Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan became the team leader for Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma Sarutobi, and Might Guy, then discussed Minato Namikaze’s reassignment and the Third Hokage’s apparent plans with him over a meal. Over the following days, Yan had his team complete D-rank missions and showed them how to turn the work into chakra-control training.

• Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi congratulated each other after realizing Yan and Kakashi Hatake had become their team leaders and teammates.
• Yan greeted Minato Namikaze, and Minato invited Yan’s team to eat with his team.
• Over barbecue, Minato explained that his orders to go to the Hidden Stone Battlefield had been changed, while Yan suggested the Third Hokage was building Minato’s prestige and experience.
• Minato suspected the Third Hokage was scheming to use him again and decided to ask Yan for more information.
• Yan assigned his team D-rank missions for several days, and Asuma Sarutobi complained that the work was a waste of time.
• Yan explained that the team had to complete a month of D-rank missions and at least a hundred missions, then taught them to use the chores for chakra-control practice and suggested Shadow Clones could handle the work.

Uchiha Yan trained Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and Kurenai through farm work while the Third Hokage watched. On the Hidden Mist Battlefield, Black-and-White Zetsu’s plot led to Uchiha Fuqiu’s death and Uchiha Fugaku awakening a Mangekyo Sharingan with the abilities Save State and Load State.

• Might Guy tried Uchiha Yan’s Chakra-control training while planting rice, fell into the paddy, and switched to practicing the basics.
• Kurenai and Asuma Sarutobi gradually improved their Chakra control as they planted rice, while the Third Hokage watched from his office.
• Black-and-White Zetsu revealed that they had arranged a scheme against Uchiha Fugaku, believing they could force him to cooperate with Lord Madara.
• Yagura was struck by Orochimaru and transformed into a rampaging Three-Tails near Fugaku and the Uchiha forces.
• Uchiha Fuqiu shoved Fugaku out of the Three-Tails’ attack and was pierced by its tail, dying as Fugaku watched.
• Fugaku awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan and discovered its Save State and Load State abilities, but found that he could not use them to save Fuqiu.

Uchiha Fuchiu died after the Three-Tails impaled him, and Fugaku awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan before battling the beast until he collapsed. After the Hidden Mist forces retreated, Orochimaru approved Fugaku’s return to the village and offered to contact Uchiha Yan, while privately coveting Fugaku’s Sharingan.

• Fugaku saved his condition, but his blade could not damage the Three-Tails, whose tail flung him away.
• Fuchiu told Fugaku to live on, become clan head, and lead the Uchiha clan before dying in his arms.
• Fugaku attacked the Three-Tails in grief, while Qianyi and Uchiha Hao sensed Black-and-White Zetsu and detected ocular power controlling the beast and Yagura.
• The Hidden Mist forces withdrew after Fugaku fought the Three-Tails for over half an hour, and Fugaku fainted from his injuries and depleted ocular power.
• Orochimaru examined the unconscious Fugaku, approved Uchiha Chuan’s request to take him back to the village, and offered to have Uchiha Yan meet them.

Uchiha Fugaku pretended to be gravely injured so he could leave the front lines and return to Konoha, while Uchiha Senichi and Uchiha Yan considered whether he had joined Uchiha Madara. The chapter left Uchiha Yan suspecting Madara had orchestrated the battle that awakened Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Orochimaru hinted that he saw through Fugaku’s act, and Fugaku admitted it to Uchiha Chuan after Orochimaru left.
• Fugaku blamed Uchiha Madara and Black-and-White Zetsu for Fuchiu’s death and his Mangekyō awakening, then ordered Chuan to escort him back to Konoha.
• Orochimaru told Uchiha Senichi that Fugaku was pretending to be unconscious and had left for Konoha, prompting Senichi to summon Uchiha Yan.
• Uchiha Senichi and Uchiha Hao explained Fugaku’s departure and Mangekyō awakening to Yan, who said Fugaku would not be able to disrupt his control of the clan.
• Uchiha Yan theorized that Madara had arranged the controlled Yagura, the Three-Tails, and Black-and-White Zetsu’s involvement to help Fugaku awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Yan and his family discussed Fugaku’s Mangekyō abilities and Madara’s plans, while Madara learned that Fugaku had awakened his eyes and what they could do. The chapter left Madara unconcerned by Fugaku’s resentment and confident that he would eventually obey.

• Uchiha Senichi explained that Fugaku likely knew Madara had manipulated him and might have noticed the Three-Tails being controlled.
• Uchiha Yan warned that Madara would use Black Zetsu and other means to make Fugaku obey, then assured his family he could handle Madara.
• Uchiha Senichi and Uchiha Hao described Fugaku’s abilities to reset his condition and return to places where he had previously been.
• Uchiha Yan decided not to target Fugaku yet, fearing his saving and loading ability could undermine any plan against him.
• Black-and-White Zetsu reported Fugaku’s awakening and resentment to Uchiha Madara, who said Fugaku would eventually return to serve him.
• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Fugaku could restore his body, stamina, and chakra to a saved state and teleport to saved locations, but could not restore spent ocular power.

Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu considered the threat posed by Fugaku’s time-based Mangekyō Sharingan, while Uchiha Yan developed a new Enslavement Seal and implanted it in Uchiha Tianrong’s eyes. The seal took hold, though the painful procedure left Tianrong exhausted.

• Uchiha Madara asked Black Zetsu whether Fugaku’s Save State ability could restore his youth and lifespan, and Black Zetsu resolved to prevent Madara from obtaining the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Yan warned the First Elder and Third Elder that Fugaku was returning to Konoha with Kage Level strength and asked them to keep watch without provoking him.
• Uchiha Yan visited Uchiha Tianrong, examined his Mangekyō Sharingan, and took him to the laboratory to study its origin.
• After two days of research, Uchiha Yan created Enslavement Seal 2.0, which could be carved into a target’s origin and eventually fuse with it without leaving a trace.
• Uchiha Yan implanted the new seal in Uchiha Tianrong’s Mangekyō Sharingan, sustaining him with life force through the agonizing process before confirming the seal was secure.

Uchiha Yan created Limb Regeneration after studying Little Blue’s talent, then gave her the technique and began spreading her seeds across the Ninja World. He also studied Gardevoir’s skills, developing new methods for psychic attacks, healing, and converting mind power into Chakra.

• Uchiha Yan asked Little Blue and Gardevoir about their cultivation and promised to study both of their abilities.
• After three days of studying Little Blue’s talent rune, Uchiha Yan created Limb Regeneration but decided to keep the technique secret from the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Yan taught Limb Regeneration to Little Blue, who said it used life energy far more efficiently than her innate ability.
• Little Blue gave Uchiha Yan over a million Blue Silver Grass seeds, and he scattered them across the Ninja World using Shadow Clones.
• Uchiha Yan studied Gardevoir’s skills and created Psychic Training Method, Heal Pulse Training Method, Yin Release: Dream Eater, Psychic Illusion: Dream Eater, and Mind Power-to-Chakra Method.

Uchiha Yan developed Combat Intuition, a technique that sharpened battle instincts and let him glimpse up to five minutes into the future, then taught it to his companions and family. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage learned of Uchiha Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan and planned to suppress the Uchiha after the war, as Fugaku returned to Konoha.

• Uchiha Yan cultivated the Three-Principle Immortal Cultivation Art and developed Combat Intuition after studying Gardevoir’s Future Sight.
• Uchiha Yan mastered the technique in hours, awakened the ability to see five minutes ahead, and taught Combat Intuition to Little Blue, Gardevoir, and his family.
• The Third Hokage learned that Uchiha Fugaku had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and used a time-related technique to recover from injuries.
• The Third Hokage judged Fugaku a major threat and decided the Uchiha clan would need to be suppressed after the Third Shinobi World War.
• Uchiha Fugaku returned to Konoha after three days of travel, and his group carried him directly into the Uchiha Compound.

Fugaku returned home after awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan and told Uchiha Tianrong how Uchiha Madara had used his cousin’s death to trigger it. Uchiha Yan secretly guided Tianrong’s advice, leaving Fugaku convinced that Madara planned to destroy the clan and that they should wait for him to kill Uchiha Yan.

• Fugaku sent Uchiha Chuan and the others away, then took Uchiha Tianrong into the house’s secret room to discuss his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku told Tianrong that Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu had recruited him and that Madara had arranged Fuchiu’s death to awaken his eyes.
• Uchiha Yan listened through the Enslavement Mark and instructed Tianrong to tell Fugaku to play along with Madara rather than oppose him.
• Tianrong warned Fugaku that Madara would not help him become clan head and might instead be using him to destroy the Uchiha clan.
• Tianrong advised Fugaku to wait for Madara to kill Uchiha Yan, then deal with Uchiha Senichi and the others.

Uchiha Tianrong revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and told Fugaku how Uchiha Madara overcame its blindness by awakening the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. He led Fugaku to a hidden shrine chamber and showed him a stone tablet whose deeper writing appeared only through the Mangekyō.

• Uchiha Fugaku asked Tianrong about his Mangekyō ability, and Tianrong revealed that he had awakened his own more than twenty years earlier.
• Tianrong explained that Mangekyō use gradually weakens eyesight and that Uchiha Madara overcame blindness by evolving his eyes into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Fugaku learned that Madara’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan never went blind and had helped him fight Hashirama Senju to a draw.
• Tianrong claimed he knew how to awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and led Fugaku to a secret underground chamber beneath South Kaga Shrine.
• Tianrong showed Fugaku a stone tablet, and Fugaku activated his Mangekyō Sharingan to reveal writing invisible to lower-level Sharingan users.

Uchiha Tianrong explained how Fugaku could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan by fusing a close relative’s Mangekyō, then learned the nature and limits of Fugaku’s ocular techniques. The chapter left open whether Fugaku’s Save State and Load State abilities could offer other possibilities, though their heavy cost made immortality seem unrealistic.

• Uchiha Tianrong told Fugaku that fusing the Mangekyō Sharingan of biological relatives could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and offered his own eyes, while urging Fugaku to master his abilities first.
• Fugaku told Uchiha Tianrong that his left eye’s Save State recorded his condition and coordinates, while his right eye’s Load State returned him to a saved state.
• Fugaku explained that Load State could restore his body and chakra but consumed ocular power and could not restore his eyes’ ocular power or prevent their deterioration.
• Uchiha Tianrong asked whether loading a save from years earlier could restore Fugaku’s youth and lifespan.
• Fugaku said that loading an old save would consume too much ocular power and risk permanently damaging his eyes, making immortality through the technique unrealistic.
• Uchiha Tianrong chuckled and said Fugaku’s conclusion was not necessarily correct.

Uchiha Yan learned that Uchiha Fugaku’s time-based Mangekyō could potentially preserve life but would reset his strength, then received word that Kakuzu had found the divine sword he commissioned. Yan inspected the sword and discovered it contained immense power and a consciousness that eagerly responded to his spiritual energy.

• Uchiha Fugaku explained that reloading past states would restore his younger strength, preventing him from accumulating power, and Uchiha Tianrong agreed that his abilities were already formidable.
• Kakuzu went to the underground Bounty Station and reported that he had completed the divine sword mission, prompting the station manager to contact Uchiha Yan.
• Uchiha Yan teleported to the Bounty Station and recognized Kakuzu, whom he considered recruiting for his business ventures.
• Kakuzu revealed the sword and demanded one hundred million ryō, while Uchiha Yan examined the weapon and sensed its immense power and consciousness.
• Uchiha Yan poured spiritual power into the sword, and its consciousness clung to him eagerly, asking for more.

Uchiha Yan bought Futsunomitama from Kakuzu for one hundred million ryō and offered him an ongoing job finding more divine swords. After Yan teleported away, greedy onlookers turned their attention to Kakuzu, who challenged the would-be ambushers after leaving the trading post.

• Uchiha Yan admired Futsunomitama, paid Kakuzu one hundred million ryō, and settled the auction house’s remaining balance.
• Yan offered Kakuzu one hundred million ryō for each additional divine sword and gave him a wooden token to crush when he found one.
• Uchiha Yan vanished using space ninjutsu, and Hei Ming mocked the onlookers for thinking they could rob him.
• Some people decided to pursue Kakuzu instead, while others ridiculed them for targeting him.
• Kakuzu reached a secluded clearing, revealed that he carried another two hundred million ryō, and challenged the hidden pursuers; several lost their nerve and left.

Kakuzu slaughtered the ninjas who ambushed him until Uchiha Yan intervened with powerful Ice Release. Uchiha Yan offered Kakuzu a job managing and protecting his merchant association, but Kakuzu declined.

• Kakuzu used his masked monsters and combined ninjutsu to kill most of the ambushers.
• Uchiha Yan froze everything within ten kilometers, stopping the remaining ninjas from escaping.
• Kakuzu recognized Uchiha Yan and questioned why he had helped him.
• Uchiha Yan offered Kakuzu a merchant association position with access to billions in monthly transactions.
• Kakuzu refused the offer, saying he preferred working as a bounty hunter.

Uchiha Yan hired Kakuzu to manage the Peace of Mind Trading Company and bound him with a powerful confidentiality Contract Seal. He brought Kakuzu to the Dark Star Trading Company headquarters, where Turtledove accepted responsibility for his arrangements.

• Uchiha Yan offered Kakuzu a monthly base salary of ten million ryo and double the major villages' mission pay, and Kakuzu accepted.
• Kakuzu signed Uchiha Yan's Contract Seal, which blocked him from revealing company secrets, let him fabricate memories, and strengthened his resistance to genjutsu.
• After examining the seal's benefits, Kakuzu thanked Uchiha Yan and asked to see the trading company.
• Uchiha Yan used the Flying Raijin Technique to take Kakuzu away, while scouts and informants later found a frozen battlefield and debated who had used the Ice Release.
• Uchiha Yan introduced Kakuzu to Turtledove as the Peace of Mind Trading Company's finance manager and explained his compensation and duties.

Uchiha Yan strengthened Futsunomitama and considered learning advanced forging techniques, while Uchiha Madara learned about Akatsuki’s new organizer and remained committed to the Infinite Tsukuyomi. A month later, Yan created two Super S-Rank Nintaijutsu techniques and prepared to test them.

• Turtledove accepted Uchiha Yan’s orders to keep buying rare metals and posting bounties, then left with Kakuzu.
• Uchiha Yan infused Futsunomitama with Spiritual Power and mental energy, strengthening the blade and its sword spirit.
• Uchiha Yan tested nurturing a Chakra Metal sword and decided to visit the Land of Crafts to learn its forging techniques.
• Black Zetsu showed Uchiha Madara Akatsuki’s principles and peace plan; Madara dismissed the plan and reaffirmed that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the only path to peace.
• A month later, Uchiha Yan created Vacuum Pulverizing Wave and Infinite Shockwave, then prepared to test the new techniques.

Uchiha Yan tested and refined two powerful new techniques on an isolated island, while Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Yunko learned they were expecting a child. Fugaku and Yunko shared the news with the Seventh Elder and Uchiha Tianrong.

• Uchiha Yan used the Vacuum Pulverizing Wave and Eight Extremes Collapse on the island, suffering backlash from the strain.
• Uchiha Yan healed his arm, tested Infinite Shockwave, and spent the rest of the day refining both techniques to minor mastery.
• Half a month later, Uchiha Yunko told Uchiha Fugaku she sensed a new life inside her, and Fugaku confirmed the pregnancy with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku promised to take care of Yunko and the baby, then went with her to tell the Seventh Elder and Uchiha Tianrong.

Uchiha Meixin pushed Uchiha Yan to help arrange his older brother Xiao Hao’s engagement to Kyoko and urged the couple to have a child soon. She and Yan visited Kyoko’s family to settle the marriage, and Kyoko’s parents agreed to proceed with the engagement.

• The Third Hokage learned that Fugaku and Yunko were expecting a child and gave Fugaku two more months before asking him to return to the Hidden Mist Battlefield.
• At dinner, Uchiha Meixin pressed Uchiha Yan and Mikoto about having a child, then asked Yan to bring his father and older brother back from the front lines so Xiao Hao could marry Kyoko.
• Uchiha Yan agreed to help, and Meixin visited Kyoko’s family with him to settle the marriage arrangement.
• Kyoko’s parents agreed that Kyoko and Xiao Hao should marry, and Meixin proposed arranging an engagement banquet and having the couple start a family soon.

Uchiha Meixin arranged for Uchiha Hao and Kyoko to get engaged despite the ongoing war, planning to use Uchiha Yan’s Flying Thunder God to bring Hao home. Uchiha Senichi agreed, leaving Hao to face an engagement and a push to have a child while remaining on the front lines.

• Uchiha Meixin persuaded Kyoko’s parents to hold a small engagement banquet the day after tomorrow and promised to arrange a wedding after the war.
• Uchiha Meixin sent Uchiha Yan to the front lines to tell Uchiha Senichi and Uchiha Hao about the plan.
• Uchiha Hao protested that he could not leave the front, while Uchiha Senichi objected to arranging an engagement during the war.
• Uchiha Yan explained that Meixin had been spurred on by news that Fugaku and his fiancée were expecting a child.
• Uchiha Senichi accepted the engagement plan and urged Uchiha Hao to have a child, leaving Hao to complain that he still had to fight at the front.

Uchiha Yan reached the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan and developed a cultivation method that could help others attain it. Meanwhile, Uchiha Hao announced that Kyoko was pregnant, leaving his family stunned.

• Uchiha Senichi suggested that Uchiha Yan use Flying Thunder God to help Uchiha Hao travel between Konoha and Kyoko, and Uchiha Yan agreed to discuss the engagement banquet with his brother.
• A month later, Uchiha Yan's Sharingan evolved into the Nine-Tomoe Sharingan, greatly increasing his power and abilities.
• Uchiha Yan tested his new eyes, then created the Perfect Sharingan Cultivation Technique: Nine-Tomoe Version, but decided to keep it from his family for now.
• Uchiha Hao returned from Kyoko's house and announced to his mother and Uchiha Yan that he was going to be a father.