Chapter Summaries

Bai Yue joined a battle between Konoha and Kirigakure to sharpen his combat skills, but the Kirigakure reinforcements quickly exposed his inexperience in a fight to the death. After retreating with Flying Thunder God, he returned to the battlefield enraged and attacked again.

• Bai Yue left his observation post and intercepted a squad of Kirigakure reinforcements with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Bai Yue dodged the squad’s attacks, then used Gentle Fist: Spirit Sealing Technique to knock a Kirigakure Chunin unconscious.
• Bai Yue failed to reach the Kirigakure Jonin with a kick and escaped a sword strike by activating Flying Thunder God.
• Bai Yue returned using a Flying Thunder God kunai and knocked down another Chunin with Gentle Fist: Spirit Sealing Technique.
• The Kirigakure Jonin ordered his remaining Chunin to run, but Bai Yue pursued them with Body Flicker Technique and appeared beside a kunai.

Bai Yue captured a Kirigakure Jonin, then watched Konoha and Kirigakure ninja battle through the mist before deciding he could not let the Konoha team escape after an Inuzuka ninja might recognize his scent. He blocked their retreat and attacked, leaving the team to scatter as he pursued them.

• Bai Yue used Flying Thunder God, Adamantine Sealing Chains, and Spirit Sealing Technique to capture the fleeing Kirigakure Jonin alive.
• Bai Yue watched Konoha ninja struggle against Kirigakure’s Mist Technique and psychological tricks.
• Inuzuka Arashi’s team countered Kirigakure’s Silent Killing Technique and severely injured the attackers.
• Bai Yue decided the Inuzuka ninja might identify him by scent and blocked the team’s retreat.
• Inuzuka Arashi recognized Bai Yue as a Hyuga, ordered his team to split up, and Bai Yue attacked with Spirit Sealing Technique.

After killing and dissecting his first victims, Bai Yue struggled with the experience and avoided medical study for more than ten days. He then visited Naruto and learned that the woman caring for him, Akane, had lost her husband and child during the Nine-Tails' Rampage.

• Bai Yue killed several people, dissected their bodies, vomited, and destroyed the corpses with Fire Release to erase the evidence.
• Bai Yue declined Aunt Hanako's deep-fried pig brain and spent more than ten days studying Wind Release instead of medicine.
• Bai Yue left the Hyuga Residence and asked the Third Hokage to let him see Naruto.
• Black Fox escorted Bai Yue to Naruto's courtyard, where Bai Yue met the caregiver Akane and held Naruto.
• Black Fox explained that the Nine-Tails' Rampage had killed Akane's husband and child, changing Bai Yue's initial favorable impression of her.

Bai Yue examined Naruto’s care and suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi was trying to keep the child under his control. He strengthened the seal on Naruto’s Nine-Tails and left him in the guarded nursery, while resolving to resist any move against himself.

• Bai Yue argued with the Nine-Tails, who blamed Hashirama and Madara for his imprisonment, then teased him about getting revenge on them.
• Bai Yue used Byakugan to check Naruto and found that Akane had cared for him well, but he worried she might come to hate Naruto if the Nine-Tails rampaged.
• Bai Yue suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi had chosen a commoner nanny to forge a bond with Naruto and keep him under control.
• Bai Yue told Kurama he would strengthen the seal on the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, and Kurama agreed.
• Bai Yue reinforced Naruto’s seal, gave him local anesthesia, and sealed away a drop of his blood.
• Bai Yue noticed increased Anbu and a Sealing Squad nearby, and concluded Hiruzen Sarutobi was paying closer attention to Naruto after Danzo’s threat.

Bai Yue set aside his plan to obtain Naruto for now and decided to collect cells from Sasuke, Itachi, and Shisui. At dinner, Anko and Kurenai told him they planned to resign from the Hot Pot Restaurant, but Bai Yue refused to take back their shares and served them pig brain.

• Bai Yue decided that Konoha’s political turmoil made it too risky to pursue Naruto and planned to obtain cells from Sasuke, Itachi, and Shisui instead.
• Aunt Hanako announced a lavish dinner featuring several pig-brain dishes, which Bai Yue suspected she had chosen to spite him.
• Anko and Kurenai visited Bai Yue, and Kurenai said they planned to resign from the Hot Pot Restaurant because they felt they did not deserve their shares.
• Bai Yue told Anko and Kurenai he would not take back anything he had given them, then invited them to eat.
• Anko enjoyed the pig brain after tasting it, while Kurenai calmly explained what it was.

Bai Yue abandoned his attempt to get Uchiha Sasuke’s cells after finding the Uchiha territory heavily watched, then fused Naruto Cells and tested making Shadow Clones. At the Ninja Academy, he spotted a chance to collect Uchiha Shisui’s blood when a teacher sent him to move supplies.

• Bai Yue found Hyuga Clan members, Anbu, and Root watching the Uchiha Clan, so he gave up trying to obtain Uchiha Sasuke’s cells that night.
• Bai Yue fused Naruto Cells and created four Shadow Clones to test whether his increased chakra and Kurama’s help could reduce the jutsu’s side effects.
• Bai Yue went to the Ninja Academy and greeted Suki, who blushed at his unusually friendly response.
• Bai Yue used his Byakugan to locate Uchiha Shisui in class and watched him until a teacher called him away to move miscellaneous items.
• Bai Yue saw Shisui’s errand as an opportunity to collect his blood.

Bai Yue collected Uchiha Shisui’s blood and infiltrated Root to obtain First Hokage Cells. After fusing with the cells, he believed his path to becoming invincible had begun.

• Bai Yue anesthetized Uchiha Shisui, drew his blood, and treated him before Shisui realized what had happened.
• Bai Yue returned home, tested how many Shadow Clones he could handle, and assigned them to study and train.
• Unable to get Uchiha Sasuke’s cells because surveillance around the Uchiha compound was tight, Bai Yue went to Root to seek First Hokage Cells.
• Bai Yue avoided Root patrols, found the laboratory, and took a small piece of First Hokage Cells from a sealed scroll.
• Bai Yue returned home and fused with the First Hokage Cells, trusting Perfect Blood to overcome their corrosiveness.

Bai Yue told Hizashi that he had improved the Caged Bird seal, removing its visual blind spot and changing its activation rules. He also revealed that the seal could gather dojutsu power and soul energy for his own Byakugan growth, leaving Hizashi poised to help spread it through the Hyuga Clan.

• Bai Yue checked his Panel and worried that his Sealing Jutsu and Byakugan were improving too slowly to reach his goals.
• Hizashi brought Neji to Bai Yue and asked for Neji to change branches and enter Bai Yue’s line; Bai Yue agreed, pending Hiashi’s approval.
• Bai Yue explained that his improved Caged Bird removed the visual blind spot and activated automatically under several conditions, including death, loss of mental function, sealing, or removal of the Byakugan.
• Bai Yue said the Main Family’s control formula could now only completely seal the Byakugan, reducing its control over Branch Family members.
• Bai Yue revealed that the improved seal collected excess dojutsu power and some soul energy, which he could use to accelerate his Byakugan’s evolution.

Bai Yue re-imprinted Hizashi Hyuga with an improved Caged Bird mark, hoping to free the Branch Family from its old curse. Hizashi and Neji stayed with Bai Yue while Hizashi recovered, and Bai Yue began considering other clan members for the procedure.

• Hizashi Hyuga knelt before Bai Yue and asked him to re-imprint Neji, but Bai Yue welcomed them as family and discussed testing the improved Caged Bird on Hizashi.
• Hizashi asked to undergo the procedure himself, and Bai Yue led him and Neji into the research lab.
• Bai Yue redrew Hizashi's Caged Bird mark and told him to avoid using his Byakugan for three days while he recovered.
• Bai Yue asked Hizashi and Neji to stay with him to avoid the Great Elder discovering the procedure.
• Bai Yue considered giving Hyuga Bun, Hyuga Goruryu, and other clan members new lives as well.

Bai Yue infiltrated Root’s library to study its scrolls, but left when Naruto’s Nine-Tails began acting up. After subduing Naruto, Akane, and the responding Anbu, Bai Yue faced a choice about how to handle the incident and turned his attention toward the Hokage Office.

• Bai Yue dismissed the Hyuga Branch Family members and decided to seek new knowledge in Root’s library.
• Bai Yue used Flying Thunder God to infiltrate Root and sent Shadow Clones to study its scrolls for more than ten days.
• Bai Yue sensed that Naruto’s warning seal had been triggered, returned to him, and used sealing techniques to calm the Nine-Tails.
• Akane tried to scream, so Bai Yue slapped her silent and swiftly took down the Anbu who arrived.
• Bai Yue considered revealing his strength or leaving the incident to Hiruzen Sarutobi, then looked toward the Hokage Office.

Bai Yue watched Hiruzen Sarutobi investigate the attack on Naruto, then amused himself by teasing Neji and fighting the Nine-Tails. The Nine-Tails ended the chapter defeated and despairing over how far Bai Yue surpassed him.

• Bai Yue sealed Akane's memories and returned home, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi to discover that the Anbu had been killed and Naruto was safe.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Ko Shiba, ordered the incident kept confidential, and struggled to understand why the attacker had spared Naruto and Akane.
• Bai Yue asked the Nine-Tails whether his other half would reveal him, and the Nine-Tails said their connected thoughts would make a secret conversation impossible.
• Neji visited Bai Yue, who repeatedly teased him into calling him Brother Bai Yue.
• The Nine-Tails became furious at Bai Yue's teasing and attacked him, but Bai Yue defeated him in their fight.

Hiruzen investigated the attack that killed an Anbu squad, while Danzo denied involvement and the village struggled to identify the culprit. Shikaku suspected Bai Yue, who was left facing Neji’s request to receive the Caged Bird seal.

• Danzo denied attacking the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Hiruzen classified the Anbu squad’s deaths as a top-secret matter while considering the Uchiha Clan and Danzo as possible suspects.
• Hiruzen ordered Danzo not to target the Fourth Hokage’s son, and Danzo left in anger.
• Shikaku told Inoichi he had a suspect but wanted no further involvement, privately reflecting on the Hyuga Clan’s powerful young member.
• Bai Yue finished spending time with the Nine-Tails and asked Neji why he had come to see him.
• Neji told Bai Yue that Hizashi had sent him to receive the Caged Bird seal, leaving Bai Yue reluctant to seal the four-year-old.

Bai Yue brought Neji to the Research Lab to work on his Caged Bird mark, then spent time with timid young Hinata and invited her to stay. Hyuga Hiashi arrived, heard that Neji had transferred to the Main Family, and left after allowing Hinata to visit Bai Yue.

• Bai Yue began treating Neji's Caged Bird mark, and Neji screamed before passing out.
• Bai Yue greeted young Hinata, introduced himself as her older brother, and offered her snacks.
• Hinata tried to return home, but Bai Yue asked Aunt Hanako to tell Hyuga Hiashi and bring more snacks.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived and asked whether Neji was there, and Bai Yue confirmed Neji had transferred to the Main Family.
• Hyuga Hiashi allowed Hinata to stay as a guest, then left while Hinata watched him with concern.

Bai Yue learned from his grandfather that Hiashi was considering abolishing the Caged Bird, then removed Neji’s eye bandages and experienced severe pain as his Byakugan began evolving toward the Tenseigan. The chapter left Bai Yue excited about the change and preparing for several days of blackouts with Kurama.

• Bai Yue’s grandfather warned him that Hiashi wanted to abolish the Caged Bird and that past attempts had brought disaster to the Hyuga Clan.
• Bai Yue asked about the Shinobi Sect, and his grandfather said the clan had lost most records but likely had a connection to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Bai Yue returned home and removed Neji’s bandages, telling him to keep his forehead wrapped because his Caged Bird was different.
• Bai Yue’s eyes suddenly hurt after Neji left, and he suspected his Byakugan was beginning to evolve into the Tenseigan at level 7.
• Kurama asked Bai Yue why he had blacked out, and Bai Yue said they would both black out for the next few days.

Bai Yue endured the Tenseigan’s first pulsation and asked Kurama to act as his eyes while his Byakugan was impaired. After the pulsation ended, he revealed his awakened Tenseigan and briefly formed an unstable Truth-Seeking Orb, leaving Kurama startled by his new power.

• Bai Yue stopped Aunt Hanako from alerting Elder Jinren and returned to his room to endure the Tenseigan’s first pulsation.
• Bai Yue asked Kurama to serve as his eyes, and Kurama agreed after Bai Yue lifted the seal on his perception.
• After the pulsation ended, Bai Yue removed his bandages and revealed his Tenseigan to Kurama.
• Bai Yue explained the Tenseigan’s connection to the Hyuga Clan’s ancestor, Otsutsuki Hamura, and the Nine-Tails bristled at his power.
• Bai Yue formed a Truth-Seeking Orb, then dispersed it when he found it unstable and switched back to the Byakugan.

Bai Yue analyzed the Truth-Seeking Orb and teased Kurama about the One-Tail Shukaku’s potential, then tried to persuade Kurama to become his eyes again. After Kurama refused, Bai Yue went to Root and sent Shadow Clones to search its remaining collection.

• Bai Yue struggled to recreate the Truth-Seeking Orb by hand and resolved to keep studying it.
• Bai Yue teased Kurama by praising the One-Tail Sand Shukaku’s Magnet Release and suggesting Shukaku might surpass him with enough research.
• Bai Yue asked Kurama to become his eyes again, but Kurama angrily refused.
• Bai Yue used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Root without encountering its patrolling members.
• Bai Yue created over a hundred Shadow Clones and told them to search Root’s collection quietly.

Bai Yue escaped Root after stealing its remaining unread scrolls, prompting Danzo to order an investigation and stronger defenses. Back at his research lab, Bai Yue dealt with his bickering Shadow Clones and greeted Might Guy, who had come hoping to spar.

• Bai Yue killed Kuye, sealed away Root’s remaining unread scrolls, erased most of his Flying Thunder God Marks, and escaped.
• Danzo learned that Kuye had been killed and about thirteen hundred scrolls were missing, then ordered an investigation and increased Root’s barriers and patrols.
• Bai Yue’s Shadow Clones bickered in the research lab while the Nine-Tails watched and teased him.
• Aunt Hanako called Bai Yue to eat and announced that Might Guy had come to visit.
• Might Guy said he had come to mooch a meal, then grew dejected when Bai Yue said he could not spar.

Bai Yue learned that the Cloud Ninja delegation had arrived in Konoha and grew angry after Aunt Hanako reported being mistreated by one of them. Expecting trouble and concerned for Hinata, he asked Kurama to guard the Hyuga Clan Compound at night, persuading him with a promised gift.

• Might Guy told Bai Yue that the Cloud Ninja had decided to sign a peace treaty, and Bai Yue thanked him while worrying about their threat to Hinata.
• Bai Yue waited several peaceful days for the Tenseigan's second stirring, but it did not occur even after news of the negotiations arrived.
• Aunt Hanako told Bai Yue that a Cloud Ninja had knocked over her groceries and accused her of blocking his way.
• Bai Yue comforted Aunt Hanako and decided the Cloud Ninja would pay for mistreating her and threatening Hinata.
• Bai Yue asked Kurama to watch for intruders at the Hyuga Clan Compound, and Kurama agreed after Bai Yue promised him a gift.

Bai Yue criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi’s handling of the Cloud Ninja and spent the day teasing Hinata and Neji while studying Nine-Tails’ Evil Sensing. When two Cloud Ninja infiltrated the Hyuga Clan Compound at night, Bai Yue killed them and fled with their remains.

• Danzo angrily confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the Cloud Ninja’s behavior, while Shikaku urged Hiruzen to defend Konoha’s dignity.
• Bai Yue mocked Hiruzen’s caution, teased Hinata and Neji, and argued with Nine-Tails about Evil Sensing.
• Nine-Tails warned Bai Yue that intruders had entered the clan land during Bai Yue’s Tenseigan stirring.
• Bai Yue used Nine-Tails’ senses to locate and intercept two Cloud Ninja inside the Hyuga Clan Compound.
• Bai Yue killed the intruders with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave Barrage and left the scene using Flying Thunder God.

Bai Yue annihilated the Cloud Ninja delegation with a powerful Wind Release and escaped, leaving Konoha’s leaders to suspect Danzo. Danzo denied carrying out the attack and revealed that Root had recently been infiltrated.

• Bai Yue killed two infiltrators, unleashed a massive Wind Release on the Cloud Ninja compound, and escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Anbu found that the delegation’s leader and another Cloud Ninja had been killed elsewhere before the rest were attacked at the compound.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Danzo after learning the attacker had used exceptionally powerful Wind Release.
• Hiruzen told the assembled Konoha leaders that the Cloud Ninja delegation had been wiped out, and they all turned to stare at Danzo.
• Danzo admitted he had considered attacking the delegation but denied doing so, then disclosed that someone had infiltrated Root without leaving a trace.