Chapter Summaries

After defeating Kirigakure’s force, Yechen inspected his rewards and discovered that the Immortal Essence Breath-of-Life Fruit could restore even someone near death. His group resumed their journey toward Konoha territory and encountered a team led by Uchiha Yashiro, who felt an overwhelming pressure from Yechen.

• Yechen ordered the injured force to rest for three hours, and the Squad Leaders counted casualties equal to one-fifth of their numbers.
• Yechen inspected his rewards, learned the Immortal Essence Breath-of-Life Fruit could restore severe injuries and life, and found he had 29,500 evolution points.
• After resting, Yechen led the force onward, and they traveled for several hours without further attacks.
• Yechen sensed people approaching and halted the force; a Hyuga ninja used his Byakugan and recognized them as their own people, including a Sharingan user.
• Uchiha Yashiro led the approaching team and felt intense pressure from Yechen, whom he recognized as Uchiha Ye Chen.

Yechen and Shisui reached Konoha’s command center after surviving an ambush by Kirigakure fighters, and Nara Yue Bai recognized that someone had arranged the attack. The chapter ended with Yechen choosing not to pursue the suspected conspiracy and settling in with the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Yashiro met Yechen and Shisui, explained that Elder Sang Tian had asked him to look after them, and said he had come after hearing Kirigakure forces breached the northern line.
• Shisui told Yashiro that Yechen had killed Raiga Kurosuki, Munashi Jinpachi, Juzo Biwa, and a Kaguya Clan fighter, shocking Yashiro and his squad.
• Yechen, the Captain-General, and the other squad leaders reached Konoha’s command center and reported the attack to Nara Yue Bai.
• Nara Yue Bai concluded that the breach and the precisely timed ambush pointed to a conspiracy targeting Yechen and Shisui, and suspected Danzo and Root.
• Yechen decided that further accusations would achieve nothing, left the report to the Captain-General, and went with Shisui to rest where the Uchiha were stationed.

Danzo confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over a failed attack on Yechen and Shisui Uchiha, then discovered that Hiruzen had identified five dead Root ninja, including Aburame Ryoma. The chapter left Danzo struggling to contain his anger over Ryoma’s death.

• Danzo learned that Yechen and Shisui had survived the attack and that Yechen had slaughtered the Kirigakure force, leaving Danzo fearful of retaliation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Danzo to his office and demanded an explanation for the breach of the front-line defenses and the attack on the reinforcement team.
• Danzo tried to deflect blame onto the Uchiha, but admitted the breach had happened and promised it would cause no further trouble.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Danzo not to repeat the incident, then showed him photographs and autopsy reports identifying five dead ninja as Root members.
• Danzo recognized Aburame Ryoma among the dead and struggled to suppress his rage over losing one of his most capable men.

Danzo defended his attack on the Uchiha by warning Hiruzen Sarutobi that Uchiha Ye Chen could become a threat, and Hiruzen ordered him not to act alone again. During three days of leave, Yechen spent his evolution points to strengthen his Susanoo, Flying Thunder God Technique, and Wood Release, gaining new abilities and techniques.

• Danzo argued that the Uchiha, especially Uchiha Ye Chen, might threaten the village after the war, while Hiruzen Sarutobi insisted they had been fighting for Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Madara Uchiha's power, then told Danzo not to take matters into his own hands again.
• Danzo left Hiruzen's office, declaring that he would spare nothing that threatened the village.
• Yechen used his three days of leave to cultivate, raising his Susanoo Battle Form to level 3 and investing his remaining evolution points in his attributes.
• Yechen evolved the Flying Thunder God Technique to level 11 and unlocked Chain Link, allowing rapid consecutive teleportation between marks.
• Yechen evolved Wood Release-All-Encompassing Universe to level 11, gaining Every Blade of Grass a Soldier, two Wood Release techniques, Plant Mimicry, and Accelerated Growth.

Uchiha Ye Chen arrived at the Forward Base in the Land of Waves and spent a week developing his own Flying Thunder God Mark, the Taiji Yin-Yang Seal. With the mark complete, he began selecting specialized weapons to carry it.

• Uchiha Ye Chen received orders to garrison Konoha's Forward Base in the Land of Waves.
• Uchiha Ye Chen arrived with the relief force, checked in, and settled into his quarters at the base.
• Uchiha Ye Chen spent a week studying the Flying Thunder God Mark while carrying out required patrols.
• Uchiha Ye Chen created the Taiji Yin-Yang Seal by combining yin-yang energy with the properties of space.
• Uchiha Ye Chen searched the Myriad Forms Mall and chose the sword-shaped kunai called Flowing Shadow Thrust.

Yechen used the Rasengan’s cyclone force to propel himself over the sea and continued cultivating, which strengthened his energy and perception. When he sensed hidden intruders near his reef, he struck them down with an enhanced Lightning Ball.

• Yechen ordered his squad to return to base while he flew ahead using cyclone force beneath his feet.
• Yechen trained on a reef, using the surrounding world to deepen his understanding of the Primordial Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique.
• Yechen sensed several hidden presences in the woods and called on them to come out.
• Yechen launched a cyclone-powered Lightning Ball that expanded as it flew into the woods and killed the hidden ninjas.

Yechen killed four bounty ninjas who attacked him, then recognized the powerful rogue ninja Kakuzu as the expert approaching from the lightning storm. Kakuzu revealed that Yechen was third on the bounty list, with a reward of five million gold coins, and the two faced each other.

• Yechen identified the four attackers as black-market bounty ninjas who had come to collect a reward on him.
• The four bounty ninjas charged, and Yechen killed them all in an instant.
• Yechen sensed an unusual presence near the lightning storm and waited for its owner to arrive.
• Kakuzu appeared, and Yechen recognized him by his appearance and Takigakure forehead protector.
• Kakuzu identified Yechen as third on the bounty list and named his five-million-gold-coin reward.

Yechen tested Kakuzu in battle and offered him a place in the Gods Alliance, then challenged him to land a scratch or die or submit. Kakuzu’s attacks failed to harm Yechen, and the chapter ended as Yechen gathered a powerful vortex in his palm.

• Yechen dodged Kakuzu’s attacks without fighting back and invited him to join the Gods Alliance.
• Yechen overwhelmed Kakuzu with spiritual pressure and gave him a chance to prove his strength.
• Kakuzu used the Hidden Mist Technique and sent black tendrils toward Yechen, but Yechen drove them back with lightning.
• Yechen stomped the ground and blasted Kakuzu out from underground.
• Kakuzu froze as Yechen formed a wind-filled vortex in his raised palm.

Yechen defeated Kakuzu and forced him to join the Gods Alliance, assigning him leadership of its administrative halls and responsibility for finances, missions, and recruitment. Three days later, Konoha’s watchtower spotted five Kirigakure warships approaching the forward base.

• Yechen overpowered Kakuzu and offered him a place in the Gods Alliance, which Kakuzu accepted after hearing his duties.
• Yechen appointed Kakuzu hall master over the Mission Hall, Finance Hall, and Personnel Hall, and gave him tokens, an art, and healing fruits.
• Kakuzu promised to earn money and recruit promising disciples for the Gods Alliance.
• Three days later, Shi Ying spotted five Kirigakure warships approaching the Land of Waves and sounded the alarm.
• Zaotai Puyi confirmed the ships’ direction and realized the hidden reef watchtower had detected them before they reached the Konoha forward base.

Yechen led the First and Second Squads to Outpost Five after Kirigakure's warships approached the forward base. When more than fifty Kirigakure ninja discovered the outpost and charged toward it, Yechen ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

• An Uchiha Jonin ordered Yechen to take the First and Second Squads to Outpost Five.
• Yechen arrived at the outpost with forty-one people and took command from Zaotai Puyi.
• Zaotai Puyi reported that five Kirigakure warships were heading toward the forward base.
• Yechen spotted more than fifty Kirigakure ninja charging across the sea toward Outpost Five.
• Yechen ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

Yechen watched the battle at sea and recognized Mei Terumi, the future Fifth Mizukage, whom he wanted to recruit. Ao used his stolen Byakugan to search for the hidden watcher, but Yechen concealed himself; as Konoha’s forces rallied, Mei and Ao targeted Uchiha Wildfire.

• Yechen watched the battle from the tower and recognized Mei Terumi as a powerful kunoichi he hoped to recruit.
• Mei sensed someone watching her and asked Ao to search the area with his Byakugan.
• Ao found no one, unaware that Yechen had concealed his presence from the Byakugan.
• Mei Terumi’s arrival put Konoha’s forces on the back foot, but Uchiha Wildfire rallied them to charge.
• Mei Terumi and Ao identified Uchiha Wildfire as a target and set their sights on him.

Yechen arrived on the battlefield and rescued Wildfire before overpowering Ao with the Flowing Shadow Thrust and Flying Thunder God. Mei Terumi intervened to save Ao, and Yechen ended by inviting her to join his ranks.

• Ao wounded Wildfire and tried to finish him, but Yechen arrived and told Wildfire to help the others.
• Ao attacked Yechen with shuriken and Water Release, but Yechen deflected the weapons and cut through the water with the Flowing Shadow Thrust.
• Yechen used Flying Thunder God to appear beside Ao and attack him, but Mei Terumi interrupted with a Water Dragon Bullet Technique.
• Yechen kicked Ao into the sea, cut through Mei Terumi's water dragon, and invited her to join his ranks.

Yechen battled Mei Terumi at sea and proved far stronger than her, then again destroyed her Water Dragon Bullet Technique with a lightning-enhanced kick. The chapter ended with both sides’ fighting stopped as they stared at Yechen in shock.

• Mei Terumi attacked Yechen with a Water Release-infused kunai, and he blocked her strike.
• Yechen and Mei Terumi fought for ten minutes while the surrounding Konoha and Kirigakure ninja watched.
• Yechen kicked Mei Terumi into the sea and asked if she would serve under him, but she angrily attacked again.
• Mei Terumi used Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and Yechen shattered the water dragon with a Lightning Release-enhanced kick.
• The battle stopped as both sides watched Yechen, unaware that he had used Lightning Release Armor on his leg.

Mei Terumi used her Boil Release and Lava Release against Yechen, but he avoided both and proved far stronger than she had expected. Seeing that the battle was turning against Kirigakure, Mei Terumi decided to retreat with Ao.

• Mei Terumi unleashed her Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique, but Yechen used wind to keep the corrosive mist from touching him.
• Mei Terumi attacked with Water Release: Water Formation Pillar, and Yechen evaded the water sphere and rose above the wave it created.
• Mei Terumi spat Lava Release at Yechen, but he threw the Flowing Shadow Thrust and teleported beside her to avoid the attack.
• Mei Terumi realized Yechen had been holding back and that Kirigakure's advantage had vanished.
• Mei Terumi leaped beyond the battlefield and signaled Ao to retreat.

Yechen left Outpost Five to support the embattled Konoha Forward Base after Mei Terumi’s forces withdrew from their skirmish. As both sides prepared for the battle to shift with his arrival, the Kirigakure commander faced conflicting advice about whether to retreat.

• After Mei Terumi signaled a retreat, Ao blew a whistle and the Kirigakure ninjas withdrew; Yechen ordered Uchiha Wildfire to tend to the wounded while he went to support the Forward Base.
• The battle at the Forward Base turned against Konoha as Kirigakure’s elite troops gained the upper hand and threatened to break the defenses.
• A messenger told the Uchiha Jonin that Outpost Five had fewer than thirty wounded survivors and Yechen was coming alone, but the Jonin trusted Yechen to turn the fight around.
• Mei Terumi warned the Kirigakure commander that Yechen’s arrival could reverse the battle and urged an immediate withdrawal.
• A Kirigakure Jonin opposed retreating, while an excited Kaguya Clan ninja said he wanted to test himself against Yechen.

Yechen joined the battlefield and cut down dozens of Kirigakure ninja before Kaguya Torarō challenged him with Shikotsumyaku. Their rapid exchange of sword strikes continued, with neither yet gaining the upper hand.

• Yechen arrived at the battlefield and killed twenty-six Kirigakure ninja, including six Special Jōnin, rallying the Konoha forces.
• Kaguya Torarō confronted Yechen and revealed his Shikotsumyaku by growing bone spikes through his body.
• Yechen caught and broke Torarō’s bone spike, then deflected the finger bones he fired.
• Torarō drew a Bone Sword and attacked Yechen with the Dance of the Camellia.
• Yechen summoned Hyōrinmaru and matched Torarō’s relentless strikes, leaving the fight poised on a contest of speed.

Yechen defeated Kaguya Torarō and was summoned to reinforce Konoha’s eastern defensive line, where Kirigakure was close to overwhelming the defenders. He arrived and began targeting Kirigakure’s Jonin to help stabilize the battle.

• Yechen overpowered Torarō, disarmed him with a full-strength strike, and killed him.
• A Yamanaka Clan Chunin contacted Yechen and reported that the eastern defensive line was in grave danger, then collapsed from the strain of the mental connection.
• Yechen raced from the southeastern battlefield to the eastern line, where he saw Konoha’s forces losing ground amid fierce fighting.
• Yechen recognized that Kirigakure had more high-level fighters, forcing Konoha’s Special Jōnin to fight enemy Jonin instead of commanding their troops.
• Yechen charged a Kirigakure Jonin, intending to defeat the enemy’s high-level fighters and free Konoha’s Special Jōnin to return to their posts.

Yechen killed a Kirigakure Jonin and confronted Mei Terumi, Ao, and Kushimaru Kuriarare as they tried to stop him. After revealing his overwhelming power and killing an underwater ambusher, he pressed Mei Terumi for an answer to his proposal.

• Yechen used Lightning Run: Instant Break and Flowing Shadow Thrust to kill a Kirigakure Jonin who had attacked two Konoha Special Jōnin.
• Mei Terumi threw shuriken at Yechen, and Ao and Kushimaru Kuriarare appeared to stop his killing spree.
• Yechen challenged the three Kirigakure ninja and used a wave of force to drive nearby fighters back and knock an underwater ambusher unconscious.
• Yechen threw a kunai into the water, killing the ambusher, then asked Mei Terumi whether she had considered his proposal.

Yechen fought off Kirigakure’s attackers while his support helped Konoha stabilize the eastern battlefield. His Lightning Release: One-Sword Slash evolved into Chidori Sharp Spear: Piercing Sky, and he demonstrated its piercing power with Hyōrinmaru.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare and a hidden Kirigakure Anbu attacked Yechen, but Yechen sensed the ambush and struck the emerging attacker with a Rasengan.
• Mei Terumi, Ao, and Kushimaru Kuriarare attacked Yechen together, but he countered them and slashed Ao across the back before Mei rescued him.
• As Yechen held off Kirigakure’s forces, Konoha stabilized its eastern lines and began a counterattack, prompting Kirigakure command to send more fighters after him.
• Yechen continued honing his sword technique until Lightning Release: One-Sword Slash reached level 20 and evolved into Chidori Sharp Spear: Piercing Sky.
• When three Special Jōnin attacked from behind, Yechen activated Lightning Release Armor and extended Hyōrinmaru’s lightning-coated blade into a piercing spear that shocked the surrounding Kirigakure Ninjas.

Kirigakure’s failed assault on Konoha’s three defense lines forced its commander to order a withdrawal, while Yechen chose not to pursue. A month of peace followed as Yechen grew stronger, until Konoha reported a brutal new attack on the Northern Defense Line.

• After learning Konoha had regained ground on the eastern battlefield and reinforcements were nearing, the Kirigakure commander ordered an immediate withdrawal from all three fronts.
• The Uchiha Jonin and Yechen held back from pursuing the retreating Kirigakure forces because Konoha’s fighters were exhausted and wounded.
• Yechen returned to base after warning Mei Terumi that he would let her go this time.
• Over the next month, Yechen used 15,000 evolution points in intensive cultivation and raised his combat power to 2065.
• A Konoha ninja told Yechen that Kirigakure had attacked the Northern Defense Line, and Yechen wondered whether Danzo was involved again.