Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yan subdued the Kusagakure leaders who had targeted Uzumaki Rena, then brought her to Tsunade at the Konoha camp. He left Rena with altered memories to conceal his role in rescuing her, and Tsunade welcomed her as an Uzumaki.

• Uchiha Yan trapped the Kusagakure higher-ups in an illusion, implanted Enslavement Marks, and ordered them not to trouble Uzumaki Rena again.
• Uchiha Yan revealed his identity to Uzumaki Rena, who introduced herself and promised to keep his actions secret.
• Uchiha Yan offered to alter Rena's memories so they would say Tsunade had rescued her, and Rena agreed and asked him to hide other memories as well.
• Uchiha Yan brought Uzumaki Rena to Tsunade's tent at the Sand Shinobi battlefield and secretly summoned Tsunade to meet them.
• Tsunade recognized Rena as a member of the Uzumaki Clan, took her hand warmly, and heard Uchiha Yan introduce her.

Uchiha Yan arranged a cover story with Tsunade so she could claim she had found Uzumaki Rena in Kusagakure, then took Rena to Konoha. The chapter ended as Yan introduced Rena to Kushina, who was displeased to see another girl beside him.

• Uchiha Yan explained Rena’s past to Tsunade and sent her the plan for bringing Rena back without revealing his involvement.
• Tsunade used a Shadow Clone to bring Rena into camp, and Yan returned, gave Tsunade a Teleportation Talisman, and left with Rena.
• Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo sensed Yan’s chakra and saw him disappear with Rena; Orochimaru suspected she was an Uzumaki orphan, and Tsunade warned him not to target her or Kushina.
• Yan took Rena to his home in Konoha and said they would meet Kushina before arranging Rena’s residency paperwork.
• Yan brought Rena to Kushina’s home, where Kushina saw them together and felt unhappy.

Uzumaki Reina reunited with Kushina, described the destruction of the Whirlpool Country, and asked for help finding surviving clan members. When Uchiha Yan brought them to the Hokage Building to register Reina, Utatane Koharu confronted her, and Kushina angrily stood up to the advisor.

• Kushina recognized Reina as a member of the Uzumaki Clan, and the two embraced as Reina recounted how the Whirlpool Country fell and how survivors became separated.
• Kushina asked Uchiha Yan to help find the missing clansmen, and he agreed while warning that they might not want to be found.
• Uchiha Yan instructed Kushina and Reina to give the Hokage the agreed account of Reina's arrival and warned Kushina not to reveal resentment toward Konoha's leaders.
• On the way to the Hokage Building, the trio met Minato Namikaze, and Kushina teased him about being attracted to Reina.
• The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura questioned Reina's presence, and Kushina confronted Utatane Koharu after she frightened Reina.

Kushina revealed that she had become a Perfect Jinchuriki, then defended her right to let Uzumaki Rena live with her. The Third Hokage approved Rena’s residence in Konoha, and Uchiha Yan left with the two women while Utatane Koharu remained resentful.

• Kushina transformed the Nine-Tails' chakra into a golden cloak, and the Third Hokage recognized her as a Perfect Jinchuriki.
• Kushina credited Yan with helping her and the Nine-Tails reach an agreement, while Yan explained that he had encouraged them to communicate.
• Yan gave the Third Hokage Tsunade's letter, and the Hokage issued Uzumaki Rena a resident permit.
• Kushina insisted that Rena live with her and threatened Utatane Koharu with her aura when Koharu objected.
• The Third Hokage approved Rena staying with Kushina, and Yan, Kushina, and Rena left the Hokage's office.
• Utatane Koharu complained about the trio after they left, and the Third Hokage reminded her that Kushina could no longer be pushed around.

Uchiha Yan tested the Otherworld Summoning Technique in a remote stone forest and summoned a strange blue weed with immense vitality and a faint consciousness. The weed began to wilt after landing, so Yan returned with soil to save it.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu discussed Uchiha Yan and Uzumaki Rena, but Homura stopped Koharu from pursuing the girl and urged her to let Rena stay with Kushina.
• Kushina celebrated having crushed Utatane Koharu with her aura, while Uchiha Yan joked that they could kill Koharu in secret; Uzumaki Rena overheard them.
• Uchiha Yan prepared a celebratory dinner for Uzumaki Rena's move, with Mikoto joining them.
• The next morning, Uchiha Yan traveled to a remote stone forest and prepared a summoning array to test the Otherworld Summoning Technique.
• The array summoned a glowing blue weed that could transmit a faint consciousness through the Beast Taming Contract, but it began to wilt after landing.
• Uchiha Yan returned carrying a bucket of damp soil for the weed.

Uchiha Yan discovered that the summoned plant was a Blue Silver Grass from Sunset Forest and named it Little Blue. Their contract exchange transformed both of them, leaving Yan with a new Woodland Release and stronger vitality while Little Blue grew into a powerful plant able to absorb Natural Energy.

• Uchiha Yan learned that the self-moving grass was a 1,256-year-old Blue Silver Grass and named it Little Blue.
• Little Blue explained that it could sense, gather, and refine the world's violent Natural Energy, and Uchiha Yan planted it in his backyard behind a protective barrier.
• Uchiha Yan and Little Blue exchanged Chakra, vitality, and Innate Qi through their Beast Taming Contract.
• Uchiha Yan developed an incomplete Woodland Release, stronger recovery, and doubled vitality, while Little Blue grew past five thousand years old and gained the ability to turn Natural Energy into Chakra.
• Uchiha Yan encouraged Little Blue to grow toward becoming the Blue Silver King, expanded its protective barrier, and returned to the summoning platform.

Uchiha Yan summoned a mysterious egg and entrusted it to Little Blue to hatch in the Natural Energy-rich backyard. A month later, his family gathered as the egg began to crack open.

• Uchiha Yan summoned a blue-and-white egg whose unborn creature could sense and share emotions with him.
• Uchiha Yan placed the egg with Little Blue, which made it a nest and promised to help it hatch safely.
• Uchiha Yan introduced Little Blue and the sleeping egg to his family, then worked with them to redesign the backyard and strengthen its barrier.
• Uchiha Yan studied the Nine-Tails' Chakra over the following month while the egg rested beside Little Blue.
• Uchiha Yan and his family watched as the egg finally stirred and its shell began to crack.

Uchiha Yan’s Ralts hatched with exceptional Telepathy, and training with it helped him develop new spiritual techniques. He mastered Spatial Teleportation and shared his Telekinesis and Hypnosis training methods with his family.

• Ralts hatched and immediately recognized Uchiha Yan, communicating with him through Telepathy.
• Uchiha Yan explained Ralts’s Telepathy to his family and promised to seek similar summoned beasts for them if he could.
• Over the next half month, Ralts learned Telekinesis, Teleport, and Hypnosis while Uchiha Yan studied its abilities.
• Uchiha Yan comprehended Telekinesis and Hypnosis training methods, then combined his teleportation techniques into Spatial Teleportation.
• Uchiha Yan demonstrated his new teleportation in the backyard and thanked Ralts for helping him.
• At dinner, Uchiha Yan gave his family the Telekinesis and Hypnosis training methods he had developed.

Uchiha Yan studied the Nine-Tails’ chakra and created several chakra techniques, then developed and mastered the Rasengan and its elemental variants. He ended the chapter planning to name his space-time-assisted fighting style the Uchiha-Style Rasengan Combat Method.

• Mikoto praised Uchiha Yan for creating a Telekinesis Training Method, while Ralts enjoyed being petted.
• After studying the Nine-Tails’ chakra, Uchiha Yan created chakra cultivation methods, Good and Evil Perception, and a Tailed Beast Ball Training Method.
• Uchiha Yan concluded that studying a Tailed Beast’s chakra origin could lead to limitless chakra and immortality, and decided to teach Good and Evil Perception to the Uchiha clan.
• Uchiha Yan combined the Tailed Beast Ball principles with his memories to create the Rasengan Training System and several elemental Rasengan techniques.
• Uchiha Yan tested the Rasengan variants, mastered a fighting style combining Rasengan with Space Movement and Flying Thunder God, and named it the Uchiha-Style Rasengan Combat Method.

Uchiha Yan learned that the Sand Shinobi and Konoha were nearing a temporary ceasefire, then discussed keeping his secret talisman production line secure and finding more help. Meanwhile, Uchiha Madara learned that Uchiha Yan was an exceptionally talented child and considered him a potential candidate for his plans.

• Uchiha Yan recalled that his Shadow Clone had accepted Kurenai's invitation to meet with her and Kakashi the next day.
• At dinner, Uchiha Mikoto said the Sand Shinobi were close to giving up, while Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Senichi discussed the likelihood that the ceasefire would only be temporary.
• Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Senichi agreed to keep their automated talisman production line secret, and Uchiha Yan said he would find more help, possibly by targeting Danzo's Root.
• Uchiha Madara angrily learned that the Sand Shinobi wanted a ceasefire with Konoha, delaying his plans to provoke a wider war.
• Black Zetsu identified Uchiha Yan as the most talented Uchiha candidate, noting that the five-year-old had mastered the Flying Raijin Technique.

Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu considered Uchiha Yan as a candidate for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, while Yan met his friends for a gathering and agreed to test himself against Might Guy and Kakashi. The chapter ended as Yan released a little of his aura and the two challengers tensed under its pressure.

• Black Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Uchiha Yan had strong bonds and could be made a backup candidate for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Uchiha Madara chose Yan as the first backup candidate and told Black Zetsu to arrange a chance for him to make contact.
• Asuma Sarutobi complained about Yan's delay, while Kurenai Yuhi and the other girls defended him.
• Uchiha Yan arrived, and Rin Nohara scolded Obito Uchiha for complaining about him.
• Might Guy and Kakashi challenged Yan to fight, and Yan agreed to face them both and test their limits.
• Uchiha Yan released some of his aura, making Might Guy and Kakashi tense.

Uchiha Yan effortlessly defeated Kakashi, Might Guy, Obito, and Asuma in a four-on-one spar, then reassured Kurenai and helped the group enjoy their picnic. Afterward, he gave the others training advice, and Kakashi asked whether he could introduce Yan to his father to discuss swordsmanship.

• Kakashi and Might Guy attacked Uchiha Yan, but Yan blocked Kakashi's strikes and knocked Guy away.
• Obito and Asuma joined the fight, and Yan used their momentum to send them crashing into the others.
• After more than half an hour, all four opponents collapsed from exhaustion while Yan remained standing; Asuma still insisted he would compete for Kurenai.
• Kurenai worried over Yan's interactions with Asuma, and Yan reassured her by rubbing her head; Rin checked on the injured fighters and praised Yan's controlled technique.
• The group prepared and ate the picnic, then Yan took Kakashi and the others aside to critique their fighting and suggest ways to improve.
• Kakashi was surprised by Yan's swordsmanship and offered to introduce him to his father.

Uchiha Yan agreed to arrange a swordsmanship match between Uchiha Yan and Hatake Sakumo, then noticed the danger in Hatake Sakumo’s growing public prestige and planned to help him. He also gave Kurenai Yuhi two cultivation techniques to strengthen her, leaving her determined to keep up with him.

• Kakashi Hatake arranged for Uchiha Yan to meet Hatake Sakumo for a swordsmanship match, and Asuma Sarutobi, Obito, and Might Guy asked to attend.
• Uchiha Yan warned Might Guy that his training had caused hidden injuries and promised to discuss his methods with him and his father.
• As Uchiha Yan walked Kurenai Yuhi home, he heard villagers praise Hatake Sakumo and suggest he should become Hokage, prompting him to worry that Sakumo was being set up.
• Uchiha Yan decided to contact Hatake Sakumo through Kakashi Hatake and find a way to help him avoid the looming danger.
• Uchiha Yan taught Kurenai Yuhi the Soul Refinement Art and a Body-Tempering Technique, sealing her memories against revealing the first secret technique.

Uchiha Yan visited Might Guy and Might Duy to examine Guy’s injuries and discovered damage caused by his intense training and use of the Eight Gates Released Formation. He treated Guy’s accumulated injuries and left him feeling healthier, while postponing advice on combining the technique with Body-Tempering Pills.

• Uchiha Yan visited Might Guy and Might Duy at their training grounds and explained that he had come to examine Guy.
• Uchiha Yan examined Guy’s body, found damaged meridians and injuries, and realized Guy could open the Fourth Gate.
• Might Duy explained that the Eight Gates Released Formation was an incomplete forbidden technique he had modified, and he and Guy embraced and cried.
• Uchiha Yan treated Guy’s injuries with Medical Ninjutsu and Innate Qi, while saying they could discuss the pills and forbidden technique later.
• Might Guy tested his body after treatment and found it lighter and more flexible, then thanked Uchiha Yan.

Uchiha Yan treated Might Duy and explained that his injuries and depleted vitality would require months of care. After Might Duy shared the Eight Gates Released Formation with him, Uchiha Yan began considering how to improve the technique and devise a better cultivation method.

• Uchiha Yan examined Might Duy and found his accumulated injuries and loss of vitality far more severe than Might Guy's.
• Might Duy and Might Guy misunderstood Uchiha Yan's warning as a prediction that Might Duy would die, until Uchiha Yan clarified that there was still hope.
• Uchiha Yan treated Might Duy for more than three hours and stabilized him, though he said recovery would require at least ten more treatments, medication, and half a year.
• Uchiha Yan asked to study the Eight Gates Released Formation so he could seek a more suitable cultivation method and possibly improve the technique.
• Might Duy willingly handed Uchiha Yan his notes on the Eight Gates Released Formation, and Uchiha Yan memorized them before returning the papers.

Uchiha Yan completed an improved Eight Gates Released Formation, secret medicine formula, and training plan for Might Guy and Might Duy, who resolved to repay his kindness. At Konoha’s gates, villagers welcomed Hatake Sakumo’s returning forces while Danzo plotted to remove him.

• Uchiha Yan gave Might Duy a prescription and supplied Might Guy with Body-Tempering Pills, warning them not to combine the pills with the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• After five days of work, Uchiha Yan completed an improved version of the Eight Gates Released Formation and prepared a secret medicine formula and training plan.
• Uchiha Yan sent a Shadow Clone to deliver the materials, and Might Duy found the revised technique easier on his body and more powerful while Might Guy praised the medicine’s effects.
• Might Duy told Might Guy that they must risk their lives to help Uchiha Yan if needed, and Might Guy vowed to remember.
• Villagers gathered to welcome the returning forces and loudly praised Hatake Sakumo, while the Third Hokage concealed his displeasure and Uchiha Yan watched nearby.
• Danzo left the gathering after deciding to help remove Hatake Sakumo, whom he regarded as an obstacle to the Third Hokage.

Danzo resented Hatake Sakumo’s public acclaim and plotted to bring him down, while Uchiha Yan brought the exhausted Tsunade home to Kushina’s house. After venting about the front lines, Tsunade decided Danzo owed her more than 620 million ryo in lost work, and Kushina encouraged her to collect it as chips.

• Danzo watched Hatake Sakumo receive the villagers’ praise and vowed to turn them against him.
• Uchiha Yan used the Flying Thunder God to take Tsunade to Kushina’s house, where Kushina and Uzumaki Rena welcomed her back.
• Tsunade drank liquor and complained about her exhausting year on the front lines and her battles with Chiyo.
• Tsunade blamed Uchiha Yan for not helping her travel home from the front and said she would take a vacation.
• Tsunade calculated that she had lost more than 620 million ryo in Shimura Clan missions, and Kushina urged her to demand that Danzo pay it as chips.

Tsunade left Uchiha Yan and Kushina to collect on her gambling-chip agreement with Danzo, while Danzo urged the Third Hokage to suppress Hatake Sakumo’s growing influence. She confronted Danzo in the Hokage Office over the six hundred million ryō she claimed she had lost for Konoha, leaving the elders arguing over her demand.

• Tsunade rushed back to collect the remaining wine before leaving again, and Kushina predicted she would gamble for days rather than return soon.
• Danzo warned the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura that Hatake Sakumo’s growing reputation threatened their authority, and the Third Hokage told Danzo to suppress him without going too far.
• Tsunade burst into the Hokage Office and demanded compensation from Danzo for the gambling chips she said she had lost while serving Konoha.
• Danzo explained that the six hundred million ryō claim stemmed from Tsunade’s Medical Talismans deal, and Utatane Koharu accused Tsunade of going too far.
• Tsunade argued that she had never collected the money for the village’s sake and demanded to know who would compensate her gambling losses.

Tsunade pressed Danzo and the Third Hokage to cover the cost of her delayed gambling, and Danzo agreed to compensate her with restricted chips. At the ramen shop, Minato reunited with Kushina, Reina, and Uchiha Yan, while Reina showed little interest in him.

• Tsunade refused to pay out of pocket, and the Third Hokage offered her six hundred and twenty million chips as compensation for the village’s delay.
• Danzo agreed to have the Shimura clan pay the chips, but restricted her to gambling with Root members and barred daily chips from accumulating.
• At the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage told Orochimaru to speed up his experiments and avoid giving anyone grounds to interfere.
• Uchiha Yan left the ramen shop after eating, while Minato arrived and joined Kushina and Reina.
• Minato noticed that Reina seemed indifferent to him and decided to focus on training and becoming Hokage.

Uzumaki Rena kept her feelings for Uchiha Yan to herself while Minato asked Yan to spar and realized Kushina was being kept under guard because she was likely Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Yan and Minato began their match in a forest north of Konoha, where Yan’s opening attack forced Minato to evade.

• Uzumaki Rena noticed Minato’s glance but knew her heart belonged only to Uchiha Yan.
• Minato asked Uchiha Yan to spar, and Yan agreed to fight after dinner.
• Minato inferred that Kushina was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and condemned the village leaders for restricting her freedom.
• Uchiha Yan transported Minato to a forest eighty kilometers north of Konoha using the Flying Thunder God.
• Minato attacked Yan with Flying Raijin Kunai, but Yan vanished and struck the ground with a Chakra attack that Minato narrowly evaded.