Chapter Summaries

Tsunade explained why the villages treated Konoha’s Chunin Exams as a test of the shifting balance of power, and Sunagakure and Amegakure decided to participate. When the exams began, Uchiha Yu threatened the proctors into handing over the written-test answers, prompting Ibiki Morino to pass him.

• Tsunade told Shizune that the villages wanted to assess Konoha’s strength and display their own young talent, while Takigakure used Kaede’s participation to signal its claim in the struggle over tailed beasts.
• Rasa agreed to send Sunagakure to the exams for economic and talent-recruitment reasons, and he and Baki discussed candidates including Yashamaru and seven-year-old Gaara.
• Nagato decided Amegakure would participate, and Konan suggested sending capable ninjas because Uchiha Yu was still a Genin.
• Eight hundred ninjas from numerous villages gathered in Konoha, where Uchiha Yu and Yakumo Kurama entered the written exam room under the attention of the other villages.
• During the test, Yura was caught helping Yashamaru, Gaara used the Eye of Sand to inspect papers, Hozuki Mangetsu secretly memorized answers, and Yakumo used her genjutsu to fill her own paper.
• Uchiha Yu announced that he would take the intelligence from the proctors by force, revealed his golden Sharingan, and was passed by Ibiki Morino.

Tsunade backed Ibiki Morino’s decision to let Uchiha Yu pass, promising special trials to satisfy the other villages. Yu then used his Mangekyo Sharingan to incapacitate a Kusagakure ninja, and the chapter ended with Fū approaching him as her Takigakure escorts hurried after her.

• The examiners from other villages challenged Ibiki Morino’s decision, but Tsunade upheld it and promised special trials for Uchiha Yu.
• Baki punched an Amegakure candidate who threatened to demand the intelligence, and Ibiki eliminated the candidate for disrupting the exam.
• Uchiha Yu used his Mangekyo Sharingan to overwhelm a Kusagakure ninja, whose mental world collapsed and who could no longer continue the examination.
• Gaara left the examination hall after briefly meeting Yu’s gaze, while Yashamaru followed him.
• Fū approached Yu excitedly, and her Takigakure escorts rushed to call her back as Yu thought he had to control her.

Uchiha Yu noticed a familiar chakra behind a sudden rainstorm in Konoha as Konan and the Animal Path investigated Kakuzu’s location. Meanwhile, Rasa’s alliance talks with Tsunade and Mei Terumī collapsed, and Yu entered the Hokage’s office with an urgent report.

• At Ichiraku Ramen, Fū praised Uchiha Yu while Yakumo Kurama grew jealous, and Yu asked Yakumo to clear the rain after sensing familiar chakra.
• Yakumo Kurama painted a sun on her Drawing Board, stopping the rain, while Anbu searched for the source of the Rain Creation Technique.
• Konan and the Animal Path discussed locating Kakuzu and gathering tailed beasts, then left the alley with several Ninja Dogs.
• Rasa, Tsunade, and Mei Terumī failed to agree on an alliance after Rasa requested resources and support from Konoha and Kirigakure.
• After Rasa stormed out, Uchiha Yu entered the Hokage’s office to tell Tsunade something urgent.

Uchiha Yu warned Tsunade about the threat of Nagato, then entered the Chunin Exam’s Forest of Death with Yakumo Kurama after they passed the written test. After brushing off attacks from Grass and Mist ninja, Yu and Yakumo found a Heaven Scroll and encountered Hozuki Mangetsu; torrential rain and a huge presence in the forest interrupted the confrontation.

• Uchiha Yu told Tsunade about Nagato’s dangerous abilities and promised to protect Konoha if the village faced a threat.
• Yakumo Kurama and Uchiha Yu found their names on the written-exam roster and passed the first round.
• At the Forest of Death entrance, three Grass ninja collapsed, and Baki accused Uchiha Yu of attacking them, but the examiners found no evidence.
• Yakumo Kurama stumbled upon a Heaven Scroll, then three Mist ninja demanded it from her.
• Hozuki Mangetsu attacked Uchiha Yu with the Twin Swords Hiramekarei, but Yu caught the blades and tossed them back.
• Rain began falling, and Uchiha Yu spotted a huge presence in the forest and said, “Loli Path?”

Uchiha Yu battled Nagato’s Animal Path and its summoned beasts in the Forest of Death, overwhelming them with his combined powers. The Animal Path tried to escape, and Yu’s Shadow Clones caught sight of Konan.

• The Animal Path summoned a hellhound that split into more heads when attacked, but Uchiha Yu battered it while Yakumo Kurama and the Kirigakure ninjas watched in alarm.
• Nagato sent a giant centipede and a massive bull against Yu, who destroyed the centipede with his five tails and knocked the bull down with a powerful punch.
• Yu hurled the bull onto the hellhound and hit both summons with Flame Wind Wild Waves, leaving them unable to fight effectively.
• The Animal Path summoned a Hell Crab, an invisible chameleon, a Yatagarasu, and a Stone Panda, then tried to flee on the bird; Yu struck the Yatagarasu with an enhanced feather and sent the Animal Path falling.
• Yu used Shadow Clones to pursue the Animal Path while he blinded the Hell Crab and trapped and burned the chameleon.
• The Shadow Clones’ memories reached Yu, revealing that Konan was nearby.

Uchiha Yu defeated a Mist squad, returned to the exam tower with Yakumo Kurama, and used his overwhelming presence to keep the other teams from challenging him. As Nagato sent Sasori and Deidara to attack Konoha, Uchiha Yu searched the village for someone while preparing to counter the coming threat.

• Uchiha Yu told Tsunade that the attackers had escaped, and Tsunade ordered her ninja to find Jiraiya while insisting the Chunin Ninja Exams continue.
• Nagato reviewed the Animal Path’s battle with Uchiha Yu, judged that Yu had held back, and revealed that Sasori and Deidara were heading to Konoha to disrupt the exams and capture the Nine-Tails.
• Uchiha Yu flew Yakumo Kurama to the tower, where he picked up the missing scrolls and passed the exam after his pressure subdued the gathered ninja, including Kabuto.
• Sasori and Deidara argued about their competing ideas of art as they rode toward Konoha and agreed to combine their attacks.
• Uchiha Yu returned to Konoha and searched the streets with Observation Haki, preparing to make his own move.

Uchiha Yu infiltrated Konoha’s dungeon, took Kakuzu’s Lightning Release mask, and demanded to know what had happened to the Fire Release and Earth Release masks. When Kakuzu refused to answer, Uchiha Yu ordered his Earth Grudge Fear threads to swallow him.

• A Yamanaka ninja left Kakuzu’s cell, but Uchiha Yu used genjutsu to incapacitate him and entered the dungeon.
• Uchiha Yu showed Kakuzu the Wind Release and Water Release masks he had taken, then asked where the Fire Release and Earth Release masks had gone.
• When Kakuzu stayed silent, Uchiha Yu sewed Kakuzu’s remaining Lightning Release mask onto himself.
• Uchiha Yu asked again about the missing masks, but Kakuzu refused to answer.
• Uchiha Yu used his Sharingan to command his Earth Grudge Fear threads to swallow Kakuzu.

Uchiha Yu killed Kakuzu in Konoha’s dungeon and gained another Earth Grudge Fear heart, while Konoha suspected Akatsuki had taken Kakuzu. As the Chunin Exams began, Fū’s tailed-beast chakra emerged during her match with Yakumo, and Uchiha Yu approached her just before his own match was announced.

• Uchiha Yu used Kakuzu’s Earth Grudge Fear to harden his body, test its lightning technique, and combine False Dark with a lightning-coated Ukaku feather.
• Tsunade and the elders learned Kakuzu had vanished from the dungeon and suspected Akatsuki had rescued him; Jiraiya returned to Konoha and joined their discussion.
• Yakumo Kurama and Fū began the first Chunin Exam match, and Yakumo’s genjutsu disoriented Fū until Seven-Tails Chōmei’s chakra began leaking out.
• Tsunade sent the Sealing Team to restrain Fū, and Takigakure jonin took her from the arena while worrying that other villages had seen her weakness to genjutsu.
• Uchiha Yu approached Fū in a corridor, and the announcer called his next match against Kabuto.

Uchiha Yu defeated Yashamaru, warned Tsunade and Jiraiya that Akatsuki might target the tailed beasts, and agreed to remain with Konoha as Naruto’s guiding Teacher. As Akatsuki postponed its attack to confirm Naruto’s identity, Gaara was selected as Yu’s next opponent and the threat to Konoha continued to gather.

• Kabuto Yakushi forfeited to Uchiha Yu, who hinted that Danzo’s death had helped Yakushi Nonō and asked Kabuto about his Ghoul research.
• Yu defeated Yashamaru in an extra match, and Rasa asked Tsunade to make Gaara his next opponent.
• Nagato used the Naraka Path and the King of Hell to interrogate a Konoha ninja about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki’s identity and gender.
• Yu warned Tsunade and Jiraiya that Akatsuki might be targeting the tailed beasts, and Tsunade assigned him as Naruto’s guiding Teacher with permission to choose two teammates.
• Yu agreed to stay in Konoha as Uchiha Clan Leader, while Zetsu told Deidara and Sasori that Akatsuki’s plan was postponed until it confirmed Naruto’s identity.

Uchiha Yu watched Kimimaro defeat Karui and suspected that eating a Shikotsumyaku Ghoul could grant him the kekkei genkai. He then faced Gaara in the Chunin Exams, effortlessly evaded his attacks, and left the fight with Gaara transformed into Shukaku and Yu biting his sand tail.

• Kimimaro defeated Karui with Dance of the Bracken, while Uchiha Yu wondered whether eating him could grant Shikotsumyaku.
• Kazekage Rasa persuaded Tsunade to arrange a match between Uchiha Yu and Gaara.
• Uchiha Yu dodged Gaara's Sand Shower, sand ball, and sandstorm without using ninjutsu, impressing the spectators.
• Gaara grew furious, transformed partly with Shukaku's power, and charged at Uchiha Yu.
• Uchiha Yu dodged Gaara's claw and took a bite out of his sand tail, shocking Rasa.

Uchiha Yu defeated Gaara in the Chunin Exams arena by tearing off and eating pieces of his sand-and-chakra body, enduring Gaara’s strongest sand attacks without injury. The match ended with Yu declared the winner, while Baki protested his biting attacks and Yu defended his fighting style.

• Gaara attacked Uchiha Yu with Sand Coffin and Sand Shower, but Yu dodged and tore flesh from Gaara’s Sand Claw to eat it.
• Yu broke through Gaara’s Sand Armor and bit a large piece from Shukaku’s tail as Gaara panicked and refused to release Shukaku.
• Gaara unleashed Sand Waterfall and Sand Burial, but Yu emerged unharmed and tore off another piece of Gaara’s tail.
• Rasa condemned Gaara’s loss, and Kotetsu Hagane announced Uchiha Yu as the winner.
• Baki protested that Yu had eaten Gaara, but Yu defended biting as his attack method and continued eating a piece of Shukaku’s flesh.

Obito prepared to attack Konoha while Uchiha Yu tested the power gained from Shukaku and defended him from Konoha’s advisors. Across the connected worlds, Main God Fang Yu returned to the White House and declared that he would become this world’s Kami.

• Obito and Zetsu agreed to begin their plan to destroy Konoha once Deidara and Sasori arrived.
• Uchiha Yu tested his increased Chakra by using Compound Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Wild Waves, and the Fang Yus discussed the possibility of gaining tailed beast transformations.
• Tsunade rejected Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu’s proposal to have other nations restrain Uchiha Yu, declaring that anyone who attacked him without her orders would betray Konoha.
• Uchiha Yu warned Sasuke that Orochimaru was behind Otogakure and began teaching him Lightning Pen, urging him to build Konoha rather than focus solely on revenge.
• Main God Fang Yu sensed that time flowed at different rates between the Main God Space and other worlds, returned to the White House, and declared himself the future Kami of the world.

Fang Yu spread his plague through the White House, creating Ghouls who could overpower zombies and prompting the survivors to confront his plan to reshape humanity. As Ada Wong revealed her new power and Wesker sought an alliance, Chu Xuan and Fang Yu discussed using the transformed survivors as a strategic move against the Red Queen and the Reincarnator Teams.

• Fang Yu spread the plague through the White House, transforming survivors into First Ghouls who fought their bloodlust by feeding on a zombie.
• Fang Yu defended the Ghouls as humanity’s path to survival, while Claire protested and Chu Xuan supported his plan.
• Ada Wong revealed a powerful, patterned Tail and demonstrated her enhanced strength and agility.
• Wesker proposed cooperation, and Chu Xuan demanded information on the T-Virus, G-Virus, and other viruses before talks could begin.
• Chu Xuan told Fang Yu that transforming the White House survivors would draw the Red Queen’s next attack toward the Reincarnator Teams, and Fang Yu joked with him about their chessboard strategy.

The Central Continent Team fought through waves of monsters to reach Umbrella Corporation, where Chu Xuan forced Wesker to reveal the virus data and transformed him into a powerful hybrid creature. Fang Yu subdued Wesker and set out to find the India Continent Team, as Pain Six Paths appeared near Konoha.

• Fang Yu and the Central Continent Team battled zombies, G-Adults, Lickers, and Mutant Insectoids while advancing toward Umbrella Corporation.
• Fang Yu led the survivors into Umbrella's Underground Base, where Chu Xuan exposed Wesker's attempts to erase the virus data and forced him to provide the T-Virus sequence.
• Chu Xuan used Wesker's samples and Fang Yu's blood to create a monstrous virus hybrid that absorbed a soldier's Scale Armor and attacked Claire and the others.
• Fang Yu stopped the rampaging Wesker with his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Chu Xuan explained that he had made Wesker a weapon for Fang Yu to control.
• Fang Yu left to search for the India Continent Team while Obito and Zetsu watched the Art Duo approach Konoha and the Animal Path summoned the other five Pain.

Akatsuki attacked Konoha during the Chunin Exams, breaking through the village barrier as its defenders fought the invading Pain paths and summoned beasts. Uchiha Yu saved Hyuga Hiashi from a missile, then rushed after Deidara when he targeted the Uchiha compound.

• Sasori used iron sand to disrupt Konoha's barrier while Deidara planted clay explosives, and Nagato ordered the attack after sensing the gathered Jinchuriki.
• Anbu announced Akatsuki's invasion during Uchiha Yu and Kimimaro's match, throwing the examination arena into chaos.
• Deidara and Sasori destroyed the barrier squad's defenses, opened Konoha's gate, and sent Sasori's puppets into the village.
• Hyuga Hiashi and his clan fought Pain's paths and summoned beasts, with Hiashi destroying Asura Path's signal receiver after Uchiha Yu saved him from a missile.
• Uchiha Yu spotted Deidara's clay spiders falling toward the Uchiha compound and flew after him to stop the attack.

Uchiha Yu defeated Deidara and rushed toward the battle where Tsunade and Jiraiya fought Pain. As the conflict spread and Gaara was abducted, Obito captured Naruto and put him under genjutsu, prompting Jiraiya to sense the Nine-Tails’ dangerous chakra.

• Uchiha Yu countered Deidara’s clay attacks, survived C3 No. 18, and trapped Deidara in genjutsu before defeating him.
• Asuma and Kurenai arrived as Tsunade and Jiraiya faced Pain, and Uchiha Yu left the fight against Deidara to join the larger battle.
• Jiraiya recognized Yahiko’s face on Deva Path Pain, while Tsunade fought the Paths and Asura Path was restored by the King of Hell.
• Rasa watched the battle as Gaara was swallowed by a spatial rift, then Shukaku appeared and attacked Konoha’s forces.
• Obito and Zetsu captured Naruto beneath Hokage Rock, and Obito placed him under genjutsu.
• Jiraiya sensed the evil chakra rising near Hokage Rock and realized Naruto was in danger.

The Nine-Tails and Shukaku devastated Konoha as the allied shinobi forces suffered heavy losses and withdrew. Jiraiya fought Pain but was left gravely wounded, and Uchiha Yu arrived to confront Deva Path Pain.

• The Nine-Tails and Shukaku overwhelmed Konoha and Sand Shinobi defenders, forcing Rasa to order a retreat and the Mist, Cloud, Stone, and other villages to withdraw.
• Might Guy fought Sasori, drove him back, and then rushed with Kakashi toward the Sealing Team.
• Jiraiya summoned Gamabunta and entered Sage Mode to fight Shukaku and Pain, while Tsunade summoned Katsuyu to shield Konoha's shelters and search for wounded.
• Pain used Chibaku Tensei to batter Jiraiya and the Toad Sages, then stabbed Jiraiya and prepared to strike him with Shinra Tensei.
• Uchiha Yu arrived in midair, forced Deva Path Pain back with Black Feathers, and vowed to make Akatsuki pay for the attack.

Uchiha Yu fought Deva Path Pain, then confronted Obito alongside him and exposed Obito’s identity as the false Madara. The chapter ended with Kakashi learning the truth and Nagato questioning who he had been following, while Yu declared that he would kill Obito.

• Uchiha Yu resisted Deva Path Pain’s repulsion and attraction attacks, then struck him with the Guanyin Phantom’s Thousand-Hand Strike.
• Obito tried to ambush Jiraiya, but Jiraiya counterattacked before Obito phased through the Rasengan and joined Deva Path Pain.
• Uchiha Yu sent Jiraiya to help Tsunade fight the Nine-Tails and faced Obito and Deva Path Pain alone.
• Uchiha Yu denounced the Moon’s Eye Plan and exposed the masked man as Uchiha Obito, shocking Nagato and Kakashi.
• Uchiha Yu accused Obito of causing the Nine-Tails Attack and other atrocities, while Kakashi asked whether Obito was really his former teammate.
• Obito admitted that he wanted a world where Rin existed, and Uchiha Yu declared that he would kill him; Nagato then asked whether Obito was truly not Madara.

Uchiha Yu exposed Obito and Nagato's secrets, then battled Obito and the Pain Six Paths in Konoha. After Yu overwhelmed several of the Pains with his abilities, Nagato called Konan and prepared to activate a jutsu.

• Uchiha Yu revealed Nagato's identity and condemned Obito for his actions, prompting Obito to admit he was not Madara Uchiha.
• Uchiha Yu told Obito that Madara had orchestrated Rin Nohara's death, then attacked Obito and Deva Path Pain with ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Yu blocked the Pains' attacks, destroyed the Chibaku Tensei sphere, killed Animal Path Pain, and severely wounded Naraka Path Pain.
• Obito tried to pull Uchiha Yu into the Kamui Dimension, but Yu's Divine Protection Barrier held as his Thousand-Hand Kill forced Obito and Deva Path Pain to dodge.
• Nagato called Konan to fight Uchiha Yu and said he would go activate a jutsu.

Uchiha Yu contained Deva Path Pain’s devastating Shinra Tensei inside his Divine Protection Barrier, apparently sacrificing himself to save Konoha. After the attack, Konoha’s forces defeated Shukaku and sealed the Nine-Tails, while Konan and Deva Path Pain withdrew.

• Uchiha Yu tried to persuade Konan to abandon Nagato’s plan, but she attacked him with Paper Shuriken and hesitated to use her prepared Paper Bombs against Obito.
• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and struck Shukaku with Daytime Tiger, while Deva Path Pain gathered chakra for Shinra Tensei.
• Uchiha Yu flew to Deva Path Pain and enclosed them both in the Mount Miwa Myojin Divine Protection Barrier as Shinra Tensei devastated the area around Konoha.
• Uchiha Yu’s motionless body fell from the sky, and Tsunade, Kakashi, and the villagers mourned him as they believed he had died protecting them.
• Might Guy struck Shukaku again, and Kazekage Rasa and the Sunagakure ninja sealed it inside a golden pyramid.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Yamato, and the Konoha ninja subdued and sealed the Nine-Tails, while Konan and Deva Path Pain departed with instructions to Obito.