Chapter Summaries

Two Cultists took Uchiha Mikoto hostage at a cliff, and Uchiha Su’s group gathered to negotiate her release. Yui approached the kidnappers, while Uchiha Ao publicly accused her and Nai of possibly working with them.

• Iwasui told Uchiha Su that two Cultists had kidnapped Uchiha Mikoto, and the two hurried to the scene.
• Uchiha Rin explained that the Cultists had hidden themselves with concealment Ninjutsu and that Sharingan Genjutsu could not affect them because they had covered their eyes.
• Yui and Nai dispelled their Shadow Clones, learned what had happened, and joined the group at the cliff.
• Uchiha Su asked Yui whether she could rescue Mikoto, and Yui said she could before approaching the Cultists.
• Uchiha Ao accused Yui and Nai of possibly conspiring with the kidnappers, prompting Uchiha Su to turn toward the speaker.

Yui and the Uchiha faced a standoff with the Third Priest, who held Mikoto hostage at the cliff’s edge. After night fell, the cultists tried to escape by dropping Mikoto from the cliff, but Yui and Nai moved to save her, and Uchiha Su confirmed she was safe.

• Uchiha Ao insulted the Byakugan, and Uchiha Su reprimanded him for his arrogance outside Uchiha territory.
• Yui tried to negotiate Mikoto’s release, but the Third Priest refused to trust her and waited for night to escape.
• As night fell, Yui called Nai over, creating an opening that the Third Priest used to throw himself and Mikoto off the cliff while the brown-robed cultist covered their escape with a smoke bomb.
• Yui and Nai activated their Byakugan and rushed after Mikoto while Uchiha Su watched from the cliff edge.
• Uchiha Su reassured the Uchiha that Mikoto was safe, and Uchiha Ao realized she might have been saved by someone who could fly.

Yui and Nai chased the Cultists through the air and rescued Mikoto, who woke up safely in Yui’s arms. Mikoto accidentally broke one of Yui’s horns and apologized in alarm.

• Yui and Nai pursued the Cultists down the cliff as their gliding robes carried them through the night.
• The brown-robed Cultist abandoned the Third Priest, who threw Mikoto toward Yui before escaping.
• Yui caught Mikoto and healed the marks on her neck while Nai pursued the fleeing Cultists and killed them.
• Mikoto woke in Yui’s arms, mistook Yui’s horns for something to grab, and snapped one off.
• Mikoto realized what she had done and told Yui that she thought her horn had fallen off.

Yui discovered that her horn had mysteriously broken off and reattached, leaving her unsure whether her body or someone else was responsible. After reuniting Mikoto with the others and accepting the Uchiha’s offer of friendship, Yui prepared to leave, while Mikoto promised to repay her for the horn.

• Mikoto apologized to Yui for knocking off her horn, and Yui found that it could be reattached but broke off again when tugged.
• Yui wondered whether her horn’s strange condition was caused by her body or deliberate interference, then returned to the cliff with Mikoto and Nai Hyuga.
• Uchiha Rin welcomed Mikoto back, while Uchiha Ao and Iwasui went to organize information about the Evil God.
• Yui told Uchiha Su she was leaving, and he offered friendship on behalf of the Uchiha; Nai Hyuga shook his hand before Yui could.
• Mikoto asked when she would see Yui again and promised to pay for the horn, believing it was an expensive ornament.

Yui said goodbye to Mikoto, then spent the night reading books about the Evil God Nami and learned that she was said to rule the Underworld. Yui resolved to grow stronger and develop a true Tenseigan, while Nai Hyuga cautioned that they could do little against a deity with their current strength.

• Yui revealed to Mikoto that her horns were real, then disappeared before Mikoto could respond.
• Yui and Nai Hyuga stopped to rest, and Nai fell asleep as Yui wondered whether someone had cut off one of her horns during a gap in her memories.
• Yui unsealed and read the books about the Evil God, finding vague accounts that identified Evil God Nami as the ruler of the Underworld.
• Yui wondered whether Nami was sending clones into the living world to seize it and decided she needed to develop a true Tenseigan.
• Nai Hyuga woke and told Yui that learning more about the Evil God would not help while they lacked the strength to act, and Yui agreed.

Yui and Nai Hyuga reached the Daimyo Castle in the Land of Hot Water, where they encountered the Princess and reunited with Orochimaru. Orochimaru joined their map halves and concluded that the ruins they sought lay inside the castle, though the map’s landscape puzzled Yui and Nai Hyuga.

• Yui and Nai Hyuga walked for two days to the Daimyo Castle, stopping at natural hot springs along the way.
• Nai Hyuga pulled Yui aside to avoid a horse, and Yui glimpsed the Princess of the Land of Hot Water in a passing carriage.
• Orochimaru revealed that he had been waiting nearby and returned the scroll to Yui.
• Yui agreed to explore the ruins with Orochimaru, who joined their two halves of the map.
• Orochimaru identified the ruins as being inside the Daimyo Castle, but Nai Hyuga questioned this because the map showed a different landscape.

Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Orochimaru followed an ancient map through Daimyo Castle, confirming that its landmarks matched the area around the Hot Spring River. Orochimaru warned them that Princess Hanami preyed on women she fancied, then led them to a bathhouse he suspected might conceal the ruins.

• Yui and Nai Hyuga realized the map was older than Daimyo Castle but still depicted its surroundings, and Orochimaru said he had located the ruins.
• Orochimaru led Yui and Nai Hyuga through the misty grounds and identified the Hot Spring River as the river shown on the map.
• Orochimaru warned Yui and Nai Hyuga that Princess Hanami disliked men and abducted and tortured women who caught her eye.
• Nai Hyuga teased Yui for seeming afraid of women who liked women, and Yui denied it.
• Orochimaru brought them to a hot springs bathhouse as the most likely place to search for the ruins, and Yui agreed to go inside.

Orochimaru, Yui, and Nai Hyuga entered the women's communal hot spring to search for the ruins, with Orochimaru disguising himself in a kimono. Orochimaru suspected the entrance lay beneath the spring and proposed investigating its underground water channel.

• Orochimaru left to change his appearance after explaining that the ruins' entrance might be in the women's hot spring.
• Orochimaru returned dressed in women's clothes, and Yui and Nai Hyuga followed him into the establishment.
• Orochimaru paid for three tokens and led Yui and Nai Hyuga to the largest natural communal pool in the women's section.
• Yui repaid Orochimaru her share while Nai Hyuga searched the pool area for signs of the ruins.
• Orochimaru theorized that the ruins lay beneath the spring and suggested sending Shadow Clones to trace the water flow before digging inside.

Yui, Orochimaru, and Nai Hyuga found a hidden passage beneath the hot spring and entered it after widening a crack in the bathhouse floor. Yui sealed the opening behind them, then reopened it slightly after getting stuck, and the group stood inside the passage.

• Yui used her Byakugan to trace the hot spring water to a crack beneath the bluestone bricks, and Orochimaru confirmed the map pointed to a passage underground.
• Yui examined the crack underwater and discovered a sizable passage beyond it, then warned Orochimaru that widening the opening could flood the bathhouse.
• Yui proposed opening a gap and sealing it with Earth Release once they were inside, then cut through the bricks with Hakutaku as water surged out.
• Orochimaru and Nai Hyuga swam through the opening first, and Yui followed after them.
• Yui sealed the entrance with Earth Release but got stuck squeezing through, so she widened it again and joined the others in the passage.

Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Orochimaru followed a deep underwater passage and discovered a hidden chamber that Orochimaru identified as the ruins. After they surfaced, Yui explained how she had used chakra to speak underwater.

• Orochimaru found a deep passage and led Yui and Nai Hyuga down through its increasingly strong current.
• Yui widened a narrow crack with Hakutaku, allowing the three of them to enter a cooler, illuminated chamber.
• Yui and Nai Hyuga surfaced first, and Yui helped Nai recover while they examined glowing rocks and carved murals.
• Orochimaru surfaced exhausted, identified the glowing stones as fluorescent ore, and concluded that they had found the ruins.
• Orochimaru asked how Yui had spoken underwater, and she explained that she used chakra to create sound waves.

Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Orochimaru searched a cavern for the Ruin’s entrance, and Nai Hyuga realized the murals all pointed toward the fluorescent rock. After she shattered it, no entrance appeared nearby, but she spotted a door in the ceiling where it had hung.

• Orochimaru found nothing unusual in the cavern and suggested that he, Yui, and Nai Hyuga search separate sections.
• Nai Hyuga noticed that the eye-like murals all faced the fluorescent rock and told Yui what she had discovered.
• Yui and Nai Hyuga flew up to inspect the rock, and Nai Hyuga struck it, shattering it into drifting light.
• Yui warned Nai Hyuga that breaking the rock had been reckless, but no concealed door appeared nearby.
• Nai Hyuga pointed to the ceiling and asked Yui to look at the door where the fluorescent rock had hung.

Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Orochimaru discovered a stone door hidden above them in the cave and opened it after identifying the fluorescent ore that marked the ruin. The door swung open, leaving them ready to investigate what lay beyond.

• Yui and Nai Hyuga found a carved stone door overhead and suspected the ruin might have been turned upright.
• Orochimaru recognized the fluorescent ore as a sign of the ruin where he had found the Kusanagi Sword and confirmed it marked the entrance.
• Yui and Nai flew up to open the door while Orochimaru used Earth Release to raise himself on a stone pillar.
• Yui pushed against the heavy door until it opened, then flew clear as dust and debris filled the cave.
• Nai checked that Yui was unharmed, and Orochimaru joined them on his pillar after being knocked down by Yui's wind.

Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Orochimaru entered a gravity-defying ruin in search of the Kusanagi Sword, but the entrance closed behind them. After reaching a second stone door, Orochimaru opened it and discovered something that left him certain they were in danger.

• Yui examined the passage and judged that the ruin was standing on end, so Orochimaru entered first and the two women followed using chakra to grip the floor.
• Orochimaru lit a torch and led Yui and Nai Hyuga toward the chamber where he believed the Kusanagi Sword was stored.
• A rumble revealed that the entrance had shut behind them, but Orochimaru continued onward, assuring Yui that the ruin had other exits.
• The group reached another stone door, and Orochimaru forced it open despite a cold draft extinguishing his torch.
• Orochimaru relit the torch, saw what lay beyond the door, and backed away in horror, warning that they were in danger.

Yui, Nai Hyuga, and Orochimaru were pulled into a black vortex after the ruin began collapsing. Yui later woke alone in a stone chamber with Xiao You and searched for Nai.

• Orochimaru warned Yui and Nai Hyuga to retreat from the expanding black mist vortex, but the stone passage behind them began to crumble.
• Nai Hyuga, Yui, and Orochimaru fell as the passage collapsed, dodging the falling stones while Yui used Wind Release Ninjutsu and Hakutaku to protect herself.
• Orochimaru grabbed Nai Hyuga's foot as the vortex's suction seized them, and Yui pulled Nai close before all three were swallowed.
• Yui sank into darkness and later woke in a stone chamber with Xiao You, who told her she had found Yui unconscious.
• Yui activated her Byakugan but found no sign of Nai Hyuga or Orochimaru.

Trapped in a sealed stone chamber with Xiao You, Yui searched for an exit and discovered that acid water was flooding in. She broke through a hollow section of wall and escaped into a corridor, where she decided to block the fissure before exploring further.

• Yui realized the black mist vortex had separated her from Nai Hyuga, then questioned Xiao You and learned no more than six hours had passed since they woke.
• After finding no exit with her Byakugan, Yui tapped the walls with Hakutaku and identified a hollow space behind one of them.
• Yui's Sword Aura failed to break through the hard wall, while acid water began leaking through tiny holes in the opposite wall and burned her feet.
• Yui used Earth Release to protect her legs, then struck the wall again and opened a fissure large enough for her and Xiao You to squeeze through.
• In the corridor beyond, Yui saw the acid water spilling after them and decided to use Earth Release to block the fissure before proceeding.

Yui and Xiao You faced a deadly trapped corridor after escaping the Stone Chamber, and Yui decided to destroy the traps rather than risk crossing them. When destroying the corridor’s defenses caused corrosive acid to pour from the walls, Yui charged through and attacked the saw blades.

• Yui sealed the crack leaking acid water and healed her badly corroded heels.
• Yui sent a shadow clone into the corridor, where hidden saw blades and spikes killed it after its feet became trapped in the floor.
• Yui decided to destroy the corridor’s traps and used Hakutaku to cut down the spikes.
• Acid water began leaking from tiny holes in the walls after Yui destroyed the spikes, confirming her suspicion that destroying traps triggered the corrosive liquid.
• Yui covered her legs with rock, charged into the corridor, and attacked the two saw blades with Hakutaku.

Yui escaped rising acid water by entering the black mist and woke in a dark wooden room, where she used Water Release to fill and drink from a dried gourd. Xiao You sensed that the gourd carried a faint sealing aura and suggested it was a ritual tool worth taking.

• Yui destroyed the spinning gears with Sword Aura, cleared the spikes, and leapt across the soft flooring in the corridor.
• With the acid water rising, Yui entered the black mist and was transported to an unknown place.
• Yui woke weak and dehydrated in a dusty wooden room, then used Water Release to fill the gourd and drink.
• Yui feared that the gourd might be poisonous after drinking from it and threw it aside.
• Xiao You sensed a faint sealing aura from the gourd and told Yui it was likely a tool used in sealing rituals.

Yui took a mysterious sealing gourd that could not be stored in a scroll and searched the ruin for Nai Hyuga. After leaving a wooden house that vanished behind her, she and Xiao You spotted a dark shape moving through the cavern.

• Yui examined the gourd, found traces of sealing power, and discovered that it popped back out whenever she tried to seal it in a scroll.
• Xiao You suspected the gourd's sealing power was stronger than the scroll's, so Yui tied it to her waist.
• Yui looked outside, decided she was still in the ruin, and set out to find Nai Hyuga while staying alert for danger.
• Yui left the wooden house, but it disappeared when she looked back after walking ten steps.
• Xiao You saw a dark shape dart through the cavern and urged Yui to use her Byakugan to investigate it.

Yui and Xiao You encountered a shadow that Xiao You could see but the Byakugan could not, and Yui appeared to burn it to death with Fire Release. As Yui went to inspect the remains, a strange creature suddenly jumped out and tried to scare her.

• Xiao You spotted a shadow, but Yui could not find it with her Byakugan and accused Xiao You of making it up.
• The shadow appeared again and spoke to Yui, revealing that it knew her identity and could not be seen by her Byakugan.
• Yui deactivated her Byakugan, used Xiao You's warning to aim a fireball, and struck the shadow, which collapsed into a puddle of tar-like material.
• Yui approached the remains cautiously, but a plastic-bag-like creature sprang from the puddle and thrust its face toward her.

Yui discovered that the transparent attacker was a soul body that her sword could not harm, then used the Spirit Transformation Technique to catch it. She left the soul immobilized in her grasp, surprising it.

• Xiao You panicked when a transparent figure appeared, while Yui attacked it with Hakutaku and found her blade passed through.
• The figure recognized Yui Hyuga and tried to touch her, but she used her Byakugan to see it and confirmed it could not physically touch her.
• Yui deduced that the figure was a strange soul body, and it boasted that she could do nothing to it.
• Yui used the Spirit Transformation Technique, pursued the figure as a white spirit, and seized it from behind.
• Yui turned the immobilized figure to face her, leaving it shocked and unable to move.