Recaps

Naruto pursued Sasuke with a secret request while Temari, Gaara, and Kankuro went to Neji’s office to discuss Temari’s future. Neji gathered the Hyuga family and Tenten as well, saying Hinata and Tenten would help decide what happened next.

• Sasuke finished training and asked Naruto and Sakura whether they had anything else to do, but Naruto followed her to press his secret request.
• Temari accepted that Gaara and Kankuro had tried to arrange a match for her and agreed to visit Neji with them.
• Gaara said he wanted to hear what Neji and Temari thought, and the three went to the Hokage Office.
• Neji reflected that his work as Hokage was nearly complete and that he planned to leave after handling a few more matters.
• Hyuga Hiashi, Hinata, and Hanabi arrived at Neji’s office, followed by Tenten.
• Neji told Tenten and Hinata to sit because they would probably need to decide what happened next.

Neji gathered Hinata, Tenten, Temari, and others in the Hokage's office, where the elders revealed a proposed marriage alliance between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire involving Neji and Temari. The elders pressured Neji and the others to accept for the villages' sake, while Hiashi left the decision to the younger generation.

• Hinata and Tenten wondered why Neji had summoned them, and Hanabi guessed the meeting concerned Temari.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu entered the Hokage's office and announced the Kazekage's proposal for Neji to marry Temari to strengthen ties between the two lands.
• The elders said they approved of the alliance and argued that Temari accepted Neji's existing fiancées and was the only suitable candidate.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged Neji, Hinata, Tenten, and Hiashi not to oppose the marriage for the villages' sake.
• Hiashi said the younger generation should decide for themselves and took a jab at the elders for interfering.

Neji sent Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura away after they pressured Hinata and Tenten to accept an arrangement, then spoke privately with Hinata, Tenten, and Temari about their feelings. The three women left the Hokage’s office in high spirits, while Neji told Izumi that he had been honest with them and wanted to pursue a clear mind without being bound by convention.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura apologized to Hinata and Tenten but pressured them to consider the bigger picture, prompting both women to look to Neji for help.
• Neji reassured Hinata, Tenten, and Temari, then used the Tenseigan’s spatial power to send the two elders away and warn them not to interfere again.
• Hiashi left with Hanabi, and Gaara and Kankuro departed as well, leaving Neji alone with the three women.
• Neji asked Hinata, Tenten, and Temari what they wanted, then joked that he would not refuse any of them if they were beautiful.
• About an hour later, Hinata, Tenten, and Temari left the office in high spirits while Hanabi tried to learn what they had decided.
• Izumi teased Neji for being a scumbag, and Neji said he had laid everything out for the women to choose while pursuing a clear mind free of convention.

Neji prepared for the final round of the first Five Village Joint Chunin Exams, hosted in Konoha, while the Five Kage gathered to watch. After Neji officially opened the exams, he suddenly looked upward at something that caught his attention.

• Izumi teased Neji, showed jealousy over his other wives, and left the Hokage's office.
• Neji reviewed the finalists as the Shinobi World settled into a new order and the joint exams drew crowds to Konoha.
• The Five Kage gathered at the examination venue, where Mei Terumi and Ōnoki argued over which village should host the next exams.
• Neji ended their dispute, announced the beginning of the exams, and abruptly looked upward.

Three Otsutsuki arrived to investigate Kaguya’s seal and claim the planet’s Chakra. When Momoshiki and Kinshiki appeared during the Chunin Exams, Neji ordered an evacuation and faced Momoshiki while sending the Four Kage to protect Naruto.

• Momoshiki, Kinshiki, and Urashiki traced the God Tree’s Chakra to the Shinobi World and discovered that Kaguya had been sealed.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki entered the planet’s Inner Space, while Urashiki infiltrated the moon to investigate Kaguya’s seal and its guardian.
• Neji sensed Momoshiki and Kinshiki as the Chunin Exams opened, and the Four Kage also noticed the newcomers.
• Neji suspended the exams and ordered an evacuation, while Gaara directed the other villages to do the same.
• Momoshiki identified Naruto as a target because he carried the Nine-Tails, and Kinshiki moved to intercept him.
• Neji told the Four Kage to help Naruto and challenged Momoshiki to speak with him.

Neji confronted Momoshiki and tried to bring him and the other Otsutsuki to the Inner Space, but Momoshiki demanded the God Tree's Chakra Fruit and threatened anyone who interfered. While the Four Kage and their allies attacked Kinshiki, Momoshiki challenged Neji to decide whether he wanted to become their enemy.

• Momoshiki questioned Neji's identity and demanded that he stay out of the Main Family's mission to reclaim the God Tree's Chakra Fruit.
• Neji dispersed Momoshiki's pressure as Naruto and the Four Kage launched a coordinated surprise attack on Kinshiki.
• Kinshiki absorbed the incoming ninjutsu and counterattacked, but Sasuke cut his hand and rescued Naruto.
• Sasuke warned the others that Kinshiki could absorb ninjutsu, so the group prepared to fight him with physical attacks.
• Momoshiki praised the lower life-forms' uses of Chakra, then asked Neji whether he was sure he wanted to be their enemy.

Neji confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki, then agreed to face them in Kaguya’s Inner Space with Naruto, Sasuke, and the Four Kage. After explaining that the invaders belonged to the same clan as Kaguya and were immune to ninjutsu, Neji led the group through the portal to confront them.

• Neji challenged Momoshiki, who declared him a traitor after sensing the Ten-Tails Divine Tree inside him.
• Momoshiki and Neji clashed with their chakra, shaking the arena, then agreed to continue their confrontation in another battlefield.
• Kinshiki opened a passage to an Inner Space, and Momoshiki entered ahead of Neji.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and the Four Kage pressed Neji for answers, and he agreed to let them join while assigning Kinshiki to them.
• Neji told the group that the invaders were Kaguya’s clan, possessed the Byakugan and Rinnegan, and were unaffected by ninjutsu.
• Neji opened Kaguya’s Inner Space and led Naruto, Sasuke, and the Four Kage inside.

Neji faced Momoshiki while Naruto, Sasuke, and the Four Kage fought Kinshiki. Neji unleashed his Tenseigan and Haki-enhanced techniques, ending the chapter by punching Momoshiki into the ground.

• Neji told Naruto, Sasuke, and the Four Kage to fight Isshiki and Kinshiki while he faced Momoshiki alone.
• Sasuke attacked Kinshiki, and Naruto struck him with a Sage Art: Rasengan that Kinshiki could not fully absorb.
• The Four Kage, Naruto, and Sasuke suppressed Kinshiki until he transformed and turned the fight around with a barrage of weapons.
• Neji revealed his azure Tenseigan and attacked Momoshiki with Tiger Beast Dragon Claw, countering his Repulsive Force with gravity.
• Neji punched Momoshiki into the ground with a blow that shattered the earth around him.

Neji and Momoshiki escalated their battle, trading powerful techniques as Momoshiki revealed his transformed form and Neji demonstrated Flowing Haki. The fight continued with Momoshiki summoning stone serpents, while Neji answered with a Thunder Dragon that began smashing them apart.

• Neji and Momoshiki collided their massive energy spheres, and Neji followed up with the Roaring Tiger against Momoshiki's Flame Bird.
• Neji descended with Thunder Stomp and Eagle Stomp as Momoshiki transformed and blocked Neji's Haki-enhanced attack with a black gauntlet.
• Neji explained that Haki could inflict difficult-to-negate internal damage, while Momoshiki's transformed body began healing his injured arm.
• Momoshiki used Inukai Kenmei to raise giant stone serpents from the earth and attack Neji from all sides.
• Neji summoned the Thunder Dragon, which shielded him from the serpents and smashed them apart with its tail.

Neji faced Momoshiki after Momoshiki absorbed Kinshiki, then revealed his Tenseigan Chakra Mode and overwhelmed him. Momoshiki tried to recruit Neji before their fight resumed, ending with Momoshiki summoning a giant lava ape to attack.

• Momoshiki absorbed Kinshiki after Kinshiki transformed into a Chakra Fruit, while Neji let the transformation happen.
• Momoshiki attacked Sasuke, but Neji blocked him, broke his wrist, and sent the others back to the Chunin Exams arena.
• Neji activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and hurled Momoshiki into a massive tree, then attacked him with a lightning spear and a powerful punch.
• Momoshiki healed his wrist and offered Neji a place with the Main Family, but Neji rejected the offer and attacked him with a lightning tiger.
• Momoshiki answered with Chidori and summoned a gigantic lava ape, ordering it to kill Neji.

Neji defeated Momoshiki and his Lava Rock Ape with overwhelming wind-lightning power, then challenged the Otsutsuki Main Family to come after him. Urashiki emerged after Neji left, while a woman on the moon watched the planet with a complicated expression.

• Momoshiki transformed after consuming Kinshiki and attacked Neji with a powerful multi-attribute Rasengan while the Lava Rock Ape fired magma at the Golden Lightning Tiger.
• Neji gathered energy with Wind-Lightning Pull and Wind-Lightning Roar, then unleashed his Energy-Gathering Nen Cannon and five Golden Lotuses.
• Neji's attacks destroyed Momoshiki and the Lava Rock Ape, leaving the Inner Space in ruins.
• Neji opened a space exit, warned Urashiki to tell the Main Family he welcomed them to their deaths, and departed.
• Urashiki appeared and admitted he had released Neji, hoping Momoshiki would deal with him.
• On the moon, a woman with a Rinne Sharingan and Byakugan looked toward the planet with a complicated expression.

After the Otsutsuki attack, Neji explained their threat to the Four Kage and proposed a peace accord, which all five villages agreed to sign. On the moon, Kaguya realized the Main Family had returned and resolved to gather power to avoid being captured.

• Neji returned to Konoha, confirmed the attackers had been dealt with, and ordered repairs while the Chunin Exams continued.
• Neji told the Four Kage that the Otsutsuki Clan sought to reclaim chakra and that ninjutsu was ineffective against them.
• Neji revealed his Azure Eyes, identifying them as the Byakugan’s ultimate evolution, the Tenseigan, and credited them with defeating the attackers.
• Neji proposed a Five Villages Mutual Advancement and Peace Accord, and all four other Kage agreed to sign it.
• On the moon, Kaguya saw the frozen Toneri and feared the Main Family had arrived, so she resolved to gather power and avoid capture.

Neji freed Toneri from a time seal on the moon and learned that Urashiki had unsealed Kaguya. After fixing the current timeline against outside interference, Neji sent Naruto and Sasuke on a secret mission to find Kaguya and report back.

• Neji used Tempo Arc to release Toneri, who told him that someone had unsealed Kaguya.
• Neji warned Toneri that the Main Family might return and asked him to keep watch over the stars and the Shinobi World.
• Neji used the Sands of Time to protect the current timeline from interference by other timelines.
• Neji summoned Naruto and Sasuke and assigned them a secret mission to find Kaguya and notify him.
• Naruto and Sasuke accepted the mission and agreed to travel publicly without revealing its purpose.

Neji confronted Kaguya in her hiding place and learned she had abandoned plans to reclaim Chakra now that the Main Family was defeated. He invited her to visit Konoha or seek passage to other worlds, while Naruto and Sasuke returned for Neji’s wedding as Konoha began preparations for the grand ceremony.

• Neji tracked Kaguya to her secluded house and asked whether she still intended to collect Chakra.
• Kaguya asked whether Neji had defeated the Main Family, and he implied that he had killed them.
• Kaguya agreed not to reclaim Chakra, and Neji invited her to Konoha while offering access to other worlds for a price.
• Naruto and Sasuke received Neji’s message suspending their mission so they could attend his wedding, and Sasuke set off for Konoha with Naruto following.
• Konoha began preparing a grand wedding for Neji, Hinata Hyuga, Tenten, and Temari.

Neji gave Izumi the private wedding he had promised, and the two married at Seria's Inn. Years later, their love endured, fulfilling the promise that had begun when Neji rescued Izumi on the night her clan was destroyed.

• Neji comforted Izumi and asked her to marry him in a private ceremony, and she happily accepted.
• Neji took Izumi through the Gate of Time and Space to the wedding venue he had prepared at Seria's Inn.
• Neji used the Soul-Soul Fruit to bring Homies to life as guests, and Izumi calmed herself enough for the ceremony to begin.
• Neji and Izumi exchanged vows before a Homie officiant and were declared husband and wife.
• Neji and Izumi shared their wedding night, and the story later showed that their years together had fulfilled Neji's promise.

Neji married Tenten, Hinata, and Temari, then surprised Konoha by appointing Naruto and Sasuke as Hokage assistants instead of stepping down. As he settled into a carefree life with his wives and planned to explore other worlds, a Super Dimensional Chat Group invitation appeared and recalled how he had first transmigrated to Pirate King.

• Naruto and Sasuke returned for Neji’s wedding, where their old friends gathered and the Kage of the other great shinobi villages arrived to offer congratulations.
• Neji held a grand wedding and married Tenten, Hinata, and Temari, then celebrated with them in their new home.
• The day after the wedding, Neji announced that he wanted to step down as Hokage, but the elders, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the young generation opposed him.
• Neji proposed appointing Hokage assistants and named Naruto and Sasuke, then used his authority to silence objections.
• Naruto and Sasuke moved into the Hokage Building to handle Konoha’s affairs while Neji became a hands-off Hokage and planned to travel between worlds with his wives.
• A Super Dimensional Chat Group invitation appeared before Neji and reminded him of his first transmigration to Pirate King and the Qi Gong Master system.