Chapter Summaries

Yechen faced Danzo and the Root Ninja, who attacked him after Danzo’s sensory barrier tracked his location. Yechen cut through their assault with ease, but an energy blast suddenly rushed toward him as he attacked another Root Ninja.

• Yechen realized Danzo had raised a sensory barrier to track him and waited for the Root Ninja to gather.
• Danzo arrived, coveted Yechen’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and ordered the Root Ninja to attack.
• Yechen dodged the poisoned weapons and ninjutsu, killing Root Ninja who tried to protect their teammates or finish their techniques.
• Yechen evaded underground earthen spikes, then used Lightning Release: One-Sword Slash, “Lightning Run: Instant Break,” to kill a Root Ninja.
• As Yechen moved to attack another Root Ninja, an energy ball hurtled toward him.

Yechen revealed that Danzo and the Root Ninjas had been fighting his Shadow Clone, then appeared in person and began slaughtering Danzo’s forces. Danzo’s depleted survivors charged Yechen as he resolved to kill him and take his Sharingan.

• Yechen’s Shadow Clone vanished, revealing that it had deceived Danzo throughout their fight.
• Yechen emerged from a portal, taunted Danzo, and challenged him at the graveyard.
• Danzo ordered his Root Ninjas to attack, but Yechen’s Lightning Armor endured their attacks and his genjutsu dazed them.
• Yechen cut down the Root Ninjas with Wind Blades, leaving Danzo with only a few survivors.
• Danzo ordered the remaining Root Ninjas to charge Yechen while he focused on killing Yechen and taking his Sharingan.

Yechen overwhelmed Danzo in battle, forcing him to reveal a transplanted Sharingan in his right eye. The fight continued with Danzo’s hidden weapon exposed and Yechen still confident of victory.

• Yechen used his Mangekyō Sharingan to defeat the charging Root Ninjas, and Danzo recognized the eyes and questioned their abilities.
• Yechen challenged Danzo to attack with his strongest move, and Danzo unleashed Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves.
• Yechen blocked Danzo’s wind blades with wings of wind, then countered his shuriken and sword attacks with Hyōrinmaru.
• Yechen repeatedly drove Danzo back, cutting through his bandages and inflicting wounds.
• Danzo released the seal over his right eye and revealed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan transplanted into it.

Yechen fought Danzo after Danzo revealed his transplanted Sharingan, overwhelming him with speed and strength until Danzo summoned Baku. Yechen countered Danzo’s enhanced Wind Release with Lightning Release Armor and a massive lightning blade, leaving their clash in a storm of wind and lightning.

• Danzo activated his transplanted Sharingan, but he could not see through Yechen and wondered whether Yechen had anticipated his secret.
• Danzo attacked Yechen with wind-enhanced shuriken, but Yechen dodged them and struck him with Hyōrinmaru.
• Yechen’s rapid sword attacks drove Danzo back, and Danzo’s Sharingan could track the strikes but could not make his body withstand them.
• Danzo summoned Baku and used the beast’s support to unleash a long-range Wind Release: Vacuum Wave.
• Yechen activated Lightning Release Armor and swung a massive lightning blade into Danzo’s Weasel Wind Blade, triggering an explosive energy storm.

Yechen summoned Son Goku, the Four-Tails, to face Danzo and Baku. After Danzo mocked it as a wild monkey, Son Goku transformed and unleashed its overwhelming power, leaving Danzo stunned and demanding to know what Yechen had done.

• Danzo claimed that he and Baku could defeat Yechen, so Yechen summoned his own beast without using blood.
• Danzo laughed at Son Goku’s small appearance, while Son Goku kept its distance from Yechen, wary of being hurt again.
• Baku and Danzo mocked Son Goku, enraging it because it hated being called a monkey.
• Son Goku grew larger, clad itself in Lava Armor, formed a lava staff, and turned the surrounding area into a lava hell.
• Danzo realized that Yechen had summoned the Four-Tails and asked him in horror what he had done.

Yechen used Son Goku, the Four-Tails, to wear Danzo down before killing him with Hyōrinmaru. With Danzo dead and the battlefield likely to draw Konoha’s attention, Yechen considered how to remove evidence linking him to the fight.

• Yechen sent Son Goku to attack Danzo while he watched from a tree and realized Danzo was using Izanagi to survive repeated deaths.
• Yechen used the Spirit Control Mark to direct Son Goku to Danzo each time he revived, while Danzo’s Izanagi timer ran down.
• Danzo’s Sharingan went blind as he tried to flee toward Konoha, but Yechen appeared in his path and killed him with Hyōrinmaru.
• Yechen dismissed Son Goku, surveyed the ruined forest, and recognized that Konoha would investigate Danzo’s death and eventually discover the battlefield.

Yechen disguised himself, broke into Root's headquarters, and looted its collection of ninjutsu scrolls and records. As he prepared to leave, he encountered a young Root member with Wood Release whom he recognized as Yamato.

• Yechen used Wood Release to bury the battlefield and erase evidence of his fight with Danzo.
• Yechen returned to Konoha in a stranger's appearance and used the Byakugan to locate Root's underground headquarters.
• Yechen trapped two guards in a Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu, killed them, and entered the deserted base.
• Yechen found a hidden room containing scrolls, including instructions for the Flying Thunder God Technique, and stored the collection in his system space.
• Yamato attacked Yechen with a Wood Release branch, but Yechen caught it and pulled him from the darkness.
• Yechen recognized the masked boy as Yamato, and Yamato demanded to know who he was and why he was in the base.

Yechen escaped Danzo’s base with Root’s collection and reviewed its contents before going into seclusion to cultivate. Meanwhile, Danzo’s death stirred up the village, and Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi to find the killer.

• Yechen avoided killing Yamato, escaped Root’s pursuit, and watched Anbu enter the base to take over Root’s operations.
• Yechen returned to his island hideout and brought Danzo’s scrolls and books into his residence.
• Yechen reviewed Root’s collection, found no ninjutsu he wanted to learn, and went to the Training Grounds to cultivate in seclusion.
• Danzo’s mysterious death threw the village into turmoil as Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to investigate and find the killer.

Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Root’s recovered records and learned the extent of Danzo’s experiments and his attempts to seize Uchiha Ye Chen’s suspected Mangekyō Sharingan. He concluded that acting against Ye Chen could provoke the Uchiha Clan and weaken Konoha while the war with Kumogakure remained unresolved.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi examined Root’s records and discovered that Danzo and Orochimaru had continued secret experiments to reproduce Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release, using Konoha ninja as test subjects.
• Hiruzen learned from Yamato’s record that he had inherited Wood Release, but he hesitated to order Orochimaru’s arrest because Orochimaru was his former student and had served Konoha.
• Hiruzen read Danzo’s reports on Uchiha Ye Chen and found that Danzo had monitored him, attempted to ambush him, and leaked intelligence to Kirigakure to enable an assassination attempt.
• Hiruzen concluded that Ye Chen had likely killed Danzo and Root’s elite forces, strengthening the suspicion that Ye Chen had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Hiruzen weighed the danger of moving against Ye Chen, whose Uchiha Clan might resist Konoha, while the village remained weakened and the war with Kumogakure had not formally ended.

Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed Danzo's death and Root's crimes with Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu. They decided to focus on containing the fallout, while Hiruzen agreed to protect Orochimaru but bar him from the Hokage Election.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi, asking whether Yechen had killed Danzo and urging him to hand the Uchiha over for interrogation.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi showed them Root reports documenting Danzo's secret abductions, experiments, and operations against Yechen, explaining that pursuing Yechen could expose the village's own crimes.
• After reading the reports, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu set aside their anger and agreed that the village's stability and interests came first.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said they needed to take over Danzo's outside agents and destroy evidence of the experiments.
• When Mitokado Homura asked about Orochimaru's role in the experiments, Hiruzen Sarutobi said he would keep an eye on him, and Utatane Koharu agreed to let him go but exclude him from the Hokage Election.

After three days of cultivation, Yechen returned to Konoha to learn how the village would respond to Danzo’s death. He entered openly, noticed the gate guards’ nervousness, and sensed two figures appearing nearby.

• Yechen exhausted his evolution points after three days of cultivation and raised his combat power to 3430.
• Yechen stopped at the place where he had fought Danzo and saw Anbu ninja investigating the forest, but concluded they would find no useful evidence.
• Yechen flew to Konoha, deciding to judge Hiruzen Sarutobi’s response before choosing whether to remain in the village.
• Yechen entered Konoha openly and noticed the gate guards acting nervously.
• After Yechen walked about a hundred meters into the village, two figures appeared nearby.

Yechen refused to go to the Hokage's Office without a written order from the Third Hokage and used Spiritual Pressure to overwhelm the two Anbu Ninja. He held his ground while they waited for reinforcements, and he suspected the Primordial Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique might lead him toward cultivating immortality at its third level.

• Two Anbu Ninja told Yechen that the Third Hokage wanted to see him, but Yechen asked for a written order.
• When the Anbu Ninja could not produce one, Yechen tried to walk past them, but they blocked his path.
• Yechen demanded a written order again and released Spiritual Pressure, forcing the Anbu Ninja to stagger back and nearly spit blood.
• The Anbu Ninja realized Yechen was far stronger than they had expected and waited for reinforcements they had already summoned.
• Yechen reflected that reaching the third level of the Primordial Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique might lead him toward cultivating immortality.

Yechen refused to accompany the Anbu without a written order from the Hokage, and the Uchiha Military Police intervened to take him back to the clan compound. The chapter ended with Yechen being brought to Uchiha Fugaku’s lavish residence.

• Uchiha Military Police members and Anbu reinforcements arrived as Yechen and the two Anbu ninja remained at an impasse.
• Yechen told the Uchiha deputy captain that the Anbu had tried to take him to the Hokage without a written order.
• The deputy captain suspected Yechen might be connected to rumors about Shimura Danzō’s death and insisted the Anbu return with a written order.
• The Uchiha activated their Sharingan and surrounded the Anbu, who backed down rather than escalate the confrontation.
• The Uchiha escorted Yechen to their compound, where the deputy captain brought him to Uchiha Fugaku’s residence.

Yechen waited in the Uchiha reception room while Uchiha Fugaku kept him waiting, and he considered the clan leader’s indecisive nature and the Uchiha Clan’s fate. He concluded that Fugaku was likely investigating the village rumors and Yechen’s connection to them before their meeting.

• An Uchiha clansman brought Yechen to the reception room and told him Uchiha Fugaku was busy, leaving him to wait.
• After twenty minutes without Fugaku appearing, Yechen grew cold and suspected the delay was meant to put him in his place.
• Yechen reflected on Fugaku’s past decisions, including the Uchiha relocation, coup preparations, and trust in Uchiha Itachi.
• Yechen concluded that Fugaku was probably investigating recent village rumors and Yechen’s ties to them before meeting him.
• Yechen stopped dwelling on the past and waited to see how Uchiha Fugaku would act.

Yechen met with Uchiha Fugaku, who questioned him about Danzo’s death and tested whether he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Fugaku agreed to handle the matter with the Third Hokage, then left suspecting Yechen possessed the Mangekyō.

• Uchiha Fugaku tried to learn about Yechen’s temperament and loyalty through small talk, but Yechen revealed little.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked whether Yechen had anything to do with Danzo’s death, and Yechen neither admitted nor denied it.
• Yechen explained that he had refused to go with the Anbu because they had shown no written orders.
• Uchiha Fugaku told Yechen to leave the matter alone and said he would speak to the Third Hokage himself.
• Uchiha Fugaku tested Yechen with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, but Yechen’s white flicker of light caused him sharp pain and left him suspecting Yechen had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Yechen used an illusion on Uchiha Fugaku, who awakened his Mangekyō Sharingan under the pressure. After Yechen left, Fugaku discussed his suspicions about Danzo’s death with Itachi and told him about Shisui Uchiha; meanwhile, Yechen encountered Uchiha Zhiye on his way back.

• Yechen showed Fugaku his Mangekyō Sharingan and trapped him in an illusion, causing Fugaku to awaken his own Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku questioned Yechen about the illusion, but Yechen left without explaining and hinted that he knew Itachi was hidden behind the wall.
• Itachi emerged from the wall, and Fugaku kept his Mangekyō awakening secret from him.
• Fugaku told Itachi that Yechen had killed Danzo and explained why Yechen and Shisui Uchiha would not have joined forces.
• Fugaku named Shisui Uchiha as a clan prodigy, and Yechen later encountered Uchiha Zhiye waiting ahead on the road.

Uchiha Zhiye brought Yechen to meet the Great Elder, who revealed that he had long monitored Yechen and wanted to know whether he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Yechen remained calm under the elder’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, leaving their meeting unresolved.

• Uchiha Zhiye told Yechen that the Great Elder wanted to see him and led him to the elder’s secluded residence.
• The Great Elder sent Uchiha Zhiye away and praised Yechen’s composure and battlefield achievements.
• The Great Elder revealed that he had arranged for Yechen to be watched after his parents died to see whether he would awaken the Sharingan.
• The Great Elder asked whether Yechen had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to provoke a response.
• Yechen stayed calm and made no move to retaliate, while assessing the elder’s brief burst of ocular power as stronger than Uchiha Fugaku’s former Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Yechen received an elder’s token and unrestricted access to the Uchiha secret archives after the grand elder learned he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Afterward, Uchiha Zhiye thanked Yechen for killing Danzo, whom he believed had ordered the ambush that killed his younger brother.

• The grand elder gave Yechen an elder’s token, access to the Uchiha secret archives, and the clan’s support after learning about his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Yechen accepted the token, exchanged pleasantries with the grand elder, and left the courtyard.
• After Yechen departed, the grand elder celebrated the Mangekyō Sharingan’s importance to the Uchiha Clan and resolved to support Yechen.
• Uchiha Zhiye thanked Yechen and explained that Root Ninjas had likely ambushed and killed his younger brother.
• Yechen understood that Zhiye believed he had avenged his brother by killing Danzo, patted him on the shoulder, and walked away.

Yechen kept a low profile while Uchiha guards protected him and Utatane Koharu continued to investigate him without finding anything useful. He voted for Minato Namikaze, who was elected the Fourth Hokage, ushering in a change of leadership in Konoha.

• Yechen noticed Uchiha clan members guarding his home and accepted their protection, then spent the next few days wandering Konoha instead of training.
• A subordinate reported to Utatane Koharu that Yechen had done nothing unusual, and she ordered the investigation to continue despite having no grounds to act against him.
• Yechen attended the Hokage Election, voted for Minato Namikaze, and saw Orochimaru waiting despite having no real chance to win.
• Minato Namikaze was elected the Fourth Hokage, while Hiruzen Sarutobi's retirement began the old guard's withdrawal and opened the village's leadership to younger people.

Yechen learned that the Shinobi World War had ended in a ceasefire and used his evolution reward to strengthen Susanoo Battle Form. He gained its fourth stage, Flying Heaven Battle Venerable, and began training with its new Six-Winged Calamity ability.

• Yechen encountered Shisui on his way out of the clan grounds and thought about breaking fate to save Minato Namikaze.
• Three days later, Yechen received a Shinobi World Gift Pack after the villages reached ceasefire agreements and the Shinobi World War ended.
• Yechen used the gift pack's talent evolution reward to evolve Susanoo Battle Form to level four.
• Yechen transformed into the Flying Heaven Battle Venerable, a hundred-meter giant clad in silvery-white armor with six elemental wings.
• Yechen began training with his evolved form and gained the Six-Winged Calamity skill.