Chapter Summaries

Nagai Ukaku tested the powerful living armor Hinata had made from First Hokage's Cells, and the Third Hokage was impressed by its defense. A year later, Naruto and his classmates graduated after blowing up the Ninja Academy during their test.

• Nagai Ukaku wore the biological armor and told the Third Hokage that he felt great.
• The Third Hokage tested the armor with ninjutsu, then a ninja struck it with Hinata's black blade, but it remained undamaged.
• Tsunade questioned the Third Hokage for having Hinata handle documents, and Hinata said the work had trained her judgment despite making her hands tired.
• A year later, the Third Hokage gave Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura Haruno, and their classmates their ninja forehead protectors after they graduated.
• Naruto proposed blowing up whoever ran the tests, and Shikamaru came up with a plan that the others agreed to.
• The students blew up the Ninja Academy during their test, so the Third Hokage gave them all Cs and the major clans pooled money to renovate the building.

The Hidden Leaf Village prepared to assign its newly graduated students to teachers as Hinata explored a remote volcano for rare ores. Naruto and Sasuke were assigned to Jiraiya, while Hinata continued her journey beyond the village.

• Sasuke awakened his Sharingan during a test after seeing a massive bone Puppet Corpse, then was knocked unconscious by a skeleton.
• The Third Hokage told Tsunade that Jiraiya would train Naruto and Sasuke and assigned Sakura Haruno to her.
• Tsunade asked whether the Third Hokage was comfortable letting Hinata travel alone, and he explained that she could traverse space and returned monthly to maintain the Demon Weapons.
• Hinata entered a remote volcano and used her Tenseigan to search beneath the lava for rare, unmelted ores.

Hinata discovered lava-dwelling creatures in a volcano, named them Fire Dragons, and taught them to refine True Qi. Meanwhile, Obito learned from White Zetsu that the person he had asked about had left the Hidden Leaf Village.

• Hinata found horned creatures living in the volcano's lava and realized they absorbed Nature Energy without having Chakra.
• Hinata gathered the creatures, bound them to a summoning scroll with her blood, and named them Fire Dragons.
• Hinata taught the Fire Dragons to refine True Qi and used the Tenseigan to implant knowledge in their minds.
• Hinata left the volcano after confirming that she had found every Fire Dragon, and some of the stronger ones felt growth beginning near their horns.
• Obito met White Zetsu in a cave in the Land of Rain, where White Zetsu confirmed that the person Obito had asked about had left the Hidden Leaf Village.

Obito and White Zetsu postponed trying to capture the Nine-Tails, while Jiraiya trained Naruto and Sasuke to sense Nature Energy at Mount Myōboku. Hinata returned to train the Fire Dragons, and a fleeing figure crossed the Land of Rain's border with two pursuers following.

• Black Zetsu hid inside the Ten-Tails' shell to recover, while White Zetsu warned Obito that Hinata's Tenseigan could detect and defeat him.
• Obito suggested capturing the Nine-Tails while Hinata was away, but White Zetsu chose to pursue the other tailed beasts first.
• Jiraiya brought Naruto and Sasuke to Mount Myōboku, where both boys sensed Nature Energy and nearly turned to stone while trying to absorb it.
• Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu to train Senjutsu with several clones, and Sasuke asked Jiraiya to teach him the technique.
• Hinata returned to the volcanic crater, discovered that her Tenseigan power was changing the Fire Dragons, and began training them.
• A figure ran toward and crossed the Land of Rain's border, followed by two pursuers.

Nagato moved the Akatsuki Organization’s tailed-beast plan forward while Hinata trained the Fire Dragons and resumed mining. After learning that One-Tail had been captured, Hinata suspected the Akatsuki Organization and left for the Land of Rain.

• Nagato dismissed Orochimaru’s defection and prepared to begin the Akatsuki Organization’s plan, wary of Hidden Leaf Village and the unknown intentions of Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and Madara.
• Hinata taught the Fire Dragons to speak and use weakened True Qi techniques, then left them to continue training on their own.
• Hinata traveled farther from human territory and found Nature Energy growing denser, which she attributed to the Divine Tree’s damage to the planet near the Land of Wind.
• The Third Hokage told Hinata that Hidden Sand Village had reported One-Tail captured by two powerful ninja beneath Rasa’s watch.
• Hinata suspected the Akatsuki Organization had taken One-Tail to the Land of Rain and vanished to investigate.

Hinata confronted Nagato in the Land of Rain, seeking the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while the Akatsuki extracted the One-Tail elsewhere. She overwhelmed Deva Path Pain with her Tenseigan, leaving Nagato badly hurt and the avatar useless.

• Hinata realized the One-Tail was being extracted outside the Land of Rain, where the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was present.
• Hinata found Nagato, demanded the statue's location, and discovered White Zetsu clones throughout the Land of Rain.
• Nagato attacked Hinata with Deva Path Pain, while the Akatsuki continued extracting the One-Tail in a hidden cave.
• Hinata repelled Pain's attacks and formed Truth-Seeking Orb gauntlets as Nagato declared himself stronger than her.
• Hinata struck Deva Path Pain, destroying its black rods and its Rinnegan-powered control personality.
• Nagato caught the falling avatar with Jigokudo and suffered the loss of at least thirty percent of his Rinnegan's Dojutsu Power.

Hinata overwhelmed Nagato’s Six Paths bodies and forced him to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which she also easily countered. She then stabbed Nagato in the chest, and Konan arrived to find him gravely wounded.

• Hinata cut a huge fissure through Amegakure with a Truth-Seeking Orb sword, forcing Nagato to abandon his attempt to repair Deva Path Pain.
• Nagato used Planetary Devastation, but Hinata pierced its core and caused the rocks to fall.
• Hinata destroyed Nagato’s remaining Six Paths bodies and flew at him, prompting him to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Hinata stopped the statue’s palm with one hand, evaded its attempt to grab her, and stabbed Nagato in the chest.
• Konan rushed to Nagato’s side after the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path disappeared and found him gravely wounded.

Hinata froze Amegakure to stop Konan from sacrificing herself, took Nagato, Konan, and Deva Path Pain, then tracked the Akatsuki's One-Tail extraction site in the Land of Wind. She attacked the gathered Akatsuki members with Void Sword God and turned her attention to Uchiha Obito.

• Hinata gouged out Nagato's Rinnegan, then froze Konan, Nagato, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and the explosive tags throughout Amegakure.
• Hinata left Amegakure with the unconscious Konan, the badly injured Nagato, and Deva Path Pain, while the returning Akatsuki members found the village buried in snow.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan to locate the hidden cave where the Akatsuki were extracting the One-Tail and collapsed it to confront them.
• Zetsu recognized Hinata and canceled the Phantasmal Body Technique, but Hinata attacked with Void Sword God before he could escape.
• Hinata slapped Hidan unconscious, then told Uchiha Obito that he was next.

Hinata defeated the remaining Akatsuki phantoms and used her summoned Fire Dragon to destroy Kakuzu and Hidan. She then checked Gaara and found Shukaku cowering inside him, while judging his seal unsafe.

• Hinata used Void Sword God to eliminate the phantoms of Kisame Hoshigaki, Sasori, and Uchiha Obito.
• Hinata summoned the Fire Dragon, which spewed magma and struck Kakuzu with an exploding magma sphere.
• Hinata burned Kakuzu to ashes, then pierced Hidan’s skull with a Truth-Seeking Orb and burned him to ashes.
• Hinata checked Gaara and saw that his injuries were serious but not life-threatening.
• Hinata saw Shukaku trembling inside Gaara and noticed that his seal had become badly damaged.

Hinata recovered Obito’s corpse and returned to the Hidden Leaf Village, while Black Zetsu died and Kaguya’s awakening was suppressed. Nagato awoke after Tsunade’s surgery and explained his goal of bringing peace; Hinata then revealed that he and Konan should call her Uncle.

• Hinata found Obito’s corpse on an island in the Land of Water, took it, and returned to the Hidden Leaf Village.
• Black Zetsu died in a hidden cave in the Land of Earth, and a ripple calmed Otsutsuki Kaguya before she could awaken.
• Nagato woke without his eyes, learned Konan was safe, and was taken to meet Hinata.
• Hinata questioned Nagato while the Third Hokage and other Hidden Leaf Village leaders watched from the neighboring room.
• Nagato said he sought true peace, and Jiraiya asked how he had changed before Nagato rejected Yahiko’s ideals.
• Hinata called Jiraiya her senior disciple brother and told Nagato and Konan that they should call her Uncle.

Hinata kept the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path hidden while the Third Hokage decided to seal away Nagato’s Rinnegan and manage the turmoil in the Land of Rain. In her basement, Hinata experimented with a piece of the statue, discovered that Chakra revived it, and began treating the statue as a source of materials.

• Hinata and Jiraiya left Nagato and Konan, and the Third Hokage’s group decided to seal away the Rinnegan because no one suitable could bear it.
• The Third Hokage visited Hinata’s basement, saw the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and left it in her care while he worked to secure Amegakure.
• Hinata shaved a fragment from the statue and found that it absorbed First Hokage’s Cells, developing a faint green trace.
• Hinata extracted some of the One-Tail’s Chakra from the statue and injected it into the fragment, bringing the fragment to life.

Hinata gave the Third Hokage gauntlets powered by the Rinnegan, then traveled to Otogakure to propose a partnership with Orochimaru. She presented him with several powerful materials and shared her plan to change a world ruled by bloodlines.

• Hinata gave the Third Hokage gauntlets made from First Hokage's Cells and fragments of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, with the Rinnegan embedded in them.
• The Third Hokage accepted the gauntlets and agreed to provide Hinata with advanced research equipment and the village's research materials on First Hokage's Cells.
• Hinata went to Otogakure and found Orochimaru studying Kimimaro's Bloodline Disease.
• Hinata used spiritual pressure to subdue Orochimaru, then proposed a partnership and showed him her blood, a fragment of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, First Hokage's Cells, and a fragment of a Rinnegan.
• Hinata told Orochimaru that she had an idea for making the Shinobi World more than a world ruled by bloodlines.

Half a year after Hinata came to Orochimaru, they created Stigmata that could grant their bearers powers resembling those of the First Hokage, the Tailed Beasts, and Madara Uchiha. Hinata took the Three-Tails Stigmata back to her laboratory and began making copies, using Tailed Beast source Chakra she had extracted from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Orochimaru's subordinates worried that his relentless research and lack of sleep would harm him, while Kabuto cultivated a clone intended as Orochimaru's transitional body.
• Orochimaru and Hinata successfully created the First Hokage's Stigmata, a seed that could gradually give its bearer Hashirama Senju's physique and power.
• A month later, Hinata and Orochimaru had also created Stigmata for the Three-Tails, Five-Tails, Seven-Tails, Nine-Tails, and Madara Uchiha.
• Orochimaru took the Three-Tails Stigmata to test its abilities, and Hinata returned to her Hidden Leaf Village laboratory.
• Hinata extracted source Chakra from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and started making more copies, planning several for most Stigmata but only one for the Nine-Tails.

Konoha prepared for Hyuga Hinata’s succession as Fifth Hokage after the Third Hokage stepped down, while Naruto struggled with feeling left behind. Neji reflected on Hinata’s reforms to the Caged Bird and watched the village’s celebrations continue as delegations arrived.

• The Third Hokage chose Hyuga Hinata to succeed him, and the village began preparing her Hokage succession ceremony after the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire approved.
• On Hokage Rock, Naruto told Neji that he felt useless and worried he was growing farther from Hinata; Neji encouraged him to keep pursuing strength to protect her.
• Naruto renewed his determination to become Hokage, and Sasuke arrived to summon him on Jiraiya’s orders.
• Neji remembered that Hinata had removed the Main Family’s ability to control the Branch Family’s curse marks, and he saw Branch Family members happily helping with the preparations.
• Delegations from other ninja villages arrived in the Hidden Leaf Village to celebrate Hinata becoming the Fifth Hokage.

After becoming the Fifth Hokage, Hinata offered the other Great Shinobi Villages the Demon Weapon manufacturing method in exchange for exorbitant supplies and payments. She revealed to Tsunade that she was also using the Daimyos’ interest in Demon Weapons to draw money from the major nations, while hinting at a deeper plan for an approaching age of chaos.

• Hinata met with envoys from the Great Shinobi Villages and offered to exchange the Demon Weapon manufacturing method for supplies and money.
• The envoys rejected Hinata’s demands, including a condition requiring the Kazekage to work as a miner, and took the terms back to their villages.
• Tsunade questioned Hinata’s excessive demands, and Hinata explained that the villages would eventually develop Demon Weapons themselves, so she wanted their research funds instead.
• Hinata told Tsunade that she had given the Daimyo a Demon Weapon and spread the claim that weapons could be modified for ordinary people to use.
• Hinata hoped her seeds would grow quickly and said the coming age of chaos would be the other villages’ stage.

The Great Shinobi Villages traded with Hinata for the Demon Weapon production method, while Hinata discussed Naruto and Sasuke’s mission and explored the Rinnegan’s abilities. The chapter ended with Hinata discovering she could use Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei.

• Rasa decided to go to the Hidden Leaf Village to obtain the Demon Weapon production method for Sunagakure.
• The Kage of the Great Shinobi Villages bought the Demon Weapon production method from Hinata, and Mei Terumi looked forward to restoring Kirigakure’s unpaid ninja subsidies.
• Tsunade asked about Naruto, Sasuke, and Jiraiya’s mission; Hinata said they should return soon and that their target, the Water God, was likely the Three-Tails.
• Hinata gave Tsunade a Rinnegan-powered ring that enabled long-distance communication through the Phantasmal Body Technique.
• Hinata recalled that the Third Hokage had entrusted the Rinnegan to her and revealed she had discovered Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei, along with useful applications of Limbo: Border Jail.

Sasuke and Naruto investigated the village’s Water God legend and learned that Mami Mizuta, a child believed to create water, had been enshrined as a goddess. They headed to her shrine, where the Nine-Tails sensed a faint, mixed scent resembling Isobu’s but dismissed it.

• Jiraiya explained that Kozang Village’s villagers feared the newcomers might attract demons, then left Sasuke and Naruto to handle their investigation.
• Sasuke decided that he and Naruto would investigate the village at night, and they secretly subdued the village chief’s family.
• Sasuke used his Sharingan to learn that villagers revered Mami Mizuta after she began creating water during a prolonged drought.
• Sasuke and Naruto set off for Mami Mizuta’s shrine after making the village chief’s family forget their visit.
• The Nine-Tails sensed a faint, mixed scent resembling Isobu’s from Naruto, then stopped paying attention and went back to sleep.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Jiraiya brought Mami Mizuta from her mountain village to the Hidden Leaf Village after she chose to go with them. Jiraiya grew concerned when Mami displayed several unusual abilities, and the chapter ended with her meeting the Hokage.

• Naruto and Sasuke abducted Mami Mizuta from the shrine, but Sasuke's attempt to knock her out only woke her before she fainted.
• Mami Mizuta stopped trying to escape after Naruto told her about the Hidden Leaf Village, and she volunteered to make water for the group on their journey.
• Mami Mizuta showed Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sasuke that she could create water, launch Wind Blades, and freeze water without hand seals.
• Jiraiya worried about Mami Mizuta's unusually large Chakra and multiple abilities, and hoped Hinata's Tenseigan could reveal more about her.
• Four days later, Jiraiya and the others entered the Hidden Leaf Village with Mami Mizuta and brought her to meet the Hokage.

Hinata learned that Mami Mizuta had gained unusual abilities and a turtle emblem, while Jiraiya suspected her Chakra came from a Tailed Beast. Naruto and Sasuke returned from their mission, and Mami was shown around the Hidden Leaf Village before being taken to her new home.

• Hinata questioned Mami Mizuta about her wind, water, and ice abilities and sent her with a female ninja to rest and explore the village.
• Hinata paid Naruto and Sasuke for completing their mission, and they went to Ichiraku Ramen.
• Jiraiya told Hinata about Mami's three Kekkei Genkai and unusual powers, and Hinata said the Chakra inside Mami belonged to a Tailed Beast.
• Hinata reflected that she had spread Stigmata throughout the Five Great Nations and smaller countries as she waited for the skies to change.
• Iruka warned Naruto and Sasuke to stay alert on missions, and Sasuke understood the danger of unexpected encounters.
• Mami toured the Hidden Leaf Village with a female ninja, who took her to her future home after nightfall.

Mami Mizuta chose to stay in the Hidden Leaf Village, and Hinata arranged for her to join the Ninja Academy. As the Chunin Ninja Exams began, Hinata learned that Takigakure had suffered a series of demon attacks and was now facing a demon born inside the village itself.

• Hinata told Mami Mizuta she could not leave the Hidden Leaf Village, then accepted her as a resident and arranged for her to attend the Ninja Academy.
• Hinata prepared for the Chunin Ninja Exams, noting that she had altered Orochimaru and Kabuto's memories and kept her Stigmata abilities secret.
• Jiraiya spotted a bloodied, decaying figure racing toward the Hokage Building and suspected the person had encountered demons.
• A Takigakure ninja reported that Kakuzu and Hidan had released two sealed demons while escaping with the village's Tailed Beast, costing Takigakure many ninja and civilians.
• Takigakure later lost more ninja sealing a demon in a major city, then faced another demon that appeared within the village itself.