Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Mu left Konoha to establish his own village, taking Hyuga Lingnai with him and raising funds by using genjutsu to rob nobles across several nations. After leaving the Land of Water untouched, Mu headed toward the Land of Waterfalls to continue his plans.

• Uchiha Mu took Uchiha Izuna's sword and left Konoha after receiving a system prompt to establish a village.
• Hyuga Lingnai caught up with Mu and chose to leave Konoha with him.
• Mu and Lingnai used genjutsu to steal small amounts from nobles throughout the Land of Fire, prompting Konoha to issue an S-rank mission to catch the thief.
• Mu and Lingnai traveled through the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Lightning, gathering more money while skipping the Land of Water.
• Mu headed toward the Land of Waterfalls, planning to use money and diplomacy rather than seize territory by force.

After Uchiha Mu left Konoha with Hyuga Lingnai, the Uchiha and Hyuga clans argued over the scandal until Hashirama Senju intervened. Tobirama Senju assigned both clans to investigate a mission tied to Mu, and a four-person squad set out for the Land of Fire’s capital.

• Hyuga Lingnai's father accused the Uchiha of taking his daughter, and the clans nearly came to blows before Hashirama Senju stopped them.
• Tobirama Senju read Uchiha Mu's brief note and learned that Hyuga Lingnai had chosen to leave with him.
• Tobirama Senju connected Mu to the Land of Fire's missing-money investigation and said the mission would likely be complete once they found him.
• Hashirama Senju assigned the investigation to both clans, and they formed a four-person squad with Hyuga Tenka to travel to the capital.
• Hashirama Senju worried that Mu might have gone to find Madara Uchiha, but Tobirama Senju judged that unlikely as Hashirama reflected on Konoha and vowed to protect it.

Uchiha Mu persuaded the Land of Waterfalls daimyo to sell his nation, then established the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation with Hyuga Lingnai. The sale of two nations drew outrage and assassination attempts, while neighboring great nations planned to attack after Hashirama died.

• Uchiha Mu convinced the Land of Waterfalls daimyo to sell his nation by offering wealth and ninjutsu training.
• Uchiha Mu returned to the village site, where he and Hyuga Lingnai prepared to establish the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and open a Ninja Academy.
• Uchiha Mu promised Hyuga Lingnai they would marry when he turned sixteen.
• The daimyo of the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Frost announced that they had sold their nations to Uchiha Mu, prompting nobles to place assassination bounties on him.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga clans debated how to respond, while the other great villages opposed the new nation but were silenced by the daimyo’s threat to cut funding.
• The Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning planned to destroy the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation after Hashirama died.

Uchiha Mu strengthened his village and taught its orphans to put the nation before clan identity, while planning its development and future prosperity. He left the village expanding steadily, with its people beginning to embrace his vision and a larger war still years away.

• Uchiha Mu received a system reward that increased his chakra and ocular power and fused the Hashirama cells in his body perfectly.
• Uchiha Mu taught the orphans that they were people first and ninja second, and that the nation should come before family and clan.
• Uchiha Mu taught the children the Three Basic Body Techniques, and many Uzumaki children quickly learned his chakra-molding method.
• Uchiha Mu used Earth Release to expand the village while wandering ninja built roads with Combined Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Mu planned to prevent clans from forming states within the state, develop trade, and profit from the coming First Great Ninja War.

Uchiha Mu confronted a Konoha group at the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and overwhelmed them with his Mangekyō genjutsu. He left them waiting for more visitors, while Hyuga Rino allowed three of them into the village and barred one insulting Uchiha.

• Hyuga Rino spotted Konoha ninja, and Uchiha Mu went to meet them outside the village.
• Uchiha Mu admitted taking the nobles’ money and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, then warned the group before trapping them in genjutsu.
• Uchiha Mu explained that he left the village because he had no chance of becoming Hokage and had hidden his strength after seeing Izuna die despite his power.
• Uchiha Mu paralyzed the four visitors and told them to wait for others, while En Uchiha agreed they should remain until they could report directly to Tobirama Senju.
• Hyuga Rino invited the visitors into the village but barred the Uchiha who had insulted her; the other three followed her inside.

Hyuga Lingnai showed En Uchiha and Hyuga Tenka around the Hundred-Clan Country, where they observed Uchiha Mu teaching students about treating shinobi as people rather than tools. The visitors considered his ideas and the village’s systems as they toured the still-developing settlement.

• Hyuga Lingnai led En Uchiha and Hyuga Tenka through the village and brought them to the Ninja Academy.
• Uchiha Mu taught students that shinobi treated as people developed stronger convictions, then discussed how mission priorities could undermine them.
• En Uchiha was shocked by Uchiha Mu’s arguments but remained unconvinced, while Hyuga Tenka also understood without intending to act on them.
• Hyuga Lingnai explained that the Academy taught basic body techniques and chakra control, and told Hyuga Tenka that her love for Uchiha Mu filled her with confidence.
• Hyuga Lingnai showed the visitors around the developing village, where En Uchiha approved of the identity-card system despite its difficulty detecting spies planted early.

The great nations and several smaller factions mobilized against Uchiha Mu, whose actions had drawn a massive bounty and the anger of former Takigakure and Frostagakure. As nearly a thousand fighters marched toward him, Hashirama Senju held back from intervening, while Tobirama Senju warned that Mu might become Konoha’s greatest enemy if he survived.

• Ishikawa assigned Mū to lead an unmarked assassination squad against Uchiha Mu, while the Land of Lightning also sent covert teams.
• The First Kazekage ordered Chiyo, her younger brother, and a Magnet Release ninja to join a secret strike against Mu, and Takigakure and Frostagakure prepared their own forces.
• Kakuzu led a Takigakure squad, while Kirigakure stayed out of the fighting and sent ninja to gather intelligence.
• Madara Uchiha abandoned the Uchiha Clan and set out to visit Mu’s newly established village and investigate the world for himself.
• Nearly a thousand shinobi and bounty hunters assembled to attack Mu, and Tobirama Senju persuaded Hashirama Senju not to interfere.

Uchiha Mu confronted the forces assembled to subjugate his new nation and overwhelmed them with his Mangekyō Sharingan and Susanoo. The surviving shinobi retreated to report his strength, leaving the great nations wary of attacking.

• Takigakure's leader sent his forces toward the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Village as the Land of Frost advanced from the opposite side.
• Uchiha Mu used Majestic Destroyer Flame to devastate the assembled army, while Kakuzu and several skilled shinobi survived.
• Uchiha Mu charged through the remaining enemies with Izuna's sword, and Mū and Ōnoki chose not to attack him.
• Uchiha Mu unleashed his second-stage Susanoo and shattered Chiyo's puppets with a sword strike.
• Mū's Iwagakure squad, the Sunagakure shinobi, and the Kumogakure shinobi fled, while Kinkaku wondered whether Uchiha Mu was Madara Uchiha.

Uchiha Mu defeated the gathered shinobi and began bringing the survivors under the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, while Kakuzu faced betrayal by the Takikage and his comrades. The forces from the former Land of Frost fled instead of confronting Mu, and he returned to the village to continue developing the nation.

• The Takikage and his followers blamed Kakuzu for their defeat, and Uchiha Mu invited Kakuzu to join the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation.
• After Uchiha Mu left, the former Takikage and the others prepared to attack Kakuzu, who hardened his fists and turned against them.
• Uchiha Mu brought the surviving shinobi under his command, and Hyuga Lingnai offered them base salaries for missions and village construction work.
• The leader of the former Land of Frost forces heard that Uchiha Mu had defeated the assembled shinobi and led his followers away toward the Land of Fire by way of the Land of Grass.
• Uchiha Mu confirmed that the Frost forces were not coming and returned to the village to focus on construction and diplomacy.

Uchiha Mu tried to persuade Madara Uchiha to abandon the Eye of the Moon Plan and help build a peaceful nation, but they parted unconvinced. Mu returned to develop the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation and gave its shinobi a new purpose as workers and defenders of their country.

• Madara Uchiha questioned Uchiha Mu about leaving Konoha and insisted that the Stone Tablet offered the only path to peace.
• Uchiha Mu rejected the Eye of the Moon Plan and invited Madara Uchiha to join him in building a peaceful nation, but neither changed the other's mind.
• Madara Uchiha left, promising that Uchiha Mu would eventually come looking for him, while Mu called after him to reconsider as the nation grew.
• Uchiha Mu told the newly arrived shinobi that twenty percent of their pay would be withheld for a year as compensation for invading his country, and they accepted.
• Uchiha Mu told the shinobi working on the developing city to fight for themselves and their country, then assigned Charles to supervise the newcomers.
• Charles showed the newcomers how their ninjutsu could be used for logging and road-building, and reminded them that they were shinobi, not tools.

News of Uchiha Mu’s strength spread throughout the Shinobi World, prompting the great villages and neighboring nations to reconsider how they dealt with his Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation. While most powers resolved to avoid provoking him or oppose him diplomatically, civilians and wandering shinobi began relocating there for safety.

• The Uchiha Clan and Hyuga Clan reacted to Uchiha Mu’s power, and the Hyuga abandoned plans to place a Caged Bird Seal on Hyuga Lingnai while accepting her marriage connection to him.
• Hashirama Senju mourned the threat of war, while Tobirama Senju raised Uchiha Mu’s threat level and Konoha’s clans considered whether to join his nation.
• The Tsuchikage ordered Iwagakure Ninja to avoid Uchiha Mu until his death was confirmed, while the First Raikage also chose not to provoke him and ordered intelligence-gathering on the tailed beasts.
• The Kazekage ordered Sunagakure not to provoke the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, and Kirigakure likewise decided to avoid Uchiha Mu.
• Nobles and daimyos across the small countries united against Uchiha Mu’s nation, while civilians and wandering shinobi from the Land of Grass began moving there for safety.

Uchiha Mu recruited Kakuzu to help develop his nation, promising him trust, useful work, and pay. After welcoming him, Mu introduced him to the village’s construction work and began explaining how he could help turn new inventions into money.

• Hyuga Lingnai detected a powerful chakra signature at the village entrance, and Uchiha Mu identified the visitor as Kakuzu.
• Kakuzu told Uchiha Mu he had come seeking answers after his village betrayed him, and Mu invited him to join the nation and put his talents to use.
• Kakuzu accepted the invitation after Mu emphasized that money could be trusted, and Mu taught him the Shadow Clone technique through genjutsu.
• Uchiha Mu led Kakuzu through the village and explained its construction projects, including efforts to redirect water and develop electricity.
• Uchiha Mu introduced Kakuzu to the refrigerator as a product they could use to make money and described the village’s wind, hydropower, and Lightning Release power sources.

Uchiha Mu and Hyuga Lingnai traveled to the former Land of Waterfalls, where Mu subdued the Seven-Tails and recruited him to guard their nation. The Seven-Tails shared his chakra but resisted signing a summoning contract, leaving Mu to persuade him by warning that others might exploit his ultimate form.

• Kakuzu took Uchiha Mu's electrical products to the Land of Fire's capital to build their reputation and sell them.
• After the spies stopped coming, Uchiha Mu and Hyuga Lingnai discussed their plans for the nation and set out to find the powerful being Kakuzu had discovered.
• Uchiha Mu trapped the Seven-Tails in Genjutsu and made him agree to guard the nation and share his chakra.
• The Seven-Tails refused to sign a summoning contract, but Uchiha Mu warned him that others could seek to use his ultimate form.

Uchiha Mu brought Chōmei to his village and gave the Seven-Tails freedom as the nation’s guardian beast, while Chōmei explored human society. Meanwhile, Uzumaki Men, Yufeng, and their classmate began following a suspected spy, Ōki.

• Uchiha Mu told Chōmei he could roam the forest and visit the village through a chakra clone, and Chōmei agreed to consider a Summoning Contract later.
• Chōmei introduced himself by name and began exploring the village, where residents mistook his small clone for a pet.
• Uzumaki Men used his newly awakened Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to identify an unfamiliar chakra and recruited Yufeng and their blond classmate to investigate.
• The three children followed Ōki, an Iwagakure spy who had joined the village as a wandering shinobi and secretly collected intelligence.
• Chōmei turned invisible and followed the children as Ōki relaxed at a shopping-street stall after work.

Uchiha Mu’s students captured the spy Ōki and began training with Chōmei as their sparring partner. Chōmei embraced the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation as his home, while other villages started searching for tailed beasts after learning that Uchiha Mu had befriended one.

• Uzumaki Men sensed Ōki’s chakra fluctuate, and Yufeng suggested asking Uchiha Mu to investigate him.
• Ōki fled when he realized the children planned to find Uchiha Mu, but his attempt to send away stolen intelligence failed when the documents turned to ash.
• Yufeng, Yucheng, and Uzumaki Men fought together and captured Ōki, with Chōmei watching and Uchiha Mu’s clone supporting them.
• Uchiha Mu introduced Chōmei to the children, taught them the first stage of the Rasengan and the Shadow Clone technique, and asked Chōmei to spar with them.
• Chōmei signed a Summoning Contract with Hyuga Lingnai, became celebrated as a defender of the nation, and other villages began gathering intelligence on tailed beasts.
• Sunagakure confirmed the One-Tail’s location but could not capture it because of its advantages in its territory.

Uchiha Mu traveled to the Land of Whirlpools with Uzumaki Men, Yufeng, and Yucheng to exchange ninjutsu for the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing and barrier techniques. Uzumaki Ashina accepted the deal and gathered the clan’s shinobi to learn the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rasengan.

• Uchiha Mu left Hyuga Lingnai and Chōmei to guard the village while he took the three youngsters toward the Land of Whirlpools.
• Uchiha Mu bought chakra-conducting short swords for Yufeng and Yucheng in the Land of Iron, then continued the journey with the group.
• Uzumaki Ashina recognized Uzumaki Men and welcomed Uchiha Mu’s proposal to exchange ninjutsu for sealing and barrier techniques.
• Uchiha Mu demonstrated the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and Rasengan, and Uzumaki Ashina agreed to let him teach the clan in exchange for access to its techniques.

Uchiha Mu visited the Land of Whirlpools, where he shared jutsu and developed the Mystical Palm Technique with help from Uzumaki Ashina. He left with Ashina’s agreement to send children to his Ninja Academy and Keiko Uzumaki’s decision to travel with him.

• Uchiha Mu demonstrated the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Rasengan to Uzumaki Ashina, who mastered them and gave Mu a scroll of Uzumaki sealing jutsu.
• Uchiha Mu studied Ashina’s healing ability and used it to develop the Mystical Palm Technique, then taught the technique to Ashina through genjutsu.
• Uchiha Mu met Keiko Uzumaki and invited her to see the wider world, while Uzumaki Ashina objected to him pursuing another woman.
• Uchiha Mu offered to teach Uzumaki children at his Ninja Academy, and Uzumaki Ashina agreed to send them and arranged for Uzumaki Men to spar with the youngsters.
• Keiko Uzumaki agreed to leave the village with Uchiha Mu.

Uzumaki Men defeated several Uzumaki children in sparring matches, including the clan prodigy Uzumaki Shana, using his combat experience and basic techniques. Impressed by the gap between him and his clansmen, Uzumaki Ashina decided to send twenty Uzumaki to Uchiha Mu’s country to study.

• Uchiha Mu arranged for Uzumaki Men to spar with the village children, and Men agreed to represent his country.
• Uzumaki Men defeated four opponents with taijutsu and the Substitution Technique, showing Uzumaki Ashina how much his combat skill exceeded theirs.
• Uzumaki Shana challenged Uzumaki Men with her Adamantine Sealing Chains, but he used shadow clones, Water Release, and Mind's Eye of the Kagura to defeat her.
• Uzumaki Ashina asked Uzumaki Shana to join a group traveling to Uchiha Mu’s country, and she agreed.
• Uzumaki Ashina decided that Keiko would lead twenty clansmen to study abroad, rather than leave the Uzumaki Clan’s future in Konoha’s hands.

Uchiha Mu brought twenty-one Uzumaki clanspeople to the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, teaching the children along the way and showing Keiko Uzumaki the country’s growing prosperity. After arriving in the Main City, he reunited with Hyuga Lingnai, who confronted him about Keiko, while the Uzumaki children explored the city.

• Uchiha Mu led Keiko Uzumaki, Uzumaki Shana, and the other Uzumaki children back toward the Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, where the children trained and dealt with bandits along the way.
• Uchiha Mu taught the group tree climbing and Water Walking, then began teaching Uzumaki Shana Fire Nature Transformation.
• Keiko Uzumaki reflected that the Uzumaki Clan had been a warm haven and listened as Uchiha Mu explained how newly established ninja villages placed financial burdens on ordinary people.
• The group reached the prosperous Hundred-Clan Shinobi Nation, where Uchiha Mu bought sweets for the children and led everyone toward the Main City.
• Hyuga Lingnai rushed into Uchiha Mu’s arms, noticed Keiko Uzumaki, and told them they would talk at home.
• Uchiha Mu arranged for a clone to take the Uzumaki clanspeople to the Ninja Academy Dormitory, and the children eagerly explored the bustling city.

Uchiha Mu tried to reconcile Hyuga Lingnai to his relationship with Keiko Uzumaki, then put Keiko in charge of the village’s barrier and appointed her his secretary. Hyuga Lingnai forgave him, though Keiko accepted her new role with confidence.

• Uchiha Mu told Hyuga Lingnai he could not abandon Keiko Uzumaki, and Hyuga Lingnai agreed to stay with him on the condition that he take no other woman.
• Hyuga Lingnai vented her anger by beating Uchiha Mu, who endured the injuries while trying to earn her forgiveness.
• Uchiha Mu and Keiko Uzumaki worked together to establish a large barrier, and he asked her to take charge of it.
• Uchiha Mu offered to bring Keiko Uzumaki into his nation, and she accepted the offer.
• Hyuga Lingnai forgave Uchiha Mu, and he appointed Keiko Uzumaki as his secretary after explaining the role to her.