Chapter Summaries

Namikaze Naruto won the Ninja Academy entrance exam final after Yamashiro Aoba stopped his out-of-control attack, while Hyuga Hinata learned Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms during her fight with Aburame Tetsumaru. After announcing the admissions, Namikaze Minato began planning a joint Chunin Exam to display Konoha’s strength, leaving the village preparing to host it next year.

• Namikaze Naruto and Second Pillar fought an intense final match, and Naruto extinguished Sasuke’s Fire Arrow with Wind Release: Whirlwind Fist.
• When Sasuke froze after Naruto’s ninjutsu, Yamashiro Aoba intervened to protect both boys, and Naruto took first place in the entrance exam.
• Hyuga Hinata learned Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms during her battle with Aburame Tetsumaru, who praised her and pretended she had forced him to use both hands.
• Namikaze Minato announced that Konoha’s new Golden Generation must be put to use and invited his advisers to propose plans for the future.
• Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi proposed a joint Chunin Exam, and Minato decided Konoha would host one next year with villages and leaders from across the Shinobi World invited.

Aburame Tetsumaru brought Uchiha Sanae to the Space Station for Zenith Civilization’s first self-Advent after she mastered the knowledge in her Brain-Insert Chip. The Advent Ritual began with life-extension surgery and Kekkei Genkai implantation, leaving Sanae’s success uncertain as the most dangerous stage started.

• Namikaze Minato reflected that his mysterious Uchiha friend had guided him and Nara Shikaku through the plan to establish the Hokage’s prestige.
• Aburame Tetsumaru returned Hyuga Hinata to Hyuga Hiashi, who was astonished to learn she had taught herself Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms and recognized flaws in his teaching and judgment.
• Uchiha Sanae revealed that she had removed her Brain-Insert Chip after mastering its knowledge in three years, and Aburame Tetsumaru agreed to take her for self-Advent under the name Zenith Civilization.
• Aburame Tetsumaru, Sanae, Katsuyu, and two Avatars traveled to the Space Station, where Sanae chose Kushina’s physique Kekkei Genkai and Storm Release for the ritual.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and Doctor began Sanae’s Advent Ritual, completing life-extension surgery and loading Storm Release before starting the more dangerous Uzumaki bloodline procedure.

Uchiha Sanae became an Advent and learned why Zenith Civilization was moving its Space Station to a safer orbit before confronting Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. While they waited, Aburame Tetsumaru explained Uchiha history and why Uchiha Shisui, despite awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, had not been accepted into the civilization.

• Uchiha Sanae complained that her body had not developed as she hoped and that she had not awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Aburame Tetsumaru encouraged her to keep growing without seeking painful losses.
• Aburame Tetsumaru explained that Zenith Civilization had found Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and was moving the Space Station from low orbit to geosynchronous orbit to protect its key facilities and Advent Rituals before fighting him.
• Uchiha Sanae asked about the Uchiha Clan’s history, and Aburame Tetsumaru revealed that he had killed Uchiha Madara and entrusted the clan’s physical records to Uchiha Itachi.
• Uchiha Sanae called Politician and learned that Uchiha Shisui had awakened Kotoamatsukami during the war with Kumogakure after a comrade died because a prejudiced Chunin distrusted him.
• Aburame Tetsumaru explained that Shisui’s desire to change other people’s thoughts reflected his deep pessimism and made him too unstable for Zenith Civilization’s core, despite his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Uchiha Sanae returned to Konoha to recover after her Advent and learned that Uchiha Itachi was preparing to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan by becoming indispensable to the village. Meanwhile, Konoha planned a fiercely contested Chunin Exams, and Kaguya Yoshi confronted the problems of dealing with defeated leaders and shinobi in the Land of Water.

• Aburame Tetsumaru asked Uchiha Sanae whether she would stay in the Shinobi World or go to the stars, and she chose the stars before agreeing to return to Konoha for two years to adapt to her altered body.
• An Avatar recruited Man of Culture as the first explorer of the Heavenly Transfer Gate after Man of Culture complained about being surrounded by others' humblebrags.
• Politician told Uchiha Sanae that Uchiha Itachi had matured his Three-Tomoe Sharingan at ten and planned to awaken the Mangekyō by becoming an indispensable banner of Konoha.
• Politician explained that Konoha would expand the Chunin Exams into a major competition, giving Itachi a chance to lead the village to victory and fulfill his vow.
• Uchiha Sanae resolved to train so she could awaken her own Mangekyō next year, while Politician encouraged her.
• Kaguya Yoshi reviewed orders to execute the Daimyo and Lords of the Land of Water and exile captured shinobi, then complained that the capital had no streetlamps for hanging the Lords.

The Land of Water completed its coup and reforms under Weary Bird, who took Kaguya Kimimaro as his disciple. Meanwhile, Aburame Tetsumaru entered a three-month seclusion, leaving the Advents to manage without his interstellar teleportation, while Avatar Butler began feeding Hyuga Hinata Food Insects.

• The Daimyo was executed, and the people of the Land of Water watched the Water Army hang the lords from lamp posts that later lit the capital’s streets.
• Weary Bird discussed Kimimaro’s illness with Kaguya Yoshi, explained the Kaguya Clan’s reforms, and made Kimimaro his sole disciple.
• Aburame Tetsumaru entered seclusion in Shikkotsu Forest with Elixir Insects and Gelel Stones, and the Advents agreed to pause shared affairs until he returned.
• The Advents arranged for Avatar Butler to teach Hyuga Hinata while Aburame Tetsumaru was away.
• Avatar Butler urged Hinata to eat twenty Food Insects, promising her favorite foods afterward, and she reluctantly agreed to try one.

Hyuga Hinata’s special Food Insects fueled her training, and she developed a powerful new Gentle Fist technique during practice. Uchiha Sanae reunited with the Butler, discussed her reaction to Legend of the Eyes, and was reassured that she remained his daughter too.

• Hyuga Hinata ate fifteen Food Insects, and the Butler warned her not to share them with anyone except Lady Kushina, while Hinata asked whether Naruto-kun could eat them.
• The Butler explained his training plan for Hinata, including the Byakugan’s possible evolution, and she practiced Gentle Fist with renewed force.
• Uchiha Sanae visited the Butler after reading Legend of the Eyes and described her anger over the Uchiha Clan’s bloody night and her plans to confront Itachi, Shisui, and the Clan Head.
• Uchiha Sanae grew jealous of the Butler’s attention to Hinata, but he told her that both girls were his daughters and equally important to him.
• Hyuga Hinata lost control of the Chakra she had accumulated during practice, then followed a woman’s instruction to strike a boulder and destroyed it from within with a newly developed technique.

Hinata demonstrated a powerful new application of the Gentle Fist, and the Butler explained how he had developed Vibration Release as his signature Kekkei Genkai. The Butler left Sanae asleep at home after describing the technique’s abilities.

• Hinata used the Gentle Fist to pulverize rock, and the Butler praised her for creating a new branch of the technique.
• Sanae hugged Hinata, so the Butler flicked Sanae and later explained that the technique had also eased her exhaustion.
• The Butler gave Hinata a box of Food Insects and Sanae a backpack, then accompanied them home.
• Sanae asked about the Butler’s flick, and he explained that he had developed Magnet Release into Vibration Release.
• The Butler described Vibration Release’s uses, including paralysis, heating, and decomposition, then demonstrated its effects for Sanae.
• Sanae fell asleep after hearing the explanation, and the Butler carried her to bed before leaving her home.

Butler successfully developed and tested Vibration Release: Space Quake, while Aburame Tetsumaru began a long-prepared Senjutsu breakthrough by transferring his consciousness into the Insect Swarm. The breakthrough consumed vast amounts of Natural Energy, and his allies worried about where they could find resources for future advances.

• Butler used spatial vibration research to develop Space Quake, then tested it at the Valley of the End and recorded its destructive effects.
• Tetsumaru prepared to break through his Senjutsu bottleneck, having arranged for a sealed Clone Body to activate if his current body died.
• Tetsumaru began Senjutsu: Insect Swarm: Self-Reincarnation, withdrawing his consciousness into the Insect Swarm as allies across the Shinobi World sensed the breakthrough.
• Tetsumaru removed the restriction on his Senjutsu Chakra and drew in immense Natural Energy, creating a storm that spread from Shikkotsu Forest across the sea.
• Turing, Ash Bone, and Politician worried that the breakthrough would drain Shikkotsu Forest and wondered whether Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave could provide resources for future breakthroughs.

Aburame Tetsumaru endured a dangerous breakthrough as Natural Energy flooded Shikkotsu Forest, alarming the sages of Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave. He survived the ordeal and discovered a golden pearl within himself, which he identified as a “Golden Core.”

• Aburame Tetsumaru used Byakugan insects to observe his body absorbing Natural Energy while his consciousness remained detached.
• The White Snake Sage recalled how the Otsutsuki had transformed Natural Energy and concluded that someone was undergoing a powerful sage advancement.
• The Great Toad Sage traced the disturbance to Shikkotsu Forest and sent Sage Fukasaku to warn Jiraiya that the Children of Destiny had vanished from the future.
• Aburame Tetsumaru compressed Senjutsu Chakra and Natural Energy with the Four Seas Seal, enduring repeated wounds as Sage Art healed him.
• Aburame Tetsumaru forced the gathered energy into his body, triggering the birth of a new existence that absorbed the Natural Energy and his Insect Swarm Will.
• After two hours of agony, Aburame Tetsumaru collapsed and sensed a radiant golden pearl inside himself, which he called a “Golden Core.”

Aburame Tetsumaru studied his Golden Core, repaired the devastated Shikkotsu Forest, and discovered he could create and absorb a Tailed Beast Bomb. As Uchiha Sanae arrived disguised as Tsunade and the real Tsunade arrived too, Tetsumaru realized the awkward encounter could become trouble.

• Aburame Tetsumaru concluded that his Golden Core existed through a spatial effect and helped Katsuyu repair Shikkotsu Forest after his breakthrough.
• Aburame Tetsumaru used Sage Art to seal the damaged dome and restore the forest, while Tsunade arrived and sensed his unfamiliar Senjutsu.
• Uchiha Sanae arrived with a Communication Snail from Politician, summoned her Bio-Armor, and transformed herself to look like Tsunade.
• Aburame Tetsumaru created a Tailed Beast Bomb and absorbed its Chakra back into his body, then suspected Mount Myoboku had sent Tsunade because he threatened its plans.
• Uchiha Sanae, disguised as Tsunade, met Aburame Tetsumaru just as the real Tsunade arrived, leaving all three stunned.

Tsunade encountered Aburame Tetsumaru and Uchiha Sanae in Shikkotsu Forest and learned that the Katsuyu Great Sage belonged to their organization, Zenith Civilization. After Tsunade reported back to Konoha, the Hokage assigned Jiraiya and the Toad Sages to search for the hidden Konoha Great Sage who knew Senjutsu.

• Katsuyu told Tsunade that Star Cluster had become a Sage and made a new contract with her, while Aburame Tetsumaru warned Tsunade not to let Mount Myoboku manipulate her.
• Uchiha Sanae dispelled her disguise, then declared that Zenith Civilization sought the stars and an infinite future before Aburame Tetsumaru took her away with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Tsunade learned that Katsuyu was a member of Zenith Civilization and returned to Konoha to report what she had discovered to Namikaze Minato, Jiraiya, and the others.
• Nara Shikaku summarized Zenith Civilization as a secret organization with at least two Great Sages, and the group debated Mount Myoboku's warning about the Child of Destiny.
• Namikaze Minato ordered Jiraiya and the two Toad Sages to search Konoha for the hidden Great Sage by sensing Natural Energy or Senjutsu Chakra.

Jiraiya warned Konoha’s leaders about the powerful Akatsuki organization, while Tsunade stopped him from risking a solo mission to the Land of Rain. Kushina and Minato persuaded Tsunade to stay and lead the Medical Division, and Aburame Tetsumaru concluded that Minato could be an ally in the coming effort to unify the Shinobi World.

• Jiraiya told Minato and the others that Orochimaru had been seriously injured after leaving Akatsuki, an organization he had been investigating.
• Tsunade punched Jiraiya and scolded him for planning to go to the Land of Rain alone, then listened as Minato arranged for the Anbu to investigate Orochimaru.
• Tsunade tried to leave Konoha, but Kushina took her shopping and confronted her with the promissory notes Konoha had paid on her behalf.
• Kushina persuaded Tsunade to stay, and Tsunade agreed to take up her post as head of the Medical Division the next day.
• Aburame Tetsumaru discussed Minato’s political strength with Butler and proposed coordinating with him to turn the Shinobi World into their training ground.

Aburame Tetsumaru assigned teams to explore two routes toward the Star Road and ordered them to help complete an upgraded Heavenly Transfer Gate. He then organized a plan to eliminate Ōtsutsuki Isshiki by destroying the Kara Organization, setting the attack for March of Konoha Year 55.

• Aburame Tetsumaru assigned the Aerospace Exploration Group to the Vertical Route and the Tactical Group to the Active Defense Route, then directed both teams to assist the Transport Team.
• Man of Culture explained that the Heavenly Transfer Gate had grown to eight thousand kilometers in diameter because earlier versions had insufficient transfer accuracy and caused dangerous spatial turbulence.
• Aburame Tetsumaru introduced the Shinobi World Paradise Plan to remove threats that could expose Zenith Civilization’s secrets, especially Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Station Master reported that the Kara Organization’s base lay near the borders of the Land of Wind, the Land of Bears, and the Land of Rivers, and identified Amado as a technician with some potential.
• Aburame Tetsumaru approved a saturated bombardment of the Kara Organization’s base and ordered that Amado receive a vague warning if an opportunity arose.
• Station Master recommended attacking in March of Konoha Year 55, when the Kara Organization’s Inner Circle and Jigen would gather.

Aburame Tetsumaru’s leadership set plans for dealing with Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave while Zenith Civilization prepared for its Joint Recruitment Examination. After the three-day exams, the first successful families in the Land of Water were hailed as Celestials.

• Aburame Tetsumaru approved negotiating with the toads and snakes, with terms covering surveys, research access, and construction in exchange for protections against slaughter and forced Summoning Contracts.
• Zenith Civilization began its Joint Recruitment Examination across the Shinobi World, the moon, and Europa, putting candidates through nine subjects in three days of confinement.
• Aburame Tetsumaru watched the Land of Water examinees gather as Eighth Master revealed he had learned Dust Release and was using it to advance Bio-Armor research.
• The examination ended, and exhausted failures filed out while their parents waited anxiously at the gates.
• The gates closed after the successful examinees had left, and their families were congratulated as Celestials.

Aburame Tetsumaru set out to find Pain after learning where Orochimaru had attacked Akatsuki, while the Land of Water celebrated the students who passed its examination. Tetsumaru discovered that he had only captured an Orochimaru puppet and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to the Land of Rain with Butler and Uzumaki Tsumugi.

• The Land of Water's forty-nine successful candidates boarded the decorated Overlord Insect as spectators hailed them as Celestials, while Weary Bird and Politician discussed the nation's future.
• Aburame Tetsumaru and his companions confronted Orochimaru in a secret base, restrained him, and asked where Akatsuki's leader Pain was hiding.
• Orochimaru said he had attacked Pain at a base near the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Birds, though several months had passed since then.
• Aburame Tetsumaru released Orochimaru and gave him experimental records in exchange for the information, then learned that the captive had been a flesh-and-blood puppet.
• Aburame Tetsumaru traveled with Butler and Uzumaki Tsumugi to the Land of Rain using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Orochimaru fled to the Land of Rice Fields after abandoning his compromised laboratory, while Aburame Tetsumaru confronted Nagato in the Land of Rain. Tetsumaru offered to restore Nagato’s health if he abandoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and left the Land of Rain, but Nagato refused.

• Orochimaru confirmed that Tetsumaru had not tampered with his clone, sealed away the clone data, and fled toward the Land of Rice Fields to establish a shinobi village.
• Tetsumaru, Butler, and Uzumaki Tsumugi reached the Land of Rain, and Tetsumaru forced open Nagato’s Rain Tiger at Will Technique to summon him out.
• Nagato gathered Konan, the Six Paths of Pain, Sasori, and Hiruko before confronting Tetsumaru outside Amegakure.
• Tetsumaru recognized Sasori and revealed that he knew Sasori had reduced himself to a piece of flesh, prompting Nagato to order Sasori to retreat.
• Tetsumaru introduced Uzumaki Tsumugi as Nagato’s clanswoman and offered to restore his health if he stopped using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and left the Land of Rain.
• Nagato refused Tetsumaru’s conditions, but Tetsumaru interrupted him and warned him not to make absolute oaths because Great God Jingze was watching.

Aburame Tetsumaru and Butler confronted Nagato’s forces, demonstrating that Nagato’s strongest techniques could not overcome them. Tetsumaru began challenging Nagato’s belief that overwhelming violence could create peace, leaving their argument unresolved.

• Nagato’s Shinra Tensei devastated the area, but Aburame Tetsumaru stood firm against its shockwave and praised Nagato’s improved control.
• Butler defeated Hiruko, whose Swift Release and Dark Release could not overcome Butler’s prediction and Space Quake; Hiruko was left unconscious and badly injured.
• Nagato used Planetary Devastation, but Aburame Tetsumaru endured its gravitational pull through the planet-wide Insect Swarm State until Nagato’s Chakra ran out.
• Konan urged Nagato to talk, and Tetsumaru challenged his belief that a god must rule through violence before asking how power could create peace.
• Nagato defended his plan to make the world experience pain, while Tetsumaru argued that the elites who start wars care chiefly about power.

Aburame Tetsumaru persuaded Nagato that his plan could bring only temporary peace, then offered a way to restore his health through Zenith Civilization. Nagato and Konan agreed to leave with Uzumaki Tsumugi for treatment, while Tetsumaru turned to preventing the future war by removing Nagato and the Rinnegan from the Shinobi World.

• Aburame Tetsumaru explained that Nagato's plan could achieve only temporary peace and urged him to live longer.
• Uzumaki Tsumugi let Nagato draw on her vitality, restoring enough strength for him to stand, then introduced Elixir Insects as a safer treatment.
• Konan embraced the prospect of curing Nagato, and Nagato began considering how he could continue Akatsuki's work while recovering.
• Aburame Tetsumaru planned to take Nagato and the Rinnegan out of the Shinobi World to thwart Black Zetsu and Obito and prevent the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• Nagato and Konan agreed to go with Uzumaki Tsumugi to New Tea Hospital and then Spherical Sea for further treatment.
• Butler's Vibration Release: Seismic Wave disabled Sasori's puppets, and Sasori was relieved when the leaders negotiated an agreement.

Aburame Tetsumaru helped Nagato recover while Nagato chose to keep the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for his peace plan, then faced concerns about the Zenith Civilization’s clone program and sought intelligence from Otsutsuki Kaguya. The chapter ended with Tetsumaru reaching Kaguya in her sealed space and hearing her say he had finally kept his promise.

• Aburame Tetsumaru brought Nagato and Konan to New Tea, where Nagato received treatment and soon recovered enough to walk.
• Nagato refused to abandon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, explaining that he wanted to create a weapon that could preserve peace after his death.
• The Zenith Civilization reviewed its Brain-Insert Chip results, and Doctor, Politician, Eighth Master, and Warhammer discussed the clones’ future and their place in society.
• Aburame Tetsumaru silenced Man of Culture after he teased Tetsumaru about pursuing Otsutsuki Kaguya for intelligence.
• Aburame Tetsumaru entered the Sea of Souls, reached Kaguya’s sealed space with a Shadow Clone, and heard her say he had not broken his promise.

Aburame Tetsumaru built a rapport with Otsutsuki Kaguya and traded news from the outside world for details about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Kaguya recounted her betrayal of Isshiki and the events that led to her sons sealing her, leaving Tetsumaru with a clearer picture of the Great Toad’s role in her downfall.

• Aburame Tetsumaru entered the Sealing Space with a Senjutsu Shadow Clone, fought Kaguya, and later convinced her to talk instead of attacking him.
• Kaguya explained that she would reveal one piece of information about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki during each visit in exchange for news about the outside world.
• Kaguya described how she ambushed Isshiki when he planned to sacrifice her to the Ten-Tails, but Isshiki escaped after losing half his body.
• Kaguya said she ate the Chakra Fruit, gained immense power, and created White Zetsu as an army against the Otsutsuki Main Family.
• Kaguya recounted how the Great Toad taught Hagoromo Senjutsu, helping him gain power close to hers and ultimately enabling the sealing of Kaguya.