Recaps

Yechen used the Infinite Evolution System to grow from an overlooked academy student into a powerful Genin, then led Team 7 through a deadly bandit mission that awakened his Sharingan amid grief and anger. As he grew colder and stronger, Konoha announced that his class would soon be sent to the Land of Rain, where he feared the dangers ahead but knew he could not yet leave the village.

• Yechen activated the Infinite Evolution System, gained Hyōrinmaru and the Energy Conversion talent, and began improving his skills and attributes through training.
• Yechen graduated from the Ninja Academy, awakened his Sharingan and Byakugan, and joined Team 7 with Ito Miyuki and Abe Rō under Nakagawa Ichirō.
• Team 7 passed Nakagawa Ichirō’s training assessment and took on a C-rank mission to eliminate bandits on Aconite Mountain.
• Yechen and Ito Miyuki infiltrated the bandits’ stronghold, killed the bandits, and rescued the captive women, while Yechen gained evolution points from those he killed.
• After returning to Aconite Mountain, Yechen discovered that the rescued women had been killed, and his rage activated his Sharingan and Byakugan as he burned the camp.
• Yechen spent his evolution points to strengthen himself, completed further missions with Team 7, and met Obito, Kakashi, and Rin while exploring Konoha.
• Yechen reached Chunin-level base combat power, and Konoha announced that his graduating class would go to the battlefield in the Land of Rain.

Yechen fought through ambushes and missions in the Land of Rain, growing stronger while losing Nakagawa Ichirō and Abe Rō. Konoha prepared a major strike against Iwagakure, and Yechen joined a force assigned to hold off enemy reinforcements with Ito Miyuki at his side.

• Yechen joined Abe Rō, Ito Miyuki, and Nakagawa Ichirō on the journey to the Land of Rain, where Rock Ninja ambushed their force in a canyon and Orochimaru’s arrival drove the attackers back.
• Yechen defended Branch 16 against Rock Ninja, killed Fujiwara Jicang, and later learned that an enemy feint had devastated Konoha’s headquarters and killed many of his comrades.
• Yechen trained, learned the Rasengan, and joined Team 7 on missions, including an assault on a Rock Ninja outpost where his squad destroyed the supply warehouse.
• Yechen returned from the outpost to learn that Nakagawa Ichirō had died covering the retreat and Abe Rō had sacrificed himself to save Ito Miyuki.
• Yechen used his evolution points to awaken the Illusion-Piercing Divine Eye, then helped Ito Miyuki regain her resolve as they returned to the Main Camp.
• Orochimaru organized a retaliation against Iwagakure and ordered Root to assassinate key Sunagakure figures while Konoha prepared to attack a major supply center.
• Yechen joined a roughly three-hundred-ninja force sent to intercept Iwagakure reinforcements and told Ito Miyuki to stay close to him.

Yechen survived the loss of Ito Miyuki, returned to Konoha, and won the Chunin Exams against Shisui. After joining Shisui on a mission toward the Land of Rain, Yechen realized Shimura Danzō had betrayed their route and fought off pursuing Rock Ninja.

• Yechen killed Chi Feng and his giant bees, but Ito Miyuki died shielding him from an attacker, and Yechen killed Matsuda Kyūji before carrying her body back to camp.
• Yechen preserved Miyuki’s body, refused Uchiha Zhiye’s offer to join the clan’s combat squad, and returned to Konoha to take the Chunin Exams.
• Yechen passed the written test and the Forest of Death round, then defeated Takakura Ran and won the final against Shisui Uchiha.
• Yechen registered as a Chunin and trained for a month before leaving for the Land of Rain with Shisui and their assigned group.
• A Root report prompted Shimura Danzō to order the Weeping Rain Squad to act, and Yechen concluded Danzō had exposed their route after Rock Ninja ambushed them in the Land of Rain.
• Yechen and Shisui helped Mano Taniguchi’s group break out, then joined the rear guard as Rock Ninja pursued them.
• Yechen killed three pursuing Iwagakure Chunin, but the hidden attacker escaped after Yechen exposed him with a Great Fireball Technique.

Yechen survived Danzo’s assassination attempt, fought Sand Ninja, and exploited the war between Iwagakure and Kumogakure to gain power. After rescuing the defeated Third Raikage from Ōnoki’s army, Yechen hid with him in a cave near Iwagakure.

• Yechen escaped the Blood-Binding Demon-Eater Barrier with Amaterasu, reunited with Shisui Uchiha, and learned that Danzo had targeted them.
• Yechen tracked down and killed Sand Ninja responsible for Yuan Yi’s death, then perfected the Gale • Thousand-Blade Rasengan and fought at Area 16.
• Yechen infiltrated the Iwagakure-Kumogakure war in disguise, assassinating ninja from both sides and earning enough evolution points to reach the intermediate Jonin level.
• Yechen exploited Iwagakure’s encirclement of Kumogakure, killed wounded Rock Ninja, and followed the Third Raikage as he stayed behind to let his forces escape.
• Yechen infiltrated the Rock Ninja ranks and waited three days before using Amaterasu and a massive Fire Release attack to break through and reach the exhausted Third Raikage.
• Yechen knocked the Third Raikage unconscious and fled from Ōnoki’s forces, killing Eiko and her summoned bat when they tracked him.
• Yechen fought Ōnoki, who injured his lower back and failed to complete a Dust Release attack, allowing Yechen to escape with the Third Raikage.
• Yechen evaded the pursuing Rock Ninja, stabilized the Third Raikage with a Spirit-Transforming Fruit, and hid with him in a cave near Iwagakure.