Chapter Summaries

Minato calmed Kushina and Naruto after revealing their relationship, then brought Naruto to Mount Myōboku to seek answers about his origins from the Great Toad Sage. While waiting, Minato told Naruto that his name came from a protagonist in one of Jiraiya’s novels, leaving Naruto stunned and excited.

• Minato’s revelation nearly drove Kushina and Naruto berserk, alarming Hiruzen and the Anbu outside the Namikaze home.
• Minato explained that he wanted to ask the Great Toad Sage about Naruto’s origins, and Fukasaku used the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Naruto and Minato to Mount Myōboku.
• Minato promised Kushina he would explain everything about Naruto after receiving the Fourth Generation’s permission.
• As they waited for Fukasaku to return, Naruto told Minato how Jiraiya had taught him the Summoning Technique.
• Minato told Naruto that his name came from a protagonist in one of Jiraiya’s novels, and Naruto wondered excitedly if Jiraiya had secretly written another book featuring him.

Uzumaki Naruto learned that Minato Namikaze fought differently from Jiraiya and Hiruzen Sarutobi, then discovered that Jiraiya’s Root Spirit Chronicle was an earnest story rather than the kind of book he had expected. Sage Fukasaku arrived and summoned Naruto and Minato to see the Great Lord.

• Uzumaki Naruto asked Minato Namikaze whether Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya were the same type of ninja, and Minato agreed.
• Minato Namikaze explained that his fighting style centered on the Flying Thunder God Technique and that the Rasengan complemented it.
• Minato Namikaze showed Uzumaki Naruto Jiraiya’s Root Spirit Chronicle, which Naruto found disappointing because it was a wholesome story about a persevering child.
• Uzumaki Naruto returned the book and teased Minato Namikaze that he would understand when he was older.
• Sage Fukasaku appeared and told Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto that the Great Lord wished to see them.

Minato Namikaze brought Uzumaki Naruto to Mount Myōboku to ask the Great Toad Sage about Naruto’s journey from another world and the danger it might pose to the future. After hearing the old prophecy that had seemed to point to Minato, the toads learned that Minato had died in Naruto’s world, and the Great Toad Sage revealed that his latest dream had changed.

• Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto met the Great Toad Sage, whose forgetfulness prompted Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima to argue with him.
• Minato Namikaze explained that Nara Kaikei had sent him to ask whether Naruto’s arrival from another world could disrupt the village or the world.
• The Great Toad Sage said their visit concerned prophecy, and Sage Fukasaku recounted the old prophecy about Jiraiya’s disciple and the Child of Prophecy.
• Uzumaki Naruto recognized that Minato Namikaze had been Jiraiya’s disciple, then revealed that Minato had died in his world, surprising Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima.
• The Great Toad Sage announced that his recent dream contained a prophecy completely different from the previous one.

The Great Toad Sage explained that its prophecies came from dreams and revealed that its new dream changed Jiraiya’s role in the shinobi world. Minato learned he appeared in neither dream, while the Great Toad Sage began describing a sun-bright child who would bring unprecedented peace.

• Fukasaku and Shima explained that the Great Toad Sage’s prophecies came from dreams that could guide people toward one possible future.
• The Great Toad Sage described how Jiraiya’s prophecy left his disciple’s effect on the shinobi world uncertain and made Jiraiya’s choice decisive.
• The Great Toad Sage told Minato that he had appeared in neither its old dream about Jiraiya nor its new dream.
• The Great Toad Sage revealed that Jiraiya no longer decided the shinobi world’s fate in the new dream.
• The Great Toad Sage began describing a sun-bright human child who broke an unseen bond and brought unprecedented peace to the world.

Minato Namikaze learned that the Great Toad Sage’s new prophecy named a human child who would break an unseen connection and bring peace, but gave no clues about their identity. The Sage said the future was not fixed and had no dream about Naruto, leaving Minato to report the prophecy and consider the risks of Naruto’s presence.

• Minato questioned the vagueness of the Great Toad Sage’s prophecy and asked whether Jiraiya still needed to search for the Child of Prophecy.
• The Great Toad Sage recalled that its earlier dream showed Jiraiya traveling the world, but gave no clear answer about whether he should continue searching.
• Minato realized the new Child of Prophecy could come from another village, the future, or another world, and asked how Konoha should search for them.
• Minato asked whether Naruto’s time travel and presence could harm Naruto’s world or disrupt this one.
• The Great Toad Sage said it had not dreamed about Naruto and explained that conflicting prophecies meant the future was not set in stone.

After returning from Mount Myōboku, Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto told Nara Kaikei about the Great Toad Sage’s vague new prophecy. Nara Kaikei considered who could be its Child of Prophecy and narrowed his suspicions toward the Hyuga Clan’s Tenseigan.

• Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Naruto left Mount Myōboku without getting the direct answer they wanted from the Great Toad Sage.
• Minato Namikaze told Nara Kaikei about the visit, and Nara Kaikei teased him before discussing the new prophecy.
• Nara Kaikei questioned whether Uzumaki Naruto or he himself matched the prophecy’s description of a child radiating the brilliance of the sun.
• Nara Kaikei reasoned that the Child of Prophecy would need power enough to challenge the Otsutsuki and break their fated connections.
• Nara Kaikei considered the few possible candidates capable of reaching Six Paths level and concluded that the Hyuga Clan’s Tenseigan seemed most suspicious.

Nara Kaikei considered whether the Hyuga Clan descended from the Otsutsuki on the moon and whether Otsutsuki Toneri could be the new Child of Prophecy. He set aside the question and told Minato Namikaze to focus on his family and train Naruto as he saw fit.

• Nara Kaikei contrasted Konoha's Hyuga Clan with the Otsutsuki descendants on the moon, whose Tenseigan could unleash Six Paths-level power.
• Nara Kaikei suspected the Hyuga Clan might descend from the lunar Otsutsuki and ranked Otsutsuki Toneri second among possible new Children of Prophecy, after Uzumaki Naruto.
• Nara Kaikei decided to focus on strengthening himself instead of worrying about the prophecy and reassured Minato Namikaze that Jiraiya's search had been wasted effort.
• Nara Kaikei told Minato Namikaze to take care of his family after a disturbance at home, and Minato promised to mend things between Kushina Uzumaki and Uzumaki Naruto.
• Minato Namikaze said he planned to train Naruto in the Rasengan, Flying Thunder God Technique, and Uzumaki sealing techniques, and Nara Kaikei approved.

Nara Kaikei let Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki educate Uzumaki Naruto, and he considered how much the boy could learn from his parents. After several quiet days in Konoha, Nara Kaikei confirmed his delivery had arrived and departed for the Temple of Fire.

• Nara Kaikei allowed Minato Namikaze to teach Uzumaki Naruto and reflected on the boy's unusual learning ability and potential.
• Nara Kaikei concluded that Uzumaki Naruto could become much stronger by learning from Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• Nara Kaikei gave Nara Pingzi the Third Kazekage's human puppet, but she returned it to him after a few days.
• Nara Kaikei planned to obtain the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release Chakra Manufacturing Method from Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Uzumaki Naruto endured daily training beatings from Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki while Nara Kaikei rested in Konoha.
• After confirming that the [Shadow Stream Blade] kunai had reached its destination, Nara Kaikei set off for the Temple of Fire.

Nara Kaikei visited the Temple of Fire to exchange knowledge about Natural Energy and noticed the unusual energy surrounding the statues at its gates. Master Chūkaku explained the temple’s defenses and confirmed that only Sage Clan Talents could pass through freely before leading Nara Kaikei inside.

• Nara Kaikei sensed dense Natural Energy around the Temple of Fire’s two stone statues and wondered whether they were petrified cultivators.
• Master Chūkaku greeted Nara Kaikei, who sensed that the abbot had cultivated Natural Energy.
• Master Chūkaku explained that the statues and gates formed the temple’s Sealing Iron Wall barrier.
• Nara Kaikei asked whether only Sage Clan Talents could pass through freely, and Master Chūkaku confirmed it.
• Master Chūkaku denied that the statues were failed cultivators and led Nara Kaikei into the temple.

Nara Kaikei met with Master Chūkaku at the Temple of Fire and demonstrated his mastery of its Sage Arts. He then asked whether the temple knew how to use Natural Energy to become an immortal like the Sage of Six Paths.

• Master Chūkaku gave Nara Kaikei the Shadow Stream Blade kunai and a letter from Nara Shikaku about the temple’s Sage Clan Talent inheritance.
• Master Chūkaku recalled the Sage Arts and Natural Energy materials the Temple of Fire had previously given the Nara Clan.
• Nara Kaikei revealed his mastery of Raikō: Senju Satsu, startling Master Chūkaku with his skill.
• Nara Kaikei asked Master Chūkaku what he knew about the Sage of Six Paths and whether Natural Energy could grant immortality.

Nara Kaikei questioned Master Chūkaku about the Temple of Fire’s knowledge of Sage Mode and learned that its sage arts could be used without Chakra. The discovery left him with a new lead for developing a human form of Sage Mode.

• Nara Kaikei reflected that the strongest modes, including Six Paths Sage Mode, depended on powers controlled by the Otsutsuki and decided to keep pursuing Natural Energy.
• Nara Kaikei asked Master Chūkaku whether the Temple of Fire had research on Sage Mode or a Sage Clan Mode.
• Master Chūkaku agreed to share the temple’s knowledge of nurturing those with Sage Clan Talent.
• Master Chūkaku demonstrated [Raikō: Senju Satsu], and Nara Kaikei sensed that he had no Chakra in his body.
• Master Chūkaku explained that mastering sage arts revealed the limits of human Chakra and that one had to abandon Chakra.

After Master Chūkaku demonstrated that he could use Raikō: Senju Satsu through Natural Energy without Chakra, Nara Kaikei reconsidered whether ninja could grow powerful without relying on Chakra. He was left wondering what this discovery meant for his pursuit of strength and preparation for the Fourth Shinobi World War.

• Master Chūkaku departed after telling Nara Kaikei to abandon Chakra.
• Nara Kaikei considered how all ninja techniques and Sage Arts depended on Chakra, and how ordinary Chakra would be ineffective against Six Paths-level enemies.
• Nara Kaikei reflected that his pursuit of Sage Mode and other ways to grow stronger still relied on Chakra.
• Nara Kaikei recalled that Master Chūkaku had used Raikō: Senju Satsu through Natural Energy without Chakra, suggesting ninja could exist independently of it.
• The author announced that the chapter was followed by an update notice about plans to publish more extra chapters.

Nara Kaikei realized Master Chūkaku’s chakra-free technique showed that Natural Energy could be controlled directly, and he began planning how to replace Chakra with it. He left with a path toward researching Natural Energy conversion and developing a Pure Sage Mode with far greater endurance.

• Nara Kaikei concluded that Master Chūkaku’s chakra-free technique relied on controlling Natural Energy.
• Nara Kaikei recognized that mastering Natural Energy could vastly increase the energy he could wield.
• Nara Kaikei planned to make Natural Energy the power source for his existing techniques, using his Dragon Vein Chakra and other resources to research conversion.
• Nara Kaikei decided that his ideal goal was a Pure Sage Mode that relied entirely on Natural Energy instead of synthesizing Sage Chakra.

Nara Kaikei planned a cautious, three-step approach to developing Pure Sage Mode, beginning with learning the Temple of Fire’s method for controlling Natural Energy. He left the chapter with the hardest research problem still unsolved, but asked Master Chūkaku to teach him Sage Arts.

• Nara Kaikei organized his plan to study Temple of Fire techniques, combine them with his existing Sage Modes, and only later seal away his Chakra.
• Nara Kaikei realized Master Chūkaku would likely allow him to access the Temple of Fire’s research materials.
• Nara Kaikei concluded that sealing his current Chakra would not be enough, since his body and mind could continue producing more.
• Nara Kaikei remained unsure how to combine the Temple’s method of controlling Natural Energy with Sage Mode.
• Nara Kaikei asked Master Chūkaku to teach him Sage Arts.

Master Chūkaku gave Nara Kaikei several Temple of Fire jutsu scrolls, including an S-rank technique revealing that Hashirama Senju developed his Sage Mode using the Temple’s cultivation methods. Nara Kaikei realized the Temple’s historical connection to Sage Mode and was left marveling at Hashirama’s power.

• Master Chūkaku presented Nara Kaikei with scrolls containing the Temple of Fire’s jutsu.
• Nara Kaikei skimmed the familiar techniques and considered how the Temple’s Adamantine Fist used Sage Chakra.
• Nara Kaikei wondered whether the Temple had a history of Sage Mode cultivation.
• Nara Kaikei found the S-rank Sage Mode: Hashirama Senju scroll, which required Wood Release and described how Hashirama had adapted the Temple’s methods.
• Nara Kaikei recalled Sage Katsuyu confirming that Hashirama had developed his Sage Mode himself with the Temple’s guidance, and he praised Hashirama’s strength.

Nara Kaikei studied Hashirama Senju’s Sage Mode scroll and realized it could support his plans to develop a human-exclusive Sage Mode. After arranging to study the Temple of Fire’s records, he met a Konoha team that included several familiar faces and Might Duy.

• Nara Kaikei learned that Hashirama Senju’s Sage Mode absorbed Natural Energy from the atmosphere, earth, and seawater, and produced Wood Release Chakra usable only for Wood Style techniques.
• Nara Kaikei recognized that Hashirama’s Sage Mode offered a model for quickly replicating other Bloodline Sage Modes and advancing his goal of creating a Sage Mode exclusive to humans.
• Master Chūkaku explained that the Temple of Fire’s Sage Clan Talents had been unable to use the scroll because they lacked the Wood Release Bloodline Limit.
• Master Chūkaku offered Nara Kaikei access to the temple’s unfinished techniques and cultivation notes, and Nara Kaikei left a written mark of Shadow Stream Blade in the attic.
• Master Chūkaku brought in a Konoha team that had stayed at the temple, and Nara Kaikei recognized Might Guy, Kotetsu Hagane, Izumo Kamizuki, and Might Duy.

Nara Kaikei met Might Guy’s team at the Temple of Fire and learned that they had escorted Asuma Sarutobi, who had joined the Twelve Guardian Shinobi. After noticing Might Duy’s exceptional physical ability, Nara Kaikei took him and Might Guy to a wilderness and challenged Duy to a spar.

• Might Guy’s team greeted Nara Kaikei, who reviewed their mission scroll and learned they had escorted Asuma Sarutobi to Kyoto.
• Might Guy reported that Asuma Sarutobi had completed his mission and become a reserve member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi.
• Nara Kaikei dismissed Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki, then led Might Duy and Might Guy to a desolate wilderness.
• Nara Kaikei asked Might Duy whether he practiced the Eight Inner Gates Formation and learned that Duy could open the Gate of Wonder.
• Nara Kaikei invited Might Duy to spar with him.

Nara Kaikei tested Might Duy’s Eight Inner Gates techniques in a sparring match, using his shadow defenses to withstand Duy’s attacks. Duy reached the seventh gate and performed Morning Peacock, but the mission ended before he could use Daytime Tiger.

• Nara Kaikei invited Might Duy to demonstrate the Eight Inner Gates Formation, and Duy felt deeply honored by the Fourth Hokage’s respect.
• Might Duy opened the third gate and attacked with Konoha Whirlwind, but Nara Kaikei blocked him with Shadow Shield Technique and threw him back.
• Might Duy opened the fourth and fifth gates and used Dynamic Prelude, but Nara Kaikei’s defense held as Duy’s mission rank rose to B-Rank.
• Might Duy opened the sixth and seventh gates, prompting Nara Kaikei to defend himself with Black Warrior.
• Might Duy unleashed Morning Peacock, but it failed to break through Black Warrior, and Nara Kaikei received a mission completion notice before Duy used Daytime Tiger.

Nara Kaikei healed Might Duy after defeating him, while Might Guy mistakenly believed his father was dying. After learning Duy had created only Morning Peacock, Kaikei considered waiting for him to develop more techniques or asking Guy instead.

• Might Guy clung to Might Duy and sobbed, believing his injured father was about to die.
• Nara Kaikei told Guy to move and used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat Duy's injuries.
• Kaikei told Duy to rest and arrange a medical examination at Konoha Hospital, and Duy gratefully knelt before him.
• Kaikei asked whether Duy had created the Morning Peacock and whether he had developed other taijutsu techniques.
• Duy said Morning Peacock was his only original technique, so Kaikei considered waiting for him to develop more or assigning the task to Might Guy.

Nara Kaikei mastered the Temple of Fire’s Sage Clan knowledge and Hashirama Senju’s Sage Mode, then returned to Konoha and proposed promoting Might Duy and forming an Eight Inner Gates Squad. The chapter ended with Nara Shikaku hearing the plan to gather specialized ninjas who lacked talent for ninjutsu.

• Nara Kaikei dismissed the value of Might Duy’s taijutsu scrolls and used Shadow Clones to study the Temple of Fire’s ancient materials.
• Nara Kaikei mastered Sage Mode: Hashirama Senju, tested its Wood Release power by creating a forest, and learned from Master Chūkaku how Mental Energy could manipulate Natural Energy.
• After absorbing the Temple of Fire’s knowledge, Nara Kaikei returned to Konoha and asked Nara Shikaku whether Might Duy had returned.
• Nara Kaikei asked Nara Shikaku to arrange Might Duy’s promotion to Special Jonin and organize ninjas who had Chakra but lacked talent for ninjutsu.
• Nara Kaikei announced that he wanted to form the Eight Inner Gates Squad, which could become a special unit if it gained enough members.