Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Hanjō defended his newborn son Xuanyu, whose double pupils led the clan elders to call him a monster and demand his death. Xuanyu realized he had been reborn into the Naruto world as an Uchiha, while Hanjō remained determined to raise him as a genius.

• Uchiha clan elders demanded that Uchiha Hanjō’s newborn son be killed because each of his eyes had double pupils.
• Uchiha Hanjō rejected the elders’ demands and challenged Uchiha Fugaku to imagine being ordered to kill his own son, Itachi.
• The elders debated excluding Xuanyu from the clan’s training ground, which Uchiha Hanjō had funded and equipped with jonin instructors.
• Uchiha Hanjō returned home to his wife and newborn Xuanyu, who recognized that he had been reborn in the Naruto world.
• Uchiha Hanjō dismissed the clan elders’ insults and praised Xuanyu as a potential genius, while Xuanyu kicked him away and nestled against his mother.

Three-year-old Xuanyu began training at the Uchiha Training Ground, where his Double Pupils immediately unsettled instructor Uchiha Zhen. The chapter ended with Zhen staring into Xuanyu’s eyes and wondering whether he was truly an anomaly among the Uchiha.

• Three years passed, and Xuanyu learned he was in the Naruto World in Konoha’s fifty-first year, the same year Naruto was born.
• Xuanyu’s parents, Senju Suyu Ji and Uchiha Hanjō, sent him to his first day at the Uchiha Training Ground, with Suyu Ji packing him food and Hanjō encouraging him.
• At the training ground, instructors praised Itachi’s talent and noticed his younger brother Sasuke practicing shuriken.
• Uchiha Zhen remembered that Xuanyu was due to arrive and went with the other instructor to meet him.
• Zhen looked into Xuanyu’s Double Pupils, felt unable to see through them, and wondered whether Xuanyu was an anomaly among the Uchiha.

Uchiha Xuan Yu began training at the clan grounds, where the other children mocked him for his unusual eyes. While cultivating, he awakened a Byakugan-like ability, then met Uchiha Izumi, who shared her lunch with him.

• Uchiha Zhen introduced Uchiha Xuan Yu to the children at the Training Grounds, and they called him a monster.
• Xuan Yu declared that he would become someone they could only look up to, then sat beneath a tree to Extract Chakra.
• As he cultivated, Xuan Yu’s Double Pupils gained chakra and awakened a 360-degree field of vision that let him see chakra circulating in others’ bodies.
• Xuan Yu could sustain the vision for only five or six minutes before it strained him and left him hungry.
• Uchiha Izumi offered Xuan Yu her lunch, and he thanked her and gave her a roasted chicken from his backpack.
• Izumi wondered whether Xuan Yu had brought food to share with everyone, but he told her it was all for himself.

Xuanyu joined the children’s shuriken lesson after being mocked and isolated, while Uchiha Izumi treated him kindly and Itachi showed contempt. As Uchiha Zhen demonstrated the throwing technique, Xuanyu’s Double Pupils awakened their first Magatama and began slowing and analyzing his movements.

• Xuanyu ate the food he had brought to the Training Grounds and refused to take back the roasted chicken he had given Uchiha Izumi.
• Itachi told Izumi to stop paying attention to Xuanyu, and she left with him while Xuanyu resumed cultivating.
• Uchiha Zhen brought Xuanyu to the shuriken lesson, where the children mocked him and Itachi warned Sasuke to stay away from him.
• Xuanyu said he could learn the throwing technique after one look, and Uchiha Zhen demonstrated it for the children.
• As Xuanyu watched Uchiha Zhen, one Magatama appeared in each of his Double Pupils, and his vision slowed the instructor’s movements so he could analyze them.

Xuanyu showed extraordinary strength and rapidly improved his shuriken aim during the Uchiha training test. After copying Itachi’s throwing technique, he left Itachi and the instructors stunned as two shuriken struck their targets.

• Uchiha Zhen tested the children’s shuriken skills, and Izumi hit five bullseyes while Sasuke hit two.
• Itachi threw five shuriken at once and struck all five bullseyes, earning the children’s admiration.
• Xuanyu’s first throw missed the target and buried itself in a tree, nearly hitting an instructor, but its force astonished the adults and Itachi.
• Xuanyu’s second shuriken hit the target, and his third struck the bullseye as his aim improved.
• Xuanyu copied Itachi’s finger and wrist movements, then threw two shuriken that embedded in the wood, shocking Itachi and the instructors.

Xuanyu showed off his shuriken skills but insisted he had no ambition to become a ninja, preferring to inherit his father’s business while training to protect himself. After his mother, Senju Suyu Ji, came to fetch him, he asked her to find him a taijutsu teacher.

• Xuanyu hit two shuriken bullseyes and told Uchiha Zhen he had no desire to become a ninja, despite his talent.
• Uchiha Zhen tried to persuade Xuanyu by pointing to mission rewards, but Xuanyu said he would rather inherit Uchiha Hanjō’s business.
• Xuanyu explained that he trained to protect himself and did not want to depend on bodyguards.
• As evening fell, Senju Suyu Ji arrived and worried that Xuanyu was being mistreated by the other Uchiha children.
• Xuanyu told Senju Suyu Ji he would keep training and asked her to find him a taijutsu teacher.

Xuanyu insisted on learning taijutsu, and Senju Suyu Ji agreed to discuss hiring an instructor with Uchiha Hanjō. As Hanjō faced repeated attacks on his merchant caravans, Xuanyu suggested recruiting guards from within the Uchiha Clan.

• Xuanyu told Senju Suyu Ji that he wanted to train in taijutsu, and she agreed to discuss finding him an instructor with Uchiha Hanjō.
• Uchiha Zhen decided to speak with Hanjō later about Xuanyu’s future as a ninja.
• Uchiha Hanjō learned that a caravan had been attacked in the Land of Lightning, and he ordered the goods transported again with more guards.
• Hanjō returned home to find Xuanyu and Senju Suyu Ji, but another report revealed that a caravan had been attacked in the Land of Earth and two ninjas had died.
• Xuanyu suggested recruiting ninja guards from the Uchiha Clan after Hanjō explained that ordinary Chunin and Jonin would not accept the job.

Xuanyu persuaded Uchiha Hanjō to recruit Uchiha clansmen into the Merchant Guild by pointing out that Konoha’s exclusion had left them short of work and money. When Hanjō invited several Uchiha ninjas to discuss the offer, Xuanyu stated it directly, leaving the room silent.

• Xuanyu argued that the Uchiha needed income and that joining the Merchant Guild could help them, and Hanjō agreed to approach several clansmen.
• Xuanyu accompanied Hanjō to the Merchant Guild, where he cultivated and ate more than a dozen bowls of ramen before telling his father he felt fine.
• Uchiha Da Cun and several other Uchiha clansmen arrived at the Guild, and Hanjō struggled to bring up his offer.
• Xuanyu told the gathered clansmen that Hanjō wanted them to join the Merchant Guild and take escort missions, and the room fell silent.

Uchiha Hanjō tried to recruit Uchiha ninja as honored retainers for the Merchant Guild, but they initially refused out of concern for the clan’s honor. He reminded them that Konoha had excluded and exploited them, and several ninja chose to leave Konoha’s service and follow him.

• Uchiha Hanjō invited Uchiha Da Cun and the other Uchiha ninja to join the Merchant Guild as honored retainers, but they refused because they believed serving merchants would disgrace the clan.
• Uchiha Hanjō asked whether they could still receive missions from Konoha, prompting the group to confront how the village had marginalized them.
• Uchiha Hanjō pointed out that Konoha’s neglect left Uchiha families without income and argued that the clan should stop serving a village that suppressed them.
• Uchiha Kai declared that he would quit and follow Uchiha Hanjō, citing Konoha’s dangerous missions and mistreatment of the Uchiha.
• Two other Uchiha ninja agreed with Uchiha Kai and chose to follow Uchiha Hanjō, while Uchiha Da Cun remained hesitant.

Uchiha Da Cun and his companions agreed to join Uchiha Hanjō’s Merchant Guild after hearing its salaries, while Xuanyu sought a taijutsu teacher. The next morning, Xuanyu began running around Konoha and ended up running alongside Might Guy.

• Uchiha Da Cun and the other Uchiha ninjas decided to join the Merchant Guild after Uchiha Hanjō offered them salaries and mission rewards.
• Uchiha Da Cun questioned Xuanyu’s huge appetite, and Uchiha Hanjō asked the others about finding Xuanyu a taijutsu teacher.
• Uchiha Kai said Might Guy was too busy with missions to take a disciple, but Xuanyu said he would find a teacher himself.
• At dawn, Xuanyu dressed for training, ate chicken legs, and began running around Konoha.
• Might Guy caught up to Xuanyu, who sped up, and the two continued running around the village without speaking.

Uchiha Xuan Yu impressed Might Guy with his endurance, prompting Guy to offer him taijutsu training and teach him the Nurturing Spirit Technique. By nightfall, Xuanyu had learned Guy’s lessons and Leaf Whirlwind, leaving Guy stunned and insisting he had more to teach.

• Xuanyu ran five laps around Konoha while Might Guy watched, then returned home and called Guy “Big Eyebrows.”
• Over the next seven days, Xuanyu increased his daily run to seven laps, and Guy eventually ran beside him and asked to teach him taijutsu.
• Xuanyu challenged Guy to prove what he could teach, so Guy brought him to a grove and explained the Nurturing Spirit Technique, which sent Chakra into the body’s cells to aid recovery and strengthen the physique.
• Xuanyu practiced the technique, sensed Chakra spread through his cells, and considered whether he could develop a way to store it stably throughout his body.
• Xuanyu learned Guy’s taijutsu lessons and performed Leaf Whirlwind convincingly, then asked whether that was all Guy could teach him.
• Guy was stunned by Xuanyu’s talent and protested that he had more to teach.

Xuanyu trained with Might Guy and endured the Uchiha children’s mockery while planning to improve his Chakra cultivation. Meanwhile, Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Uchiha Shisui about reports of growing Uchiha dissatisfaction with Konoha.

• Might Guy told Xuanyu he could teach him the Eight Gates Formation once Xuanyu’s body was strong enough, and asked him to train every day.
• Xuanyu trained and ate with Might Guy, then told Uchiha Hanjō about their meeting at home.
• Over the next month, Xuanyu trained daily but failed to perform the Clone Technique because his Double Pupils absorbed his Chakra, drawing scorn from Itachi, Sasuke, and other Uchiha children.
• Xuanyu planned to improve the Nurturing Spirit Technique, while Uchiha Izumi encouraged him and Uchiha Xiao Ming remained quietly polite.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Uchiha Shisui and asked whether the Uchiha Clan had become restless and dissatisfied with Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen persuaded Uchiha Shisui that Konoha would improve relations with the Uchiha, then urged him to guide Uchiha Itachi. Meanwhile, Xuanyu considered how to improve his Chakra control as Uchiha Zhen taught the children at the Training Grounds.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Uchiha Shisui that the Uchiha Clan’s hostility had led Konoha to suppress them and promised to bring talented Uchiha into the village’s higher ranks.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Uchiha Shisui to teach Uchiha Itachi the Will of Fire and keep him from being influenced by the clan.
• Uchiha Shisui left to visit Itachi at the Uchiha Training Grounds and learn what he thought of the village and clan.
• Uchiha Zhen gathered the young children and reviewed the Shadow Clone Technique, hand seals, and Chakra circulation.
• Xuanyu reflected on his limited Chakra control, his progress with the Nurturing Spirit Technique, and future ways to strengthen his cells.
• Uchiha Zhen asked the children to perform the Shadow Clone Technique again and watched Xuanyu closely.

Xuanyu attempted the Shadow Clone Technique during training, but his enormous Chakra and poor control produced two failed clones. After leaving the training grounds, he recognized that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi were present and resolved to prevent another Uchiha Clan Massacre or escape with his family if necessary.

• Uchiha Zhen praised Sasuke after the three-year-old successfully created a Shadow Clone, while Itachi and Shisui watched approvingly.
• Xuanyu formed the hand seals precisely, but his Chakra spilled out and produced two limp, failed Shadow Clones.
• The Uchiha children mocked Xuanyu, and Uchiha Zhen suspected his Chakra control made him unsuited to ninjutsu.
• Xuanyu left early to revise his Nurturing Spirit Technique after gaining new insight from the exercise.
• Xuanyu noticed Uchiha Shisui and reflected on how Shisui and Itachi had contributed to the Uchiha Clan's destruction.
• Xuanyu hoped the Clan's growing business ties would avert a massacre, but decided he would flee with his father and others if he could not stop it.

Uchiha Shisui watched Xuanyu and Itachi at the training grounds, then spoke with Itachi about the clan’s future and the Third Hokage’s interest in him. As Shisui prepared to leave, Itachi challenged him to compare their strength.

• Shisui sensed Xuanyu’s immense but unusable Chakra and reflected that taijutsu could still make him an asset to the Uchiha Clan.
• Itachi trained alone after Sasuke went home, and Shisui was impressed by his diligence and talent.
• Itachi sensed someone watching him and threw five shuriken at Shisui when he revealed himself.
• Shisui told Itachi that the Third Hokage had praised his talent and might summon him to join the Anbu within three months.
• Itachi said he would work hard to restore the Uchiha Clan’s standing in Konoha, then asked Shisui to test the gap between their strengths.

Shisui fought Itachi to show him the gap between their abilities, revealing a powerful Body Flicker technique that overwhelmed him. Xuanyu watched from nearby and worked out how Shisui combined clones and genjutsu, while acknowledging he had no easy way to counter it.

• Itachi asked Shisui to fight him so he could understand his limits and grow stronger, and Shisui agreed.
• Itachi used shuriken, kunai, and ninjutsu against Shisui, but Shisui repeatedly outpaced him and forced him to awaken Two Tomoe.
• Shisui created six figures that surrounded and battered Itachi, leaving him unable to fight back.
• Xuanyu watched the battle with his Double Pupils and determined that Shisui combined his real body, Shadow Clones, genjutsu, and rapid swaps to make the figures seem real and illusory.

After defeating Itachi, Shisui encouraged him to find his own path and believe in the Sharingan’s potential, leaving Itachi training with new determination. Watching them, Xuanyu resolved that he would not forgive Itachi if he repeated the Uchiha massacre, and condemned the Sarutobi Clan’s influence in Konoha.

• Shisui defeated Itachi with his Body Flicker Technique and told him that mastering a signature ninjutsu could make him a top-tier ninja.
• Shisui encouraged Itachi by explaining that the Mangekyo Sharingan would grant each eye a powerful ability and give the Uchiha infinite possibilities.
• Itachi resolved to surpass Shisui and continued training at the Training Grounds after Shisui left.
• Xuanyu watched Itachi train and worried that the Third Hokage would influence him to join the Anbu and follow the Will of Fire.
• Xuanyu condemned Itachi’s future role in the Uchiha Clan’s destruction and accused Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Sarutobi Clan of exploiting their power in Konoha.

Xuanyu refined his Nurturing Spirit Technique into a method that could cast ninjutsu without hand seals, proving it worked by creating Shadow Clones. After naming the technique Great Thousand Worlds for now, he refused his mother’s offer to stop training and remained determined to grow stronger.

• Xuanyu returned home and spent the night modifying the Nurturing Spirit Technique to suppress and draw Chakra from his cells.
• Xuanyu successfully cast the Shadow Clone Technique without hand seals and created two clones.
• Xuanyu decided to call his new ninjutsu Great Thousand Worlds for now and planned to refine it further.
• Senju Suyu Ji asked Xuanyu to stop training, but Xuanyu reassured her and insisted on continuing.

Xuanyu showed Senju Suyu Ji that he could use ninjutsu, then trained with Might Guy by climbing a cliff and challenging him to a taijutsu spar. The fight began with Might Guy easily blocking Xuanyu’s first attack, and Xuanyu was left reacting to Might Guy’s knee strike.

• Xuanyu reassured Senju Suyu Ji that he could control Chakra and demonstrated the Shadow Clone Technique.
• Xuanyu ran with Might Guy around Konoha, then agreed to climb a cliff without using Chakra to earn a sparring match.
• Xuanyu climbed the hundred-meter cliff using only his physical strength and asked Might Guy to begin their fight.
• Might Guy offered to fight while standing in place with one hand and one foot bound, and Xuanyu attacked with Leaf Whirlwind.
• Might Guy blocked Xuanyu’s kick and advised him to train with weighted blocks; Xuanyu tried to follow up with a punch, but Might Guy drove his knee toward Xuanyu’s chest.

Xuanyu fought Might Guy and won their contest, then discovered that he possessed all five basic Chakra attributes. Five months passed as he continued cultivating Nurturing Spirit · Great Thousand Worlds.

• Xuanyu deflected Might Guy's knee strike, found an opening, and kicked him back before being punched to the cliff's edge.
• Xuanyu declared victory and made Might Guy promise to stop pestering him about wearing a green jumpsuit.
• Xuanyu went home, explained to Senju Suyu Ji that he had challenged Might Guy, and received treatment for his bruised chest.
• Xuanyu tested a Chakra paper and found that he had Wind, Earth, Lightning, Fire, and Water attributes.
• Xuanyu wondered whether his all-attribute Chakra came from his cultivation or was innate, then continued cultivating as five months passed.