Chapter Summaries

Yuhi Kurenai, Uzuki Yugao, and Anko visited Uchiha Huayue, whose new Fox Charm trait made them unusually attracted to his scent. Their intimate confessions were interrupted by someone rushing in with urgent news.

• Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao met outside Huayue's house and realized they had both come to visit him.
• Anko arrived with dango and red bean soup, then asked Huayue whether he would join her in training outside the village with Orochimaru-sensei.
• Huayue fell asleep on the sofa, and Anko woke him by grabbing his collar as the three girls noticed his alluring scent.
• Huayue discovered that his Monthly Sign-In had given him the exclusive trait Fox Charm.
• Anko, Kurenai, and Yugao confessed their desire for Huayue before a figure burst in and announced that something terrible had happened.

Uchiha Huayue escaped Ebisu’s awkward encounter and learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen had assigned him to independently guard against attacks from other great nations. After preparing specialized kunai, Huayue resolved to end the age of shinobi.

• Huayue escaped Ebisu and reassured him about his chances of finding a girlfriend before disappearing again.
• Ebisu told Huayue that Sarutobi Hiruzen had summoned him to the Mission Assignment Hall for an urgent matter.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Huayue’s mission was to independently guard against possible attacks from other great nations.
• Huayue returned home and found three portions of snacks and specialized kunai waiting for him, suspecting that a three-man Anbu squad had been assigned to watch him.
• Huayue marked the kunai with Chakra and declared that he would personally bring the age of shinobi to an end.

Huayue led a battlefield rescue squad with Might Duy and Maruboshi Kosuke while Kirigakure's activity increased. When Might Guy and his teammates faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Might Duy arrived to protect them, declaring that their true youth was beginning.

• Huayue defeated three Kirigakure squads and warned Might Duy and Maruboshi Kosuke to stay alert as Kirigakure's movements grew more frequent.
• Huayue left to investigate smoke rising from the forest, while Kosuke packed him food and Might Duy discussed his son, Might Guy.
• Kosuke spotted Might Guy heading into the forest, and Might Duy followed after saying he would notify Huayue.
• Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu encountered Kirigakure's Seven Ninja Swordsmen and feared they could not escape.
• Might Duy rushed in front of the three chunin and told Might Guy to protect what mattered, even if it cost his life.

Might Duy opened the Eight Gates to protect Guy and fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, while Uchiha Huayue raced to find him. Huayue arrived in time to seal Duy’s gates and stabilize him, then confronted the Kirigakure swordsmen as they recognized him as Body Flicker Gengetsu.

• Might Duy opened the Eight Gates and drove Guy to safety while fighting Juzo Biwa and the other Kirigakure ninja.
• Body Flicker Gengetsu killed a Kirigakure squad, while Ao and the surviving ninja secured a Byakugan and set out for Kirigakure.
• Huayue learned that Duy had not returned and left the meeting point to search for him.
• Might Duy fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and prepared to use the death gate, but Huayue sealed his gates and used Kurama’s power to keep him alive.
• Huayue confronted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, and they recognized him as Body Flicker Gengetsu.

Uchiha Huayue defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with his Body Flicker Gengetsu, stole Samehada, and returned to Konoha with Ebisu and Shiranui Genma. Might Duy survived surgery but was likely unable to become a ninja again, while Huayue was summoned by the Hokage and the ANBU hinted at an unusual wartime achievement.

• Uchiha Huayue used Phantom Clones and Flying Raijin Slash to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, killing or incapacitating most of them and taking Samehada.
• Might Guy and Shiranui Genma marveled at Huayue's technique as he reassured Ebisu that their gap was small and led them back to Konoha.
• Suikazan Fuguki and Juzo Biwa survived and learned that Ao had obtained the Hyuga Clan's Kekkei Genkai before retreating with the remaining Kirigakure ninja.
• Nonō told Might Guy, Ebisu, and Shiranui Genma that Might Duy had survived surgery but might never become a ninja again.
• An ANBU ninja summoned Uchiha Huayue to the Hokage and began to congratulate him before stopping himself.

Uchiha Huayue and Hatake Kakashi were formally appointed as Konoha jonin, despite Utatane Koharu’s objections. Huayue later encouraged Obito to awaken his Sharingan and surpass Kakashi, while privately thinking about the greater power of Dual Kamui.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen announced that Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Huayue would be appointed Konoha jonin for their battlefield service and abilities.
• Utatane Koharu protested Huayue’s promotion, but Sarutobi Hiruzen defended his actions as an embodiment of the Will of Fire.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Namikaze Minato to guide Huayue, and Minato agreed that Huayue would become an excellent jonin.
• Huayue congratulated Kakashi and encountered Nohara Rin, who invited him to a celebration for Kakashi’s promotion.
• Huayue encouraged Obito to awaken his Sharingan and promised that his eyes could help him surpass Kakashi.
• Huayue privately compared Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu to ordinary cards and Dual Kamui to an SSR, before a familiar voice addressed him.

Orochimaru brought Uchiha Huayue to sign a summoning scroll, but Huayue summoned the White Snake Sage and was taken to Ryūchi Cave for a trial. There, he refused a green-haired woman’s offer of food and rest.

• Orochimaru showed Huayue a summoning scroll signed by Mitarashi Anko and brought him to the Third Training Ground to try it.
• Huayue used Summoning Jutsu and summoned the White Snake Sage, startling Orochimaru and alarming the Black Nine-Tails.
• The White Snake Sage sensed Huayue’s dangerous power, challenged him to pass her trial, and took him to Ryūchi Cave.
• Huayue explored the misty cave as its inhabitants discussed putting him through a trial.
• A green-haired woman invited Huayue into her home and offered him food, but he refused.

Huayue refused Ryūchi Cave’s trial and fought the three Divine Princesses, forcing them to guide him to the White Snake Sage. The Sage invited him into the temple, intrigued by the secrets hidden within him.

• Huayue refused the Green-Haired Woman’s offer to wait and summoned Tailed Beast Susanoo with Kurama.
• Tagorihime revealed her giant serpent form, but Huayue struck her aside and defeated her and the arriving Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime.
• Huayue sensed the three princesses even when they vanished into the mist and overwhelmed them in battle.
• Huayue’s Fox Charm captivated the princesses, who guided him to the White Snake Sage’s temple and warned that the Sage might swallow him.
• The White Snake Sage invited Huayue inside and said he seemed interesting, with secrets beyond his Sharingan.

Uchiha Huayue underwent Ryūchi Cave’s Natural Energy trial and gained the Snake Sage trait, allowing him to absorb Natural Energy with ease. After a yearly sign-in notification appeared, the White Snake Sage and the three Divine Princesses poured even more energy into him as his eyes transformed into a Mangekyō.

• The White Snake Sage emerged and bit Huayue to test how much Natural Energy he could withstand.
• Huayue’s sign-in awarded him Invisibility and the Snake Sage trait, letting him control Natural Energy and sense chakra and living beings.
• The Black Nine-Tails urged Huayue to absorb the Natural Energy, and Huayue began drawing in the White Snake Sage’s Sage Energy.
• The White Snake Sage called on Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime to inject more Natural Energy into Huayue.
• Huayue’s eyes transformed into a Mangekyō as his yearly sign-in succeeded.

Uchiha Huayue entered perfect Sage Mode in Ryūchi Cave and returned to Konoha after spending more than twenty days there. As Iwagakure forces crossed the Land of Grass toward the Land of Fire, Konoha prepared for war and summoned Huayue and Namikaze Minato.

• Uchiha Huayue mastered perfect Sage Mode after the White Snake Sage and the three Divine Princesses gave him Natural Energy.
• Uchiha Huayue spoke with the Black Nine-Tails about Natural Energy and his weakening eyesight before returning to Konoha.
• Uchiha Huayue wandered through Konoha during the New Year celebrations after realizing he had spent more than twenty days in Ryūchi Cave.
• More than a thousand Iwagakure ninjas crossed the Land of Grass, while Kusagakure's leaders chose not to oppose them.
• Konoha Anbu delivered news of the invasion to the Hokage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the ninja to prepare for war and summoned Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Huayue.

After advising Obito to confess to Rin, Huayue watched him recover from her rejection and encouraged him to awaken his Sharingan. As war loomed, Orochimaru visited Huayue in disguise and was caught in his paralysis Genjutsu.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Minato and Huayue that they would decide the outcome of Konoha's conflict with Iwagakure, and Huayue left the Hokage's Office.
• Obito came to Huayue for advice about confessing to Rin, and Huayue urged him to speak before war could take away his chance.
• Obito confessed to Rin, received an encouraging rejection, and returned to Huayue's home upset that she liked Kakashi.
• Huayue encouraged Obito to awaken his Sharingan, and Obito left determined to surpass Kakashi and win Rin over.
• Orochimaru appeared before Huayue in a woman's disguise, but Huayue revealed that he had trapped Orochimaru in a paralysis Genjutsu.

Huayue learned that the Third Hokage had tasked him with holding back Ōnoki, while Orochimaru questioned him about his power and journey to Ryūchi Cave. At a Hyuga clan meeting, Hizashi challenged the Main House’s blame of the Branch House for a lost Byakugan, then encountered a mysterious figure who asked what he wanted to become.

• Orochimaru revealed himself to Huayue, questioned how he had left Ryūchi Cave unharmed, and received no answer about his power.
• Orochimaru told Huayue that the Third Hokage had assigned him to hold back Ōnoki.
• Hyuga De'en blamed the Branch House for the Byakugan lost to Kirigakure, and Hizashi argued that Hyuga Menfeng had caused his own death.
• Hyuga De'en demanded that the Branch House protect every remaining Byakugan, even at the cost of their lives.
• Hizashi wandered alone to a training ground, where a black-cloaked figure asked what he wanted to become.

Hizashi Hyuga questioned the fate imposed on the branch house after a mysterious figure challenged him to become more than a caged bird. Huayue rejected Obito’s romantic choices, then left to confront Ōnoki as Konoha and Iwagakure massed at the Land of Earth border.

• A masked figure told Hizashi Hyuga to choose between remaining a caged bird and becoming a star blazing with blood and fire, then vanished before Hizashi could identify him.
• At home, Uchiha Huayue considered the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal and discussed Ao’s wanted notice while Obito presented gifts from Kurenai, Anko, and Yugao.
• Huayue said he could choose none of the girls or take them all, and Obito stormed off to train after declaring he would make Rin fall for him.
• Kagerō delivered the Third Hokage’s order for Huayue to go to the Land of Earth border, and Huayue warned that he could only delay Ōnoki and tie down some enemy forces.
• Konoha’s notable clans headed to the battlefield as Iwagakure gained the advantage, and Ōnoki detected someone approaching near the border.

Uchiha Huayue confronted Ōnoki and more than sixty Iwa-nin, surviving the Third Tsuchikage’s Dust Release with a powerful Mangekyō ability. After trapping the Iwa-nin in Genjutsu, Huayue announced that his next target was Iwagakure.

• Uchiha Huayue told Ōnoki that his mission was to hold him there and experience Dust Release.
• Huo Guang lunged at Huayue, but his blades passed through Huayue before Huayue wounded him with a kunai.
• Ōnoki attacked Huayue with Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, believing he had reduced the boy to dust.
• Huayue appeared behind Ōnoki and immobilized more than sixty Iwa-nin with Mangekyō Sharingan Genjutsu.
• Ōnoki recognized Huayue’s eyes as resembling Uchiha Madara’s, and Huayue declared that he was leaving for Iwagakure.

Uchiha Huayue forced Ōnoki to stay out of the Third Great Ninja War and demonstrated his power by creating a vast crater outside Iwagakure. At the border of the Land of Earth, Huayue finally made the Black Nine-Tails reveal a bamboo scroll containing a treasure from another world.

• Huayue told Ōnoki that he must not personally fight in the war and warned that violating the order would bring a threat to Iwagakure.
• Huayue vanished and unleashed Sage Art: Great Rasengan Ring outside the village, causing a massive earthquake and creating a gigantic crater.
• Kitsuchi reported the destruction to Ōnoki, who vowed to remain in the village and warned Iwa-nin to flee if they encountered Huayue.
• Roshi and Han inspected the crater and wondered whether a Tailed Beast Bomb or a Jinchūriki had caused it.
• At the Land of Earth border, Huayue pressured the Black Nine-Tails until it handed over a bamboo scroll about a treasure from another world.

Uchiha Huayue obtained the Book of Vermilion Moon and learned that it had helped Black Nine-Tails reclaim its sealed half, while its connection to his Mangekyō remained mysterious. Meanwhile, Konoha’s leaders planned a strike on Kannabi Bridge and summoned Minato’s former team for the mission.

• Black Nine-Tails told Huayue that the Book of Vermilion Moon had brought its other half back into its main body and had changed after Huayue accepted Natural Energy in Ryūchi Cave.
• Huayue kept the Book of Vermilion Moon after noticing that his Mangekyō stirred when he touched it.
• In the Hokage’s Office, Konoha’s leaders discussed their stretched battle lines and the heavy losses among ordinary ninja.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen chose Kannabi Bridge as the target, intending to disrupt Iwagakure’s supply routes with a strike led by Minato’s former team.
• Hiruzen rejected sending Huayue to accompany the team and ordered Minato’s former team to be summoned.

Huayue warned Minato’s team about Iwagakure, caught White Zetsu spying, and obtained Hashirama Cells while learning about Madara’s plans. Days later, back in Konoha, Anko asked whether Huayue had returned because Orochimaru would become Hokage, and Huayue insisted Namikaze Minato was the next Hokage.

• Minato gave Kakashi, Obito, and Nohara Rin final instructions for their mission to destroy Kannabi Bridge as Huayue’s Shadow Clone warned them about Iwagakure’s forces.
• White Zetsu emerged after Minato’s team left, but Huayue appeared behind him and used his check-in ability to obtain the Mayfly Technique.
• Huayue learned that Madara was old and had given his Rinnegan to Nagato, wounded White Zetsu, and took his Hashirama Cells before White Zetsu escaped.
• Huayue secretly marked White Zetsu and realized that Obito’s fate and the spark of the Fourth Great Ninja War were unfolding.
• Several days later, in Orochimaru’s Konoha laboratory, Huayue discussed Ōnoki’s Dust Release, and Anko asked whether he had returned because Orochimaru might become Hokage.
• Huayue reacted with surprise and said Namikaze Minato was the next Hokage.

Huayue confronted Orochimaru about his ambition to become Hokage and warned that Konoha would eventually see him as a threat. He left with Anko for dango, while Orochimaru remained intent on his forbidden research and questioned whether the war must continue.

• Huayue told Orochimaru that Minato was a leading Hokage candidate and argued that Orochimaru’s battlefield achievements would not secure him the position.
• Huayue warned that after the war, Orochimaru’s dangerous ideas and experiments could make him a threat to Konoha, and said he would need to submit or keep the war going to continue his research.
• Orochimaru dismissed Huayue as a child and returned to contemplating his forbidden technique and the possibility of endless war.
• Huayue took Anko to a dango shop, where she invited him to her house to see a snake that could do backflips.
• Huayue suggested they go to his place to test a new ninjutsu, and Anko reluctantly agreed.

Huayue demonstrated Blut Vene, a defensive Secret Jutsu inspired by knowledge from the Book of Vermilion Moon, while warning Anko that the war might last longer than she expected. After Kirigakure destroyed war supplies and threw Konoha’s fortunes into doubt, Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Uchiha Shisui had defeated an infiltrating squad led by Ao.

• Huayue teased Anko about their first meeting before demonstrating Blut Vene, which automatically gathered chakra to defend her body without hand seals.
• Huayue explained that he had developed Blut Vene using knowledge from the Book of Vermilion Moon and Orochimaru-sensei's research.
• Anko tested Blut Vene and praised Huayue's skill, while Huayue predicted the war could continue until Orochimaru-sensei achieved his goal.
• Nara Shikaku saw the battlefield situation improve after Namikaze Minato and Hatake Kakashi intercepted Iwagakure forces in the Land of Grass.
• Several days later, Sarutobi Hiruzen learned that Kirigakure had destroyed war supplies, reversing Konoha's favorable position.
• An Intelligence Unit member reported that Uchiha Shisui had defeated Kirigakure infiltrators led by Ao near the Land of Fire.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Uchiha Shisui as reinforcements and quietly contacted Nara Shikaku while an unseen snake watched. At the Third Training Ground, Uchiha Huayue tested a new defensive technique on Uzuki Yugao, evaded a summons from the Uchiha Military Police, and the chapter ended with Obito waking beneath the Mountain Graveyard.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Uchiha Shisui to reinforce the Land of Bears and sent a secret letter to Nara Shikaku.
• Uchiha Huayue sparred with Uzuki Yugao, then injected her with his defensive ninjutsu, Blut Vene, for her to test.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Huayue how he saw her, but he vanished when the Uchiha Military Police arrived looking for him.
• Huayue returned after the Police Force left and said he wanted no part in the Uchiha Clan's affairs.
• Obito woke beneath the Mountain Graveyard, where the aged figure asked if he was awake.