Chapter Summaries

After the Nine-Tails ravaged Konoha, Uchiha Huayue treated the critically wounded while confronting the village’s suspicion of him. He saved Yuhi Shin Kurenai but could not save Iruka’s parents, and he blamed Konoha’s leaders for keeping him from the battle.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen rebuked Huayue for refusing to help Minato, and Huayue said distrust of him and the Uchiha had cost Minato his life.
• Hiruzen ordered an investigation into the Nine-Tails’ rampage and allowed Huayue to treat the wounded after Kurenai and other villagers pleaded for him.
• Huayue summoned hundreds of Shadow Clones and used Medical Ninjutsu to treat the critically injured, including Yuhi Shin Kurenai.
• Yuhi Shin Kurenai awoke but learned that his injuries would end his career as a ninja, and he accepted the prospect of teaching at the Ninja Academy.
• Huayue told Iruka that his parents could not be saved, then revealed that Konoha’s leaders had forbidden him from joining the battle or approaching the Nine-Tails.

After the Nine-Tails attack, Uchiha Huayue was brought before Konoha’s leaders, who questioned him about the Uchiha Clan’s role and the identity of the attacker. Huayue blamed Uchiha Madara and described Izanagi, and the chapter ended with Yugao assigned to watch him around the clock.

• Uchiha Huayue’s Shadow Clones vanished after accusing Konoha’s leaders of barring him and the Uchiha Clan from fighting, while villagers blamed the village leadership.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura argued over whether to kill Huayue or question him about the Nine-Tails attack.
• Huayue told Konoha F4 that he had sensed the Mangekyō Sharingan on the Nine-Tails and identified Uchiha Madara as the likely attacker.
• Huayue explained that Izanagi could rewrite reality, leaving Konoha F4 uncertain whether Madara had survived the Valley of the End.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Anbu to monitor Huayue, and Yugao took the assignment despite warning him not to address her by name.

After the Nine-Tails destroyed Huayue’s home, he stayed at Uzuki Yugao’s house while Kazuma stole scattered Nine-Tails chakra to fuel a plan against Konoha. The chapter ended with the Uchiha summoning Huayue to a clan festival at Naka Shrine, as Black Zetsu continued plotting to revive his mother.

• Huayue found his house destroyed, and Uzuki Yugao agreed to take him in for a few days.
• Huayue and Yugao shared a bed, and three days passed after the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Kazuma gathered Nine-Tails chakra and planned to create a Pseudo-Jinchūriki, but an unseen figure stole his scroll.
• Konoha Ninja pursued Kazuma while White Zetsu and Black Zetsu discussed Obito’s death and their plan to revive their mother.
• Several Uchiha members told Huayue to attend the clan festival at Naka Shrine that night and warned him not to cause trouble.

After Konoha’s leaders named Sarutobi Hiruzen acting Hokage and decided to relocate the Uchiha, Fugaku convened a clan meeting where Huayue’s Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was revealed. The meeting turned tense when a child claimed the Nine-Tails had truly been controlled and summoned by someone, and that they had witnessed it.

• Huayue dismissed the Uchiha clansmen’s visit while Yugao sent a Shadow Clone to report to the Hokage.
• Konoha’s leaders debated candidates for Hokage, but Sarutobi Hiruzen became acting Hokage after Danzo’s bid was blocked.
• Huayue arrived at Naka Shrine as Fugaku and Mikoto received the Uchiha clansmen for a meeting.
• Fugaku announced that Huayue had awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and Huayue displayed its power to the clan.
• Fugaku revealed that Konoha planned to relocate the Uchiha to the village’s southeastern corner, provoking the clan’s anger.
• As Fugaku began addressing rumors about the Nine-Tails, a child declared that someone had controlled and summoned it, claiming to have seen it firsthand.

Huayue told the Uchiha Clan that someone connected to their history had controlled and summoned the Nine-Tails, while assuring them Konoha would not move against the clan before he died. Later, Shisui met Huayue on the lake and used Kotoamatsukami as he asked who had attacked the Nine-Tails.

• Huayue told the Uchiha Clan that neither he nor anyone at the meeting was the culprit, and said the person who summoned and controlled the Nine-Tails was still beyond their reach.
• Fugaku ended the meeting after warning Tekka not to speak the taboo name, and Huayue reassured an elderly clan member that the Uchiha would not be forced from power before his death.
• Yugao asked Huayue which side he would take if the Uchiha rebelled, and he teased her about her confession-like request not to kill her.
• Shisui arrived and asked to speak with Huayue, so they took a small boat onto the lake while Yugao waited nearby.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami and asked Huayue who the Uchiha was that had attacked the Nine-Tails.

Huayue resisted Shisui’s Kotoamatsukami, told him of Tobirama’s policies toward the Uchiha, and left him questioning what to believe. Meanwhile, Orochimaru returned to discuss forbidden experiments, and Danzo reacted angrily to Akatsuki’s growing influence in the Land of Rain.

• Huayue absorbed the ocular power of Shisui’s Mangekyō Sharingan after Kotoamatsukami failed to affect him.
• Huayue told Shisui that Tobirama had secretly studied Madara’s body and that Konoha had suppressed the Uchiha, leaving Shisui unsure whom to trust.
• The next morning, Huayue ate breakfast with Yugao, who sensed something was off about him.
• Orochimaru met the other Huayue outside Konoha, agreed to provide an Eight-Tails specimen in three days, and hinted at another test subject in the village.
• After the Uchiha accepted their relocation to Konoha’s outskirts, Danzo learned that Hanzō planned to end the Land of Rain’s civil war because of Akatsuki and condemned the group’s ideals.

Kakashi took over surveillance at Huayue’s estate, where Huayue probed his buried grief and questioned whether he could still wield Lightning Blade with his heart hidden. Huayue then entered a body in a Culture Vessel to investigate the soul, while Danzo used forged evidence to turn Hanzō against Akatsuki and departed to approach the group himself.

• Kakashi arrived at Huayue’s estate to replace Yugao and found Huayue writing calligraphy about resolve and survival.
• Huayue persuaded Kakashi to share lunch and explained that the Third Hokage’s surveillance assignment was really meant to isolate him from other Uchiha.
• Huayue recalled Kakashi’s losses and asked whether he could still use Lightning Blade if he stopped hiding his heart, unsettling Kakashi.
• Huayue entered the figure in the Culture Vessel with his soul to test a path that did not rely on chakra or Natural Energy, while the Black Nine-Tails questioned him.
• Danzo presented Hanzō with mostly fabricated evidence against Akatsuki, claimed he would not interfere in the Land of Rain’s affairs, and then changed his appearance to approach Akatsuki.

Danzo and Root manipulated Yahiko and Nagato into a trap by capturing Konan, while a mysterious figure intervened elsewhere. Yahiko died protecting Nagato, and Konan collapsed from apparent poisoning just as Nagato unleashed his Rinnegan against Hanzō.

• Danzo impersonated an Amegakure messenger, identified Yahiko as Akatsuki’s leader, and ordered Root to provoke trouble and deliver a hostage to Hanzō.
• Konan found a child trapped in ruins, was struck by poison mist, and was captured by Root members posing as Amegakure ninja.
• Yahiko and Nagato went to the negotiation site, where Hanzō threatened Konan and demanded that Yahiko die.
• A half-black, half-white figure blocked Akatsuki members from supporting Yahiko, while a mysterious black-clad figure arrived and then departed with another person using Shunpo.
• Yahiko took the kunai and died in Nagato’s arms; Hanzō ordered his ninja to attack, and Nagato repelled their weapons with Shinra Tensei.
• Nagato freed Konan, but she collapsed with tears on her face and black markings spreading across her body.

Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to fight Hanzō, while Konan made a desperate bargain to save her companions. Huayue rescued the poisoned trio, and Konan awoke to learn they were alive but under threat.

• Nagato summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and attacked Hanzō with its chakra dragon after Hanzō killed Yahiko and poisoned the Akatsuki members.
• As Konan neared death, she accepted an unknown entity’s offer to save Yahiko and Nagato in exchange for everything she had.
• Hanzō escaped Nagato’s attack, and Tobi carried the exhausted Nagato away before a black-robed figure arrived at the scene.
• Danzo learned that Nagato possessed the Rinnegan and ordered his forces back to the village, believing Hanzō’s poison would kill the survivors without Tsunade’s antidote.
• Huayue revived Konan with a Culture Vessel and Tsunade’s antidote, then assured her that Yahiko and Nagato were alive before threatening to kill them in front of her.

Huayue revealed to Konan that Nagato’s Rinnegan belonged to Uchiha Madara and that Yahiko and Nagato had been manipulated, then offered to spare Nagato in exchange for her cooperation. Months later, Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Orochimaru over the missing Konoha ninja and the experiments in his laboratory.

• Huayue explained Nagato’s Uzumaki heritage and claimed his Rinnegan were Madara’s, showing Konan the story of Madara’s survival and the conspiracy involving Yahiko and Nagato.
• Konan attacked Huayue with her paper technique, but he showed her an alternate fate for Yahiko and promised not to kill Nagato completely, though he would likely take the Rinnegan.
• Konan accepted Huayue’s terms and asked him to keep his promise.
• Several months later, Sarutobi Hiruzen and two Anbu broke into a secluded laboratory and confronted Orochimaru about the village ninja who had been disappearing.

Orochimaru was exposed for conducting lethal experiments to develop an Immortality Technique, but Sarutobi Hiruzen let him escape, prompting a hunt across the Land of Fire. Huayue’s recording and plans remained hidden, while he invited Yugao and Anko to spend the New Year together and prepared to meet Naruto.

• Orochimaru admitted to Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had killed comrades while pursuing the Immortality Technique, and Sarutobi’s grief kept him from ordering an attack.
• Orochimaru killed the two Anbu and escaped the laboratory, while Enma rebuked Sarutobi for letting him go.
• Huayue and Konan revealed that they had recorded the confrontation, and Huayue explained that he wanted Konoha intact rather than conquered through war.
• Konoha mobilized its Anbu to hunt Orochimaru, and Yugao urged Huayue not to help him.
• Anko joined Huayue and Yugao, and Huayue invited them to spend the New Year together.
• Huayue and the Uchiha brat discussed meeting Naruto and beginning the stage they had prepared.

About three years after the Nine-Tails' Rebellion, Little Naruto faced villagers' hatred and wondered why he was alone. He fell asleep on Hokage Rock, awakened in a mysterious space, and met Huayue, who offered to introduce him to the Nine-Tails.

• Villagers insulted and drove Little Naruto away as he walked through Konoha.
• Little Naruto climbed Hokage Rock, questioned his loneliness, and fell asleep.
• The Eight Trigrams Seal resonated with a distant place, and Little Naruto awoke in a damp passageway.
• Little Naruto entered a vast, forest-like space and saw Huayue seated before a cage containing the Nine-Tails.
• Huayue called Naruto by his name, comforted him, and offered to introduce him to a new friend.
• Huayue pointed to the Nine-Tails, and Little Naruto asked if the fox could be his friend.

Huayue encouraged Kurama to consider befriending Naruto, then urged Naruto to seek strength so he could earn the village’s recognition. As Naruto shared his dream while fishing, Sarutobi Hiruzen decided it was time to face him, and an old man approached to ask for a fish.

• Huayue told Naruto that Kurama had a name and challenged the Nine-Tails to try having its first friend.
• Kurama recognized the Sage of Six Paths' eyes beneath Huayue’s mask, while Huayue warned that changing Naruto’s constitution would take years and would not end the cycle of Jinchūriki.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen watched Naruto and resolved to visit him, reflecting on how long he had delayed facing the boy’s situation.
• Naruto woke, caught three fish, and heard Huayue tell him to keep their existence secret.
• Naruto declared that he wanted to be recognized as Uzumaki Naruto, and Huayue told him he would need to become stronger.
• An old man approached Naruto and asked him for one of his grilled fish.

Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to win Little Naruto over with a meal and a speech about becoming a useful ninja, while Huayue secretly steered Naruto away from trusting him. The chapter ended with Naruto declaring that he wanted to become the Nine-Tailed Fox, just as Sarutobi received a top-secret document from an Anbu.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen pretended he had no food and asked Little Naruto to share his grilled fish, but Huayue warned Naruto that the old man was lying.
• Huayue reminded Little Naruto that Sarutobi might discover him and make him leave, then gave Naruto a plan to protect their friendship.
• Little Naruto brought Sarutobi a fishing rod and told him to catch his own fish, while Sarutobi used the moment to talk about studying hard and becoming a useful ninja.
• Huayue told Little Naruto that strength could earn trust and recognition, and Naruto concluded that becoming Hokage would help people recognize him.
• Sarutobi asked Little Naruto what he wanted to become, and Naruto said he would become the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• An Anbu presented Sarutobi with a top-secret document, making his expression turn grave.

Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared for Konoha and Kumogakure to sign a ceasefire as Neji trained obsessively under the burden of the Caged Bird Seal. During the peace delegation's visit to the Hyuga Clan, an unknown figure stopped Neji and claimed they could change his fate.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to handle security for the Kumogakure delegation and tasked the Uchiha with suppressing trouble elsewhere.
• Hizashi Hyuga recalled how Neji had been marked with the Caged Bird Seal before he was four and pushed into losing his childhood.
• Neji refused Hizashi's suggestion to attend the main-house daughter's birthday and insisted on training to master Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• The Kumogakure representative asked to visit the Hyuga Clan, and the Third Hokage brought the delegation to meet Hyuga Hiashi.
• Neji performed Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but an unknown figure caught his wrist and said they could change his fate.

A Kumogakure envoy leader tried to abduct Hinata for her Byakugan, but Hiashi killed him, giving Kumogakure a pretext to threaten war. The Hyuga Elder proposed handing over Hizashi as a substitute, and Neji protested as Hizashi accepted his fate.

• Hiashi caught the Kumogakure envoy leader trying to abduct Hinata and killed him with a Gentle Fist strike.
• Konoha Anbu discovered that the figure they had pursued was a Lightning Release Shadow Clone, while the real leader had been killed.
• The Kumogakure delegation accused Konoha of murdering its envoy and threatened war, and Konoha's leaders prepared for conflict.
• The Hyuga Elder summoned Hiruzen and proposed giving Kumogakure Hizashi to settle the dispute.
• The Hyuga Elder declared that Hizashi would die in Hiashi's place, and Neji shouted in protest.

Neji interrupted the Hyuga Main House’s plan to sacrifice Hizashi and revealed a powerful secret jutsu taught by Uchiha Huayue. Huayue offered to confront Kumogakure, and Sarutobi Hiruzen reluctantly allowed him to go while warning him not to start a war.

• Neji rushed into the Hyuga gathering and vowed to protect Hizashi from the Main House’s plan to sacrifice him.
• A Hyuga jonin attacked Neji, but Neji countered with the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and sealed the jonin’s chakra points.
• Neji explained that Uchiha Huayue had taught him a secret jutsu that absorbed some of the chakra flowing through the Dragon Vein.
• Uchiha Huayue appeared and stopped the jonin’s Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm before challenging the Hyuga Clan’s treatment of its own branch family.
• Huayue offered to go to Kumogakure and speak with the Fourth Raikage, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed, telling him not to start a war but not to fear one.

Hizashi Hyuga traveled with Uchiha Huayue to the Land of Lightning, where Huayue offered him a chance to escape the Caged Bird Seal and protect his son from the same fate. Meanwhile, Danzo plotted to use Uchiha Huayue and target his bonds, as Kumogakure's confidence in its advantage over Konoha was shattered by the sudden appearance of a colossal white Karasu Tengu.

• Hizashi Hyuga volunteered to accompany Uchiha Huayue to Kumogakure, while the Hyuga Elder insisted that Hiashi Hyuga remain behind to protect the clan's Byakugan.
• Uchiha Huayue brought Hizashi Hyuga to the Land of Lightning with Body Flicker and offered him freedom from the Caged Bird Seal, warning that his son could otherwise become another sacrificial pawn.
• Danzo learned that Uchiha Huayue had left Konoha to handle the Kumogakure conflict and began plotting to exploit Huayue's bonds, choosing Yuhi Kurenai as an initial target for secret observation.
• In Kumogakure, Mabui assured the Fourth Raikage that Konoha would not risk war, but a vast white light and earthquake swept away more than a thousand peaks near the village.
• A pure-white Karasu Tengu appeared above Kumogakure and looked down upon the village.

Huayue attacked Kumogakure in the Karasu Tengu Giant and demanded that the village sign a ceasefire agreement. As Kumogakure’s defenders mobilized, Huayue blocked Killer B and Gyuki with Genbu, then caught Yugito’s Two-Tails Matatabi and began petting it.

• Kumogakure’s ninja saw Huayue approach in the Karasu Tengu Giant, and the Fourth Raikage ordered the village to prepare for combat.
• Huayue demanded that the Fourth Raikage sign a ceasefire agreement or face war.
• Killer B launched a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Huayue summoned Genbu to stop him and Gyuki from reaching Kumogakure.
• Yugito attacked Huayue with Two-Tails Matatabi, but the Karasu Tengu Giant caught Matatabi and stroked its back.

Uchiha Huayue overwhelmed Kumogakure, restraining Yugito and the Two-Tails while demanding a ceasefire agreement and the mastermind behind the conflict. After the Eight-Tails destroyed his meteor, Huayue renewed his threat, leaving the Fourth Raikage facing surrender or the destruction of his village.

• Huayue's Susanoo withstood the Fourth Raikage's attacks, and he demanded that Kumogakure sign a ceasefire agreement or be destroyed.
• The Fourth Raikage refused to submit, so Huayue summoned a meteor toward Kumogakure.
• The Eight-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb that shattered the meteor, though its debris damaged the village.
• Huayue sealed the Two-Tails back inside Yugito and told the Fourth Raikage to sign the agreement and hand over the mastermind.
• The Fourth Raikage refused to surrender his comrades, and Huayue threatened to begin by attacking the Eight-Tails.