Chapter Summaries

Meikyō treated Might Duy’s hidden injuries and offered him a large staged reward to follow a recovery plan. The next morning, Meikyō confiscated The Icha Icha Series from Ebisu and Shiranui Genma, then the training ground gathered to celebrate his birthday as Obito challenged Kakashi.

• Meikyō treated Might Duy’s injuries at Konoha Hospital and promised him 500,000 Silver Taels in staged payments for completing the mission.
• Meikyō gave Might Duy a nutritional meal plan and a medicinal bath prescription, then told him to meet at Training Ground 3 the next morning.
• Might Duy and Might Guy completed their morning laps and began running on their hands while Ebisu and Shiranui Genma watched.
• Meikyō caught Ebisu and Shiranui Genma trying to read The Icha Icha Series and confiscated the book, claiming it was his eighteenth birthday.
• Minato Namikaze arrived with Team Minato, and Uchiha Obito challenged Kakashi to a fight.

Meikyō helped Might Duy develop a faster Body Flicker technique, prompting Duy to explain the Eight Gates Formation Technique and offer to teach it to him. Duy proposed demonstrating its power by opening the Seventh Gate, and Meikyō agreed to spar.

• Meikyō left Minato in charge of Genma and Ebisu, assigning them twenty extra sets of training.
• Minato told Obito to respect Might Duy for his dedication and for earning Meikyō's recognition.
• Meikyō explained the principles of Soru to Might Duy, who devised an interpretation involving repeated leg compression to increase Body Flicker speed.
• Might Duy said his improved Body Flicker remained limited by his physical condition and introduced the Eight Gates Formation Technique he had perfected from Tobirama Senju's unfinished research.
• Might Duy offered to teach Meikyō the Eight Gates Formation Technique and proposed a sparring demonstration with the Seventh Gate open.
• Meikyō accepted Might Duy's offer to spar.

Might Duy sparred with Meikyō, demonstrated the Eight Gates Formation Technique, and stopped before opening the Seventh Gate to avoid renewing his injuries. Meikyō received Duy’s technique notes and began teaching Stone Breathing to Duy and Might Guy, while the chapter ended with Kuina and Zoro training together at Isshin Dojo.

• Might Duy challenged Meikyō to a spar with Minato Namikaze refereeing, then opened the first six gates and fought at extraordinary speed and strength.
• Might Duy used Morning Peacock, but Meikyō countered with Sun Breathing: Sixth Form: Burning Bone Sun and overwhelmed him.
• Might Duy prepared to open the Seventh Gate, but Meikyō stopped the match and warned that Duy’s body needed time to recover.
• Might Duy gave Meikyō his notes on the Eight Gates Formation Technique, and Meikyō offered to teach Duy and Might Guy Stone Breathing.
• Might Duy discussed developing an Iron Body without its usual movement restrictions, while Meikyō began training the father and son.
• At Isshin Dojo, Kuina and Zoro practiced together as their instructor praised their coordination and urged Zoro to swing faster.

Meikyō met Dragon after treating the severely injured Sabo, and the two discussed their opposition to the World Government. Dragon offered Meikyō notes on the Navy Six Styles and Haki, while Meikyō warned that his love of freedom might keep him from joining the Revolutionary Army.

• Meikyō taught Zoro and Kuina to develop their own fighting rhythms, then Koshiro noticed a newspaper report that a World Noble had visited the Kingdom of Goa.
• Dragon arrived at Shimotsuki Village with the injured Sabo and met Meikyō, who openly called the World Government and Celestial Dragons rotten and deserving of death.
• Meikyō examined Sabo with the Transparent World and healed his internal injuries using the Mystical Palm Technique and a Chakra Blade.
• After Sabo was taken back to the ship, Dragon revealed that he led the Revolutionary Army and asked Meikyō about his views on the World Government.
• Dragon offered Meikyō his old training notes on the Navy Six Styles and Haki, and Meikyō said he valued his freedom and might not accept the Revolutionary Army's rules.

Meikyō gained Dragon’s trust by sharing his ideas about revolution, then accepted a top position in the Revolutionary Army before returning to Konoha to inspect his new laboratory. The chapter left him preparing for long-term research with Uchiha Fugaku, while supplies of key materials and medical assistants remained limited.

• Meikyō explained his ideas about revolution to Dragon, who became convinced that he was a kindred spirit and urged him to join the Revolutionary Army.
• Meikyō revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Dragon recognized him as the God-Slayer who had assassinated a Celestial Dragon.
• Dragon announced that Meikyō would become the Revolutionary Army’s Vice Commander-in-Chief and Chief of Staff, second only to Dragon.
• Dragon left the East Blue, and Meikyō later departed as well because he could no longer improve much there.
• Uchiha Fugaku showed Meikyō the new basement laboratory and explained that the clan still lacked many Yang Release techniques, substitutes for the Blood Tree Heart, and medical assistants.
• Meikyō approved of the equipment and told Fugaku that their research would take a long time, but their ocular power should last if they limited their use of the Second Stage and Third Stage Susanoo.

Meikyō and Fugaku staged a public falling-out to draw Uchiha Setsuna into their trap, while Meikyō proposed reforming the Konoha Military Police Force to the Third Hokage and Minato. After the Hokage and Minato left, Setsuna renewed his offer to help Meikyō seize power and hinted that he could become Hokage.

• Meikyō told Fugaku that Setsuna had spread rumors and revealed that he had pretended to consider Setsuna’s offer to replace Fugaku.
• Meikyō and Fugaku agreed to use the offer as bait and staged an angry departure from the clan head’s residence.
• The Third Hokage and Minato visited Meikyō, who proposed recruiting non-Uchiha into the Police Force and reforming its enforcement practices; the Third Hokage voiced reservations and left the decision to the clan.
• Setsuna visited Meikyō after the Hokage and Minato departed and again urged him to take control of the clan and Police Force.
• Meikyō said Fugaku’s Mangekyō made a move against him inappropriate, and Setsuna replied that Meikyō or Minato might become the next Hokage.

Uchiha Meikyō and Uchiha Fugaku manipulated Uchiha Setsuna into seeking the forbidden Izanagi technique, then caught him in a trap at the clan head’s residence. They killed Setsuna and took his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

• Uchiha Setsuna urged Meikyō to seize control of the clan and pursue the Hokage position, and Meikyō persuaded him to search for Izanagi.
• Over the next month, Setsuna uncovered the location and safeguards of Izanagi, while Meikyō and Fugaku secretly arranged the defenses and guided his investigation.
• After the clan meeting, Meikyō invited Fugaku away, and Setsuna spotted Mikoto leaving with Itachi and took the opportunity to enter the clan head’s residence.
• Setsuna opened the hidden chamber beneath the lotus pond and used the Illusion Breaking Seal to reveal the Izanagi scroll.
• Meikyō and Fugaku confronted Setsuna, revealed their trap, and killed him; Meikyō removed Setsuna’s two Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

After Uchiha Setsuna disappeared, Uchiha Meikyō assured Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō that Shimura Danzō was the most likely culprit. He warned the two captains that they could be Danzo’s next targets.

• Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō questioned Uchiha Fugaku over Uchiha Setsuna’s disappearance, but Uchiha Meikyō and Uchiha Yu supported Fugaku with an alibi.
• Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō visited Uchiha Meikyō, fearing that whoever had killed Uchiha Setsuna might target them next.
• Uchiha Meikyō ruled himself, Uchiha Fugaku, and several other powerful shinobi out as suspects, then pointed to Shimura Danzō as the likely culprit.
• Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō blamed Shimura Danzō for killing Uchiha Setsuna and trying to provoke conflict within the Uchiha Clan.
• Uchiha Meikyō warned Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō that Shimura Danzō might target them next.

Meikyō drew two Uchiha Jonin into his faction and helped Minato expose Danzo’s alleged role in Uchiha Setsuna’s disappearance, leading Hiruzen to remove Danzo from Root’s leadership. By the following spring, Meikyō’s students were advancing in their Breathing Techniques, and Kakashi narrowly defeated Might Guy in a sparring match.

• Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō pledged themselves to Meikyō, who welcomed them as allies.
• After hearing the Uchiha Jonin hint at what happened to Setsuna, Minato took Meikyō to confront Hiruzen about Danzo.
• Hiruzen removed Danzo as Root’s leader, and Danzo angrily accused Hiruzen of making him take the blame.
• Half a year later, Kakashi, Guy, Genma, Ebisu, and Obito continued training in Breathing Techniques at Training Ground 3.
• Kakashi defeated Guy in a fierce sparring match, though Guy wounded Kakashi’s arm and promised to win their next duel.

Meikyō and Minato Namikaze sparred, revealing how much Meikyō had grown through his Haki training and how Minato had developed Sage Mode to keep pace with him. The fight escalated as both gathered power for their next attacks, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Nohara Rin treated Kakashi while Uchiha Obito challenged Kakashi and complained when he was turned down.
• Minato Namikaze asked Meikyō to spar after noticing that he had grown stronger, and Meikyō accepted.
• Meikyō used clones, Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and his Mangekyō Sharingan to counter Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God and Rasengan attacks.
• Minato Namikaze summoned Gamabunta, but Meikyō's Sun Halo Dragon Dance overpowered the giant toad and carved a massive scar across the training ground.
• Minato Namikaze entered Sage Mode and attacked with a Sage Art: Super Great Ball Rasengan, while Meikyō began gathering Natural Energy and used Sun Breathing: Thirteenth Form.

Meikyō and Minato Namikaze ended their destructive spar and learned that Kirigakure might enter the war, prompting Konoha and Sunagakure to arrange a joint Chunin Exam. Meikyō was appointed chief examiner, and the chapter ended with him, Uchiha Yu, and Uchiha Tatsu welcoming Uchiha Shisui after his graduation.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped Meikyō and Minato Namikaze's spar, assigned them S-rank missions to fund repairs, and briefed them on Kirigakure's possible deployment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Minato Namikaze as Konoha's envoy to Sunagakure and chose Meikyō to serve as chief examiner for the joint Chunin Exam.
• Minato Namikaze asked Meikyō to look after Kakashi and the others while he was away, then left to consult Homura and say goodbye to Kushina.
• Meikyō met Uchiha Yu and Uchiha Tatsu outside the Ninja Academy to welcome Uchiha Shisui, who graduated at the top of his class.
• Meikyō explained that Shisui would need to gain experience and meet the exam requirements before entering the Chunin Exam, then the group went to celebrate at the Akimichi Clan's barbecue restaurant.

Konoha and Sunagakure began their first joint Chunin Exam, with Meikyō overseeing the event and the Genin facing a written test before entering the Forest of Death. After Kakashi’s squad entered the forest, Kakashi proposed taking information from rival teams, leaving the second round underway.

• Minato Namikaze and Meikyō informed Kakashi, Obito, Guy, and the others that they had been selected for the joint Chunin Exam.
• Sunagakure’s Genin confronted Konoha’s examinees, and Meikyō sent Hyuga Tetsu to restore order while agreeing to wager with Ebizo on the exam results.
• Hyuga Tetsu eliminated examinees for obvious cheating, and the graders ranked the remaining seventy-two, with Kakashi placing first and Konoha losing the wager by a narrow margin.
• Aburame Nami led the surviving teams into the Forest of Death, where they had to find clues and reach the central tower to claim one of five tokens.
• Kakashi, Rin, and Obito entered the forest together, and Kakashi suggested hunting rival squads to take their information.

Kakashi’s team defeated a Suna squad, seized its intelligence scroll, and reached the tower alongside Might Guy’s team to secure advancement. After the five qualifying teams were decided, the contestants began training for the third round, and Might Duy demonstrated a modified Moon Step that Meikyō tried to copy.

• Kakashi’s team confronted Baki, Maki, and Yura; Kakashi overwhelmed Baki while Obito and Rin held off the others.
• Baki called for a retreat, but Kakashi used Thunder Breathing to catch the Suna team and take its intelligence scroll.
• Might Guy’s team and Kakashi’s team raced to the tower, where their clash ended in a draw as they claimed tokens and other teams arrived.
• Baki’s team joined forces with another Suna team, and all five teams advancing to the third round were determined.
• During the half-month training period, Might Duy explained how he had adapted Moon Step for use with the Fifth Gate, demonstrated it, and Meikyō copied the technique.

Meikyō refined his aerial movement, taught the Constant Breathing Technique to Might Guy and Might Duy, and helped Kakashi develop a lightning technique that became the prototype for Chidori. After a tense reception of Rasa, the Chunin Exam began with Meikyō demonstrating Konoha’s strength to the crowd.

• Meikyō combined Chakra with Moon Step, then taught Might Guy and Might Duy the Constant Breathing Technique for continuous training.
• Minato Namikaze brought Kakashi to Meikyō for help adding Lightning Nature Transformation to the Rasengan, and Meikyō guided Kakashi toward a Chidori prototype while warning him about its linear charge.
• During the half-month before the Chunin Exam, the Genin who had qualified for the third round trained, with the Third Hokage also guiding Sarutobi Asuma.
• Meikyō confronted Rasa at Konoha’s gates, and Minato Namikaze backed him until Hiruzen Sarutobi intervened and sent Meikyō and Minato to arrange security.
• Meikyō took the stage as chief examiner, suppressed the crowd with his pressure, and declared his identity to display Konoha’s strength.

Meikyō’s students dominated the Chunin Exam semifinals as Might Guy defeated Baki and Kakashi beat Shiranui Genma. The chapter ended with Mitokado Homura and Ebizo simultaneously receiving news that would change the Ninja World.

• Meikyō oversaw the quarterfinals, where Kakashi defeated Yura, Baki beat Yūhi Kurenai, Ebisu surrendered to Might Guy, and Shiranui Genma narrowly defeated Sarutobi Asuma.
• Might Guy opened three Gates and used Stone Breathing to badly injure Baki, prompting Uchiha Yōsuke and Uchiha Shinjō to stop the match before Baki was killed.
• Shiranui Genma challenged Kakashi with Wind Breathing, but Kakashi’s speed and swordsmanship let him defeat Genma after dozens of exchanges.
• Mitokado Homura and Ebizo simultaneously received news that would change the situation in the Ninja World.

Kirigakure declared war on Konoha and Suna, forcing Konoha to halt the Chunin Exam and mobilize across multiple fronts. Meikyō joined Orochimaru on the Kumogakure battlefield, healed Orochimaru’s wound, and helped support Konoha’s counterattack as the fighting remained deadlocked.

• Mitokado Homura and Ebizo reported that the new Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, had declared war on Konoha and Suna, prompting the Third Hokage to suspend the Chunin Exam.
• Nara Shikahira and Nara Shikaku proposed defending key eastern points while concentrating Konoha’s main forces on the Iwa and Kumogakure fronts.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Minato Namikaze and other elite fighters to the Iwa front, while Meikyō became deputy commander on the Kumogakure front and prepared to leave with his team.
• Uchiha Yu urged Meikyō to look after Shisui, and Meikyō left his Demon Slayer Blade for Shisui and planned to teach him the Mirror Body Flicker Technique.
• Meikyō identified residual Black Lightning Chakra as the cause of Orochimaru’s stubborn wound and took him to Aburame Nami, whose Medical Parasitic Insects healed him.
• Orochimaru launched a counterattack against Kumogakure, but the enemy forces held their positions; Meikyō treated the wounded with Katsuyu and observed Orochimaru’s battlefield command.

Meikyō intercepted the Fourth Raikage and fought him to a stalemate that shifted in Meikyō’s favor, while Orochimaru and Manda ravaged Kumogakure’s forces. The Third Raikage remained absent, so Dodai and Toroi moved to confront Orochimaru as the battle continued.

• Meikyō left Orochimaru to face the Third Raikage and raced to intercept the Fourth Raikage, using his sword to damage the Raikage’s bracers.
• Meikyō used clones, Mirror Body Flicker, super strength, and Armament Haki to trade blows with the Fourth Raikage, who could not land a hit on him.
• Orochimaru learned that the Third Raikage had not appeared and sent Manda to keep attacking Kumogakure’s forces.
• Dodai left Sadui in command and took Toroi to confront Orochimaru, whose snakes were ravaging the battlefield.
• Dodai bound Orochimaru’s snakes with Lava Release, while Toroi cut them down with Magnet Release; Orochimaru decided to fight them seriously.
• Meikyō shattered the Fourth Raikage’s bracers and struck him with Sun Breathing’s Thirteenth Form, then studied the Raikage’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

Meikyō defeated the Fourth Raikage’s assault and helped treat Konoha’s wounded after Dodai enabled A to escape. Orochimaru then told Meikyō that the Third Raikage had died protecting his forces, and their conversation turned to mortality and eternal life.

• Orochimaru pursued Dodai, Toroi, and two Kumogakure Jonin toward the Fourth Raikage’s battlefield, where Toroi and the Jonin stayed behind to face him.
• Dodai reached the Fourth Raikage and used Lava Style to block Meikyō long enough for A to escape.
• Meikyō stopped pursuing A and treated Konoha’s wounded while Orochimaru hunted Kumogakure ninja.
• Orochimaru told Meikyō that the Third Raikage had died of exhaustion after fighting Ōnoki and more than ten thousand Iwa ninja for three days and nights.
• Orochimaru and Meikyō discussed death, the meaning of life, and whether eternal life could make one’s existence eternal.

Meikyō gave Orochimaru a demon blood sample in hopes that he would investigate immortality while preserving the subject’s rationality. After learning of the Third Raikage’s death and the Fourth Raikage’s succession, Meikyō and Orochimaru studied the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, ending with Meikyō concentrating lightning chakra into his fingers.

• Meikyō warned Orochimaru that demon blood granted longevity and regeneration but caused a weakness to sunlight and severe violent urges, then entrusted him with the sample.
• Orochimaru explained that ancient monsters sealed by the Sage of Six Paths were said to possess powerful immortality before leaving with the blood sample.
• Atsui told the recovering Fourth Raikage that the Third Raikage had died after fighting ten thousand Iwa elites, and A agreed to take responsibility for rebuilding Kumogakure.
• Meikyō and Orochimaru studied the Fourth Raikage’s body diagram to understand Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and Orochimaru identified its specialized chakra transformation.
• Orochimaru advised Meikyō to compress lightning chakra into his fingers, and Meikyō formed a hand blade as the chakra gathered there.

Uchiha Meikyō and Orochimaru infiltrated Kumogakure during the Fourth Raikage’s succession ceremony to steal the Cloud-Lightning Ninjutsu Scroll and learn Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Their attempt to enter the sealed archive triggered an alarm, alerting the newly installed Fourth Raikage.

• Meikyō tested stronger versions of Four-Finger Fist but injured his fingers before mastering Lightning Release Chakra Mode; using Armament Haki afterward, he performed a counterfeit One-Finger Nukite.
• Meikyō and Orochimaru decided to infiltrate weakened Kumogakure and steal its secret techniques, then used disguises to enter the village during the Third Raikage’s memorial and Fourth Raikage’s succession ceremony.
• The pair reached the Raikage Building, where Orochimaru explained that the Cloud-Lightning Ninjutsu Scroll, including Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was hidden on the second basement level.
• Meikyō used his Mangekyō Sharingan to incapacitate the ANBU captain guarding the archive, while Orochimaru’s white snakes disabled the corridor’s mechanisms.
• Orochimaru tried to release the Iron Armor Seal on the archive door, but it opened only slightly and set off alarms throughout the Raikage Building.
• At the succession ceremony, the newly installed Fourth Raikage heard the alarms and was warned that enemy spies might be stealing intelligence.