Chapter Summaries

The Nine-Tails explained that Karura died after giving her strength to save Gaara, while Jueming considered the cost of treating her. At Konoha Hospital, Hayate recovered and Uzuki Yugao and Rin Nohara reflected on how their lives and feelings had changed.

• The Nine-Tails told Tekka Uchiha that Karura had used up her strength to save Gaara and said it planned to look into events in Kirigakure and rescue the other Tailed Beasts.
• Jueming realized that treating Karura might be difficult and thought about using her to help him cultivate as he grew closer to saving Teacher Momoka.
• Uzuki Yugao visited Hayate at Konoha Hospital, where he said they would share a wonderful future after his discharge, while she remembered her recent encounter with Jueming.
• Jueming examined Hayate, who continued recovering until he could walk slowly with crutches, and Hayate and Yugao thanked him and Rin Nohara for their help.
• Rin and Yugao discussed Rin's feelings for Kakashi and how she now kept clearer boundaries with admirers; Rin said everyone had grown up and congratulated Yugao and Hayate.

Uzuki Yugao struggled with memories of Senju Jueming while Jueming prepared to treat Karura and sought Yugao’s help investigating demons and monsters. The treatment remained unsettled as Pakura refused to let Karura be moved, and Jueming’s unusual plan relied on finding a creature to seal into her.

• Uzuki Yugao left Hayate Gekko’s hospital room and spent a restless night recalling what had happened with Senju Jueming.
• Jueming arrived at the Sunagakure delegation residence to begin treating Karura, but Pakura refused to let her be moved to the Senju Clan compound.
• Jueming threatened to abandon the treatment, and Baki suggested letting Kazekage Rasa decide where it would take place.
• Jueming met Yugao the next morning and asked her to use her Anbu access to gather intelligence.
• Jueming asked Yugao to investigate whether demons or monsters were nearby, explaining that Karura’s treatment might require their flesh and blood as a medicinal catalyst.

Senju Jueming advanced his plans by bringing Karura to the Senju compound and persuading Hyuga Hiashi to wait for treatment of Hazuki. Meanwhile, Yugao prepared to help investigate, Natsu Hyuga arrived for Jueming’s examination, and Kushina and Mikoto worried about the coming conflict with Jueming.

• Uzuki Yugao agreed to help Senju Jueming investigate and went to the Anbu, where memories of a past night distracted her while she changed.
• Baki told Jueming that Rasa approved moving Karura, and Jueming welcomed Karura to the Senju compound while she wondered how he knew her.
• Hyuga Hiashi agreed to wait until Jueming finished treating Karura before seeking treatment for Hazuki, then sent Natsu Hyuga to the compound as a test subject.
• Natsu Hyuga asked Jueming to examine her eyes again, and he agreed to visit her when he had time.
• Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina discussed the looming conflict, with Mikoto suggesting that Danzō would win and Kushina quietly agreeing.

Jueming learned that the demon Moryo would soon break free of its seal and planned to divide its soul and body between Karura and Konoha. After recruiting Rasa and Utatane Koharu for the operation, he prepared to travel to Moryo and seal its soul inside Karura.

• Uzuki Yugao gave Jueming intelligence explaining that Moryo was an immortal demon divided into a physical body and a soul, and Jueming decided Karura could seal its soul.
• Yugao secretly added medicine to Jueming’s tea, then followed him to Konoha Hospital and watched over Hayate’s ward through the night.
• Jueming visited Hayate the next morning, then returned to Karura’s residence and summoned Rasa and Utatane Koharu to discuss capturing Moryo.
• Jueming proposed that Sunagakure take Moryo’s soul and Konoha claim its body, and Koharu agreed to join the operation.
• Rasa proposed using a shrine maiden to transfer Moryo’s soul, and Jueming said he would preside over sealing it inside Karura.

Jueming arranged for Rasa and Utatane Koharu to lead separate teams to the Land of Demons to deal with Moryo, while he stayed in Konoha to examine Karura. The chapter ended with Jueming privately discussing a way to increase Karura’s vitality, as Pakura worried over her strange weapon pattern and Rasa’s orders.

• Jueming agreed that Utatane Koharu would join Rasa’s mission to find Moryo and seal it if the Miko was not alive, and Koharu claimed she could use the Four Symbols Seal.
• Jueming considered building a powerful group to face Danzo and then began examining Karura with her maid watching from outside.
• Pakura asked Rasa to stay and protect Karura, but Rasa instead assigned Pakura to that duty while privately worrying she might gain too much credit.
• Utatane Koharu departed with Kunugi Mokume and the others, and Rasa’s team also left Konoha for the Land of Demons.
• Jueming told Karura that her weakened vitality might be treated by increasing it, then arranged to speak with her privately.

Jueming proposed a treatment for Karura that combined restoring her vitality with using Moryo to address her Mental Energy depletion, then demonstrated that his blood could promote growth. Karura remained undecided as Jueming left, and he later continued treating Natsu Hyuga’s Byakugan.

• Jueming explained that Karura’s treatment required increasing her vitality and having Moryo resolve her Mental Energy depletion.
• Jueming wounded his finger with the Leaf Blade Sword and showed Karura that his blood made a withered plant grow and that his injury healed quickly.
• Jueming suggested that Karura use his blood as part of her treatment, leaving her stunned and uncertain after he departed.
• Jueming returned home, worked with Senju Sayuri in the underground space, and later went to see Natsu Hyuga.
• Natsu Hyuga admitted Jueming and continued the treatment to rehabilitate her Byakugan.

Hayate Gekko began walking again, while Uzuki Yugao struggled with lingering thoughts about their intimacy. Yugao joined the Anbu mission to guard Karura and witnessed Karura reluctantly agree to Jueming’s proposed treatment, which would take place behind drawn curtains.

• Hayate Gekko walked without crutches and continued his rehabilitation with Uzuki Yugao beside him.
• Tsunade saw Yugao catch Hayate when he stumbled and quietly left, pleased to see them together.
• Hayate planned to propose to Yugao after recovering, while Yugao tried to suppress her restless thoughts.
• Elder Mito Kemon assigned Yugao’s Anbu squad to protect Karura, and Yugao accompanied Jueming into Karura’s room.
• Jueming explained that Karura’s diagnosis required an injection, and Karura reluctantly agreed after asking where it would happen.
• Jueming pointed out that they could draw the curtains around Karura’s glass-walled bedroom for privacy.

Karura agreed to Jueming’s secret nighttime treatment, while Rasa, Koharu, and their companions reached the Miko’s palace in the Land of Demons and began talks with her. The chapter ended as Jueming entered Karura’s room and began the treatment to increase her vitality.

• Jueming teased Karura about rumors concerning her marriage to Rasa, then asked whether she would accept his treatment plan.
• Rasa, Utatane Koharu, Pakura, Baki, and their companions reached the Miko’s palace after crossing the Land of Demons.
• The Miko’s guards let the group through the Barrier, and the Miko welcomed them, saying she already knew why they had come.
• Koharu considered recruiting the Miko for Konoha, and talks began in the palace.
• Karura agreed to Jueming’s treatment on the condition that it happen at night, and Jueming promised to protect her and her unborn child.
• Jueming bypassed the guards and entered Karura’s darkened room, where he shrank as he approached and began the treatment to increase her vitality.

Jueming obtained a skill that let him trigger mutations in others, then secretly drugged Uzuki Yugao’s tea and took her underground. At the Miko’s Grand Hall, Koharu and Rasa demonstrated sealing techniques as Koharu agreed to become Moryo’s vessel.

• Jueming acquired a skill that let him release his Mutation Level into another person, but decided not to use it publicly.
• Jueming left Karura’s treatment room, assured Uzuki Yugao that Karura would recover, and returned home with her.
• Yugao secretly put powder in Jueming’s tea, and after drinking it, he grabbed her and took her underground.
• At the Miko’s Grand Hall, the Miko explained the risks of becoming Moryo’s vessel, and Rasa accepted them.
• Utatane Koharu and Rasa demonstrated their sealing techniques, and Koharu said she would bear Moryo.

Shimura Danzō successfully fused a small amount of the Third Raikage’s flesh and blood and planned to turn him into a Mutation Weapon. Meanwhile, news of Senju Jueming’s treatment of Karura spread through Konoha, stirring different hopes and fears among its residents.

• Shimura Danzō fused a small amount of the Third Raikage’s flesh and blood and anticipated the power of the resulting Mutation Weapon.
• Karura recovered enough to gaze out over Konoha, while the Sunagakure kunoichi credited Senju Jueming for her improvement.
• Uzuki Yugao left Senju Jueming’s underground chamber and later visited Hayate Gekko at Konoha Hospital, where Hayate noticed she seemed different.
• Konoha residents discussed Karura’s recovery, and Hyuga Hiashi hoped Senju Jueming could restore his wife’s health.
• Yakushi Nonō listened as the orphanage children praised Senju Jueming, while she privately remembered him as a devil who had deceived everyone.
• Kurenai Yuhi resolved to defeat Senju Jueming in Illusion Technique, Natsu Hyuga anticipated revenge on the Main Family, Anko Mitarashi considered visiting him, and Mikoto Uchiha prepared to resist his threats.

Jueming continued treating Karura while Rasa and the others sealed Moryo in the Land of Demons. Rasa hurried back to Konoha, unaware that Jueming had already completed the second treatment, and Jueming returned home to Sayuri.

• Jueming visited Karura and began her second course of treatment, using an illusion to hide what happened from the attendant.
• Rasa sealed Moryo's soul inside a pyramid of Gold Dust while Utatane Koharu sealed Moryo's body within herself using the Four Symbols Seal.
• Rasa rushed back to Konoha to bring Moryo's power to Karura, while Utatane Koharu followed the Miko and privately considered finding a Grass Weapon for Senju Jueming.
• Jueming completed Karura's second treatment and left, suggesting he could provide further treatment if needed.
• Jueming returned home, hugged Sayuri, and told her she would become a good wife and mother, leaving her flustered as Mito Uzumaki worried about his influence.

Mito Uzumaki worried that Senju Jueming’s dark side could endanger the Senju Clan, while Jueming continued treating Sayuri and went to Konoha Hospital. In the Land of Demons, Utatane Koharu urged Miko to bring the survivors to Konoha, and Jueming later visited Mikoto Uchiha and Kushina to settle a debt.

• Mito Uzumaki feared that Jueming’s hidden evil could bring disaster despite the Senju Clan’s rise.
• Jueming treated Sayuri through the night, restoring her severed limb to her wrist, then left for Konoha Hospital.
• Utatane Koharu pressed Miko to relocate the Land of Demons’ survivors to Konoha and gave her one day to decide.
• Jueming received Mikoto Uchiha’s letter at the hospital and left, while Rin Nohara recalled that Mikoto had sent him a potent poison.
• Mikoto asked Kushina to accompany her when Jueming arrived to repay his debt, but Jueming noticed Kushina’s stiff smile and teased her about plotting against him.

Kushina challenged Jueming to spar with Minato so she could judge their strength as the Senju and Uchiha clans faced mounting conflict. Jueming agreed and went with Kushina to Minato’s home, where the proposed match was set to begin.

• Jueming repaid Mikoto ten million ryō and claimed her health was fine, though he suggested her real ailment was a sickness of the heart.
• After Kushina left, Mikoto examined the red mark on her wrist, took a rope from her vanity, and hurried into the bathroom.
• Kushina caught up with Jueming and challenged him to spar with Minato, hoping to compare their strengths before choosing a side.
• Jueming agreed, and Kushina brought him to Minato’s home, where she asked Minato to spar with him.
• Kushina worried that the Third Raikage would attack the Senju Clan after becoming a Mutation Weapon.

Jueming and Minato Namikaze sparred on an elevated Earth Release platform, but Minato could neither pierce Jueming’s defenses nor land a hit. Minato admitted that he and Kushina were seeking peace with the Nine-Tails so they could gain its power and escape Danzo’s control.

• Jueming raised an Earth Release platform near Minato Namikaze’s home and invited him to attack first.
• Minato used Wind Release: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and then Sage Mode with Wind Release: Rasengan, but neither harmed Jueming.
• Jueming challenged Minato to land a hit, then caught both of Minato’s arms when he teleported in with Flying Thunder God.
• Jueming explained the limits of Reaper Death Seal, and Minato acknowledged that Jueming had surpassed him and Kushina.
• Minato told Jueming that he and Kushina were trying to make peace with the Nine-Tails and use its power to free themselves from Danzo’s control.

Minato Namikaze conceded that he and Kushina needed the Nine-Tails' help, while Jueming learned of Kurama's failed plan to attack the Bloody Mist Village and was invited to the Hyuga compound. Meanwhile, Utatane Koharu secured Lady Miko's agreement to relocate the survivors of the Land of Demons to Konoha, and Hiashi Hyuga began discussing Karura's recovery with Jueming.

• Minato Namikaze admitted to Kushina that they needed to seek the Nine-Tails' help, leaving her dejected.
• Kurama told Jueming that Obito Uchiha had not carried out a major purge in the Bloody Mist Village, so Kurama had abandoned its plan to attack.
• Kurama said it would consider targeting the Four-Tails and boasted that its power had grown through its experiences across Parallel Worlds and its fusion with the Dragon Vein.
• Natsu Hyuga brought Jueming an invitation from Hiashi Hyuga, and Jueming went to the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Utatane Koharu forced Lady Miko to accept Konoha's demands, and Lady Miko agreed to relocate the Land of Demons' several hundred survivors, including the baby Shion.
• Hiashi Hyuga welcomed Jueming to the Main Family courtyard, where Jueming met Hazuki Hyuga and heard that Karura had recovered enough to walk outside.

Senju Jueming gained Hyuga Hiashi’s trust and arranged to treat Hazuki Hyuga, while secretly planning to use the procedure to help Natsu Hyuga take revenge on the Hyuga Main Family. Natsu agreed to assist and left with Jueming for an inn.

• After seeing Karura restored to health and confirming Jueming’s medical reputation, Hyuga Hiashi agreed to let Natsu assist Jueming and care for Hazuki.
• Jueming told Hiashi that Hazuki’s treatment could begin within three days, and Hiashi instructed Natsu to follow Jueming’s directions.
• Tokuma Hyuga invited Natsu to eat, but she declined and hurried to catch up with Jueming after Hiashi’s group saw them off.
• Natsu asked how Jueming planned to take revenge on Hazuki, and he explained that she should keep others away while he treated Hazuki under anesthetic, with multiple courses of treatment planned.
• Jueming arranged for Natsu to return that night to diagnose Hazuki and say she needed to prepare medicine, then he and Natsu went to an inn.

Utatane Koharu led Lady Miko and her group toward Konoha, promising Senju Jueming would help them settle in. Meanwhile, Jueming went to the Hyuga Clan compound to treat Hiashi’s wife, leaving Kurenai Yuhi waiting outside with Asuma.

• Utatane Koharu told Lady Miko about the ruined outside world and promised to arrange accommodations through Senju Jueming, whose Wood Release and building skills amazed Lady Miko.
• Jueming left Natsu Hyuga after telling her he would visit the Hyuga Clan compound in an hour, then returned home for dinner.
• Kurenai Yuhi challenged Jueming to dinner, paid for her meal, and followed him when he left to visit the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Asuma found Kurenai waiting outside and told her he had become a guard for the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
• Kurenai said she had no time for a walk because she planned to defeat Jueming, so Asuma waited beside her.

Jueming arranged to treat Hazuki Hyuga and warned Hyuga Hiashi that mutation contamination might be building in his body. As Kurenai Yuhi waited outside the Hyuga compound with Asuma, Hiashi was summoned by the Fourth Hokage.

• Kurenai Yuhi waited outside the Hyuga Clan compound with Asuma, intent on defeating Senju Jueming.
• Jueming arranged to treat Hazuki Hyuga, with Natsu Hyuga assisting and Hiashi agreeing to the plan.
• Jueming privately warned Hyuga Hiashi that his mutation contamination might be high and advised him to stay in the village.
• A Hyuga Clan member told Hiashi that the Fourth Hokage had summoned him.

Jueming began treating Hazuki Hyuga while Hiashi was summoned by Danzo and pressured to lend the Hyuga Clan’s Byakugan to an experiment. Hiashi returned after four hours and found Kurenai and Asuma waiting outside, while Jueming was still treating Hazuki.

• Danzo told Hiashi he needed the Byakugan for an experiment involving the Third Raikage’s Mutation Weapon and accused Hizashi of harboring ill intentions.
• Hiashi agreed to Danzo’s demand and realized the Hyuga Clan could no longer turn back.
• Jueming anesthetized Hazuki and began treating her, while Natsu waited outside the room with vengeful excitement.
• Kurenai and Asuma waited outside for Jueming until Hiashi returned around midnight.
• Hiashi advised Kurenai and Asuma to go home or keep waiting, then headed to the Main Family compound as Jueming continued treating Hazuki.

Natsu Hyuga kept Hyuga Hiashi from interrupting Senju Jueming’s treatment of Hazuki Hyuga, while Kurenai Yuhi postponed her challenge to Jueming until the next day. By morning, Jueming gained an ability to extract Mutation Level from Grass Weapons, bringing him closer to saving Momoka Senju but leaving him with more work to do.

• Natsu Hyuga told Hyuga Hiashi that Hazuki Hyuga’s treatment would continue until morning and persuaded him not to disturb it.
• Kurenai Yuhi left rather than challenge Senju Jueming while he was treating Hazuki, and Asuma warned her that Jueming was far beyond their level.
• Asuma suggested Kurenai compete in Wind Release, but she pointed out that she did not know it and insisted on challenging Jueming through Illusion Techniques.
• In the morning, Jueming achieved a 100% result with Hazuki Hyuga and gained Grass Release—Grass—Extraction, which could remove Mutation Level from Grass Weapons through martial discussion.
• Jueming realized the new ability might help him save Momoka Senju, but she could not become a Grass Weapon in her current condition.