Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan defeated Madara’s chakra-powered disguise and explained that Madara could use the Shapeshifting Technique to return in another clone. Yan then stopped the Third Mizukage from escaping by freezing him at the river mouth.

• Yan kicked Madara’s Susanoo apart, and Madara died when the Hidden Mist ninja serving as his vessel ran out of Chakra.
• The vessel’s appearance changed, revealing that Madara had used the Shapeshifting Technique; Yan considered how Black Zetsu might have taught it to him.
• Yan closed the Six Gates and assessed his physical condition and plans to improve Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Konoha and Hidden Mist forces reacted to Yan’s victory, while Senichi confirmed he had defeated Susanoo and Orochimaru became more interested in him.
• Yan joined Mikoto’s pursuit of the Third Mizukage, explained that Madara’s clone could return, and teleported with her to cut off the Mizukage’s escape.
• Yan used Ice Release: Chilling Slash to freeze the Third Mizukage in the river, leaving him stunned by Yan’s use of Ice Release.

Uchiha Yan and Mikoto defeated the Third Mizukage, then returned to the Konoha camp to discuss Yan’s encounter with Susanoo. Uchiha Fugaku reconsidered whether to trust the man claiming to be Madara, while Yan sealed Senichi’s tent before speaking privately with Orochimaru.

• Uchiha Yan explained Ice Release to Mikoto as the Third Mizukage prepared a final attack, but Yan teleported Mikoto close enough for her to kill the Mizukage with Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Mikoto worried that Yan might find her too fierce, but Yan reassured her, and they left her teammates to return the Mizukage’s headless corpse to camp.
• Uchiha Yan and Mikoto appeared beside Uchiha Senichi and Orochimaru, and Yan suggested they discuss his encounter with Susanoo somewhere private.
• Uchiha Fugaku watched Yan and Mikoto arrive together, recalled Madara and Black-and-White Zetsu’s offer, and decided to wait before choosing whether to cooperate.
• Uchiha Yan sealed Senichi’s tent against sound, perception, and prying, impressing Orochimaru with his Sealing Jutsu.

Uchiha Yan explained how he defeated Uchiha Madara’s weakened body and rescued Mikoto, while warning Orochimaru to keep Madara’s survival secret. Madara recovered in his cave, recognized Yan as a serious threat, and decided to wait until his proxy plan was ready before confronting him in person.

• Mikoto told Uchiha Senichi and Orochimaru that the Third Mizukage and Uchiha Madara had attacked her to use her against Yan, and Yan reassured her that she should signal him whenever she was in danger.
• Uchiha Yan explained that he had defeated Madara’s half-chakra reincarnation shell, though the Hidden Mist Jōnin used as its vessel had died and Madara had learned more about Yan’s abilities.
• Orochimaru asked about Madara’s technique and motives, and Yan warned him not to reveal that Madara was still alive; Orochimaru agreed to keep it secret.
• Uchiha Madara’s consciousness returned to his main body in an underground cave, where he admitted that arrogance had led him to underestimate Yan.
• Madara decided he would need to face Yan personally but chose to wait until he had secured a suitable proxy and could preserve his connection to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu discussed their failed attempts against Uchiha Yan and resolved to kill him, while Yan returned to Konoha and explained to Uchiha Meixin that he had gone to save Mikoto. The chapter ended with Meixin checking that Mikoto was safe and scolding Yan for hiding the danger from her.

• Uchiha Madara told Black Zetsu that Uchiha Yan had defeated his Shapeshifting Body and Complete Body Susanoo, and vowed to kill him once his plans were ready.
• Black Zetsu admitted that Yan had thwarted his attempt to capture Mikoto Uchiha and severed one of his arms with a mental attack.
• Uchiha Madara ordered Black Zetsu to stay away from Yan and said he would send White Zetsu on missions near him.
• Uchiha Yan returned to Konoha, absorbed the memories of his Shadow Clone, and confirmed that nothing major had happened in the village.
• Uchiha Meixin scolded Yan for using a Shadow Clone to hide his absence, then asked whether Mikoto was injured.
• Uchiha Yan explained that he had reached Mikoto in time to save her from Uchiha Madara's Fire Release.

Uchiha Yan reassured Uchiha Meixin that he had plans to deal with Third Hokage and Danzo and would grow strong enough to defeat Uchiha Madara. He then agreed to provide disguised revived shinobi as teachers for the Uchiha Clan School and revealed that he had already sealed the clan to protect their secret.

• Uchiha Yan told Uchiha Meixin that Mikoto, his father, and his elder brother could not return to the village while Third Hokage and Danzo opposed them, but he had secretly prepared to deal with the two men after the war.
• Uchiha Yan said he still needed time to surpass Uchiha Madara before sending him to the Pure Land, then left to visit Tsunade.
• The Third Elder brought Uchiha Yan to meet the clan elders, who asked him to solve the shortage of teachers at the Clan School amid the new missions assigned by Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yan agreed to bring back at least six revived shinobi disguised as the Elder Council Secret Ninjas to teach at the school.
• When the Third Elder worried that the revived shinobi might be discovered, Uchiha Yan revealed he had already placed secrecy seals on his faction and the clan leader's faction.

Uchiha Yan reassured the clan elders that his Confidentiality Seal could prevent information leaks, then visited Tsunade and revealed that he had developed Wood Release and improved the Senju Sage Body. After recounting Uchiha Madara’s return and Danzo’s experiments with Hashirama’s remains, he left Tsunade furious and considering how to bring back her great-grandfather.

• Uchiha Yan told the Third Elder that his Confidentiality Seal would let him monitor the secret ninjas and keep clan information from leaking.
• Uchiha Yan woke Tsunade with a nightmare illusion, and she punched a hole through her wall before demanding that he repair it.
• Uchiha Yan used Wood Release to restore Tsunade’s wall and told her he had developed Wood Release and improved the Senju Sage Body cultivation method.
• Uchiha Yan told Tsunade about Uchiha Madara’s appearance, prompting her to consider reviving the First Hokage to deal with him.
• Uchiha Yan revealed that he had found the First Hokage’s revival catalyst in Danzo’s Root base, along with evidence of experiments on Hashirama’s cells and stolen Sharingan.
• Tsunade learned that Danzo had tampered with her great-grandfather’s remains and grew furious as Uchiha Yan described his secret experiments.

Uchiha Yan explained how the First and Second Hokage’s experiments led to Danzo’s Wood Release research, deepening Tsunade’s anger at Danzo and her teacher. He gave Tsunade cultivation methods and a Sage Body Seed, and she handed him a scroll of the First Hokage’s Wood Release techniques.

• Uchiha Yan suggested the First Hokage had allowed the Second Hokage to experiment with his cells, and Tsunade accepted that the explanation fit them.
• Tsunade condemned Danzo for secretly using her first grandfather’s cells and accused her teacher of allowing the research to continue.
• Uchiha Yan taught Tsunade three cultivation methods, placed a Hashirama Sage Body Seed in her heart, and advised her on the order for training.
• Tsunade asked whether Uchiha Yan had destroyed Root’s headquarters, and he revealed that the mysterious Yuki Clan expert had been his clone.
• Tsunade complained that Uchiha Yan’s techniques overwhelmed her and the others, and he promised to ask before teaching them more.
• Tsunade gave Uchiha Yan a Sealing Scroll containing her first grandfather’s Wood Release ninjutsu methods and allowed his companions to learn them.

Tsunade gave Uchiha Yan the Shikkotsu Forest contract and urged him to learn Senjutsu so he could unlock Wood Release’s full potential and create a method she could master. Yan accepted and said that mental cultivation could help Tsunade and Orochimaru overcome the difficulty of calming their minds.

• Tsunade showed Uchiha Yan the Shikkotsu Forest Summoning Contract and explained that Senjutsu was needed to use Sage Art: Wood Release.
• Tsunade asked Yan to revise Senjutsu training so she and Orochimaru could learn it, since both struggled to calm their minds and merge with nature.
• Yan accepted the contract and promised to create a cultivation method that Tsunade could learn.
• Yan suggested that Tsunade and Orochimaru lacked a method of mental cultivation, which could still their minds and help them connect with nature.

Uchiha Yan agreed to learn Senjutsu and traveled with Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest to meet the Slug Sage. He sensed the Sage’s immense vitality and refined Natural Energy, wondering whether the sages of the Three Great Sacred Lands were cultivating immortality.

• Tsunade explained that Senjutsu required rare talent and asked Uchiha Yan whether he knew a technique for calming the mind; he promised he could create one after practicing.
• Tsunade urged Uchiha Yan to go to Shikkotsu Forest, and he signed its Summoning Contract and summoned a small Katsuyu.
• Tsunade introduced Uchiha Yan to Katsuyu and argued that his strength, chakra, and young age made him suitable to learn Senjutsu.
• Katsuyu agreed to take Uchiha Yan and Tsunade to meet the Slug Sage, and Tsunade warned him to treat the Katsuyu with respect.
• Katsuyu reverse-summoned Uchiha Yan and Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest and led them into a vast cavern to meet the Slug Sage.
• Uchiha Yan saw the enormous Slug Sage, sensed her powerful vitality and refined Natural Energy, and wondered if the Three Great Sacred Lands’ sages were cultivating immortality.

Uchiha Yan learned how to form Senjutsu Chakra at Shikkotsu Forest, but quickly realized that prolonged use of the Slug Sage’s method could turn him into a slug. After confirming the danger, he rejected the method and left his plans for immortality unresolved.

• Uchiha Yan theorized that the three sages had developed ancient ways to refine and store spiritual power beyond the chakra system.
• The Slug Sage taught Uchiha Yan to sense Natural Energy and combine it with spiritual and cellular energy to form Senjutsu Chakra.
• Uchiha Yan formed Senjutsu Chakra effortlessly, with his Innate Qi keeping it stable, but noticed Shikkotsu Forest’s Natural Energy carried the Slug Sage’s imprint.
• Uchiha Yan extinguished the Senjutsu Chakra and cleansed his body, then asked whether Shikkotsu Forest’s Sage Mode gradually changed a person into a slug.
• The Slug Sage confirmed the transformation risk and asked whether Uchiha Yan intended to keep Senjutsu Chakra in his body or replace his chakra with it.

Uchiha Yan explained that he wanted to study the Slug Sage’s Senjutsu and develop a human longevity method that could replace Chakra cultivation. The Slug Sage agreed to provide samples and Senjutsu power, hoping his work would restore the Ninja World’s original cultivation paths.

• Uchiha Yan admitted he had condensed Senjutsu Chakra and stored it in his dantian, while the Slug Sage remained unaware of his Innate Qi.
• Uchiha Yan told the Slug Sage he wanted to study her refined Natural Energy and create a method to extend human life.
• The Slug Sage said Chakra would eventually disappear and welcomed the possibility of the Ninja World returning to its former state.
• Uchiha Yan suspected the Sage of Six Paths had turned humans and Tailed Beasts into Chakra producers and might be preparing for an Otsutsuki invasion.
• Uchiha Yan asked the Slug Sage for cellular tissue, blood, and Senjutsu power, and she agreed to help him.

Uchiha Yan took a sample of the Slug Sage’s flesh to research human-compatible Senjutsu and recruited Uchiha members to secretly teach children in the village. He left the teachers at Uchiha Shrine for the elders to collect, then returned to his room to continue cultivating and researching.

• The Slug Sage gave Uchiha Yan a piece of flesh containing sage power, and he sealed it away before leaving Shikkotsu Forest with Tsunade.
• Uchiha Yan warned Tsunade that prolonged Senjutsu practice might make them resemble slugs, then persuaded her that his research could lead to longer lives and eternal youth.
• Jiraiya was caught spying on women at the Konoha hot springs, fled using the Body Flicker Technique, and the Third Hokage watched through the Telescope Technique.
• Uchiha Yan asked Uchiha Valley residents to volunteer to teach children in the village while keeping their identities hidden, then selected ten teachers after an assessment.
• Uchiha Yan left disguise-trained members at a merchant association in the Land of Fire’s capital, brought the ten teachers to Uchiha Shrine, and notified the Third Elder and the others to collect them.
• Uchiha Yan returned to his room and resumed cultivation and research.

Uchiha Yan mastered Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release techniques, then developed new cultivation arts while researching Senjutsu. He shared simplified versions with Tsunade, his family, and the Slug Sage, and left the Slug Sage wondering about taking human form.

• Uchiha Yan mastered the Wood Release techniques Hashirama Senju had left behind and practiced them in remote locations to avoid being noticed.
• Uchiha Yan developed the Ice Heart Art, mastered it, and taught it to his family before returning to his Senjutsu research.
• Uchiha Yan created the Innate Qi Refinement Art and Innate Body-Nurturing Art, then combined them with other methods to create the Three-Principle Immortal Cultivation Art.
• Uchiha Yan gave Tsunade the two new cultivation arts and required her to master the Ice Heart Art before using them; she complained about the difficulty.
• Uchiha Yan shared the cultivation arts with his family and gave the Slug Sage simplified versions tailored to her, which she praised for improving her body and cultivation.

Uchiha Yan left Shikkotsu Forest and studied Uchiha Tianrong’s Susanoo, eventually creating a new divine ability. He ended the chapter satisfied with Heaven-Earth Dharma Form, a technique that formed a giant from ocular power and energy.

• Uchiha Yan discussed transformation with the Slug Sage, then learned that it knew the way to Ryūchi Cave and decided to wait two years before visiting.
• Uchiha Yan took Uchiha Tianrong to a deserted island and ordered him to manifest Susanoo.
• Uchiha Yan replenished Uchiha Tianrong’s ocular power and life force, allowing him to stabilize and advance Susanoo through its stages.
• After eight days of study, Uchiha Yan gained insights into Susanoo and created the divine ability Heaven-Earth Dharma Form.

Uchiha Yan completed and perfected his own Heaven-Earth Dharma Form, then Uchiha Fugaku agreed to join Uchiha Madara’s side in exchange for help awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan. Madara promised to give Fugaku what he wanted while secretly planning to control him and make him serve his resurrection plan.

• Uchiha Yan spent six days constructing a Heaven-Earth Dharma Form inside his Purple Mansion and summoned a hundred-meter-tall giant in his own likeness.
• Uchiha Yan used the Dharma Form to cleave the Sea, then practiced until he could summon it instantly and sustain it without burdening his body or eyes.
• Uchiha Fugaku met Uchiha Madara and asked whether Madara could help him awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan and defeat Uchiha Senichi for the clan head position.
• Uchiha Madara promised Fugaku everything he wanted if Fugaku followed his plan, though he privately intended to control him and make him serve the resurrection plan.
• Uchiha Fugaku agreed to join Uchiha Madara and asked when he could awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Fugaku vowed to get revenge after Madara’s Shadow Clone and Black-and-White Zetsu disappeared. When Hidden Stone renewed its war against Konoha, the Third Hokage and Danzo argued over past decisions before arranging the village’s response and reinforcements.

• Fugaku clenched his fists and vowed to repay Uchiha Senichi and Uchiha Yan for humiliating him.
• Ōnoki led several thousand Hidden Stone shinobi into the Land of Fire, prompting the Third Hokage to condemn his breach of the treaty.
• Danzo criticized the Third Hokage’s earlier pursuit of peace and privately planned to use the renewed war to force him out and become Fourth Hokage.
• The Third Hokage assigned Danzo, Jiraiya, and Minato to the Hidden Stone front and kept Sakumo behind to guard against Hidden Cloud.
• Danzo asked for more troops and argued that Konoha’s shinobi and other clans should share the fighting; the Third Hokage agreed that his own clans could not stay out entirely.

Danzo and the Third Hokage agreed to graduate capable Ninja Academy students early to bolster Konoha during the war, while limiting Danzo’s access to the academy. At Ichiraku Ramen, Uchiha Yan warned Kurenai and the others that early graduation meant both faster growth and greater danger.

• Danzo proposed graduating strong academy students early and recruiting promising students into Root, but the Third Hokage refused to let him recruit from the academy and offered him at most twenty slots from the major clans.
• The Third Hokage agreed to hold examinations for upper-year students, graduate those who passed, and assign them team leaders before gradually sending them on low-risk missions.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, Kurenai told Uchiha Yan and their friends about the early graduation exams and expressed excitement about becoming a ninja.
• Uchiha Yan warned Kurenai, Obito, Asuma, Rin, Might Guy, and Kakashi that early graduation could bring dangerous missions, though surviving them would rapidly improve their abilities.

Uchiha Yan’s young friends prepared for the dangers ahead, sparred after teasing Kakashi, and asked Yan to keep training them after graduation. The chapter ended when an Anbu summoned Yan to the Hokage, though the reason was still unknown.

• Kurenai Yuhi insisted she was ready for dangerous missions and revealed through narration that Yan had secretly helped her awaken the Sharingan.
• Obito and Kakashi challenged each other to a spar, and Kakashi defeated Obito before Rin Nohara treated his injuries.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked how the group would be assigned after graduation, and Yan agreed to keep training them with a Shadow Clone.
• An Anbu arrived and told Yan that the Hokage wanted to see him, but could not say why.

Uchiha Yan reluctantly accepted the role of team leader for Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy after the Third Hokage assigned them to him. The next morning, team assignments began, and Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara were called to Team Seven while Kurenai remained behind.

• The Third Hokage summoned Uchiha Yan and other potential team leaders to discuss graduating top Ninja Academy students early.
• Uchiha Yan protested that he was too young and inexperienced to lead a team, but the Third Hokage assigned him Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy.
• Uchiha Yan agreed to lead the team after the Third Hokage urged him to look after Asuma and the others.
• The next morning, Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara speculated about their team assignments and hoped they might be placed with Uchiha Yan.
• A young blond man called Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara to join Team Seven, leaving Kurenai Yuhi behind.

Uchiha Yan formed a team with Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy, while Minato Namikaze reunited Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara with Kakashi as their third teammate. The two teams met on the rooftops, where Obito questioned why Yan was with Asuma and the others.

• Uchiha Yan announced that Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy were his students, and Kurenai excitedly embraced him.
• Asuma Sarutobi and Might Guy celebrated their assignment to Yan's team as the classroom reacted to the news.
• Minato Namikaze teased Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara before leading them to Kakashi, their remaining teammate.
• Obito Uchiha confronted Kakashi for hiding their team assignment, while Rin Nohara welcomed the chance to go on missions with him.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy spotted Obito, Rin, and Kakashi from a nearby rooftop, and Obito called out to Yan.