Chapter Summaries

Uya absorbed the Dragon Vein’s power, strengthening his body and chakra while storing most of its energy in his soul space for a future transformation. Aboveground, the Queen of Roran and Princess Sara faced an elite Sunagakure squad that had damaged the city and injured their guards.

• Uya suppressed the Dragon Vein’s energy in his soul space and discovered he had absorbed four-fifths of it, enough to prepare his soul for transformation.
• Uya absorbed the unstable remaining fifth into his body, increasing his chakra and the vitality of his cells.
• Uya used Sage Art: Earth Release to stabilize Rōran’s terrain after the Dragon Vein was depleted, then headed upward.
• The Queen of Roran and Princess Sara confronted Sunagakure ninjas amid damaged streets and injured guards.
• Princess Sara angrily told the Sunagakure ninjas that their altered terrain had been bestowed by a great deity and warned them against offending it.

Sunagakure ninja interrogated Rōran’s Queen about the god who had transformed the city and threatened Princess Sara when she refused to cooperate. Uya appeared and was recognized by the Sand Ninja as the God of the Shinobi World, leaving them frozen in terror.

• Sunagakure ninja demanded that the Queen of Rōran explain how the city’s terrain had changed and whether the dragon vein was involved.
• The Queen said a god had helped them, but the Sand Ninja accused her of hiding information.
• A Sand Ninja seized Princess Sara and threatened her until the Queen agreed to describe Uya.
• Uya appeared behind the Sand Ninja, who swung at him, saw his face, and dropped his kunai as the others stood frozen.
• The Sand Ninja recognized Uya as the God of the Shinobi World and realized he was the nightmare of every Sunagakure ninja.

Uya drove the Sunagakure ninja out of Rōran and returned to Amegakure after absorbing the dragon vein’s power. He discovered that nearly three months had passed during his absence and joined Tsunade, Kushina, Yahiko, and Konan to hear about a serious matter.

• Uya warned the Sunagakure ninja never to send others into Rōran and ordered them to leave.
• Uya told Sara and the Queen of Roran to use his name if more ninja came, then departed for the Land of Rain.
• Uya returned to Amegakure and found Kushina, Tsunade, Yahiko, and Konan gathered in Tsunade’s office.
• Kushina told Uya he had been gone nearly three months despite promising to return within one, and Uya blamed a discrepancy in the dragon vein’s flow of time.
• Tsunade interrupted Uya and Kushina’s reunion and asked everyone to discuss the serious matter.

Uya learned that unidentified attackers had abducted Iwagakure’s Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki, leaving Konoha unwilling to risk a confrontation. He chose to wait while Amegakure gathered intelligence, then finished absorbing the meteorite’s energy and prepared to begin absorbing the Dragon Vein.

• Tsunade told Uya that attackers had seized the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki on their way back to Iwagakure, prompting Iwagakure to withhold supplies and territory.
• Uya reasoned that the kidnappers must be exceptionally powerful and suspected they were connected to Nagato and Madara Uchiha.
• Tsunade explained that Konoha was investigating but had sent only a few scouting units, and Uya said Amegakure should wait because the attackers were likely after the Tailed Beasts.
• Konoha and Amegakure dispatched scouts to search for the missing Jinchūriki and gather intelligence while Uya continued cultivating his soul.
• Uya absorbed the rest of the meteorite’s energy, strengthening his soul, and prepared to loosen the restrictions on the Dragon Vein’s energy using a method he had devised.

Uya split the Dragon Vein energy in his soul space and began absorbing it, sensing that his soul was nearing a transformation. Meanwhile, Iwagakure's pressure and Konoha's declining prestige led Hiruzen Sarutobi to step down and Minato Namikaze to become the Fourth Hokage, just before turmoil struck Konoha again.

• Uya used the power of tremors to split the Dragon Vein energy in two and began absorbing one half into his soul.
• Uya sensed that the Dragon Vein's power was bringing his soul closer to transformation and opening the Seventh Gate.
• Tsuchikage Ōnoki pressured Konoha over the abduction of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki as Konoha's prestige declined.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down as Hokage, and Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage.
• Konoha faced another upheaval as Iwagakure's immediate pressure eased after Hiruzen Sarutobi took responsibility and resigned.

After Orochimaru defected, Uya sensed Indra and Asura’s chakra stirring and wondered whether their next reincarnations would still be Naruto and Sasuke. Meanwhile, Four-Tails and Five-Tails rampaged through Konoha as Minato confronted a vine-faced man who attacked the baby in his arms.

• Uya considered how Orochimaru’s defection and Minato Namikaze becoming Fourth Hokage affected Konoha, then sensed Indra and Asura’s chakra beginning to reincarnate.
• Uya wondered whether Indra and Asura’s chakra would still end up in Sasuke and Naruto, and felt driven to complete his transformation and open the Seventh Gate.
• Four-Tails and Five-Tails rampaged through Konoha while Hiruzen Sarutobi led the village’s ninja, including Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi, against them.
• Minato Namikaze confronted a vine-faced man with the Mangekyō Sharingan while holding a baby, and the man lunged at the child with a kunai.
• Minato Namikaze vanished and reappeared above the attacker, avoiding the thrust.

Minato Namikaze pursued the masked, vine-faced attacker while protecting Naruto, and discovered that the man was secretly Obito Uchiha. As Minato and Obito remained locked in combat, the Four-Tails and Five-Tails rampaged through Konoha, and both fighters were suddenly astonished by something unseen.

• Minato Namikaze chased the attacker into a deserted laboratory beneath Konoha while holding Naruto, and recognized Obito Uchiha beneath his strange appearance.
• Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Anko, Might Duy, and Hiruzen Sarutobi struggled to hold back the rampaging Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• The Four-Tails praised Might Duy's strength but declared him inferior to another fighter, provoking Duy as the beast attacked.
• Minato Namikaze kept Obito Uchiha occupied despite carrying Naruto, while Obito tried to break away to pursue another objective.
• Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha both looked astonished at an unexpected development.

Obito Uchiha used his powers to summon the Nine-Tails after Minato Namikaze’s allies subdued Four-Tails and Five-Tails, forcing Minato to use the Reaper Death Seal. Uya confronted Obito outside Konoha and discovered Black Zetsu had taken over his body, but Black Zetsu refused to explain his attack.

• Uya subdued Four-Tails and Five-Tails, but Obito Uchiha escaped Minato Namikaze and summoned the Nine-Tails.
• Minato Namikaze teleported the Nine-Tails outside Konoha and prepared to use the Reaper Death Seal as the village’s ninja fought to hold it back.
• Uya appeared behind Obito Uchiha and recognized Black Zetsu beneath the vines covering his face.
• Black Zetsu questioned how Uya knew of him, then sneered when Uya asked why he had attacked Konoha.
• Uya demanded an explanation, but Black Zetsu did not answer.

Uya fought Black Zetsu, who controlled Obito Uchiha’s body and relied on Kamui to evade attacks. Uya’s ability to distort space let him strike through Kamui, leaving Black Zetsu badly wounded and unable to escape safely.

• Black Zetsu taunted Uya and used Kamui’s intangibility to avoid his first punch.
• Uya distorted space and struck Black Zetsu through the connection between the ninja world and Kamui’s other dimension.
• Black Zetsu tried to escape with a Kamui vortex, but Uya’s attack hit him again before he could get away.
• Black Zetsu redirected Kamui at Uya, but Uya swiftly dodged the vortex.
• Black Zetsu realized that neither Kamui’s attacks, escape, nor intangibility could reliably protect him from Uya.

Minato Namikaze sealed most of the Nine-Tails into Naruto and sacrificed himself to seal away the rest. Uya arrived and defeated Black Zetsu, who vanished into a massive crater, though Uya regretted losing the enemy’s eyes.

• Minato Namikaze used the Reaper Death Seal to restrain the Nine-Tails, sealed most of its chakra into Naruto with the Eight Trigrams Seal, and sealed a smaller portion into himself.
• Uya arrived and fought Black Zetsu while the Konoha ninjas watched in relief.
• The Shinigami severed and devoured Minato Namikaze’s soul and the small portion of the Nine-Tails sealed within him, and the Konoha ninjas did not notice his death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Minato Namikaze had used the Reaper Death Seal in his place and felt guilt and regret.
• Uya unleashed a powerful attack that shattered the ground and left Black Zetsu missing from the enormous crater.
• Uya lamented that Black Zetsu’s eyes had been lost.

Uya reflected on Black Zetsu’s escape and returned to Konoha, where he trained Might Guy after Might Duy’s death. The training reached its limit, and a young boy emerged from hiding as Uya noticed him.

• Uya realized Black Zetsu had escaped into another dimension after abandoning Obito’s body and Mangekyō Sharingan, then accepted that he might still have a way out.
• Black Zetsu emerged from a prepared White Zetsu body and wondered how Uya could grow so powerful without sensing the chakra of the Sage’s descendants.
• Uya visited Konoha and trained Might Guy, helping him complete the first two stages of the Sage Body and reduce the side effects of opening the Sixth Gate.
• Uya explained that Might Guy could not advance to the third Sage Body stage, then watched him train with the Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique.
• Uya called out to someone hiding behind a tree, and a five- or six-year-old boy stepped out and apologized for watching.

Uchiha Itachi encountered Uya and Might Guy while they trained, then told Uchiha Fugaku about them at dinner. Uchiha Fugaku recognized Uya and warned Itachi never to offend or speak about him.

• Uchiha Itachi visited the training ground, where Might Guy questioned him and Uya recognized him as a member of the Uchiha Clan.
• Uya used Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique on Might Guy, who continued his training with five hundred push-ups.
• Uchiha Itachi practiced throwing kunai and shuriken, then wondered whether to ask Might Guy and Uya for taijutsu advice.
• At dinner, Uchiha Itachi told Uchiha Fugaku about meeting Might Guy and Uya.
• Uchiha Fugaku reacted gravely to Uya's description and ordered Uchiha Itachi to show him respect and keep their encounter secret.

Uchiha Fugaku told Uchiha Itachi that Uya stood above all other ninja and represented an era. In Amegakure, Uya found Tsunade gambling with Kushina, then talked with Kushina about her Sage Body training and his own slow progress.

• Uchiha Itachi asked Uchiha Fugaku who Uya was, and Fugaku described him as the strongest ninja in the Shinobi World and an unsurpassable peak.
• Tsunade kept losing at dice while Kushina watched, until Uya entered and Tsunade hurriedly packed up and left.
• Uya told Kushina he would spend more time with her after Guy's training ended, and he recognized that she had completed the third stage of her training.
• Uya explained that Tsunade and Konan had completed the first two stages of Sage Body training, while Yahiko had only completed the first.
• Kushina asked about Uya's training, and he admitted that his progress felt slow.

Nearly three years after Amegakure’s growth, Uya learned that Nagato was hiding in the Land of Water and set out to find him. As Uya searched the country, he also waited for his soul’s final transformation.

• Uya spent most of the past three years in Amegakure, slowing his absorption of the Dragon Vein as his soul grew full and strained.
• Konan reported that Amegakure’s intelligence network had traced the Akatsuki’s base to the Land of Water, though it had not found the exact location.
• Uya decided to search for Nagato himself, saying that only he could handle Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Uya crossed the sea to the Land of Water and used Shockwave Sensing while walking inland.
• Uya chose to head straight for Kirigakure as he continued his search and awaited his soul’s transformation.

While traveling through the snowy Land of Water, Uya encountered the orphaned Haku and recognized his Ice Release Kekkei Genkai. After giving Haku food, Uya asked him to come along, and Haku chased after him into the snow.

• Uya entered a snowy region of the Land of Water and sensed a small town nearby.
• Haku, a hungry orphan unaffected by the cold, begged in the street until Uya dropped bread into his bowl.
• Uya recognized Haku as a young Yuki Clan member with Ice Release and recalled how fear of Kekkei Genkai had left him orphaned and adrift.
• Uya asked Haku his name, and Haku answered that he was Haku.
• Uya told Haku to come with him and walked toward the outskirts of town.
• Haku hurried after Uya, drawn by the hope that someone needed him.

Uya took Haku under his care, trained him to control his Ice Release, and traveled with him toward the Land of Water. After four Kirigakure Ninja attacked them on the road, the chapter left Uya and Haku facing the Mist Ninja.

• Uya waited for Haku to catch up through the snow, then invited him to come along.
• Uya trained Haku in chakra and Ice Release as they traveled across grasslands, helping him overcome his fear of his power.
• Uya and Haku stopped in a town to rest, then continued onward with Haku carrying their supplies.
• Four Kirigakure Ninja followed Uya and Haku out of town and attacked them without warning.

Uya watched as Haku fought the Mist Ninja who had attacked them, while Haku’s Ice Release and rapidly improving combat skills were revealed. After Uya killed three attackers with a wave of his hand, he let Haku continue fighting the last Mist Ninja, who struggled to keep up with Haku’s growth.

• Haku shielded Uya from the Mist Ninja’s weapons with Ice Release, and the attackers recognized him as a survivor of the Yuki Clan.
• The Mist Ninja split up, with one swordsman fighting Haku and three others attacking Uya with water and lightning techniques.
• Uya shattered the incoming techniques and killed the three attackers with a wave of his hand.
• Uya ordered Haku to keep fighting the surviving Mist Ninja and watched without offering guidance.
• Haku struggled at first but quickly improved during the fight, forcing the Mist Ninja to focus on defending himself.

Uya saved Haku from a Mist ninja and praised him for holding his own, then continued with him toward Kirigakure. Seeing the village ablaze, Uya recognized the Kaguya Clan's rebellion and sensed that Orochimaru was nearby.

• The Mist ninja overwhelmed Haku, but Uya broke the ninja's sword before it could strike and told Haku he had done well.
• Uya incapacitated the Mist ninja with a glance and left with Haku, then explained that kindness needed strength to protect it.
• Uya and Haku continued toward Kirigakure and saw the village ablaze as the Kaguya Clan's rebellion appeared to be underway.
• Uya sensed Orochimaru, who had defected from Konoha more than three years earlier.

Uya and Haku met Orochimaru near Kirigakure as the Kaguya Clan rebelled, and Orochimaru explained the village’s suppression of Kekkei Genkai clans. He confirmed he was investigating the Akatsuki and its Rinnegan, leaving Uya with the assurance that he would eventually find the group.

• Haku sensed fighting in Kirigakure as he and Uya approached, while Orochimaru noticed Uya and went to meet him.
• Haku guarded Uya from Orochimaru, but Uya reassured him and asked Orochimaru about the Yuki Clan.
• Orochimaru explained that Kirigakure’s power struggles led its leaders to suppress Kekkei Genkai clans and that the Kaguya Clan was now rebelling.
• Orochimaru told Uya that he had come to the Land of Water to investigate the Akatsuki and the Rinnegan.
• Orochimaru said the Akatsuki could not stay hidden for long and that Uya would eventually find them.

Uya and Orochimaru watched as Mei Terumi fought the six-year-old Kimimaro after he rebelled against Kirigakure. Mei's acid and mist forced Kimimaro to retreat, and she chased him out of the village.

• Uya learned the location of the Akatsuki base from Orochimaru and prepared to leave with Haku, but Mei Terumi's acid spilled toward them from a battle in Kirigakure.
• Uya diverted the acid into a fissure, while he and Orochimaru recognized Mei and watched her fight Kimimaro.
• Kimimaro charged Mei with bone spikes, but she evaded him with Boil Release and Lava Release techniques.
• Kimimaro fired finger bones at Mei, but the acid weakened them and she blocked them with a kunai.
• Mei taunted Kimimaro and chased him out of Kirigakure as he continued retreating.