Chapter Summaries

Nagato appeared at the underground palace with Byakugan instead of Rinnegan and unleashed Wood Release against Team Kakashi. Naruto and Mitsuki tried to rescue Sasuke, but golden chains suddenly bound them as well.

• Nagato entered the underground palace, shocking Konoha's team and the foreign fighters with his Byakugan.
• Sasuke's Purple Electricity Chidori shattered the Gelel Stone in Hyde's hand and cut off his connection to the mineral veins.
• Kakashi ordered an attack, and Sasuke, Naruto, and Mitsuki prepared to fight Nagato with Susanoo, Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and Sage Mode.
• Nagato used Flower Tree World Emergence, filling the palace with vines that trapped Sasuke and his Susanoo.
• Naruto and Mitsuki carved a path through the trees to reach Sasuke, but golden chains shot through the forest and bound them.

Nagato used Wood Release and Adamantine Sealing Chains to trap Konoha’s shinobi, then overwhelmed Sasuke’s Amaterasu and bound his Susanoo. Kakashi warned the remaining free fighters to destroy the flower buds as they began to bloom.

• Nagato caught Naruto, Mitsuki, Kakashi, and Guy with Adamantine Sealing Chains, suppressing Naruto’s Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Mitsuki’s Sage Mode.
• Nagato revealed himself and used Flower Tree World Emergence to overwhelm the Konoha shinobi, while Sasuke remained trapped in the forest.
• Sasuke unleashed Amaterasu, but Nagato’s Wood Release grew faster than the flames could burn it and bound Sasuke’s Susanoo.
• Nagato’s Flower Tree World Emergence produced enormous flower buds, and Kakashi urged the others to destroy them.
• Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Sakura remained relatively free while Kakashi, Guy, Naruto, and Mitsuki were restrained and Sasuke was trapped.

Nagato overwhelmed everyone in the underground palace with Flower Tree World Emergence, trapping Rock Lee and Timsy before they could destroy its flower buds. Just as Sasuke prepared to unleash Susanoo, Neji repelled the sea of trees with a powerful force and chakra that Kakashi recognized as Ryumyaku.

• Neji worried that Nagato had discovered the Tenseigan's secret and hesitated, while Rock Lee, Tenten, and Sakura responded to the attack.
• Rock Lee opened the Eight Inner Gates to the fourth gate, and Tenten launched Kunai wrapped in Explosive Tags to help him reach the flower buds.
• Hyde ordered Timsy to destroy the flowers, but Nagato's sea of trees trapped both Timsy and Rock Lee.
• As the flower buds neared blooming, Sasuke prepared to use Susanoo at full strength despite risking the underground palace's collapse.
• Neji unleashed a storm of repulsive force that crushed and drove back the sea of trees, prompting Kakashi to identify the power as Ryumyaku.

Neji used Ryumyaku chakra and a Shinra Tensei-like force to free Konoha’s group from Nagato’s attack, while the damaged seal released the Gelel Ore Vein. The vein began pouring its Source of Life over everyone, and Nagato and the others felt vitality surge into their bodies.

• Neji blasted away Nagato’s sea of trees, and Sasuke freed Kakashi, Guy, Naruto, and Mitsuki with Susanoo.
• Nagato questioned Neji’s ability to use Shinra Tensei, while Neji worried that revealing the Tenseigan could expose Hyuga Kagami’s supposed death.
• Neji’s attack damaged the underground palace, causing its pillars and dome to collapse and exposing the Gelel Ore Vein.
• Old Heyan warned Sakura that the unsealed vein could lose control and destroy half the continent, as Sasuke and Naruto unleashed their powers.
• The Gelel Ore Vein overflowed with crystalline liquid and drenched everyone, including Nagato, as vitality began flowing into their bodies.

The overflowing Gelel Ore Vein healed injuries and revitalized the people in the underground palace, but its chakra crystal liquid proved deadly when one outsider absorbed too much. As the groups faced off under threat of the vein, Hyuga Kagami arrived, and Nagato fled at the sight of him.

• The Gelel Ore Vein poured chakra crystal liquid over everyone, healing wounds and old ailments while stirring Neji's Tenseigan, Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and Nagato's transplanted Byakugan.
• An outsider absorbed too much chakra crystal liquid, swelled up, and exploded, making everyone realize the vein could kill them.
• Hyde recognized that Nagato's decision to leave could give the others a chance to escape, but no one dared move while Nagato remained.
• Hyuga Kagami, disguised as Yama, descended into the hall, and Nagato fled into a mountain crevice upon seeing him.
• Hyuga Kagami noticed Nagato had Byakugan instead of Rinnegan and looked up at the out-of-control Gelel Ore Vein, calling it interesting.

Hyuga Kagami sealed the out-of-control Gelel Ore Vein after the Konoha shinobi withdrew, and kept the foreign group behind because Timsy seemed unusually resistant to its chakra. Nagato escaped from the underground palace and left the canyon with Konan and the others, while his Byakugan continued to throb.

• Nagato retreated after encountering Hyuga Kagami, whose Edo Tensei body could not withstand the Gelel Ore Vein's chakra for long.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered Kakashi, Sasuke, Neji, and the other Konoha shinobi to leave the underground palace.
• Hyde tried to lead the foreigners out, but Hyuga Kagami stopped them and focused on Timsy's resistance to the ore's chakra.
• Hyuga Kagami spread sealing formulas across the palace, calming the Gelel Ore Vein and stopping the earth from trembling.
• Nagato surfaced and told Konan, Kakuzu, Hidan, and the others that Yama had not pursued him, then urged them to leave.

Hyuga Kagami sealed the out-of-control Gelel Ore Vein, then decided to move it and investigate its secrets. He extracted Hyde’s memory sphere, leaving Hyde stunned.

• Kakashi and the others escaped the canyon after the shaking stopped, and Neji confirmed that Akatsuki had withdrawn.
• Hyuga Kagami used the Four Symbols Seal to temporarily calm the Gelel Ore Vein and recorded the ancient formation that could summon a spatial rift.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to move the exposed Gelel Ore Vein and use it as an altar for a future ritual.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized Timsy as a descendant of the ancient empire’s royal family and identified Hyde as an impostor who had slaughtered Timsy’s village.
• Hyuga Kagami blasted the other outsiders aside with repulsive force and used the Giant Tenseigan to extract Hyde’s memory sphere.

Hyuga Kagami uncovered Hyde’s crimes, helped Timsy defeat him, and arranged to use the outsiders’ ironclad ship to move the Gelel Ore Vein. The chapter left Hyuga Kagami supporting the ore vein with Rotation as he led the survivors toward the surface.

• Hyuga Kagami read Hyde’s memories, took the Book of Gelel, and learned Hyde had come to claim the Gelel Ore Vein.
• Timsy regained Hyde’s memories and confronted him over the murder of his parents and the destruction of his village.
• Hyde ordered his female knights to attack Timsy, but Timsy exposed Hyde’s crimes to the other outsiders and defeated the knights.
• Hyde tried to steal Timsy’s Gelel Stone, but Hyuga Kagami blasted them both away, giving Timsy a chance to kill Hyde.
• Hyuga Kagami asked Timsy to use the ironclad ship to transport the Gelel Ore Vein, then lifted the vein with Rotation and led the survivors upward.

Hyuga Kagami took the Gelel Ore Vein from Hyde’s ironclad ship and left Timsy and the other freed youths to sail home with renewed resolve. After reuniting with the Aerial Fortress and greeting Karin, Gaara, and Shion, he brought Shion to the main engine room, where she sensed Moryo inside.

• Timsy freed his companions from Hyde’s mutation devices, and Hyuga Kagami examined the devices and learned they fused animal genes with human bodies.
• Timsy steered the ironclad ship into open water, where Hyuga Kagami lifted the Gelel Ore Vein and flew away after urging the youths to strive for an ideal nation.
• Hyuga Kagami rendezvoused with the Aerial Fortress and placed the Gelel Ore Vein on its platform, resolving to renovate the fortress because the ore’s chakra could reveal its location.
• Karin, Gaara, and Shion greeted Hyuga Kagami aboard the fortress, and he told Shion it was his personal base.
• Hyuga Kagami led Shion toward the main engine room, where she sensed Moryo and reacted in shock.

Hyuga Kagami brought Shion to see Moryo sealed inside the main power chamber and revealed that he was the God Organization’s leader and had died. He urged her to face and subdue Moryo, promising that reclaiming the Miko’s power could revive him, and Shion was left asking if this was true.

• Shion overcame her fear enough to look into the main power chamber and saw Moryo sealed within Shennong.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that Moryo could not be truly destroyed while Shion existed and revealed his identity as the God Organization’s leader.
• Hyuga Kagami showed Shion his reanimated face and admitted that he was dead, leaving her stunned.
• Hyuga Kagami urged Shion to accept that Moryo was part of her and to master her dark side.
• Hyuga Kagami told Shion that subduing Moryo and reclaiming the Miko’s power could revive him, and asked if she would try for his sake.

Hyuga Kagami prepared Shion to face Moryo by restoring her Miko powers and giving her the crown and scroll inherited from her mother. With her training complete, Shion entered the sealed chamber to confront Moryo alone while Hyuga Kagami waited outside.

• Hyuga Kagami persuaded Shion to try resolving Moryo and said he could protect her if the fusion went wrong.
• Shion tried to enter the power chamber immediately, but Hyuga Kagami stopped her and gave her the Miko's Crown and her mother's sealing scroll.
• Hyuga Kagami removed Shion's seal and trained her, allowing her Miko power to awaken and her to learn most of the scroll's Sealing Jutsu.
• Karin grew jealous as Shion's chakra surpassed hers, while Shion gained confidence in her abilities.
• Hyuga Kagami landed the Aerial Fortress on an uninhabited island, cut off the power chamber, and prepared to replace Moryo with the Gelel Ore Vein.
• Shion entered the power chamber alone to face Moryo as Hyuga Kagami waited outside.

Hyuga Kagami watched the main power room while calculating how to obtain the chakra needed for his next ritual and Kekkei Mōra transformation. He estimated that Shion’s potential fusion with Moryo, Senjutsu, the Ryumyaku, the Giant Tenseigan, and the Gelel Ore Vein could provide five of the ten required chakra units.

• Hyuga Kagami watched the main power room with his Tenseigan as Shion entered to face Moryo.
• Hyuga Kagami calculated that his next ritual required at least ten times the chakra he had prepared for the previous one.
• Hyuga Kagami counted Shion’s potential fusion with Moryo and his full use of the Ryumyaku as two possible chakra units.
• Hyuga Kagami estimated that mastering Senjutsu and fully using the Giant Tenseigan alongside the Eight Inner Gates could add two more units.
• Hyuga Kagami realized that the Gelel Ore Vein could provide another unit, bringing his total estimate to five.

Hyuga Kagami calculated how much chakra he could obtain from the Tailed Beasts and considered how to free Minato’s half of the Nine-Tails. As Moryo broke out of its seals, Shion fully unleashed the Miko’s power and suppressed it, leaving Hyuga Kagami certain she would win.

• Hyuga Kagami counted the chakra available from Naruto, Gaara, Karatachi Yagura, Fū, and Minato, and considered using the Uzumaki forbidden technique and Impure World Reincarnation to recover Minato’s half of the Nine-Tails.
• Moryo broke through its sealing arrays, devoured Shennong, and rampaged inside the main power chamber.
• Karin and Gaara rushed to Hyuga Kagami after the fortress shook, and he signaled them to stay quiet while he watched the chamber.
• Moryo’s rampage cracked the chamber’s outer wall, and Gaara’s One-Tail chakra formed a cloak around him as Karin sensed the threat.
• Shion unleashed the Miko’s power, suppressed Moryo, and appeared to Hyuga Kagami as a radiant divine maiden.

Shion defeated Moryo and absorbed it, becoming the cage that would contain it. She emerged from the power chamber and confirmed its defeat to Gaara and Karin.

• Shion felt the lingering wills of past Mikos strengthen her, including the final light left by her mother.
• Shion told Moryo she would become its cage and absorbed it before it could devour her.
• The fusion ended immediately, and Moryo vanished within Shion.
• Shion left the power chamber and confirmed to Karin that she had defeated Moryo.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that Shion’s strength and Moryo’s weakened state had made the outcome inevitable.

Kakashi reported the Gelel Stone’s effects to the Third Hokage and the advisors, who learned that the ore had rejuvenated Kakashi and Guy but was now missing. The meeting ended with the leaders considering how to obtain the stone and investigate Nagato’s Byakugan, while Kakashi kept Neji’s strange abilities to himself.

• Kakashi recounted the operation, and the Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu said they had never heard of the Gelel Stone.
• Tsunade showed the group medical reports indicating that Kakashi and Guy’s bodies were healthy and biologically younger than their actual ages.
• Kakashi explained that the Gelel Ore Vein’s chakra crystallization fluid had made him feel more vigorous and that his clan’s legends called the vein the Source of Life.
• Kakashi said the Gelel Ore Vein had vanished from the canyon, and the Third Hokage regretted its loss while Jiraiya suggested negotiating with the God Organization for Gelel Stones.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade questioned why Nagato had replaced his Rinnegan with Byakugan, and Kakashi withheld his suspicions about Neji because Neji was Hyuga Kagami’s disciple.

After the failed mission, Team Kakashi and Team Guy discussed their gains from the Gelel Ore Vein and speculated about the God Organization. Neji left for the Hyuga Clan Grounds, but Sasuke followed him and challenged him to a spar, furious when Neji refused on the grounds that it would be unfair.

• Sakura, Tenten, Naruto, and the others discussed the failed mission, the Gelel Ore Vein’s effects, and the mysterious God Organization.
• Neji and Sasuke separately left the group, and Mitsuki watched them go with a thoughtful expression.
• Neji wondered whether Nagato had replaced his Rinnegan with Byakugan to investigate the Tenseigan.
• Sasuke caught up with Neji and asked about the technique he had used in the underground palace, then challenged him to a match.
• Neji declined because sparring would not be fair to Sasuke, enraging Sasuke, who lunged at him to prove himself.

Sasuke and Neji fought at high speed through Konoha, drawing the attention of Anbu, the Uchiha Police Force, and the Hyuga family. They ended their exhausting contest across a river, both shocked by how much the other had improved.

• Sasuke and Neji raced through the village, while Anbu and Uchiha Police Force members watched without intervening.
• Sasuke and Neji continued their restrained taijutsu and ninja-tool duel, each avoiding his powerful ocular techniques.
• Sasuke and Neji burst through the Hyuga training ground as Hinata and Hanabi sparred, astonishing Hiashi, Hizashi, and the sisters.
• Sasuke and Neji reached a river and faced each other from opposite banks, exhausted and privately surprised by the other's speed and perception.
• Sasuke recalled seeing Neji fight Mitsuki a week earlier and wondered how Neji had become so much stronger so quickly.

Sasuke and Neji ended their confrontation without a clear victory after Sasuke realized Neji’s perception and fighting ability had dramatically improved. In Otogakure, Orochimaru received Mitsuki’s report about the Gelel Stone and ordered Kabuto to analyze cell samples from Mitsuki, Sasuke, and Naruto.

• Sasuke praised Neji’s strength, then ended their exchange and left after deciding Neji was a worthy opponent.
• Neji returned to the Hyuga Clan Grounds while wondering about the power of Hyuga Kagami’s transplanted Tenseigan.
• Itachi questioned Sasuke about the fight, and Sasuke later admitted to himself that Neji’s speed and perception had prevented him from gaining an advantage.
• Kabuto delivered Mitsuki’s intelligence to Orochimaru, who learned that the God Organization and Akatsuki were pursuing the Gelel Stone and that Yama had appeared.
• Orochimaru examined the cell samples Mitsuki sent from himself, Sasuke, and Naruto, then ordered Kabuto to analyze them and determine the Gelel Stone’s effects.

Orochimaru and Kabuto examined Mitsuki’s samples and combat reports, discovering that the Gelel Ore Vein’s chakra had strengthened Mitsuki, Naruto, and Sasuke, while Sasuke’s cells contained an unfamiliar Yin-Yang chakra. Orochimaru learned that God Organization likely controlled the vein and was astonished to find Naruto’s combat data exceeded Sasuke’s, leaving him asking about Naruto’s recent training.

• Kabuto reported that Mitsuki, Naruto, and Sasuke’s cellular chakra had changed after exposure to the Gelel Ore Vein’s crystal fluid, and Orochimaru compared their results with Yamato’s examination report.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto identified an unfamiliar chakra in Sasuke’s cells that seemed to combine Yin and Yang Release, though neither recognized it as a known Kekkei Genkai.
• Orochimaru decided not to investigate the Gelel Ore Vein because he believed the Sage had secured it for God Organization.
• Orochimaru reviewed Mitsuki’s combat data and saw that Sasuke ranked among the Ninja World’s strongest, prompting him to consider obtaining Sasuke’s body for the ritual.
• Orochimaru discovered that Naruto’s combat data surpassed Sasuke’s, especially in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, and Kabuto said Naruto had recently received personal guidance from the Fifth.

Orochimaru learned that Naruto had grown stronger under Hyuga Kagami and celebrated that Naruto had surpassed Sasuke as a victory for his own lineage. As he considered Kagami’s secret plans and the boys’ extraordinary abilities, Orochimaru sent Mitsuki to investigate Kagami and continued searching for the Uzumaki mask repository so he could free Minato’s soul.

• Orochimaru heard that Hyuga Kagami had been training Naruto and concluded that Naruto’s victory over Sasuke reflected well on his own lineage.
• Kabuto told Orochimaru that Kagami had gone into seclusion after returning to Konoha and appeared to have transferred the Ryumyaku to Hyuga Neji.
• Orochimaru ordered Kabuto to have Mitsuki investigate Kagami, warning him to be careful.
• Orochimaru studied Mitsuki’s battle data and recognized Naruto and Sasuke as exceptional youths, calling them Children of Prophecy.
• Kabuto reported that Kimimaro and the others had failed to find the Uzumaki mask repository and were searching the former Land of Whirlpools for leads.
• Orochimaru continued pursuing the masks because he needed one to break the Reaper Death Seal and retrieve Minato’s soul.