Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kagami subdued the Ten-Tails, removed Madara Uchiha, and chose to save Obito despite his crimes. Obito accepted that he had lost and was left alive to atone under Hyuga Kagami’s watch.

• Hyuga Kagami calmed the Ten-Tails and pulled the dying Madara Uchiha out of it.
• Naruto asked Hyuga Kagami to save Kurama, and Hyuga Kagami agreed to retrieve the Nine-Tails’ chakra from the Ten-Tails.
• Obito admitted that his efforts had been based on a lie and asked Kakashi and the Fourth Hokage for forgiveness.
• Obito rejected Kakashi’s offer to save him, but the Fourth Hokage and Kakashi urged him to live and atone.
• Hyuga Kagami reconstructed Obito’s severed body and restored him with the Power of All Creation.
• Obito formed the Seal of Reconciliation and told Hyuga Kagami, “I lost.”

After Obito reconciled with the Fourth Hokage’s allies, Hyuga Kagami arranged to hide the Ten-Tails in Obito’s Kamui Dimension and sent Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke back to Konoha. Hyuga Kagami and Obito entered the dimension together, where Kagami revealed Obito’s new role as warehouse manager.

• Hyuga Kagami completed the Seal of Reconciliation with Obito, and Naruto, Sasuke, and the Fourth Hokage welcomed him, but the Second and Fourth Hokage suddenly vanished when Orochimaru summoned them away.
• Kakashi recalled that Tsunade had said Orochimaru was targeting Nagato, but Hyuga Kagami set the matter aside and proposed moving the Ten-Tails into Obito’s Kamui Dimension.
• Hyuga Kagami pulled Madara Uchiha to Kakashi, told him to return to Konoha and announce that Ōtsutsuki Kaguya had been sealed, and instructed him to keep Madara’s Rinnegan safe.
• Hyuga Kagami opened a portal and sent Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke back to the village, then helped Obito transfer the Ten-Tails into the Kamui Dimension despite Obito’s backlash.
• Obito collapsed from exhaustion after arriving in the Kamui Dimension, and Hyuga Kagami told him he would be his warehouse manager.

Hyuga Kagami left Obito to guard the sealed Ten-Tails in the Kamui Dimension, then confronted Otsutsuki Toneri in the underworld and easily overpowered him. After revealing that Toneri’s branch family had slaughtered the moon’s main family and used their Byakugan to fuel the Giant Tenseigan, Hyuga Kagami took him back to the moon.

• Hyuga Kagami assigned Obito to guard the lightly sealed Ten-Tails in the Kamui Dimension as part of his atonement.
• Hyuga Kagami traveled through Yomotsu Hirasaka to the underworld’s Sanzu River to find Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri attacked Hyuga Kagami with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Hyuga Kagami blocked it with one hand and seized him by the throat.
• Hyuga Kagami told Otsutsuki Toneri that he had dealt with the Giant Tenseigan on the moon.
• Hyuga Kagami revealed that Toneri’s branch family had slaughtered the moon’s main family and used their Byakugan as fuel for the Giant Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kagami activated Yomotsu Hirasaka and took Otsutsuki Toneri back to the moon.

Hyuga Kagami brought Ōtsutsuki Toneri to a hidden burial ground and revealed that the moon’s Branch Family had destroyed the Main Family. Ōtsutsuki Hamura confirmed the history and then addressed Hyuga Kagami as his descendant.

• Hyuga Kagami detected Byakugan chakra beneath the ruins and took Ōtsutsuki Toneri to a vast underground burial ground.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that the Branch Family had rebelled against the Main Family and used its members’ Byakugan to create and empower the Giant Tenseigan.
• Ōtsutsuki Toneri denied the accusation until Ōtsutsuki Hamura appeared with the spirits of the Main Family.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura confirmed the Branch Family’s massacre and showed Ōtsutsuki Toneri a vision of the rebellion.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura finished explaining the conflict and asked Hyuga Kagami if he was also his descendant.

An elite shinobi team investigated the battlefield where Nagato and Orochimaru’s chakra had last been detected, but found little evidence of a major clash. Deidara proposed that they had joined forces against an unknown powerful enemy, leaving the team to consider who could have defeated them so cleanly.

• An Anbu squad searched the reported location but found only a few traces of battle and no sign of Nagato or Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Deidara, Mei Terumi, Pakura, and Darui arrived to investigate the strange Six Paths-level chakra signature.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya concluded that Nagato, Orochimaru, and their allies had fought there, but found no evidence of their departure or of a mysterious sage’s actions.
• Deidara suggested that Nagato and Orochimaru had joined forces against a powerful enemy and had been defeated.
• Mei Terumi questioned whether anyone besides Hyuga Kagami and the known Six Paths-level figures could have beaten them so swiftly, leaving Jiraiya and Tsunade silent.

Hyuga Kagami told Otsutsuki Hamura that he had sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya and persuaded Otsutsuki Toneri to return to the Ninja World rather than die seeking atonement. Back in Konoha, he announced that the Fourth Shinobi World War was over, and the shinobi celebrated as dawn broke.

• Hyuga Kagami explained that he had attained Kekkei Mōra and had already sealed Otsutsuki Kaguya, surprising Otsutsuki Hamura and Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Hyuga Kagami challenged Otsutsuki Toneri to consider how to atone for his clan's crimes, and Toneri offered to die and return his eyes to the Hyuga Clan.
• Hyuga Kagami persuaded Otsutsuki Toneri to live in the Ninja World, and Otsutsuki Hamura urged Toneri to follow him.
• Hyuga Kagami opened Yomotsu Hirasaka and brought Otsutsuki Toneri back to Konoha.
• Hyuga Kagami announced that the Fourth Shinobi World War was over, and shinobi across Konoha and the battlefield cheered.

At the first postwar Five Kage Summit, Hyuga Kagami explained the God Organization’s role and revealed that Karatachi Yagura had secretly been one of its members. The Kage then discussed the missing Tailed Beasts, and Hyuga Kagami left their return dependent on safely unsealing Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

• Hyuga Kagami told the Kage that Konoha had kept the God Organization secret to counter Akatsuki, and the Fourth Kazekage, Third Tsuchikage, and Fourth Raikage accepted his explanation.
• Karatachi Yagura revealed that he was also a member of the God Organization, and Hyuga Kagami explained that Yagura had joined it long ago to fight Akatsuki in secret.
• Hyuga Kagami began the postwar discussion, and the Fourth Raikage asked when the villages would get their Tailed Beasts back.
• Hyuga Kagami said the Ten-Tails had been sealed with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya and promised to return the Tailed Beasts once the seal could safely be lifted.
• Hyuga Kagami warned that lifting the seal would free Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, so the Kage accepted that they would have to wait until he was prepared.

At the Five Kage Summit, Hyuga Kagami proposed a squad to hunt down the remaining Akatsuki members while the Kage debated whether the Uchiha Clan had accomplices in the war. The summit then turned to Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan, with the Kage awaiting Hyuga Kagami’s decision on how to handle them.

• The Fourth Raikage raised the question of punishing Obito Uchiha, and Hyuga Kagami explained that Obito might have died after losing the Ten-Tails.
• Hyuga Kagami proposed a temporary squad to track and capture Akatsuki members still hiding in the Ninja World, and the Kage agreed.
• The Third Tsuchikage urged an investigation into possible Uchiha Clan accomplices, while Kakashi defended the clan’s role in the war.
• Hyuga Kagami promised to investigate the Uchiha Clan, easing the Kage’s fears that Konoha would act aggressively.
• The Fourth Raikage asked how the summit would deal with Madara Uchiha’s Rinnegan, and the Kage turned to Hyuga Kagami.

At the Five Kage Summit, Hyuga Kagami agreed that the other villages could study Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan and investigated the mysterious disappearance of Nagato and Orochimaru. He then went to Obito and told him to gather Akatsuki again, leaving Obito to continue leading the organization.

• The Fourth Raikage proposed that the Five Great Shinobi Villages share the Rinnegan, and Hyuga Kagami agreed to let each village study them for three months in turn.
• The Kages discussed Nagato and Orochimaru's disappearance and an unfamiliar Six Paths-level chakra signature found at the scene.
• The Fourth Raikage and Fourth Kazekage welcomed the Rinnegan agreement, while the Third Tsuchikage remained wary of Hyuga Kagami.
• Kakashi questioned Hyuga Kagami's decision to let the villages study the Rinnegan, but accepted that Konoha could not refuse its allies.
• Hyuga Kagami entered Obito's Kamui Dimension and told him to gather Akatsuki's members again, clarifying that he wanted Obito to keep leading them.

Hyuga Kagami returned to the Hyuga Clan Grounds and discussed the Tenseigan with Hiashi, Hizashi, Neji, and Otsutsuki Toneri. Hiashi appointed Kagami the new clan head, then revealed that wedding invitations had already been sent out, leaving Kagami bewildered.

• Hyuga Kagami returned to the Hyuga Clan Grounds, where the clansmen welcomed him with respect and celebration.
• Hyuga Kagami learned that Neji had awakened and heard that Otsutsuki Toneri wanted to return Hiashi's eyes, but Toneri's Tenseigan was unstable.
• Neji revealed that his previous Tenseigan had been transplanted from Hyuga Kagami and that he had not awakened one of his own.
• Hyuga Kagami explained that awakening the Tenseigan was exceptionally difficult, and Neji promised to work toward awakening his own.
• Hiashi appointed Hyuga Kagami the new Hyuga Clan head, and Kagami accepted the position.
• Hizashi told Hyuga Kagami that wedding invitations had already been sent out, startling him.

Hyuga Kagami explained his new horns and Eye of the Moon to Hyuga Rin, then proposed marriage and began preparing for their wedding. Amid the celebrations, he visited Konoha Hospital and learned that Guy's injuries from opening the Eight Inner Gates had ended his career as a ninja.

• Hyuga Rin examined Hyuga Kagami's horns, and he explained that his awakened Ōtsutsuki bloodline had caused them to grow.
• Hyuga Kagami showed Hyuga Rin the Eye of the Moon on his forehead, then reassured her that his earlier death had been part of his plan.
• Hyuga Kagami proposed to Hyuga Rin, and she accepted while wondering whether their children would inherit his horns and Sage powers.
• Hyuga Kagami moved into the Main Branch Estate, and Konoha and other nations began preparing for his wedding.
• Hyuga Kagami visited Konoha Hospital, where he learned that Guy's injuries from using the Eight Inner Gates Formation had left him unable to continue as a ninja.

Hyuga Kagami healed Guy and the other severely injured patients, then used Rinne Tensei to revive Uchiha Yui as promised to Shinichi. He also restored Itachi’s blind eye, leaving Sasuke and Itachi to see the Mangekyō Sharingan return.

• Hyuga Kagami examined Guy and healed his injuries, restoring him to better health than before.
• Hyuga Kagami treated the hospital’s disabled and severely injured patients who could not be healed with medical ninjutsu.
• Hyuga Kagami revived Uchiha Yui from her Edo Tensei Body and told her and Shinichi to keep her resurrection secret.
• Hyuga Kagami went to the Uchiha Compound and restored Itachi’s blind eye, bringing back its Mangekyō Sharingan.

Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki spotted a mysterious rainbow in space, while Ōtsutsuki Urashiki followed it to the Ninja World to investigate. In Konoha, Hyuga Kagami restored Itachi’s eyesight, assigned him to investigate several disappearances, and began preparing him to become the Sixth Hokage.

• Ōtsutsuki Momoshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki finished searching a barren planet and noticed a brilliant seven-colored rainbow approaching.
• Ōtsutsuki Urashiki followed the rainbow to the Ninja World and decided to investigate the planet secretly.
• Hyuga Kagami restored Itachi’s eyesight, and Itachi and Sasuke thanked him.
• Itachi told Hyuga Kagami that the Uchiha Clan faced unrest and growing estrangement from other ninja after the war.
• Hyuga Kagami announced that Itachi would join the Advisory Elder Council and be prepared to succeed him as the Sixth Hokage.
• Hyuga Kagami assigned Itachi to investigate the disappearances of Nagato, Orochimaru, Yakushi Kabuto, Kimimaro, Jugo, and Yamato, while telling Sasuke he had other arrangements for him.

After watching Naruto overwhelm his classmates, Hyuga Kagami reassured Kakashi that he had plans for Naruto. Kurenai asked about Wind Chime, and Kagami lied that he had died, then resolved to keep the secrets of his clones and former God Organization identities buried.

• Hyuga Kagami watched Naruto defeat his classmates with ease, while Kurenai, Asuma, Shizune, and Kakashi discussed how far Naruto had surpassed them.
• Kakashi asked Hyuga Kagami what he planned to do with Naruto, and Kagami said he already had plans for him.
• Kurenai pulled Hyuga Kagami aside and asked where Wind Chime was, saying she had things she wanted to tell him.
• Hyuga Kagami falsely claimed Wind Chime had died of an incurable bloodline disease, then hurried away from Kurenai.
• Hyuga Kagami decided to warn Karin and Gaara to keep quiet about the clones and to bury the identities of Wind Chime, River Lord, Jizo, and Flame Demon.

Hyuga Kagami found that the Giant Tenseigan was still absorbing the Byakugan he had fed it and would likely reach Six Paths-level power when the fusion finished. He assigned Gaara and Haku to guard the Aerial Fortress, took Karin and Shion back to Konoha, and sealed Karin and Gaara’s memories of his experiments before preparing to study his new Kekkei Mōra power.

• Hyuga Kagami inspected the enlarged Giant Tenseigan and concluded that its ongoing fusion could make it equivalent to a complete Six Paths-level being.
• Hyuga Kagami ordered Gaara and Haku to guard the Aerial Fortress and told Karin and Shion they would return with him to Konoha.
• Karin asked whether she could send snacks to Gaara and Haku, and Hyuga Kagami agreed before taking Karin and Gaara to a lounge.
• Hyuga Kagami extracted Karin and Gaara’s memory orbs and selectively sealed memories tied to his experiments and clones.
• Hyuga Kagami sealed the Bloodline Fusion Ritual laboratories and reminded himself to keep his humanity as he prepared to study his Kekkei Mōra power.

Hyuga Kagami promoted Anko, Hayate, and Yugao to Jonin and announced that he was replacing, not disbanding, the Shadow Guard. He revealed a powerful new group that included Otsutsuki Toneri, Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, and Shion, leaving the elders stunned by the Sun Gods’ identities and strength.

• Hyuga Kagami promoted Anko, Hayate, and Yugao to Jonin and assigned them as guiding Jonin.
• Anko rejected the guiding Jonin post and asked to join Uchiha Itachi’s investigation into Orochimaru, which Hyuga Kagami approved.
• Hyuga Kagami told Jiraiya and the elders that he was replacing the Shadow Guard’s members rather than disbanding it.
• Otsutsuki Toneri, Naruto, and Sasuke entered the Hokage’s Office as members of the new Shadow Guard.
• Hyuga Kagami opened a spatial portal, through which Karin and Shion arrived in their Sun God attire.
• Karin and Shion removed their masks, and Naruto recognized Shion while Sasuke spotted Karin’s Rinnegan.

Hyuga Kagami gathered Naruto, Sasuke, Shion, Karin, and Otsutsuki Toneri as candidates for his Shadow Guard, intending to train the powerful young ninjas. He also warned that Orochimaru, Nagato, and Yakushi Kabuto’s disappearance might signal a dangerous enemy, and the chapter left the Ninja World on alert for a hidden Ōtsutsuki threat.

• Naruto and Sasuke sensed Shion and Karin’s formidable chakra and grew eager to test themselves against them.
• Utatane Koharu and the others questioned Karin’s Rinnegan and Uzumaki heritage, while Sasuke challenged her to prove whose Rinnegan was stronger and Karin ignored him.
• Hyuga Kagami confirmed that he planned to recruit Naruto, Sasuke, Shion, Karin, and Otsutsuki Toneri into his Shadow Guard to train them.
• Jiraiya asked Hyuga Kagami about Orochimaru and Nagato’s disappearance, and Hyuga Kagami questioned whether Space-Time Ninjutsu could explain it.
• Hyuga Kagami cautioned that a hidden enemy might have overcome Nagato, Orochimaru, and Yakushi Kabuto, and considered the possibility that Ōtsutsuki Clan members remained in the Ninja World.

Hyuga Kagami prepared to remove the Caged Bird Seal and abolish the Hyuga Clan’s Main Branch and Branch Family system, while reassuring Konoha’s leaders about the possible hidden enemy. As the Branch Family celebrated the end of the old era, some Main Branch members watched from a side courtyard, uncertain but beginning to accept the change.

• Hyuga Kagami told the adviser elders that he had reassembled the Shadow Guard to prepare for possible threats, and reassured them that he would protect the Ninja World.
• Hizashi reported that the Hyuga Branch Family had gathered, and Hyuga Kagami said he was going to open the cage.
• Hinata apologized to Neji after seeing how deeply the Branch Family resented the Caged Bird Seal, and Neji explained its history and welcomed the prospect of fairness.
• Hyuga Kagami arrived at the clan grounds with his Shadow Guard and announced that the old era had ended, prompting the Branch Family to cheer.
• Hyuga Kō and Hiashi reflected on the Branch Family’s cheers and considered that abolishing the clan system might not be bad for the Hyuga Clan.

Hyuga Kagami removed the Caged Bird Seal from the Hyuga Branch Family, then told Neji he could join the Shadow Guard once he obtained the Tenseigan. Neji resolved to pursue that goal as Hyuga Kagami prepared for possible battles against Six Paths-level enemies.

• Hyuga Kagami carefully removed the Caged Bird Seals from the Branch Family members one by one, restoring their freedom without violence.
• After the others left, Hyuga Kagami removed Neji’s seal, and Neji thanked his Sensei.
• Neji asked to join the Shadow Guard, but Hyuga Kagami refused because Neji was not yet strong enough to face Six Paths-level opponents.
• Hyuga Kagami told Neji that he could join the Shadow Guard if he obtained the Tenseigan, and Neji reacted with fierce determination.
• Hyuga Kagami recognized that Neji might awaken the Tenseigan because his body had been exposed to Tenseigan chakra and mildly altered.

Hyuga Kagami considered how to give the Hyuga Clan a safer chance of awakening the Tenseigan and devised a ritual using the Giant Tenseigan’s chakra. After the Shadow Guard’s adjustment period ended, he took the five trainees to the Supergravity Space for their next training session.

• Hiashi and Hizashi watched Hanabi train and discussed whether she might awaken the Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kagami concluded that ordinary training and existing Tenseigan methods offered almost no chance for most Hyuga, so he planned a ritual that would infuse qualified clansmen with chakra from the Giant Tenseigan.
• Naruto and Otsutsuki Toneri continued fighting in Kamui Dimension, while Karin threw Sasuke into the Sanzu River during their training.
• Hyuga Kagami announced that the Shadow Guard’s adjustment period was over and led Naruto, Sasuke, Karin, Shion, and Otsutsuki Toneri through a spatial gate.
• The five Shadow Guard members landed in the Supergravity Space, where Hyuga Kagami welcomed them to their new training ground.