Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Kazuya evolved his Byakugan into a Tenseigan and tested its abilities, discovering that it could borrow energy from the Great Tenseigan but absorbed Dragon Vein energy poorly. After arranging for Root to mass-clone Byakugan, he learned the Third Kazekage had likely died and went to inform Minato Namikaze.

• Hyuga Kazuya absorbed the remaining Cloned Byakugan, causing his Byakugan to evolve into a Tenseigan and increasing his base strength by thirty percent.
• Hyuga Kazuya tested the Tenseigan’s attraction, repulsion, Spirit Ball, and Truth-Seeking Orb abilities, and found that he could borrow energy from the Great Tenseigan to create more orbs.
• Hyuga Kazuya traveled to Rōran and discovered that his Tenseigan absorbed Dragon Vein energy poorly, which he attributed to his eye’s natural evolution from pure Byakugan ocular power.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to Konoha and ordered Root to prepare large-scale Byakugan and Octopus cloning, while also considering giving Momona a Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned from Root intelligence that the Third Kazekage had likely died and went to inform Minato Namikaze, leaving the response to him.

Hyuga Kazuya gave Minato Namikaze intelligence that the Third Kazekage had died, leaving Minato to decide how Konoha would respond. He then headed outside the village to test whether he could reach space using his own abilities.

• Kakashi stopped sparring with Minato Namikaze and learned that Minato's recent improvement came from practicing the Temple of Fire Sage Mode.
• Minato Namikaze realized Kakashi could not begin the Sage Mode technique because he struggled to calm his mind, and Hyuga Kazuya offered to find a solution.
• Hyuga Kazuya gave Minato Namikaze a Root report confirming the Third Kazekage's death, and Minato promised to handle the situation.
• Hyuga Kazuya left Konoha after recovering his chakra and prepared to launch himself into space to test how shinobi abilities worked there.

Hyuga Kazuya traveled into space to test how his abilities functioned in a vacuum, discovering that Tenseigan Chakra Mode let him survive there without a barrier. After completing his experiments, he prepared to land on the moon and confront the ancient clan within it.

• Hyuga Kazuya launched himself into space with chakra-powered jet engines and stopped at an altitude comparable to that of the space station.
• Hyuga Kazuya tested Sage Mode and found it supplied oxygen but consumed more chakra when he exposed an arm to space, while natural energy could not replenish itself there.
• Hyuga Kazuya tested ninjutsu and Sage Art, finding that they worked in space with increased chakra costs and reduced power, while Yin-Yang Release remained unaffected.
• Hyuga Kazuya entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode and discovered that he needed no oxygen and could endure space without his chakra barrier.
• Hyuga Kazuya surveyed the moon and its hidden barrier, resolved to prepare for possible dangers, and flew toward its surface.

Hyuga Kazuya developed the Trouble-Dispelling Technique to help Kakashi quiet his mind and begin cultivating Sage Mode. After successfully guiding Kakashi into the beginner stage, Kazuya set out to find Momona and help her train as well.

• Minato Namikaze entered the Hokage Building after preparing to speak with Hiruzen Sarutobi about the Third Kazekage's death and its aftermath.
• Hyuga Kazuya completed the Trouble-Dispelling Technique, which used genjutsu to clear distractions and assist Sage Mode cultivation.
• Kazuya found Kakashi sparring with three unfamiliar shinobi, and Kakashi explained that Minato Namikaze had assigned them to form a squad.
• Kazuya used the technique on Kakashi at the Hatake Clan's backyard, adjusted its power, and helped him enter the beginner stage of Sage Mode.
• Kazuya left Kakashi to train and went to find Momona, whom he spotted shopping with Inuzuka Hana and Aburame Tomomi.

Hyuga Kazuya helped Momona and Uncle begin cultivating Sage Mode, then started cloning eight thousand Byakugan while preparing for his plans beyond the moon. After tending to his disciples, company, and other affairs, he headed for the Moon Landing Company's base in the Land of Artisans to confront those on the moon.

• Hyuga Kazuya took Momona to a secluded forest, taught her Sage Mode, and helped her begin absorbing Natural Energy.
• Hyuga Kazuya told Uncle he considered himself the God of the Shinobi World and planned to take control of the Clan before making the Shinobi World quiet down.
• At the Root laboratory, Hyuga Kazuya ordered more equipment and began arranging the cloning of eight thousand Byakugan, including five hundred from Momona.
• Hyuga Kazuya considered the time and life force needed to create enough Octopuses, then left his clones working and attended to his disciples, Mata, the company, and the Daimyo's soldiers.
• Hyuga Kazuya traveled toward the Moon Landing Company's base in the Land of Artisans, preparing to settle things with those on the moon.

Hyuga Kazuya oversaw the completion and testing of the Moon Landing Company’s first Space-Air Plane, naming it Unit 01 before piloting it himself. After reaching space and considering a trip to the moon, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the company base, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Hyuga Kazuya arrived at the Moon Landing Company base and found that the aircraft’s assembly was nearly complete.
• Hyuga Kazuya watched Unit 01 pass its basic performance tests at 95% of its designed performance and named it Unit 01.
• Hyuga Kazuya ignored Kosaka Isami’s objections and piloted Unit 01 on its first flight.
• Hyuga Kazuya accelerated Unit 01 to 400 kilometers above Earth, where he saw the moon and considered flying there to deal with the trouble hanging in the sky.
• Hyuga Kazuya left a Flying Thunder God Kunai in the cockpit and teleported back to the Moon Landing Company plaza.

Hyuga Kazuya returned to Unit 01 and flew toward the moon, where the Otsutsuki Clan prepared to defend the Great Tenseigan. As Unit 01 neared the moon, the clan attacked, and Kazuya countered with a volley of chakra arrows.

• Hyuga Kazuya told Kosaka Isami he would be away conducting experiments, then vanished after forcing the message into Kosaka Isami's mind repeatedly.
• Hyuga Kazuya took control of Unit 01 and flew from Earth's orbit toward the moon at up to one hundred times the speed of sound.
• The Otsutsuki Clan gathered at Hamura Shrine after an alarm sounded, and an Elder showed them images of Kazuya's battle with Madara Uchiha and his approaching aircraft.
• The Elder declared that Kazuya sought the Great Tenseigan and ordered the clan to prepare for battle after using it to weaken him.
• With Unit 01 about three thousand kilometers from the moon, Kazuya detected and charged toward the Otsutsuki Clan's energy-cannon barrage.
• Kazuya left Unit 01's cockpit and fired Multiple? Super? Vacuum Energy Arrows at the incoming blasts.

Hyuga Kazuya infiltrated the moon’s Inner World and pressed toward the Otsutsuki village, while Elder organized the clan’s defenses. As the Otsutsuki prepared to confront him, Kazuya activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and readied the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion against their approaching puppets.

• Hyuga Kazuya destroyed lunar energy-cannon sites with Vacuum Energy Arrows, then used Flying Thunder God to reach the moon while leaving a clone to preserve Unit 01.
• Hyuga Kazuya entered the Inner World through the lunar soil and headed directly toward the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Elder discovered the invasion through the Great Tenseigan, ordered the village barrier activated, sent younger clansmen toward the Earth passage, and led the older warriors to intercept Kazuya.
• Hyuga Kazuya bombarded the village, and Elder used the Great Tenseigan to stop a second attack before advancing to meet him.
• Hyuga Kazuya faced the Otsutsuki puppets and Elder, activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, formed ten Truth-Seeking Orbs, and prepared the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.

Hyuga Kazuya fought the Otsutsuki Clan Elder, overpowering him with stronger Tenseigan techniques while exploiting the lunar Great Tenseigan’s declining condition. As the Elder unleashed a desperate, more powerful Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, Hyuga Kazuya vanished from its path.

• Hyuga Kazuya wiped out the first wave of Otsutsuki puppets with a giant golden sword, leaving only the Elder alive.
• The Elder connected to the lunar Great Tenseigan and clashed with Hyuga Kazuya’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, damaging the underground world.
• Hyuga Kazuya and the Elder moved their battle into space, where Hyuga Kazuya challenged him to hand over the Great Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kazuya overpowered the Elder’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion by adding Truth-Seeking Orbs, then won their next golden-sword clash by a clear margin.
• Provoked by Hyuga Kazuya’s insults about Otsutsuki Hamura, the Elder drew more energy from the Great Tenseigan and launched a strengthened attack.
• Hyuga Kazuya vanished just as the Elder’s golden sword struck toward him.

Hyuga Kazuya defeated the Elder after the lunar Great Tenseigan’s influence drove him mad and covered his body in Byakugan, then seized control of the Otsutsuki Clan village. After capturing the remaining Otsutsuki, he investigated the Great Tenseigan’s degeneration but still could not identify its cause.

• Hyuga Kazuya fought the Elder in space, exploiting the Great Tenseigan’s draining energy and provoking him as the Elder’s body sprouted multiplying Byakugan and his attacks weakened.
• Hyuga Kazuya split the Elder’s body apart with his golden sword and continued slashing until no trace remained, then returned to the moon using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Hyuga Kazuya discovered that throwing a Flying Thunder God Kunai ahead let him teleport rapidly to the Otsutsuki Clan village and its temple.
• Hyuga Kazuya killed the Second Elder as he tried to perform a ritual beside the Great Tenseigan, then read information from his corpse and sent clones to capture the surviving Otsutsuki.
• Hyuga Kazuya’s clones brought about a hundred Otsutsuki prisoners to the temple, while he reviewed the records and searched for the cause of the Great Tenseigan’s degeneration.

Hyuga Kazuya investigated the Great Tenseigan and discovered that the Main Family’s lingering souls had resisted it and helped him against the Elder. After collecting the Otsutsuki Clan’s records and deciding to spare its surviving members, he imposed a hidden brain-based Caged Bird seal on their new Great Elder.

• Hyuga Kazuya touched the yellow Great Tenseigan and learned that the Main Family’s Byakugan and lingering souls were sabotaging it and had helped him mistake him for Otsutsuki Hamura.
• Hyuga Kazuya set the Great Tenseigan aside because he could not remove the souls without destroying it, then explored the Inner World and marveled at its potential.
• Hyuga Kazuya spent several days studying the Otsutsuki Clan’s records, finding incomplete Inner World materials and technology for a spatial passage between the moon and Earth.
• Hyuga Kazuya visited the imprisoned Great Elder and offered to spare the surviving Otsutsuki Clan members if they obeyed him.
• Hyuga Kazuya placed a redesigned, hidden brain-based Caged Bird Cursed Seal on the Great Elder, who endured its pain as the mark took shape.

Hyuga Kazuya subdued the Otsutsuki Clan, sealed the Great Tenseigan, and returned safely to Earth with lunar technology and documents. After discussing Unit 01’s future with Koban Yu, he began planning a Flying Thunder God network and turned his attention to changing the Hyuga Clan, with one task still to do first.

• Hyuga Kazuya used the Caged Bird to force the Elder to submit, then kept him in his position under strict control.
• Hyuga Kazuya sealed the yellow Great Tenseigan, gathered Otsutsuki records and technology, and left the moon aboard Unit 01.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to the Moon Landing Company, where he ordered Unit 01 maintained and discussed dividing its research with Koban Yu.
• Hyuga Kazuya proposed a Flying Thunder God highway after using chained spatial jumps to reach Konoha.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided to focus on taking control of and reforming the Hyuga Clan, while remembering the Caged Bird Seal and a task he had to complete first.

Hyuga Kazuya oversaw his research while the Shinobi World slid toward war, and he used the Flying Thunder God Expressway to return Danzo to Kirigakure. As the chapter ended, Konoha prepared for the coming conflict and Minato Namikaze trained harder.

• Hyuga Kazuya learned that Kumogakure and Iwagakure were preparing to attack Sunagakure and sent the intelligence to his teacher.
• Hyuga Kazuya checked the growing Cloned Byakugan and assigned clones to advance his experiments and improve the Caged Bird Seal.
• Kumogakure and Iwagakure declared war on Sunagakure, and Danzo reported that he had gained control of most of Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Kazuya transported Danzo to Kirigakure through the Flying Thunder God Expressway so Danzo could arrange Kirigakure's entry into the war.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that Sunagakure's defenses had stabilized and anticipated the great villages would unite against Konoha.
• Minato Namikaze increased his training at Konoha's Back Mountain Training Ground as war drew near.

Hyuga Kazuya warned Minato Namikaze that war was approaching, while Minato prepared to lead Konoha through the crisis. As Cloud, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure neared the Land of Fire, Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to steer the village’s response and weaken Root, but Danzo’s unexpected refusal to play along left his plans unsettled.

• Hyuga Kazuya told Minato Namikaze that Root’s intelligence pointed to war, and assured him Kirigakure would not attack Konoha.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to the Root Research Lab as Cloud, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure attacked Sunagakure and Cloud, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure secretly moved toward the Land of Fire’s borders.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Shimura Danzo, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu to discuss the approaching threat; Danzo urged Konoha to strike first.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo’s proposal and ordered Konoha to remain on alert, but Danzo accepted the decision and left the meeting without arguing.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu to secretly send shinobi to the borders and assigned the Anbu to gather intelligence and sabotage the enemy villages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi revealed that he had intended to use the war to weaken Root by sending its shinobi on suicidal missions, and he resented Danzo for no longer obeying him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to force Danzo to commit Root forces to the war, while Hyuga Kazuya saw Minato Namikaze and Kakashi off before completing a life-saving version of the Caged Bird Seal. After leaving Root Base, Kazuya discovered a huge gathering of Konoha ninja and realized Hyuga Mata had made a remarkable business success.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to order Danzo to lead a ninja army, intending to make him use Root's strength and bear the costs of the campaign.
• Kazuya wished Minato Namikaze and Kakashi well before they departed for the front, then joined them, Obito, Rin Nohara, Kushina, Momona, and others for a farewell gathering.
• Kazuya completed the Caged Bird: Half-Life Cursed Seal, which consumed its bearer's future lifespan to heal fatal wounds and restore chakra.
• Kazuya envisioned disguising the seal's Caged Bird effects as a life-preserving benefit and using it to gather chakra through a future Tenseigan Bank Plan.
• Kazuya left Root Base and found a large crowd of Konoha ninja gathered on a busy street, prompting him to marvel at Hyuga Mata's business talent.

Hyuga Kazuya visited Hyuga Hiashi and revealed that he controlled the Caged Bird core, the Great Tenseigan, and could deny the clan access to it. After Kazuya demonstrated his power, Hiashi realized that Kazuya had taken control of the Hyuga Clan.

• Hyuga Kazuya saw the crowds buying insurance at Mata’s new Konoha Peace Insurance shop and decided to return to the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Hyuga Kazuya asked Hiashi to convene a meeting of the Main Family elders, but Hiashi rebuked him for his commanding attitude.
• Hiashi tried to activate Caged Bird on Kazuya, but discovered he could no longer connect to the Great Tenseigan core.
• Hyuga Kazuya told Hiashi that he controlled the Great Tenseigan and could deny anyone in the clan access to Caged Bird’s active ability.
• Hyuga Kazuya activated the Tenseigan, overwhelming Hiashi and convincing him that the Hyuga Clan was now under Kazuya’s control.

Hyuga Kazuya forced Hiashi to submit and summoned the Main Family elders, then killed one elder who attacked him. He exposed another elder’s attempt to use the Caged Bird’s core against him, leaving the elders at his mercy.

• Hyuga Kazuya restrained Hiashi with a Truth-Seeking Orb and drained his chakra until Hiashi agreed to obey him and convene a meeting of the Main Family elders.
• Hiashi gathered all six elders, then angrily berated the Sixth Elder for his abuses of clan power.
• Hyuga Kazuya entered the soundproofed meeting room, and Hiashi declared that the Hyuga Clan would follow Lord Kazuya.
• Hyuga Kazuya bound the Sixth Elder and drained his chakra; when another elder attacked with Gentle Fist, Hyuga Kazuya killed him with Empty Palm.
• The Sixth Elder secretly tried to connect to the Great Tenseigan through the Caged Bird Seal, but Hyuga Kazuya detected his attempt and confronted him.

Hyuga Kazuya killed two elders, seized control of the Hyuga Clan, and replaced its Caged Bird with an improved seal that included the Half-Life function. He then spread Half-Life throughout Konoha, where shinobi eagerly sought the seal and its insurance benefits.

• Hyuga Kazuya killed the Sixth Elder and used his strength to force the elders and Hiashi to submit.
• Hyuga Kazuya’s clones planted an improved Caged Bird Seal on the meeting’s attendees, and the elders discovered its Half-Life function and reduced negative effects.
• Hyuga Kazuya took control of the Hyuga Clan and ordered the clan to replace its seals and promote Half-Life.
• Hyuga Kazuya and the clan’s leaders secretly replaced the seals of nearly every returning Main and Branch Family member.
• Hyuga Kazuya promoted Half-Life with Danzo’s support, and Konoha’s shinobi rushed to receive it.

Hyuga Kazuya devised a way for authorized people to plant Caged Bird Seals, then considered how to unify the Shinobi World without losing control of it afterward. Inspired by accumulated Yin Release power and genjutsu, he decided to research a way to rapidly train and reshape people, and began studying Black Zetsu’s ninjutsu materials.

• Exhausted from planting Cursed Seals in nearly a thousand people, Hyuga Kazuya developed a method that let authorized people use the Great Tenseigan to plant Caged Bird Seals.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that Cloud Village, Stone Village, and Sand Village had declared war on Konoha, and he expected Konoha’s preparations to hold against the first attacks.
• Hyuga Kazuya spent an ordinary afternoon with Uncle, who helped him realize that he had already made up his mind about whether a good outcome justified the deaths along the way.
• Hyuga Kazuya weighed unifying the Shinobi World by force against gradual change, recognizing that the first path lacked qualified administrators while the second would take too long.
• After sensing spiritual fluctuations from the Octopus and accumulated Cloned Byakugan, Hyuga Kazuya conceived a genjutsu-based crash course to rapidly impart knowledge and reshape people’s values.
• Hyuga Kazuya began studying genjutsu and Yin Release from the ninjutsu package he had obtained from Black Zetsu.

Danzo led Konoha’s assault on Kumogakure with Minato Namikaze and Kakashi, whose Flying Thunder God techniques helped them overwhelm the Third Raikage. As the battle continued, the Third Raikage unleashed his Hell Stab: Two-Finger Nukite at the pair.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Jiraiya, Torifu Akimichi, and Danzo as commanders, while secretly weakening Danzo’s army by transferring away elite shinobi.
• Danzo told Hyuga Kazuya about Hiruzen’s scheme, and Hyuga Kazuya advised him to seek Minato Namikaze’s help if he faced an unsolvable battlefield problem.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that Minato had captured the Third Raikage’s son and Killer B alive and killed one hundred elite shinobi in a second, making the Yellow Flash a fearsome presence across the war.
• Danzo and Minato agreed to crush Kumogakure’s forces, and at dawn Minato and Kakashi joined Danzo’s assault against the Third Raikage.
• Danzo withdrew after the Third Raikage pierced his chest, while Minato and Kakashi used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade and counterattack the Raikage.
• The Third Raikage found an opening and launched Hell Stab: Two-Finger Nukite at Minato and Kakashi.