Chapter Summaries

After completing his mission in the Land of Hot Springs, Hyuga Kazuya returned to Konoha and was promoted to Jonin by Hiruzen Sarutobi. At the Hyuga compound, Hyuga Hiashi offered him clan techniques and business support in exchange for training younger members, leaving their meeting with both men hiding their true feelings.

• Hyuga Kazuya returned to Konoha and reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who already knew of his mission through Anbu reports.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted Hyuga Kazuya to Jonin and gave him gear and a Scroll containing the continuation of the Eight Gates.
• Hyuga Kazuya celebrated his promotion and thought about Kakashi's likely rise to Jonin and his own plans to grow stronger.
• Hyuga Hiashi congratulated Hyuga Kazuya and offered him three Main Family secret techniques and support for his company if he trained younger clan members.
• Hyuga Kazuya accepted the arrangement, and he and Hyuga Hiashi exchanged smiles that vanished as they passed each other.

After meeting with Hiashi, Hyuga Kazuya suspected the clan head’s gifts and requests were part of a warning or attempt to win him over, deepening his caution about the Main Family and the Caged Bird. He analyzed Hiashi’s likely position on reform, then studied the secret-technique scrolls before his uncle returned with news of Kazuya’s promotion.

• Hiashi reflected on Kazuya’s calm reaction to the Main Family scrolls and wondered how he viewed the clan, hoping the younger generation might change its system.
• Kazuya interpreted Hiashi’s remarks, teaching request, scrolls, and offer to protect his company as possible warnings or efforts to recruit him.
• Kazuya wrote a psychological profile of Hiashi and concluded that Hiashi likely lacked the ability and resolve to reform the Caged Bird system, leaving his position dependent on events.
• Kazuya burned his notes, studied the secret-technique scrolls, and greeted his uncle when he returned home.
• Kazuya’s uncle congratulated him on becoming the village’s youngest Jonin.

After returning to Konoha, Hyuga Kazuya spent time with his uncle and Momona, studied the Main Family secret techniques, and reconnected with his teachers and Kakashi. He organized a promotion gathering for that evening, which grew to include the Three Sannin and Momona’s friends.

• Hyuga Kazuya told his uncle that Hiashi had given him the three Main Family secret techniques, and his uncle reassured him that he had powerful allies.
• Hyuga Kazuya visited Momona, praised her Wind Style progress, and promised to teach her Wind Nature Transformation and a powerful technique.
• Hyuga Kazuya spent the night studying the secret-technique scrolls, then resumed his training the next morning.
• Hyuga Kazuya visited his teachers and Kakashi, then planned a gathering to celebrate his Jonin promotion.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade agreed to attend the gathering, and Momona asked to invite Aburame Tomomi and Inuzuka Hana; Hyuga Kazuya accepted.

Hyuga Kazuya celebrated his promotion to Jonin with his friends and teachers, then spent the following days training Momona and seeking guidance in several fields. After repeatedly sparring with Kakashi, Kazuya agreed to teach him the Life Breath Technique.

• Hyuga Kazuya welcomed the Three Sannin and other guests to a barbecue celebration for his Jonin promotion, then teased Orochimaru about wanting more instruction.
• After the gathering, Kazuya walked home with Momona and promised to teach her Wind Release nature transformation.
• Over the next dozen or so days, Kazuya trained Momona, studied the Gate of Opening, and sought Kushina's and Tsunade's guidance in Sealing Jutsu and Medical Ninjutsu.
• Kakashi repeatedly visited Kazuya to improve his strength, and Kazuya used sparring to show him the gap between them.
• When Kakashi asked how Kazuya had become so strong, Kazuya offered to teach him and agreed to show him the Life Breath Technique.

Hyuga Kazuya taught Kakashi the Life Breath Technique and advised him to develop Lightning Style alongside his swordsmanship. As the Spring Festival approached, Kazuya focused on studying and prepared a detailed plan for the imminent Enlightenment.

• Hyuga Kazuya took Kakashi to a secluded spot and taught him the Life Breath Technique, which Kakashi quickly mastered.
• Kakashi absorbed Natural Energy and experienced the world with a new sense of calm and harmony.
• Hyuga Kazuya advised Kakashi to develop Lightning Style Nintaijutsu to improve his speed, power, and Hatake Clan Sword Style, then shared his Lightning Style knowledge.
• Kakashi thanked Hyuga Kazuya and stayed behind to review his notes while Kazuya left to prepare for Enlightenment.
• Hyuga Kazuya spent the following days studying Sealing Jutsu with Kushina and, on the eve of the Spring Festival, drew up a detailed sequence and priority order for Enlightenment.

Hyuga Kazuya set aside his studies for the Spring Festival and took Momona on a flying trip to Kyoto. After returning home, he sensed something approaching and prepared to use Shadow Clones for the next day’s New Year visits.

• Hyuga Kazuya reviewed his research priorities, putting Sealing Jutsu first, Byakugan defenses and sensing the Caged Bird next, and medical ninjutsu after that.
• Hyuga Kazuya decorated his home for the Spring Festival, then went to Momona’s house and took her shopping.
• Hyuga Kazuya registered their departure from Konoha and carried Momona through the air to Kyoto using the Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Hyuga Kazuya and Momona spent the day shopping, eating, and enjoying Kyoto before he escorted her back to the village.
• Hyuga Kazuya sensed something would happen the following night and decided to rely on Shadow Clones for New Year visits.

Hyuga Kazuya learned that he had to attend a Hyuga clan meeting and planned to use the gathering to investigate the clan’s records. During Enlightenment, he sensed a mysterious river-like phenomenon and advanced his Sealing Jutsu knowledge while trying to stay focused on removing the Caged Bird.

• Uncle told Hyuga Kazuya that he had to attend the clan meeting at the ancestral grounds that night because he was now a Jonin.
• Hyuga Kazuya decided to send a Shadow Clone to investigate the clan records while the Jonin gathered, and sent two other clones to make New Year visits.
• After his clones returned safely, Hyuga Kazuya rested and studied Sealing Jutsu until his Enlightenment began.
• Hyuga Kazuya sensed his soul moving away from his body and briefly saw a strange river-like phenomenon before entering Enlightenment.
• Hyuga Kazuya concluded that greater soul power allowed deeper perception during Enlightenment and considered obtaining the Spirit Transformation Technique after resolving the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Kazuya spent thirty-eight seconds improving his Sealing Jutsu, prioritizing cursed seals despite tempting ideas for Life Breath techniques.

Hyuga Kazuya used Enlightenment to strengthen Visual Concealment Sealing Jutsu and investigate the Caged Bird seal in his soul. He discovered that he could weaken it only slightly with spiritual power and suspected the Main Family controlled it through a relay station.

• Hyuga Kazuya completed Visual Concealment Plus+, which concealed chakra and blended him into his surroundings to defeat the Byakugan’s penetrating vision.
• Hyuga Kazuya amplified his soul’s sensory ability with a sealing formula and located the Caged Bird within his soul.
• Hyuga Kazuya analyzed and mastered the Caged Bird seal, learning how to place it on others.
• Hyuga Kazuya tried to sever the seal’s connection to the outside world, but his spiritual power weakened it only enough to cause a tiny delay in its activation.
• Hyuga Kazuya suspected that the Main Family sent Caged Bird signals through a relay station that implanted or activated the seals on specific targets.

Hyuga Kazuya theorized that the Hyuga Clan had created an Earth-based Great Tenseigan connected to the Caged Bird Seal, and he set out to locate it. He sensed that it lay somewhere east of the Shinobi World and decided to search the Clan’s records in the Main Family’s Secret Vault.

• Hyuga Kazuya theorized that the Caged Bird Seal and the Main Family’s authority had been created to protect the Earth branch from the moon branch and its attempt to seize Byakugan.
• Hyuga Kazuya used enhanced soul perception to search for a connection between the Caged Bird Seal and the Great Tenseigan, improving his technique until he sensed a faint signal.
• Hyuga Kazuya returned to his body and determined that the Great Tenseigan was somewhere east of the Shinobi World, though he could not pinpoint its location.
• Hyuga Kazuya concluded that records of the Clan’s migrations might reveal where the Great Tenseigan was hidden and decided to visit the Main Family’s Secret Vault.
• Hyuga Kazuya rested and waited for the Clan gathering that night before deciding how to act.

Hyuga Kazuya sent a Shadow Clone to the clan meeting while his original body infiltrated the Main Family Shrine Secret Vault. He found a route to the underground level and headed for the room Orochimaru had identified as holding information about the Caged Bird.

• Hyuga Kazuya used a Shadow Clone to attend the clan meeting and concealed his original body with Visual Concealment.
• After waiting half an hour, Hyuga Kazuya left home and evaded clan patrols on his way to the shrine.
• Hyuga Kazuya crossed the shrine's exposed grounds, slipped through its barrier, and entered without alerting anyone.
• Hyuga Kazuya searched the shrine, found an underground entrance, and made his way toward the last room on the right.

Hyuga Kazuya explored the Hyuga Clan’s sealed archive and discovered a record claiming that the Daimyo of the five great nations descended from the Ancestor Country, potentially tying them to the Sage of Six Paths. He left the archive without finding information about the Caged Bird, and decided he needed to reach Six Paths-level strength before pursuing his plans.

• Hyuga Kazuya opened the sealed archive door and carefully navigated the barriers protecting its books.
• Hyuga Kazuya inspected records about the weaknesses and secrets of several shinobi clans, but showed no interest in them.
• Hyuga Kazuya found a book titled [Daimyo Secrets], written by Hyuga Tenin, and read its account of the Daimyo’s ancestry.
• Hyuga Kazuya concluded that the Daimyo might be descendants of the Sage of Six Paths and resolved to aim for Six Paths-level strength before acting against them.
• Hyuga Kazuya restored the book and its barrier, then searched the archive for Caged Bird records but found none.

Hyuga Kazuya searched clan records for clues to the hidden Great Tenseigan and identified twenty locations to investigate. After his Shadow Clone returned from a clan meeting, he learned that the village was demanding more personnel from the major Clans as tensions in the Shinobi World rose.

• Hyuga Kazuya found records suggesting the Caged Bird's development and other clan incidents might have been connected to the hidden Great Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kazuya cross-referenced suspicious records with the clan's relocation history, narrowed the search to twenty locations, and marked them on a map.
• Hyuga Kazuya restored the records and barrier, then planned to leave the village secretly after hearing from his Shadow Clone.
• Hyuga Kazuya received his Shadow Clone's memories and learned the village had decided to demand people from the major Clans.
• Hyuga Kazuya recalled that it was the end of Year 45 and that the Third Shinobi World War was caused by the death of the Third Kazekage.

Hyuga Kazuya wondered whether the Sage of Six Paths had guided wars to maintain the Shinobi World's balance, then set out to investigate the Great Tenseigan's suspected locations. After finding nothing at his first target, he continued toward the next locations, beginning a search expected to take more than a day.

• Hyuga Kazuya considered whether the Sage of Six Paths deliberately kept the villages balanced to send powerful souls to the Pure Land, then dismissed the speculation.
• Hyuga Kazuya accepted that the Third Shinobi World War was likely unavoidable and decided not to try to stop it.
• Hyuga Kazuya studied a map of suspected Great Tenseigan locations, made a Shadow Clone to stay home, and slipped out of Konoha under visual concealment.
• Hyuga Kazuya flew to a mountainous target location, searched with his Byakugan, and sensed for a connection between his Caged Bird Seal and the Great Tenseigan, but found nothing.
• Hyuga Kazuya marked the location off his map, replenished his chakra with Military Rations Pills, and flew toward the next target to continue his search.

Hyuga Kazuya's clone received a roster of young clan members to teach and selected three trainees. After Hizashi left, Kazuya and Uncle discussed how Hizashi deliberately kept his distance from the Main Family, and the clone returned to practicing the Gentle Fist.

• Hizashi visited Elder Yang and delivered a roster so Kazuya could choose youths to teach.
• Kazuya's clone selected Hyuga Tetsu, Hyuga Ibaro, and Hyuga Kamon as his trainees.
• Hizashi agreed to bring the three youths the next day and left after exchanging brief pleasantries.
• Uncle asked Kazuya what he thought of Hizashi, and Kazuya said Hizashi was deliberately keeping his distance from the Main Family.
• Kazuya's clone returned to the courtyard and resumed low-intensity Gentle Fist practice.

Hyuga Kazuya searched for the Great Tenseigan and finally sensed it beneath an unremarkable mountain. Unable to find an entrance, he located the weakest point in its rocky enclosure and prepared to break inside.

• Hyuga Kazuya searched numerous locations across the Land of Fire and the Land of Water but found no trace of the Great Tenseigan.
• After enhancing his soul-sensing ability, Hyuga Kazuya sensed a connection between the Caged Bird and the Great Tenseigan coming from a peak three kilometers away.
• Hyuga Kazuya confirmed the Great Tenseigan lay beneath the mountain, but his Byakugan revealed no entrance.
• After searching the mountain for hours, Hyuga Kazuya decided to make his own entrance and repeatedly sensed for the weakest point.
• Hyuga Kazuya located the Great Tenseigan five hundred meters beneath the mountain, protected by a thick layer of rock.

Hyuga Kazuya used Earth Release to burrow through five hundred meters of rock and carefully dismantled the many barriers protecting the Great Tenseigan. He found the yellow sphere at the center of a temple and realized that destroying it would free him from the Caged Bird, but would also leave the Branch Family vulnerable and risk drawing the Otsutsuki Clan's attention.

• Hyuga Kazuya swallowed Military Rations Pills and used Earth Release: Earth Dragon Hidden Technique to travel underground toward the Great Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Kazuya cautiously dismantled numerous barriers along the way, taking several hours to cross the five-hundred-meter rock layer.
• Hyuga Kazuya broke through the final barrier and saw a vast underground space containing a temple and a floating yellow sphere.
• Hyuga Kazuya entered the temple and approached the sphere, whose energy resonated with his Byakugan.
• Hyuga Kazuya recognized the sphere as the Great Tenseigan and understood that destroying it would free him from the Caged Bird but endanger the Branch Family and attract the Otsutsuki Clan.

Hyuga Kazuya touched the Great Tenseigan, which recognized him and revealed the conditions for gaining true control. He began analyzing the seal that protected it, aiming to break it and claim the eye.

• Hyuga Kazuya sent his chakra into the Great Tenseigan, and it acknowledged him as its master.
• The Great Tenseigan sent him information warning that the Moon's Otsutsuki Clan watched the Hyuga Clan and outlining the restrictions on controlling the eye.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that true control required breaking the Great Tenseigan's seal and meeting a strength test.
• Hyuga Kazuya focused his spiritual power on the Great Tenseigan and discovered that its seal resembled the Caged Bird Seal.
• Hyuga Kazuya began reverse-analyzing the seal so he could break it and gain complete control of the Great Tenseigan.

Hyuga Kazuya broke the seal on the Great Tenseigan and gained control of it. The information it revealed made him reconsider the Caged Bird Seal and his new legal status as the Hyuga Clan’s leader.

• Hyuga Kazuya investigated the underground space and found that an underground river circulated air through it.
• Hyuga Kazuya raised his method’s success rate to 95.43% and prepared to break the Great Tenseigan’s seal.
• Hyuga Kazuya poured his spiritual power and chakra into the Great Tenseigan and successfully released its seal.
• Hyuga Kazuya received information declaring him the Hyuga Clan’s leader and urging him to consider the Clan in his actions.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that the Great Tenseigan grew stronger as the Clan gained members bearing the Caged Bird Seal and supplying it with Byakugan chakra.

Hyuga Kazuya learned that the Great Tenseigan could control the Caged Bird seals but was weakened and needed to be used carefully. After removing his own seal, he discovered the Great Tenseigan displayed a map of clan members bearing the Caged Bird—and saw that his own location still appeared.

• Hyuga Kazuya reviewed the Great Tenseigan's abilities and learned that using powerful techniques risked exposing it to the Otsutsuki Clan on the moon.
• Hyuga Kazuya learned that the Great Tenseigan's energy had declined and that he could control Caged Bird seals, though its creator had never devised a way to remove them.
• Hyuga Kazuya used the Great Tenseigan's chakra to erase his own Caged Bird Seal and confirmed that the mark on his forehead was gone.
• Hyuga Kazuya sensed a map of glowing dots through the Great Tenseigan and determined that it showed the locations of clan members bearing the Caged Bird.
• Hyuga Kazuya noticed that his own dot remained on the map even though he had removed his Caged Bird.

Hyuga Kazuya used the Great Tenseigan to inspect its map and memories, uncovering clues about the Hyuga Clan’s hidden history. He suspected that factions among the moon’s Otsutsuki had shaped the clan’s survival, though the reasons remained uncertain.

• Hyuga Kazuya realized the Great Tenseigan’s map likely showed every Hyuga Clan member, and worried that the Main Family might see his strength.
• Hyuga Kazuya concluded that his dot on the map understated his power because he had kept a low profile and concealed his chakra.
• Hyuga Kazuya sensed the Great Tenseigan’s records and learned that its underground refuge had once held buildings and supplies for a thousand people.
• Hyuga Kazuya discovered that the Great Tenseigan had erupted decades earlier, destroying the refuge and structures above it.
• Hyuga Kazuya theorized that the moon’s Radical Faction had invaded the Hyuga Clan centuries ago, while its Moderate Faction intervened and helped the clan survive.