Chapter Summaries

Tsunade warned Danzo, and the Third Hokage urged him to abandon his Wood Release experiments and return the First Hokage’s remains. A week later, Yan enslaved four Root ninjas with a new technique and sent two back to spy on Danzo, leaving two behind to serve him.

• Tsunade threatened Danzo if she found evidence against him, and the Third Hokage told him to stop the Wood Release experiments and return the First Hokage’s remains.
• Danzo blamed the Uchiha for the scheme against him and renewed his resolve to destroy their clan.
• Yan mastered the Enslavement Seal and used it to enslave the four Root ninjas he had captured.
• Yan removed Danzo’s control marks and chakra seals, then ordered the Root ninjas to spy on Danzo and gather evidence of his crimes.
• Dove suggested that he and Crow return disguised as injured while two others stayed with Yan, and Yan accepted the plan.
• Yan asked the two who remained to state their names and skills, and Turtledove introduced himself as skilled in Earth Release and swordsmanship.

Uchiha Yan gave two captured Root ninjas new chakra signatures and sent them to infiltrate Danzo, whose response was to suspend his pursuit of Yan. The next morning, Yan visited Mikoto’s grandfather, who asked about his studies and reminded him to prioritize strength.

• Uchiha Yan taught Turtledove and Xie his Chakra Concealment Technique so they could alter their chakra signatures.
• Yan told Uchiha Senichi and the others that he had controlled four Root ninjas, sending Owl and Crow to spy on Danzo while keeping Turtledove and Xie at home.
• Uchiha Mikoto said she had become a Jōnin and invited Yan to dinner with her grandfather, and Yan agreed.
• Owl and Crow convinced Danzo that Uchiha Jōnin had killed Turtledove and Xie, so Danzo paused his efforts to capture Yan.
• Yan visited Mikoto’s grandfather, explained that he was studying medicine for its knowledge rather than to become a medical ninja, and heard the elder stress the importance of personal strength.

After learning about the Uchiha clan’s expectations for him, Uchiha Yan returned home and discovered his family was running short of money. He presented his parents with business plans, and they agreed to use the clan’s commercial network to sell pharmaceuticals and talismans.

• The Elder urged Uchiha Yan to focus on becoming stronger and said he trusted him with Mikoto and the Uchiha clan’s future.
• Uchiha Yan reassured Mikoto on their way home, while his parents discussed suspending their medicinal baths because the family was nearly out of money.
• Uchiha Yan and Mikoto arrived home, where Mikoto offered to pay for her medicinal baths, but Uchiha Meixin and Uchiha Senichi insisted she was family.
• Uchiha Senichi asked Uchiha Yan to pause his expensive laboratory work, and Yan agreed to use the equipment they already had.
• Uchiha Yan showed his parents plans for businesses including pharmaceuticals, liquor, restaurants, talismans, and Medical Talismans.
• Uchiha Yan proposed having the Uchiha clan handle sales through its existing merchant network, and Uchiha Senichi agreed.

Uchiha Yan shared plans for his new medicines and business ventures with his family, while explaining that his Medical Talismans and Spatial Sealing Scrolls still needed work. The next morning, Uchiha Qianyi brought Yan’s Body-Tempering Pills to Uchiha Akiba, who agreed to test them before raising the proposal at the clan meeting.

• Uchiha Yan told Meixin that his talisman work had progressed, described how he would improve Spatial Sealing Scroll production, and revealed plans for five medicines.
• Uchiha Yan gave Meixin the five medicine formulas and told Uchiha Qianyi to offer the clan the outsider-strength Body-Tempering Pills at cost, while keeping the full-strength version for their family.
• Uchiha Qianyi took youth and young adult Body-Tempering Pills to Uchiha Akiba and proposed supplying them to the clan and partnering on a shop.
• Uchiha Akiba agreed to arrange a test of the pills and present the results at the next day’s clan meeting, then called someone to begin testing them.

Uchiha Yan’s family secured clan approval for a restaurant chain and an outside version of their Body-Tempering Elixir, then planned to build ties with the Nara Clan through a medicinal herb supply deal. The next morning, Yan visited Nara Shikaku’s residence as Tsunade’s disciple to begin negotiations.

• Uchiha clan members reported that the Youth-Version Body-Tempering Pills equaled five days of intensive training, and the Third Elder decided the clan would keep the full-strength version while selling a weaker one outside.
• At the clan meeting, Uchiha Senichi and Uchiha Yan presented their restaurant dishes and liquor, and the clan approved a chain partnership that gave their family thirty percent of the shares.
• The clan agreed to supply the family’s Body-Tempering Elixir at cost and sell an outside version with its effects reduced again.
• Uchiha Yan suggested securing long-term medicinal herb supplies from several merchants, especially the Nara Clan, to create mutual interests and help the Uchiha gain allies.
• Uchiha Senichi agreed that Yan should lead the approach because his ties to Tsunade and the Third Hokage gave him a better chance of winning over the cautious Nara Clan.
• The next morning, Nara Shikayama welcomed Uchiha Yan at Nara Shikaku’s residence after hearing that he had come as Tsunade’s disciple.

Uchiha Yan arranged a long-term medicinal-ingredient supply contract with Nara Shikayama and left samples of six secret medicines. After testing them, Shikayama confirmed their effects and began organizing the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans to cooperate in selling them, especially the Body-Tempering Pills.

• Uchiha Yan told Nara Shikayama he planned to sell secret medicines and negotiated a stable supply of medicinal ingredients.
• Nara Shikayama signed a supply contract with Uchiha Yan, who paid a deposit and left six bottles of finished medicines as gifts.
• Nara Shikaku read that the Junior Body-Tempering Elixir could increase taijutsu training effectiveness two to three times, prompting Shikayama to investigate the medicines.
• Nara Shikayama tested all six medicines and confirmed their advertised effects, then decided to buy them quickly and involve the Yamanaka and Akimichi Clans.
• Nara Shikayama invited the Yamanaka and Akimichi clan heads to discuss cooperation, and Akimichi Shigeyama reacted with disbelief to the pills' claimed effects.

Nara Shikayama showed the secret medicines developed by Uchiha Yan to the Akimichi and Yamanaka clan leaders, who wanted to place bulk orders. After learning the medicines included pills that greatly accelerated taijutsu training, the Third Hokage consulted Tsunade, who recognized Yan’s work and approved of his plan to sell them.

• Nara Shikayama told Akimichi Shigeyama and Yamanaka Arashi that Body-Tempering Pills had almost no side effects and could be taken once a day, prompting them to request a bulk order from Uchiha Yan.
• Nara Shikayama arranged for the two clan leaders to meet Uchiha Yan in four days, when Yan would deliver medicinal materials.
• The Third Hokage summoned Nara Shikayama, who presented six secret medicines and explained their effects, including Body-Tempering Pills that increased taijutsu training efficiency two to three times.
• The Third Hokage took the medicines to Tsunade, who identified Yan’s handwriting, confirmed the medicines were high quality, and said Yan could make good money selling them.

The Third Hokage questioned Tsunade about Uchiha Yan’s medicine formulas, then resolved to win Yan’s loyalty after learning of his abilities. Yan visited Tsunade with homemade alcohol and a potent special batch of Body-Tempering Pills, and asked her to teach him basic Sealing Jutsu for his Medical Talisman work.

• Tsunade denied teaching Yan his medicine formulas or getting them from the Senju Clan, and warned the Third Hokage not to cause Yan trouble.
• The Third Hokage left, deciding to intensify his efforts to win Yan over, while Tsunade set out to find Yan and obtain Body-Tempering Pills.
• Yan visited Tsunade with homemade alcohol and a jar of specially formulated Body-Tempering Pills, and promised to keep supplying her with alcohol.
• Tsunade tested a pill, recognized its exceptional potency and vitality-boosting effects, and warned Yan to keep the original pills from outsiders.
• Yan asked Tsunade to teach him basic Sealing Jutsu because he needed the knowledge to develop a Medical Talisman.

Uchiha Yan showed Tsunade his Medical Talisman research, and she judged it feasible before passing out from drinking. The next day, she agreed to take him to Kushina Uzumaki to learn Sealing Jutsu, and they arrived at Tsunade’s house.

• Uchiha Yan showed Tsunade his Medical Talisman drafts, and she became absorbed in the calculations and declared the concept feasible before collapsing drunk.
• Uchiha Yan carried Tsunade to bed, left water by her bedside, and stayed up working on the talismans.
• Tsunade woke the next morning, found Uchiha Yan had stayed overnight, and teased him before scolding him for calling her old.
• Uchiha Yan asked Tsunade to teach him Sealing Jutsu, and she suggested Kushina Uzumaki instead.
• Tsunade gathered the Medical Talisman documents and took Uchiha Yan to her house, saying she would bring him to meet Kushina.

Uchiha Yan received Kushina’s Sealing Jutsu scrolls and visited her with Tsunade to ask her to teach him. As Kushina agreed to help with his Medical Talisman research, Yan sensed the Nine-Tails and grew interested in studying its Chakra.

• Tsunade lent Uchiha Yan her Sealing Jutsu collections and warned him to return the scroll and keep the material from the Uchiha clan.
• Tsunade introduced Uchiha Yan to Kushina, who warmly welcomed him and teased him about being adorable.
• Tsunade explained that Yan needed Sealing Jutsu knowledge for his Medical Talisman research and asked Kushina to teach him.
• Kushina felt proud of her sealing expertise, while the Nine-Tails sensed Yan’s unusual power and realized he could see it.
• Uchiha Yan withdrew his mental power and decided he wanted to study the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.

Uchiha Yan learned Sealing Jutsu from Kushina at astonishing speed and derived a complete Eight Trigrams Seal from the Four Symbols Seal. He reassured Kushina about being a Jinchuriki and offered to replace her unreliable seal, while the Nine-Tails remained wary of him.

• The Nine-Tails sensed danger from Uchiha Yan and hid deep inside Kushina’s seal as Kushina agreed to teach him Sealing Jutsu.
• Uchiha Yan mastered more than a dozen seals in minutes, leaving Kushina convinced that Tsunade had sent him to humble her.
• Uchiha Yan perfected the Four Symbols Seal and derived a stronger, complete Eight Trigrams Seal, impressing Kushina.
• Uchiha Yan told Kushina he knew the Nine-Tails was sealed inside her and offered the new seal as a sturdier replacement for her Pseudo-Eight Trigrams Seal.
• The Nine-Tails tried to confront Uchiha Yan but recoiled under his spiritual and ocular pressure, while Uchiha Yan reassured Kushina and resumed teaching her.

Kushina learned the new Eight Trigrams Sealing Jutsu from Uchiha Yan while Tsunade defended their meeting to the Third Hokage. After Tsunade revealed their Medical Talisman research, the Third Hokage and Danzo accepted Yan’s continued contact with Kushina but argued that the village should control the technology.

• Kushina quickly learned the new Eight Trigrams Sealing Jutsu from Uchiha Yan and insisted she wanted to master it herself.
• The Third Hokage confronted Tsunade for taking Yan to meet Kushina, warning that the Uchiha’s Sharingan threatened the Jinchuriki.
• Tsunade defended Yan and showed the Third Hokage a report on their Medical Talisman research, explaining that only the sealing step remained.
• The Third Hokage reversed his objections and approved Yan learning Sealing Jutsu from Kushina because it could advance the research.
• Danzo demanded that the village control the Medical Talismans, while Tsunade insisted she and Yan had a stake in them.
• The Third Hokage offered Tsunade and Yan each a ninjutsu from the Book of Seals in exchange for village management of the Medical Talismans.

Tsunade negotiated with the Third Hokage and Danzo over the Medical Talisman technology, demanding gambling-debt relief and money instead of a forbidden jutsu. Danzo agreed, and Tsunade left for the gambling house, promising results within half a year.

• Tsunade said Uchiha Yan could choose one forbidden technique from the Book of Seals, while she wanted a different reward.
• Tsunade demanded that Danzo's Shimura Clan waive her gambling debts, provide one million ryo in chips each time she visited, and have the village give her ten million ryo.
• Danzo objected, but the Third Hokage persuaded him to accept the deal in exchange for the Medical Talisman technology.
• Tsunade promised to deliver the technology within half a year and told the Third Hokage not to disturb Yan's research.
• Tsunade headed straight to the gambling house, while Danzo watched from the Hokage Office and seethed.

After Tsunade reported the village’s terms for the Medical Talisman, Uchiha Yan accepted the deal and received the Yin Seal scroll. He studied Sealing Jutsu with Kushina over the following days and advanced several barrier techniques to perfection.

• Tsunade told Uchiha Yan that the village would exchange the Medical Talisman for a chance to learn a jutsu from the Book of Seals, and he agreed the deal was worthwhile.
• Tsunade gave Uchiha Yan a scroll about the Yin Seal and warned him not to attempt it without careful study.
• Uchiha Yan read the scroll, recognized its connection to the Spiritual Consciousness Sea, and decided to master Sealing Jutsu before studying the Yin Seal further.
• Uchiha Yan studied Sealing Jutsu with Kushina daily for more than a dozen days, while Mikoto visited them several times.
• Uchiha Yan perfected the Four Black Mist Formation, Four Violet Flames Formation, and Four Red Yang Formation, then developed Sealing Barrier Technique 2.0.

Uchiha Yan asked Kushina for the Uzumaki clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains and obtained her blood and some of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to study their properties. He sealed away the samples and planned to use them to develop techniques and cultivation methods.

• Kushina complained that Yan had exhausted her Sealing Jutsu knowledge, and he asked her about the Uzumaki clan’s Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Kushina explained that the technique required Uzumaki lineage, but gave Yan its scroll after he said he wanted to try learning it anyway.
• Yan asked Kushina for a drop of her blood and some Nine-Tails’ Chakra so he could study the Uzumaki bloodline and Tailed Beasts.
• Kushina agreed, and Yan negotiated with the Nine-Tails to trade three sets of manga for a ball of its Chakra.
• Yan sealed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra and Kushina’s blood into scrolls while an Isolation Barrier kept their Chakra from alerting the Anbu and Root shinobi outside.

Uchiha Yan encouraged Kushina to pursue strength and gave her cultivation methods and Body-Tempering Pills, then passed the methods to Tsunade as repayment for her support. While studying Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains, he created a modified version that anyone could learn, though it was weaker without exceptional vitality.

• Uchiha Yan reassured Kushina about her situation as the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki and urged her to train until Konoha’s leaders could no longer control her.
• Uchiha Yan transferred the Soul Refinement Art and Basic Body-Tempering Technique to Kushina with a seal preventing her from revealing them, then gave her Body-Tempering Pills.
• Kushina thanked Uchiha Yan with a kiss on the cheek and accepted his gifts.
• Uchiha Yan later passed the two cultivation methods to Tsunade, also sealing them against disclosure.
• Uchiha Yan studied Kushina’s Adamantine Sealing Chains and created a modified version anyone could learn, but explained that its power depended on the user’s vitality.

Uchiha Yan opened his family’s secret-medicine shop, then spent months studying Kushina Uzumaki’s blood and devised methods to cultivate the Uzumaki Sage Body and Kagura’s Mind’s Eye. After rapidly perfecting both with his Innate Qi, he began planning a way to purify the Uzumaki bloodline further.

• Uchiha Yan opened the Secret Medicine Shop, where Kushina and Mikoto came to support him and Minato Namikaze saw them together before leaving with pills.
• After three months of research, Uchiha Yan created the Uzumaki Sage Body Cultivation Method and the Mind's Eye of the Kagura Cultivation Method.
• Uchiha Yan used a drop of Kushina’s blood to form a bloodline seed in his heart, then accelerated its growth with his Innate Qi.
• Over the following month, Uchiha Yan perfected his Uzumaki Sage Body and Mind's Eye of the Kagura, greatly increasing his vitality and physical strength.
• Uchiha Yan decided to pursue purer Uzumaki blood or create a Bloodline Purification Technique, and began deducing the technique.

Uchiha Yan created the Uzumaki Bloodline Purification Technique and taught his family how to begin cultivating the Uzumaki Sage Body. At lunch, Meixin asked whether another battle was coming as the number of wounded at the hospital continued to rise, and Senichi's expression darkened.

• Uchiha Yan created the Uzumaki Bloodline Purification Technique and realized he would eventually need one method to combine different bloodline techniques.
• Uchiha Yan told Uchiha Meixin he had perfected the Uzumaki Sage Body, then passed its cultivation method and an Aura-Concealment Spell to her and helped her plant a purified Uzumaki Bloodline Seed.
• Uchiha Senichi, Uchiha Hao, and Mikoto returned, and Uchiha Yan taught them the Uzumaki Sage Body and an Aura-Concealment Technique.
• Mikoto worried that cultivating the Uzumaki bloodline could cause problems for a future child, and Uchiha Yan explained that his Bloodline Seeds were purified power he had cultivated himself.
• Uchiha Meixin asked Uchiha Senichi whether another battle was coming because the hospital had been receiving more wounded, and Senichi's expression darkened.

As war between Sunagakure and Konoha seemed increasingly likely, Uchiha Yan gave his family scrolls containing powerful Shadow Clones to protect them. Meanwhile, the Third Raikage planned to exploit the conflict by abducting Konoha’s Uzumaki girl, and Tsunade and Jiraiya argued over their respective disciples.

• Senichi warned Hao and Mikoto that Sunagakure’s suspicious activity and worsening relations with Konoha made war likely, and Uchiha Yan gave them and Senichi protective scrolls.
• Dodai told the Third Raikage that the Third Kazekage had likely died and Sunagakure intended to blame Konoha and start a war.
• The Third Raikage ordered Dodai to monitor the Uzumaki girl and plan to seize her during the coming conflict, even after Dodai warned that she might already be the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Tsunade praised Uchiha Yan while drinking with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, and Jiraiya dismissed Yan’s abilities and defended Minato.

Tsunade told Jiraiya and Orochimaru about Uchiha Yan’s medical talent and the Medical Talisman they were developing. As Jiraiya prepared to investigate Sunagakure’s crisis, Orochimaru explained the political motives behind a possible war and challenged Jiraiya’s faith in prophecy.

• Tsunade confirmed that Uchiha Yan had learned most of her Medical Ninjutsu and created the medicines sold by the Uchiha Secret Medicine Shop.
• Tsunade revealed that she and Yan were developing a Medical Talisman that could seal the Mystical Palm Technique, surprising Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya said he would leave for the Land of Wind the next day to investigate the Third Kazekage’s disappearance and Sunagakure’s possible war plans.
• Tsunade argued that lasting peace was impossible while people competed for benefits, and Orochimaru said Sunagakure might seek war to divert attention from its missing Kazekage.
• Orochimaru mocked Jiraiya’s belief in the Child of Prophecy, leaving Jiraiya shaken before he reaffirmed his faith in the Great Toad Sage.