Recaps

After awakening in a warm, confined space, Lin Yuan realized he had been reborn inside a pregnant woman. Hearing the names Mikoto and Uchiha, he concluded that he had transmigrated into Naruto as Uchiha Fugaku’s child.

• Lin Yuan recalled watching Naruto before his consciousness went dark and wondered whether he had died from an electric shock.
• Lin Yuan heard a steady heartbeat nearby and suspected he was inside someone’s belly.
• Lin Yuan kicked outward, and a woman outside cried out in pain.
• Lin Yuan listened to the woman and a man speaking Japanese and recognized the name Mikoto.
• Lin Yuan heard the name Uchiha and realized the woman might be Uchiha Mikoto.
• Lin Yuan connected Mikoto to Uchiha Fugaku and concluded that Fugaku was his father.

Lin Yuan realized he was the unborn second son of Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, making him Sasuke, and feared the coming massacre. As he drifted through the days in the womb, he learned to understand his family’s conversations but discovered he could not yet speak.

• Lin Yuan heard the words “Konoha” and “Hokage” and realized he had been reborn in the Naruto world.
• He pieced together that Fugaku and Mikoto were his parents and that he was their second child, Sasuke Uchiha, with Itachi as his older brother.
• Lin Yuan worried that the Uchiha massacre might happen soon, but he had no way to act while still in the womb.
• He gradually learned Japanese by listening to Mikoto, Fugaku, and Itachi speak around him.
• After understanding a full conversation, Lin Yuan tried to speak but could only make his undeveloped lips quiver.

Lin Yuan was born as Uchiha Zongyan, not Sasuke, and realized he had entered the Naruto world as an additional son of Fugaku and Mikoto. He saw his unexpected identity as a chance to alter the Uchiha clan’s fate and began planning to prevent the massacre.

• Lin Yuan was born and heard Mikoto name him Uchiha Zongyan.
• Zongyan realized he was not Sasuke, despite being Itachi’s younger brother, and questioned why his identity differed from the original story.
• Zongyan concluded that his birth had already changed the plot and might prevent the Uchiha massacre.
• Zongyan resolved to use his knowledge of the Naruto story to oppose Konoha’s plans for the Uchiha.
• Itachi called him his little brother, and Zongyan nuzzled toward him as he accepted his new life.

By Konoha Year 48, Zongyan’s presence had helped Itachi grow into a loving older brother, though Zongyan feared the coming Nine-Tails’ Rampage would arrive before he was strong enough to act. When Mikoto went into labor, Fugaku carried her toward the delivery room while Itachi carried Zongyan to the midwife’s home.

• After the Third Shinobi World War ended, Zongyan turned two and became known throughout the Uchiha clan for his remarkable early speech, learning, and understanding.
• Zongyan spent his childhood with Itachi, whose experiences and bond with the clan had kept him from following the traumatic path of the original story.
• Zongyan realized Mikoto’s pregnancy meant Sasuke was still on the way and worried that he would remain known as the second son.
• Zongyan remembered that Minato and Kushina would die in the Nine-Tails’ Rampage that winter, but felt helpless because he was only two.
• Mikoto’s water broke, so Fugaku carried her toward the delivery room while Itachi took Zongyan on his back to the midwife’s home.

Uchiha Itachi and Zongyan waited anxiously while Mikoto gave birth to Sasuke, then welcomed Kushina and Minato Namikaze to visit. After Minato and Kushina left, Zongyan watched them depart and thought about the coming Nine-Tails attack.

• Uchiha Itachi fetched Granny Chiyo, who delivered Mikoto’s healthy baby boy and confirmed that Mikoto was safe.
• Fugaku named the baby Sasuke Uchiha, and Uchiha Itachi promised to protect both Sasuke and Zongyan.
• Kushina and Minato Namikaze arrived to visit Mikoto and meet Sasuke; Kushina briefly held the baby before Fugaku took him back.
• Zongyan and Uchiha Itachi followed Fugaku and Minato to the front hall, where Zongyan listened to their polite small talk.
• After Minato and Kushina left, Uchiha Itachi went to see Sasuke while Zongyan thought, “Next comes the Nine-Tails...”

Uchiha Zongyan and Itachi witnessed the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, which ended with the deaths of Minato and Kushina. As Itachi grieved, Zongyan urged him to put his trust in his Uchiha family, and Itachi promised to remember.

• Three months after Sasuke's birth, Zongyan sensed danger and saw the Nine-Tails' chakra erupt over Konoha.
• Itachi woke, clutched Zongyan protectively, and Fugaku ordered the boys to stay inside before rushing to the front lines.
• The Nine-Tails' rampage subsided, and a messenger announced that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had died in the line of duty.
• Itachi trembled at news of Minato's death, and Zongyan reminded him that his family would remain by his side while other ties could change.
• Itachi clasped Zongyan's hand and promised to remember his words.

In Year 52 of Konoha, six-year-old Zongyan began the Ninja Academy while his older brother, Uchiha Itachi, escorted him through the village’s hostility toward the Uchiha. Itachi watched him enter the school, leaving Zongyan to begin registration on his own.

• Mikoto prepared breakfast for Zongyan on his first day at the Ninja Academy, and Uchiha Itachi returned from Anbu duty to escort him.
• Zongyan recalled that Uchiha Itachi secretly passed the Uchiha clan information about the higher-ups’ plans while posing as their loyal informant.
• As the brothers walked through Konoha, villagers whispered about the Uchiha, and Uchiha Itachi shielded Zongyan from their stares.
• At the Academy gates, the crowd stepped aside as the brothers approached, and Uchiha Itachi reassured Zongyan that his family and clan stood behind him.
• Zongyan entered the Ninja Academy to register while Uchiha Itachi remained at the gates watching him.

Uchiha Zongyan received the Family Lottery System on his way through the Ninja Academy and verified that it was not genjutsu. After learning how its monthly draws and clan-strength-based prize pools worked, he decided to wait until he was home before using his first draw.

• Zongyan walked through the Ninja Academy, noticed other children avoiding him, and considered how vulnerable the Uchiha were against Danzo and the Third.
• The Family Lottery System announced that it had bound to Zongyan, and he tested his chakra, physical sensations, and genjutsu release to confirm the voice was real.
• The system showed Zongyan’s status and explained that he received one non-accumulating free draw each month, with better rewards unlocking as the clan grew stronger.
• Zongyan asked whether he could draw Pangu’s Heaven-Opening Axe, and the system confirmed that it was unavailable in the current prize pool.
• Zongyan chose to save his first draw until he returned home, where his family could help cover for any disturbance.

On his first day at the Academy, Zongyan ignored the familiar lessons while eagerly anticipating his system draw. Back home, he used his one remaining draw and won a gold item: Fragmented · Bloodline Altar.

• Zongyan registered at the Academy and was assigned to Class 1-A, where the other students whispered about his Uchiha heritage and Itachi.
• Zongyan spent the day ignoring lessons he already knew and focusing on the system draw he planned to make at home.
• After returning home, Zongyan hurried to his room, secured the door, and activated the system draw.
• The wheel landed on gold, and the system awarded Zongyan Fragmented · Bloodline Altar.

Zongyan won a gold-quality Shattered · Bloodline Altar that could purify bloodlines and awaken abilities without side effects, and he planned to use it to strengthen the Uchiha. After summoning and hiding the altar, he joined his family for dinner, considering how to ask Fugaku for support.

• Zongyan discovered that the Shattered · Bloodline Altar could gradually purify nearby bloodlines and awaken an ability once a month by consuming minerals.
• Zongyan imagined using the altar to awaken Sharingan across the Uchiha Clan, but realized he needed resources and secrecy, so he decided to seek Fugaku's support.
• Zongyan materialized the altar, touched it, and felt a faint warmth stir his Uchiha bloodline.
• Mikoto called Zongyan to dinner, and he stored the altar in a Summoning Scroll before checking his room and joining his family.
• At dinner, Zongyan noticed Itachi was absent because of Anbu work and pondered how to raise the altar with Fugaku.

Zongyan showed Fugaku the incomplete Bloodline Altar, which could nourish nearby bloodlines and grant one bloodline awakening each month without trauma. Fugaku recognized its potential to free the Uchiha from the Sharingan’s painful awakening and warned that the altar’s existence could make the clan a target, while Zongyan considered how to turn it into strength.

• After Mikoto carried the sleeping Sasuke inside, Zongyan told Fugaku he had found something extraordinary.
• Zongyan summoned the Bloodline Altar, and its bloodline aura triggered Fugaku’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Zongyan explained that the altar could nourish bloodlines within a hundred meters and grant one person a bloodline ability awakening each month without side effects.
• Fugaku believed the altar’s effects after feeling his own bloodline stir and warned that its discovery could make the Uchiha Clan the Shinobi World’s common enemy.
• Zongyan decided the clan’s urgent priority was to turn the altar into strength.

Uchiha Zongyan told Fugaku that the altar could nourish nearby living creatures and awaken bloodlines, and they agreed to hide it in a secret chamber beneath the Clan Meeting Hall. Fugaku promised the clan would provide minerals for Zongyan’s awakenings, while Zongyan returned to his room and saw that his next draw would not be available for a month.

• Fugaku and Zongyan agreed to keep the altar secret from Mikoto, Itachi, and Sasuke.
• Zongyan explained that the altar nourished all living creatures within a hundred-meter radius, so Fugaku decided to secure it in a chamber beneath the central Clan Meeting Hall.
• Zongyan revealed that the altar could awaken someone’s bloodline once a month, and Fugaku promised the clan would supply minerals for his awakenings up to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Fugaku became absorbed in thought as he considered the altar’s potential, then sent Zongyan to rest and reminded him to keep their conversation secret.
• Zongyan returned to his room, relieved that Fugaku would handle the altar’s needs, and checked his System Panel, which showed that he had no draws remaining until next month.

Uchiha Zongyan rescued Naruto from children bullying him and told him he could fight back instead of enduring their abuse. Naruto learned Zongyan’s name as he left for school, while Zongyan expected the watching Anbu to report the encounter to the Third Hokage.

• Zongyan sensed the altar’s early effect on his bloodline and left for school alone because Uchiha Itachi was away on a mission.
• Zongyan found children throwing stones at Naruto and kicked their ringleader before defeating the bullies.
• Zongyan told the children Naruto was a person, not a disaster, and warned them to stop bullying him.
• Zongyan urged Naruto to stand up to people who mistreated him, and Naruto repeated the idea of hitting back.
• Naruto asked Zongyan’s name, and Zongyan introduced himself before leaving for school.
• Zongyan realized the Anbu had likely reported the incident to the Third Hokage and anticipated being summoned.

Hiruzen watched Uchiha Zongyan help Naruto and rejected Danzo’s attempts to seize control of Naruto and Zongyan. Danzo left threatening that Hiruzen would regret his decisions, while Hiruzen remained at his crystal ball.

• Hiruzen observed Zongyan intervene in the alley and ordered an Anbu to retrieve Zongyan’s records.
• Danzo confronted Hiruzen, arguing that Zongyan’s actions showed Uchiha hostility toward Konoha.
• Hiruzen rejected Danzo’s demand to take Naruto into his custody.
• Danzo asked to take Zongyan to Root, but Hiruzen refused to let him interfere with clan children.
• Danzo left after warning Hiruzen that he would regret his choices, and Hiruzen returned to watching the empty alley.

Root ninja tried to abduct Zongyan on Danzo’s orders, but he fought back until Itachi arrived and killed the remaining attackers. Itachi and Zongyan left the alley together, while Itachi’s faith in the village was further shaken.

• A Root ninja confronted Zongyan and demanded that he go with them, but Zongyan refused and fought the four attackers.
• Zongyan killed one Root ninja and used the Great Fireball Technique to disable another, but his chakra ran low as the last two pressed their attack.
• Itachi sensed Zongyan’s chakra, rushed to the alley, and used the Phoenix Flower Jutsu to defeat the remaining Root ninja.
• Itachi checked that Zongyan was unharmed, then killed the only conscious Root ninja after the man claimed the attack was authorized by Danzo and the village’s higher-ups.
• Itachi took Zongyan home, troubled by the village’s actions.

After Root operatives attacked Zongyan, he told Fugaku that the Uchiha needed strength to protect themselves, prompting Fugaku to take him to the clan’s hidden underground chamber. The chapter left Zongyan and Fugaku inside, facing the ancient black Altar.

• Uchiha Itachi carried Zongyan home after an Anbu observer remained behind to deal with the bodies in the alley.
• Zongyan told Fugaku how Root operatives had attacked him and how he and Uchiha Itachi had fought them off.
• Zongyan argued that the Uchiha’s weakness had allowed Danzo to target them, and Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi were struck by his insight.
• An Anbu messenger summoned Uchiha Itachi to the Hokage Building to answer questions about the deaths in the alley.
• Fugaku led Zongyan into the Clan Conference Hall and opened a hidden passage to the chamber containing the ancient black Altar.

Zongyan underwent bloodline purification at the altar and awakened the Sharingan. In Konoha, Hiruzen questioned Itachi’s loyalty and reinforced the Will of Fire, while Itachi listened outwardly but remained inwardly detached.

• Fugaku led Zongyan safely across the trapped chamber to the altar.
• Fugaku used five tons of rough iron to begin Zongyan’s bloodline purification.
• The altar’s red beam tempered Zongyan’s eyes, awakening a single tomoe Sharingan.
• Hiruzen reassured Itachi that he would restrain Danzo after the incident involving Itachi’s clansmen.
• Hiruzen asked whether Itachi put the village or his clan first, and Itachi said he was a Konoha shinobi before an Uchiha.
• Hiruzen lectured Itachi about the Will of Fire as Itachi listened politely while remaining inwardly detached.

Uchiha Zongyan decided that the Ninja Academy could no longer meet his needs and asked Fugaku to arrange intensive training in four areas. With his family’s support, he met the four Uchiha jonin who would train him and accepted their grueling schedule.

• Zongyan checked his status panel and resolved to broaden his combat skills and improve his weaknesses.
• At breakfast, Zongyan asked Fugaku to let him send a shadow clone to the Academy while he trained full-time, and Fugaku agreed.
• Itachi, Mikoto, and Sasuke encouraged Zongyan and urged him to train without neglecting his health.
• Fugaku brought Uchiha Rei, Uchiha Kiyoshi, Uchiha Makoto, and Uchiha Xuan to serve as Zongyan’s instructors in close combat, swordsmanship, ninjutsu, and genjutsu.
• The four jonin set a full-day training schedule, and Zongyan vowed to work hard under their instruction.

Eight-year-old Uchiha Zongyan completed tests of his combat skills against his four jonin teachers, who acknowledged that he had surpassed them. After confirming his jonin rank on the System Panel, he used his refreshed draw and received the cursed blade Murasame, then headed inside for breakfast.

• Zongyan defeated Uchiha Rei in close combat and disarmed Uchiha Kiyoshi in a sword fight.
• Zongyan demonstrated mastery of Fire Release ninjutsu to Uchiha Makoto and broke Uchiha Xuan's genjutsu before trapping him with Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
• Zongyan checked the System Panel, which listed him as an eight-year-old jonin with a Two-Tomoe Sharingan and one draw remaining.
• Zongyan used his draw and obtained the blue-quality Cursed Blade: Murasame, whose scratch inflicted lethal curse poison.
• Zongyan tested Murasame, secured it at his waist, and went inside for breakfast.

On Sasuke’s first day at the Ninja Academy, Zongyan told his family he planned to join the Konoha Military Police Force so he could train in secret and protect the Uchiha. The brothers then left the Uchiha residence to take Sasuke to school, where the other villagers gave them a wide berth.

• At breakfast, Sasuke excitedly asked Uchiha Itachi and Zongyan to take him to his first day at the Ninja Academy, and they agreed.
• Fugaku asked Zongyan about his plans after graduation, and Zongyan said he intended to join the Konoha Military Police Force rather than serve Konoha High Command.
• Zongyan said he wanted to become a hidden weapon for the Uchiha, and Fugaku approved his choice.
• Fugaku warned Sasuke to keep their discussion secret, and Sasuke promised not to tell anyone.
• Uchiha Itachi and Zongyan left the Uchiha residence with Sasuke and headed toward the Ninja Academy.
• On Konoha’s main street, Sasuke adopted a cold, aloof manner, while passersby avoided the three Uchiha brothers.

As Sasuke started at the Ninja Academy, Naruto Uzumaki reunited with Zongyan and revealed how he had turned violent after taking Zongyan’s advice to heart. Zongyan and Uchiha Itachi realized that Zongyan’s casual words had helped make Naruto Konoha’s feared little tyrant.

• Zongyan and Uchiha Itachi saw Sasuke enter the Ninja Academy, then encountered Naruto Uzumaki at the gates.
• After children called Naruto a demon fox, Naruto attacked one child and beat the child’s parents when they tried to intervene.
• Naruto told Zongyan that he had learned to fight back after the Third Hokage let him off with only a lecture for beating a bully.
• Naruto explained that he had spent two years attacking people who insulted or excluded him, while the Third Hokage repeatedly failed to punish him.
• Naruto asked why the big clans never interfered, and Zongyan said only the Third Hokage might know.
• Uchiha Itachi realized that Zongyan’s earlier advice had helped turn Naruto into Konoha’s notorious little tyrant.

After promising Naruto they would meet again, Zongyan returned home and learned that Fugaku had been building a loyal faction within the Uchiha. Fugaku gave Zongyan the names and details of his selected clansmen, intending to place them under Zongyan’s command when he joined the Konoha Military Police Force, then took him to complete his enrollment.

• Zongyan promised an excited Naruto that they would meet often, then parted ways with Uchiha Itachi as Itachi headed to report to the Anbu.
• Zongyan returned to the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Fugaku showed him a list of loyal clansmen who had each used the Vein Altar for one awakening.
• Fugaku explained that he had used the Altar’s monthly opportunities to strengthen selected clansmen and build support for his faction as he shifted toward the Radical Faction.
• Zongyan realized Fugaku intended to put the listed Military Police Force members under his command and memorized their details.
• Fugaku took Zongyan to the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters to complete his enrollment paperwork.

Fugaku brought Zongyan to the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters, explained its organization, and appointed him an Action Squad captain. Zongyan met his division captain and three young officers, all selected by Fugaku, and set out to learn the district with them.

• Fugaku explained the Military Police Force's staffing, four duty divisions, and his plans for Zongyan to build influence within it.
• Fugaku registered Zongyan in the force and appointed him captain of a four-person arrest squad.
• Fugaku introduced Zongyan to Uchiha Yashiro, the southern district division captain, and instructed him to guide Zongyan through the force's procedures.
• Yashiro assigned Uchiha Takuma, Uchiha Naoki, and Uchiha Yūta to Zongyan's squad.
• Zongyan greeted the three officers and realized that Fugaku had personally selected each of them.

Zongyan began his first South District patrol with Takuma, Naoki, and Yuta, then intervened when Shimura Hongyu refused to pay for ramen and assaulted the shopkeeper. Hongyu invoked his uncle Shimura Danzō, but Zongyan arrested him under the public security regulations.

• Zongyan and his three patrol members walked through the South District and discussed the Uchiha Security Force's duties and reputation among villagers.
• The patrol heard a commotion at a ramen shop, where a young man had tried to leave without paying and shoved the owner when confronted.
• The crowd fled when they realized the Uchiha guards had arrived, while Takuma and Naoki explained that villagers feared the clan's strict enforcement.
• The offender identified himself as Shimura Hongyu and threatened the officers by claiming his uncle was Shimura Danzō.
• Zongyan cited the public security regulations, then twisted Hongyu's wrist and forced him to the floor.
• Naoki and Yuta restrained Shimura Hongyu with ropes.

Zongyan arrested Shimura Hongyu for causing trouble and abusing his uncle Danzo’s influence, then refused to release him despite pressure from Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi. After Hiruzen privately met with Uchiha Fugaku, Hongyu was released early and the Uchiha Clan acquired another shop on South Street.

• Zongyan publicly defended Shimura Hongyu’s arrest as impartial law enforcement, while villagers criticized the privileges of high-ranking officials’ relatives.
• Danzo arrived with Root and ordered Zongyan to release Hongyu, but Zongyan challenged him before the gathered villagers, forcing Danzo to leave without his nephew.
• Danzo complained to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who summoned Zongyan and asked him to release Hongyu for the sake of friendship and restraint.
• Zongyan questioned whether personal ties among officials mattered more than village laws, leaving Hiruzen unable to argue against him.
• Hiruzen privately spoke with Uchiha Fugaku, after which the Uchiha Clan appeared to acquire another South Street shop and Hongyu was released early after several days in detention.