Chapter Summaries

After Naruto and Hinata reached Chunin-level, Uchiha Yao received Wood Release and tested its powerful techniques. He summoned Jiraiya to teach Naruto the Rasengan, leaving Naruto eager to begin training.

• Naruto and Hinata reached Chunin-level, completing a new stage of Uchiha Yao's disciple-training objectives.
• Uchiha Yao received Wood Release and its related ninjutsu, then created a forest and demonstrated Wood Dragon, Wood Golem, and Flower Tree Climbing Awakening.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Uchiha Kenji to summon Jiraiya back to the village.
• Jiraiya met Naruto in the Hokage's Office and was astonished by how much Naruto's strength and confidence had grown.
• Uchiha Yao assigned Naruto to train with Jiraiya in the Rasengan until he mastered it.

Jiraiya began Naruto's Rasengan training by teaching him to burst a Water Ball with Chakra rotation, but Naruto repeatedly failed to control the rotation. Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to let dozens of clones train at once, and Jiraiya realized the first step might take far less time than he expected.

• Jiraiya tested Naruto's Chakra control and demonstrated how to burst a Water Ball by creating rotating Chakra vortices inside it.
• Naruto repeatedly failed to make the Water Ball burst through rotation, and Jiraiya scolded him for relying on force.
• Naruto kept practicing despite his failures while Hinata watched from the nearby woods and silently encouraged him.
• Naruto realized he could use Shadow Clones to train, then summoned dozens of clones to practice with Water Balls.
• Jiraiya recognized that the clones' training experiences would feed back to Naruto and expected him to learn the first step quickly.

Naruto used Shadow Clones to master the Rasengan’s first step, then began struggling to combine rotation with power. Seeing Sasuke fall behind, Fugaku set aside his pride and went to seek Uchiha Yao’s help.

• Naruto’s Shadow Clones practiced rotating Chakra in Water Balls until one succeeded, letting Naruto learn the technique and burst his own Water Ball.
• Jiraiya showed Naruto how to increase the Rasengan’s power by breaking a tough rubber ball, but Naruto could not preserve the rotation when raising his Chakra output.
• Naruto summoned dozens of Shadow Clones to keep practicing while Jiraiya returned to writing beneath a tree.
• Fugaku worried that Sasuke’s Two-tomoe Sharingan and standard Fire Release Ninjutsu would not be enough against Naruto Uzumaki, the Fifth Hokage’s disciple and the Nine-Tails’ Jinchuriki.
• Fugaku overcame his pride and headed to the Hokage Building to seek Uchiha Yao’s help for Sasuke.

Uchiha Fugaku asked Uchiha Yao for help improving Sasuke’s training, and Yao assigned Kakashi to teach him Lightning Release and Chidori. The chapter ended with Kakashi accepting the task despite no longer having the Sharingan.

• Fugaku told Yao that Sasuke was falling far behind Naruto and asked for resources to help him grow stronger.
• Yao decided Sasuke should learn Lightning Release and summoned Kakashi to guide him.
• Yao revealed Chidori to Kakashi and explained that Sasuke’s Two-tomoe Sharingan would help him master the technique.
• Kakashi hesitated because he had lost the Sharingan, but Yao said his experience developing Chidori made him the best teacher for Sasuke.

Sasuke learned that Kakashi would train him in Lightning Release Ninjutsu, while Naruto finally mastered the Rasengan’s second step and began struggling with its final step. The chapter left Naruto unable to keep the gathered Chakra stable in a sphere.

• Fugaku told Sasuke that Kakashi would take over his training and teach him a Lightning Release Ninjutsu under the Hokage’s arrangement.
• Sasuke dismissed Kakashi at first, but resolved to master the technique and surpass Naruto.
• After three days of practice, one of Naruto’s Shadow Clones discovered how to combine rotation and power to burst the rubber ball.
• Naruto used the clone’s experience to master the Rasengan’s second step and burst his final rubber ball.
• Jiraiya demonstrated the completed Rasengan and explained that Naruto’s last step was maintaining its compressed rotation and power.
• Naruto tried to form the Rasengan, but the Chakra scattered as soon as it took shape.

Kakashi taught Sasuke the first step of Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation and helped him make a leaf wrinkle by calming his mind. Elsewhere, Naruto struggled to maintain the Rasengan’s shape while Jiraiya watched and mocked his complaints.

• Sasuke waited nearly an hour at Training Ground 7 before Kakashi arrived and tested his Chakra Nature with a leaf.
• Kakashi explained that Sasuke needed to master precise Lightning Release Chakra control before learning the technique.
• Sasuke shattered many leaves while trying to wrinkle one, then calmed himself and managed to produce a faint wrinkle.
• Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to practice the Rasengan’s final step, but his clones failed to maintain its shape.
• Jiraiya dismissed Naruto’s complaints and started to explain how long learning the Rasengan had taken him before stopping himself.

Naruto used two Shadow Clones to help him form the Rasengan and proved its destructive power by splitting a massive tree. Jiraiya told him he had not truly mastered the technique until he could use it without help, and Naruto collapsed from exhaustion.

• After five days of failed attempts, Naruto realized Shadow Clones could divide the work of rotating and compressing Chakra.
• Naruto summoned two Shadow Clones and assigned one to rotate the Chakra and the other to compress it.
• With the clones' help, Naruto formed a Rasengan and proudly showed it to Jiraiya.
• Naruto drove the Rasengan into a huge tree, piercing its trunk and splitting it in half.
• Jiraiya warned Naruto that he had only mastered the Rasengan once he could use it without the clones, and Naruto fainted from exhaustion.
• Jiraiya caught Naruto and carried him toward the village.

Kakashi demonstrated Chidori to Sasuke and explained how Sasuke’s Sharingan could overcome the technique’s fatal weakness. Sasuke began training obsessively to master it, driven by his desire to become strong enough to defeat Naruto Uzumaki.

• Sasuke successfully completed Lightning Release nature transformation by making a leaf wrinkle, and Kakashi introduced shape transformation as the next step.
• Kakashi demonstrated Chidori by charging through and destroying a large boulder, then explained that its high-speed attack narrowed the user’s vision.
• Kakashi told Sasuke that his Sharingan could compensate for Chidori’s weakness and make the technique especially suited to him.
• Sasuke repeatedly practiced gathering and shaping Lightning Release Chakra, but it dispersed before he could stabilize it.
• Sasuke trained through the day and continued alone at night, while Kakashi admired his relentless determination.

Sasuke mastered Chidori after days of exhausting training and used it to destroy a massive boulder. The next morning, Kakashi reported his success to Uchiha Yao, then asked about Obito, whose whereabouts remained unknown as Yao suspected he was hiding in Kirigakure.

• Sasuke pushed through his exhaustion and formed Chidori for the first time.
• Sasuke charged a massive boulder and shattered it with Chidori, then Kakashi helped him up and ended the training.
• Kakashi told Uchiha Yao that Sasuke had mastered Chidori and destroyed a boulder on his first use.
• Kakashi asked whether there had been any progress finding Obito, and Uchiha Yao said Obito and Akatsuki had gone quiet.
• After Kakashi left, Uchiha Yao focused on Kirigakure on the map and wondered whether Obito thought he was safe there.

Tanaka Tatsu identified Kakuzu at an underground Bounty Exchange and activated a special kunai to alert Uchiha Yao. Uchiha Yao used Heavenly Might to reach Tanaka Tatsu and learned that Kakuzu was still nearby collecting his bounty.

• Kakuzu collected a thirty-million-ryo bounty at an underground Bounty Exchange in the Land of Earth.
• Tanaka Tatsu recognized Kakuzu as an S-rank rogue ninja and quietly left to contact Uchiha Yao.
• Tanaka Tatsu activated the special kunai Uchiha Yao had given him, sending a spatial signal.
• Uchiha Yao sensed the signal in Konoha and used Heavenly Might to travel to Tanaka Tatsu's location.
• Tanaka Tatsu told Uchiha Yao that Kakuzu was still in the Bounty Exchange ahead.

Uchiha Yao tracked Kakuzu to a Bounty Exchange, where Kakuzu panicked and fled at the sight of him. When Kakuzu tried to deter his pursuer by invoking Akatsuki leader Pain and the Rinnegan, Yao revealed that he had the Rinnegan too, leaving Kakuzu stunned.

• Uchiha Yao arrived at the Bounty Exchange with Tanaka Tatsu, and Kakuzu recognized him and smashed through a wall to escape.
• Uchiha Yao activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and pursued Kakuzu across the rocky terrain.
• Kakuzu stopped running and warned Yao that attacking an Akatsuki member would make him an enemy of Pain, the Rinnegan-wielding leader.
• Uchiha Yao revealed his own Rinnegan, and Kakuzu froze in disbelief.

Uchiha Yao used Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release to overwhelm Kakuzu and destroy his hearts. As Kakuzu lay defeated, Uchiha Yao began summoning an enormous wooden Buddha with True Several Thousand Hands.

• Kakuzu unleashed his Wind, Fire, and Lightning attacks after his mask monsters broke free from his body.
• Uchiha Yao used Wood Release: Forest Descent to block Kakuzu’s attacks and transform the rocky land into a vast forest.
• Uchiha Yao’s Wood Dragon drained and strangled Kakuzu’s Wind Release heart, while wooden spikes shattered his Fire Release heart.
• Uchiha Yao raised a Wood Golem, which swatted Kakuzu down and destroyed his Lightning Release heart.
• Uchiha Yao activated Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, and a gigantic wooden Buddha began rising from the ground.

Uchiha Yao forced Kakuzu to admit he had never truly fought Hashirama Senju, then spared him after Kakuzu swore loyalty. Yao assigned Kakuzu to spy on the Akatsuki Organization and manage Konoha’s treasury, leaving Kakuzu alone in the devastated Land of Earth with orders to report intelligence through Konoha’s channels.

• Uchiha Yao summoned the Thousand-Armed Buddha and terrified Kakuzu into confessing that he had only thrown a Shuriken at Hashirama Senju before fleeing.
• Kakuzu declared Uchiha Yao stronger than Pain and offered to betray the Akatsuki Organization, so Yao spared him and ordered him to remain undercover as a spy.
• Uchiha Yao used Heavenly Might to take Kakuzu to Konoha’s underground vault and appointed him to manage its vast wealth.
• Uchiha Yao returned Kakuzu to the battlefield in the Land of Earth and instructed him to send Akatsuki intelligence through Konoha’s channels before disappearing.

After a barbecue dinner at Uchiha Yao's home, Kurenai Yuhi brought him homemade sweets and shyly called him by name. Tsunade arrived and criticized Kurenai's baking, but Yao defended and praised her work.

• Naruto, Hinata, and Uchiha Yao shared a barbecue dinner at Yao's residence.
• Kurenai Yuhi arrived with homemade sweets and explained that she had brought them for everyone to try.
• Yao praised Kurenai's Water Mochi, and Kurenai called him "Yao" for the first time.
• Tsunade arrived with Shizune and Tonton, teased Kurenai about visiting late, and criticized her Matcha Cake.
• Yao praised Kurenai's cake and told her that her baking was better than any pastry chef's in Konoha.

Tsunade challenged Kurenai Yuhi to a cooking contest after boasting about her skills, then prepared to prove herself by making a meal. The chapter leaves Tsunade in her kitchen after she accidentally pulverizes the beef and breaks the chopping board with Chakra Enhanced Strength.

• Tsunade criticized Kurenai Yuhi's pastries and claimed she could make legendary hearty dishes, prompting Kurenai Yuhi to challenge her to cook.
• Tsunade promised to cook the next day and left with Shizune, while Uchiha Yao reassured Kurenai Yuhi that he loved her pastries.
• On the way home, Tsunade recalled how Uchiha Yao had pulled her out of her grief and resolved not to lose to Kurenai Yuhi.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to find cooking books and buy fresh ingredients, then studied an Advanced Cooking Encyclopedia in her kitchen the next morning.
• Tsunade used Chakra Enhanced Strength to pound beef, smashing it into mince and destroying the chopping board as Shizune watched.

Tsunade attempted to cook a dish that could surpass Kurenai Yuhi’s, but her disastrous skills turned the kitchen into a wreck and culminated in an explosive pot of Dark Cuisine. She and Shizune were left drenched in foul blackish-purple liquid.

• Tsunade sliced the vegetables unevenly and tried to pass off her poor knife work as a special technique.
• After an hour of kitchen disasters, Tsunade realized she had no talent for cooking but refused to give up.
• Tsunade threw leftover ingredients and assorted seasonings into a pot, added half a bottle of Clear Sake, and declared she would make a secret thick soup to defeat Kurenai Yuhi.
• The pot began producing a foul smell and rumbling violently while Shizune covered her nose and Tonton passed out.
• Tsunade lifted the lid, causing blackish-purple liquid to erupt and cover the kitchen, Tsunade, and Shizune.

Tsunade accidentally destroyed her kitchen while cooking, and Uchiha Yao arrived to find her and Shizune covered in foul-smelling sludge. After stopping Tsunade from attacking him and sending her to clean up, Uchiha Yao began rebuilding the wreckage with Wood Style.

• Tsunade unleashed her Chakra and demolished the kitchen, collapsing its load-bearing structure in a cloud of dust.
• Uchiha Yao and Luo Feng arrived at the ruins, where Shizune huddled with the unconscious Tonton and Tsunade stood covered in sludge.
• Uchiha Yao laughed at Tsunade, blocked her furious punch, and made her promise not to destroy the house further.
• Uchiha Yao revived Tonton with the Mystical Palm Technique and sent the embarrassed Tsunade to wash up.
• Uchiha Yao used Wood Style: Pillar House Technique to make wood burst from the rubble and begin rebuilding.

Uchiha Yao used Wood Release to build a new house, shocking Tsunade and Shizune. After arguing with Tsunade about how he had obtained the power, he invited her and Shizune to lunch at his home, and Tsunade reluctantly accepted.

• Uchiha Yao used Wood Release to raise a new house, and Tsunade recognized the technique as her grandfather Hashirama Senju's power.
• Tsunade demanded to know how Uchiha Yao had mastered Wood Release, but he gave no explanation beyond claiming he was born with the ability.
• Uchiha Yao argued that the Uchiha and Senju powers coexisting in him could represent the unity Hashirama had wanted, and said he would use his power to protect Konoha and Tsunade.
• Uchiha Yao teased Tsunade about her disastrous cooking and invited her and Shizune to lunch at his home.
• Tsunade swallowed her pride and followed Uchiha Yao to his home, relieved that she would get a proper meal.

Tsunade visited Uchiha Yao’s residence, where she discussed the Medical Department’s reforms and praised Kabuto Yakushi’s talent. She left after Uchiha Yao declined to tell her what her future held, though he invited her to return for a meal.

• Tsunade arrived with Shizune and joined Naruto, Hinata, and Uchiha Yao for dinner, insisting that his cooking was only passable.
• Uchiha Yao asked Tsunade about the Medical Department, and she described its upgraded equipment, new training system, and thirty-seven Genin who had passed preliminary assessments.
• Tsunade and Shizune praised Kabuto Yakushi’s medical aptitude and said he had mastered the A-rank Mystical Palm Technique.
• Uchiha Yao offered the Medical Department resources to support Kabuto’s development and said his eyes could see a person’s future.
• Tsunade asked Uchiha Yao what her future looked like, but he stayed silent, so she left with Shizune.
• Uchiha Yao invited Tsunade to return when she was hungry, and she denied wanting to come back.

Neji Hyuga provoked Hinata and Naruto by declaring that their fates were fixed, but Hinata challenged his beliefs and accepted his invitation to fight on a day off. After Naruto reported the encounter, Uchiha Yao praised Hinata for facing her fears and criticized her for holding back her strength.

• Neji Hyuga insulted Hinata and Naruto, arguing that people could not escape the fates they were born with.
• Hinata stood up to Neji and insisted that people could choose their paths and grow stronger through effort.
• Neji challenged Hinata to a fight, and she accepted, asking to face him on a day off.
• Naruto told Uchiha Yao about the confrontation and praised Hinata for standing up to Neji.
• Uchiha Yao praised Hinata for confronting her fears but told her she was too timid and held back her strength.