Chapter Summaries

Hagoromo found a hidden Ōtsutsuki shrine in the Land of Birds and uncovered two scrolls concealed in its statue. Taking them triggered a meeting with what he identified as a residual chakra spirit of the Sage of Six Paths.

• Hagoromo reached the coordinates in the Land of Birds and activated a barrier that revealed a hidden shrine.
• Hagoromo searched the shrine, found nothing, then used the Five Elements Unseal on the idol’s palms.
• Hagoromo retrieved a black scroll and a white scroll from the statue, causing the scene to shift to a sunlit sea.
• Hagoromo questioned the floating, bearded man and concluded that he was only a chakra spirit left behind by the Sage of Six Paths.

Hagoromo confronted the Sage of Six Paths over the lingering influence he exerted on the ninja world and revealed his intention to erase him. The Sage explained that his chakra could not be fully destroyed, but Hagoromo drew his sword anyway, determined to try killing him again.

• The Sage of Six Paths told Hagoromo that he had monitored the ninja world and knew he had killed the Three-Tails and Seven-Tails.
• The Sage explained that the Three-Tails was reviving, while the Seven-Tails' scattered chakra could not gather and might remain that way for a long time.
• Hagoromo said he intended to erase the Sage's influence over the world, arguing that the dead should not continue controlling it for thousands of years.
• The Sage warned that Hagoromo could erase his consciousness but could not completely destroy his chakra because his physical body was already gone.
• Hagoromo drew his sword and declared that, since the Sage's continued existence robbed death of meaning, he would try killing him again.

Hagoromo battled the Sage of Six Paths, escaping his powerful sealing technique and adapting his attacks to exploit the Rinnegan's cooldown. The chapter ended as Hagoromo reached the Sage with a lightning-charged strike and answered his challenge, “Then come on.”

• Hagoromo charged the Sage of Six Paths, who repelled him with Shinra Tensei and pinned him beneath repeated Sage Art: Sealing: Myriad Gods Gate attacks.
• Hagoromo used a modified Mutually Multiplying Four Symbols Seal to escape the gates and climb above the water.
• Hagoromo dodged more falling Myriad Gods Gates while rushing toward the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hagoromo hurled giant Shuriken Shadow Clones to force the Sage to use Shinra Tensei and expose its cooldown.
• Hagoromo closed the distance with Chidori Current Third Stage and thrust a lightning-charged hand strike at the Sage of Six Paths.

Hagoromo pushed the Sage of Six Paths with his Lightning Glow and Sage Mode, discovering that natural energy could cut through the Sage’s Truth-Seeking Orb defense. The Sage then revealed a new level of threat by copying Hagoromo’s Chidori Current Third Stage and charging at him.

• The Sage of Six Paths blocked Hagoromo’s knife-hand strike with a Truth-Seeking Orb, then used the remaining orbs to attack while defending himself.
• Hagoromo drove the Sage backward with a powerful punch, pursued him, and tried to break through the orb barrier with his Chakra Blade and Iron Sand Sword.
• Hagoromo activated Sage Mode alongside Chidori Current, and the senjutsu chakra let his Iron Sand Sword cut through the Truth-Seeking Orb barrier.
• Hagoromo retreated from the Sage’s Shinra Tensei and learned that the Sage could wield only a portion of his former power as a chakra consciousness.
• The Sage of Six Paths charged at Hagoromo, accelerated again, and used a lightning-marked technique resembling Hagoromo’s Chidori Current Third Stage.

Hagoromo fought the Sage of Six Paths, who quickly learned and used Hagoromo’s Chidori Current Third Stage. Hagoromo’s chakra-free Railgun pierced the Sage’s defenses, but the Sage countered with Six Paths Chibaku Tensei, leaving Hagoromo’s consciousness fading.

• The Sage of Six Paths used a version of Chidori Current Third Stage, and Hagoromo dodged its blow by launching himself with electromagnetic force.
• Hagoromo asked whether the Sage could learn any jutsu after seeing it once, and the Sage explained he had no need to keep using Hagoromo’s techniques.
• Hagoromo announced he would concede if the Sage understood his next technique, then unleashed the Railgun.
• The Railgun pierced three layers of the Sage’s Truth-Seeking Orb defenses, but the Sage used the barrier as a feint to approach Hagoromo.
• The Sage pressed his hands marked with the symbols of sun and moon onto Hagoromo’s shoulders and began Sage Art: Six Paths Chibaku Tensei.

The Sage of Six Paths sealed Hagoromo inside Sage Art: Six Paths Chibaku Tensei, but Hagoromo escaped by combining his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception with Battōjutsu and Lightning Release. He prepared to face the weakened Sage with Sage Mode and the Mystic Eyes, warning that any contact meant erasure.

• The Sage of Six Paths recognized Hagoromo’s abilities as a threat to the ninja world’s system and trapped him with Sage Art: Six Paths Chibaku Tensei.
• Hagoromo used his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to regain movement despite the Yin Yang Release seal.
• Hagoromo slashed the Chibaku Tensei sphere apart with Battōjutsu, then destroyed it with Lightning Glow.
• The Sage of Six Paths realized Hagoromo had dropped Electromaster and switched to the more taxing Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
• Hagoromo said he would fight with Sage Mode and the Mystic Eyes, declaring that contact meant erasure.

Hagoromo explained that his Mystic Eyes could erase threats to the ninja system, which he sought to correct rather than destroy. He then attacked the Sage of Six Paths, cutting through Shinra Tensei, the Truth-Seeking Orb barrier, and the Sage’s arm.

• Hagoromo told the Sage of Six Paths that his eyes were weapons unique to him and that their power could not be spread or turned into a new system.
• Hagoromo said he aimed to erase the Sage’s consciousness and end the endless influence of the tailed beasts and Ōtsutsuki, which he considered a correction to Ninshu.
• The Sage of Six Paths challenged Hagoromo to prove that his ability could erase even his mother, then asked his name.
• Hagoromo introduced himself as Kamishiro Hagoromo, and the Sage of Six Paths laughed at the coincidence before agreeing to face him.
• Hagoromo charged and used his Iron Sand Sword to split Shinra Tensei, shatter the Truth-Seeking Orb barrier, and cut the Sage Staff and the arm holding it.

After defeating the Sage of Six Paths in the space of consciousness, Hagoromo collapsed from severe mental exhaustion and spent three days recovering in the Ōtsutsuki Shrine. He examined the Sage’s scrolls, confirmed they contained Yin Yang Release, and put them away without intending to train in it.

• Hagoromo reflected on how he had used the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to separate the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra particles until they dissipated.
• After the battle, Hagoromo tried to unroll the two scrolls but collapsed from mental exhaustion, leaving them beside him.
• Hagoromo woke with a severe headache and stayed in the Ōtsutsuki Shrine for three days to recover.
• Hagoromo examined the scrolls, confirmed they were genuine and contained Yin Yang Release, then put them away because he had no need to train in it.

After leaving the shrine, Hagoromo encountered his former teammate Yuhi Kurenai and Anko Mitarashi in the Land of Rivers. He blamed Minato for the destruction of Rōran while noticing the natural energy concentrated in Anko and the Heavenly Cursed Seal on her neck.

• Hagoromo watched the ancient shrine disappear into another dimension and left with renewed determination.
• Yuhi Kurenai and Anko discussed their completed escort mission and the dangers of resting in the Land of Rivers.
• Kurenai explained that nearby residents had fled after the Fourth Hokage caused a massive explosion that destroyed a small country.
• Hagoromo approached the two women, and Kurenai recognized him as a fellow Konoha ninja.
• Hagoromo told Anko that Minato had destroyed the Ancient City of Rōran, then focused on the Heavenly Cursed Seal on her neck.

Hagoromo accidentally activated Anko's Heavenly Cursed Seal, then suppressed it and offered to seal it away. Anko refused because the seal could help her track Orochimaru, and Hagoromo agreed to return to Konoha with her and Kurenai.

• Hagoromo's Sage Art Chakra triggered Anko's Heavenly Cursed Seal, causing her intense pain as its markings spread across her body.
• Kurenai rushed to help Anko and confronted Hagoromo, who admitted that his curiosity had caused the seal to activate.
• Hagoromo suppressed the seal with an existing outer sealing layer and offered to adjust it so it would remain completely inactive.
• Anko refused to remove the seal because it could react when Orochimaru was nearby and help her capture him.
• Kurenai asked why Hagoromo was in the Land of Rivers, and he said he had encountered them while returning from an impromptu trip and would travel back to Konoha with them.

After returning to Konoha, Hagoromo discovered that Naruto had accidentally destroyed his old home with a summoning beast and that it had been rebuilt. Haku demonstrated Storm Release, and Hagoromo told him he could graduate.

• Hagoromo, Kurenai, and Anko traveled back to Konoha after setting aside the Cursed Seal matter.
• Hagoromo returned home and found that his old house had been rebuilt after Gamabunta crushed it during Naruto's summoning training with Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya and Naruto nervously gathered with Hagoromo, while Jiraiya presented Haku's new abilities.
• Haku demonstrated Lightning Release and then combined Lightning and Water Release to use Storm Release.
• Hagoromo praised Haku's achievement and told him he could graduate.

Hagoromo explained why bloodline abilities depended on innate talent, then told Jiraiya that he had recovered the Sage of Six Paths' Yin and Yang Release scrolls. He entrusted them to Jiraiya for safekeeping in case he could not later give them to Naruto and Mirai himself.

• Hagoromo reflected that Storm Release depended on inborn talent and felt both pride and envy when Haku used it.
• Jiraiya asked Hagoromo where he had found the children, and Hagoromo said Haku's two Kekkei Genkai were not what he wanted to discuss.
• Jiraiya asked whether Hagoromo had found the legendary shrine, and Hagoromo placed two scrolls on the table.
• Hagoromo identified the scrolls as the Sage of Six Paths' Yin Release and Yang Release, astonishing Jiraiya.
• Hagoromo entrusted the scrolls to Jiraiya to give to Naruto and Mirai when necessary, explaining he might not be able to pass them on himself.

Hagoromo entrusted Jiraiya with the Yin Yang Release scroll as a safeguard while Akatsuki gathered its members in Amegakure. Kisame Hoshigaki arrived as Uchiha Itachi’s partner, and Pain prepared to explain the organization’s next plan.

• Hagoromo entrusted the Yin Yang Release scroll to Jiraiya, who left to secure it.
• Akatsuki assembled its members in Amegakure and arranged most of them into two-person teams, leaving Uchiha Itachi alone for the time being.
• Pain said Itachi’s new partner would replace Orochimaru, who had defected after leaving the organization.
• Kisame Hoshigaki arrived after defeating Hozuki Mangetsu and joined Akatsuki as Itachi’s partner.
• Pain began to explain Akatsuki’s next plan.

Mirai corrected Naruto’s Rasengan training and reminded him about his Graduation Exam. At Konoha’s gates, Hagoromo saw Jiraiya off as he set out on another attempt to bring Tsunade back, then waited for Sarutobi Asuma to return after the Guardian Ninja Twelve disbanded.

• Mirai told Naruto to practice the Rasengan without Shadow Clones and reminded him that his Graduation Exam was that afternoon.
• Naruto learned that Hagoromo had gone to see Jiraiya off, and Jiraiya had left Konoha to try to bring Tsunade back again.
• Hagoromo joked that Jiraiya should propose to Tsunade and said he would go after her himself if Jiraiya failed.
• The Guardian Ninja Twelve collapsed after an attempted assassination of the Land of Fire Daimyo, leaving Sarutobi Asuma unemployed.
• Hagoromo waited at Konoha’s gates and saw Sarutobi Asuma return.

Hagoromo finished training Kimimaro and Haku and waited for Naruto and Mirai to graduate so they could join his plans. When he and Asuma reached the Ninja Academy for the Graduation Exam, they found Mirai had knocked an instructor unconscious.

• Hagoromo trained Kimimaro and Haku until they reached combat strength comparable to Kakashi.
• Asuma returned to Konoha, took a job leading a newly graduated Genin squad, and accompanied Hagoromo to the Ninja Academy.
• Hagoromo and Asuma noticed the First and Second Hokage’s faces on Hokage Rock had become crooked, and Hagoromo blamed shifting rock layers.
• Hagoromo and Asuma entered the chaotic examination hall and found a white-haired Chunin instructor unconscious while an Anbu examined him.
• Mirai admitted to Hagoromo that she had gone overboard and beaten the instructor.

Yamanaka Inoichi revealed that Mizuki had planned to steal the Sealing Scroll and had deduced Naruto’s jinchuriki identity, while Mirai had stopped him before he could act. Naruto graduated from the Academy, but the Hokage had already chosen Kakashi to lead his team, despite Naruto’s wish to keep training with Hagoromo.

• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that Mizuki had intended to use Naruto to steal the Sealing Scroll, and explained that Mizuki had deduced Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki through observation.
• Hagoromo learned that Mizuki’s threat had been limited and that Mirai had beaten and detained him before he could carry out his plan.
• Naruto passed the Graduation Exam after receiving private lessons from Hagoromo and Jiraiya.
• Naruto wondered who would lead his team after graduation and hoped for a Jonin stronger than Hagoromo with less demanding training.
• The Third Hokage chose Kakashi to lead Naruto’s team because Kakashi made him feel more at ease than Hagoromo.

Kakashi arrived to lead Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, while Akatsuki prepared to capture the Tailed Beasts despite the Seven-Tails’ failure to revive. Nagato pushed the plan forward, and Zetsu broke down over what Hagoromo had done to the Seven-Tails.

• Naruto recognized Kakashi as vaguely familiar, then hurriedly stopped him from reporting Naruto’s description of him as white-haired to Hagoromo.
• Kakashi had met with Hagoromo to discuss Naruto’s placement, as the Hokage preferred Minato’s student to take responsibility for him.
• Akatsuki members shared intelligence, including Kisame Hoshigaki’s report that Kirigakure had tightened security around the revived Three-Tails.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu reported that the Seven-Tails still had not revived, prompting Nagato to order continued surveillance and move the plan forward.
• After the communication ended, Zetsu sealed himself away and cried, blaming White Yaksha for the Seven-Tails’ condition.

Nagato weighed Akatsuki’s options after the Seven-Tails’ death and accelerated the hunt for the remaining tailed beasts. Meanwhile, Hagoromo brought Team 6 to the Third Hokage for a mission, but the Hokage warned that an assignment to another hidden village was unsuitable for him.

• Nagato decided Akatsuki should prioritize capturing the remaining tailed beasts rather than risk a direct fight with Hagoromo.
• The Third Hokage reflected on his work assigning missions to newly graduated Genin and questioned why Hagoromo’s team had waited weeks to accept its first mission.
• Hagoromo asked his teammates what their team was called, and Haku reminded him that it was Team 6.
• Hagoromo requested a higher-level, long-term mission, and the Third Hokage mentioned an assignment to another hidden village.
• The Third Hokage told Hagoromo that he was not suited to the assignment because he had caused trouble in nearly every village.

Hagoromo and Team 6 traveled to Sunagakure on a mission to notify the village about Konoha’s upcoming Chunin Exams and invite the Kazekage. As they neared Sunagakure, they saw the village engulfed in smoke and flames.

• Hagoromo accepted the Hokage’s mission to notify Sunagakure about the joint Chunin Exams and invite the Kazekage to attend their final stage.
• Hagoromo left Konoha with Mirai, Kimimaro, and Haku, while the Hokage secretly alerted Sunagakure that an envoy was coming.
• Team 6 passed Team 7, and Mirai happily looked forward to the journey beyond Konoha.
• Hagoromo chose to travel to Sunagakure without flying so Mirai could enjoy the trip.
• Several days later, Hagoromo and Team 6 saw Sunagakure in the distance, shrouded in smoke and flames.

Deidara and Sasori began Akatsuki’s operation to capture the One-Tail Jinchuriki, but Deidara’s plan to infiltrate Sunagakure by air was detected immediately. Sunagakure’s Fourth Kazekage ordered a coordinated attack, sending Deidara crashing toward the ground.

• Deidara and Sasori approached Sunagakure, where Sasori planned to infiltrate discreetly while Deidara insisted on making a conspicuous attack.
• Deidara flew toward the village on his Clay Bird, unaware that Sunagakure’s aerial barrier had detected him.
• Sunagakure’s detection squad alerted the Fourth Kazekage, who gathered the village’s leaders and ordered them to strengthen defenses and avoid acting rashly.
• After the defenses were prepared, the Fourth Kazekage ordered the ninja to shoot Deidara down.
• Sunagakure’s coordinated barrage sliced through Deidara’s Clay Bird and sent him spiraling toward the ground.