Chapter Summaries

After losing his spar with Kakashi, Sasuke decided to develop Blaze Release so he could surprise stronger opponents. Meanwhile, Hyuga Kagami opened the seventh gate and began considering how the eighth gate’s power might help him attempt the Kekkei Mōra.

• Kakashi mistook Sasuke’s withdrawal from their spar for confidence that he could beat Kakashi without using the Mangekyō Sharingan, and resolved to take Sasuke more seriously next time.
• Sasuke worked out how Kakashi had used a Shadow Clone and a hidden Flying Thunder God Formula to defeat him, then decided to develop Blaze Release using Kagutsuchi.
• Over the next half-month, Hyuga Kagami trained in the Eight Inner Gates while storing chakra in his Yin Seal.
• Hyuga Kagami opened the seventh gate, the Gate of Wonder, and estimated that the eighth gate could raise his chakra reserves to twenty times their original level.
• Hyuga Kagami considered using the Gate of Death’s immense chakra to attempt the Kekkei Mōra.

Hyuga Kagami opened the seventh gate and gained a deeper understanding of the Eight Inner Gates and its limits. He concluded that its full potential depended on a ninja’s strength, with the technique’s ultimate limit lying roughly at the Six Paths level.

• Hyuga Kagami opened the Gate of Wonder and felt that his body could respond to danger without relying on his eyes or brain.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized the Eight Inner Gates as a versatile technique and considered forcing open the Gate of Death, estimating that it would raise his chakra about twentyfold for only several dozen breaths.
• Hyuga Kagami released the Eight Inner Gates and concluded that human frailty, rather than the technique itself, imposed its limits.
• Hyuga Kagami reasoned that Jonin could gain the greatest boost from the Gate of Death, while Kage-level and beyond-Kage-level ninja gained less because they had already developed more of their potential.

Hyuga Kagami hosted a dinner before his ritual to attain the Kekkei Mōra, but the gathering grew far larger than expected. As the guests enjoyed the feast and Kakashi brooded over Obito, Shion suddenly screamed, leaving the reason unknown.

• Naruto, Neji, and Shion brought additional guests, and Hyuga Kagami invited more classmates and their Jonin instructors until his home filled with the Konoha Fifteen and their teachers.
• Hyuga Kagami and Hyuga Rin arranged for more food while the guests gathered and talked about their students' abilities and futures.
• Kakashi remembered Obito and wondered whether the Ninja World and Rin might have been spared tragedy if he had died or Obito had never gone astray.
• Naruto and Choji eagerly ate through the feast, prompting Hyuga Kagami to order another round of ingredients.
• Shion suddenly let out a piercing scream from the living room.

Shion’s death prophecy showed Hyuga Kagami dying during the Bloodline Fusion Ritual after rejecting the people merging into his body. Kagami learned enough to recognize the ritual but remained confused about why he would interrupt it.

• Shion suddenly collapsed in terror at dinner, and Sasuke sensed a powerful spiritual force around her.
• Shizune and the others found no medical problem or genjutsu, while Hyuga Kagami said Shion’s episodes were an old condition.
• Kagami took Shion to Hokage Rock, where she revealed that she had seen his death.
• Shion described Kagami standing on a stone platform as people merged into his body, then pushing them away and collapsing onto the platform.
• Kagami recognized the scene as his Bloodline Fusion Ritual but could not understand why he rejected the six clones.

After Shion’s Death Prophecy revealed that Hyuga Kagami would die during the Bloodline Fusion Ritual, he accepted that he would continue despite the warning. He began investigating why the ritual would fail, reasoning that its later stages—not the fusion process itself—held the flaw.

• Hyuga Kagami returned home and told Rin that Shion was fine, while Rin decided to take Shion to Tsunade for an examination.
• Alone in his room, Hyuga Kagami concluded that Shion’s prophecy could not stop him from undergoing the Bloodline Fusion Ritual, since he would proceed even knowing the danger.
• Hyuga Kagami reaffirmed his determination to pursue the ritual rather than give up out of fear of death.
• Hyuga Kagami reviewed the ritual’s history and identified four stages: Kekkei Genkai fusion, chakra-quality improvement, reaching the Six Paths level, and the theoretical creation of Kekkei Mōra.

Hyuga Kagami realized he had to attempt the ritual himself to learn about its unknown later stages, despite expecting to die. He decided to use Impure World Reincarnation to remain active after death and began studying the technique in the Book of Seals.

• Hyuga Kagami concluded that no one had reached the ritual’s third or fourth stages and that he would have to test them himself.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to prepare for his death by using Impure World Reincarnation until he could perform the ritual again.
• Hyuga Kagami entered the Hokage Building’s Classified Archive and retrieved the Book of Seals.
• Hyuga Kagami studied Impure World Reincarnation and learned that the sacrifice’s strength affected the resulting body.
• Hyuga Kagami realized he needed to prepare a body to serve as the sacrifice for his own Impure World Reincarnation.

Hyuga Kagami decided he needed Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation and traveled to Otogakure to obtain it. Orochimaru agreed in exchange for Hyuga Kagami taking his disciple Mitsuki to Konoha and placing him on Second Pillar’s team.

• Hyuga Kagami studied the original Impure World Reincarnation in the Book of Seals and decided Orochimaru’s improved version better suited his needs.
• Hyuga Kagami left a Shadow Clone in the village and traveled secretly to Otogakure in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Yakushi Kabuto escorted Hyuga Kagami to Orochimaru, who asked whether his visit concerned Second Pillar.
• Hyuga Kagami told Orochimaru he had covered up the attack on Sasuke and requested Orochimaru’s newest version of Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru agreed to provide the jutsu if Hyuga Kagami took his disciple Mitsuki to Konoha and placed him on Second Pillar’s team.

Hyuga Kagami accepted Mitsuki into his care from Orochimaru in exchange for Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while warning that he could not guarantee Mitsuki a place on Sasuke’s squad. After leaving Otogakure with Mitsuki, Hyuga Kagami considered presenting him to Konoha as Orochimaru’s disciple, while Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto speculated that Hyuga Kagami wanted the jutsu to revive someone.

• Orochimaru asked Hyuga Kagami to help Mitsuki join Sasuke’s squad, and Hyuga Kagami said he would try but could not promise success.
• Yakushi Kabuto gave Hyuga Kagami a Scroll containing Orochimaru’s improved Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Hyuga Kagami accepted Mitsuki as part of their deal.
• After Hyuga Kagami left, Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto guessed that he wanted the jutsu to revive someone and wondered who it was.
• Hyuga Kagami tested Mitsuki’s speed on the way from Otogakure and learned that Mitsuki could use all five nature transformations and Orochimaru’s snake-based techniques.
• Hyuga Kagami considered telling the Advisory Elder Council that Mitsuki was Orochimaru’s disciple, since the council was already open to accepting Orochimaru back.

Hyuga Kagami brought Mitsuki to Konoha and convinced the Hokage and the Sannin that he was Orochimaru’s son, arranging for him to join Team Kakashi. At home, Hyuga Kagami began studying the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and wondered whom to revive for practice before remembering someone.

• Hyuga Kagami told the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Tsunade that Mitsuki was Orochimaru’s son and described Orochimaru as a hunted fugitive seeking a safe place for his child.
• Jiraiya offered to take Mitsuki in, but Hyuga Kagami argued that Mitsuki should live as an ordinary ninja to keep his identity secret.
• Utatane Koharu objected to Mitsuki joining Team Kakashi because Orochimaru had attacked Naruto, but Kakashi and Jiraiya said Naruto and Sasuke could handle the danger.
• The Third Hokage approved Mitsuki joining Team Kakashi, and Hyuga Kagami handed him over to Kakashi.
• Hyuga Kagami returned home, studied the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu scroll he had obtained from Orochimaru, and considered whom to revive for practice before remembering someone.

Hyuga Kagami offered Shinichi a chance to see Uchiha Yui again using the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while promising it would not prevent her eventual complete resurrection. Shinichi agreed, and the technique summoned Yui’s spirit into an Impure World body, leaving her frightened and confused as Shinichi wept nearby.

• Hyuga Kagami reminded Shinichi of their agreement and explained that the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu could temporarily revive Uchiha Yui’s spirit.
• Shinichi agreed to the procedure after Hyuga Kagami assured him it would not interfere with Yui’s later resurrection.
• Hyuga Kagami prepared the ritual, placed Uchiha Yui’s preserved body at its center, and cast the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Paper talismans covered Yui’s body, and she awoke in an Impure World body, asking where she was and who Hyuga Kagami was.
• Shinichi watched from a corner and cried as Hyuga Kagami confirmed Yui’s identity.

After reviving Uchiha Yui with Impure World Reincarnation, Hyuga Kagami discovered that the technique eroded its sacrifice and ruled out using his Yin Release body. He planned to find another sacrifice and began considering how to protect and maintain his Tenseigan after his death, with Hyuga Neji emerging as a possible caretaker.

• Hyuga Kagami examined Uchiha Yui’s Impure World body and noticed that the summoning process had eroded the sacrificial corpse.
• Hyuga Kagami explained the forbidden technique to Uchiha Yui, who recognized Shinichi, while he revealed that he was now the Fifth Hokage.
• Hyuga Kagami left Shinichi and Uchiha Yui alone and arranged for her Impure World body to remain hidden in the underground laboratory.
• Hyuga Kagami recorded the experiment’s results and abandoned his plan to use his Yin Release true body as a sacrifice because he could not predict the effects of underworld erosion.
• Hyuga Kagami considered how to remove and preserve his Tenseigan after his death, deciding that Hyuga Neji might be capable of nourishing it with Byakugan chakra.

Hyuga Kagami spent his last day before a fatal ritual with Rin, then traveled to the prepared altar in the Land of Wind. With Karin ready to perform the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, he headed toward the Aerial Fortress to begin the final preparations.

• Mitsuki joined Konoha’s team and circle of students, while Uchiha Shinichi moved into the Forest of Death to train.
• Hyuga Kagami spent the day with Rin, hid his plans for the ritual, and left a Shadow Clone behind to avoid alarming the village.
• Hyuga Kagami reached the altar in the Land of Wind and inspected the barriers and preparations Karin had completed.
• Karin confirmed she had mastered the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and that Gaara and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet were guarding the site.
• Hyuga Kagami flew toward the Aerial Fortress, where he had prepared a Yang Release clone to serve as the ritual’s sacrifice.

Hyuga Kagami prepared the altar and six clones for his ritual, planning to use the midday heat to begin while keeping a way to suppress the dangerous Demon Bud. As the sun reached its peak, he started the ritual, with Karin, Gaara, and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet watching over the preparations.

• Hyuga Kagami moved the Aerial Fortress to the altar area, checked the six clones, and placed them and an additional Yang Release clone into portable storage pods.
• Hyuga Kagami retrieved the Demon Bud and an Ice Coffin scroll, planning to freeze and destroy the Demon Bud after it had served its purpose.
• Hyuga Kagami carried the pods to the altar, positioned the six clones at its corners, and ordered Karin to withdraw with the Impure World Reincarnation sacrifice.
• Karin waited anxiously below the altar while Gaara watched from a sand dune and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet patrolled the surrounding storm.
• When the midday heat peaked, Hyuga Kagami implanted the Demon Bud and began forming seals to activate the ritual.

Hyuga Kagami began the fusion ritual by using the Demon Bud to absorb his six chakra-nature clones, while the Tenseigan suppressed the bud and the Ryumyaku supplied chakra. The first stage ended smoothly, leaving him with multiple Kekkei Genkai and stronger ocular power as he prepared to face the ritual’s later stages.

• Hyuga Kagami discovered that activating his Tenseigan made the implanted Demon Bud docile.
• Hyuga Kagami stimulated the Demon Bud with heat until it expanded across the altar and reached the six clones in storage chambers.
• Hyuga Kagami released the seal on the Ryumyaku and let the Demon Bud draw in his six clones.
• Hyuga Kagami monitored the Demon Bud as it contracted and the clones fused into his Yin Release true body with little discomfort.
• Hyuga Kagami completed the first stage and sensed that he had gained multiple Kekkei Genkai and strengthened ocular power.

Hyuga Kagami advanced through the Bloodline Fusion Ritual, completing Yin–Yang Release and beginning to fuse all seven chakra attributes. He ran out of chakra while trying to condense a Truth-Seeking Orb, leaving the ritual’s third stage unfinished.

• Hyuga Kagami used Ice Release without hand seals and sensed that the ritual had entered its second stage.
• The Power of All Creation nourished his Tenseigan, and Hyuga Kagami released chakra from his Yin Seal while drawing from Ryumyaku.
• Hyuga Kagami fused Yin and Yang chakra, created a Black Rod, and surpassed Danzo’s progress in the ritual’s second stage.
• Hyuga Kagami began combining Yin, Yang, and the five elemental chakra natures to form a Truth-Seeking Orb.
• Hyuga Kagami exhausted the chakra from his Yin Seal and Ryumyaku, then drew Moryo’s chakra from the Aerial Fortress and siphoned more Ryumyaku chakra, but the supply vanished within moments.

Hyuga Kagami pushed the ritual’s third stage forward by drawing heavily on Moryo and Ryumyaku chakra, realizing that chakra shortages would likely make failure unavoidable. He opened the Gate of Death to force the seven chakra attributes toward fusion, and the chapter left him focused on the black sphere as the altar cracked beneath him.

• Hyuga Kagami extracted Moryo’s chakra from the Aerial Fortress’s main power chamber and drew Ryumyaku chakra to sustain the ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami resumed fusing yin, yang, and the five elemental chakra attributes and recognized that the ritual’s main obstacle was its enormous chakra demand.
• Hyuga Kagami realized his Yin Seal was depleted and that Moryo and Ryumyaku chakra were more than half consumed, making failure in the coming fourth stage likely.
• Hyuga Kagami opened the Eight Inner Gates through the Gate of Wonder, unleashing enough chakra to bring the seven attributes close to merging.
• Hyuga Kagami opened the Gate of Death, sending a crimson surge into the sky as the altar cracked and collapsed beneath him.

Hyuga Kagami completed the third stage of his ritual and reached the Six Paths level, but the Demon Bud inside him also evolved and began attacking his body. He drew on the Giant Tenseigan to confront it, leaving the ritual’s fourth stage unfinished.

• Karin was thrown away by the ritual’s shockwave, then used her Rinnegan to see the dense chakra at the altar and hoped the ritual had succeeded.
• Hyuga Kagami condensed a Truth-Seeking Orb and realized he had entered the Six Paths level, while the harmful effects of the Gate of Death greatly weakened.
• Transparent Demon Buds burst from Hyuga Kagami’s body and resisted his Tenseigan’s attempt to suppress them.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized that the Demon Bud had advanced alongside him and ordered Karin to prepare the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Hyuga Kagami decided his remaining chakra could not sustain the fourth stage and drew on the Giant Tenseigan to deal with the rampaging Demon Bud.

Hyuga Kagami forcibly expelled the six clones fused into his body and destroyed the Demon Bud, but the separation and his open Gate of Death left him close to death. He preserved his Tenseigan in a storage canister as his consciousness faded.

• Hyuga Kagami used his Tenseigan to suppress the Demon Bud and activated his reverse Chimera Technique.
• The Demon Bud painfully tore the six fused clones from Hyuga Kagami, weakening his Six Paths-level state and worsening the effects of the Gate of Death.
• Hyuga Kagami froze the Demon Bud with a prepared sealing jutsu, then shattered it with Rotation.
• Karin retrieved the six damaged clones and placed them in portable storage chambers.
• Hyuga Kagami collapsed but remained alive with the Giant Tenseigan sustaining him, then removed his Tenseigan and stored them as his consciousness faded.

Otsutsuki Toneri sensed a disturbance in his developing Tenseigan and the temple’s Giant Tenseigan, while Obito struggled to control his transplanted Rinnegan and discussed Nagato and the God Organization with Zetsu. After Hyuga Kagami died on the altar, Karin revived him with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and he forced the freed Ryumyaku back into its gourd.

• Otsutsuki Toneri sensed an unexplained disturbance affecting his Tenseigan and the Giant Tenseigan in the temple, then dismissed it as an accident.
• Obito told Zetsu he still could not adapt to the transplanted Rinnegan, and Zetsu said Nagato had likely gone into hiding.
• Obito asked about the God Organization, and Zetsu reported that Flame Demon had appeared in Konoha before the organization went quiet.
• Karin found Hyuga Kagami dead after his second collapse and saw the unrestrained Ryumyaku break free from the gourd artifact.
• Karin used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu on Hyuga Kagami, who returned in an Impure World body and ordered the Ryumyaku back into the gourd.

After the ritual left Hyuga Kagami dead and his bodies badly damaged, he inspected his revived Impure World body and discovered that his Tenseigan had retained a Six Paths-level state. He ordered Karin to call Gaara and the instructor back and to dismantle and retrieve everything they could.

• The Ryumyaku returned to the gourd artifact, and Hyuga Kagami restored its seal after his revival.
• Hyuga Kagami inspected his mangled Yin Release original body and stored it in a portable pod, then checked the six damaged clones Karin had secured.
• Hyuga Kagami examined his Tenseigan and concluded that the eyes had retained their Six Paths-level power despite his body losing that level.
• Hyuga Kagami stored the Tenseigan safely and ordered Karin to recall Gaara and the instructor and take apart and retrieve the equipment.