Chapter Summaries

Mu woke after Yayoi saved him from Madara’s attack and learned that his Dustless Haze Barrier had failed because Madara’s Sharingan could see chakra pathways. The revelation left Mu reflecting on the vast gap between the strongest ninjas as he recovered in Yayoi’s courtyard.

• Ōnoki told the recovering Mu how Yayoi had treated him and what had happened after he lost consciousness.
• Mu went with Ōnoki to thank Yayoi and explained that Madara had seen through his stealth technique before he could react.
• Tobirama and Yayoi realized Mu had never fought an Uchiha and explained that the Sharingan’s Insight Eye had exposed his chakra pathways.
• Mu understood why Madara had found him, then remarked that the pinnacle of ninjas seemed impossibly far away, dampening Yayoi’s and Tobirama’s moods.

After Madara Uchiha’s attack derailed the summit, Yayoi judged that the nations would not start a war while Konoha held the power to prevent one. He reassured Irori and the citizens of the Land of Night with a public notice focused on daily life, leaving the people feeling devoted to their General.

• The summit collapsed after Madara’s Shadow Clones intercepted delegations from many nations, while the First Raikage was badly injured by Madara’s real body.
• Yayoi explained that the nations would not go to war unless Konoha allowed it, and he doubted Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha could reconcile.
• Irori asked whether the Land of Night should strengthen its border defenses, but Yayoi said they would be useless and told her to reassure the citizens.
• Irori broadcast a notice about the weather, prices, repairs, jobs, and other domestic matters, without mentioning the international crisis.
• Citizens praised Irori’s voice and were moved that Yayoi’s government remained focused on their welfare.

Yayoi judged that Konoha’s decision to remain inactive after the failed talks was a way to avoid provoking the other nations, and he continued normal diplomacy and trade with it. At the General’s Residence, he trained to improve Chakra Armament Mode while limiting its strain on his body, confident that his health and longevity would outlast the older generation.

• Yayoi decided to maintain normal relations and trade with Konoha while other countries remained wary after the talks broke down.
• Yayoi trained in Chakra Armament Mode by striking a massive chakra-alloy steel cube, but his blows only dented and cracked it.
• Yayoi concluded that he needed to concentrate his attacks to penetrate Susanoo’s Chakra Armor and strengthen his physique to withstand the mode’s strain.
• Yayoi released Chakra Armament Mode after three hours, noting that his stamina and muscles had reached their limits and that Shadow Clone training could damage his body.
• Yayoi reflected that ninja exhausted themselves through war and overuse of chakra, and believed his healthy, long-lived body would let him outlast the older generation.

Kicho gave birth to a healthy son with the Byakugan, securing Yayoi’s direct heir and strengthening Kicho’s standing in the Land of Night. Later, Yayoi reassured Irori that the newborn would not diminish his love for her.

• Yayoi waited anxiously outside the delivery room while Kicho labored, then learned that mother and son were safe.
• Yayoi held his sleeping newborn son, and Aoi said the baby had opened his eyes and inherited Kicho’s Byakugan.
• Yayoi ordered Aoi to announce the birth and escorted Rinko and the child to the Inner Court.
• Yayoi left the child’s name undecided and went to the Tenshu Tower’s observation deck, where he found Irori alone.
• Yayoi embraced Irori and reassured her that she was precious to him despite his love for Kicho, Aoi, Rinko, and his son.

Yayoi’s heir brought congratulations from across the region, including valuable Chakra materials from Hashirama and Mu. As Konoha debated Yayoi’s intentions, he considered forging a new personal weapon and returned home to see his child.

• News of Yayoi’s heir spread across the Land of Night and baffled other nations because Yayoi continued cooperating with Konoha without strengthening his defenses.
• Hashirama and Tobirama discussed Yayoi’s perceptiveness and agreed that Konoha should send a congratulatory gift in thanks for the Land of Night’s support.
• Hashirama sent Yayoi a Chakra Crystal, while Mu sent red Chakra Metal as gifts for the heir.
• Yayoi examined the gifts and considered combining Mu’s metal with his stored Kusanagi Sword to forge a stronger personal weapon.
• Yayoi put away the gifts, ended work early to visit his child, and noticed Irori had become more radiant and assertive.

Yayoi visited his newborn son, then reunited with Kicho after her recovery from childbirth. After spending eighteen hours together, they emerged the next afternoon, leaving Aoi and Rinko flustered by Kicho’s newfound allure.

• Yayoi saw that his son had inherited Kicho’s Byakugan and had a robust physique that suggested he would possess a large chakra reserve.
• Yayoi joined Kicho in the bedroom, where she served him food and revealed that she had developed a hand-seal-less Water Release.
• Yayoi and Kicho stayed in the master bedroom for eighteen hours, while Aoi and Rinko waited outside with their imaginations running wild.
• Aoi and Rinko entered to find Yayoi and Kicho fully dressed and the room neat, though Kicho’s appearance left them stunned.
• Kicho teased Yayoi about her Water Release, and he escaped to work while she remained behind.

Yayoi inspected Zero and the growing second Puppet Lifeform, Yaya, while Irori eagerly anticipated her younger sister’s birth. He also checked the Seven-Tails, confirmed its Chakra would recover to about seventy percent by next year, and reinforced its seal before promising to form a summoning contract and release it.

• Yayoi reviewed the intelligence reports and inspected Zero, considering how to upgrade its intelligence and expand the Ghost Puppets’ range.
• Yayoi and Irori visited Yaya’s cultivation tank, where Irori was delighted when the developing Puppet Lifeform responded to her.
• Yayoi explained that Yaya was designed as a powerful close-range attacker and could become a trusted younger sister to Irori.
• The Seven-Tails remarked on the living quality of Yayoi’s Chakra and wondered whether he might be the Child of Prophecy before dismissing the idea.
• Yayoi estimated that the Seven-Tails would recover about seventy percent of its Chakra by next year and reaffirmed that he would form a summoning contract and release it.
• Yayoi attached a Seven-Star Seal talisman to the Seven-Tails’ horn, keeping it tightly restrained against any possible escape.

Kicho returned to training after giving birth and used her refined Active Chakra to develop a devastating new Gentle Fist technique. After Aoi summoned her for dinner, Kicho read a letter from her father, Hyuga Hideto, asking for help in the Hyuga Clan, and sent a reply.

• Kicho practiced the Living Chakra Technique and used Active Chakra to unleash a powerful new Gentle Fist attack that devastated the training ground.
• Aoi found Kicho amid the wreckage and called her to dinner; Kicho told her to bring food to the hot springs and summon her husband there.
• Aoi told Kicho that Lord Hideto had sent a letter, and Kicho joked about forgetting who he was before reading it.
• Kicho learned that Hyuga Hideto wanted the Land of Night's help to regain influence in the Hyuga Clan and dismissed him as an old-fashioned man who only thought of himself.
• Kicho wrote a reply on the letter and asked Aoi to have it sent back.

Hyuga Hideto tried to seize control of the Radical Faction by arguing that the clan was being treated too weakly and by invoking his daughter Kicho’s influence in the Land of Night. The meeting ended with Hideto fainting after reading Kicho’s blunt request that he stop writing to her, while the other elders laughed and called for medical ninja.

• Hideto attended the Radical Faction meeting and urged the Hyuga to demand greater status and resources from Konoha’s other clans.
• A trusted Jonin delivered Kicho’s reply, and Hideto claimed his daughter would use the Land of Night’s power to support his faction.
• Hideto opened Kicho’s letter and read that she did not want him to write again because her husband might misunderstand.
• Hideto spat blood and collapsed, while the elders read the letter, laughed, and summoned medical ninja to treat him.

Yayoi watched his four-month-old son Oda Doichi display astonishing growth and strength before meeting Mu and Ōnoki on official business. He provided Mu with intelligence on Konoha and discussed the Sharingan, suggesting Mu consult Tobirama Senju.

• Yayoi and his family marveled at Oda Doichi’s unusual size and strength, while Kicho photographed his antics.
• Yayoi left his family and received Mu and Ōnoki at Tenshu Tower.
• Mu asked what Konoha was planning, and Yayoi explained that Konoha had remained focused on development while the other nations grew uneasy after Madara Uchiha’s actions.
• Yayoi gave Mu intelligence on Konoha, which Mu took back for the Tsuchikage and the Daimyo of the Land of Earth to assess.
• Mu asked Yayoi about the Sharingan, and Yayoi recommended Tobirama Senju as a better source of systematic knowledge.

Yayoi strengthened the Land of Night’s military and prepared its school while the major nations restored relations with the Land of Fire. At a Uchiha clan meeting, Madara announced that he intended to leave Konoha, shocking both factions.

• Yayoi treated Mu well before letting him leave, hoping to secure his friendship and future support.
• The major nations resumed diplomatic ties with the Land of Fire, easing smaller countries’ fears of war.
• Yayoi reviewed the Land of Night’s growing ninja and samurai forces with Irori and ordered expanded recruitment and faster construction of the Military School.
• Madara summoned twenty-six influential Uchiha clansmen to Naka Shrine and announced that he would withdraw from Konoha and sever all ties.
• The Radical and Conservative factions reacted with shock and anger, questioning Madara’s decision and his disregard for the clan.

Madara left Konoha after warning the divided Uchiha clan that Tobirama’s future as Hokage would endanger them, but no one joined him. Elsewhere, Izayoi Uchiha and Uchiha Meirou learned of his departure and chose to return to their base rather than rejoin the clan in Konoha.

• Madara told the Uchiha factions that Tobirama’s election as the next Hokage threatened their clan, and he announced his departure from Konoha.
• Uchiha Korei urged Madara to reconsider, but Madara left the clan gathering and waited at Konoha’s main gate.
• No clansmen joined Madara, so he walked away from Konoha alone; news of his departure later spread among other countries and ninja villages.
• Izayoi Uchiha killed a ninja for a bounty and sealed his corpse and head before Uchiha Meirou delivered Uchiha Korei’s letter about Madara’s departure.
• Izayoi rejected returning to the Uchiha clan in Konoha, chose a bounty target, and decided to visit the base where the other departed Uchiha were staying.

Yayoi, Aoi, and Rinko finished building fifty Enhanced Ghost Puppets to strengthen the General's Residence's defenses. After the puppets deployed, Yayoi planned to teach Aoi and Rinko medical skills for studying captured ninjas.

• Rinko showed Yayoi a finely assembled puppet arm, and he praised her and Aoi's work.
• Aoi and Rinko finished assembling and painting the Enhanced Ghost Puppets, then learned that their self-destruct devices were as powerful as ten Explosive Tags.
• Yayoi installed Chakra receivers in fifty Enhanced Ghost Puppets, which Zero activated and sent out to join the defensive line.
• Yayoi explained that intruding ninjas would usually be captured alive for experiments and said he would teach Aoi and Rinko medical knowledge.

Yayoi sparred with Kicho and saw how powerful her developing Gentle Fist technique, Divine Rend, had become. After learning that the meteorite called "Star" had been found in the Land of Bears, he sent a team that included Yuroketsu and hired Uchiha mercenaries to retrieve it, while secretly assessing the Uchiha clan.

• Yayoi and Kicho sparred, and Kicho used Divine Rend to break his Chakra Cloak before Yayoi won by exhausting her stamina.
• Yuroketsu reported that his intelligence squad had found the meteorite "Star" in the Land of Bears and that others were seeking it too.
• Yayoi ordered Kurobei, Hoshigaki Kairyu, and Yuroketsu to retrieve the meteorite, with outside help from Uchiha Hokuto, Uchiha Izayoi, and Uchiha Meirou.
• Yayoi promised the Uchiha thirty million ryo for helping with the mission, and Yuroketsu led the team toward the Land of Bears.
• After the team departed, Yayoi told Irori that he intended to use the mission to assess the Uchiha and establish contact with them.

In the Land of Bears, Yuroketsu, Kurobei, and Hoshigaki Kairyu seized and sealed the Star meteorite after Uchiha Hokuto, Uchiha Meirou, and Uchiha Izayoi eliminated its guards and reinforcements. The mission was complete, and the group prepared to deliver the Star to the General in the Land of Night.

• Yuroketsu used his insects to locate Akahoshi's escort carrying the Star, and Kairyu concealed the group with the Hidden Mist Technique.
• Kurobei killed Akahoshi and took the Star as the attackers ambushed the escort with Ninjutsu and Genjutsu.
• Hokuto, Meirou, and Izayoi eliminated the responding ninja and destroyed the bodies, leaving no survivors.
• Yuroketsu, Kurobei, and Kairyu identified the Star as a radioactive meteorite and sealed it in a scroll.
• Hokuto confirmed the mission was complete, and Yuroketsu announced they would deliver the Star to the General and collect the remaining payment.

Yayoi examined the meteorite Yuroketsu brought back and began regularly hiring the wandering Uchiha branch for low-risk research and retrieval work. During an archaeological commission, Hokuto found incomplete records about ancient scientists attempting to create Zero-Tails, and Izayoi demolished part of the ruins after her frustration with archaeology finally boiled over.

• Yuroketsu delivered the meteorite to Yayoi, who tested its unusual reaction to Active Chakra and paid the Uchiha Hokuto, Meirou, and Izayoi for the mission.
• Yuroketsu showed Yayoi and the others Chameleon Bug footage of the Uchiha fighting Land of Bears ninjas, and Yayoi judged Hokuto and Meirou powerful while noting Izayoi's potential.
• Yayoi repeatedly commissioned the Uchiha branch to gather intelligence and recover historical materials, prompting Izayoi to complain that she wanted more combat missions.
• Hokuto, Meirou, and Izayoi searched an ancient ruin and recovered books and scrolls, including incomplete research describing failed attempts to create biological weapons called Zero-Tails.
• Izayoi stayed behind after the others left, caused an explosion that collapsed several stone towers, and then emerged looking relieved.

Yayoi reviewed ancient Land of Song research on the Zero-Tails and Sky Fortress, then set both projects aside until the Land of Night had more researchers. Meanwhile, Tobirama planned a Hokage-controlled Anbu force for Konoha’s future, but his search for the vanished Madara came up empty.

• Uchiha Hokuto’s squad delivered the ruins’ documents to Yayoi, who paid them fifty million ryō.
• Yayoi and Irori examined incomplete Zero-Tails research and Sky Fortress blueprints from the ancient Land of Song, then decided to store them for later.
• As conflicts grew within several ninja villages, Konoha remained stable while civilian children began attending the Ninja Academy with Hashirama and Tobirama’s support.
• Tobirama drafted a proposal for a Special Assassination and Tactical Squad, intending to build a Hokage-controlled force that included civilian elites once the first civilian ninja had matured.
• A Senju intelligence ninja reported that he had found no trace of Madara, and Tobirama ordered the search stopped while remaining wary of Madara’s disappearance.

Yayoi awakened a new Puppet Lifeform, Yaya, by using Chakra drained from Seven-Tails, then met her peculiar personality. He led Yaya, Irori, and Kicho out to test her combat ability.

• Yayoi brought Irori and Kicho to the cultivation chamber, where Irori opened the tank holding the fully formed Puppet Lifeform.
• Yayoi used Chakra Threads to control the girl as she dressed, then took her to Seven-Tails and drained its Chakra with an improved technique.
• Yayoi used Secret Art: Life Creation to transfer Seven-Tails' Chakra into the girl's core and awaken her as Yaya.
• Yaya recognized Irori as her big sister, then tried to inspect Yayoi and called Kicho a little slut when Kicho asked her to say Mistress.
• Yayoi ended the exchange and led Yaya, Irori, and Kicho out to test Yaya's combat ability while Seven-Tails slept in its cage.

Yayoi tested Yaya’s strength by having her destroy a mountain, then arranged a battle between Yaya and Irori to gauge their abilities. The test ended with both sisters unharmed, and Yayoi felt more confident about the Land of Night’s strength.

• Yayoi brought Yaya, Irori, and Kicho to a remote mountain forest and told Yaya to attack a hill.
• Yaya shattered the hill with one punch, impressing Kicho with her speed, strength, and durability.
• Yayoi asked Irori to test Yaya, and Irori attacked with Ice Release techniques while Yaya dodged and countered with Taijutsu.
• Irori bombarded Yaya with ice weapons, but Yaya caught and hurled them back at her, forcing Irori to evade.
• Yayoi stopped the battle before they destroyed the forest and concluded that the sisters’ combined strength would bolster the Land of Night.

Yayoi dealt with Yaya’s overprotective antics before turning to his work and planning to improve his Chakra Cloak. Elsewhere, five masked ninjas pursued a wounded fugitive near the Land of Night, but an explosive insect decoy let the real target escape, leaving the pursuers suspicious that the Aburame Clan had discovered something.

• Yaya mistook Kicho’s teasing for proof that Yayoi had been injured and cried until Yayoi reassured her; Aoi and Rinko learned that Yaya was a lifeform he had created.
• Yaya followed Yayoi to the Tenshu Tower and insisted on guarding his purity, while he and Irori finished the morning’s official business.
• Yayoi considered adding chakra nature transformations to his Chakra Cloak to make it more effective against elite ninjas.
• Five masked ninjas cornered a wounded fugitive in a misty canyon, but he used exploding insects as a decoy and escaped.
• The masked ninjas identified the insects as likely belonging to the Aburame Clan and suspected the clan had uncovered something; they searched the canyon before leaving.