Chapter Summaries

Yuan sent Shisui and Long to rescue Snow Plum Village’s villagers while he stayed behind to complete his Mangekyo gene fusion. He awakened his Mangekyo and discovered its abilities as Shisui and Long remained locked in battle with the baboons.

• Yuan, Shisui, and Long tracked twenty-five mutated baboons herding villagers into the mountains, and Yuan split from the others to find the rogue ninja.
• The baboons sensed Shisui and Long and attacked; Shisui helped the villagers escape while Long fought the baboons, whose petrified fur resisted weapons and fire.
• Shisui and Long found that genjutsu could not keep the baboons subdued, leaving them struggling against the outnumbering creatures.
• Yuan injected himself with the Mangekyo Gene Reagent and awakened his Mangekyo after fifteen minutes.
• Yuan tested his eyes and learned that his left eye held Takamagahara, which could house nine Mangekyo abilities, while his right eye held Yomotsu Hirasaka; Toyokumo Field was also present in his eyes.

Yuan awakened the Mangekyo through Gene Fusion and reflected on its abilities before investigating the baboons’ incomplete senjutsu in Snow Plum Village. He found an Old Baboon Sage trapped beneath a seal, pleading for help and asking him to kill the baboons.

• Yuan considered how his Mangekyo abilities reflected his nature and concluded that collecting other Uchiha’s abilities could be worthwhile.
• Yuan used Spiritualisation Technique on Suzuki Sanichi and learned that baboons had practiced senjutsu under an old baboon trapped in agate.
• Yuan left a Shadow Clone to assist Shisui and Long, then went searching for the baboons’ teacher.
• Yuan subdued the baboons in a mountain cave and found an unusually powerful baboon nearing perfect Sage Transformation.
• Yuan discovered the Old Baboon Sage trapped beneath a seal etched into the agate-like ground, and it asked him to kill the baboons and rescue it.

Yuan investigated the baboons abducting villagers and uncovered an Old Baboon Sage sealed beneath a cave, while Obito and Black Zetsu searched Setsuna’s body and approached Fugaku. After returning to Hidden Leaf Village, Yuan and Shisui found Fugaku troubled by his encounter with the masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara.

• Yuan questioned the Old Baboon Sage, learned it had taught other baboons imperfect sage arts, and discovered it could use genuine Sage Mode.
• Yuan transformed into Old Madara, which provoked a solemn reaction from the Old Baboon Sage, then used the Demonic Statue Fragment to devour the cave’s sealing formulas.
• Yuan cleared the cave of baboons, sealed the entrance, left a Flying Thunder God mark and Shadow Clone, and headed to meet Shisui and Long.
• Obito and Black Zetsu found Setsuna’s body in the morgue, and Fugaku confronted Obito after he claimed to be Uchiha Madara and asked whether the clan wanted to remain in Hidden Leaf Village.
• Yuan, Shisui, and Long cleared out the mutant baboons near Leaf Grass Village and returned to Hidden Leaf Village at nine in the evening.
• Yuan and Shisui found Fugaku staring out the window and asked whether he had learned anything about the Rogue Ninja.

After Setsuna’s death intensified concerns about the Uchiha’s future, Yuan urged Fugaku to focus on gaining strength rather than trusting that the clan could reconcile with Konoha. Fugaku was left considering Yuan’s argument, while Yuan saw a chance to change the clan’s fate.

• After hearing Yuan’s report, Fugaku asked Yuan and Shisui what they knew about Uchiha Madara and the clan’s future in Konoha.
• Yuan recalled Orochimaru’s view that a sufficiently powerful individual could become a clan unto himself, then argued that the Uchiha needed shared bonds and control over their own future.
• Fugaku revealed his fear that the Uchiha could not defeat the village or thrive outside it, and Shisui asked whether the clan might leave Konoha.
• Yuan said independence or taking control of Konoha were possibilities, but insisted the clan needed enough power to choose its path.
• Fugaku hesitated over how the Uchiha could grow stronger, while Yuan recognized that his argument had begun to sway him.

Fugaku and Shisui wrestled with the Uchiha Clan’s uncertain future after Yuan urged them to strengthen the clan. Yuan prepared for a coming fight with Obito, trained Izumi and Itachi, and discovered that his Shadow Clone at Laboratory Number Four had vanished.

• Fugaku reflected on Yuan’s advice that strengthening the Uchiha Clan would help them whether they stayed in Konoha or left.
• Shisui questioned whether peaceful coexistence between Konoha and the Uchiha was still possible.
• Yuan considered Obito’s threat, checked the slow progress toward Tobirama’s Laboratory, and placed Flying Thunder God marks around Konoha Hidden Village.
• Yuan defeated Izumi and Itachi at the training ground after watching their progress and letting them challenge him.
• Yuan noticed that his Shadow Clone at Laboratory Number Four had disappeared.

Yuan discovered that his shadow clone had vanished from Laboratory Number Four, then continued his preparations while the Orochimaru Squad's experiments advanced. Half a month later, he encountered Izumo Kamizuki in the Police Force Building and became interested in the strange weapon he carried.

• Yuan went to Laboratory Number Four and realized that Anko, Kurama Shion, and Hyuga Ryo had somehow caused his shadow clone to disappear, then agreed to treat them to barbecue in exchange for watching future clones.
• Yuan investigated the Mask Storage Temple and prepared against Obito while the seal on Tobirama's Laboratory weakened and his shadow clones increasingly needed remote replenishment.
• Fugaku increased the Police Force's training, and half a month passed.
• During Third Division's night duty, Yuan found that Long was preparing to interrogate the drunken Chunin Izumo Kamizuki after a fight with villagers.
• Yuan recognized Izumo Kamizuki and wondered whether the strange weapon in his possession, which he suspected was Isobu's right eye, could help him awaken Ice Release.

Yuan questioned Izumo Kamizuki over beating civilians, used genjutsu to make him acknowledge his wrongdoing, and confiscated his weapons as punishment. He then confirmed that one confiscated weapon was Isobu’s right eye and used his day off to simulate obtaining the Yin Nine-Tails and confronting Obito.

• Long confronted Izumo Kamizuki in the interrogation room, but Yuan stopped Long from striking him and used genjutsu to expose his guilt.
• Yuan reminded Izumo of his family’s service to the village and ordered his ninja tools and weapons confiscated for two months.
• Yuan recognized a confiscated weapon as Isobu’s right eye and considered using it to make Gene Serum for awakening Ice Release.
• After finishing his night shift, Yuan entered the Illusion Space and repeatedly simulated the operation to obtain the Yin Nine-Tails.
• Yuan changed the Illusion Space to a volcanic battlefield in the Land of Hot Water and prepared to eliminate Obito if he interfered.

Yuan trained his Fire Release and explored the creature in his Illusion Space before sneaking into the Mask Storage Temple to take the Shinigami Masks. Obito and Black Zetsu detected his presence and set out after him.

• Yuan tested a Fire Release technique modeled after Kirin and considered how he might use Susanoo with his transformed creature.
• Yuan fed the creature in the Illusion Space and considered whether he could manifest it in the real world.
• Yuan visited the Demonic Statue Fragment and learned that a seal containing Natural Energy was slowing its absorption.
• Yuan infiltrated the Mask Storage Temple, discovered White Zetsu disguised as monks, and learned that Obito had placed them there.
• Yuan replaced the temple’s masks with twenty-seven Shinigami Masks and escaped just as Obito arrived.
• Obito sensed that someone had left, and Black Zetsu reported that their personnel had been taken out, so Obito agreed to pursue Yuan.

Yuan confronted Obito after escaping Konoha with the stolen Demonic Statue Fragment, while Obito tried to learn what Yuan planned to do with it. Their pursuit reached the Land of Hot Water, where Tsunade and Shizune were caught in a volcanic eruption as Yuan and Obito prepared to fight in earnest.

• Anbu discovered that the monks had vanished from the Mask Storage Temple and that its Shinigami Masks had been replaced.
• Yuan used Flying Thunder God to flee Konoha, but Obito caught up and recognized him as the Uchiha who had raided Mountain Graveyard.
• Yuan escaped again and suggested that someone had tricked him into finding Mountain Graveyard, prompting Obito and Black Zetsu to pursue him and question how he had learned its location.
• Tsunade and Shizune argued over their empty bankbooks at an izakaya in the Land of Hot Water, where they heard that a volcano was erupting.
• Yuan's Fire Release attacks failed against Obito, and Obito drew his Gunbai and charged to force Yuan to reveal his Mangekyo ability.

Yuan and Obito clashed on a dead volcano, with Obito’s Kamui and Mangekyō abilities countering Yuan’s attacks. Yuan then transformed and collapsed the battlefield into a lava cavern, leaving the fight poised to continue below ground.

• Obito evaded Yuan’s attacks with Kamui, while Yuan used Flying Thunder God to escape Obito’s attempt to bind him with a chain.
• Yuan attacked with flaming shuriken and then controlled a storm of steel weapons around Obito, hoping to force him to use Izanagi.
• Obito used his Mangekyō’s spatial distortion to deflect the weapons and break Yuan’s Blood Crow Storm without relying on intangibility.
• Obito taunted Yuan about the Spiritualisation Technique, and Yuan considered that Black Zetsu might have prepared Obito against soul-based attacks.
• Yuan transformed into a nine-headed monster and shattered the ground, opening a lava cavern beneath the battlefield.

Yuan defeated Obito by luring him into a prepared assault, then controlled him with genjutsu and prepared to take tissue from his Mangekyo eye. Black Zetsu appeared and survived Yuan’s Mangekyo technique, leaving Yuan to wonder if the power came from Madara’s eye.

• Yuan collapsed the rock beneath Obito and summoned hundreds of Shadow Clones to bombard him with Water Severing Waves.
• Obito used Izanagi to survive the barrage, but Yuan trapped him in a genjutsu that made him see Rin and believe he had killed her.
• Yuan approached the weakened Obito and extracted tissue from around his Mangekyo eye for a Gene Reagent.
• Black Zetsu appeared and questioned Yuan about collecting bloodline shinobi tissue.
• Yuan’s Toyokumo Field severed Black Zetsu’s head, but the injury immediately healed, making Yuan suspect it was Madara’s Mangekyo ability.

Yuan traded Obito to Black Zetsu for tissue containing a Mangekyo ability, while secretly ensuring Obito could no longer use Kamui. Black Zetsu left with Obito trapped in the Kamui Dimension, and Yuan kept the eye tissue.

• Yuan questioned Black Zetsu about his Mangekyo and learned that Black Zetsu believed Yuan was collecting fragments of his mother’s power.
• Black Zetsu offered part of the eye tissue in exchange for Obito, and Yuan accepted the deal.
• Yuan and Black Zetsu activated spore contingencies, but Yuan absorbed the spores and stopped them from draining his Chakra or replenishing Obito’s.
• Yuan used Mind Disturbance Impact to prevent Obito from activating his right-eye Mangekyo and escaping through Kamui.
• Yuan kept the vial of eye tissue and asked Black Zetsu whether their deal was complete.

Yuan escaped the erupting volcano after using Susanoo to divert the magma and save a town where Tsunade witnessed his power. Back at Tobirama's Laboratory, he considered how to protect the Uchiha Clan and strengthen Hidden Leaf Village, while Black Zetsu worried about Obito and Nagato.

• Black Zetsu refused to answer Yuan, then escaped underground with the Mayfly Technique.
• As the volcano erupted, Yuan summoned Susanoo and shattered its crater, redirecting the magma away from the town and toward the sea.
• Tsunade and Shizune fled the eruption, then Tsunade wondered whether an Uchiha had wielded the golden giant's power.
• At Mountain Graveyard, Black Zetsu worried that Obito had not returned and considered activating Nagato ahead of schedule.
• Yuan went to Tobirama's Laboratory, let Agate devour the Demonic Statue Fragment's Sealing Technique formula, and reflected on the threats facing the Uchiha Clan.
• Yuan considered using Hashirama Cells and sage techniques to give the Uchiha Clan power against the four leaders in the Hokage Building.

Yuan prepared to deal with the Uchiha Clan’s threats and investigated the stolen Shinigami Masks while hiding his own involvement. Kakashi found a Flying Thunder God mark at the Mask Storage Temple, revealing a clue linked to Minato Namikaze.

• Yuan considered the Uchiha Clan’s future and set aside the suspected Madara Mangekyo eye tissue for later study.
• Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi discussed the missing monks and replaced Shinigami Masks, then assigned ANBU and the Police Force to investigate.
• Fugaku ordered Yuan’s Second Squad to investigate the Mask Storage Temple, with Yuan, Shisui, Long, and Kakashi searching together.
• Shisui suggested investigating the nearby residences and considered that the culprit might have watched the temple for a long time.
• Kakashi examined the Red Carp trash bin and found a Flying Thunder God mark associated with Minato Namikaze.

Kakashi’s discovery of Flying Thunder God formulas led Hiruzen Sarutobi to suspect Danzo had stolen the Shinigami Masks and Nine-Tails Chakra, so he moved against Root. Meanwhile, Yuan retrieved a Demonic Statue Fragment after it devoured a seal and discovered the Old Baboon Sage could enter Sage Mode.

• Kakashi and the Police Force found Flying Thunder God formulas hidden around Konoha, and Kakashi reported the discovery to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Kakashi pressed Hiruzen Sarutobi for answers about the Shinigami Masks, and Hiruzen connected the clues to Danzo and Root.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Kakashi to gather ANBU and accompany him to Root.
• Yuan learned that the Demonic Statue Fragment had devoured the seal outside Tobirama's Laboratory and went to the cave to retrieve it.
• The Old Baboon Sage entered Sage Mode and attacked Yuan, but Yuan caught it in a genjutsu and had a Shadow Clone carry it into Tobirama's Laboratory.

Yuan explored Tobirama Senju’s sealed laboratory and uncovered clues about Hashirama Senju’s declining health and Danzo’s inheritance of Tobirama’s research. Hiruzen Sarutobi took Yamato from Root, while Danzo suspected someone had opened the laboratory and sent Aburame Ryoma to investigate.

• Yuan searched Tobirama Senju’s laboratory logs and found that Uzumaki Mito had sealed the facility after Hashirama Senju’s condition worsened.
• Yuan speculated that Hashirama’s Wood Release and senjutsu had consumed his life force, and decided to be cautious about combining them in experiments.
• Yuan learned that Danzo had inherited Tobirama Senju’s research materials and knew about the hidden laboratory.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at Root with ANBU, took Yamato into his custody, and warned Danzo by asserting control over the Wood Release ninja’s training.
• Danzo suspected that secrets from Tobirama’s laboratory had leaked and ordered Aburame Ryoma to check its location and report anything unusual.

Yuan inspected Tobirama's Laboratory, tested the Old Baboon Sage's Sage Mode, and experimented with using a Demonic Statue Fragment to balance Natural Energy. He kept Danzo from learning that the laboratory had been unsealed and spent the following week developing Hashirama Cell inner armor before Fugaku gave him a Jonin Selection notice.

• Yuan found the laboratory's research materials and equipment ruined or missing, then dispelled his illusion on the Old Baboon Sage and tested its Sage Mode in combat.
• Yuan concluded that Sage Mode greatly enhanced the baboon's abilities but required substantial Chakra reserves, then used a Demonic Statue Fragment to absorb its Natural Energy and experienced a brief sage transformation himself.
• Aburame Ryoma investigated the cave for Danzo, but Yuan distorted his perception and used genjutsu on him before he could report that Tobirama's Laboratory had been unsealed.
• Yuan misled several more groups of Root ninjas and spent the next week developing Hashirama Cell inner armor that could absorb Natural Energy.
• Fugaku gave Yuan a notice for the Jonin Selection.

Yuan prepared to enter the Jonin Selection despite Fugaku’s concerns, then tested a Hashirama Cells inner armor that could greatly increase a ninja’s chakra reserves and combat power. He invited Long to try the experimental armor, drawing Shisui’s attention as well.

• Fugaku announced that the Jonin Selection would begin with arena matches and end with candidates serving on the front lines, then advised Yuan not to participate.
• Yuan insisted on joining the selection because becoming a Jonin would give him more freedom, resources, and opportunities to gather kekkei genkai.
• Yuan told Shisui and Long that his research might boost their strength before the selection, and both expressed interest.
• Yuan’s Shadow Clones developed a wearable Hashirama Cells inner armor that could multiply chakra reserves and increase the power of ninjutsu and taijutsu.
• Yuan watched Long and Shisui spar at the training grounds, then invited Long to test the successful experiment as Shisui looked on.

Yuan tested the Hashirama Cells Inner Armor in a spar between Long and Shisui, then persuaded Fugaku to fund further research and equip Jonin Selection participants. The chapter ended with Yuan returning home to find Shion, Ryo, and Anko listening to his grandmother tease him about his popularity with women.

• Long wore the Hashirama Cells Inner Armor and sparred with Shisui, gaining strength and a defense against genjutsu, but Shisui won by exploiting his superior combat experience.
• Yuan distributed inner armor to the Third Division, whose members challenged the Fourth Squad and quickly gained the upper hand.
• Yuan convinced Fugaku that further research could greatly strengthen the Uchiha, and Fugaku approved armor for Jonin Selection participants and promised funding.
• Shion, Ryo, and Anko visited Yuan's home to ask about the Jonin Selection while Izumi secretly watched them.
• Yuan returned home and interrupted his grandmother as she praised his prospects to the visiting women, who teased him about his supposed love life.

Yuan spent time with the Orochimaru Squad, then rejected the Hokage’s offer to bypass the Jonin Selection and become a secret weapon against the Hidden Cloud Village. He entered the public preliminary round, where candidates began drawing lots to determine their opponents.

• Obito's grandmother sent Yuan out with Anko, Ling, and Ziyun, while Izumi accepted money to secretly follow and report on them.
• At the artificial lake, Yuan said he would enter the Jonin Selection but advised Ling and Anko to avoid the dangerous battlefield assignment.
• ANBU brought Yuan to the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen offered him direct promotion after a mission if he concealed his Spiritualisation Technique; Yuan refused the exception and chose the proper selection process.
• At the preliminary round, Yuan waited with Shisui, Uchiha Tekka, and other Police Force candidates as Kakashi explained that matching numbered balls would determine opponents.
• The candidates lined up to draw lots, beginning a preliminary round that also tested intelligence-gathering, protection, and tactical preparation.