Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Senichi rallied the clan against Fugaku’s proposal and argued that the Uchiha needed battlefield command authority to guard against Konoha’s leaders. Uchiha Tianrong secured Fugaku one final chance to earn the clan head’s seat through his wartime contributions, but he began to doubt his son’s suitability.

• Uchiha Tianrong apologized for Fugaku’s remarks, and Fugaku tried to win support by urging the clan to prove its value to Konoha.
• Uchiha Senichi reminded the clan of its contributions to Konoha and rejected the idea that it needed to prove itself.
• Uchiha Senichi called for the Uchiha to seek battlefield command authority, and most clan members agreed with him.
• Uchiha Tianrong promised to yield the clan head position after the war to whoever contributed the most, giving Fugaku a final chance to succeed him.
• At home, Uchiha Tianrong warned Fugaku that he would have to prove himself in the war and wondered whether Uchiha Senichi would make a better clan head.

Uchiha Senichi confronted the Third Hokage and demanded a firm commitment from Konoha before the Uchiha went to war. After Senichi overpowered the Hokage’s advisers with his aura, the Third Hokage offered him the deputy commander position on the Hidden Mist Battlefield under Orochimaru.

• Fugaku accepted Uchiha Tianrong’s advice to prioritize staying alive and agreed to finalize his engagement banquet before leaving for the battlefield.
• Uchiha Senichi told the Third Hokage that the Uchiha clan needed a definite answer before they could fight with peace of mind.
• Utatane Koharu accused Senichi of undermining Konoha, and he rebuked her for scheming against the Uchiha clan.
• Senichi released a powerful aura that forced Utatane Koharu and the others down, while the Third Hokage ordered the Anbu to stand down.
• The Third Hokage offered Senichi the deputy commander position on the Hidden Mist Battlefield, with Orochimaru as commander-in-chief.

Uchiha Senichi secured battlefield command authority and a written guarantee from Hiruzen Sarutobi that the Uchiha would receive fair treatment for their merits and promotions. As the clan prepared to deploy, support for Senichi as clan head grew, and Uchiha Yan asked how many troops Senichi and Fugaku would send.

• Uchiha Senichi demanded equal treatment in military merits and promotions, then obtained Hiruzen Sarutobi's signed and sealed guarantee.
• Uchiha Senichi promised that the Uchiha would depart with the main force the next morning, and Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed him.
• Utatane Koharu objected to Hiruzen Sarutobi yielding to Senichi, but Hiruzen said the village needed the Uchiha's help until the war ended.
• Uchiha Senichi spread the Hokage's terms among the clan, strengthening support for him as clan head and drawing renewed criticism of Fugaku.
• Uchiha Yan asked how many shinobi Senichi and Fugaku would send, and Senichi answered that his side would provide six hundred and Fugaku's side four hundred.

Uchiha Yan prepared Death-Substitution Talismans to protect the six hundred people under Uchiha Senichi’s command during the war. He reassured his father that making them had not damaged his Six-Tomoe Sharingan, though the challenge of activating Izanagi with ocular power alone remained.

• Uchiha Yan told Uchiha Senichi that he would provide battlefield gifts for the clan members, including Uchiha Hao and Mikoto, while Kyoko would work at the Ninja Hospital.
• Before dawn, Uchiha Senichi visited Uchiha Yan’s laboratory and found him finishing a batch of talismans after working through the night.
• Uchiha Yan explained that each Death-Substitution Talisman could revive its bound wearer after a fatal death and teleport them to a designated location, and instructed Uchiha Senichi to bind one to each of his six hundred soldiers.
• Uchiha Yan told his father to collect the bodies of fallen soldiers and seal them with Spatial Sealing Scrolls within three days so their disappearances would not raise suspicion.
• Uchiha Senichi worried that the talismans had cost Uchiha Yan his Sharingan, but Uchiha Yan showed him his intact Six-Tomoe Sharingan and explained that he had used only a fraction of his stored ocular power.

Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Senichi arranged how to protect the secrecy and users of the Death-Substitution Talismans as the clan prepared for battle. Yan distributed life-saving talismans to his allies and promised Tsunade he would find a way to bring Nawaki back to life.

• Uchiha Yan explained that the talismans' Spiritual Sealing Technique would prevent their users from revealing information, and he and Uchiha Senichi planned to hide revived fighters in a valley under new identities.
• Uchiha Senichi accepted the plan, took talismans for himself and his subordinates, and set off to bind them to the Death-Substitution Talismans.
• Uchiha Yan gave Uchiha Hao talismans for himself and Uchiha Kyoko, then gave Mikoto a set and warned her to keep away from danger on the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yan distributed Death-Substitution and Teleportation Talismans to his mother, Kushina, Reina, Kurenai Yuhi, and Tsunade.
• Tsunade regretted that the talismans had not existed when Nawaki died, so Uchiha Yan comforted her and promised he would find a way to revive him.

Uchiha Yan promised Tsunade he would develop a technique to resurrect Nawaki, then Konoha faced war on several fronts as Hatake Sakumo stunned the ninja world with his strength. A month later, Yan developed a perfected Eight Gates technique and wondered whether to share it with Might Duy and Might Guy.

• Uchiha Yan reassured Tsunade that he would pursue the Resurrection Technique, and she warned him to be careful around Danzo and the Third Hokage before leaving for the Sand Shinobi front.
• The Hidden Mist, Hidden Cloud, Hidden Stone, and Sunagakure declared war on Konoha, forcing the village to deploy commanders and troops across multiple fronts.
• Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Senichi, and other young shinobi gained renown, while Hatake Sakumo shocked the ninja world by defeating numerous Hidden Cloud shinobi and driving back A and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Danzo feared Hatake Sakumo's growing strength and began secretly calculating how to eliminate him, though he decided to wait until Konoha had dealt with the war.
• Uchiha Yan developed the Perfect Eight Gates Released Formation and the Eight Gates Body-Tempering Technique, then considered whether to give them to Might Duy and Might Guy.

Uchiha Yan taught the Perfect Eight Gates Released Formation and Eight Gates Body-Tempering Technique to trusted allies, then brought the techniques and supplies to Tsunade on the Sand Shinobi front. He traveled next to the Hidden Mist front to visit his father and Mikoto.

• Uchiha Yan taught his mother, Kushina, Uzumaki Rena, Kurenai Yuhi, Might Duy, and Might Guy the two secret arts, sealing their memories against leaks.
• Might Duy and Might Guy pledged their loyalty to Uchiha Yan, who arranged for them to receive Body-Tempering Pills each month.
• Uchiha Yan gave Tsunade the secret arts, Body-Tempering Pills 5.0, and liquor at the Sand Shinobi battlefield.
• Minato sensed Uchiha Yan's space-time technique after he left, then continued discussing the Sand Shinobi front and Kirigakure with Jiraiya.
• Uchiha Yan arrived at the Hidden Mist battlefield, found Uchiha Senichi, and brought Mikoto Uchiha to his tent.

Uchiha Yan visited Uchiha Senichi and Mikoto with a meal and shared two improved Eight Gates techniques with them. After learning that one of Senichi’s men had been left disabled, Yan promised to look for a way to treat him.

• Uchiha Yan brought hot food to Uchiha Senichi and Mikoto, who ate eagerly and asked him to visit more often.
• Uchiha Hao arrived, joined the meal, and complained that Yan had not invited him.
• Uchiha Yan taught Senichi, Mikoto, and Hao the Perfect Eight Gates Released Formation and the Eight Gates Body-Tempering Technique.
• Uchiha Yan explained that Might Duy and his son had learned the complete techniques, and Senichi approved of their potential.
• Uchiha Senichi reported five deaths and one permanently disabled ninja among his forces, and Yan admitted he had forgotten to check on Uchiha Valley Base.
• Uchiha Yan considered possible ways to treat the disabled ninja and said he would think of a solution.

Uchiha Yan arranged new identities and training for five revived Uchiha, then developed a Mental Transmission Array to share techniques more easily. He tested the array on Ralts and successfully transferred a large amount of information into her mind.

• Uchiha Yan explained to Uchiha Qing and four others that they had been revived with Death-Substitution Talismans and could not yet return to their old identities.
• Uchiha Yan promised the five men they could secretly meet their families and work for Uchiha businesses after completing special training.
• Uchiha Yan transmitted several techniques to the five men and confirmed that the Mental Sealing in their minds remained intact.
• Uchiha Yan returned home and developed a Mental Transmission Array that delivered stored information to anyone who touched it with spiritual power.
• Uchiha Yan asked Ralts to test the array, and she received a vast amount of information in her mind.

Uchiha Yan created a guarded clan-emblem system for transmitting secret techniques and later devised several new methods for disguise and concealment. At Uchiha Valley, he set training requirements for revived clan members who wanted to leave, reunite with their families, and help the clan.

• Uchiha Yan taught Ralts the Aura-Concealment Technique and carved protected technique transmissions into a clan emblem.
• Uchiha Yan established a Power-Transmission Chamber at Uchiha Valley and gave Uchiha Qing Body-Tempering Pills and security instructions.
• Uchiha Yan created the Disguise Technique and Bone-Shrinking Technique, which required training in the Basic Body-Tempering Technique and Chakra control.
• Uchiha Yan created the Colored-Contact-Lens Technique, allowing him to alter his iris color and conceal the Sharingan's appearance and ocular-power fluctuations.
• Uchiha Qing introduced Uchiha Tian and another revived clan member, and Uchiha Yan promised they could see their families after mastering the required techniques and passing assessment.

Uchiha Yan arranged for Uchiha Qing and the others to meet their families, then used his disguised Divine Clone to study the Hozuki Clan’s Hydrification Technique. A month later, he completed a Water Elementalization cultivation method and gained a foundation for developing methods for other chakra attributes.

• Uchiha Yan promised Uchiha Qing, Uchiha Tian, and the others that he would arrange family visits, and they wrote down their relatives’ information.
• Uchiha Yan added the Disguise Technique, Bone-Shrinking Technique, and Colored-Contact-Lens Technique to the Inheritance-Transmission Crest, then brought the group to meet their families and planted the Spiritual Sealing Technique.
• Uchiha Yan’s disguised Divine Clone used the Dream Recall Technique on Hozuki Xingyue to observe how he learned the Hydrification Technique as a child.
• The Divine Clone gave Uchiha Yan scrolls containing samples of Kaguya and Hozuki Kekkei Genkai and the Hozuki Clan’s Hydrification Secret Technique.
• A month later, Uchiha Yan finished comprehending a Water Elementalization cultivation method, which gave him a basis for developing elementalization methods for other attributes.

Uchiha Yan mastered Water Elementalization and developed cultivation methods for the other four elements, strengthening his body and bloodline. At lunch, Mikoto returned from the front and reported that Konoha had pushed back the Hidden Mist, but Fugaku’s group had suffered heavy casualties.

• Uchiha Yan spent five days bringing his water-natured Chakra transformations to their peak, then traveled to a secluded lake and quickly perfected Water Elementalization.
• Uchiha Yan realized that Water Elementalization refined his water attribute and strengthened his constitution and bloodline, potentially creating a new kind of Kekkei Genkai.
• Uchiha Yan entered semi-isolation and created Earth, Lightning, Wind, and Fire Elementalization Cultivation Methods.
• Uchiha Yan brought all four new methods to perfection over the next two months and felt his body, bloodline, and Uzumaki Sage Body changing.
• Mikoto told Uchiha Yan that Konoha had driven the Hidden Mist back toward the border and that her team would leave again the next morning to escort supplies.
• Mikoto reported that Qianyi’s group had suffered more than twenty additional casualties and Fugaku’s group more than fifty, blaming Fugaku’s impatience for the worse losses.

Uchiha Yan taught his family and Kushina’s household his five-nature Elemental Transformation Cultivation Technique, then made the Nine-Tails promise to keep it secret. As he and Mikoto Uchiha returned home, she remarked on how quiet the village had become.

• Uchiha Yan demonstrated five elemental transformations to Mikoto Uchiha and Uchiha Meixin and taught them the cultivation methods.
• Uchiha Yan explained that mastering the transformations could greatly improve the body and bloodline, possibly passing those benefits to future children.
• Uchiha Yan visited Kushina’s house and taught Kushina and Uzumaki Rena the five cultivation methods.
• Uchiha Yan confronted the Nine-Tails inside Kushina’s sealing space and placed a Mental Sealing on it after it agreed not to reveal what it had heard.
• The Nine-Tails sealed itself off to read manga, and Uchiha Yan left with Mikoto Uchiha, who noted the village had grown quiet.

As Mikoto Uchiha left for the Hidden Mist Battlefield, Uchiha Yan reassured her and discussed the war’s toll. Kakashi decided to graduate early and pursue combat experience, while Yan gave him a Flying Thunder God Mark for emergencies; after Kakashi graduated as Konoha’s youngest Genin, Yan assured his worried mother he would stay in the academy.

• Uchiha Yan comforted Mikoto Uchiha before she joined a supply convoy bound for the Hidden Mist Battlefield, noting the clan’s losses and their secret preparations to preserve its members.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Yan he planned to graduate early and gain real combat experience, despite Yan warning that young graduates could be sent to the front lines.
• Uchiha Yan placed a Flying Thunder God Mark on Kakashi and told him to use it to call for help if he faced danger.
• Kakashi graduated early at just over five years old and became Konoha’s youngest Genin, drawing attention throughout the village.
• Uchiha Meixin worried that Uchiha Yan might also graduate early, but he reassured her that he intended to remain at the academy.

Uchiha Yan reassured Uchiha Meixin that his family was protected, then spent the following days developing and practicing new methods for Ice Release and Shikotsumyaku. He began cultivating Sage Bone, aiming to complete its transformation in about two months.

• Uchiha Yan told Uchiha Meixin that his talismans and warning measures would protect his family, and she urged him not to take reckless risks.
• After seven days, Uchiha Yan developed the Ice Release Cultivation Method, tested Ice Release techniques, and created a method to purify the Ice Release bloodline.
• Uchiha Yan gave his Divine Clone permission to use Ice Release ninjutsu freely, and the clone teased him before he left.
• After ten more days studying a Kaguya Clan Jōnin, Uchiha Yan developed the Shikotsumyaku Cultivation Method and the more powerful Sage Bone Cultivation Method.
• Uchiha Yan began cultivating Sage Bone and found that the Uzumaki Sage Body accelerated his bones’ transformation; he estimated that the process would take another two months.

Uchiha Yan took control of the Root shinobi left at the base and stole Danzo’s Hashirama Cells, supplies, and other valuables. Five days later, an explosion rocked the abandoned Root base, drawing the Third Hokage’s attention.

• Uchiha Yan taught the Sage Bone cultivation method to his mother, Kushina, Uzumaki Rena, and the others, then arranged for the revived people in Uchiha Valley to meet their families.
• Uchiha Yan met Owl and agreed to seize Root’s remaining personnel and valuables, destroy the base, and stage the raid as an attack by Hidden Mist.
• Owl gathered the Root shinobi, and Uchiha Yan used the Enslavement Mark to bring them under his control.
• Uchiha Yan bypassed the vault’s seals, teleported away its contents, and took the Hashirama Cells and nutrient solution to his home laboratory.
• Five days later, an enormous explosion struck the abandoned Root base in Konoha’s Northern District, and the Third Hokage used the Telescope Technique to inspect it.

Hidden Mist ninjas escaped Konoha after raiding Danzo’s base, while Uchiha Yan brought Root recruits to his stronghold and assigned them to Turtledove and Xie. At the Hidden Stone front, Danzo sensed that someone had tampered with his secret vault and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• The Third Hokage found Owl and two wounded Root ninjas at the ruined headquarters, learned that Hidden Mist raiders had stolen classified documents, and pursued them.
• Owl sent the surviving Root ninjas to get treatment before they headed to the Hidden Stone Battlefield to inform Danzo.
• Uchiha Yan placed the newly subdued Root ninjas under Turtledove and Xie, who were to train them and oversee their work.
• Turtledove told Uchiha Yan that the Enslavement Seal seemed to restore Root ninjas’ emotions, and reported that one of four leads on the Kusanagi Sword was still being checked.
• Uchiha Yan reviewed the Dark Star Trading Company’s operations, took medicinal herbs and a Flying Thunder God technique, and left.
• Danzo sensed that someone had tampered with the warning seal on his secret vault and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Danzo and the Third Hokage each tried to understand the raid on Root’s headquarters, but the Hidden Mist attackers escaped with its classified contents. The Third Hokage learned that a Konoha traitor had revealed the base’s location, then erupted in anger at Danzo’s letter blaming him.

• Danzo doubted the Third Hokage was behind the raid and sent Jie back to Konoha to investigate while writing Hiruzen a complaint.
• The Third Hokage caught up with the Hidden Mist squad, but its Yuki Clan Kage Level leader escaped with the important documents.
• The Third Hokage learned the attackers’ scrolls were decoys and sent the captured ninja to the Interrogation Department.
• The interrogation report revealed that a Konoha traitor had exposed Root’s location and that the attackers had taken many classified documents and supplies.
• The Third Hokage ordered the Anbu to identify and arrest the traitor, then grew furious after receiving Danzo’s letter of blame.

The Third Hokage ordered Konoha’s defenses strengthened after Danzo’s Root base was raided, but Koharu and Homura blocked Uchiha Yan from helping repair the barrier. Danzo secretly reported only selected losses and concealed the Hashirama Cells, while Hiruzen waited for his reply.

• Koharu and Homura urged the Third Hokage to change Konoha’s defense codes and strengthen its barrier after the Hidden Mist raid exposed weaknesses.
• The Sealing Team captain said his team could not repair the barrier, so Hiruzen ordered Kushina Uzumaki to help and considered calling in Uchiha Yan.
• Koharu and Homura objected to letting Yan near the barrier, and Hiruzen agreed to send only Kushina.
• Konoha’s capture team returned with a Hidden Mist Anbu, who revealed little beyond having found Root’s headquarters by accident.
• Danzo raged over the loss of his Root base and secretly sent Hiruzen selected details while concealing his Hashirama Cells and other damaging records.

The Third Hokage and Danzo assessed the damage after a Hidden Mist shinobi raided Danzo’s base, while Uchiha Yan examined the stolen records and uncovered evidence against Konoha’s leaders. Danzo planned revenge on the attacker, and Yan kept the documents as leverage against Danzo and the Third Hokage.

• The Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu blamed Danzo for keeping incriminating records in the raided base and admitted they had no lead on the Hidden Mist shinobi.
• Owl arrived at Danzo’s tent with two wounded Root members and explained that the enemy had taken some research materials while he destroyed the rest of the base’s contents.
• Danzo learned that the stolen materials included research on Hashirama Cells and Sharingan files, then ordered Owl and his men to recover and rest at camp.
• Danzo summoned Jie and the others back and planned to investigate the Yuki Clan shinobi so he could take revenge.
• Uchiha Yan expanded his underground laboratory, sorted the stolen materials, and read records detailing Danzo and the Third Hokage’s actions against the Senju clan.
• Uchiha Yan decided to keep the incriminating records as potential leverage against Danzo and the Third Hokage.