Chapter Summaries

Minato and Kushina opened Bai Yue’s gift and found marriage tokens, a ring, and flowers, prompting Minato to make the long-awaited proposal. The next morning, Minato invited Bai Yue to be a Flower Child at the wedding, which Hyuga Jinren would help prepare.

• Kushina told Minato that Bai Yue had delivered a gift on behalf of the Hyuga Clan and explained his advice about maintaining relationships.
• Minato and Kushina opened the gift and found Love Knots bearing their names, along with a proposal ring and flowers.
• Minato apologized for delaying and formally proposed to Kushina, who happily accepted.
• Minato asked Bai Yue to be a Flower Child at his and Kushina’s wedding, alongside Hana Inuzuka.
• Hyuga Jinren took responsibility for the wedding preparations after Minato offered to handle them himself.

Minato Namikaze accepted Hyuga Jinren’s help arranging his wedding and gave Bai Yue his ninjutsu training handbook because he had been too busy to teach him. Bai Yue eagerly began studying it, hoping to learn the Flying Thunder God, while the Old Master warned him that the technique was exceptionally difficult.

• Minato Namikaze agreed to let Hyuga Jinren arrange the wedding and discussed its details with him.
• Minato Namikaze apologized to Bai Yue for neglecting his training and gave him his ninjutsu handbook.
• The Old Master was shocked to learn Bai Yue could use Adamantine Sealing Chains and became excited about his talent.
• Bai Yue eagerly opened the handbook, and the Old Master cautioned him that learning the Flying Thunder God would be difficult.
• Bai Yue told the Old Master he would give up if he could not learn the technique and planned to prioritize the Byakugan, Sealing Jutsu, and taijutsu.

Bai Yue studied Minato Namikaze’s notes and realized that learning the Flying Thunder God Technique depended on finding a suitable summoning partner. He set the research aside when Might Guy invited him to help choose a wedding gift for Minato.

• Bai Yue found insights about the Flying Thunder God Technique in Minato Namikaze’s notes and asked Hyuga Jinren whether he needed the Third Hokage’s permission to study it.
• Hyuga Jinren agreed to speak to the Third Hokage, and Bai Yue returned to his room to examine the technique’s training records.
• Bai Yue concluded that he lacked the spatial-sensing skills and summoning partner needed to continue, and he considered seeking a contract with the Toad Clan.
• Bai Yue resumed studying Sealing Jutsu until Aunt Hanako told him that Might Guy had come to visit.
• Might Guy invited Bai Yue to help choose a wedding gift for Minato Namikaze, and Bai Yue eagerly agreed.

Bai Yue searched for a gift and commissioned two ceramic doll sets depicting Minato Namikaze and Kushina, including one in wedding attire. After leaving the shop, he could not find Might Guy and asked the owner to tell him the gift was ready and that Bai Yue had gone home.

• Bai Yue met Might Guy and the others, but the group scattered when they could not agree on what gift to choose.
• Bai Yue asked Yamanaka Keiko where he could find a shop that customized gifts, and she directed him to a ceramics shop on Xinye Street.
• Bai Yue and Might Guy reached Xinye Street, where Might Guy chased after Kakashi while Bai Yue continued on alone.
• Bai Yue commissioned two sets of ceramic dolls of Minato Namikaze and Kushina, one set depicting them in wedding attire and another in a chibi style.
• Bai Yue paid one million Ryo for the commission, then asked the ceramics shop owner to tell Might Guy the gift was ready and that Bai Yue had gone home.

Bai Yue helped Kurenai Yuhi choose an expensive dressing box as a wedding gift for Minato and Kushina, then learned that Anko was hospitalized after Orochimaru left her with the Curse Mark of Heaven. He offered to try sealing the mark, though Kurenai doubted his abilities.

• Bai Yue advised Kurenai Yuhi to give Minato and Kushina a dressing box instead of either mural, and she bought the most expensive one for 180,000 ryo.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Bai Yue that Anko was recovering in the hospital after Orochimaru used her as an experimental subject and left her with the Curse Mark of Heaven.
• Bai Yue said he wanted to visit Anko and offered to try sealing the mark, claiming his Sealing Jutsu was strong.
• Kurenai Yuhi doubted Bai Yue could succeed since even Kushina Uzumaki had been unable to completely seal Anko's mark.

Bai Yue used Sealing Jutsu to stabilize Anko’s Curse Mark of Heaven and captured a small amount of the Sage Chakra within it. He exhausted himself in the process, leaving Kurenai Yuhi to support him as he insisted he would recover with rest.

• Bai Yue visited the unconscious Anko with Kurenai Yuhi and examined the seals around her Curse Mark of Heaven.
• Bai Yue used the Four Symbols Seal and Eight Trigrams Seal to suppress the Curse Mark and ease Anko’s pain.
• Bai Yue analyzed the Curse Mark, identified Sage Chakra from Jugo, and extracted a tiny portion for himself.
• Bai Yue sealed the captured Sage Chakra onto his arm, then became pale and exhausted from using Sealing Jutsu.
• Kurenai Yuhi supported Bai Yue and offered to get a doctor, but Bai Yue said his clan had its own Medical Ninja.

After recovering at the hospital, Bai Yue discovered that Perfect Blood had absorbed Jugo's Sage Chakra and began training Sage Mode. His grandfather took him to the venue for Minato Namikaze and Kushina's wedding, where Bai Yue planned to collect a customized gift.

• Bai Yue woke up feeling refreshed, thanked Kurenai Yuhi, and told her to arrange a full examination for Anko when she woke.
• Bai Yue returned to his Research Lab and found that Jugo's Sage Chakra had vanished from the seal, then realized Perfect Blood had assimilated it into his body.
• Bai Yue began training Sage Mode with renewed focus and eventually raised it to lv2.
• Hyuga Jinren scolded Bai Yue for neglecting rest and told him that Minato Namikaze's wedding was the next day.
• Hyuga Jinren led Bai Yue toward the wedding venue, and Bai Yue asked to stop at Xinye Street to collect his customized gift.

Bai Yue visited Changchun Shrine with Hyuga Jinren and got into a brief fight with Kiba Inuzuka after she hit and teased him. Realizing his Sage Mode might be affecting his mind, he asked Minato Namikaze to seal his Chakra and agreed to stop practicing it for now.

• Bai Yue and Hyuga Jinren traveled across Konoha to Changchun Shrine, where they met Kiba Inuzuka and her daughter Hua'er.
• Kiba Inuzuka slapped Bai Yue and messed up his hair, so he attacked her with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Hyuga Jinren stopped Bai Yue when he remembered the shrine was the venue for Minato Namikaze and Kushina's wedding the next day.
• Minato Namikaze arrived after sensing the Chakra fluctuation, and Bai Yue apologized and explained that he had wanted to test his new technique.
• Bai Yue suspected Sage Mode was affecting his mental state, so Minato Namikaze sealed his Chakra with the Four Symbols Seal.
• Bai Yue agreed with Hyuga Jinren to stop practicing the technique and focus on Taijutsu instead.

Bai Yue met Hana Inuzuka and took part as a flower child in Minato Namikaze and Kushina’s wedding. After the ceremony, Kushina thanked him for his gift at the head table, where his mention of Might Guy left the gathered leaders speechless.

• Kiba Inuzuka introduced Bai Yue to Hana Inuzuka and warned him not to make a move on his daughter.
• Bai Yue spoke with Hana Inuzuka about her three Ninja Dogs, Gamakichi and the others.
• Bai Yue noticed Tsunade had returned to the village, then refocused on his role as a flower child.
• Bai Yue and Hana Inuzuka scattered petals as Minato Namikaze and Kushina exchanged vows at their wedding.
• Kushina thanked Bai Yue for his gift, and Bai Yue said Might Guy had helped make it, startling everyone at the head table.
• Danzo recalled that Might Guy had agreed with his ideals but proved unsuitable for Root and the Anbu.

At Minato Namikaze and Kushina’s wedding, Obito watched from afar and left Konoha with Black Zetsu, while Tobi irritated him with endless chatter. After the celebration, Bai Yue returned to his research and decided to wait for Perfect Blood to purify his unstable Sage Chakra rather than pursue further investigation.

• Might Guy appeared beside Bai Yue, celebrated Kushina’s approval of their gift, and was dragged away by Bai Yue to eat.
• Obito watched Changchun Shrine from Hokage Rock as Tobi prattled on, then left with Black Zetsu after saying he would return when true happiness began.
• The wedding continued with feasting and drinking, while Anko remained despondent over her Teacher’s betrayal; Minato Namikaze and Kushina returned to their room as the guests departed.
• Bai Yue went to the Research Lab and concluded that Jugo’s Sage Chakra caused berserk episodes, while his own Sage Chakra made him impulsive and irritable.
• Bai Yue considered seeking instruction in Sage Art or avoiding Sage Chakra in battle, but chose to stop investigating and wait for Perfect Blood to purify and elevate his Sage Cells.

After Minato Namikaze became Fourth Hokage, Bai Yue studied the Reaper Death Seal and discovered its connection to space-time. He then began weighted training under Hyuga Hanako’s supervision, starting the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist training.

• Minato Namikaze was elected Fourth Hokage with ninety-five percent of the Jonin votes, while Bai Yue continued studying Sealing Jutsu.
• Kushina gave Bai Yue the Reaper Death Seal formula scroll, and he studied its soul-sacrifice mechanism and dimensional communication runes.
• Hyuga Hanako delivered more than fifty weight blocks, and Bai Yue decided to wear twenty pounds on each leg.
• Hyuga Hanako agreed to perform regular physical examinations as Bai Yue began training with the weights.

Bai Yue completed a powerful new version of Adamantine Sealing Chains and thought about ways to develop it further. After Hyuga Hanako summoned him, he went with Hyuga Jinren to see Hizashi’s newborn son, while Jinren privately questioned the Caged Bird seal.

• Bai Yue completed a new Adamantine Sealing Chains technique that combined suppression, erosion, assimilation, Curse Marks, sealing, and soul devouring.
• Bai Yue considered improving the technique to absorb souls, Chakra, and physical constitution, and to conceal its chains.
• Hyuga Hanako told Bai Yue that Elder Jinren had summoned him because Hizashi’s eldest son had been born.
• Bai Yue closed and sealed his Research Lab, then went with Hyuga Jinren to visit Hizashi and his newborn son.
• Hyuga Jinren privately wondered whether the Caged Bird seal truly needed to exist, while Hizashi stiffly greeted Bai Yue.

Bai Yue sparred with Might Guy and revealed a new defensive Gentle Fist technique, then learned Guy could not afford his share of the million-Ryo wedding gift. After Guy left to find work, Bai Yue arranged a paid sparring mission tailored to him.

• Might Guy charged at Bai Yue, but Bai Yue used his newly created Gentle Fist technique to absorb Guy's kicks and explained that he had developed it himself.
• Bai Yue told Might Guy that his wedding gift for the Fourth Hokage had cost over a million Ryo, shocking Guy with the financial gap between them.
• Might Guy insisted on paying his share, gave Bai Yue 100,000 Ryo, and ran off to gather the rest.
• Bai Yue guessed that Might Guy was heading to the Hokage Building to seek missions and asked Hyuga Bun to post a sparring-partner mission.
• Bai Yue specified a Chunin Taijutsu Master with a green training jumpsuit, Watermelon Head, and thick eyebrows, offering 20,000 Ryo for half a day.

Guy sought a mission that could earn him 400,000 Ryo in three days, but Minato Namikaze assigned him a C-rank bandit extermination mission. Mitaraishi Anko asked Bai Yue to remove the seal on her Curse Mark so she could use it to find Orochimaru, then attacked him when he refused, and Kurenai Yuhi intervened.

• Minato Namikaze told Guy there were no suitable high-paying missions and gave him a C-rank bandit extermination mission instead.
• Hyuga Bun joined the mission assignment queue after watching Guy leave.
• Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko met Bai Yue and learned that he had sparred with Guy.
• Mitaraishi Anko asked Bai Yue to remove the seal on her Curse Mark, explaining that its pain could help her sense Orochimaru's proximity.
• Bai Yue refused, and Anko charged at him; Kurenai Yuhi blocked her attack.

Bai Yue’s guards subdued Anko after she attacked him, and he asked Kurenai to take her to the hospital. Back home, Bai Yue agreed to attend the Ninja Academy for appearances and arranged to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Substitution Technique, and Body Flicker Technique.

• Hyuga Goruryu and another guard attacked Anko, and Goruryu knocked her unconscious with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Bai Yue asked Kurenai to take Anko to the hospital and offered to cover the medical fees.
• Bai Yue reflected on Orochimaru before returning home to find his grandfather ordering him to attend the Ninja Academy.
• Bai Yue agreed to attend through a Shadow Clone and asked his grandfather to teach him the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Substitution Technique, and Body Flicker Technique.

Bai Yue studied the Body Flicker and Shadow Clone techniques, then captured more of the Jugo Cells sealed in Anko’s Curse Mark after she was caught trespassing on the Hyuga grounds. The next morning, Hyuga Bun arrived while Bai Yue was having breakfast.

• Bai Yue set aside the Substitution Technique and decided to study the Body Flicker and Shadow Clone techniques while continuing to train in Flying Thunder God.
• Hyuga Goruryu brought the unconscious Anko to Bai Yue after patrol caught her breaking into the Hyuga grounds.
• Bai Yue checked Anko’s Curse Mark, took another portion of its Jugo Cells, and left her transport to Konoha Hospital to Hyuga Goruryu.
• At Konoha Hospital, Kurenai Yuhi worried over Anko’s recklessness and planned to talk to Bai Yue the next day.
• Bai Yue woke refreshed and ate breakfast prepared by Hyuga Hanako.
• Hyuga Bun appeared at the doorway and addressed Bai Yue.

Bai Yue decided to stop Anko from pursuing her self-destructive goal by confronting her and giving her an unforgettable lesson. While searching for her at Konoha Hospital, he was challenged by an arrogant Uchiha.

• Kurenai Yuhi asked Bai Yue to figure out how to stop Anko from pestering him, and he suggested that Kurenai beat her to make her recognize her weakness.
• Bai Yue reasoned that Anko needed something to live for, then decided to teach her a lesson himself.
• Bai Yue and Kurenai went to Konoha Hospital, but they could not find Anko, so Bai Yue asked Hyuga Goruryu and Hyuga Bun for help locating her.
• Hyuga Goruryu warned that using the Byakugan openly in the village would be conspicuous, so Bai Yue chose to ask hospital staff instead.
• An arrogant Uchiha accused Bai Yue of activating his Byakugan, called him a parasite from the Hyuga Main Family, and prompted Hyuga Goruryu and Hyuga Bun to assume fighting stances.

Bai Yue and Kurenai Yuhi found Anko on Hokage Rock after Bai Yue had backed down from a clash with Uchiha Chiaki. Bai Yue tried to push Anko toward revenge against Orochimaru, but ended by bluntly telling her she was too weak to pursue it.

• Bai Yue apologized to Uchiha Chiaki and left with Kurenai Yuhi to find Anko.
• Kurenai Yuhi apologized to Bai Yue for involving him, and he reassured her that they were friends.
• Bai Yue and Kurenai Yuhi found Anko on Hokage Rock, where Kurenai Yuhi embraced her.
• Bai Yue described the cruelty of the shinobi world and asked Anko if she wanted revenge on Orochimaru.
• Anko said she wanted to tear Orochimaru apart, and Bai Yue told her she was too weak to take revenge or keep up with her friends.

Bai Yue refused to remove Anko’s seal immediately, claiming that its effects could strengthen her mental power through training while protecting her from the Curse Mark of Heaven. Anko agreed to work hard for a year, and Kurenai Yuhi invited Bai Yue to barbecue as he prepared to leave.

• Anko demanded that Bai Yue remove her seal so she could claim the Curse Mark of Heaven’s power, but he refused, saying she was too weak to withstand its corrosion.
• Bai Yue explained that the seal’s restriction could act like weighted training for Anko’s mental power and promised to remove part of it after she trained for a year.
• Kurenai Yuhi asked Bai Yue to give her a similar seal, but he explained that the method required a sealed entity to act as a whetstone and was currently suitable only for Anko.
• Anko believed Bai Yue’s explanation and became determined to train, while Kurenai Yuhi accepted that she could not use the method for now.
• Bai Yue prepared to leave, but Kurenai Yuhi stopped him and invited him to barbecue on her treat.

Bai Yue trained in Taijutsu with Might Guy, then stunned him and Kurenai Yuhi by defeating Mitaraishi Anko with Adamantine Sealing Chains. He reassured the dejected Might Guy that he still needed his help to improve at close combat.

• Might Guy overwhelmed Bai Yue in their serious Taijutsu spar and criticized his inexperience, while acknowledging that his reactions were improving.
• Mitaraishi Anko and Kurenai Yuhi arrived at the Hyuga Clan compound, and Anko challenged Bai Yue to a match.
• Anko attacked with Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique, but Bai Yue tore through it with Adamantine Sealing Chains and sealed her chakra and mouth.
• Might Guy grew dejected after seeing Bai Yue's power, but Bai Yue explained that he sought Guy's help because close combat was his weakness.