Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Ying negotiated a technology partnership with Kazahana Haruyuki, who tested the Konoha team against the Land of Snow’s Snow Armor Jonin. The battle began with ten Snow Ninja attacking with an ice whale, which Uchiha Ying countered with fire, while the Snow Ninja prepared another technique.

• Uchiha Ying and his team met Kazahana Haruyuki at the Land of Snow’s daimyo residence and discussed Konoha’s technological needs.
• Uchiha Ying proposed exchanging resources and techniques with the Land of Snow, and Kazahana Haruyuki agreed to consider working together.
• Kazahana Haruyuki challenged the Konoha Ninja to face fifty Snow Armor Jonin and described their armor, ninjutsu, speed, and teamwork.
• Ten Snow Ninja formed an enormous ice whale and sent it charging at Uchiha Ying’s team.
• Uchiha Ying used Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet to melt the whale’s ice, and the Snow Ninja began preparing a stronger Ice Release technique.

Uchiha Ying and the Konoha ninja fought Kazahana Haruyuki’s Snow Ninja in the snowfield. Ying’s Susanoo and Hyuga Mina’s discovery of a weakness turned the battle in Konoha’s favor, and Ying led his team toward Haruyuki afterward.

• Hyuga Mina used her Byakugan to spot the Snow Ninja preparing a combined Ice Release attack, and the Konoha ninja took cover behind an Earth-Style Wall.
• Uchiha Ying summoned his black-and-white Susanoo, which shattered the Snow Ninja’s ice attacks and injured many of them with its blade.
• The remaining Snow Ninja surrounded Ying, and Mina’s five Jonin teammates formed a defensive line beside him.
• The Konoha ninja exchanged Fire, Wind, and Ice Release attacks with the Snow Ninja until Mina found a weak point in their formation.
• Uchiha Ying directed the Konoha ninja to attack the weak point, then struck the Snow Ninja with Susanoo and left them badly injured.
• Ying withdrew Susanoo and led the Konoha ninja toward Kazahana Haruyuki.

Uchiha Ying secured an agreement for Konoha and the Land of Snow to establish preferential trade and exchange technology, then continued his mission by visiting a ninja tool shop. He left without telling Kazahana Haruyuki that the Daimyo had at most five years to live.

• Uchiha Ying threatened Kazahana Haruyuki with a blade and demanded preferential trade policies and technological cooperation, and Kazahana agreed.
• Ai Xue hosted Uchiha Ying, and he and Kazahana Haruyuki discussed the details of cooperation between their nations.
• Hyuga Mina asked why Uchiha Ying had not told Kazahana Haruyuki about his limited lifespan, and Uchiha Ying said the Land of Snow's future was not their responsibility to decide.
• Uchiha Ying entered a Land of Snow ninja tool shop, tested a Snowblade, and asked the shopkeeper what else was available.

Uchiha Ying bought the Frostmoon Blade after Hyuga Mina and his teammates offered to help pay for it. The team shared a meal at a sushi restaurant in the Land of Snow, where they praised Ying and discussed training for future missions.

• Uchiha Ying examined the Frostmoon Blade and learned that its rare materials gave it a powerful chill and boosted chakra by 120%.
• The shopkeeper offered to lower the blade’s price to twenty-eight million yen if Uchiha Ying helped promote his shop.
• Hyuga Mina offered five million yen, and the other teammates encouraged Uchiha Ying to accept their help; he agreed to repay them twice over and bought the blade.
• Uchiha Ying led his teammates to a sushi restaurant, where they ate and talked about their upcoming missions.
• Hyuga Yotian and Hatake Yunfeng praised Uchiha Ying’s strength, while Hatake Yunfeng said the team should train harder and rely less on their captain.

Uchiha Ying and his team were ambushed by Shi Yu and the Hidden Stone ninja while returning to Konoha, and both sides fought fiercely. The battle was still underway as Hyuga Mina used Revolving Heaven to defend against Huang Shi’s earth-and-stone attack.

• Uchiha Ying called for a rest during the team’s journey back to Konoha, then warned everyone to assess the approaching threat.
• Shi Yu and the Hidden Stone ninja surrounded Uchiha Ying’s team and declared that none of them would escape alive.
• Shi Yu attacked Uchiha Ying with Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique, and Uchiha Ying shattered an incoming boulder with his Chidori-coated Frostmoon Blade.
• Hyuga Mina, Hyuga Yotian, and Hatake Yunfeng fought the Hidden Stone ninja as both sides traded attacks across the battlefield.
• Hyuga Yotian and Hatake Yunfeng joined Hyuga Mina in charging toward Shi Yu, while Huang Shi unleashed Earth Release: Mountain Soil Technique.
• Hyuga Mina used Revolving Heaven to block Huang Shi’s surging earth and stone.

Hyuga Mina broke through Huang Shi’s earth attacks, while Uchiha Ying used Flying Thunder God Slash and Chidori to wound a Hidden Stone ninja. More Hidden Stone reinforcements forced Ying to abandon his finishing blow, leaving him surrounded as Shi Yu prepared a stronger attack.

• Hyuga Mina used Revolving Heaven to repel Huang Shi’s barrage, then countered with Air Palms and shattered his massive ball of earth.
• A Hidden Stone ninja surfaced to ambush Mina, but Uchiha Ying marked and threw his Ninja Blade, then used Flying Thunder God Slash and Chidori to wound the ninja.
• Uchiha Ying pressed his attack, but several Hidden Stone ninjas arrived and forced him to turn away from the wounded opponent.
• Uchiha Ying dodged the reinforcements’ ninjutsu and cut through their attacks, but their numbers put him in a tight spot.
• Shi Yu dismissed Ying’s confidence and ordered the Hidden Stone ninjas to prepare a stronger attack as Ying assessed his options.

Uchiha Ying and Hyuga Mina fought the Earth-and-Stone Giant, then Ying stayed behind to face the Hidden Stone forces so his teammates could escape. After Ying killed ten Jonin with Space Cutting, the enemy forced him to the edge of a cliff.

• Uchiha Ying and Hyuga Mina attacked the Earth-and-Stone Giant and discovered that its eyes were vulnerable.
• Hyuga Mina struck the giant's eyes while Ying distracted it, injuring Shi Yu through the backlash.
• Uchiha Ying ordered Hatake Fengyun, Hyuga Mina, and the other teammates to flee toward Konoha while he held off twenty Jonin and a Kage Level ninja.
• Uchiha Ying killed a Hidden Stone Jonin with Chidori, then activated his Mangekyō Sharingan and killed ten more with Space Cutting.
• Uchiha Ying activated Susanoo and fought as the remaining Hidden Stone forces approached cautiously, eventually driving him to the edge of a cliff.

Uchiha Ying used Lightning Release: Heavenfall to devastate the pursuing Hidden Stone ninja before falling into a river as Shi Yu continued the pursuit. Hyuga Mina and the scattered Konoha squad escaped through the rain and reached Konoha at dawn, hoping to report what happened and help rescue Uchiha Ying.

• Uchiha Ying unleashed Lightning Release: Heavenfall, killing many Hidden Stone ninja and forcing Shi Yu's Jonin to flee.
• Uchiha Ying's chakra ran low and his Susanoo faltered, and he fell into the river as Shi Yu pursued the Konoha squad.
• Hyuga Mina led the exhausted squad through the rain, ordered them to split up when the Hidden Stone ninja caught up, and jumped into a river to escape.
• Hyuga Mina and some squad members evaded their pursuers and continued toward Konoha.
• Hyuga Mina and the other surviving squad members reached Konoha at dawn, hoping to report the events and help rescue Uchiha Ying.

Uchiha Ying woke in a mysterious mist-covered place, found an ancient ruin blocked by a barrier, and followed a glowing creature into a cave. In Konoha, Uchiha Inabi strengthened the village’s defenses after hearing how Ying went missing, while Tsunade waited and hoped for his return.

• Uchiha Ying explored the strange land, found an ancient ruin, failed to break its barrier, and followed a glowing creature into a vast cave.
• Uchiha Inabi questioned Hyuga Mina about the mission and learned why her group had returned to Konoha before Ying.
• Uchiha Inabi blamed the Hidden Stone ninjas for Ying’s disappearance and ordered the village to strengthen its defenses and increase patrols.
• Tsunade learned that Ying was missing and cried as Mito Uzumaki comforted her and promised he would return.
• Tsunade kept watching Konoha’s entrance for Ying while Mito Uzumaki gathered more people to search for him.

Uchiha Ying explored a beautiful island world with a little snake until a powerful falcon attacked him. After several clashes, he knocked the falcon back with a costly fire jutsu, but it resumed its dive, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Uchiha Ying explored the misty forest, admired its birds and stream, and befriended a little snake that stayed with him.
• A falcon confronted Uchiha Ying and attacked despite his attempts to reason with it, so he dodged while protecting the snake.
• Uchiha Ying used Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu and Lightning Release: Chidori, but the falcon proved to be Kage Level and continued fighting.
• Uchiha Ying spent a tenth of his chakra on Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame and blasted the falcon back.
• The falcon climbed and dived at Uchiha Ying again as he prepared another jutsu.

Uchiha Ying fought Falcon, wounded him with his shadow clones, and forced him to flee by summoning Susanoo. After the battle, Uchiha Ying collapsed in the rain while the little snake stayed beside him.

• Uchiha Ying and Falcon clashed with lightning, wind, and sword techniques, but neither gained the upper hand.
• Uchiha Ying used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, and one clone wounded Falcon; Falcon then raked Uchiha Ying's back with his claws.
• Uchiha Ying summoned Susanoo, frightening Falcon into fleeing.
• Uchiha Ying sat by a boulder in the rain as Susanoo faded, then later lost consciousness from exhaustion and his wound.
• The little snake curled against Uchiha Ying's chest, gently licked his face, and waited for him to wake.

Uchiha Ying woke in the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave and learned that returning to the Ninja World required passing a divine trial and reaching Ryūchi Cave. With Amina, he set out toward the trial, determined to earn the Dragon-Snake Clan Summoning Technique.

• Grandmother Doren and Amina told Uchiha Ying he could return to the Ninja World by breaking through the dimensional barrier and gaining a deity's approval.
• Amina recognized the little snake as carrying the Dragon-Snake Clan's bloodline, and Grandmother Doren warned Uchiha Ying to handle its power carefully.
• Amina explained that the divine trial would grant access to the Great Teleportation Technique, which could take Uchiha Ying to the Three Great Sage Lands and Ryūchi Cave.
• After resting, Uchiha Ying agreed to face the divine trial and obtain the exclusive technique for summoning the Dragon-Snake Clan.
• Amina led Uchiha Ying up the mountain toward the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave, and they reached a ledge where he looked ahead with determination.

Uchiha Ying entered the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave with Amina and prepared to face its first challenge, the Illusion Trial. Meanwhile, Wang Chengwu questioned his memories of a typhoon as he went to HOE Bar with Liu Shuai, where a passing girl caught his attention.

• Amina led Uchiha Ying into the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave, where a voice welcomed him as the ruler and announced the Illusion Trial.
• Uchiha Ying worried that the cave had discovered he came from another world, then stepped forward with Amina's encouragement to face the trial.
• Wang Chengwu spoke with Liu Shuai, who mentioned the previous night's typhoon, and wondered why he remembered calm weather instead.
• Wang Chengwu drove his Porsche to HOE Bar, where Liu Shuai greeted him and offered to pay for the evening.
• Liu Shuai ordered liquor and snacks at a booth, and Wang Chengwu noticed a girl in a short skirt walking past.

After passing the illusion trial, Uchiha Ying chose to leave his past world and received the Dragon Snake Immortal Cave Summoning Technique. He entered the second trial, courage, where a giant monster attacked him and he began searching for its weakness.

• Wang Chengwu relaxed and enjoyed a night out with Liu Shuai, who urged him to stay in that world.
• Uchiha Ying said goodbye to Liu Shuai and walked into the light, passing the illusion trial.
• A voice awarded Uchiha Ying an ancient book containing the Dragon Snake Immortal Cave Summoning Technique.
• Uchiha Ying emerged from the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave and told Amina he had earned the Dragon-Snake Clan's approval and might meet the Dragon Snake Immortal.
• Uchiha Ying was transported to a barren small world for the second trial, courage, and encountered a huge, heavily scaled monster.
• Uchiha Ying's Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu barely affected the monster, so he dodged its attacks and identified its softer belly as a possible weak point.

Uchiha Ying defeated a powerful monster with Fire Release and Lightning Release, then continued through a scorching desert to a mysterious forest. As strange sounds filled the forest, glowing runes appeared beneath his feet.

• Uchiha Ying baited the monster into attacking and dodged while watching for an opening.
• Uchiha Ying struck the monster with Fire Release: Great Dragon Flame Technique, then attacked its abdomen with Lightning Release: Chidori Stream.
• Uchiha Ying overwhelmed the monster with repeated lightning attacks until it collapsed, while Amina encouraged and cautioned him.
• Uchiha Ying crossed a harsh desert and entered a dark, mysterious forest.
• Uchiha Ying heard eerie growls and wails in the forest, then saw glowing runes spread beneath his feet.

Uchiha Ying was trapped in an array and fought the ghosts that emerged, combining ninjutsu, swordsmanship, and the surrounding flames. He struck the ghost with his strongest Flying Thunder God attack, piercing its body.

• Uchiha Ying realized he had triggered an array that bound him as ghosts appeared and surrounded him.
• Amina encouraged Uchiha Ying, and he faced the ghosts with Cold Moon and attacked with Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique.
• Uchiha Ying dodged the ghost’s Dark Ghost Sigil, fought off its ambush in black mist, and used Wind Release to drive the flames toward it.
• Uchiha Ying sensed the ghost through the fire, wounded it with a sword slash, and prepared to end the battle as it gathered dark power.
• Uchiha Ying used Flying Thunder God Slash: Falling Thunder, and the Cold Moon Blade pierced the ghost’s body.

Uchiha Ying reached the altar and battled his otherworldly counterpart, Uchiha Yingyue, who matched his techniques and trapped him with the altar’s power. After breaking free and awakening a stronger Mangekyō Sharingan ability, Uchiha Ying summoned Susanoo, and their colossal warriors began a fierce clash.

• Uchiha Ying defeated the ghost and reached the mysterious altar, where Uchiha Yingyue emerged from the shadows.
• Uchiha Yingyue attacked Uchiha Ying, and the two fought with matching moves and Fire Release: Dragon Flame Jutsu.
• Uchiha Yingyue used the altar’s power to restrain Uchiha Ying, but Uchiha Ying gathered his chakra and shattered the binding force.
• Uchiha Ying’s Mangekyō Sharingan grew stronger as a new ability awakened in his eyes.
• Uchiha Ying summoned Susanoo and attacked, and Uchiha Yingyue summoned his own Susanoo to meet him in battle.

Uchiha Ying defeated his alternate-world projection, Uchiha Yingyue, and chose to let him go. After passing the trial and earning the Dragon-Snake Clan’s goodwill, he prepared to train in the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave, while Amina gave him a summoning mark with a kiss.

• Uchiha Ying broke through Uchiha Yingyue’s Susanoo, defeated him, and learned that he was Ying’s projection from another world, imprisoned at the altar.
• Uchiha Ying spared Uchiha Yingyue, who thanked him and vanished into the shadows.
• The Dragon Snake Immortal appeared and announced that Uchiha Ying had passed the trial and earned the Dragon-Snake Clan’s goodwill.
• Amina praised Uchiha Ying for reaching high Kage-level strength, and he said he would train in the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave.
• Amina kissed Uchiha Ying’s cheek, giving him a summoning mark he could use to contact her and seek the Snakefolk Clan’s help.

Uchiha Ying left Amina and entered the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave, where the Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon took him as its disciple and offered to teach him powerful sage arts. The chapter ended with Uchiha Ying beginning a new path of cultivation alongside the little snake.

• Amina wished Uchiha Ying well and hoped he would return to the Snakefolk Clan, while he set aside his feelings and vowed to become stronger.
• Uchiha Ying reached the Dragon-Snake Sage Cave, where the Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon greeted him and recognized the little snake's Dragon-Snake Bloodline.
• The Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon offered to take Uchiha Ying as its disciple, and Uchiha Ying accepted.
• The Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon introduced the Azure Dragon Sage Art and its three Dragon-Snake Sea-Turning Seal techniques, each requiring greater power to wield.
• The Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon promised to guide Uchiha Ying in the Sage Chakra Absorption Technique and revealed that it had placed a Creation Formula within the little snake.

Uchiha Ying spent two years training at the Dragon Spring Pool, mastering the Azure Dragon Sage Art under the Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon’s guidance. After completing his training, he set out for Ryūchi Cave to return to the Ninja World and reunite with the people he cared about.

• The Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon sent Uchiha Ying to train at the Dragon Spring Pool and urged him to master the sage techniques.
• Uchiha Ying endured intense pain as he absorbed the pool’s power and carefully blended it with his chakra at a 1:3 ratio.
• After two years of training, Uchiha Ying emerged from seclusion, and the Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon praised his progress.
• Uchiha Ying told his master he wanted to return to the Ninja World to protect his family and clansmen and complete his mission.
• The Heaven-Devouring Azure Dragon encouraged Uchiha Ying, who then headed toward Ryūchi Cave to return through the Summoning Technique.