Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Huayue’s Mangekyō technique struck Uchiha Madara through Obito, while Huayue navigated clan politics in Konoha and accepted Uchiha Fugaku’s invitation to dinner. The chapter ended with Fugaku asking Huayue if he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Obito’s Sharingan activated Huayue’s Transcription Seal, making Obito fire a Tailed Beast Bomb at Uchiha Madara before the seal used the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique on White Zetsu.
• Madara survived with Izanagi, explained the Transcription Seal to Obito, and asked whether Huayue was his friend.
• Uchiha Fugaku reprimanded Huayue for his behavior toward the Third Hokage and told him to attend the clan meeting, then invited him to discuss the war over dinner.
• Fugaku’s subordinates questioned why he was courting Huayue, and Fugaku argued that the clan needed to win the young warrior’s favor.
• Huayue reflected on Madara’s survival and his successful infiltration, then went to Fugaku’s home and met Uchiha Mikoto.
• Fugaku asked Huayue whether he had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, causing Huayue to spit out his tea.

Huayue discussed the Uchiha Clan’s problems and the Mangekyō Sharingan with Fugaku, who hoped to find a way to improve the clan’s standing. After Huayue left, Fugaku reflected on his abilities and grew concerned when an emergency hawk arrived at the Hokage Office Building.

• Fugaku explained the Mangekyō Sharingan and asked Huayue for his honest assessment of the Uchiha Clan.
• Huayue criticized the clan’s arrogance and the Police Force’s reputation, then gave Fugaku a vague answer about how the clan might change its situation.
• Fugaku and Huayue discussed the likely candidates for Fourth Hokage before Huayue noticed young Uchiha Itachi listening outside.
• Mikoto served Fugaku and Huayue a meal, and Fugaku later told her that Huayue had fought powerful opponents and killed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure.
• An emergency communications hawk flew toward the Hokage Office Building, leaving Fugaku worried about the front lines.

Sarutobi Hiruzen investigated the exposure of Konoha’s secrets while Huayue unlocked knowledge from the Book of Vermilion Moon with Kyoka Suigetsu. Kirigakure forces surrounded Shikaku’s camp and captured Shisui’s freedom of movement, and Hiruzen summoned Huayue to rescue the Konoha ninjas in their hands.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Kagerō to deliver a letter to Shikaku and worried about Kirigakure’s response to Huayue defeating the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Huayue used Kyoka Suigetsu to open the Book of Vermilion Moon, gained knowledge from another world, and suspected Orochimaru had gone too far.
• Kirigakure ninjas discovered Shikaku’s camp, but Shisui defeated the first group before warning that over a hundred elite ninjas were approaching.
• Karatachi Yagura, Suikazan Fuguki, and Juzo Biwa confronted the camp and demanded that Shisui bring Huayue to them; Shisui left through their encirclement, bleeding from his eyes.
• The next morning, Hiruzen summoned Huayue and ordered him to rescue the Konoha ninjas held by Kirigakure.

Uchiha Huayue accepted a mission to rescue Konoha ninja held in Kirigakure, where the Fourth Mizukage and two surviving Seven Ninja Swordsmen awaited him. He refused the Hyuga Clan’s demand to recover its stolen Byakugan, then left Konoha intrigued by the opportunity ahead.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Huayue that the Fourth Mizukage had specifically requested him for a rescue mission, and Huayue agreed after learning that Nara Shikaku and young ninja were among the captives.
• The Hyuga Clan asked Huayue to kill the Hidden Mist Jonin who had stolen its Byakugan and retrieve the eye, but Huayue refused, saying his mission was to rescue Konoha’s captured ninja.
• Orochimaru appeared and called Huayue his gifted disciple, while Hizashi Hyuga recognized Huayue as the mysterious ninja who had once asked what he wanted to become.
• Huayue vanished with his Body Flicker Technique, leaving Hizashi with a trace of hope, then stood at Konoha’s gate and decided to try something during the mission.

Uchiha Shisui apologized to Huayue for using Kotoamatsukami to secure the Ninja Swordsmen’s blades and Body Flicker Gengetsu. Huayue entered Kirigakure’s trap to rescue the hostages, but negotiations failed and a clash with Karatachi Yagura began.

• Uchiha Shisui admitted that he used Kotoamatsukami to influence the Fourth Mizukage and explained why he had pursued the blades and Body Flicker Gengetsu.
• Huayue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to vanish, while Shisui waited for him to rescue the hostages.
• Huayue walked into the Kirigakure ambush, where Juzo Biwa, Suikazan Fuguki, and Karatachi Yagura confronted him.
• Huayue offered Karatachi Yagura a choice between negotiation and fighting, but Yagura demanded that Huayue kill himself.
• Huayue launched Sage Art: Great Rasengan Ring, and Karatachi Yagura countered with Water Release: Water Mirror Technique as a colossal figure appeared.

Uchiha Huayue rescued the captured Konoha ninja from Kirigakure, using illusions and teleportation to return most of them to Konoha. The Fourth Mizukage and Kirigakure forces awakened to find the prisoners gone, while Sarutobi Hiruzen questioned Nara Shikaku about Huayue’s abilities.

• Uchiha Huayue freed the Konoha hostages from Genjutsu and discovered that Inuzuka Ago and Akimichi Torikaede were missing.
• Huayue used the Body Flicker Technique to transport Nara Shikaku and the rescued Konoha ninja to Konoha’s gates.
• Nara Shikaku described Huayue as a gifted young jōnin whose strength and abilities were difficult to judge.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Shikaku how the group had returned safely and wondered whether Huayue’s Body Flicker Technique surpassed Minato’s.
• Huayue used Sage Art: Transformation to trap Kirigakure ninja in illusions, then rescued the remaining Konoha prisoners and sent them to Konoha.
• The Fourth Mizukage dispelled the illusion mist, realized the prisoners had escaped, and demanded to know where Huayue had gone.

Huayue used the Book of Vermilion Moon on the infant Haku, changing the child from a boy into a girl and draining much of the Black Nine-Tails’s chakra. Back in Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Namikaze Minato to guide Huayue, while Huayue noticed the Telescope Technique watching him and remarked on Kakashi’s eye.

• Karatachi Yagura regretted surviving his encounter with a Konoha ninja and losing the chance to keep the Byakugan he had obtained.
• Huayue entered a snowbound village, put Haku’s mother under Genjutsu, and used the Book of Vermilion Moon on the infant.
• Huayue discovered that the child had become a girl, while the Book’s power drained much of the Black Nine-Tails’s chakra and stirred Natural Energy around the village.
• Huayue fought the Black Nine-Tails, then wondered whether the war was nearing its end as he sensed a chakra mark on the child.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Namikaze Minato to guide Uchiha Huayue, and Minato watched Huayue return from a successful mission with captured Konoha Ninja.
• Huayue noticed the Telescope Technique spying on him and joked about Kakashi’s eye.

Huayue encountered Kakashi and later reunited with Might Duy, whose life he had saved after Duy opened the Eight Gates Formation. He spoke with Rin about Obito over ramen, then left her behind, and someone familiar approached to check on her.

• Huayue reminded Kakashi that Obito's eye was a precious gift and warned him not to regret losing people, but Kakashi said he would honor Obito's will and left.
• Huayue met Might Duy and praised his recovery, while Duy thanked him for saving his life after he opened the Eight Gates Formation.
• Huayue's check-in with Duy granted him the Eight Gates Formation Array.
• Rin asked Huayue to tell her about Obito, and he agreed to talk over ramen.
• Huayue guessed that Rin had rejected Obito because she liked Kakashi, then advised her not to let her feelings show during missions before leaving.
• Rin remained stunned after Huayue left, and a familiar woman approached to ask whether she was all right.

Rin comforted Red Bean about Obito and learned how frustrated she was with Huayue, while Obito continued recovering under Madara’s watch. After Red Bean wandered into Huayue’s home, he welcomed her back with a teasing question, leaving her protesting in alarm.

• Rin told Red Bean that Obito had died a hero, and Red Bean complained that Huayue kept dismissing her.
• Obito worked to rehabilitate himself and planned to return to Konoha, while Madara warned him that hatred would continue after the war.
• A White Zetsu reported that Huayue had returned to Konoha and that Rin and Kakashi were people he valued; Madara declared he would end the age of ninja.
• Red Bean ate dango and drank red bean soup while venting to Rin, who left to get home before curfew.
• Red Bean wandered to Huayue’s untended home, entered without knocking, and was bound by Celestial Maiden after attacking her.
• Huayue recognized Red Bean, welcomed her back, and teased her by asking whether she wanted to eat, bathe, or something else.

Anko woke beside Huayue, remembered their drunken night, and declared that she would take responsibility by claiming him as hers. As the Third Great Ninja War neared its end, Root began monitoring the Akatsuki, and Rin received orders to return to the front before encountering Huayue at an abandoned training ground.

• Anko woke beside Huayue and learned that she had confessed to him and spent the night with him after eating liqueur-filled chocolate.
• Anko blamed Kurenai for sending the chocolate, then said she would take responsibility and declared that Huayue belonged to her.
• As the Third Great Ninja War gradually approached its end, Danzo reviewed Root reports and marked the Akatsuki for surveillance.
• Rin was assigned frontline medical duties and wandered to an abandoned training ground, where she recognized Huayue and asked what flower he would be.

Huayue comforted Rin during a rainy conversation, then chose not to confront a White Zetsu spying on her and reaffirmed his ambition with Black Nine-Tails. The next day, Orochimaru examined a sample resembling the First Hokage’s Wood Release cells and asked Huayue where he had obtained it.

• Rin told Huayue she hoped everyone would be happy, and he described her as a purple bellflower marked by regretful love.
• Huayue called himself a mirror flower, then left Rin after suggesting that regretful love might one day be made whole.
• A White Zetsu watched Rin and identified her as someone Obito valued, while Huayue declined Black Nine-Tails’s suggestion to kill it.
• Huayue and Black Nine-Tails vowed to end shinobi hatred and bring the age of shinobi to an end.
• The next day, Orochimaru praised a sample Huayue had provided for closely resembling the First Hokage’s Wood Release cells, then asked where he had obtained it.

Huayue called Senju Hashirama an idiot for choosing peace through Tailed Beast sales instead of unifying the Ninja World, while Orochimaru studied the Hashirama Cells. Meanwhile, Nohara Rin went to treat wounded in the Land of Bears, and when her squad failed to return, Kakashi rushed out to find her as Shikaku sent Hyuga Yun and Shirakumo Hayama to support him.

• Huayue told Anko and Orochimaru that Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara could have unified the Ninja World, but Hashirama had foolishly settled for deterrence through selling Tailed Beasts.
• Orochimaru agreed that unification might have prevented the Second Great Ninja War, then returned to researching the Hashirama Cells as Huayue and Anko left.
• At Konoha's forward base, the medical chief sent Nohara Rin and several Konoha Ninja to treat wounded who could not be moved in the Land of Bears.
• Hidden Mist Anbu spotted Rin's squad and discussed their plan to unleash a monster against Konoha.
• When Rin's squad failed to return, Kakashi rushed out to find her, and Shikaku ordered Hyuga Yun and Shirakumo Hayama to support him.

Kakashi, Shirakumo Hayama, and Hyuga Yun rescued Nohara Rin from Hidden Mist ninja after discovering signs of a strange jutsu. Obito escaped Mountain Graveyard to reach Rin, while Madara and the hidden black substance advanced their plans; the group fled toward Konoha with Rin, unaware of what had happened to her.

• Kakashi summoned Pakkun and the other Ninja Dogs to track Nohara Rin, and Hyuga Yun used his Byakugan to locate her among more than forty enemy ninja.
• Shirakumo Hayama planned the assault, and Kakashi and his teammates defeated the Hidden Mist ninja and freed Rin from Genjutsu.
• Obito learned that Rin had fallen into Kirigakure's hands, used Tobi's power to break through the stone wall, and rushed out of Mountain Graveyard.
• Madara watched Obito leave, and the black substance entered Madara's body through the pipes of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Shirakumo Hayama questioned Rin about the jutsu, but she remembered nothing unusual, so Hyuga Yun led the group away as the Hidden Mist forces pursued them.
• A concealed figure in the distant forest ordered the Hidden Mist ninja to drive the group toward Konoha without chasing too quickly.

Hyuga Yun learned that Rin carried the Three-Tails and that Kirigakure intended to use her to destroy Konoha. Rin sacrificed herself to save Kakashi, awakening his Mangekyō Sharingan, while Obito arrived and attacked the Kirigakure ninja.

• Hyuga Yun caught Ninja Hawk Number Three and read headquarters' warning that Rin had the Three-Tails sealed inside her.
• Rin asked Kakashi to kill her before Kirigakure could use the Three-Tails against Konoha, but Kakashi refused and fought the pursuing Hidden Mist Anbu.
• Rin threw herself onto Kakashi's Lightning Blade and died after telling him to live for the village and his companions.
• Rin's death awakened Kakashi's three-tomoe Sharingan as Obito arrived, overwhelmed by grief and rage.
• Obito used his space-time ability and Wood Release against the Kirigakure ninja while White Zetsu watched.
• Huayue invoked Kyoka Suigetsu as a strange black glow spread from the shoulder of Rin's body.

Uchiha Huayue used the Book of Vermilion Moon to redirect the Pure Land and then confronted Uchiha Madara at Mountain Graveyard, trying to stop his plan for peace through genjutsu. After Madara rejected him, Huayue severed Madara’s chakra connection and sealed him, then hinted at a technique designed to destroy ninja souls.

• Huayue opened the Pure Land through the Book of Vermilion Moon and dragged the Black Nine-Tails into his Inner world, leaving it weakened.
• Huayue used Flying Raijin to reach Uchiha Madara at Mountain Graveyard and challenged him about his plan to create permanent peace.
• Madara offered Huayue a place in his plan and used genjutsu to show him his deceased parents, but Huayue rejected the illusion.
• Huayue warned Madara that their next meeting would be on the battlefield and threatened to destroy his soul so he could not be revived.
• Huayue used Sage Art: Rasengan Ring to sever Madara’s chakra pipelines and applied the Blut Arterie sealing technique.

Uchiha Huayue defeated Uchiha Madara in a clash across reality, the Pure Land, and the Illusionary World, but Black Zetsu secretly struck and Madara escaped into the Pure Land. Huayue captured Black Zetsu’s substance, claimed a fragment of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and departed as the Crimson Moon rose over the Land of Fire.

• Uchiha Huayue used Kyoka Suigetsu and the Book of Vermilion Moon to weaken Uchiha Madara and pull him toward the opposing Pure Land.
• Black Zetsu pierced Huayue’s heart, allowing Uchiha Madara to escape into the Pure Land and proclaim his Eye of the Moon plan.
• Huayue revealed that his wound had healed, attacked Black Zetsu, and sealed most of his substance in a scroll.
• Huayue obtained the Withered Tree trait, which restored his vitality, and took a fragment of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• White Zetsu gathered information from the ruined underground chamber, while the chapter ended with a question about severing the chain of hatred beneath the Crimson Moon.

Obito followed Black Zetsu after Rin’s death, while Huayue researched immortality and later visited the wartime camp where Orochimaru, Kabuto, and Anko were present. Huayue reunited with Nonō and secretly placed a technique on her as he warned her about Danzo.

• Obito rejected the reality of Rin’s death, then followed Black Zetsu toward Base Two to discuss breaking the chain of hatred.
• Kakashi woke to find Rin dead, and Minato comforted him while accepting that her sacrifice was her own choice.
• Huayue studied the use of Gigai bodies for preserving souls and gathered information from Madara’s corpse inside the Book of Vermilion Moon.
• At a Land of Grass camp, Orochimaru praised Kabuto’s medical talent, while Huayue warned that Anko had set her sights on him.
• Huayue reunited with Nonō, cautioned her that Danzo remained dangerous, and secretly applied a technique to her shoulder.

After the war memorial, Uchiha Huayue spoke with Orochimaru and reflected on his connection with Black Zetsu, while Anko, Yuhi Kurenai, and Uzuki Yugao searched for him. Huayue was then assigned to an Anbu mission in the Country of Roran, where he suspected he would encounter the Dragon Vein.

• At Obito's memorial service, Uchiha Fugaku refused to reclaim Hatake Kakashi's Sharingan, honoring Uchiha Obito's final wish.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Huayue about life's meaning, and Huayue said people could find their goals by continuing to live.
• Orochimaru questioned Huayue about the unusual sample he had provided, and Huayue claimed it came from a close friend before vanishing.
• Anko bragged to Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao about her closeness with Huayue, then ran off in embarrassment when they asked about liquor-filled chocolate.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen assigned Huayue to join Namizake Minato, Aburame Shibi, and Akimichi Choza on an Anbu mission in the Country of Roran.
• Huayue recognized the mission's possible connection to the Dragon Vein, while Minato told him the other three would handle the main responsibilities and he would provide covert support.

Uchiha Huayue infiltrated the Ancient Kingdom of Roran to investigate the Dragon Vein and protect Queen Sara, then discovered a hidden puppet factory and began taking the Dragon Vein for himself. As the Dragon Vein surged into the sky, Huayue tried to seal it, but a spacetime disturbance trapped him in an unknown crisis.

• Namikaze Minato assigned Huayue to protect Queen Sara and investigate Roran’s Dragon Vein, while Huayue left a clone and the Shinigami behind to support the mission.
• Huayue infiltrated the underground puppet factory, found enslaved citizens, and reached the Dragon Vein Source beneath the central tower.
• Huayue received a Dragon Vein Crystal through Location Check-in, but Mukade and his puppets surrounded him.
• Huayue ordered the Shinigami to sever the puppets’ chakra threads and revealed that the Dragon Vein was disappearing into his possession.
• The Dragon Vein erupted into the sky, and Huayue told Namikaze Minato he was sealing it before static cut off their radio contact.
• The Black Nine-Tails warned Huayue to run after sensing spacetime fluctuations within the Book of Vermilion Moon.

Naruto arrived in Rōran after the Dragon Vein vanished, while Huayue was thrown into the Warring States Period and captured by the Uchiha Clan. After learning they meant to turn him into a weapon, Huayue recovered and prepared to fight, then noticed someone else in his cell.

• Naruto fell onto Anrokuzan and met Namikaze Minato, telling him he was looking for Teacher Yamato.
• Uchiha ninjas found Huayue unconscious, discovered his Mangekyō Sharingan, and carried him away as a potential clan weapon.
• An elder branded Huayue as Nameless No. 2 and told him he was in the Warring States Period, threatening him with a Curse Mark.
• Uchiha clansmen beat Huayue and left him in a cell, where he resolved not to forgive them.
• Huayue found the Book of Vermilion Moon, recovered with the Mystical Palm Technique, and prepared to gather Sage Chakra.
• Huayue noticed someone beside him and asked who they were.