Chapter Summaries

Minato Namikaze agreed to Uchiha Huan’s request before Naruto returned, and the third-round Chunin Exams concluded with eight fighters advancing. As the finals approached, Shixiu Dadu arrived in Konoha after Uchiha Huan threatened him, leaving Sarutobi Hiruzen responsible for protecting him.

• Uchiha Huan replenished Minato Namikaze’s vitality, and Minato fell asleep after warning him that he might intervene to save Naruto.
• Naruto logged back in, learned that his parents had discussed private matters with Uchiha Huan, and hurried home.
• The third-round elimination matches began, and Sakura and Ino drew after both collapsed.
• Naruto defeated Kiba Inuzuka, while Neji Hyuga defeated Hinata and Gaara fought Rock Lee in one of the fiercest matches.
• After three days, Naruto, Sasuke, Gaara, Shikamaru, Karin, Haku, Kimimaro, and Neji Hyuga advanced to the finals.
• Shixiu Dadu arrived in Konoha after Uchiha Huan’s threat, and Sarutobi Hiruzen greeted him and promised to protect him.

At the Chunin Ninja Exams finals, Uchiha Huan rebuffed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attempt to discuss their past as Naruto faced Gaara. Naruto surprised the crowd with a Rasengan but could not penetrate Gaara’s sand defenses, and Gaara trapped him with Sand Burial.

• Uchiha Huan sat beside Sarutobi Hiruzen and dismissed Hiruzen’s appeal to their former connection to Konoha.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen worried that Uchiha Huan was planning an attack, while his investigations had uncovered no suspicious activity.
• Naruto charged at Gaara, used Shadow Clones as a distraction, and attacked from above with a Rasengan.
• Gaara’s Sand Shield blocked Naruto’s Rasengan, and sand spikes wounded Naruto as he retreated.
• Gaara turned the arena floor to sand, swallowed Naruto in a wave, and used Sand Burial to crush the figure wrapped in sand.

Naruto and Gaara unleashed their tailed-beast powers during the Chunin Ninja Exams as Uchiha Huan used Shixiu Dadu to manipulate Sarutobi Hiruzen. Hiruzen attacked the stands under genjutsu, and Shukaku worsened the massacre, leaving the village in panic and Hiruzen blamed for the deaths.

• Naruto broke free of Gaara's Sand Burial with a two-tailed Tailed Beast Cloak and struck Gaara through his Sand Shield.
• Gaara fell asleep and Shukaku emerged, provoking Naruto as the crowd watched the giant beast appear.
• Shixiu Dadu used strange patterns in his eyes to make Sarutobi Hiruzen leave the viewing platform while Uchiha Huan's plan unfolded.
• Hiruzen saw disguised Sunagakure ninjas in the stands and used Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique, but the genjutsu made him slaughter hundreds of civilians.
• Hiruzen regained consciousness and saw the civilians he had killed as the spectators fled in terror.
• Shukaku fired Wind Release: Rapid-Fire Air Bullets into the stands, killing thousands, then shouted for Hiruzen to act against someone who was still alive.

Shukaku exposed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s alleged plot involving the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina took control of Naruto to attack him. Orochimaru joined the fight, and his Hidden Snakes caught Sarutobi Hiruzen off guard.

• Shukaku accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of promising to restore his freedom in exchange for help with a plot involving the Nine-Tails and the Fourth Hokage, while Sarutobi Hiruzen blamed Uchiha Huan.
• Shukaku lunged at Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Kushina took control of Naruto’s body and attacked with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Orochimaru arrived and took on Shukaku, then attacked his former teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen with Thousand Snakes.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned Enma and used him as the Monkey King Staff to strike one of Orochimaru’s invisible Hidden Snakes.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had summoned five Hidden Snakes, and one swept its tail toward Sarutobi Hiruzen as he let his guard down.

Sarutobi Hiruzen summoned four powerful shinobi with Impure World Reincarnation to fight Orochimaru and Uchiha Huan, but Huan exposed Hiruzen’s crimes and turned the resurrected allies against him. Hashirama apologized to the people Konoha had wronged, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Hiruzen summoned Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hatake Sakumo, and Moonlight Senba with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Huan entered the arena and told Hashirama and Tobirama that he had fled the Uchiha Clan Massacre, then accused Hiruzen of harming the Senju descendants, Sakumo, and Hayate.
• Gekko Hayate arrived with members of the Hayate Clan and accused Hiruzen of attempting to kill him and endangering civilians.
• Senba and Sakumo refused to side with Konoha, and Orochimaru released them from Hiruzen’s control when Hiruzen tried to bind them.
• Hashirama knelt and apologized to those Konoha had wronged, asking them to forgive the village.

Uchiha Huan exposed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s treatment of Naruto and fought Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju while Kushina confronted them. Kushina refused Tobirama Senju’s offer to punish the guilty and continued the battle against the Hokage’s reanimated predecessors.

• Uchiha Huan accused Sarutobi Hiruzen of causing the Fourth Hokage’s death and ostracizing Naruto to control him, leaving Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju stunned.
• Tobirama Senju attacked Uchiha Huan, who summoned a Complete-Body Susanoo, while Hashirama Senju created a Wood Human to fight him.
• Kushina hurled the One-Tail Shukaku into the Wood Human, and Uchiha Huan battered it apart before Hashirama Senju repaired it and Tobirama Senju struck the Susanoo with Water Steel Cannons.
• Kushina bound the One-Tail Shukaku with Adamantine Sealing Chains, then joined the battle against Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Kushina revealed that she was Naruto’s mother and rejected Tobirama Senju’s promise to punish the culprits, saying she did not trust him.

Uchiha Huan broke Hashirama Senju’s resolve by exposing the damage Sarutobi Hiruzen had done to Konoha, then defeated him. As Sarutobi Hiruzen escaped the battle, Uchiha Huan revealed he wanted to make him a rogue ninja, and Tobirama Senju set off to hunt him down.

• Uchiha Huan recounted the injustices suffered by Nawaki Senju, the Hyuga Clan, and himself, weakening Hashirama Senju’s resolve.
• Uchiha Huan’s Six-Armed Demon God crushed Hashirama Senju’s Wood Human and struck him down, causing him to collapse.
• Uchiha Huan returned to find Orochimaru and the Hayate Clan closing in on the wounded Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Tobirama Senju and Kushina remained locked in a stalemate.
• When Uchiha Huan threatened the Sarutobi Clan, Sarutobi Hiruzen began the Reaper Death Seal, then used the Substitution Technique to flee.
• Uchiha Huan admitted he wanted Sarutobi Hiruzen to become a rogue ninja, and Tobirama Senju vanished to pursue him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen lost Konoha’s support and fled after Tobirama Senju ordered the ninja to hunt him. The next day, Tobirama urged Uchiha Huan to return to Konoha, but Huan demanded control of four clans before agreeing.

• Shikaku Nara told Sarutobi Hiruzen that his flight had destroyed his standing, and Tobirama Senju tried to kill him, only to strike a Shadow Clone.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the ninja to gather and hunt Sarutobi Hiruzen, while Shikaku Nara sent up a signal flare to summon allied clans.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen hid in a civilian home, killed its mother and son when the child tried to report him, and fled Konoha the next day.
• Tobirama Senju met Uchiha Huan in the Hokage's Office and urged him to return to Konoha if he wanted to become Hokage.
• Uchiha Huan said he could seize Konoha himself and demanded the Sarutobi, Shimura, Utatane, and Mito Clans for disposal.

Uchiha Huan confronted Tobirama Senju in the Hokage's Office, then escaped Konoha and reunited with his companions. He sent Sakura back and considered how to strengthen Sasuke, including asking the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction about God-bestowed Spirit Rings.

• Tobirama Senju tried to trap Uchiha Huan with a Space-Sealing Barrier, but admitted he could not defeat him under normal circumstances.
• Hashirama Senju arrived, learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen had used Mito Uzumaki's corpse for experiments, and blamed Tobirama Senju for teaching Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō.
• Uchiha Huan flew through the Hokage's Office ceiling and escaped the barrier, leaving Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju to wonder whether it sealed the sky.
• Uchiha Huan reunited with Orochimaru, Karin, Haku, Kimimaro, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in a mountain hollow, then sent Sakura back to Konoha despite her wish to stay.
• Uchiha Huan explained Susanoo to Sasuke and considered how to strengthen him, including asking the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction about creating God-bestowed Spirit Rings.

Uchiha Huan inspected Orochimaru’s experimental device for creating Self-Condensed Spirit Rings, then arranged to borrow Sasori from Konan in exchange for a major investment in the Land of Rain. He returned to the Underground Cavern of the Land of Whirlpools and entered a lake of condensed Natural Energy, where an unexpected reward might await.

• Uchiha Huan ordered Hatake Kakashi to keep searching for Sarutobi Hiruzen but refused to pursue him because the Anti-Hidden Leaf Village lacked the strength.
• Orochimaru showed Uchiha Huan a flawed device that could create only hundred-year Spirit Rings, and Huan took its plans to study whether Soul Guidance Technology could reproduce it.
• Uchiha Huan offered Konan ten billion ryō in investment over ten years, and she agreed to send Sasori to the Land of Waves within half a month.
• Uchiha Huan used Burrowing King’s Reverse Summoning to return to the Underground Cavern of the Land of Whirlpools and collect Divine Power Stalactites.
• Burrowing King led Uchiha Huan to a lake of condensed Natural Energy, and Huan entered the water despite its danger.

Uchiha Huan discovered the Laws of Life and Death in an ancient god’s corpse and began a new God Trial, transforming his domain into a reincarnation space. After returning to Douluo World, he met the Goddess of Life and asked her to teach him how to make God-bestowed Spirit Rings.

• Uchiha Huan explored an underwater cave and found an ancient corpse surrounded by threads of Laws.
• Uchiha Huan buried the Nameless God, completed the first Life and Death Laws trial, and gained greater affinity and Divine Power.
• Uchiha Huan transformed his Tit for Tat Domain into a Reincarnation Domain, completing the second trial and receiving a task to find a subordinate god.
• Uchiha Huan returned to Douluo World, where the Goddess of Life noticed his new Laws and discussed his potential authority over souls and reincarnation.
• Uchiha Huan asked the Goddess of Life to teach him how to make God-bestowed Spirit Rings, and she agreed.

Uchiha Huan gave Dugu Bo the chance to become a Death God and helped Dugu Yan gain a powerful Spirit Ring. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan asking whether Uchiha Huan would enter the Soul Master Elite Tournament, and learning that Hu Liena and his other companions would compete.

• Uchiha Huan met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, then took Dugu Yan to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well to see Dugu Bo.
• Uchiha Huan gave Dugu Yan a ninety-thousand-year sea devil dragon Torso Soul Bone and told her to absorb it before condensing a Spirit Ring.
• Uchiha Huan offered Dugu Bo the Death God Trial, which Dugu Bo accepted, receiving the Death Scythe and a first trial to harvest the souls of ten good people and ten evil people.
• After absorbing the Soul Bone, Dugu Yan gained a sixty-thousand-year Spirit Ring with Uchiha Huan's help, and he also increased the ages of several of her earlier rings.
• Dugu Yan asked Uchiha Huan if he would enter the Soul Master Elite Tournament, and he said Hu Liena and the others would compete instead.

Uchiha Huan told Dugu Yan that the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul likely had an inherent defect and agreed to provide aromatic silk beauty if Ye Lingling joined Spirit Hall. While touring Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he accepted Yu Tianheng’s challenge and revealed that he was a level-forty soul master with the Sharingan martial soul.

• Dugu Yan asked Uchiha Huan about the Nine Heart Begonia family’s curse, and he explained that its martial soul likely had a defect rather than a curse.
• Uchiha Huan suggested aromatic silk beauty could repair the defect, and Dugu Yan asked him to provide some if she persuaded Ye Lingling.
• Uchiha Huan stayed at Dugu Manor and toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Yan the next day.
• Yu Tianheng approached Dugu Yan and challenged Uchiha Huan to a spar after learning he was from Spirit Hall.
• At the arena, Uchiha Huan revealed his Sharingan martial soul and level-forty rank, while Yu Tianheng summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.

Uchiha Huan defeated Yu Tianheng by trapping him in genjutsu, then also subdued Qin Ming when he intervened. Yu Tianheng returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect convinced he could counter Uchiha Huan by avoiding his eyes, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to deliver a rematch challenge.

• Uchiha Huan used genjutsu to make Yu Tianheng strip, and Qin Ming leaped into the arena to stop him.
• Uchiha Huan put Qin Ming under genjutsu as well, then told the spectators that both men would wake in half an hour.
• Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming regained awareness, and Qin Ming advised Yu Tianheng that avoiding Uchiha Huan's eyes could make his genjutsu useless.
• Yu Tianheng returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and asked Yu Yuanzhen to help him challenge Uchiha Huan again.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned that another loss could hurt Yu Tianheng's standing against Yu Tianxin, but agreed to deliver the challenge.