Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Mu absorbed and refined Shukaku’s chakra, breaking through to mid-Kage level before intervening in the Chunin Exams and suppressing the One-Tail’s rampage. He left the arena restored to calm, while Danzo and other hidden observers began reconsidering their plans around Mu’s growing power.

• Shukaku’s rampage overwhelmed the arena, and Naruto failed to stop the sand hand threatening him and the fallen Rock Lee.
• Danzo prepared to exploit the chaos to seize Sasuke’s eyes as Mu completed his breakthrough to mid-Kage level and received a quest to suppress the One-Tail.
• Mu used Scar of Space and Domain of Time to appear between Naruto and Gaara and halt the sand attack.
• Mu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to suppress Shukaku’s consciousness and restore Gaara’s reason, ending the rampage.
• Mu returned to the rooftop, while Danzo, Orochimaru, and Obito began making new plans after witnessing his strength.

After suppressing Shukaku, Uchiha Mu gained strength, advanced his Eight Gates mastery, and made Danzo postpone his plans. The Chunin Exams final began as a chaotic battle, with Mu watching for a chance to crush the Four Sound Ninja.

• Uchiha Mu completed the disturbance quest, absorbed Shukaku’s chakra, reached mid-Kage level, and spent 100 Skill Points to advance Eight Gates to Minor Mastery.
• Naruto admired Mu, Sasuke resolved to surpass him, and the Four Sound Ninja feared confronting him.
• Danzo abandoned his immediate plan to ambush Sasuke and ordered Root to wait for the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Ibiki announced that the finals would be a chaotic elimination battle, with the last ten contestants promoted to chunin.
• The contestants began fighting, while Mu watched from the rooftop and waited for the Four Sound Ninja to reveal their intentions.

Uchiha Mu intervened when the Four Sound Ninja used the Chunin Exams free-for-all to kill competitors and disrupt Konoha. He defeated all four with one move, while Danzo grew more wary of Mu and his threat to Danzo’s plans.

• The Four Sound Ninja used their Curse Marks and teamwork to injure and eliminate competitors as they secretly prepared for the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Danzo watched their assault and worried that Uchiha Mu would obstruct his plans to seize the Uchiha’s ocular techniques and control Konoha.
• Uchiha Mu descended from the rooftop and used his Kage-level pressure to halt the fighting.
• Mu accused the Four Sound Ninja of serving Orochimaru and disrupting the exam, then defeated all four with a single taijutsu attack that collapsed their Curse Mark states.
• Naruto and Sasuke watched Mu’s display in shock, while Danzo’s wariness of him reached its peak.

After Uchiha Mu crushed the Four Sound Ninja, Orochimaru began the Konoha Crush Plan and launched an invasion of Konoha. Mu recognized the attack and prepared to face Orochimaru as the enemy forces reached the examination grounds.

• Uchiha Mu eliminated the Four Sound Ninja and returned to the rooftop, earning system rewards for restoring order.
• Danzo decided to wait for the chaos of the Konoha Crush Plan before targeting Sasuke's and Uchiha Mu's Sharingan.
• Orochimaru gathered the Sound Ninja and Hidden Sand Village forces outside Konoha and ordered them to activate the barrier.
• The barrier cut off sensory perception around the examination grounds, and the allied forces began invading Konoha.
• Uchiha Mu sensed the attackers and prepared to confront Orochimaru, who appeared at the arena with Kabuto Yakushi.

Uchiha Mu confronted Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams attack and used his space-time techniques to overpower him. Orochimaru escaped into the forest after revealing his plan to target Sasuke, while Temari’s admiration for Mu deepened.

• Orochimaru faced Uchiha Mu in the sealed Chunin Exams arena and declared his desire to claim Mu’s bloodline and body.
• Uchiha Mu slowed time across the battlefield, evaded Orochimaru’s Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, and struck him after trapping him in a space-time genjutsu.
• Uchiha Mu stopped Kabuto Yakushi from intervening as Orochimaru recovered and acknowledged the danger of Mu’s abilities.
• Orochimaru revealed that Sasuke was the vessel he had chosen, then used Snake Escape to slip past Mu and flee into the forest.
• Temari watched Uchiha Mu defeat Orochimaru and realized her admiration for him had become love.

Orochimaru tried to brand Sasuke with the Cursed Seal of Heaven, but Uchiha Mu intervened and drove him away. Orochimaru then attacked Anko and Kakashi, leaving both shinobi badly wounded as the arena watched.

• Orochimaru secretly approached Sasuke and tempted him with the promise of power and revenge.
• Uchiha Mu appeared before Orochimaru could complete his plan, blocked his escape with spatial power, and forced him to withdraw.
• Sasuke struggled with his desire for strength while Naruto reassured him, and Temari's admiration for Uchiha Mu grew.
• Orochimaru returned and attacked Anko, dismantling her techniques and wounding her as he mocked her strength.
• Kakashi charged Orochimaru with Chidori, but Orochimaru evaded him and used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to overpower and wound him.

Uchiha Mu forced Orochimaru to retreat after he nearly defeated Anko and Kakashi, but Orochimaru remained at the exam arena awaiting the Konoha Crush Plan. The Third, Hiruzen Sarutobi, arrived to confront his former student, and Orochimaru began summoning the dead with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Uchiha Mu stopped Orochimaru from seriously injuring Anko and Kakashi, threatening him with Amaterasu until he withdrew.
• Temari watched Uchiha Mu with growing affection while the Hidden Sand invasion spread chaos through Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the exam arena and challenged Orochimaru over his betrayal of Konoha.
• Orochimaru rejected Hiruzen's ideals and declared that Konoha's collapse was inevitable.
• Hiruzen summoned Monkey King Enma and prepared to fight Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru performed Impure World Reincarnation as his forbidden technique's power stirred beneath the arena.

Uchiha Mu stepped in to keep Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju from helping Orochimaru fight Hiruzen Sarutobi, imprisoning the two Hokage with his spacetime technique. Hashirama broke free with Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, shattering the prison and devastating Konoha’s outer district.

• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju emerged through Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Hiruzen facing three opponents.
• Uchiha Mu volunteered to hold back the two Hokage while Hiruzen fought Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Mu used Spacetime: Stasis Prison to restrain Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, preventing Orochimaru from attacking Hiruzen with them.
• Hashirama Senju unleashed Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands and shattered Uchiha Mu’s spacetime prison.
• Hashirama Senju’s attack sent shockwaves through the area, destroying half of Konoha’s outer district.

Uchiha Mu fought Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to a standstill, earning their recognition as a protector of Konoha. The Third Hokage sealed the two brothers and Orochimaru with the Reaper Death Seal, leaving half of Konoha in ruins and Mu’s name famous across the shinobi world.

• Uchiha Mu reversed Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju’s attacks, then fought them evenly with his space-time techniques, Eight Gates, and other powers.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju acknowledged Uchiha Mu’s strength and accepted that he could protect Konoha.
• The Third Hokage, badly wounded, used the Reaper Death Seal while Orochimaru and the two Hokage were unable to escape.
• Uchiha Mu stepped aside as the First and Second Hokage’s souls were pulled from their Impure World Reincarnation bodies and returned to the Pure Land.
• The battle left half of Konoha destroyed, and Uchiha Mu’s name resounded throughout the shinobi world.

Uchiha Mu defeated the reanimated First and Second Hokage, ending Orochimaru’s attack on Konoha and earning the battlefield’s awe. As Orochimaru fled, Danzo secretly prepared to assassinate Mu, who sensed the threat and was ready to confront him.

• Uchiha Mu’s battle with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju ended when the Reaper Death Seal took their souls and sealed Orochimaru’s hands.
• Naruto, Sasuke, Temari, the Konoha jonin, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted with awe, shock, admiration, or guilt as they watched Mu stand victorious.
• Orochimaru fled the battlefield with Kabuto Yakushi, leaving the Konoha Crush Plan in failure.
• The gathered ninja praised Mu as Konoha’s hero, but he remained indifferent to their respect.
• Shimura Danzō decided Mu threatened his ambitions, ordered Root ANBU operatives to prepare an assassination, and Mu sensed his killing intent.

After the battle, Danzo ambushed Uchiha Mu with Root’s elite ANBU, but Mu killed them all and forced Danzo out of hiding. Danzo vowed to take Mu down with him as Mu prepared to face him.

• Uchiha Mu left the battlefield, while Sasuke followed him in silence before turning to leave.
• Danzo’s Root ANBU surrounded Mu and launched a coordinated attack, believing his strength had been depleted.
• Mu activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and five kekkei genkai, stopping the attacks and killing every Root ninja.
• Mu found Danzo’s hiding place and forced him to fall from the trees.
• Danzo threatened to die together with Mu as Mu’s five kekkei genkai, Susanoo, and Sky Piercer halberd gathered power.

Uchiha Mu defeated Danzō and stripped him of his power after breaking through Izanagi with his Susanoo. As Konoha’s leaders and jonin bowed to him, news of his strength spread across the ninja world, leaving his legendary rise only beginning.

• Danzō revealed the Sharingan implanted in his right arm and used Izanagi before charging at Uchiha Mu.
• Uchiha Mu summoned his third-stage Susanoo and struck Danzō with the Sky-Piercing Halberd, breaking Izanagi and crippling him.
• Uchiha Mu sealed Danzō’s chakra and condemned him for acting out of ambition rather than for Konoha.
• Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and Konoha’s jonin witnessed the battle and bowed to Uchiha Mu.
• News of Uchiha Mu’s victory spread through Konoha and across the ninja world, making the surviving Uchiha a figure of fear and reverence.

Envoys from the Five Great Ninja Villages arrived in Konoha to pay their respects to Uchiha Mu and gauge the village’s position. Mu exchanged silent, affectionate glances with Mabui and Temari from the mountain, while the envoys chose to wait at the gates rather than disturb him.

• Sasuke trained relentlessly at the grounds while Uchiha Mu watched without offering guidance.
• Envoys from the Hidden Cloud, Hidden Stone, Hidden Mist, and Hidden Sand arrived at Konoha carrying treasured gifts for Uchiha Mu.
• Mabui and Mu exchanged a silent glance, while Temari traveled with Kankuro hoping to see Mu again.
• Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane welcomed the envoys, but Homura explained that Mu disliked being disturbed.
• Mabui and the other envoys agreed to wait outside Konoha's gates for Mu.

Uchiha Mu refused to meet the five villages’ envoys until Mabui’s gift caught his attention, prompting him to appear at Konoha’s entrance. Temari confessed her feelings to him, and he left both her and Mabui with encouragement before teleporting away.

• Uchiha Mu declined to meet the envoys from the five great ninja villages, who had waited at Konoha’s entrance.
• Mabui left Kumogakure’s Lightning Release chakra crystal as a gift, and Uchiha Mu appeared to accept it and thank her.
• Temari publicly confessed that she liked Uchiha Mu, and he told her to train hard and that he would be watching her.
• Uchiha Mu told Mabui “You too,” then teleported away, while Temari resolved to train and stand by his side.
• The envoys left their gifts and departed, as Kankuro urged Temari to return to Sunagakure.

Konoha’s leaders failed to find Uchiha Mu and decided to use marriage to tie him to the village, while Mu watched Sasuke train. Itachi and Kisame then appeared at the training ground, where Sasuke confronted the brother he hated.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu brought gifts to Mu’s former mountaintop, found him gone, and left the gifts behind.
• The Konoha higher-ups decided to offer eligible women to Mu in hopes of securing his bloodline and loyalty through marriage.
• Mu found Sasuke training with Fire Release at an abandoned training ground and watched him practice.
• Itachi and Kisame appeared at the training ground, and Mu recognized Itachi’s formidable strength.
• Kisame challenged Mu as his chakra surged, while Sasuke stiffened at Itachi’s voice and shouted his name.

Itachi activated Sasuke’s Cursed Seal of Heaven and overwhelmed him, intensifying his hatred and resolve to gain power. After Itachi and Kisame left, Sasuke demanded a fight from Naruto, then Uchiha Mu knocked him unconscious as Jiraiya warned that only Tsunade might heal his injuries.

• Sasuke attacked Itachi with a Great Fireball Technique, but Itachi dodged and struck Sasuke with chakra that activated the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
• The chapter recounted how Itachi and Kisame had defeated several Konoha instructors and reached the rear mountain training ground.
• Itachi taunted Sasuke and fueled his hatred, while Uchiha Mu watched; Sasuke swore he would grow stronger and kill Itachi.
• Itachi and Kisame departed after Itachi told Sasuke to seek him out once he was strong enough, and Mu calmed Sasuke’s rampaging Curse Mark.
• Naruto rushed to Sasuke, who demanded that Naruto fight him so he could become stronger; Mu then knocked Sasuke unconscious.
• Jiraiya told Mu that Tsunade might be the only one able to heal Sasuke’s injuries.

Jiraiya and Naruto found Tsunade and asked her to return to Konoha as Fifth Hokage, but she refused because of the losses she had suffered. Orochimaru then offered to revive Nawaki and Dan Katō in exchange for breaking the seal on his hands, and Tsunade rejected him and prepared to fight.

• Jiraiya asked Tsunade to return to Konoha, become Fifth Hokage, and treat the injured, but Tsunade rejected his request.
• Naruto urged Tsunade to protect Konoha and promised to train and keep her safe.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi entered the tavern, and Orochimaru offered to revive Nawaki and Dan Katō if Tsunade broke the seal on his hands.
• Tsunade saw through Orochimaru's offer and refused to help him endanger Konoha.
• Tsunade activated the Strength of a Hundred Seal and prepared to fight Orochimaru.

Orochimaru and Kabuto attacked Tsunade after she refused to help them, but Naruto and Jiraiya intervened to protect her. Seeing them fight and remembering Nawaki and Dan Katō, Tsunade overcame her hemophobia and rose to join the battle.

• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to cripple Tsunade, and Kabuto used poisonous mist and a bloodied kunai to trigger her hemophobia.
• Kabuto struck at the helpless Tsunade, but Naruto erupted with Nine-Tails chakra and blocked his attack before countering with a Rasengan.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode and attacked Orochimaru with a fire technique, while Orochimaru summoned a mass of snakes that Jiraiya cut down with a Rasenshuriken.
• Tsunade remembered Nawaki, Dan Katō, and the people fighting to protect her, then suppressed her fear and reactivated the Strength of a Hundred Seal.
• Tsunade stood and walked toward the battlefield with a determined gaze.

Tsunade overcame her hemophobia and joined Jiraiya and Naruto in fighting Orochimaru and Kabuto. After Tsunade defeated Kabuto and Naruto helped injure Orochimaru, Orochimaru unleashed a forbidden technique and attacked Jiraiya with his transformed snake tails.

• Tsunade overcame her hemophobia, struck Kabuto with Monster Strength, and awakened her resolve to fight for Konoha.
• Jiraiya battled Orochimaru with Sage Art while Tsunade fought Kabuto and Naruto supported Jiraiya with Rasengan.
• Tsunade shattered Kabuto's shoulder, leaving him unable to fight, while Naruto's Nine-Tails: Rasengan destroyed Orochimaru's venomous snake and injured Orochimaru.
• Wounded and low on chakra, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Naruto stood their ground as Orochimaru began transforming.
• Orochimaru used the Forbidden Technique: Snake Shedding Technique and lashed his snake tails toward Jiraiya.

Uchiha Mu appeared as Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Naruto were on the verge of defeat against Orochimaru. He stopped the battle and suppressed Orochimaru, dismantling the power of his forbidden technique.

• Jiraiya summoned Mount Myoboku’s chief toad while Tsunade and Naruto attacked Orochimaru, but Orochimaru injured them and struck Jiraiya with a poisoned needle.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade continued fighting Orochimaru until their injuries and dwindling strength left them unable to gain an advantage.
• Naruto, too injured to move, silently prayed for Uchiha Mu to appear as Orochimaru prepared to finish off Jiraiya and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Mu arrived, and his presence made Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru stop moving.
• Uchiha Mu declared Konoha’s affairs his concern and suppressed Orochimaru, sealing his chakra and stripping away the power of his forbidden technique.