Chapter Summaries

After Konoha repelled the Rock Ninja at heavy cost, Yechen left the defense to his men and trained in the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace. He evolved Violent Wind Thousand-Blade Rasengan into Thunder Prison Rasengan and tested its lightning-based destructive power.

• Yechen ordered Yamanaka Shunfeng to organize the battle aftermath and new defenses, then joined Tanaka Erito and the Jonin to settle on a defensive strategy.
• Yechen told the Jonin that the Four-Tails' Jinchūriki was dead, while Minato Namikaze said he had reported the battle to Konoha and urged the village to give Yechen important responsibilities.
• Yechen left a Shadow Clone at the Command Center and entered the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace, where he collected energy and began training with fifty Shadow Clones.
• After three days, Yechen evolved Violent Wind Thousand-Blade Rasengan into Thunder Prison Rasengan, which gained paralysis and detonation properties.
• Yechen tested Thunder Prison Rasengan and found that it matched his former technique's power, with greater destructive force but less penetrating force.

Yechen evolved his Lightning Release training into Frenzied Thunder Body Tempering and gained two new techniques. While Konoha leaders began conspiring against him and the Uchiha clan, Yechen’s Sharingan and Byakugan started evolving.

• Yechen reached the third stage of his Lightning Release training, gaining Lightning Armor, Boil Release, and a stronger physique.
• Ōnoki and Iwagakure regrouped after losing two Jinchūriki, while Konoha’s forces rested at the Willow Town Stronghold.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to Shimura Danzō’s proposal, setting a conspiracy against Yechen and the Uchiha clan in motion.
• Half a month later, Yechen’s Sharingan and Byakugan drained his energy as they began to evolve.

Yechen awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and gained Susanoo Battle Form, then evolved it into a more powerful flying battle body. Three days later, his Byakugan evolved and granted him a visual-targeting teleport attack.

• Yechen's Three-Tomoe Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan, unlocking the Level 1 Bloodbone Battle Spirit, whose defenses and bone-spike attack he tested on a Shadow Clone.
• Yechen dismissed his Susanoo Battle Form and ordered his unruly Shadow Clones back to training.
• Yechen spent 1,000 evolution points to evolve his Susanoo Battle Form into the fifty-foot Demonic-Pattern Battle Body, which could fly and slash through space with its demonic-flame saber.
• Three days later, Yechen's Byakugan evolved into the four-turn instant-kill eye and unlocked Teleporting Thrust, which let him teleport behind a target he could see.

After Konoha abandoned the Willow Town Stronghold, Yechen helped relocate its forces to Qu River Town and spent a quiet month there. A messenger then summoned him to Commander Erito, leaving him uncertain whether new trouble had arisen.

• Yechen received orders to evacuate Willow Town Stronghold and notified the squad captains at South Mountain Heights to prepare.
• Yechen saw Hyuga Jingci while surveying the depleted camp, and the two briefly caught up.
• Konoha's forces withdrew without interference from the Rock Ninja and reached Qu River Town, where they began forming a defensive line with the troops already stationed there.
• Yechen spent a quiet month in Qu River Town, cultivating and talking with Jingci while encountering no enemy scouts.
• A messenger told Yechen that Commander Erito wanted to see him, and Yechen returned to the stronghold wondering what had happened.

Yechen was ordered back to Konoha's Main Camp while Orochimaru agreed to Danzo's plan to send Yechen and Shisui to the Kirigakure battlefield. Yechen traveled casually with Little Four and Little Five, unaware that the transfer was tied to a plot against them.

• Yechen received an unexplained order to return to the Main Camp, packed his belongings, and left the outpost after saying goodbye to Hyuga Jingci.
• Aburame Ryoma visited Orochimaru and asked when he would carry out Danzo's orders concerning the two Uchiha boys.
• Orochimaru agreed to arrange for Yechen and Shisui to go to the Kirigakure battlefield, then studied their files and wondered how the plan would end.
• Yechen took his time traveling to the Main Camp and stopped by a river with Little Four and Little Five.
• Little Four gave the fruit he found to Little Five, so Yechen chased him through the forest while Little Five watched happily.

Yechen returned to the Main Camp, where Elder Sang Tian warned him that Konoha was targeting the Uchiha by sending him and Shisui to the dangerous Kirigakure Battlefield. Yechen suspected Danzo was behind the order but decided it was not yet the right time to confront him.

• Yechen returned to the Main Camp, registered with the mission department, and received three days to rest.
• Yechen went to the Uchiha quarters and met Elder Sang Tian, who said the clan had known about his transfer order.
• Elder Sang Tian told Yechen that Konoha was trying to suppress the Uchiha and that Shisui was also being reassigned.
• Elder Sang Tian said Yechen would likely join reinforcements heading to the Kirigakure Battlefield, where the terrain and Hidden Mist Technique disadvantaged Uchiha shinobi.
• Yechen suspected Danzo had influenced the transfer but decided against killing him because the timing was wrong.

Yechen received clan gifts and a request to look after Shisui before training for the Kirigakure mission. He confronted Orochimaru at the command center and demanded a private conversation, leaving the other Jonin to clear the tent.

• Elder Sang Tian asked Yechen to watch over Shisui and gave him water-release training materials and two ninjutsu scrolls.
• Yechen studied Water Dragon Bullet, collected 13,200 Evolution Points, and trained for three days with Shadow Clones while advancing his cultivation.
• Yechen's leave ended, and he was assigned to reinforce the Kirigakure front alongside Shisui Uchiha.
• Yechen appeared in Orochimaru's command tent, used his Mangekyō Sharingan to put Jonin Youtian under Genjutsu, and ignored the other Jonin.
• Orochimaru ordered everyone to stand down, and Yechen released Youtian before telling the other Jonin to leave so he could speak with Orochimaru alone.

Yechen questioned Orochimaru about the order to reinforce the Kirigakure front and then joined the group preparing to depart. At the gathering, he reunited with Shisui Uchiha, who believed the mission was meant to suppress them.

• Yechen asked Orochimaru whether the Kirigakure transfer was his decision or someone else's, and Orochimaru said he had ordered it to relieve pressure on the front.
• Yechen agreed to follow the transfer order, warned Orochimaru by confronting him, and left the meeting room.
• Yechen arrived at the gathering south of the main camp, where Konoha ninja discussed his reputation for killing jinchūriki.
• Shisui Uchiha arrived and sat beside Yechen, then asked whether he believed the village had sent them to the Kirigakure front to suppress them.
• Shisui said he believed Elder Kuwata's claim, and Yechen reflected on Shisui's independent judgment and condemned Uchiha Itachi's decision to massacre his clan.

Yechen and Shisui discussed Danzo’s suppression of the Uchiha and the possibility of an assassination attempt before their unit prepared to leave for the Kirigakure battlefield. The battalion set out with Yechen’s division leading the way, and Yechen remained confident that he could handle any attack.

• Shisui told Yechen that his secret investigation had found Root suppressing Uchiha clansmen and that Danzo might target them next.
• Yechen urged Shisui not to show their enemies mercy, then told him that his loyalties were guided by his own ideals.
• Shisui said he hoped he and Yechen would never become enemies, and Yechen agreed that he hoped so too.
• The roughly eighty-person battalion assembled, with Yechen and Shisui leading its first and second divisions.
• The unit arranged for Yechen’s strongest division to lead and Shisui’s division to bring up the rear.
• Yechen ordered his four squads to scout ahead as the battalion began its journey toward the Kirigakure battlefield.

Yechen led his divisions into the Land of Fire and sensed they were being watched, but Hyuuga Xingyao’s Byakugan found no enemies. Root agents under Aburame Ryoma followed them with specially bred insects, while Danzo planned to use Kirigakure to kill Yechen and Shisui.

• Yechen led the divisions across the Land of Rain and into the Land of Fire, marking the route with Space Marks.
• Yechen sensed something watching the group and ordered Hyuuga Xingyao to search the area with her Byakugan, but she found nothing unusual.
• After the divisions moved on, Aburame Ryoma and other Root agents emerged and collected the tiny kikaichū they had used to observe Yechen.
• Aburame Ryoma concluded Yechen had noticed the surveillance but had not discovered the Root agents.
• Danzo abandoned plans to attack Yechen and Shisui with Root and decided to use Kirigakure as a borrowed blade.

Yechen and Shisui realized that an unseen enemy was targeting them, and Yechen waited for the watchers to reveal themselves. That night, alarms sounded from all four directions, confirming that their camp was surrounded by elite enemy squads.

• Aburame Ryoma sent intelligence to Faceless and led the Root Ninja in pursuit of Yechen's group.
• Yechen sensed that he was being watched on the fourth day and chose to wait for the watchers to attack together.
• Shisui told Yechen that he had also sensed surveillance and that no one else in the group had noticed it.
• Yechen warned Shisui to stay alert that night.
• Hyuuga Xingyao sounded the alarm when about five enemy squads, led by Jonin, approached the camp.
• Warning whistles sounded from the other directions, and Yechen realized the enemy had surrounded them.

Yechen returned to the Temporary Camp as Kirigakure Ninja attacked and identified Raiga Kurosuki, Munashi Jinpachi, and Juzo Biwa among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. A system mission tasked him with repelling the attackers, uncovering the traitor hidden among his allies, and killing them.

• Yechen and his companions hurried back to the Temporary Camp and found the Konoha force already under attack.
• Yechen recognized Raiga Kurosuki wielding Lightning Blade: Fang after Raiga struck down a Konoha Jonin with lightning.
• Yechen spotted Munashi Jinpachi attacking from the western side of the camp with Explosive Blade: Shibuki.
• Yechen scanned the battlefield and saw Juzo Biwa, concluding that only three of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist had joined the assault.
• Yechen suspected someone within the Konoha force had helped the Kirigakure attackers reach the camp.
• Yechen received a system mission to repel the Kirigakure Ninja, find and kill the hidden traitor, and claim its rewards.

Yechen killed Kirigakure fighters across the battlefield, easing the pressure on Konoha and earning evolution points. After killing his eighth Kirigakure Special Jōnin, he encountered Kaguya Jintianwu, a powerful Kaguya Clan ninja with Shikotsumyaku.

• Yechen used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to trap one Kirigakure Special Jōnin in an illusion and killed him with a kunai.
• A Yamanaka Clan Special Jōnin took control of another Kirigakure ninja, allowing Yechen to kill him with Hyōrinmaru.
• Yechen ranged across the battlefield, killing Kirigakure's high-level fighters and helping Konoha turn the tide.
• After killing his eighth Kirigakure Special Jōnin, Yechen noticed Kaguya Jintianwu emerge from the wooded hills.
• Yechen recognized Kaguya Jintianwu as a Kaguya Clan ninja whose clan wielded Shikotsumyaku, and Kaguya Jintianwu focused his fighting spirit on Yechen's Sharingan.

Yechen fought Kaguya Jintianwu, whose Shikotsumyaku let him fire finger bones, regenerate bone weapons, and cover himself in spikes. Their clash left them locked in a fierce contest of Taijutsu and swordsmanship.

• Kaguya Jintianwu revealed that he had joined the operation specifically to fight Yechen and attacked with Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets.
• Yechen blocked the volleys with Hyōrinmaru and used the Three-Tomoe Sharingan to close the distance.
• Kaguya Jintianwu grabbed Hyōrinmaru, then broke its freezing effect by shedding and regrowing bone.
• Kaguya Jintianwu covered his body in bone spikes and charged Yechen with a bone blade.
• Yechen met Kaguya Jintianwu in close combat, and their clashes sent shock waves across the battlefield.

Yechen overwhelmed Kaguya Jintianwu in battle, using his Sharingan and swordsmanship to counter the Kaguya Clan’s techniques. He trapped Kaguya Jintianwu with genjutsu and struck him with Violent Wind: Thousand-Blade Rasengan, whose storm engulfed him as the surrounding battlefield fled.

• Yechen overpowered Kaguya Jintianwu in a clash, shattered his bone shield, and sent him crashing through trees.
• Kaguya Jintianwu charged again, and Yechen watched him use the Kaguya Clan’s Taijutsu techniques while holding his own with the Sharingan and swordsmanship.
• Kaguya Jintianwu wounded Yechen with Dance of the Willow, but Yechen used Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique to immobilize him.
• Yechen formed Violent Wind: Thousand-Blade Rasengan, prompting the Konoha and Kirigakure ninjas to flee.
• Yechen drove the Rasengan into Kaguya Jintianwu, whose bones were torn apart as the resulting storm engulfed him and blasted across the mountain range.

Yechen finished off two Kirigakure Jonin while concealing how much strength he had left, then rescued the Vice Captain-General from Juzo Biwa. The chapter ended as Yechen and Juzo clashed, with Yechen challenging him to surrender or die.

• Yechen killed two Kirigakure Jonin with Sharingan Genjutsu after pretending his injuries were worsening.
• Yechen assessed the other fights and saw that Shisui Uchiha was holding off Munashi Jinpachi, while the Captain-General battled Raiga Kurosuki and the Vice Captain-General struggled against Juzo Biwa.
• Yechen stopped Juzo Biwa's strike and told the wounded Vice Captain-General to help the others.
• Juzo Biwa charged Yechen, who dodged his blade and blocked his kick and punch with Taijutsu.
• Yechen offered to spare Juzo Biwa if he submitted, but Juzo called him arrogant.

Yechen fought Juzo Biwa while pretending to be badly injured, then lured Juzo and Raiga Kurosuki away from the battlefield. He revealed his full strength and demanded their allegiance, leaving their fate in his hands.

• Yechen fought Juzo Biwa and killed a Kirigakure Ninja who tried to ambush him.
• After battling for nearly half an hour, Yechen invited Juzo Biwa to serve under him, but Juzo refused.
• Raiga Kurosuki abandoned the injured Captain-General and Vice Captain-General and joined Juzo in attacking Yechen.
• Yechen fled into the woods with Juzo and Raiga in pursuit, then stopped and revealed that he had only pretended to be injured.
• Yechen demanded that Juzo and Raiga either die or swear allegiance to him, and they refused.

Yechen defeated Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki, but the Ninja Blades vanished before he could claim them. He traced the hidden observer to an Aburame ninja and moved to pursue him.

• Yechen shattered Juzo Biwa's Kubikiribōchō with a single blow, then killed Raiga Kurosuki when he refused to submit.
• Yechen discovered that Raiga Kurosuki's Lightning Blade: Fang and Juzo Biwa's Kubikiribōchō had disappeared, and deduced that a Summoning Scroll had retrieved them.
• Yechen searched for the person targeting him and Shisui Uchiha, whom he had lured out by pretending to be weakened.
• Yechen found energy traces in tiny insects and suspected that Aburame Ryoma was watching him for Danzo.
• Yechen sensed the hidden observer trying to flee and confronted him.

Yechen intercepted five Root Ninjas sent after him and killed four before they could complete a Binding Formation. He confronted Aburame Ryoma, who attacked with kikaichū, and Yechen countered with an exploding Lightning Release technique.

• Yechen stopped five Root Ninjas in the forest and recognized them as Danzo's agents spying on him.
• The Root Ninjas surrounded Yechen and began forming a Binding Formation, but he killed four of them in four swift attacks.
• Yechen identified the last Root Ninja as Aburame Ryoma and struck his Insect Clone with a kunai.
• Aburame Ryoma launched his Insect Sphere technique, and Yechen used Lightning Explosion to blast the approaching swarm.

Yechen defeated Aburame Ryoma, then returned to the battlefield and pursued the retreating Kirigakure ninja, killing them. Shisui Uchiha wondered whether Yechen had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Yechen resisted Aburame Ryoma’s insect technique, paralyzed and captured him, then killed him and destroyed the bodies of Juzo Biwa and Raiga Kurosuki with Lightning Balls.
• Yechen returned to the battlefield, and Munashi Jinpachi recognized the danger and sounded the retreat whistle.
• Yechen split into ten figures and pursued the fleeing Kirigakure ninja while the Captain-General stopped the Konoha ninja from following.
• Yechen returned and told Shisui Uchiha that he had killed the retreating enemies.
• Shisui Uchiha suspected that Yechen had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.