Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Yao ordered Asuma Sarutobi to annihilate the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane Clans after Asuma was captured and placed under his control. Asuma confronted the three clans’ leaders during their escape plot and unleashed Shinra Tensei.

• Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Shunichi brought the captured Asuma Sarutobi to Uchiha Yao in Konoha’s ANBU interrogation room.
• Uchiha Yao learned that the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane Clans planned to flee to Kumogakure, and ordered their complete destruction.
• Uchiha Yao used his Rinnegan power on Asuma and sent him to carry out the clan massacre himself.
• The three clans’ representatives gathered in the Sarutobi compound to prepare their escape and dismissed Asuma as worthless.
• Asuma appeared above the secret chamber and used Shinra Tensei to blast its roof apart.

Asuma Sarutobi used his Rinnegan powers to massacre the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans inside a Purple Fire Formation barrier. He continued searching the sealed territories for survivors as the purge carried on.

• Asuma destroyed a secret chamber and killed the elders inside, then ANBU sealed the three clan territories with a Purple Fire Formation.
• Asuma killed the Sarutobi ninja who attacked him and advanced through their territory, slaughtering the clansmen trapped behind the barrier.
• Asuma attacked the Shimura forces with Banshō Ten'in and Shinra Tensei, killing dozens and leaving the survivors unable to escape.
• The Utatane forces joined the surviving Shimura ninja, but Asuma pulled clansmen into their allies’ attacks and then annihilated the assembled forces with Shinra Tensei.
• Asuma rose into the air and continued searching for survivors hiding in the clan territories.

Mitokado Homura and Konoha’s great clans watched as Uchiha Yao’s purge destroyed the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans. At dawn, the village received evidence of their alleged treason, while Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Shunichi disposed of Asuma Sarutobi’s remains.

• A patrol ninja warned Mitokado Homura that explosions and screams had erupted at the Sarutobi compound, and Homura ordered his clan to seal its gates, extinguish its lights, and stay silent.
• Homura recalled refusing Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to unite four clans against Uchiha Yao and realized that his decision had spared the Mitokado Clan.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Shikaku Nara, and Konoha’s other great clans refrained from offering support and waited for the purge to end.
• At dawn, ANBU posted notices accusing the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans of conspiring with Kumogakure, and villagers reacted with anger at their alleged betrayal.
• Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Shunichi burned Asuma Sarutobi’s corpse after the Rinnegan power had been extracted from it.
• After spending the night awake, Homura asked a clan member to help him dress.

Mitokado Homura sought an audience with Fifth Hokage Uchiha Yao and offered his clan's submission in exchange for survival. Yao accepted the Mitokado Clan's relocation and donation, leaving Kurenai Yuhi stunned by Homura's public humiliation.

• Mitokado Homura dressed formally and decided to visit Uchiha Yao, reasoning that his clan had to act to keep surviving.
• Uchiha Yao allowed Homura into the Hokage's office while Kurenai Yuhi wondered why the former adviser had come.
• Homura knelt before Yao and praised the execution of the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Utatane clans as traitors.
• Homura asked forgiveness for his clan and offered to move it to Konoha's eastern border and donate half its assets to the village.
• Yao accepted the offer and directed Homura to arrange the handover with Uchiha Kenji.
• Kurenai Yuhi tried to dispel what she thought might be a genjutsu, but realized the scene was real.

Naruto trained hard for his upcoming practical combat test, and Uchiha Yao gave him two C-rank Wind Release scrolls to study. After Naruto asked him to help Hinata too, Uchiha Yao enhanced her potential and Byakugan, leaving her with improved vision.

• Naruto practiced taijutsu at Training Ground 7, determined to become the top student in his class.
• Uchiha Yao gave Naruto scrolls for Wind Release: Great Breakthrough and Wind Style: Wind Blade, telling him to master the C-rank techniques before seeking advanced ninjutsu.
• Naruto asked Uchiha Yao to help Hinata because she worked hard too.
• Uchiha Yao spent 50,000 Glory Points to raise Hinata's potential from S to S+ and her Byakugan purity from 92% to 95%.
• Hinata activated her Byakugan, experienced clearer and broader vision, then bowed deeply to Uchiha Yao.

The Ninja Academy held its first school-wide practical combat test, and Naruto Uzumaki faced Choji Akimichi in the first-year match. Naruto defeated Choji, impressing the spectators and leaving Sasuke surprised by how strong Naruto had become.

• Kurenai Yuhi supervised the combat test as Iruka began the upper-grade matches, where students were injured and treated by medical ninja.
• Iruka announced Naruto Uzumaki versus Choji Akimichi, and Hinata encouraged Naruto while Choji worried about facing him.
• Choji charged Naruto, but Naruto dodged his attacks and wore him down as Kiba urged Choji on and Shikaku noticed Choji's stamina fading.
• Choji used the Akimichi Clan's Human Bullet Tank, but Naruto escaped with the Substitution Technique and struck Choji from behind.
• Iruka declared Naruto Uzumaki the winner, while Sasuke watched in disbelief at Naruto's strength.

Naruto celebrated his victory before Hinata faced Sakura Haruno in the academy match. After Naruto encouraged her to overcome her fear, Hinata awakened her Byakugan and defeated Sakura with Gentle Fist, leaving Sakura temporarily unable to move.

• Naruto celebrated his win, and Sasuke dismissed it before leaving.
• Iruka announced Hinata Hyuga versus Sakura Haruno, and Sakura quickly overwhelmed the nervous Hinata.
• Naruto reminded Hinata of her promise to Kurenai Yuhi, and Hinata gathered her resolve and activated her Byakugan.
• Hinata used Gentle Fist to disable Sakura and win the match.
• Kurenai praised Hinata for overcoming her fear, while medical ninja confirmed Sakura's Chakra flow was temporarily blocked.

Naruto faced Sasuke in the final match for first place, where Sasuke's taijutsu initially overwhelmed him. Naruto then revealed the forbidden Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, leaving Sasuke shaken as dozens of real clones filled the arena.

• Iruka announced Naruto Uzumaki and Second Pillar as the finalists, and Sasuke declared he would prove the Uchiha were strongest and that the Fifth Hokage had chosen the wrong disciple.
• Sasuke launched a fast taijutsu assault that forced Naruto to defend and retreat, then struck him hard in the abdomen.
• Naruto said he had prepared for Sasuke and began forming hand seals.
• Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, filling the arena with dozens of clones.
• Sasuke tried to convince himself the scene was genjutsu, but the pain from biting his tongue confirmed that the clones were real.

Naruto used his Shadow Clones and Wind Blade to defeat Sasuke in the class leader competition, while Jiraiya watched from the shadows. Naruto won first place, and Jiraiya saw the same flair in him that his father had once shown.

• Sasuke awakened his Sharingan but was overwhelmed by Naruto's Shadow Clones and their numbers.
• Sasuke unleashed his Great Fireball Technique, destroying the clones in front of him and exhausting most of his Chakra.
• Naruto avoided the Great Fireball and attacked the weakened Sasuke with Wind Blade.
• A jonin teleported Sasuke out of danger just before the Wind Blade struck him.
• Iruka declared Naruto the winner, delighting Naruto and Hinata while the other students reacted with disbelief.
• Jiraiya watched Naruto celebrate and said the boy had his father's flair.

Naruto became the Ninja Academy’s first-year top student after defeating Sasuke, while Uchiha Yao explained his delegated approach to governing Konoha to Jiraiya. Jiraiya then learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had allegedly gathered five thousand ninja to rebel against Yao, a claim he refused to believe.

• Iruka praised Naruto’s judgment and performance but warned him that becoming top student was only the beginning.
• The Academy posted the results naming Naruto Uzumaki first-year top student, and Sasuke vowed to defeat him next time.
• Jiraiya entered Uchiha Yao’s office through a window and was confronted by Uchiha ANBU, whom Yao ordered to stand down.
• Yao explained that the Nara Clan managed daily administration and the Yamanaka Clan handled intelligence so he could focus on major decisions.
• Jiraiya told Yao that Hiruzen had summoned him to handle a crisis, and Yao revealed that Hiruzen had allegedly organized five thousand ninja to overthrow him.
• Jiraiya reacted with disbelief and insisted that Hiruzen could not have led a rebellion.

Uchiha Yao explained to Jiraiya why he killed Hiruzen Sarutobi, accusing him and Danzo of persecuting the Uchiha and plotting to annihilate the clan. He then confronted Jiraiya over abandoning Naruto, leaving Jiraiya ashamed and convinced he was unworthy of being Naruto’s godfather.

• Uchiha Yao told Jiraiya that Hiruzen Sarutobi had used Impure World Reincarnation and that he killed him because he had become a threat to Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao described how Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo had oppressed the Uchiha and planned to annihilate the clan, forcing the Uchiha to fight back.
• An Uchiha ANBU member gave Jiraiya evidence that the Sarutobi Clan had secretly planned to defect to Hidden Cloud Village.
• Uchiha Yao rebuked Jiraiya for neglecting Naruto, who had endured loneliness, hunger, and expired milk while Jiraiya pursued his own ideals.
• Jiraiya broke down in shame and said he was not worthy of being Naruto’s godfather.

Uchiha Yao urged Jiraiya to make amends to Naruto by offering him the Mount Myōboku summoning contract, then challenged Jiraiya’s faith in the Child of Prophecy. Jiraiya accepted the offer but was left stunned as Uchiha Yao declared that he would forge the Shinobi World’s future through his own strength.

• Uchiha Yao told Jiraiya that guilt could not undo the past and urged him to compensate Naruto.
• Uchiha Yao suggested giving Naruto the Mount Myōboku summoning contract, and Jiraiya agreed to let Naruto sign it.
• Jiraiya recounted how he had believed Minato and then Nagato might be the Child of Prophecy, only to see both fail.
• Uchiha Yao argued that the prophecy was merely a fragment of a possible future and that Jiraiya had used it to avoid taking responsibility himself.
• Uchiha Yao declared that strength, not destiny or a savior, would determine the future he intended to forge.

Uchiha Yao told Jiraiya he intended to unify the Shinobi World under an absolute order, arguing that Hashirama Senju’s system had failed to prevent war. Jiraiya agreed to witness Yao’s power and was transported to a remote plain, where Yao began to reveal it.

• Uchiha Yao declared that the Five Great Nations and Five Great Shinobi Villages were the root of the Shinobi World’s recurring wars.
• Uchiha Yao criticized Hashirama Senju’s distribution of the tailed beasts and rejected Jiraiya’s hope that nations could achieve peace through mutual understanding and talks.
• Uchiha Yao said his strength would let him impose a unified order, and Jiraiya agreed to see it while promising to stop him if he proved to be a power-mad warmonger.
• Uchiha Yao placed a hand on Jiraiya’s shoulder and transported him from the Hokage’s Office to an uninhabited plain roughly three hundred kilometers from Konoha.
• Uchiha Yao faced Jiraiya and unleashed an immense ocular power as he prepared to demonstrate the power of a god.

Uchiha Yao revealed his Rinnegan and challenged Jiraiya, who summoned Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku to help him enter Sage Mode. Their fight began with Uchiha Yao overpowering Jiraiya with his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, leaving Jiraiya badly injured.

• Uchiha Yao revealed his Rinnegan, shocking Jiraiya and the summoned sages.
• Jiraiya summoned Sage Shima and Sage Fukasaku, then entered Sage Mode with their help.
• Uchiha Yao activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode and challenged Jiraiya to taijutsu.
• Jiraiya struck Uchiha Yao with a Sage Art: Toad Training punch, but Uchiha Yao blocked it with his palm.
• Uchiha Yao moved too quickly for Jiraiya's Sage perception and punched him in the abdomen, blasting him across the ground and making him spit blood.

Uchiha Yao revealed his five-hundred-meter Perfect Susanoo and defeated Jiraiya in their battle. After Jiraiya admitted defeat, the sages returned to Mount Myōboku and Yao’s Susanoo vanished.

• Uchiha Yao explained that his Sage Body and Lightning Release Chakra Mode made him too fast and strong for Jiraiya to match in taijutsu.
• Uchiha Yao summoned a Perfect Susanoo and amplified it to five hundred meters with his Rinnegan’s Divine Authority.
• Uchiha Yao swung the Heavenly Cloud Sword and carved a thousand-meter ravine through the plain.
• Jiraiya unleashed his strongest attack, Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasengan, but Uchiha Yao casually struck it aside with the Heavenly Cloud Sword.
• Jiraiya was sent crashing to the ground, lost Sage Mode, and admitted defeat; Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima returned to Mount Myōboku.
• Uchiha Yao’s Susanoo dissipated, leaving him standing on the plain.

Uchiha Yao demonstrated his time-reversing dojutsu and the Rinnegan’s destructive power to Jiraiya, who accepted that no one could stop Yao from uniting the Shinobi World. Back in the Hokage’s Office, Yao introduced Jiraiya to Naruto and transported them away together.

• Uchiha Yao used his right-eye Kamui to restore Jiraiya’s injuries by reversing time.
• Uchiha Yao summoned a meteor with Tengai Shinsei, devastating the plains and convincing Jiraiya of his overwhelming power.
• Uchiha Yao used Heavenly Might to return himself and Jiraiya to the Hokage’s Office.
• Uchiha Yao summoned Naruto and introduced Jiraiya as one of the Three Sannin and Namikaze Minato’s teacher.
• Uchiha Yao placed a hand on Naruto and Jiraiya’s shoulders and transported all three away.

Uchiha Yao helped Naruto sign the Mount Myōboku summoning contract, but Naruto’s first attempt produced only a tadpole. Yao forced Kurama to lend Naruto chakra, and Naruto’s second attempt summoned Gamabunta.

• Jiraiya showed Naruto the Mount Myōboku summoning contract, which bore the names of Jiraiya and Naruto’s father, Namikaze Minato.
• Naruto signed the contract and attempted the Summoning Technique, but summoned a tiny tadpole.
• Uchiha Yao explained that Naruto lacked chakra control and entered Naruto’s inner space to demand chakra from Kurama.
• Kurama reluctantly lent Naruto a small amount of chakra after Yao threatened to suppress him.
• Naruto tried the Summoning Technique again and summoned Gamabunta.

Naruto summoned Gamabunta, but the giant toad dismissed him and challenged Uchiha Yao after refusing to believe he was Konoha’s Fifth Hokage. Uchiha Yao revealed his enormous Susanoo, leaving Gamabunta stunned and Naruto awestruck.

• Gamabunta mocked Naruto’s claim that he had summoned it and prepared to leave, while Jiraiya tried to calm them both.
• Naruto and Jiraiya asked Uchiha Yao for help, but Gamabunta dismissed Yao’s claim to be Hokage and demanded that he prove his strength.
• Uchiha Yao unleashed his Chakra and formed a completed Susanoo over a hundred meters tall.
• Gamabunta stared in shock at the Susanoo as Uchiha Yao asked whether that was enough proof, and Naruto admired his teacher’s power.

Uchiha Yao defeated Gamabunta with Susanoo and stopped him from escaping back to Mount Myōboku. He spared the battered toad on the condition that Gamabunta serve as Naruto’s summoned beast.

• Gamabunta attacked Susanoo with water bullets and his short blade, but Susanoo’s armor endured the water and its Heavenly Cloud Sword shattered Gamabunta’s weapon and sent him crashing into a trench.
• Uchiha Yao confronted the wounded Gamabunta, who began to surrender, while Naruto and Jiraiya watched in alarm.
• Susanoo raised its foot to stomp Gamabunta, and Gamabunta tried to undo the summoning, but Uchiha Yao used Kamui: Time Reversal to prevent his escape.
• Susanoo’s foot struck the ground, making Jiraiya and Naruto believe Gamabunta had been crushed to death.
• Uchiha Yao lifted Susanoo’s foot and revealed Gamabunta alive, then ordered him to serve as Naruto’s summoned beast.

Uchiha Yao defeated Gamabunta and forced him to recognize Naruto as his boss. With Naruto’s summoning dispute settled, Uchiha Yao prepared to return with his disciple and Jiraiya.

• Gamabunta surrendered to Uchiha Yao after being overwhelmed by his Susanoo.
• Uchiha Yao made Gamabunta apologize to Naruto for looking down on him.
• Uchiha Yao ordered Gamabunta to recognize Naruto as his boss and obey him, and Gamabunta agreed under threat.
• Uchiha Yao warned Gamabunta not to defy or bully Naruto, then let him return to Mount Myōboku.
• Naruto asked Uchiha Yao if he could become as strong as him, and Uchiha Yao encouraged him to work hard before saying it was time to go back.