Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Cheng demonstrated his Mangekyo ability to Shin'yu and explained why he had traveled through time. He revealed that seeing Nagato's sword had given him a new purpose beyond seeking the Dragon Vein.

• Shin'yu held back after striking Cheng, while Nagato watched in awe and Naruto struggled to reconcile Shin'yu's existence with his memories.
• Cheng recovered from his injuries using the Dragon Vein's Chakra and asked Shin'yu whether his strength proved his identity.
• Shin'yu attacked Cheng, who used his Mangekyo to absorb the blow into a shadow dimension and create a spatial slash.
• Cheng explained that his shadow technique could transfer attacks and tear through space, though it was too slow unless an opponent attacked first.
• Shin'yu acknowledged Cheng's identity and asked why he had risked disrupting time and space to come to the past.
• Cheng said he had originally sought a different Dragon Vein, but seeing Nagato's Frost Descent One Heart had given him another purpose.

Uchiha Cheng explained how he engineered Mukade’s attempt to break the Dragon Vein’s seals, then traveled twenty-eight years into the past and spent five years arranging for the Dragon Vein to be sealed again. He revealed that he had waited for someone destined to seal it, but Shin'yu’s arrival and the people gathered in Loulan had disrupted his plan.

• Shin'yu reset the Fourth Gate of Injury after realizing Cheng had no desire to fight, then listened as Cheng explained that he wanted the Dragon Vein from his own future.
• Cheng said he had guided Mukade to the Ancient City of Rōran so Mukade would absorb the Dragon Vein’s double seal, making him a disposable vessel whose death could lift it.
• Cheng recounted how Mukade’s use of the Secret Technique triggered the Dragon Vein and a space-time Whirlpool, carrying Cheng twenty-eight years into the past.
• Cheng explained that he spent five years hiding and arranging for people of that era to seal the Dragon Vein, since killing Mukade before securing its future seal could change history and prevent Cheng from returning.
• Cheng saw Naruto, Hiruko, and Sasori reach the Lost Tower and admitted that some encounters, including Shin'yu’s, could not be avoided.

Uchiha Cheng revealed that he had become a complete Otsutsuki and challenged Shin'yu to witness his divine technique. After Minato sealed the Dragon Vein and Cheng killed Mukade, Cheng stopped time across the entire world, leaving only himself able to move.

• Cheng explained to Shin'yu that he needed the Dragon Vein and said he had deliberately drawn his father out to demonstrate his full power.
• Cheng revealed his Otsutsuki transformation and urged Shin'yu to use Mahoraga to witness his divine technique.
• Minato sealed the Dragon Vein with a Flying Thunder God Kunai, cutting off its power.
• Cheng crushed Mukade's head, killing him and triggering the return of the original timeline.
• Cheng unleashed Bishamon-ten and stopped time across the Shinobi World, leaving everyone frozen except himself.
• Cheng told Shin'yu that only the two of them remained able to act and asked him to adapt to the technique.

Uchiha Cheng stopped time to bid farewell to Sara and reassure Shin'yu before returning to his own time and space. As his body vanished, Shin'yu managed to reposition himself with Ame no Tokotachi and watched Cheng leave.

• Uchiha Cheng used Bishamon-ten to freeze the world, then urged Shin'yu to adapt to the technique while moving freely through the stopped time.
• Cheng killed Mukade, allowing the distorted time and space to return to its proper course and preparing to return to the future before Naruto arrived.
• Cheng found Sara and explained that he was about to leave, while she mourned their parting after the five years they had spent together in Loulan.
• Cheng reversed his body to the age he had been when he first met Sara and told her to live well.
• Cheng discovered Shin'yu had used Ame no Tokotachi to change his position, said goodbye to his father, and disappeared.

After Uchiha Cheng vanished, Shin'yu helped Naruto return to Minato and sealed the unstable Dragon Vein with a second array. Naruto disappeared after telling Minato he wanted to leave the village, while the Dragon Vein was left securely suppressed.

• Time resumed after Uchiha Cheng vanished, while the Dragon Vein continued to surge despite Minato's seal.
• Nagato felt the effects of an attack and was reassured by Shin'yu, who sent him down to meet his master-uncle.
• Shin'yu brought the fading Naruto to Minato, and Naruto said he would seek answers himself and hoped to earn Minato's approval before leaving the village.
• Naruto vanished from Minato's time and space, and Shin'yu recognized that Cheng had counted on him to add a second seal.
• Shin'yu cast Infinite Sealing: Suppression, and his array stabilized the Dragon Vein.

Shin'yu sealed Loulan’s Dragon Vein aura and prepared to leave with his companions, while Minato urged them to erase their memories of the future. Shin'yu challenged Minato’s reasoning and departed with everyone else, leaving Minato alone and confused.

• Shin'yu sealed the Magic Array, sending the Dragon Vein current into the sky and stopping its aura from leaking across Loulan.
• Sasori recognized Shin'yu as the legendary Uchiha Shin'yu and agreed to become Hiruko’s disciple, hoping to pursue immortal art.
• Nagato spotted Queen Sara and Loulan’s residents approaching the Lost Tower and asked Shin'yu what they should do next.
• Minato asked the others to erase their future memories, but Shin'yu argued that they should use their knowledge to control what came next.
• Shin'yu’s Black Mist carried everyone away, leaving Minato behind with his resolve shaken.

In the Hidden Rain Village, Shin'yu helped Hiruko rethink his Kekkei Genkai sequence after Pakura's death and revealed that he had captured Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, as a new target. The group learned that Shin'yu had already handled matters in the Hidden Stone Village, while Nagato's plan to prove himself there became unnecessary.

• Shin'yu transported the group from Loulan to the Hidden Rain Village using Susanoo and the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Nagato apologized to Hiruko for failing to preserve Pakura, but Hiruko accepted the loss and reflected on his past failed attempts to Devour Kekkei Genkai.
• Shin'yu suggested Hiruko change his sequence from wind-fire to wind-water, giving him a way to pursue Boil Release instead of Scorch Release.
• Shin'yu summoned an unconscious Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and Boil Release user, and said he had left some of the Five-Tails' Chakra inside him.
• Nagato realized Shin'yu had already taken care of the Hidden Stone Village, and Sasori praised Shin'yu's efficiency.

Han challenged Ōnoki over Hidden Stone’s continued use of wandering ninja, but the Tsuchikage dismissed his concerns and the village’s officials stayed silent. Shunned by villagers after the meeting, Han sat alone in a noodle shop until a handsome black-haired man joined him.

• At a Hidden Stone Council meeting, Han demanded that Ōnoki stop employing wandering ninja groups, but Ōnoki defended the practice as necessary for the village’s interests.
• Ōnoki ended the meeting, and the other officials left without supporting Han.
• Han walked through the village as people whispered that he had defied Ōnoki and questioned his judgment.
• Han reflected on his efforts to protect the village’s honor and on how Rōshi had left after losing hope that Ōnoki would change.
• At a noodle shop where diners avoided him, Han prepared to leave, but a handsome black-haired man sat down across from him.

Shin'yu treated Han to an extravagant meal, then revealed that it was Han's last meal and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take him away. Their destination and Han's fate remained unknown.

• Han suspected Shin'yu was connected to Ōnoki or was a hostile wandering ninja when the stranger offered him food.
• Shin'yu paid the noodle shop five million ryō and ordered an enormous feast for himself and Han.
• Han set aside his suspicions long enough to eat with Shin'yu, and the two finished every dish.
• Han thanked Shin'yu for the meal, but Shin'yu called it the Five-Tails Jinchuriki's last meal.
• Shin'yu pressed a hand to Han's shoulder and teleported them both away with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Uchiha Shin'yu transported Han to a mountain forest and revealed that he intended to kill him to take the Five-Tails. Their battle began, and Shin'yu countered Han's powerful Boil Release attack with a devastating blow that left him bloodied in a crater.

• Shin'yu transported Han to a mountain peak in the Land of Earth and told him that his time had come.
• Han suspected that Ōnoki had ordered the attack, but Shin'yu denied it and said he wanted what Han possessed: the Five-Tails.
• Shin'yu identified himself as Uchiha Shin'yu, and Han recognized him as the Ghost of the Shinobi World before agreeing to fight.
• Han activated his Boil Release and charged Shin'yu with a steam-powered punch.
• Shin'yu redirected Han's punch and struck his chest, smashing him into the ground and leaving him bleeding in a crater.

Shin'yu overwhelmed Han in close combat, forcing him to use increasingly powerful Boil Release techniques and Susanoo. Han's final surprise attack split the mountain, but Shin'yu countered it with the Fourth Gate of Injury and left Han unconscious.

• Shin'yu struck Han into a pit, then provoked him instead of following up with more attacks.
• Han activated Steam Armor Toughness Break and attacked again, but Shin'yu caught his punch with a Water Molecule Membrane and seized his arm.
• Han escaped Shin'yu's grip with Boiling Blood Vortex, bound him with Burning Ash Limb Bind, and attacked with Explosive Boil Piercing Palm.
• Shin'yu protected himself with Susanoo and defeated Han's Instant Boil Thousand Palms, leaving him sprawled in a pit.
• Han's Boil Release Shadow Clone ambushed Shin'yu with Unrivaled Super Strength, but Shin'yu opened the Fourth Gate of Injury and met the punch head-on.
• Shin'yu's counterattack knocked Han unconscious and split the mountain, and he dismissed the Fourth Gate while dismissing Han's power as nothing special.

Shin'yu removed the Five-Tails from Han, sealed most of its Chakra back inside Han, and subdued Kokuo. He left the forest with Han alive and Kokuo asleep, saying only the One-Tail remained.

• Shin'yu released the Five-Tails Kokuo from Han's seal as the beast began to take over Han's body.
• Shin'yu used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to sever most of Kokuo's Chakra, leaving enough inside Han for him to survive as a Jinchuriki.
• Shin'yu reversed the Death God's appearance with Ame no Tokotachi and faced the enraged Kokuo.
• Shin'yu bound Kokuo with Wood Release and used Kakuan Entering the City with Helping Hands to seal its Chakra and put it to sleep.
• Shin'yu opened a vermilion scroll and said that only the One-Tail remained.

Ōnoki realized Uchiha Shin'yu had taken the Four-Tails Jinchuriki Rōshi and Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han, then confronted him in the Tsuchikage Building. Shin'yu declared that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had lost their Tailed Beasts and reminded Ōnoki that he had once spared his life.

• Ōnoki learned that Rōshi had vanished from his mountain temple despite Anbu surveillance.
• Ōnoki discovered that Han had disappeared from a noodle shop inside Hidden Stone, where witnesses described a handsome, lavish-spending stranger.
• Ōnoki recognized the stranger as Uchiha Shin'yu and suspected he had taken the two Jinchuriki.
• Shin'yu entered Ōnoki's office while his Illusion Technique kept the Hidden Stone ninja unaware of his presence.
• Shin'yu told Ōnoki that all the Tailed Beasts of the Five Great Shinobi Villages were confiscated and asked whether he remembered why he had spared Ōnoki before.

Shin'yu confronted Ōnoki, transported him from the Tsuchikage's office to a forest, and challenged him to unleash his strongest Particle Style. The chapter ended with Ōnoki forming the attack as Shin'yu praised him as the strongest ninja he had faced.

• Ōnoki attacked Shin'yu with a Rock Fist, but Shin'yu's skeleton blocked it and Shin'yu crushed the fist and seized Ōnoki's wrist.
• Shin'yu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Ōnoki to a forest, then revealed that he had reclaimed the Four-Tails and Five-Tails and their Jinchuriki were dead.
• Ōnoki summoned a stone arm, but Shin'yu's Susanoo shattered it with one blow.
• Shin'yu dismissed his Susanoo and dared Ōnoki to strike him with Particle Style without holding back.
• Ōnoki formed a translucent cube of Particle Style, and Shin'yu praised his power and called him the strongest ninja he had fought.

Ōnoki unleashed Particle Style on Shin'yu, believing the attack had vaporized him and cut away half the mountain. Shin'yu then reappeared unharmed, revealing that he had survived through the power of Time Reversal.

• Ōnoki trapped Shin'yu inside a vast Particle Style barrier and vaporized everything within it.
• Ōnoki searched the mountain with Sensor Ninjutsu, found no trace of Shin'yu, and believed he had killed him.
• Ōnoki wondered why Shin'yu had not evaded the attack, since Particle Style was slow to cast and costly to use.
• A sound from the flattened mountaintop drew Ōnoki's attention, and he saw Shin'yu standing there unharmed.
• Shin'yu praised Ōnoki's Particle Style as Time Reversal enveloped him and light returned to his left eye.

Shin'yu pressured Ōnoki into using Particle Style by threatening to destroy the Hidden Stone Village, seeking to adapt to the powerful technique. After surviving a direct hit and regenerating, Shin'yu eagerly challenged Ōnoki to continue fighting.

• Ōnoki was terrified when Shin'yu survived his Particle Style attack, and Shin'yu admitted that the attack had truly killed him once before he prepared for it.
• Shin'yu created a magnetic Kunai, narrowly missed Ōnoki's head with it, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to kick him into a mountain.
• Shin'yu revealed he had marked the Hidden Stone Village and threatened to erase it, forcing Ōnoki to fight to protect its people.
• Ōnoki unleashed Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, and the beam tore through Shin'yu's body.
• Shin'yu regenerated through his adaptation and reversal abilities and urged Ōnoki to attack again.

Shin'yu repeatedly made Ōnoki use Particle Style, restoring his own lost arm and reversing Ōnoki’s exhaustion so the fight could continue. The chapter left Ōnoki humiliated and floating before Shin'yu as he launched another Dust Release attack.

• Ōnoki fired Particle Style at Shin'yu, who dodged the beam and then let it erase his right arm.
• Shin'yu used Ame no Tokotachi to restore his arm and taunted Ōnoki to continue attacking.
• Ōnoki collapsed from Chakra exhaustion, but Shin'yu used Time Reversal to restore him to peak condition.
• Shin'yu kicked Ōnoki into the sky, where Ōnoki used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to steady himself.
• Shin'yu taunted Ōnoki, who unleashed Dust Release again.

Shin'yu completed his adaptation to Ōnoki's Particle Style and optimized his Sea God Body into an Adamantine Force Field. He revealed that the field could protect not only himself but also objects within its domain, leaving Ōnoki stunned.

• Ōnoki and Shin'yu fought through the night as Ōnoki unleashed Particle Style and Shin'yu repeatedly recovered through Ame no Tokotachi's Time Regression.
• Shin'yu completed his adaptation to Particle Style and a second optimization by dawn, becoming immune to Ōnoki's attacks.
• Ōnoki tested Shin'yu with Dust Release: Light-Redming Technique, but neither Shin'yu nor the tree and earth around him were damaged.
• Shin'yu explained how his body-generated force field dispersed damage and extended protection to everything within its domain.
• Shin'yu named his new defensive ability the Adamantine Force Field.

Shin'yu used his adaptation to Particle Style to withstand Ōnoki's attack, then revealed that he had learned the technique and surpassed Ōnoki's power. He explained his understanding of Particle Style's principles before launching a new attack.

• Shin'yu explained that Mahoraga granted immunity to a specific source of damage and developed lasting counters against similar attacks.
• Ōnoki's Particle Style awakened Shin'yu's Adamantine Body and Adamantine Force Field, and Shin'yu thanked him for helping him grow stronger.
• Shin'yu formed and fired his own Particle Style beam, which pierced Ōnoki's Earth Dome Nucleus and erased everything along its path.
• Shin'yu explained how wind, earth, fire, Yin, and Yang combined to produce Particle Style's matter-disintegrating power.
• Shin'yu struck the air and unleashed Dust Release: Vacuum Wave Fist.

Shin'yu tested his newly awakened Dust Release against Ōnoki and used his Rift Light Eye to strike him as he fled. Ōnoki survived with the Splitting Technique and escaped, while Shin'yu chose to spare him.

• Shin'yu unleashed a Dust Release punch that erased rocks, vegetation, and more than ten mountain peaks.
• Shin'yu used Time Reversal to bring fleeing Ōnoki back, then challenged him to survive one Dust Release attack.
• Ōnoki fled after Shin'yu gave the signal, but Shin'yu fired beams from his Rift Light Eye and struck him in the back.
• Ōnoki used the Splitting Technique to escape the beams and flee in a new body.
• Shin'yu praised Ōnoki's survival skill, kept his promise to spare him, and flew away.