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.
Chapters 1–25 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 1An Uchiha branch family, the Myriad Worlds Lottery System

Uchiha Yinglang was reborn as a newborn in the Uchiha clan and resolved to protect himself, avenge his father, and prevent the clan’s destruction. The Myriad Worlds Lottery System gave him aptitude for all chakra natures and agreed to conceal his abilities.

  • Uchiha Ning held her newborn son, Uchiha Yinglang, beside the memorial tablet of her husband, Retsu Uchiha, who had been killed by Tobirama Senju.
  • Uchiha Yinglang realized he had transmigrated into the Naruto world and rejected the idea of relying on Naruto Uzumaki or other protagonists for protection.
  • Uchiha Yinglang resolved to fight for his own safety, avenge Retsu, and keep the Uchiha from being exterminated.
  • The Myriad Worlds Lottery System bound itself to Uchiha Yinglang and awarded him aptitude for all chakra natures.
  • Uchiha Yinglang asked the system to hide his talent and strength, then accepted Uchiha Ning nursing him.

Ch. 2Chakra's flaws, Yinglang's conjectures and plans for the future

Uchiha Yinglang questioned the system about chakra’s flaws and concluded that the Sage of Six Paths might have tampered with chakra seeds and remained a powerful threat. He planned to avoid relying on chakra, develop taijutsu and his own senjutsu, and counter the Great Toad Sage’s prophecies before receiving a taijutsu genius’s training experience from his first draw.

  • Uchiha Yinglang asked the system whether chakra had flaws and learned that the problem lay in the chakra seeds.
  • Uchiha Yinglang suspected the Sage of Six Paths had placed restrictions or hidden mechanisms in the seeds and might still be alive alongside Hamura Otsutsuki.
  • Uchiha Yinglang planned to focus on taijutsu, avoid cultivating chakra, and create his own senjutsu and Sage Mode.
  • Uchiha Yinglang identified limits in the Great Toad Sage’s prophecies and considered hiding among crowds or building forces on another continent.
  • Uchiha Yinglang made his first draw and received a taijutsu genius’s training experience from a high-martial world.

Ch. 3The performance and lying low beneath a child's face

In Konoha Year 2, Uchiha Yinglang concealed his unusual maturity and secretly trained his body while being raised by his widowed mother, Uchiha Ning. He promised her he would not become a ninja, but resolved to pursue a path beyond Konoha’s ninja system and build a new world.

  • Uchiha Yinglang asked Uchiha Ning where his father was, and she told him his father had gone far away and might return when he grew up.
  • Uchiha Yinglang kept up the appearance of an ordinary, playful child while secretly conditioning his body and avoiding chakra.
  • Uchiha Yinglang reflected on his father Retsu Uchiha’s death and held onto his plans for revenge while keeping his hatred hidden.
  • Uchiha Ning asked Uchiha Yinglang not to become a ninja, and he promised he only wanted to stay with her.
  • As Uchiha Ning embraced him, Uchiha Yinglang resolved to follow his own path beyond the old ninja system.

Ch. 4The good things Yinglang saved from the lottery and Yinglang's friends

In Year 3 of Konoha, Uchiha Yinglang secretly trained with knowledge and items gained from the lottery while maintaining his ordinary-child disguise. He made three useful playmates and returned home with his strength and future connections quietly developing.

  • Uchiha Yinglang dismissed rumors about Madara Uchiha leaving Konoha and blamed him for the Uchiha Clan's losses before its surrender.
  • Uchiha Yinglang stored lottery prizes, including dangerous mermaid flesh and the Emotion Transformation technique, while using the Turtle Breath manual to support his secret training.
  • Uchiha Yinglang brought his physical abilities to roughly ordinary taijutsu genin level without anyone noticing.
  • Uchiha Yinglang formed casual friendships with Tsume Inuzuka, Kurama Unkai, and Yutian, observing their clans and backgrounds for possible future use.
  • Uchiha Ning called Uchiha Yinglang home, and he waved goodbye to his friends as the Uchiha compound sank into dusk.

Ch. 5Breaking Free of the Cocoon, Right Here and Now (Part One)

Uchiha Yinglang learned that he could replace his flawed Chakra Seed by using his own qi as life essence, but the dangerous, irreversible process required three uninterrupted days in a safe place. He arranged to visit the Naka River with Uchiha Ning so he could scout the nearby mountains for a secluded location.

  • Uchiha Yinglang practiced his Hibernating Dragon Breath and reflected that his qi-based strength had reached a bottleneck.
  • Uchiha Yinglang asked the system about replacing his Chakra Seed, and it explained the steps, risks, and preparations required.
  • Uchiha Yinglang decided to search the mountains upstream from the Naka River for a secluded place to undergo the replacement.
  • Uchiha Yinglang persuaded Uchiha Ning to take him to the Naka River the next morning, planning to scout the area.

Ch. 6Breaking free of the cocoon, right here and now (part two)

Uchiha Yinglang secretly traveled to a hidden cave and began replacing the Chakra Seed with a new seed, enduring the painful procedure. He successfully devoured the old seed, escaped the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra system, and collapsed from exhaustion.

  • Uchiha Yinglang found a sheltered recess behind vines near the Naka River and chose it as a place to hide.
  • Uchiha Yinglang pretended to care for Uchiha Ning while she was ill, then slipped out of the compound and reached the cave alone.
  • Uchiha Yinglang condensed his life essence and implanted a new seed framework, enduring intense pain.
  • Uchiha Yinglang guided the new seed to devour the Chakra Seed, overcoming its resistance as his vital signs deteriorated.
  • The system confirmed the replacement had succeeded, and Uchiha Yinglang collapsed in the cave, relieved that his power now belonged to him alone.

Ch. 7Nichirin Blade, Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique

Uchiha Yinglang combined his self-nurtured dragon essence with combat breathing to create the Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique and develop nine forms. After training with them until he snapped a tree in half, he hid his strength from his mother and returned to his ordinary-looking life.

  • Uchiha Yinglang realized that breathing normally let him passively cultivate the dragon essence rooted in his own life force.
  • After drawing a Nichirin Blade replica, he used its Breathing Style concepts to experiment with combining combat breathing and Hibernating Dragon Breath.
  • Uchiha Yinglang compressed a full cycle of Hibernating Dragon Breath into one breath, creating the Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique.
  • Over the following months, he developed nine forms, ranging from Dragon Claw Strike to the still-unmastered Dragon Ruling the Nine Heavens.
  • Uchiha Yinglang practiced the first eight forms at dawn and broke the backyard tree in half with World-Shaking Dragon Hammer.
  • Uchiha Yinglang told Uchiha Ning he had been playing in the yard and concealed his training, while she remained unaware that he had felled the tree.

Ch. 8The life-shortening forbidden technique in the wooden box

Uchiha Yinglang created a dangerous, chakra-powered imitation of his Dragon-Slaying Breathing Technique, disguising it as a forbidden technique that consumes the user's lifespan to explain his rapid growth and strength. He planted the explanation with his mother and hid the forged scroll beneath his bed for future use.

  • Uchiha Yinglang realized that the dragon essence seed was accelerating his physical growth and worried that others would investigate his unusual strength and development.
  • Over three nights, Uchiha Yinglang designed a stripped-down version of his breathing technique that replaced dragon essence with chakra and imposed increasingly severe life-shortening costs on its forms.
  • Uchiha Yinglang invented a ninth form, Dragon Devouring the Nine Heavens, which burned the user's chakra, life essence, and soul for thirty breaths of power before certain death.
  • Uchiha Yinglang wrote a deliberately flawed scroll with warnings about the technique's costs, hid it in a wooden box, and tested two of its weaker forms, injuring and exhausting himself.
  • When Uchiha Ning noticed that he had grown taller, Uchiha Yinglang innocently blamed his self-created breathing technique and began spreading the explanation he planned to use later.

Ch. 9Lying on Ice for Carp? No! Smashing Ice to Catch Fish!

In Year 5 of Konoha, Uchiha Yinglang broke through a frozen river to catch a fish for his sick mother, Uchiha Ning. His act spread through the clan as a story of filial devotion, establishing the reputation he had hoped to build.

  • Yinglang remembered how his mother’s illness began after she gathered firewood in the cold and decided to catch a fish for her.
  • Yinglang smashed a hole in the frozen river, caught a fish, and carried it home while passing clansmen watched.
  • Yinglang told Uchiha Ning he had caught the fish so she could make soup, and she tearfully embraced him.
  • Uchiha clansmen spread an embellished story about Yinglang’s devotion and resilience, strengthening his reputation in the compound.

Ch. 10Yinglang yielded the peach

At the Uchiha Clan’s spring peach distribution, Uchiha Yinglang gave up the largest fruit and chose a small green peach, earning widespread praise for his consideration. Uchiha Gen quietly took notice of him, while Uchiha Ning wondered at her son’s unusual sensibility.

  • Uchiha Ken offered Uchiha Yinglang the biggest, ripest peach during the clan’s distribution.
  • Uchiha Yinglang refused it and asked for the smallest green peach, saying the larger ones should go to older people and those who needed them more.
  • The clanspeople praised Yinglang’s manners, and Uchiha Ken gave him the small peach he had chosen.
  • Uchiha Gen watched Yinglang accept the praise without conceit and began paying attention to him.
  • Uchiha Ning asked Yinglang whether he truly preferred the small peach, and he assured her it would be sweet too.

Ch. 11A leap in class and the Hokage's attention

Uchiha Yinglang’s reputation for filial devotion and modesty earned him a place as Uchiha Gen’s son-in-law and heir, elevating him into the clan’s power circle. Hashirama Senju welcomed the child’s apparent Will of Fire, while Tobirama Senju warned that Yinglang’s rapid rise might conceal a deeper plan and ordered him watched.

  • Uchiha Gen asked Uchiha Ning to let Yinglang marry his daughter Ruri and inherit his household and influence, and Ning accepted.
  • Uchiha Yinglang moved into Uchiha Gen’s household and became the core elder’s tacitly acknowledged heir, prompting envy and speculation throughout the clan.
  • An Anbu subordinate reported Yinglang’s rise to Hashirama Senju, who remembered the boy’s acts of filial devotion and courtesy.
  • Tobirama Senju suspected Yinglang’s reputation had grown too quickly and urged caution toward the Uchiha.
  • Hashirama Senju told Tobirama to keep watch on Yinglang and see how the child developed.

Ch. 12A new life

In Summer of Year 6, Yinglang moved into Uchiha Gen’s residence and began living and training under the elder’s supervision. After revealing four chakra affinities and starting basic instruction, Yinglang settled into a routine that let him cultivate a plausible public talent while secretly continuing to develop his dragon essence.

  • Uchiha Ning brought Yinglang to Uchiha Gen’s residence, where Gen introduced his daughter, Uchiha Ruri, and set rules for Yinglang as his pupil.
  • Yinglang overheard an Uchiha clansman criticize Tobirama Senju’s treatment of the clan and lament Madara Uchiha’s departure, while Gen urged restraint and stability.
  • Ruri told Yinglang that Gen wanted him to test his chakra affinities, and Gen introduced Uchiha Shinichi as his instructor in taijutsu and ninja tools.
  • Yinglang used a controlled strand of chakra to make the testing paper show fire, wind, lightning, and Yin Release affinities.
  • Gen assigned Yinglang daily basic training with Shinichi, chakra practice, and later lessons in Fire Release and genjutsu, while Yinglang continued secretly cultivating dragon essence.

Ch. 13Two tracks, open and hidden: research underground

Yinglang maintained his public image as a modest young chakra trainee while secretly advancing his dragon essence cultivation and conducting experiments in a hidden laboratory. He developed a prototype Thunderclap Bomb and prepared to demonstrate Fire Release for Elder Xuan that afternoon.

  • Yinglang reviewed his hidden cultivation and public chakra progress, then learned from Uchiha Ruri that Elder Xuan would inspect his Fire Release that afternoon.
  • Yinglang entered his underground laboratory and reviewed his research on Mermaid Flesh, which had yielded five Pseudo-Immortality Pills and ten weaker Fake Immortality Pills.
  • Yinglang examined his Thunderclap Bomb and Storm Release technique concepts, then tested an embryonic Thunderclap Bomb that flew under control but dissipated without exploding.
  • Yinglang secured his research and laboratory, returned to the backyard training ground, and continued preparing for Elder Xuan's inspection.

Ch. 14A conversation in the tea room

Elder Xuan discussed Yuanguang Uchiha’s proposed elite training policy with Liuli and Yinglang, who exposed how it would benefit Yuanguang’s son and favored families. After Yinglang refused to attend the Ninja Academy, Elder Xuan exempted him from the policy and committed to training him himself.

  • Elder Xuan told Liuli and Yinglang that Yuanguang had proposed assessing clan children and concentrating resources on selected elite prospects.
  • Yinglang argued that Yuanguang’s policy would advantage his son Kagami and other favored families while leaving the rest behind.
  • Elder Xuan warned Liuli and Yinglang that the clan would likely approve a trial of the proposal and ordered them to keep Yinglang’s remarks secret.
  • Liuli asked whether Yinglang would face assessment when he turned six, and Elder Xuan asked if he wanted to attend the Ninja Academy.
  • Yinglang rejected the academy, explaining that the clan could teach him its basic skills, so Elder Xuan exempted him from assessment and assigned his training to Shinichi, himself, and Liuli.
  • Elder Xuan said he would let Yuanguang carry out his policy while training his own heir, but vowed that the Uchiha must not produce another Yuanguang.

Ch. 15Under the "Elite Policy" (Part One)

After the Uchiha clan announced its Elite Seed policy, Yinglang explained to his mother that Elder Xuan’s influence would secure him a place without an assessment. He then offered an unused place to Yutian in exchange for future loyalty, setting a new course for both of them.

  • The Uchiha clan announced an assessment for one hundred Elite Seed places, while clan members reacted with hope and worry.
  • Uchiha Ning asked Yinglang whether he would have to compete, and Yinglang explained that the elders would reserve places for their own protégés.
  • Yinglang told his mother that Elder Xuan would give him a place directly and asked her to bring Yutian to meet him the next evening.
  • Yinglang offered Yutian an Elite Seed place, resources, and the Uchiha surname in exchange for training hard and helping him when needed.
  • Yutian accepted Yinglang’s terms, and Yinglang said Elder Xuan would arrange a formal test before Yutian entered the Elite Seed dormitory.

Ch. 16Under the "Elite Policy" (Part Two)

The elite list included five-year-old Uchiha Yinglang and Uchiha Yutian, provoking accusations that Elder Xuan had disregarded the rules. After Yinglang returned home with gifts and living expenses, he and Uchiha Ning faced a sudden shift in how their neighbors treated them.

  • The clan posted the elite list, and onlookers questioned Yinglang’s age and Yutian’s family background while accusing the elders of rigging the selection.
  • Aunt Haruko told Uchiha Ning that Yinglang had made the list, and Ning noticed the neighbors’ congratulations carried flattery and calculation.
  • Yinglang returned with a servant carrying gifts from Elder Xuan, and the neighborhood children and Aunt Haruko treated him with unusual deference.
  • Aunt Matsuko offered Yinglang rice cakes, but he paid her for them, explaining that he could no longer accept things for free.
  • Yinglang told Uchiha Ning that his status had changed and held her hand as she worried about the neighbors’ behavior.

Ch. 17Under the "Elite Policy" (III)

Uchiha Yinglang attended the first morning of elite training, where Tetsu Uchiha put the children through exhausting conditioning and horse-stance practice. Yinglang noticed Yutian enduring the exercises and watched Kagami Uchiha attract the attention of other well-connected children during the break.

  • Uchiha Yinglang arrived at the training ground and saw Yutian standing apart from the other children.
  • Tetsu Uchiha introduced himself as the instructor for the next three months and ordered the children to run twenty laps.
  • Yinglang paced himself through the run, while Yutian also finished without collapsing.
  • Tetsu Uchiha ordered the children to hold a horse stance, and Yinglang concealed how easily he endured it.
  • Yinglang recognized Kagami Uchiha and inwardly condemned his condescending manner and allegiance to Konoha.
  • After the exercise, several well-dressed children gathered around Kagami, offering him water and conversation.

Ch. 18Under the "Elite Policy" (IV)

Yutian endured isolation and struggled through his first shuriken practice, while Yinglang quietly offered advice that steadied him. Meanwhile, Yuanguang Uchiha planned to use Kagami and the other children to pressure Yutian into leaving the elite program.

  • Kagami rebuked a child who insulted Yutian, though he showed no sympathy for Yutian himself.
  • Yutian struggled with shuriken practice until his third throw stuck in the target, and Yinglang advised him to lower his wrist and use his waist for power.
  • Yinglang walked with Yutian after training, gave him further guidance, and told him to ask for help if he needed it.
  • Yuanguang and his aide discussed Yutian’s admission, and Yuanguang ordered the aide to arrange extra practice and chances for Yutian to spar with Kagami and the others.

Ch. 19Sound-to-Thread (Part One)

Yutian repeatedly failed the water-walking test and was sent away by Tetsu Uchiha, while Yinglang recognized that Yuanguang Uchiha’s faction had sabotaged his chakra-control instruction. Yinglang prepared to secretly guide Yutian using his Sound-to-Thread technique.

  • Yutian failed his thirteenth attempt at water walking, fell into the pool, and was mocked by the other children.
  • Tetsu Uchiha ordered Yutian to stop water-walking practice and work on basic chakra control alone at the edge of the training ground.
  • Yinglang realized that Yuanguang Uchiha’s faction had deliberately misled Yutian through the theory lessons, causing his repeated failures.
  • Yinglang focused his Sound-to-Thread technique on Yutian, preparing to send him a private message from across the training ground.

Ch. 20Sound-to-Thread (Part Two)

Yinglang secretly guided Yutian through a chakra-control method that helped him succeed for the first time, then invited him to meet in the pine grove. After Yinglang admitted he had sent the voice and said the theory lessons had been tampered with, Yutian asked why he was helping him.

  • A mysterious voice told Yutian to guide his chakra from his abdomen through his legs and soles toward the water basin, and he made the water ripple and rise.
  • Yutian used the voice’s instructions to lift the basin’s water to its rim without spilling, then heard a summons to the pine grove after training.
  • During the afternoon lesson, Yutian imagined chakra through simple sensory images and began to grasp the threshold of chakra nature transformation.
  • Yutian went to the pine grove, where Yinglang admitted he had been speaking to him secretly and called the method a shortcut suited to him.
  • Yinglang said Yuanguang had tampered with the theory lessons, and Yutian asked why Yinglang was going so far to help him.

Ch. 21Sound-to-Thread (Part Two)

Yinglang explained why Yutian had struggled in theory class and offered him covert training in exchange for future support. Yutian left determined to pass the Water Walking test, while Yinglang was left exhausted by his guidance.

  • Yinglang told Yutian he needed dependable allies and promised to support his training in exchange for Yutian's future backing.
  • Yinglang set a two-week deadline for Yutian to pass the Water Walking test and warned him to hide his progress.
  • Yutian asked why Kagami and the favored students learned theory so much faster, and Yinglang showed him a coded sheet of dots as an example.
  • Yinglang explained that Yuanguang's circle used insider terminology while giving other students confusing, incomplete explanations, and that Yutian's difficulty was not a lack of talent.
  • Yutian thanked Yinglang and left the grove with renewed resolve, while Yinglang realized the guidance had nearly exhausted him.

Ch. 22English-style education

In the winter of Konoha’s sixth year, Yinglang trained Yutian to control wind chakra under intense stimulation and revealed that he had awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan. He left Yutian with an outrageous list of possible awakening methods and four days to master Water Walking.

  • Yinglang coached Yutian to push chakra to his fingertips and use chili-induced pain to improve his control while coating and throwing three shuriken.
  • Yutian hit the tree with a near-correct triangle, and Yinglang praised his chakra timing and precision.
  • Yinglang showed Yutian the one-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes and told him to keep the awakening secret.
  • Yinglang claimed he had awakened his eyes by jumping from a cliff with a rope and described other extreme stimulation methods he had considered.
  • Yinglang gave Yutian a list of unorthodox ways to provoke an awakening, and Yutian accepted it despite finding the ideas alarming.
  • Yinglang reminded Yutian that Water Walking was due in four days, and Yutian resolved that there was more than one path forward.

Ch. 23Year-end assessment (I)

At Konoha’s year-end assessment, Yutian struggled through the weighted run while trying to keep pace with the elite candidates. He finished twenty-ninth and advanced to the next stage, exhausted but newly determined.

  • Tetsu Uchiha announced that the first stage required the candidates to carry sandbags through thirty laps, with only the first thirty finishers advancing.
  • Yutian carried a heavy sandbag and began the run near the back of the middle group, while Kagami Uchiha stayed among the leaders.
  • As candidates dropped out and Kagami passed him, Yutian drew on Yinglang’s words and forced himself to keep moving.
  • Near his limit, Yutian used his improvised pushing method to continue and lunged across the finish line, where another child caught his arm before he fell.
  • Tetsu Uchiha announced Kagami Uchiha in first place and Yutian in twenty-ninth, confirming that Yutian had passed the first stage.

Ch. 24Year-end assessment (II)

After the weighted run, Tetsu Uchiha tested the children’s chakra control by having them cross a pool on floating boards, and only a handful passed. Yutian failed once but used his retest to cross successfully, leaving fifteen children to rest before the upcoming combat round.

  • Tetsu Uchiha announced the floating-board chakra control test, and Yutian fell into the pool on his first attempt as other children mocked him.
  • Yinglang encouraged Yutian through Sound-to-Thread while most of the children failed the test.
  • Uchiha Yinglang crossed the boards steadily, and Kagami Uchiha completed the course with exceptional control.
  • Yutian stepped forward for a retest and carefully crossed all ten boards without falling.
  • Tetsu Uchiha announced that the fifteen remaining children would rest for an hour before combat sparring, and Yutian began recovering.

Ch. 25Year-end assessment (III)

Yutian and Yinglang won their third-round sparring matches, advancing as the assessment narrowed to eight contenders. After announcing another fifteen-minute rest, Tetsu Uchiha prepared to continue with the next round.

  • Tetsu Uchiha began the third round, pairing contestants by numbered lots and allowing number fifteen to advance with a bye.
  • Yutian defeated Daisuke Uchiha by redirecting Daisuke’s momentum and knocking him off balance, earning Tetsu Uchiha’s decision as the winner.
  • Yinglang defeated Aoki Uchiha after a series of seemingly accidental mishaps left Aoki disarmed and vulnerable to a smoke bomb from his own pouch.
  • Tetsu Uchiha ruled that Aoki had failed to protect his equipment and declared Yinglang the winner despite Aoki’s protest.
  • Tetsu Uchiha announced that eight contestants remained and ordered a fifteen-minute rest before the next round.
Arc 1 of 23