Chapter Summaries

Liumu and Han welcomed their daughter Muhan, whose inherited abilities included Ice Release and the power to freeze space and time. A month later, Liumu traveled to the Land of Rain and confronted Nagato about the Akatsuki’s plan to capture Jinchūriki, demanding to meet its members.

• Han gave birth to Muhan, whose ice-blue eyes and chakra aura revealed that she had inherited Ice Release and could freeze space and time.
• Over the next month, Jiraiya and Tsunade helped care for Muhan while Liumu and Han kept her abilities secret.
• When Jiraiya planned to investigate the Land of Rain, Liumu insisted on going himself and warned Jiraiya not to go.
• Liumu left for the Land of Rain and interrupted Nagato discussing plans to capture a child with a Tailed Beast and Kumogakure’s Two-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Liumu confronted Nagato about targeting Jinchūriki and demanded to meet all the members of the Later Akatsuki.

Liumu kept Akatsuki and the Land of Rain under surveillance while investigating Nagato’s intentions and the tailed beasts. Years later, Naruto came to Liumu with trouble circulating his chakra, and Liumu discovered signs that the Eight Trigrams Seal was weakening.

• Liumu learned that Nagato had sent Tobi to Sunagakure and warned Nagato and Konan not to forget their childhood ideals before leaving the Land of Rain under surveillance.
• Five years later, Kakashi told Liumu that Orochimaru had failed to take Nagato’s Rinnegan and that Akatsuki was hunting him.
• Liumu continued investigating the Land of Rain and ordered Kakashi’s team not to take unnecessary risks while pursuing his plans involving jinchūriki.
• Naruto came to Liumu’s room after noticing that the chakra inside him was difficult to circulate, explaining that Minato had been away for weeks and Kushina did not know.
• Liumu inspected Naruto’s abdomen and saw that the Eight Trigrams Seal was showing signs of weakening.

Liumu examined Naruto’s seal and told him to ask Minato or Kushina to reinforce it, then encouraged Kakashi to consider leading a Genin squad. He later attended Muhan’s Ninja Academy assessment to investigate her unusual abilities.

• Liumu entered Naruto’s seal, frightened the Nine-Tails, and told Naruto to seek Minato or Kushina to repair it.
• Liumu asked Kakashi to consider leading a Genin squad and chose to leave Orochimaru alone.
• Liumu and Kakashi discussed the growing threat from the Akatsuki, who were recruiting Rogue Ninja and capturing Jinchūriki.
• Liumu went to Muhan’s Ninja Academy assessment after Kakashi reminded him to support her.
• Liumu asked Meichuan Neiku to test Muhan’s chakra and investigate whether her strange fire came from Fire Release or Taotie’s Gluttony.

Muhan’s frost-covered Chakra Paper revealed her kekkei genkai, but Liumu refused Minato’s offer to give her private tutoring so she could have a normal childhood. Liumu and Minato later watched Naruto’s class take a practice graduation test, where Naruto scored nine points on kunai throwing and Sasuke scored ten.

• Muhan’s Chakra Paper frosted over without burning, confirming that she had a kekkei genkai.
• Minato asked Liumu to tutor Muhan privately, but Liumu refused because he wanted her to grow up with friends and a childhood.
• Liumu told Minato that Han could guide Muhan’s education and learned that Minato and Kushina planned to reinforce Naruto’s seal that night.
• Liumu and Minato watched the Ninja Academy’s practice graduation assessment from the principal’s office.
• Naruto scored nine points in kunai throwing, and Sasuke scored ten before bristling at the teacher’s comparison to Itachi.

Liumu and Minato watched the students' tests and discussed the children, Kakashi's trainees, and Neji's duties to the Hyuga Branch Family. The tests ended with the adults pleased, and Minato asked Liumu how the Uchiha Clan had been doing.

• Minato praised Naruto's nine-ring score, while Liumu watched Choza's son use the Akimichi Multi-Size Technique and Shikamaru miss his kunai target.
• Liumu recognized the Kirigakure blades among Kakashi's future ANBU trainees and learned that Gekko Hayate was teaching them, with Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword completing the team's weapons.
• Hyuga Takashi said Kirigakure had not returned the Byakugan taken from the Hyuga Main Family, and he explained that Neji could not graduate early because he had to protect Hinata.
• Liumu questioned whether Neji wanted to graduate early, but Takashi insisted that Branch Family members did not need their own opinions.
• Minato praised Sasuke's Fire Release and asked Liumu about the Uchiha Clan, and Liumu said they were doing fine.

Liumu took Han and Muhan to the market, then turned a family dinner into a village-wide barbecue at the Training Ground. The gathering ended with villagers eating together under the stars while Muhan shared her food with her father.

• Liumu carried Muhan home from school and went with Han to the market to buy ingredients for dinner.
• Liumu invited Minato and the Uchiha Clan Head to dinner, and the invitation brought a crowd of villagers to his home.
• Liumu moved the gathering to the Training Ground and began grilling food while the children played nearby.
• Han used her Ice Release to prepare the pig that Liumu had mistakenly ordered instead of pork.
• The villagers gathered around the bonfire as Kakashi took Liumu's chicken wings, and Muhan offered her father some garlic-topped eggplant.

Muhan asked Liumu for younger siblings, prompting him to take indefinite leave from Minato. Later, Sasuke asked Liumu to become his teacher, and Liumu considered whether Genjutsu could trigger the Sharingan.

• Muhan asked Liumu and Han for a younger brother and sister so she could form a team with her siblings.
• Liumu told Muhan she would have younger siblings, then submitted a request for indefinite leave to Minato to try to grant her wish.
• Sasuke approached Liumu and asked to become his student because he wanted to grow stronger and surpass Itachi.
• Liumu questioned Sasuke's impatience and wondered whether shocking an Uchiha with Genjutsu could awaken the Sharingan.
• Liumu decided the idea was worth testing and planned to discuss it with Fugaku.

Liumu proposed using carefully controlled genjutsu to awaken the Uchiha’s Sharingan and arranged for Fugaku, Itachi, and Shisui to develop the plan. Three years later, Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy, and Liumu reassured Minato about Kakashi leading his team.

• Liumu told Sasuke he would find him a suitable teacher after he graduated from the Ninja Academy.
• Liumu proposed that Fugaku use genjutsu to stimulate Uchiha clansmen into awakening their Sharingan, and Fugaku agreed to consider the experiment.
• Liumu informed Itachi, Shisui, and Minato about the idea, then told the Uchiha to design the genjutsu so its targets would not discover the deception.
• Izumi met Itachi as he escorted Liumu out, and Liumu left them alone together.
• Liumu learned that Minato had invited Muhan to his home and suspected Minato wanted her to become Naruto’s future wife.
• Three years later, Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy, and Liumu told Minato he trusted Kakashi to lead Naruto’s squad.

Liumu received a Poseidon template and a Huodou summoning beast card, then activated Poseidon’s powers before summoning Huodou to tame it. He named the furious beast Erha and raised a trident of water as he prepared to face it.

• Liumu left the Ninja Academy and selected a character template, receiving Poseidon, while his second draw gave him the demonic beast Huodou.
• Liumu noticed that demonic beasts required taming and entered his Time House to activate the Poseidon template.
• Liumu examined Poseidon’s attributes and skills, then decided to test them by summoning Huodou.
• Huodou emerged in flames and black mist, and Liumu named it Erha.
• Liumu summoned water into a three-bladed trident and rose above the ground on a river as he faced Erha.

Liumu defeated Huodou, awakened his Divine Domain, and gained the beast as a summon named Erha. He then joined Minato at Hokage Rock, where the weakened seal on the Three-Tails prompted Liumu to suggest finding it a jinchūriki.

• Liumu used water techniques and Divine Sight to subdue Huodou, then activated Divine Domain and discovered he could control the ocean within it.
• Huodou gave Liumu a fiery bead, acknowledged him as his master, and became his summoning beast, Erha.
• An ANBU member told Liumu that Minato wanted to meet him at Hokage Rock.
• Minato explained that the spell sealing the Three-Tails had weakened and asked Liumu to guard him while he reinforced its Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Liumu suggested finding the Three-Tails a jinchūriki, but Minato said selecting a suitable host would be difficult.

Liumu and Minato asked Rin to become the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki, and Rin agreed after Liumu assured her that Minato would handle the sealing. They began the nighttime procedure at Hokage Rock, where Minato released the Three-Tails from its seal.

• Liumu identified Rin as a suitable candidate to become the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki and summoned her with Minato and Kakashi.
• Rin told Liumu that she respected Jinchūriki for risking their lives to protect the village.
• Kakashi objected when Liumu asked Rin to become the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki, but Rin agreed to try.
• Liumu reassured Rin that Minato would perform the sealing and that the Three-Tails would not cause trouble.
• Liumu sent ANBU to keep the clans from interfering, and Minato released the Three-Tails at Hokage Rock.

Liumu helped Minato seal the Three-Tails inside Rin, then learned that the Scroll of Seals had been stolen. He and Minato discovered Naruto with the scroll in a grove, where Mizuki confronted him, and Iruka arrived as Naruto explained why he had taken it.

• Liumu moved Kakashi, Rin, and the Three-Tails into his Time House to keep the beast's presence from alarming Konoha's civilians.
• Liumu knocked the Three-Tails unconscious, allowing Minato to extract its chakra and seal it inside Rin.
• Kakashi took Rin to Konoha Hospital, while Liumu and Minato returned to the Hokage Office and heard that the Scroll of Seals had been stolen.
• Liumu and Minato followed a smoke cloud to a grove, where Mizuki attacked Naruto and demanded the scroll.
• Naruto explained to Iruka that he had stolen the scroll to learn high-level ninjutsu, after Mizuki told him it contained Liumu's techniques and revealed where it was hidden.

Mizuki attacked Iruka to steal the Sealing Scroll, but Minato and Liumu intervened, and Liumu killed Mizuki with a single punch. Naruto explained that Mizuki had tricked him into believing the scroll would teach him Liumu’s ninjutsu, and Liumu took him to an ANBU cell as punishment, where he challenged Naruto over the forbidden techniques.

• Mizuki attacked Iruka and tried to take the Sealing Scroll, but Minato appeared to protect Iruka and Naruto.
• Liumu gave Mizuki three breaths to flee, then destroyed the woods with a punch that killed him.
• Minato sent Iruka away and asked Naruto why he had stolen the Sealing Scroll.
• Naruto said Mizuki had promised the scroll would let him learn ninjutsu like Liumu’s, and Minato asked Liumu to decide his punishment.
• Liumu took Naruto to an ANBU cell, told him the confinement was for show, and questioned whether he could learn the forbidden ninjutsu.

Liumu taught Naruto the Multi Shadow Clone Technique after Naruto admitted his mistake over the Forbidden Book, then reassured Minato that Naruto had learned his lesson. Later, Liumu watched Kakashi form Team 7 and worried that Sasuke might awaken his Sharingan early if Fugaku followed his suggestion.

• Liumu offered Naruto a graduation present and decided to teach him the Multi Shadow Clone Technique.
• Naruto learned the technique and used a Transformation Technique to make cheeky clones, prompting Liumu to scold him.
• Liumu told Minato that Naruto was in good spirits and had admitted his mistake, and Minato worried about Kushina's reaction at home.
• Liumu watched Kakashi test Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke from a distance as the three formed Team 7.
• Liumu recalled that Sasuke might become one of the first test subjects if Fugaku adopted his suggestion, and wondered whether Sasuke could awaken his Sharingan early.

Fugaku organized a secret experiment to help Uchiha children awaken their eyes, and Shisui asked Liumu to cast the genjutsu. Liumu agreed to begin the experiment in Fugaku's office the next morning.

• Fugaku gathered Police Force members and discussed selecting children aged five and older for the eye-awakening experiment.
• Fugaku included his son Sasuke among the participants, and the clan selected thirteen other children.
• Shisui proposed that Liumu cast the genjutsu, since he had suggested the experiment and might have a method in mind.
• Shisui visited Liumu's home and explained the plan; after Han intervened, Liumu postponed the experiment until the next morning.
• Liumu told Shisui to notify the participants and said he would begin the experiment in Fugaku's office.

Liumu used the Heavenly Fox Eyes to put Uchiha children through tailored genjutsu intended to awaken their Sharingan, then offered Obito a separate illusion designed around Rin. Sasuke was the first child to wake, and his reaction to seeing Itachi in danger revealed his deep attachment to his brother.

• Shisui informed Liumu and Fugaku that everyone had gathered, and they moved the experiment to the back mountain.
• Liumu used the Heavenly Fox Eyes to put the participating children to sleep and subject them to genjutsu based on their deepest fears.
• Liumu offered Obito a custom genjutsu involving Rin and had Shisui take him away from the others to keep him safe.
• Toward evening, Sasuke woke in tears after believing Itachi was in danger, then clung to his unharmed brother.
• Fugaku felt proud that Sasuke's eyes had awakened through his love for Itachi, while admitting he was also a little jealous.

Liumu's genjutsu experiment awakened the Sharingan in Uchiha children, including Obito, whose trauma over Rin triggered his Mangekyo and Susanoo. After Liumu subdued him and brought him back to his senses, Konoha's leaders met to discuss the successful experiment and its implications.

• The Uchiha children collapsed during the experiment, then awakened their Sharingan, exciting their parents and Shisui.
• Liumu and Fugaku rushed toward a distant blast and found Obito unleashing fire techniques while trapped in a genjutsu depicting Rin's death.
• Obito awakened his Mangekyo and formed a Susanoo while unconscious, and Liumu broke through the Susanoo and punched him awake.
• Obito confronted Liumu about making Rin a jinchūriki before realizing he had been caught in a genjutsu and that Minato, Sarutobi, and the Uchiha were watching.
• At Fugaku's office, Minato praised Liumu's experiment, while the village leaders considered that the method might also awaken the Mangekyo.

After helping the Uchiha Clan, Liumu was summoned by Hyuga Hiashi, who wanted to discuss the Uchiha’s Susanoo and Sharingan evolution. Liumu criticized the Hyuga Clan’s isolation and traditions, leaving Hiashi and his clansmen to hear his blunt assessment.

• Minato told Liumu to warn him before taking actions that could leave him dealing with clan disputes, but Liumu defended his support for the Uchiha Clan and proposed forming a Susanoo squad.
• An ANBU ninja delivered Hyuga Hiashi’s invitation, and Liumu left the Hokage Office to visit the Hyuga residence.
• Hiashi welcomed Liumu and asked about the method he had devised for evolving the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan.
• Liumu grew impatient with Hiashi’s indirect questioning and criticized the Hyuga Clan for its closed-mindedness and unhealthy traditions.
• Liumu challenged the Hyuga Clan to look beyond its barriers, while recalling that Hinata’s rescue in this life had prevented Hiashi’s younger brother from dying.

Liumu told Hyuga Hiashi and the clan elders that the Hyuga Clan needed to change its traditions and develop its Byakugan to keep pace with the Uchiha. He called Neji to demonstrate Rotation, leaving the Hyuga gathered in the courtyard to witness the Branch Family youth use the Main Family’s secret technique.

• Hyuga Hiashi worried that Obito’s Susanoo had upset the balance between Konoha’s clans and made the Hyuga Clan’s former confidence untenable.
• Liumu argued that the Hyuga Clan’s rigid traditions and Main Family privilege had stifled its growth, and said the Byakugan needed to be developed further.
• Liumu asked Hyuga Hiashi to summon Neji and bring him kunai, then questioned Neji about whether he had learned Rotation.
• Hyuga Hiashi objected that Rotation was reserved for Main Family children, but Liumu silenced him and ordered Neji to demonstrate the technique.
• Neji released chakra from his pathways and spun within a large chakra sphere as Liumu hurled kunai at him, and the sphere blocked them all.

Liumu used Neji’s skill with Rotation to challenge the Hyuga Clan’s Main Family and Branch Family traditions, urging Hyuga Hiashi to value ability over birth. Hiashi began reconsidering the clan’s customs after comparing them with Fugaku’s leadership of the Uchiha Clan.

• Neji demonstrated Rotation, and Liumu showed him a flaw in his defense before praising his ability and urging him to train harder.
• Liumu explained that Neji’s Branch Family status prevented the Hyuga Clan from recognizing and developing his exceptional talent.
• Liumu compared Hyuga Hiashi’s choices with Fugaku’s willingness to value Shisui and Itachi’s abilities over blood ties.
• Hyuga Hiashi bowed his head to the elders as he reconsidered how the Main Family and Branch Family divisions had been determined.
• Liumu urged Hiashi to let capable people rise and protect the Byakugan’s future by reforming the clan.