Arc 1The Hidden Dragon’s Rise
Uchiha Yinglang secretly built strength outside the chakra system while gaining influence within the Uchiha Clan and recruiting Yutian as an ally. The arc ended with Yinglang and Yutian advancing through the Elite Seed assessment as the next round of combat sparring approached.
- Uchiha Yinglang resolved to avenge his father Retsu, protect the Uchiha Clan, and conceal his new all-nature chakra aptitude from others.
- Yinglang replaced his Chakra Seed with a framework rooted in his life force, then developed the Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique and hid its power behind a flawed scroll.
- Yinglang’s filial acts won praise in the compound, and Uchiha Gen made him his heir through an arrangement with Uchiha Ning and his daughter Ruri.
- Yinglang refused the Ninja Academy and secured an Elite Seed place for himself, then offered Yutian a place and support in exchange for future loyalty.
- At training, Yinglang discovered Yuanguang Uchiha’s faction had deliberately confused Yutian with misleading lessons, so he secretly coached Yutian and helped him improve his chakra control.
- Yinglang explained Yuanguang’s favoritism to Yutian, revealed his one-tomoe Sharingan, and gave him unorthodox ideas for awakening his own eyes.
- Yutian finished twenty-ninth in the sandbag race and passed the floating-board test, while Yinglang and Kagami also cleared the course.
- Yutian defeated Daisuke Uchiha, and Yinglang beat Aoki Uchiha after disarming him with a series of mishaps, leaving eight contestants for the next round.