Chapter Summaries

Song Zhengtong transmigrated into the Naruto world as Uchiha Mingye, Madara and Izuna’s younger brother. Years later, after his father ordered him to train in Fire Release with Lianhuo, Mingye struggled through the journey and begged to find a village for food and shelter.

• Song Zhengtong was reborn as Uchiha Mingye, named by Madara after the lunar eclipse on the night of his birth.
• Several years later, Mingye roasted food by a river with Madara, Izuna, and Xiao Si, then reflected on how his presence might change the Naruto world.
• Mingye and his brothers were reprimanded by their father for their reckless outing, and Mingye was ordered to learn at least two Fire Release techniques within three months.
• Mingye traveled into the mountains with Lianhuo for training and complained about the exhausting trek and meager food.
• Lianhuo warned Mingye that Senju Clan shinobi were active nearby and that making a fire could expose them, while Mingye urged him to find a village.

Mingye saw how war had emptied villages of men, but Tajima urged him to gain strength and assigned him the Great Fireball Technique. After practicing through the night, Mingye mastered it and boasted to Madara beside a lake.

• Lianhuo took Mingye to a village where Mingye noticed there were almost no men or children, and Lianhuo explained that men were forcibly drafted in the Land of Fire.
• Lianhuo brought Mingye pheasants, and the two later returned home.
• Mingye found a booklet about Chakra Poison in Tajima's study and secretly tucked it into his clothes.
• Tajima rebuked Mingye for neglecting his training, gave him a scroll for the Great Fireball Technique, and denied him dinner until he reflected.
• Mingye tried the technique on Madara, producing only smoke and then a tiny flame, before continuing to practice.
• By the lake, Mingye produced a huge fireball and proudly challenged the dozing Madara to bow before him.

Mingye escaped Madara’s Fire Style attacks by diving into a lake, then returned to find seven Uchiha dead and Tajima badly wounded after a clash involving the Senju and Hagoromo clans. He proposed improving the Clone Technique into the Shadow Clone Technique, and Tajima agreed to work on it and guide him the next day.

• Madara attacked Mingye with Fire Style jutsu, but Mingye escaped into a lake and Madara refused to use another nature transformation to force him out.
• Mingye returned to the clan grounds and saw seven white flags and seven coffins; Shimizu told him the Uchiha had suffered heavy losses.
• Tajima, wounded in battle, vowed that the Uchiha would kill the Senju and later told Shimizu that the Hagoromo Clan had also fought them.
• Madara told Tajima that Mingye could cast the Great Fireball Technique at will, and Tajima urged Mingye to learn to fight for the clan.
• Mingye explained how the Shadow Clone Technique could send information and training experience back to the original, and Tajima dismissed his sons to consider how to develop it.

Mingye found a scroll describing Chakra Poison, a sealing method, and Yin-Yang Arts, then persuaded Tajima to let him train with the Clone Technique under supervision. Madara also asked to learn it.

• Madara told Mingye to train with him, but Mingye refused, hit Madara with Fireball Jutsu, and ran to his mother.
• Mingye discovered a scroll outlining a five-nature Chakra Poison experiment and a sealing method meant to preserve a chosen person until they could defeat a witch.
• Mingye read about Yin-Yang Arts, stored the scroll in a wooden box, and went to sleep.
• Shimizu demonstrated the Clone Technique and warned that its pain and returned memories could harm children.
• Tajima agreed to let Mingye use the Clone Technique for training while he supervised, and Madara asked to learn it too.

Mingye and his brothers trained with the new Shadow Clone technique, and Tajima taught them the dangers of using Explosive Tags during a sparring exercise. After a year of hard training, Mingye still felt far behind Madara and Izuna, and he returned from the woods with Izuna after they hunted a bear for the clan.

• Mingye and Madara proposed names for the new technique, which they called Uchiha Shadow Clone, and Mingye discovered his chakra affinities were fire and lightning.
• Mingye sent his single Shadow Clone to practice water walking while Madara trained with five clones, and the brothers challenged each other to grow stronger.
• Madara defeated Izuna during a sparring match, while Tajima scolded Mingye for burying real Explosive Tags beneath a branch and warned all three brothers about their danger.
• Mingye reflected on how Madara and Izuna kept outpacing him despite a year of intense training.
• Izuna killed a bear, and Mingye sealed its body in a storage scroll before he and Izuna hurried back toward the clan compound.

Mingye found Madara upset because Tajima had ordered the Uchiha Clan to wipe out the Takigawa Clan, and encouraged him to become strong enough to pursue his own ideals. Their conversation was interrupted by an unfamiliar Bowl Cut boy, whom Madara demanded to identify himself.

• Mingye and Izuna returned to the clan compound, where Madara shoved Mingye aside and left in a foul mood.
• Mingye caught up with Madara by the river and learned that Tajima had ordered the Takigawa Clan destroyed.
• Mingye suggested that Madara become strong enough to accept other clans and act according to his own wishes.
• Madara tried skipping stones again, while Mingye teased him for failing.
• A Bowl Cut boy demonstrated how to skip stones and drew Madara's attention; Madara asked who he was.

Mingye, Madara, and Hashirama met while skipping stones, but a drifting corpse revealed that the river was near a battlefield. Back at the Uchiha grounds, Madara and Mingye learned that Shimizu would lead them on a mission against the Takigawa Clan that night while Tajima went to answer an urgent summons.

• Madara introduced himself to Hashirama, and Mingye told Hashirama he had not lost their stone-skipping contest.
• Mingye spotted a corpse in the river, and Hashirama recognized the danger and left for the opposite bank.
• Madara asked Mingye to keep their meeting with Hashirama secret, including from Izuna.
• Madara and Mingye returned to the Uchiha grounds and found Shimizu injured after a clash involving the Hagoromo and Senju clans.
• Tajima ordered Shimizu to lead Madara, Mingye, and Izuna against the Takigawa Clan that night while he went to meet the general.

Shimizu led Madara, Izuna, and Mingye to attack the Takigawa Clan, but the raid proved to be a trap while the Takigawa and Hagoromo Clans attacked the Uchiha base. Mingye tried to save his little brother Xiao Si after he was mortally wounded, and the chapter ended with Xiao Si fading away.

• Shimizu led an Uchiha force to attack the Takigawa village, leaving Madara, Izuna, and Mingye to observe from the woods.
• Izuna and Madara noticed that the Takigawa leader and many of the clan’s ninjas were missing, and Shimizu returned with word that the Takigawa and Hagoromo Clans were attacking the Uchiha base.
• The group raced back to find the Uchiha base under attack and Xiao Si gravely wounded by a kunai.
• Mingye tried to stop Xiao Si’s bleeding, but Lianhuo pulled him away from an incoming kunai and used medical ninjutsu to temporarily close the wound.
• Mingye called for thread to stitch Xiao Si’s wound, but Xiao Si told his third brother he would sleep for a little while.

Mingye awakened a devastating new form of the Sharingan after witnessing his family’s deaths, but the power left him blind. Tajima learned that Mingye had awakened eyes like those of their ancient ancestors, though their effects remained unknown.

• Mingye’s grief triggered his Sharingan’s full awakening, and he used black energy to kill a Takigawa ninja before losing his sight.
• Madara and Izuna awakened their Three Tomoe Sharingan as they mourned their losses beside Mingye.
• Tajima told the blind Mingye he would cure his eyes, while Madara and Izuna tried to reassure him that their mother was safe.
• Mingye sat alone, repeating that he was glad his mother was all right, then lay down laughing and crying.
• A masked ninja reported Mingye’s power to Tajima, who recognized his eyes as resembling those of their ancient ancestors.

Mingye continued living and training in the medicine furnace after losing his sight, while Madara and Izuna worried about his condition. Madara left the Uchiha territory to clear his head and encountered Hashirama by the river.

• Tajima ordered a ninja to keep the danger to Mingye's eyes secret and place a restriction in Lianhuo's mind.
• Lianhuo worried that Mingye had spent three months refining chakra but could only use Yin Release Chakra.
• Madara and Izuna visited Mingye, and Madara told him that Shimizu had killed Hagoromo Clan ninjas alongside Senju Clan ninjas.
• Mingye urged his brothers to cherish the present, and Madara and Izuna left the medicine furnace room concerned about him.
• Madara left the village to clear his head and found Hashirama sitting by the river.

Madara and Hashirama shared their grief by the river, discussing family, death, and whether people could understand one another. After Madara teased Hashirama about mourning a promised meal, they laughed together, and Madara left after insulting Hashirama’s appearance.

• Madara pressed Hashirama to explain why he was upset, and Hashirama admitted that the river helped him feel his worries might pass.
• Hashirama asked whether Madara had brothers, and Madara revealed that his family had once had five brothers and spoke of the violence of the shinobi world.
• Madara said that enemies might hide their true feelings and wondered whether there was a way to see into someone’s heart.
• Madara asked where Hashirama’s brother was, and Hashirama explained that he was sad because Mingye had promised to buy him a meal.
• Madara scolded Hashirama for caring more about food than his brother’s life, but the two laughed together before Madara mocked Hashirama’s hair and clothes and walked toward the woods.

Mingye struggled to use Fire Release and relied on Yin Release Chakra, while Madara arranged a wild-game meal with Hashirama. At the riverside, Mingye began cooking with the boys and asked Hashirama’s white-haired little brother his name.

• Mingye tried to perform the Fireball Technique but found that his chakra naturally turned into Yin Release Chakra.
• Madara told Mingye that he owed Hashirama a meal, and the two planned to meet him ten days later with Izuna.
• Madara found Izuna injured after a patrol encounter with Tobirama and left without him to go on the planned outing with Mingye.
• Madara and Mingye rode a mule to the riverside, where Hashirama and his white-haired little brother had prepared wild boars and fish.
• Mingye explained that he was blind and began assembling a cooking frame as Madara, Hashirama, and the white-haired boy prepared the meal.
• Mingye introduced himself to the white-haired boy and asked whether he was Hashirama’s little brother.

Mingye, Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama shared a meal after Tobirama concealed his identity, while Hashirama persuaded his brother to treat Madara and Mingye as friends for the day. Their talk turned to the war and the cruel life of shinobi, and Mingye argued that they needed to claim the right to choose their own paths.

• Mingye recognized that the boy calling himself Itama was Tobirama, while Tobirama helped build fire pits and offered to freeze the pig's blood for soup.
• Hashirama questioned Tobirama's false name, but persuaded him to stay and share a meal with Madara and Mingye as friends.
• Madara and Hashirama joked and traded insults by the river while Mingye felt some relief from his grief.
• Hashirama asked Mingye what he thought about the war, and Mingye said he wanted to be happy every day.
• Madara reassured Mingye, then bickered and laughed with Hashirama as Tobirama watched with growing curiosity about Madara.
• Mingye said shinobi were weapons without the right to choose, and that they needed to work toward claiming that right for themselves.

Mingye explained how unity and laws could end the ninja world's cycles of conflict, while Madara, Hashirama, and Tobirama discussed pursuing peace through strength. Their time together ended as the Uchiha prepared for a decisive battle against the Hagoromo Clan.

• Mingye described the five sources of conflict and argued that a powerful, forgiving force could unite the ninja world and establish laws to curb hatred.
• Tobirama doubted adults would change, but Madara insisted that they could pursue their dreams by becoming strong enough to make others listen.
• Hashirama vowed to protect the weak and build a village without war, then jokingly challenged Madara to decide who would be village chief through a game.
• Madara and Tobirama packed their equipment and left, while Tobirama said he was unlikely to return; Mingye asked Madara whether losing to Hashirama would bother him.
• For the next three or four days, the Uchiha stayed on alert as they prepared to fight the Hagoromo Clan.

After losing his sight from awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, Mingye pursued Yin Release and medical skills while searching for a way to remain useful to the Uchiha Clan. Three months later, he had learned to control chakra in water, though he still could not use Five Elements Ninjutsu.

• Lianhuo gave Mingye a scroll and explained Yin Release, which he began cultivating despite her concern.
• Mingye realized his body had been unable to withstand the Mangekyō Sharingan's power, causing him to lose his sight.
• Tajima encouraged Mingye to continue developing his medical skills, and Mingye asked him to seek information about Ryūchi Cave.
• Tajima warned Mingye not to go off with Madara and promised to look for information about Ryūchi Cave.
• After three months of practice, Mingye used chakra to raise water and block Madara's fireball, but he could only control chakra in water.

Madara and Mingye discussed Madara’s training and the Uchiha Clan’s war with the Hagoromo Clan before meeting Tamaza Ryojin, who summoned Aoda to judge Mingye’s eligibility for a summoning contract. Aoda rejected the Uchiha Clan’s connection to the art but then took Mingye away without explanation.

• Madara told Mingye he had mastered the Rasengan and praised him for creating a chakra technique despite being blind.
• Madara worried that he could not fight alongside his father and Izuna, and Mingye encouraged him to keep trying for his dreams.
• Hyozuo brought Madara and Mingye to meet Shimizu and Tamaza Ryojin, who refused the Uchiha Clan’s offer to protect his clan during its migration.
• Tamaza Ryojin summoned Aoda to assess Mingye, but Aoda said the Uchiha Clan could not inherit the summoning art.
• Aoda examined Mingye, bit his arm, and vanished with him.

Mingye was reverse-summoned to Ryūchi Cave, where Manda and the White Snake Sage threatened to eat him. After learning how Mingye awakened his eyes and became blind, the White Snake Sage gave him three days to sense energy in the Dragon Transformation Pool or be fed to Manda.

• Shimizu confronted Tamaza Ryojin after Hyozuo carried Madara away, and Tamaza agreed to stay with the Uchiha Clan for a few more days.
• Mingye fell into Ryūchi Cave, where Ara stopped Manda from eating him and led him to the White Snake Sage.
• The White Snake Sage tested Mingye's blood, discovered he was not a reincarnate, and demanded to know how he awakened his eyes and went blind.
• Mingye explained his condition, and the White Snake Sage ordered Ara to take him to the Dragon Transformation Pool.
• The White Snake Sage gave Mingye three days to sense energy and learn Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu, or Manda would eat him.

Ara brought Mingye to the Dragon Transformation Pool in Ryūchi Cave and explained how he could learn to sense and absorb energy for the Yin Immortal Path. After she revealed that he had only three one-hour chances over three days, she left him to train while Manda questioned why the White Snake Sage was helping him.

• Madara and Hashirama fought another duel, which ended in a tie after Madara struck Hashirama with a hidden stone.
• Ara led Mingye to the Dragon Transformation Pool, where its water healed his injuries but prevented him from circulating chakra.
• Ara explained that Mingye had to sense and draw energy into himself within the pool’s one-hour effect to begin learning Sage Method.
• Ara told Mingye he had only three hours across three days to succeed, then left him alone with the spring water for sustenance.
• Manda asked the White Snake Sage why she was helping Mingye instead of eating him.

The White Snake Sage explained that Mingye’s fate had been severed and that his body could not safely handle chakra, but she let him attempt Sage Method out of curiosity. As Mingye endured the Dragon Transformation Pool’s violent energy, she told him humans had once cultivated energy before chakra existed and left him with a cryptic hint about change.

• The White Snake Sage told Manda and the other snakes that Mingye’s fate had been changed, though no one knew how, and warned that his body could eventually combust from chakra.
• The White Snake Sage admitted she had brought Mingye to test whether an Uchiha could sense energy, while the snakes argued over whether he would become food and then fought as they left her dwelling.
• Mingye continued sensing energy in the Dragon Transformation Pool, suffering pain and coughing blood as he realized nature’s power was violent and the pool was not meant for humans.
• The White Snake Sage asked Mingye what energy was and explained that humans had cultivated it before chakra existed, though those practitioners had become extinct.
• The White Snake Sage gave Mingye a cryptic hint that the sky and earth would not change, only the beings between them, and left him to choose whether to live or die.

Mingye became the White Snake Sage’s disciple and trained at Ryūchi Cave for three years before returning to find Tajima dying and the Uchiha Clan changing under Madara’s leadership. The chapter ended with Madara and Mingye fighting after Madara tested Mingye’s unfamiliar Dragon Roar technique.

• Mingye expelled the black chakra from his body in the Dragon Transformation Pool, earned the White Snake Sage’s recognition, and began training to drive his inherited chakra out and cultivate qi.
• Madara and Hashirama’s fathers discovered their friendship and attacked each other at the river, forcing the boys to reveal their clan identities and part ways; later, they renewed their shared dream of founding a village.
• Three years later, Mingye returned from Ryūchi Cave, reunited with Madara and Izuna, and learned that Tajima had been gravely wounded in the war against the Hagoromo Clan.
• Mingye reconciled with Tajima before Tajima died peacefully, and Madara succeeded him as Uchiha Clan head and chose the Hatake Clan as his first target for absorption.
• Madara attacked Mingye with Fire Style in the study, and Mingye’s wind techniques blew off the roof before he unleashed Dragon Roar, which Madara could not copy.