yue warned the troops that atrocities would cost Konoha civilian support and bring harsher retaliation; discipline and order gradually returned.
• After months of fighting, Ying Yue, Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya gathered around a battle map and began planning an attack to end the war.

Uchiha Ying Yue and the Konoha leaders launched an all-out assault on Amegakure’s central defenses, forcing Hanzo of the Salamander to fight the Konoha Sannin himself. As Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya struggled against Hanzo, Uchiha Ying Yue faced Ōnoki at the Konoha camp, and both battles continued.

• Uchiha Ying Yue, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya agreed to concentrate Konoha’s forces and attack the Land of Rain’s central region.
• Uchiha Ying Yue ordered the assault, and Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru led their forces into battle as Hanzo ordered Amegakure to counterattack.
• After a day of fighting, Konoha broke through the central defenses, and Hanzo summoned a giant salamander that filled the battlefield with deadly poison.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya confronted Hanzo in the poisonous mist, but his scythe and poison pushed them onto the defensive.
• Uchiha Ying Yue encountered Ōnoki at the Konoha camp and evaded his Dust Release with the Flying Thunder God Technique as their battle spread across the battlefield.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya began finding a rhythm for counterattacking Hanzo.