Chapter Summaries

Kakashi returned Killer B to Kumogakure while warning that the mastermind who had controlled him might still pose a threat. After the meeting, Hinata reflected on her awakened Tenseigan and the extraordinary potential of her Talent Cheat.

• Kakashi rejected Hinata’s suggestion to keep Killer B for ransom and handed him over to Dodai’s group.
• Dodai thanked Konoha, promised an investigation, and led the Cloud Ninja away with Killer B.
• Kakashi and Asuma discussed the unexplained Genjutsu and suspected the true owner of the Rinnegan had controlled Killer B and the Eight-Tails.
• Kakashi said he would report the matter to the Hokage, while Hinata complained that she was sleepy and tried to get Asuma to buy her a snack.
• Hinata admired her Tenseigan in a mirror and realized that her Talent Cheat had even greater potential than she had thought.

Hinata realized that absorbing chakra sources could expand her abilities and planned to pursue Shikotsumyaku, Hashirama Cells, and other bloodline powers. Meanwhile, Obito questioned Black Zetsu about Hinata’s ocular power, and Black Zetsu prepared to deceive him about its origins.

• Hinata thanked Hiashi and Tokuma for guiding her training and considered how absorbing chakra sources could grant her new abilities.
• Hinata planned to absorb Urashiki, visit Toneri and Kaguya on the moon, and eventually obtain Shikotsumyaku and other bloodline powers.
• Hinata decided to meet Orochimaru after handling her current business, then called Wind God and Thunder God to prepare bathwater.
• Obito asked Black Zetsu why Madara had no records of Hinata’s ocular power, and Black Zetsu claimed Madara destroyed them because its evolution could not be achieved.
• Obito pressed Black Zetsu to explain where Hinata’s eyes came from, and Black Zetsu decided to lie to him.

Black Zetsu convinced Obito that Hinata was tied to a lunar branch descended from Hagoromo Otsutsuki, which wanted the Ten-Tails revived to end its mission. Obito accepted the explanation and chose to leave Hinata outside the Akatsuki as they pursued creating a new world.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that Hagoromo Otsutsuki's descendants included a branch on the moon that guarded the Ten-Tails and the Hyuga Clan.
• Black Zetsu claimed Hinata's unusual constitution came from the lunar branch and that she had approached him to cooperate in reviving the Ten-Tails.
• Black Zetsu said Hinata had her own purpose and had not been under his control, and Obito accepted the explanation.
• Obito decided not to invite Hinata into the Akatsuki because he feared he could not control her strength or intentions.
• Obito declared that he and Black Zetsu would create an entirely new world together.

Obito learned Black Zetsu’s account of how Infinite Tsukuyomi could be turned into reality and resolved to wait two more years. Hinata planned her next moves, including killing Urashiki and investigating the Tenseigan on the moon, and went to signal Black Zetsu for a meeting.

• Black Zetsu told Obito that he could use the Ten-Tails and Izanagi to make Infinite Tsukuyomi real, claiming Hinata’s eyes could see through the illusion.
• Obito believed Black Zetsu’s explanation and became determined to carry out the plan in two years.
• Kakashi realized Hinata had absorbed the Eight-Tails’ chakra but chose to keep what he saw secret.
• Hinata planned to meet Orochimaru, kill Urashiki, and investigate the Tenseigan and Toneri on the moon.
• Hinata ate breakfast and lunch, went to the edge of camp, and signaled Black Zetsu to meet her.

After returning to Konoha, Hinata reflected on her plan to perfect her bloodline and cultivate the power of the Nine Tailed Beasts within herself. She tested her strength by flying into outer space and declared the world her own.

• Kumogakure withdrew its forces, and Kakashi led 2,300 shinobi back to Konoha after receiving Tsunade's orders.
• Hinata recalled asking Black Zetsu to arrange a meeting with Orochimaru and advise her on fusing Shikotsumyaku and Wood Release, but she chose to focus on perfecting her bloodline instead.
• Hinata resolved to assimilate the Nine Tailed Beasts' power and cultivate herself toward Kaguya Otsutsuki's level because she could not safely become a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Tsunade chose Kakashi and Shikaku Nara as her guards for the Five Kage Summit in the Land of Iron, while Hinata returned home to rest.
• Hinata slipped out of Konoha, passed its sensory barrier, and flew into outer space in Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Hinata gazed at the Ninja World, the moon, and the stars, then said that this was the world that belonged to her.

After seeing the vast universe, Hinata resolved to explore beyond the Ninja World and returned to Konoha to prepare for a secret meeting with Orochimaru. She planned to tempt him with information about Natural Energy and the Three Great Sage Regions, hoping he would attack Ryūchi Cave before he moved against Sasuke.

• Hinata flew beyond the planet, saw the universe’s vastness, and decided not to release Urashiki Otsutsuki from his seal yet.
• Hinata returned to Konoha and began preparing to leave secretly while White Zetsu impersonated her at the Hyuga residence.
• Hinata prepared Kimimaro’s blood and information about Natural Energy, the Three Great Sage Regions, and the God Tree for her meeting with Orochimaru.
• Hinata hoped Orochimaru would use the information to attack Ryūchi Cave, noting that he had at most a year and a half before he moved against Sasuke.

Hinata watched the Chunin Exam with Neji and Hanabi, secretly using Natural Energy to rig her bets and win millions of ryo. After the matches, the three siblings ate together, and Hanabi revealed she had never seen Hinata eat so much before.

• Hinata, Neji, and Hanabi discussed the Chunin Exam and the possibility of a Joint Chunin Exam next year.
• Hinata secretly used Natural Energy to influence the matches and won ten million ryo on each of two bets.
• After all seven matches ended, Hinata took Neji and Hanabi to a barbecue restaurant and treated them to a meal.
• Hanabi said she had only heard that Hinata ate a lot, and Hinata worried that her carefully maintained image was ruined.

Hinata left Konoha in secret to meet Orochimaru at an abandoned base and negotiate for Hashirama Cells. When Orochimaru demanded more in return, Hinata used the Tenseigan to drain his chakra and offered him a scroll instead.

• Hinata returned to the Hyuga residence after dinner and reflected on her ambitions, immortality, and her attachment to family and friends.
• Hinata arranged for White Zetsu to impersonate her in Konoha, then left the village with Black Zetsu.
• Hinata reached Orochimaru's abandoned base in the Land of Fire and found Orochimaru and Zetsu inside.
• Orochimaru demanded additional payment for the Hashirama Cells, but Hinata used the Tenseigan to drain his chakra and warned him not to make demands.
• Hinata agreed that their partnership should be equal and tossed Orochimaru a scroll, which he caught while glaring at her.

Hinata and Orochimaru discussed immortality and Natural Energy before agreeing to experiment with Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku. The fusion began with Hinata absorbing Kimimaro's chakra, but its result remained unknown.

• Hinata dismissed Orochimaru's hostile stare and offered him her research on Natural Energy.
• Orochimaru invited Hinata to study his Living Corpse Reincarnation, but she rejected abandoning her body and explained her plan to combine Shikotsumyaku with Wood Release.
• Hinata and Orochimaru agreed to begin with Kimimaro, and Orochimaru summoned him using Impure World Reincarnation.
• At Black Zetsu's instruction, Hinata injected Kimimaro's blood and used her Tenseigan to draw Kimimaro's chakra into her body.

Hinata absorbed Kimimaro’s chakra and fused his Shikotsumyaku into her body, revealing how the Tenseigan and her Talent Cheat had expanded her potential. After gaining the ability to produce bones, she prepared to obtain Wood Release next, while Orochimaru marveled at her body’s potential.

• Orochimaru watched Hinata fuse the Shikotsumyaku and was shocked by her vitality and ability to withstand the process.
• Hinata realized that her Talent Cheat granted unlimited potential rather than a fixed power ceiling, and credited her strength to hard work.
• Hinata absorbed Kimimaro’s chakra to strengthen his cells and acquire the Shikotsumyaku at its peak.
• Black Zetsu warned Hinata that Kimimaro’s power alone could not develop the Shikotsumyaku into a Kekkei Mōra.
• Hinata produced and withdrew a bone from her palm, judged her new power barely acceptable, and announced that Wood Release was next.
• Orochimaru grew excited as he imagined Hinata’s abilities combining into a body approaching perfection.

Hinata injected herself with Hashirama Cells and used Yin-Yang Release to fuse them with her bloodline, hoping to complete her Ten-Tails power. Her fusion succeeded so perfectly that Black Zetsu questioned what Hinata’s ancestry really was.

• Hinata reflected on strength and reality as Orochimaru retrieved a bottle of original Hashirama Cells from a scroll.
• Black Zetsu explained that Wood Release came from the God Tree and that White Zetsu were weaker than Hashirama’s cells.
• Hinata injected herself with Hashirama Cells while Orochimaru watched and Black Zetsu warned her to fuse the rejecting powers with Yin-Yang Release.
• Hinata’s bloodline began assimilating the Hashirama Cells perfectly, surprising Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu wondered whether Hinata possessed the bloodlines of both Hamura and Hagoromo.

Black Zetsu concluded that Hinata had inherited Kaguya Otsutsuki’s power and suspected Hamura had secretly preserved it, while he pondered how to use Orochimaru against the Three Great Sage Regions. Hinata finished fusing with Hashirama Cells and set her sights on raising her abilities to the level of Kekkei Mōra.

• Black Zetsu believed Hinata had met Hagoromo Otsutsuki and speculated that Hagoromo had entrusted the future of the Shinobi World to her generation.
• Black Zetsu concluded that Hinata’s ability to fuse powers came from Kaguya Otsutsuki’s power, which Hamura had secretly preserved and bestowed upon her.
• Black Zetsu wondered why Hamura had changed his stance and became excited at the thought that Hagoromo was now isolated from his brother and the reincarnations of Asura and Indra.
• Black Zetsu suspected Hinata planned to target the Three Great Sage Regions through Orochimaru and considered guiding him toward using Ryūchi Cave against Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest.
• Hinata completed her fusion with Hashirama Cells, sensed her physique had been further perfected, and planned to strengthen her abilities to the level of Kekkei Mōra.

After partnering with Orochimaru, Hinata headed back toward Konoha and discussed her plans to target the Three Great Sage Regions with Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu doubted her loyalty and believed that her ambition to gain power would eventually lead her to try to change the world.

• Hinata thanked Orochimaru, left his cave, and hurried toward Konoha after fusing the powers of Shikotsumyaku and Wood Release.
• Black Zetsu confronted Hinata about the scroll she had given Orochimaru, and Hinata admitted she wanted to deal with the Three Great Sage Regions and wanted Black Zetsu's help.
• Hinata asked Black Zetsu about the Kage Summit and warned him not to underestimate the Five Great Shinobi Villages as they changed and sought peace.
• Black Zetsu argued that strength remained the world's ultimate measure and warned Hinata that Akatsuki had delayed the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• After Hinata left, Black Zetsu told White Zetsu that Hinata sought power rather than true loyalty and would eventually want to change the world.

Hinata confronted the Sage of Six Paths in a Genjutsu space and rejected his appeal to stop changing the world, arguing that his legacy had failed to prevent human violence. After he withdrew, Hinata anticipated that he might use Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya, and Naruto to oppose her, but she remained confident in her power.

• The Sage of Six Paths appeared before Hinata in a white Genjutsu space and warned that freeing Kaguya would bring disaster.
• Hinata accused the Sage of Six Paths of protecting the inheritance of Ninjutsu rather than the world and criticized his faith in chakra to make people understand one another.
• Hinata told the Sage of Six Paths that she could persuade Ancestor Kaguya to abandon her plan to cultivate White Zetsu and challenged him to fight.
• The Sage of Six Paths said he could not fight and withdrew, leaving Hinata racing through the forest toward Konoha.
• Hinata suspected the Sage of Six Paths would use Mount Myōboku's prophecy to influence Jiraiya, Naruto, and Tsunade against her.
• Hinata touched her eyes and concluded that the Tenseigan made her difficult to kill, while Urashiki's chakra still awaited her above the sky.

Hinata returned toward Konoha after questioning the Sage of Six Paths’ motives and reflecting on his resistance to Kaguya’s resurrection. She decided to eliminate Urashiki as a hidden danger so she could become stronger, leaving Naruto’s promised share of his chakra for another time.

• Hinata failed to understand why the Sage of Six Paths had tried to persuade her instead of confronting her, and she continued running toward Konoha.
• The Sage of Six Paths watched Hinata leave and considered whether her familiar aura came from Hamura, Kaguya, or Kaguya’s chakra reincarnating within her.
• The Sage of Six Paths concluded that his love for the Shinobi World made him unwilling to allow Kaguya’s resurrection to disrupt the world he had shaped.
• As evening approached, Hinata activated the Tenseigan and flew toward Konoha in Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Hinata decided to deal with Urashiki before seeking Naruto, and she considered joining forces with Orochimaru against Ryūchi Cave.

Hinata confronted the sealed Urashiki Otsutsuki after her Tenseigan awakened, then used her powers to force him to transform into a Chakra Fruit. Urashiki screamed as his soul began to be erased, while Hinata chose to absorb his power despite her brief reluctance.

• Hinata used the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to split the Planetary Devastation meteorite without hitting Urashiki.
• Hinata approached Urashiki and revealed that absorbing his chakra had accelerated her Tenseigan’s growth, leaving his resurrection plan ruined.
• Hinata pierced Urashiki’s limbs with Truth-Seeking Orb rods and discovered a Genjutsu seal blocking access to his memories.
• Hinata released Urashiki’s Yin-Yang Seal, then used a Spirit Ball and the rods to control him and his chakra.
• Hinata forced Urashiki to transform himself into a Chakra Fruit, causing him intense mental torment.

Hinata killed Urashiki but could not bring herself to turn him into a Chakra Fruit and consume it, forcing her to confront the moral limits of her pursuit of power. She returned to Konoha and asked Hyuga Hiashi whether she had made the wrong choice.

• Hinata struggled with the idea of transforming Urashiki into a Chakra Fruit, then killed him with her Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• Hinata reflected on how her pursuit of power had brought her close to abandoning her moral boundaries, and decided she could not go through with consuming Urashiki.
• Hinata buried Urashiki inside a meteorite and sent it deep into space before flying back to the Shinobi World.
• Hinata returned to Konoha, switched places with her White Zetsu substitute, and went to the Hyuga residence to speak with Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hinata told Hyuga Hiashi that the danger within his Rinnegan had been removed and confessed her struggle over whether she had been wrong to reject the Chakra Fruit.

Hinata struggled with the temptation of power and accepted Hyuga Hiashi’s reassurance that she could pursue her dream as long as she upheld her moral limits. After finding peace of mind, she left the Hyuga residence to wander around Konoha.

• Hyuga Hiashi praised Hinata for resisting power’s temptation and reminded her that her strength had come too easily.
• Hinata asked whether she should give up her pursuit of immortality, and Hyuga Hiashi urged her to continue while warning her about Orochimaru’s fall.
• Hinata decided that conflicts of position did not excuse crossing her moral limits, and thanked her father for helping her find clarity.
• Hinata returned to her room, slept, and woke the next morning feeling relieved about giving up Urashiki’s power.
• Hinata felt free to pursue her dream without guilt and swaggered out of the Hyuga residence to wander around Konoha.

Hinata reconsidered the peaceful life in Konoha and reflected on the loneliness that could come from pursuing immortality. From Hokage Rock, she weighed how to prevent a war over the Tailed Beasts and decided to ask Hyuga Hiashi for advice.

• Hinata visited a dango shop, where the owner offered her a free meal in recognition of her role in defusing tensions between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village.
• As she strolled through Konoha, Hinata appreciated the villagers’ peaceful lives and regretted that she had once dismissed them as meaningless.
• Hinata felt relieved that she had refused Black Zetsu’s suggestion to provoke a war among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
• Atop Hokage Rock, Hinata considered the possibility that the Ten-Tails might be resurrected earlier and contemplated killing the Five Kage to prevent a war.
• Hinata decided to ask Hyuga Hiashi for his opinion on the Infinite Tsukuyomi Plan.

The Five Kage Summit struggled to resolve the threat posed by Impure World Reincarnation, as the other villages doubted Tsunade’s assurances about Konoha. The Kage agreed to divide custody of the technique among the four other villages, then turned to discussing Akatsuki and the Rinnegan.

• Tsunade insisted that Konoha had sealed Impure World Reincarnation and that no one there except Orochimaru had practiced it, but Ōnoki, A, Chiyo, and Mei Terumi remained suspicious.
• Ōnoki proposed that the four villages outside Konoha each hold a portion of Impure World Reincarnation and unite against Konoha if it learned the technique.
• Shikaku Nara advised Tsunade, and she accepted Ōnoki’s proposal; Mei Terumi, Chiyo, and the Raikage agreed as well.
• As the Raikage prepared to leave, Ōnoki redirected the summit to Akatsuki and asked Tsunade to explain what Konoha knew about the Rinnegan.