Chapter Summaries

Uya completed the second stage of his Soul Secret Technique and learned that the Third Shinobi World War had ended after Hatake Sakumo and the Fourth Kazekage killed each other. Uya honored Sakumo at his monument, then appeared near Kakashi as the young shinobi trained.

• Uya stabilized his soul space and began tempering his soul by fusing it with chakra from the suppressed purple sphere.
• Uya planned to absorb the Dragon Vein at Rōran to further strengthen his soul and possibly open the Seventh Gate.
• Uya learned that Hatake Sakumo had killed the Fourth Kazekage but died from the Kazekage's forbidden technique, bringing the war to a close.
• Uya poured wine at Hatake Sakumo's monument and sensed Kakashi training alone at a nearby training ground.
• Kakashi noticed a figure that had approached without him sensing it.

Uya met Kakashi and offered to guide him on his A-rank Lightning Release technique, Chidori. After demonstrating its weaknesses, Uya began compressing the lightning in his palm, leaving Kakashi watching closely.

• Kakashi respectfully greeted Uya, who asked him to demonstrate Chidori.
• Kakashi formed Chidori and pierced a training post with it.
• Uya explained that Chidori's danger came from Kakashi's insufficient lightning chakra control and limited ability to observe counterattacks at high speed.
• Uya demonstrated his own Chidori without hand seals and described its strengths and weakness to Kakashi.
• Uya compressed the lightning currents around the Chidori's center into a brighter, denser mass.

Uya demonstrated the heights of Lightning Release control to Kakashi and guided his training during a month in Konoha. As Uya prepared to leave for Amegakure, Root arrived with Danzo’s request to meet him.

• Uya showed Kakashi how lightning chakra could be compressed into a spear and then transformed into liquid, explaining three levels of Lightning Release.
• Uya sent lightning across the sky to demonstrate a power beyond S-rank, then left Kakashi a scroll and offered to guide him during his month in Konoha.
• With Uya’s instruction, Kakashi quickly reached the second stage of Lightning Release control but could not train in the third because his chakra reserves were insufficient.
• Uya reviewed Orochimaru’s soul-space materials and planned to return to Amegakure to accelerate his soul tempering.
• Root ninjas approached Uya as he left the teahouse and told him that Danzo requested his presence.

Uya confronted Danzo in Root's underground base and repeatedly killed him with casual attacks, only for Danzo to revive using Izanagi. Danzo revealed Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan and unleashed Kotoamatsukami on Uya, hoping to control him.

• Uya sensed Danzo in Root's base and entered the hall to confront him.
• Uya blasted Danzo apart several times, while Danzo revived each time with Izanagi.
• Danzo revealed the Sharingan implanted in his arm and admitted he wanted to know why Uya had come for him.
• Danzo showed Shisui Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan, which he had stolen after killing Shisui.
• Danzo unleashed Kotoamatsukami on Uya and tried to make him become his power.

Uya crushed Danzo’s Kotoamatsukami in the mental world, overwhelming Danzo’s will with his superior mental power. Danzo collapsed before Uya, bleeding from his eyes and mouth as the backlash ravaged his soul.

• Danzo used Kotoamatsukami to attack Uya’s will and rewrite his thoughts in a mental world.
• Uya’s pale golden mental power overwhelmed Danzo’s blood-red power, despite Danzo burning his soul to resist.
• Uya pressed forward and shattered the mental world, including Danzo’s Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Danzo’s mental power collapsed, and he fell to his knees, bleeding from his eyes and mouth.
• Danzo tried to speak but spat blood again as the backlash from his crushed Kotoamatsukami caused unbearable pain.

Uya defeated Danzo’s attempt to kill him with the Eight Violet Flames Formation and the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique. Danzo used his final Izanagi and tried to flee, but Uya shattered him again, leaving him without any remaining lives.

• Danzo ordered Root ninja to trap Uya in the Eight Violet Flames Formation and unleash the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
• Uya broke through both techniques and killed all sixteen Root ninja without being harmed.
• Uya shattered Danzo again, and Danzo became afraid after realizing his techniques could not overcome Uya.
• Danzo tried to flee, but Uya shattered him once more, exhausting his final Izanagi.

Danzo used his remaining chakra and vitality to unleash Wood Release against Uya, but Uya shattered the attack and Danzo died. Konoha ninja arrived at Root's ruined base and found Uya standing beside Danzo's body.

• As his final Izanagi revival began, Danzo chose to unleash Wood Release even though it risked devastating Konoha.
• Danzo poured his chakra into his right arm, sending a vast forest of trees surging through Root's base toward Uya.
• Uya froze and shattered the trees, leaving himself unharmed and condemning Danzo's claim to be protecting Konoha.
• Danzo collapsed and died after exhausting his chakra and vitality, while Uya watched.
• Anbu and Konoha ninja entered the ruined base, found Danzo's corpse, and stared at Uya in shock and fear.

Uya concealed Danzo’s role in the destruction of Root, then accepted Anko’s invitation to eat dango before returning to Amegakure and reuniting with Kushina. As he helped Kushina cultivate, he considered seeking the Dragon Vein in Rōran to replenish the chakra sustaining his training.

• Uya told Anko that an assassin had destroyed Root, and Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly confirmed his account.
• Anko invited Uya to eat dango, and he agreed despite the devastation at the Root base.
• Uya returned to Amegakure and gave Kushina dango he had brought from Konoha.
• Uya helped Kushina cultivate while observing his Soul Space, where his soul-tempering progress had accelerated.
• Uya decided he might travel to Rōran sooner to access the powerful chakra held in its Dragon Vein.

Uya received Konan’s report on Rōran and went to meet Tsunade, who was managing Amegakure’s affairs. Tsunade confirmed that Uya had killed Danzo, then said she had something important to discuss with him.

• Konan brought Uya information about Rōran, while Kushina asked her to stay and talk.
• Konan told Uya that Tsunade wanted to see him, and Kushina kept Konan company instead of letting her come along.
• Uya found Tsunade working in Amegakure’s office with Shizune assisting her.
• Tsunade asked Uya whether he had killed Danzo, and Uya confirmed it.
• Tsunade agreed that Danzo deserved to die and said she had an important matter to discuss with Uya.

Tsunade told Uya that the Five Great Shinobi Villages had agreed to hold face-to-face peace talks after Danzo's death disrupted their treaty negotiations. She asked Uya to represent Amegakure, and he agreed to attend while leaving Tsunade in charge of the village.

• Tsunade explained that the villages had withdrawn their agreement after Danzo died, causing the treaty negotiations to resume.
• Tsunade told Uya that the Five Kage had agreed to meet and asked him to attend as Amegakure's representative.
• Uya joked that he was abdicating and tried to leave Amegakure's leadership to Tsunade.
• Tsunade stopped Uya and insisted that he accompany her to the peace talks with two guards.
• Uya agreed to attend and left Tsunade in charge of Amegakure.

Tsunade brought Amegakure’s delegation to the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron despite not being invited, and Mifune allowed them inside. Ōnoki arrived next and learned that Amegakure’s leader had already entered the summit, leaving him and his guards stunned.

• The Five Kage chose the neutral Land of Iron for their summit and limited each leader to two guards.
• Tsunade arrived with Konan and Dakuu, identifying herself as Amegakure’s leader when Mifune questioned her invitation.
• Mifune let Tsunade and her guards enter after sensing her intimidating aura and deciding not to interfere.
• Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki arrived with two guards and asked Mifune whether the other Kage had arrived.
• Mifune told Ōnoki that Amegakure’s leader had entered without an invitation, and Ōnoki and his guards froze in shock.

Tsunade attended the postwar peace talks as Amegakure’s new leader, surprising the other Kage and Hiruzen Sarutobi. The talks began with the villages seeking the return of their tailed beasts and Jinchūriki, while Hiruzen faced pressure to negotiate favorable terms for Konoha.

• Ōnoki learned that Amegakure had sent a representative to the talks and expected Uya, but found Tsunade seated at the meeting instead.
• The Fourth Mizukage, Fifth Kazekage Rasa, Fourth Raikage, and Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, each taking note of Tsunade’s presence.
• Hiruzen asked Tsunade why she had come, and she said she was Amegakure’s new leader.
• Hiruzen recalled that Danzo’s actions had wrecked the nearly settled deal to return the villages’ tailed beasts and Jinchūriki in exchange for supplies.
• Mifune opened the peace talks and left the room, after which Rasa asked Hiruzen what it would take to return the tailed beasts and Jinchūriki.

At the Five Kage Summit, Tsunade declared herself Amegakure’s leader and demanded supplies and territory in exchange for the Tailed Beasts. When Rasa and Ōnoki challenged her authority, Uya arrived and forced Rasa down into the floor.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi restated his demands to Rasa, but Tsunade interrupted and said the villages would have to negotiate with Amegakure to reclaim the Tailed Beasts.
• Tsunade declared that she was Amegakure’s leader and demanded supplies and territory from the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth.
• Ōnoki and Rasa challenged Tsunade’s manners and status, and Uya’s voice interrupted them.
• Uya entered the summit with Mifune, then confronted Rasa for claiming higher status than Tsunade.
• Uya shattered Rasa’s chair and used the Power of Tremors to drive him into the floor.

Uya intimidated the Five Kage and their guards, then walked toward Ōnoki while crushing his Dust Release technique with his bare hand. Ōnoki and the others were left stunned as Uya continued approaching him.

• Uya froze Rasa’s guards with a cold look, and they collapsed in fear after he turned away.
• Uya reminded Ōnoki that Tsunade was his teacher and began walking toward the Third Tsuchikage, his growing aura cracking the ground and knocking out samurai outside.
• Ōnoki used Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, hoping to make Uya stop or dodge.
• Uya caught the Dust Release cube, suppressed it, and crushed it in his hand.
• Ōnoki and his guards stared in disbelief as Uya continued toward him as though nothing had happened.

Uya silenced the Five Kage by overpowering Ōnoki and forcing him back into his seat, allowing Tsunade to resume the peace talks. He then left the Land of Iron and reached the desert settlement of Rōran, his true destination.

• Uya crushed Ōnoki’s Dust Release and threw him through the tower and into the sky, frightening the other Kage into silence.
• Uya returned to the sky, pressed Ōnoki down toward the tower, and sent him back through the holes into his chair.
• Tsunade asked the gathered Kage if they could talk properly now.
• Uya left the peace talks and traveled from the snowy Land of Iron toward Rōran.
• Uya arrived at Rōran, a small desert settlement whose energy came from the underground Dragon Vein.

Uya arrived in Rōran and discovered that the Dragon Vein had prevented Mukade from coming from the future, leaving Sara’s mother alive as queen. He entered the palace to speak with the queen, where he stopped the guards by destroying their weapons and armor without harming them.

• Uya sensed that Mukade and his puppets were absent from Rōran and learned that Sara’s mother still ruled as queen.
• Rōran’s residents and guards noticed Uya, but he vanished before they could question him and appeared inside the palace.
• Uya startled the queen, Princess Sara, and the ministers by appearing in the throne room.
• The palace guards attacked Uya, but he froze them and turned their weapons and armor to powder.
• Uya swept the powder out of the palace, leaving the guards unharmed and the court horrified.

Uya met with the Queen of Roran and explained that he wanted the dragon vein, while his display of power left her believing she could not refuse him. Princess Sara challenged him, arguing that taking the dragon vein would doom Roran, and Uya asked whether he could save the nation another way.

• Uya reassured the frightened Queen of Roran that he meant no harm, and she invited him to sit and ordered the ministers and guards to withdraw.
• Two guards who had seen Uya vanish from the street entered the palace, but the Queen of Roran sent them away after saying she already knew what had happened.
• Uya explained his purpose to the Queen of Roran, who feared that giving him the dragon vein would leave her nation helpless in the desert.
• Princess Sara stepped out from behind her mother and accused Uya of wanting to destroy her country.
• Uya asked Sara whether taking the dragon vein would destroy Roran, and she insisted that the nation needed it to withstand the sand and survive.
• Uya asked what if he could help Roran escape its predicament, but Sara said that stopping the sand and securing water without the dragon vein was impossible.

Uya claimed he could solve Rōran’s windblown sand erosion once and for all, and led the Queen of Roran, Sara, and a growing crowd to the edge of the desert. He stopped and made a sudden grasping motion, leaving the crowd waiting to see what he would do.

• Uya challenged Sara’s doubts by claiming he could permanently stop the windblown sand erosion.
• The Queen of Roran and Sara followed Uya out of the palace, while the queen worried he might seize the Dragon Vein if he failed.
• Sara told the ministers that Uya wanted the Dragon Vein’s power in exchange for solving Rōran’s problem, prompting angry protests.
• The Queen of Roran calmed the ministers and urged them to watch Uya, as guards and civilians gathered behind him.
• At the edge of Rōran, Uya faced the desert, reached out as if grasping something invisible, and wrenched downward.

Uya reshaped Rōran’s terrain with Quake Release and Sage Art: Earth Release, enclosing the city behind a rock wall and creating a river around it. Sara and the Queen of Roran, convinced he was a god, apologized to him as he asked whether he had solved the windblown sand problem.

• Uya used Quake Release to raise the entirety of Rōran and reshape the surrounding terrain.
• Uya combined Quake Release with Sage Art: Earth Release to build a rock wall around Rōran.
• Uya sensed the Dragon Vein but left it untouched, then found an underground water source and opened a passage to it.
• Uya caused the underground water to flow around Rōran, forming a river that encircled the city.
• The residents and ministers revered Uya, while Sara and the Queen of Roran bowed and begged his forgiveness.
• Uya asked Sara whether he had solved Rōran’s windblown sand problem.

After reshaping Rōran, Uya claimed its Dragon Vein and entered it to temper his Sage Body before beginning to absorb its immense energy. He left his consciousness in his Soul Space as the Dragon Vein’s power surged toward him.

• Uya teased Sara, then told the Queen of Roran that the Dragon Vein belonged to him before vanishing.
• The Queen of Roran saw how Uya’s changes had protected Rōran from the desert sand and redirected water through the city.
• Uya descended underground and considered the Dragon Vein’s vast Natural Energy, deciding to use it to strengthen himself rather than remove it.
• Uya let the Dragon Vein’s energy scour and temper his Sage Body until his strength and Power of Tremors increased.
• Uya began devouring the Dragon Vein’s power, and a vast surge of energy flooded his Soul Space as his consciousness appeared there.