Chapter Summaries

Yechen evolved the incomplete Rasengan into its standard form through training and learned that his bloodlines would evolve again when all three aptitude attributes reached 100. He suspected Orochimaru was planning another move, but Konoha’s losses and shortage of supplies would likely delay major fighting for weeks.

• Yechen accepted the incomplete Rasengan manual, trained for seven days, and evolved the Rasengan after meeting its requirements.
• Yechen used Shadow Clones to raise the Rasengan to level 2, spent all his evolution points, and learned that reaching 100 in all three aptitude attributes would trigger a second bloodline evolution.
• Yechen’s training raised his strength and Three Body Technique, while Fire Release and Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique progressed slowly because he lacked room to practice.
• Yechen left his tent and suspected Orochimaru was preparing a major move, though Konoha’s supply losses and need for reinforcements would delay it.
• Yechen went to the forest training area, where he considered how his unusually potent energy let him train with six Shadow Clones.

Yechen and Team 7 traveled to a front-line outpost and spent a month monitoring enemy movements while Yechen trained in swordsmanship under Nakagawa Ichirō. On their last day, Rock ninjas attacked; after Konoha drove them back, Nakagawa was summoned to a meeting, leaving Yechen uneasy about what would come next.

• Yechen and Team 7 escorted supply wagons to a front-line outpost, where they relieved the guards without encountering an ambush.
• Yechen trained with a blade under Nakagawa Ichirō and improved his swordsmanship during their garrison duty.
• After a month at the outpost, Yechen and the others fought off a Rock ninja attack ten kilometers outside town.
• Yechen killed the last surviving Rock ninja, then helped clear the battlefield and returned to the outpost with Ito Miyuki.
• Nakagawa Ichirō was called to a meeting, and Yechen suspected that something major was about to happen.

Konoha's force launched a surprise attack on a Rock Ninja outpost, but the enemy anticipated them and ambushed Yechen's squad underground. Yechen survived the attack and killed a fleeing Rock Ninja as the fighting continued.

• Nakagawa Ichirō told Yechen and the others that Konoha's forces would attack the Rock Ninja outpost, and Yechen received a mission to destroy it.
• After nightfall, Yechen, Ito Miyuki, and Abe Rō joined Nakagawa Ichirō's squad and advanced toward the outpost.
• Explosions from other directions exposed the operation, so Nakagawa Ichirō ordered his squad to charge.
• Yechen sensed danger underground, warned the squad, and pulled Ito Miyuki and Abe Rō back before fissures swallowed several Genin.
• Rock Ninja earth spikes attacked the Genin until Nakagawa Ichirō and the other Jonin struck the hidden attackers with Shuriken.
• Yechen used the Flash Teleportation Technique to kill a fleeing Rock Ninja Genin and gained 21 evolution points.

Nakagawa Ichirō led the Konoha teams into a Rock Ninja stronghold to destroy its supplies while limiting their fighting. Team Three found the underground warehouse, but Fukuda Iharu’s sensory technique detected Yechen’s extraordinary energy and left Yechen wary.

• A Konoha Jonin used Earth Release to smash through the stronghold’s defenses and injure the Rock Ninja defenders.
• Nakagawa Ichirō sent Teams One and Two to intercept enemies and Teams Three and Four to find and destroy the supply warehouse.
• Team Three captured a Rock Ninja Genin, and a Yamanaka Clan ninja used Mind-Reading to locate the warehouse beneath the village center.
• As Team Three approached the central area, Fukuda Iharu used Thermal Sensing and was startled by the amount of energy he sensed in Yechen.
• Fukuda Iharu mistook Yechen’s energy for that of a powerful Jonin, while Yechen suspected the captain had discovered something about him.

Yechen and the Third Squad attacked two Rock Ninja squads, quickly defeating the enemies in the central house before locating the underground chamber. After a teammate opened the floor, Yechen used an Explosive Tag to blast the passage and prevent an ambush.

• Fukuda Iharu sensed two standard Genin squads, and the Third Squad headed for the central house.
• Yechen deflected incoming Kunai, entered the house with his teammates, and killed the Iwagakure Chunin and three Genin.
• Fukuda Iharu used Heat Perception to lead the squad to the underground passage beneath a room.
• A Chunin used Earth Release: Seismic Wave to collapse the floor, crushing one enemy Genin beneath the rubble.
• Yechen threw a Kunai carrying an Explosive Tag into the passage, and the blast sent flames upward as the walls cracked.

Yechen and his squad destroyed an Iwagakure supply warehouse, but the ensuing pursuit caused heavy casualties on both sides. When Yechen returned to base, he saw that more than half the camp’s ninja were missing and found Ito Miyuki crying outside Team 7’s tent.

• Yechen killed the surviving Rock Ninja after the other three Iwagakure genin had died in the initial attacks.
• Yechen and his squad found the supply warehouse, where he planted explosive tags and secretly took supplies for his system space.
• The squad withdrew, and Fukuda Iharu fired a signal flare before the warehouse exploded and destroyed the village stronghold.
• Rock Ninja pursued the Konoha Ninja, leading to a desperate battle in which a member of Yechen’s squad was killed.
• Yechen returned to a camp missing more than half its ninja and found Ito Miyuki crying outside Team 7’s tent.

Yechen learned that Abe Rō and Nakagawa Ichirō had died protecting their comrades, and comforted the wounded Ito Miyuki before resolving to grow stronger. The completed mission rewarded him with new Lightning Release techniques and enough evolution points to break through his bloodline.

• Ito Miyuki reunited with Yechen and told him Abe Rō and Nakagawa Ichirō were dead.
• Yechen grieved for his friend and teacher, then asked Ito Miyuki how they had died.
• Ito Miyuki explained that Nakagawa Ichirō died covering the retreat and Abe Rō sacrificed himself to save her from Iwagakure chunin.
• Yechen comforted Ito Miyuki, took her to the medical room, and returned to his tent determined to train and become stronger.
• The system awarded Yechen 500 evolution points, ten Spirit-Transforming Fruit, and Lightning Release-Nine Changes of the Thunder God.
• Yechen counted his 920 evolution points and realized he could break through his bloodline that night.

Yechen evolved his Sharingan and Byakugan, awakened the Illusion-Piercing Divine Eye, and strengthened himself through cultivation. Back at the Main Camp, he helped Ito Miyuki recover some resolve by sparring with her.

• Yechen raised his constitution and strength, evolving his Sharingan into its Two-Tomoe form and his Byakugan into its second stage.
• The Primordial Chaos Devouring Heaven Technique awakened Yechen's Illusion-Piercing Divine Eye as his attributes reached 100, and he continued cultivating during the outpost's three-day rest.
• After spending all his evolution points, Yechen learned that his new divine eye could perceive spiritual energy and see through illusions, though stronger opponents could still resist it.
• Yechen and the surviving ninja returned to the Main Camp, and he said goodbye to Ito Miyuki before resuming cultivation.
• Yechen sparred with Ito Miyuki at the southern training ground, helping her regain some resolve after Abe Rō and her companions died.

Yechen noticed signs that the Main Camp was preparing for a major operation but could only train while keeping watch. Orochimaru then gathered Konoha’s Jonin and Root ninja to organize a retaliation against Iwagakure while keeping Sunagakure from intervening.

• Yechen and Ito Miyuki saw a squad returning from an outpost ahead of schedule, and Yechen suspected the camp was preparing for something major.
• Yechen observed that the Main Camp was filling with recalled ninja, restricting contact with the outside, and maintaining powerful sensory barriers.
• Orochimaru met with Konoha’s Jonin and learned that most of the ninja had returned and the operation plan had not leaked, though Sunagakure and Iwagakure had noticed the movement.
• Orochimaru explained that Konoha planned to retaliate against Iwagakure and use Root ninja to divert Sunagakure’s attention.

Orochimaru launched a large-scale surprise attack on Iwagakure’s main supply outpost in the Land of Rain, while Yechen and Ito Miyuki were assigned to intercept the reinforcements. As they reached their interception point, Yechen worried about keeping Miyuki safe in the battle ahead.

• Orochimaru ordered Root to assassinate key Sunagakure figures and set the operation to begin the following night.
• Yechen learned that Konoha’s force was targeting Iwagakure’s largest supply distribution center, a strike made possible by Orochimaru’s earlier feint and troop repositioning.
• Yechen’s unit camped near the outpost, and a system mission tasked him with holding off Iwagakure’s reinforcements before withdrawing safely.
• Yechen and Ito Miyuki joined a roughly three-hundred-ninja unit and moved to a river valley that the reinforcements were likely to use.
• Yechen told Miyuki to stay close to him during the fighting because he feared losing the last remaining member of Team 7.

Yechen and Konoha’s forces ambushed Iwagakure’s reinforcements, then joined the battle. Yechen killed several Chunin and defeated a sword-wielding opponent, while Miyuki fought more cautiously against Genin.

• After hours of waiting, Yechen’s squad spotted the approaching Iwagakure reinforcements, numbering about two hundred.
• The Konoha squad leader ordered an attack, and the ambush killed many Rock Ninja before the forces clashed.
• Yechen slowed his charge with Ito Miyuki to avoid the Jonin fighting, then sent Miyuki to engage Genin while he targeted Chunin.
• Yechen killed three Iwagakure Chunin, including a swordsman whose weapon he broke before cutting his throat.

Yechen protected Ito Miyuki through the end of the first battle, then joined more than a hundred Konoha ninja at the second interception point to face another wave of Iwagakure reinforcements. He and Ito Miyuki were assigned to the third team as the defenders prepared for battle.

• Yechen killed the Chunin attacking Ito Miyuki with a thrown kunai and stayed close to her during the fighting.
• A Konoha Special Jōnin ordered the survivors to move to the second interception point and follow the third unit commander's orders.
• Yechen and Ito Miyuki reached the second interception point, where Konoha forces gathered and awaited the enemy reinforcements.
• Ito Miyuki thanked Yechen for protecting her and asked him to promise that he would survive; Yechen promised they would return to Konoha together.
• The unit commander split the defenders into five teams, assigning Yechen and Ito Miyuki to the third team in the middle section.

Yechen’s unit was forced into battle when Kitsuchi’s elite Rock ninja cleared the forest with a sand technique. A Kamizuru jonin targeted Yechen with a swarm of giant bees, and the chapter ended as the bees fired their stingers at him.

• Kitsuchi used a sand river to expose the hidden Konoha ninja, and the two forces began fighting.
• The Rock ninja attacked with growing stones, then both sides clashed across the battlefield.
• Yechen spotted a swarm of giant bees and identified them as weapons of the Kamizuru Clan.
• Chi Feng noticed Yechen’s Uchiha clothing and directed the swarm after him.
• Yechen told Ito Miyuki to stay safe, drew the bees away from the battle, and stopped near his unit.
• The bees fired their stingers at Yechen.

Yechen fought Chi Feng and his mutated bees, burning through swarms while avoiding their stingers and corrosive spit. After provoking Chi Feng over the Kamizuru Clan’s defeat by the Aburame Clan, Yechen caught him in a brief Sharingan illusion, creating an opening to attack.

• Yechen incinerated Chi Feng’s first bee swarm with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Chi Feng sent a Giant Bee and more bees at Yechen, who dodged their corrosive liquid and burned away another wave.
• Yechen continued fighting the swarms with Great Fireballs as Chi Feng taunted him and assumed his chakra was running low.
• Yechen insulted the Kamizuru Clan and its loss to the Aburame Clan, driving Chi Feng into a rage.
• Yechen used his two-tomoe Sharingan to briefly daze Chi Feng and create an opening.

Yechen badly wounded Chi Feng, but Chi Feng used the Human-Insect Reincarnation Technique to survive inside the queen bee. Yechen killed the queen bee with Lightning Balls, then realized Chi Feng was still alive because no evolution points appeared for him and the bees remained in formation.

• Chi Feng resisted Yechen's Sharingan long enough to avoid a fatal sword strike, but Yechen's electrically charged blade severely wounded him.
• Yechen threw a space-compressed shuriken at Chi Feng, and Chi Feng unleashed the Human-Insect Reincarnation Technique, causing the queen bee to swallow him.
• The queen bee's armored abdomen stopped the shuriken, though the impact damaged it and left it unsteady.
• Yechen struck the queen bee with three Lightning Balls, killing it and earning 400 evolution points.
• Yechen noticed that Chi Feng had granted no evolution points and that the bees were still organized, so he realized Chi Feng was alive.

Yechen killed Chi Feng after outlasting his transformed bee-like attacks and destroyed the remaining spirit bees for evolution points. The battle continued with the Rock Ninja holding the advantage and Konoha suffering heavy casualties.

• Chi Feng emerged from the queen bee’s abdomen transformed into a bee-like monster, and he fought Yechen with greatly increased speed and swarms of stingers.
• Yechen used the Sharingan to trap Chi Feng in the Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, then killed him with his blade.
• Yechen burned the remaining spirit bees and calculated that his two recent battles had earned him 3,750 evolution points.
• Yechen returned his attention to the battlefield, where the Rock Ninja pressed their attack and Konoha had already suffered more than thirty casualties.

Yechen found Ito Miyuki gravely injured and killed the Iwagakure chunin who had attacked her, but a second attacker struck Yechen from behind. Miyuki died after taking the blow meant for him, and Yechen began a furious battle against Matsuda Kyūji, the Iwagakure jonin who had targeted him.

• Yechen used shuriken and lightning attacks to defeat the Iwagakure chunin who had wounded Ito Miyuki, then hurried to her side.
• A hidden attacker stabbed Yechen, but Ito Miyuki shielded him and took the kunai wound herself.
• As she died in Yechen's arms, Ito Miyuki asked him to keep living and visit her grave with a cosmos flower each year, and he promised.
• Yechen learned that Matsuda Kyūji, an Iwagakure jonin, had targeted him because of his Sharingan and attacked him in grief and rage.
• Yechen drove Matsuda Kyūji back with powerful shuriken, a Great Fireball Technique, and repeated lightning-ball attacks, while the jonin dodged and defended himself.

Yechen killed Matsuda Kyūji in a brutal sword fight, then mutilated his corpse while consumed by memories of Ito Miyuki. After Konoha’s retreat succeeded, he carried Miyuki’s body back to the Main Camp, where more than half of the force had been lost.

• Yechen overwhelmed Matsuda Kyūji with swordsmanship, severed his left arm, and pierced his heart, earning 1200 Evolution Points.
• Yechen repeatedly stabbed Matsuda Kyūji’s corpse as memories of Ito Miyuki drove him into a frenzy.
• Fireworks signaled Konoha’s retreat, and Yechen carried Ito Miyuki’s body away from the battlefield with the other Konoha Ninjas.
• Kitsuchi pursued the retreating Konoha force but stopped when it joined another group and regained a numerical advantage.
• After more than a dozen hours of forced marching, Yechen and the survivors reached Konoha’s Main Camp, where he carried Miyuki to his tent.

After losing Miyuki and the rest of Team 7, Yechen mourned and resolved to bring Miyuki back someday by preserving her body. Uchiha Zhiye confirmed Yechen’s Two-Tomoe Sharingan, offered him clan techniques, and told him to prepare for the Chunin Exams as Yechen returned to intense training.

• Yechen returned to the tent with Miyuki’s body, grieved for her and his dead teammates, and kept her preserved in system space so he could try to resurrect her someday.
• Uchiha Zhiye visited to verify Yechen’s awakened Two-Tomoe Sharingan and was surprised by how much strength Yechen had gained.
• Uchiha Zhiye invited Yechen to join the clan’s combat squad, but Yechen refused because he wanted to stay on the battlefield and earn evolution points.
• Uchiha Zhiye gave Yechen scrolls containing Sharingan techniques and a sword technique, then told him the clan would arrange for him to take the Chunin Exams in a little over a month.
• Yechen reflected that he was the only surviving member of Team 7 and resumed patrols and intensive training.

After using up his evolution points, Yechen returned to Konoha with a group of Genin to attend the Chunin Exams. His growing strength and reputation set him apart from the others, while thoughts of the comrades he had lost left him lonely.

• Yechen exhausted his evolution points, reached Jonin rank, and trained in Sharingan genjutsu and the Uchiha Sword Technique while keeping Hyōrinmaru secret.
• Yechen learned that he would return to Konoha with a group of Genin for the Chunin Exams in half a month.
• Alone at night, Yechen remembered Miyuki, Teacher Nakagawa, and Abe Rō and wondered whether they were doing well in the other world.
• Yechen set out for Konoha with more than a dozen Genin, escorted by Jonin and Chunin.
• The shinobi on the road kept their distance from Yechen because of his battlefield record, awakened Sharingan, and Uchiha background.