Chapter Summaries

Bai Yue gave Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata, and Shino a choice between an easy and difficult test, and the trio chose the difficult one. He tested them by unleashing crushing pressure, leaving them struggling to stay upright as he increased its force.

• Kiba Inuzuka rallied Hinata and Shino and insisted that the team choose Bai Yue's difficult test.
• Hinata warned Kiba Inuzuka that Bai Yue was powerful, and Shino noted that his insects could not sense Bai Yue's presence.
• Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata, and Shino agreed to take the difficult test, which required them to stand before Bai Yue for ten seconds.
• Bai Yue released a powerful aura that knocked Akamaru unconscious and forced Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata, and Shino to struggle against the pressure.
• Bai Yue increased the pressure while Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata, and Shino stubbornly tried to remain standing.

After Bai Yue tested and healed Team 8, he took Hinata and Shino to Youth Hot Pot Restaurant, where they ran into Might Guy and his students. The group prepared to eat together, while Guy tried to persuade Bai Yue to wear his beloved Green Tight Suit.

• Bai Yue ended the test, healed Hinata, Shino, Kiba Inuzuka, and Akamaru with Yin-Yang Power, and sent Kiba home to change after Akamaru urinated on him.
• Hinata fainted from exhaustion, so Bai Yue carried her to Youth Hot Pot Restaurant with Shino.
• Bai Yue met Might Guy, Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten outside the restaurant and invited Guy's students to join them for a meal.
• Rock Lee refused the invitation because he still had a thousand kicks and three thousand frog jumps to complete.
• Might Guy offered Bai Yue his cherished Green Tight Suit as proof of youth.

Bai Yue arranged for Neji, Shino, Kiba, and Tenten to wear logoed tight suits, while Might Guy returned with green suits and revealed his strength as an Elite Jonin. The chapter ended with Bai Yue deciding to use his twelve saved Gacha Chances for some fun.

• Bai Yue ordered green logoed tight suits for Neji, Shino, and Kiba, and offered Tenten a pink one instead.
• Kiba arrived and met Might Guy, who returned from preparing the suits after Rock Lee and Guy shared an awkward display of discipline and affection.
• Bai Yue told Kiba and Shino that Might Guy was an Elite Jonin, stunning them, while Neji insisted Bai Yue was stronger.
• Might Guy returned with green tight suits, and Bai Yue ordered Kiba and Shino to wear two each after Kiba tried to pay his way out of it.
• Bai Yue reflected that he lacked only fun and decided it was time to use his twelve saved Gacha Chances.

After gaining the True Delusion Seed, Bai Yue learned that its power could eventually let him rewrite reality and resurrect Kushina, though it would take time to grow. The next morning, he took Hinata, Kiba, and Shino to accept their first mission together: cleaning trash from the Naka River.

• Bai Yue used ten Big Roulette pulls and obtained the True Delusion Seed, which would grow into the True Illusionary Realm and grant him True Delusion Power.
• Bai Yue realized that once the power matured, he could use it to resurrect Kushina, and he decided to wait for the seed to grow.
• The next morning, Bai Yue cheerfully met Hinata outside the Hokage Building and uncovered Kiba and Shino, who had been hiding nearby.
• Bai Yue led Hinata, Kiba, and Shino to the mission desk and accepted a mission to clean trash downstream of the Naka River.
• Bai Yue recalled that he still had a pair of Double Tomoe Sharingan.

Bai Yue took Team 8 to clean the Naka River and made the low-ranking mission a brutal training exercise by manipulating the water. He left Kiba, Hinata, and Shino struggling through stronger currents and whirlpools while Akamaru repeatedly got swept away.

• Bai Yue arrived at the river with Kiba, Hinata, and Shino and sent them to clean up the water, warning them not to fall in.
• Kiba confidently stepped onto the river, followed by Hinata and Shino, as the team began clearing garbage.
• Bai Yue used his made-up Water Release: Hidden Tides to churn the river, and Akamaru fell in before Bai Yue carried him back to shore with a wave.
• Bai Yue summoned the Nine-Tails' consciousness into its white fox body and teased it while Team 8 struggled with the current.
• After the trio began adapting and collecting trash, Bai Yue intensified the river with whirlpools, water columns, and Chakra interference, knocking Kiba and Hinata into the water while Shino barely kept his footing.

Bai Yue pushed Team 8 through increasingly difficult river training while pondering Sage Mode, then Hana Inuzuka arrived to ask about his role as Kiba’s Instructor Jonin. The chapter ended with Hana telling him she was willing to do something, prompting him to ask what she meant.

• Bai Yue sent Hinata, Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru into the river’s vortex, then urged the exhausted Kiba to continue training as the task grew more intense.
• Bai Yue demonstrated an Earth Style: Earth Wall Jutsu without hand signs and dismissed Kiba’s request to learn his Nintaijutsu until she had mastered the basics.
• Bai Yue offered Kurama barbecue, then asked Hyuga Bun to bring ingredients and utensils while he watched Team 8 and considered his stalled Sage Mode progress.
• Hana Inuzuka arrived and asked Bai Yue whether he was her Brother of Six Paths’s Instructor Jonin, explaining that her mother had sent her to investigate Kiba’s training.
• Bai Yue warned Hana that spying on another ninja team could get her treated as a spy, and Hana replied that she could accept that from him.

Bai Yue fed his exhausted students after training and wondered why his Sage Mode could not advance, then turned his attention to Hinata’s unexplained weakness. His sister-in-law Hanabi came to see him, leaving him asking what had brought her there.

• Hana Inuzuka flirted with Bai Yue, but he deflected her until Hyuga Bun arrived with ingredients.
• Bai Yue washed Kiba, Shino, and Hinata ashore, dried their clothes, and invited them to eat after training.
• Hana teased Kiba, who felt embarrassed that she had seen him in his training outfit.
• Bai Yue created a Shadow Clone to handle a task and considered whether a leap in life or Otsutsuki cells could help him reach Sage Mode Level 10.
• Bai Yue decided Hinata’s strength seemed unusually low and wondered what was wrong with her.
• Hanabi came to Bai Yue, who greeted his sister-in-law and asked what she wanted.

Bai Yue met with Hyuga Hiashi, who asked him to marry Hinata and discussed Hanabi inheriting the Main Family. Bai Yue urged Hiashi to wait for a new opportunity and revealed that his New Caged Bird would make transplanted Byakugan self-destruct.

• Hanabi told Bai Yue that Hiashi wanted to see him, and Bai Yue carried her to Hiashi’s residence.
• Hiashi thanked Bai Yue for caring for Hinata, then asked what Bai Yue thought of her and whether he would marry her.
• Bai Yue asked if Hiashi planned to make Hanabi the Main Family heir, urged him to wait a few years, and suggested Neji was better suited to lead the Hyuga Clan.
• Bai Yue left, hinting that a new opportunity could bring the Hyuga Clan a turning point.
• Bai Yue considered how his increased power had made the old New Caged Bird ineffective and described a revised curse mark that would devour a dead Hyuga member’s power and self-destruct if transplanted or left without an external connection for more than three days.

Bai Yue advanced Kiba, Hinata, and Shino to a combined second- and third-stage water-walking trial on the Naka River, where Naruto and Team 7 encountered them. After Naruto failed to walk on the water, Kakashi began teaching Team 7 tree climbing while Bai Yue surrounded his students with water balls and lightning spheres.

• Bai Yue threw Kiba, Hinata, and Shino into the Naka River to begin their next training stages.
• Naruto arrived with Team 7, saw the others standing on the water, and asked Kiba to teach him.
• Kakashi stopped the river-cleaning mission and explained tree climbing as the first stage of Chakra control.
• Naruto rushed onto the river, sank into the undercurrent, and was blasted back up by Bai Yue.
• Sasuke noticed the river's unusual currents while Kakashi taught Team 7 tree climbing.
• Bai Yue formed water balls and lightning spheres around Kiba, Hinata, and Shino, alarming Kiba.

Bai Yue put Kiba Inuzuka, Akamaru, and the rest of Team 8 through punishing water-and-lightning training while Naruto and Sasuke practiced tree climbing. After Naruto used Shadow Clones to finish first, Bai Yue treated the group to a barbecue and invited Kakashi and Team 7 to join.

• Bai Yue's water and lightning attacks repeatedly knocked Akamaru and Kiba Inuzuka underwater and blasted them back into the air, prompting Naruto to protest.
• Bai Yue explained the Chunin Exam to Naruto, who asked Kakashi to let him take it; Kakashi told Naruto and Sasuke to master tree climbing and water walking first.
• Naruto and Sasuke began tree-climbing practice, and Bai Yue advised Naruto to use Shadow Clones to speed up his training.
• Naruto used his clones' training experience to reach the top of a tree before Sasuke, while Bai Yue brought Team 8 and Akamaru ashore and healed them with light balls.
• Bai Yue served Hinata grilled skewers and invited Kakashi and Team 7 to share the barbecue, and Kakashi accepted.

Bai Yue offered the children a reward for seeing Kakashi’s face, then discovered that the True Delusion Seed had grown into a True Illusionary Realm. He used half of the realm’s territory to create Otsutsuki Blood and wondered whether the Ninja World’s intense emotions had fueled its growth.

• Bai Yue reminded Kakashi to teach Naruto Uzumaki and the others properly, and Kakashi agreed.
• Naruto and Kiba Inuzuka speculated about Kakashi’s masked face, prompting Bai Yue to offer a small wish to anyone who could see it without Kakashi noticing.
• Bai Yue sent the children off with Hinata supervising, then sensed that the True Delusion Seed had sprouted into a small True Illusionary Realm.
• Bai Yue spent half the realm’s territory to create a drop of Otsutsuki Blood and fused it into his body.
• Bai Yue attributed the realm’s rapid growth to the Ninja World’s emotionally intense inhabitants and considered the possibility of harvesting their thoughts and desires.

Bai Yue regretted losing the Uchiha Clan and hurried to the moon, where he absorbed Otsutsuki Toneri and Otsutsuki Hagoromo into the True Illusionary Realm. Back in Konoha, he was interrupted by Kurenai Yuhi while the children decided to challenge Kakashi over his mask.

• Bai Yue resolved to bring more living beings into the True Illusionary Realm after the Uchiha Clan's massacre and traveled to the moon.
• Bai Yue dispelled his clone, found Otsutsuki Hagoromo near death with Otsutsuki Toneri, and pulled both into the True Illusionary Realm.
• Bai Yue learned from his Shadow Clones that the old man on the moon had died, gathered Otsutsuki knowledge, and returned to Konoha.
• Kurenai Yuhi entered Bai Yue's courtyard and stared at him as he pretended to sleep, then he opened his eyes and caught her looking.
• Naruto and the others failed to uncover Kakashi's face, so Kiba Inuzuka and Shino proposed attacking him, and Sasuke eagerly agreed.

Bai Yue learned that Kiba Inuzuka and Shino had been beaten by Kakashi after they tried to remove his mask, then listened as Naruto asked about his parents. Bai Yue told Naruto that his mother was alive and away on a mission, leaving Kakashi stunned and Naruto overwhelmed with hope.

• Hinata told Bai Yue that Kiba Inuzuka, Shino, and Naruto had tried to attack Kakashi after failing to remove his mask, and Bai Yue sent the students to train.
• Naruto arrived bruised and told Bai Yue he had torn off half of Kakashi's mask, asking to learn about one of his parents as his reward.
• Bai Yue told Kakashi to step aside, then asked Naruto if he trusted him.
• Bai Yue claimed Naruto's mother was alive and would soon return from a distant mission, stunning Kakashi.
• Naruto doubted Bai Yue at first, then cried with relief as he recalled longing for his parents.

Bai Yue argued that Naruto deserved care and challenged Kakashi’s reluctance to help him, while Kakashi grew wary of Bai Yue’s power and motives. After sending Kakashi away, Bai Yue used his Byakugan to find Kurenai Yuhi and planned to ambush her that night.

• Naruto asked Bai Yue where his parents had gone, but Bai Yue refused to answer and hurled him into the Naka River.
• Kakashi questioned whether Bai Yue should give Naruto hope, and Bai Yue told him to find a way to reconnect with his severed bonds.
• Bai Yue challenged the village’s secrecy around Naruto and criticized Hiruzen Sarutobi for keeping others from getting close to him.
• Kakashi stayed silent and considered taking Team 7, especially Naruto, away from Bai Yue.
• Bai Yue used his Byakugan to locate Kurenai Yuhi and decided to ambush her that night in retaliation for the previous night’s attack.

Hyuga Baiyue nominated Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, and Hinata Hyuga for the Chunin Exam, then suggested Iruka test the newly graduated candidates. After teasing Anko and congratulating her on becoming a second-stage examiner, Bai Yue went with her to Youth Hot Pot Restaurant, where they met the Ino-Shika-Cho team.

• Tetsuya Yamagami, Pikachu, Asuma Sarutobi, Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, and Hyuga Baiyue nominated their teams for the Chunin Exam.
• Iruka objected to Naruto Uzumaki and his classmates participating so soon after graduation, and Bai Yue suggested that Iruka test them.
• Bai Yue misread Asuma's looks, while Asuma accepted that Kurenai Yuhi had chosen Bai Yue and left to pursue other women.
• Anko found Bai Yue and told him she had become the second examiner for the Chunin Exam's second stage, and he praised her before inviting her to eat.
• Bai Yue and Anko arrived at Youth Hot Pot Restaurant, where Bai Yue met Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi and told the staff to make their meal free.

Bai Yue shared a meal with Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Anko, and Asuma, whose drunken blessing revealed that Bai Yue and Kurenai were together and upset Anko. After carrying Anko away, Bai Yue sensed a cold watcher, used his Byakugan to find Orochimaru, and teased her as his “Snake Aunt.”

• Ino greeted Bai Yue with unusual obedience, and Shikamaru invited him to dine with the Ino-Shika-Cho trio.
• Bai Yue and the group ate together, and Asuma arrived and joined them.
• After drinking, Asuma blessed Bai Yue and Kurenai, prompting Anko to cling to Bai Yue and drunkenly demand to know why he had chosen Kurenai.
• Bai Yue carried Anko out of the restaurant while Ino watched enviously.
• Bai Yue sensed a cold gaze, activated his Byakugan, and recognized Orochimaru as the watcher.

After spending the night with Anko, Bai Yue discovered that his Perfect Blood had transformed and granted him a Pure Immortal Body. He marveled at his growing physical power and considered testing the Sky God Strike scroll from the Otsutsuki collection.

• Bai Yue took Anko away while Orochimaru watched them from hiding and learned that Anko was doing well.
• Bai Yue spent the night with Anko, then reminded her that she needed to inspect the Forest of Death before the Chunin Exam.
• Anko hurried off to prepare for her duties as the second-stage chief examiner.
• Bai Yue checked his system panel and found that Sage Mode had been replaced by a Pure Immortal Body and Perfect Blood had transformed.
• Bai Yue tested his new strength with a casual fist clench that caused a powerful sonic boom, then thought about trying the Sky God Strike.

During the Chunin Exam, Bai Yue found Gaara and compared the One-Tail Jinchuriki with Naruto, then persuaded Kurama to help Naruto if he faced an opponent he could not defeat. The chapter left Naruto with the possibility of receiving Kurama’s chakra and gaining access to Perfect Jinchuriki mode.

• Bai Yue spotted Gaara with his Byakugan and teased Kurama about the One-Tail, prompting the Nine-Tails to defend his own strength.
• Temari became infatuated with Bai Yue when she saw him, while Gaara threatened her for acting strangely.
• Bai Yue wondered whether Naruto could still reform Gaara without having suffered the rejection of being known as a Jinchuriki.
• Bai Yue convinced the Nine-Tails to give Naruto chakra in a dangerous fight without affecting his sanity, and Kurama agreed in exchange for a rare steak.
• Bai Yue greeted Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura as he encountered them in Konoha.

Bai Yue entered Naruto’s Sealing Space and brought the Yang Nine-Tails face to face with its Yin half, then removed the seal holding Minato and Kushina’s souls. He sent their incomplete souls to the True Illusionary Realm and arranged for the Yang Nine-Tails to stay in his body while he planned to investigate the Reaper Death Seal.

• Bai Yue greeted Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, then bumped fists with Naruto to enter his Sealing Space.
• Bai Yue introduced the Yang Nine-Tails to the Yin Nine-Tails, and the two halves connected their wills and argued about their different living conditions.
• Bai Yue tore off the seal tag, releasing Minato and Kushina’s souls, then sealed their incomplete souls into the True Illusionary Realm.
• Bai Yue asked the Yang Nine-Tails to switch places with the Yin Nine-Tails for a while, and the Yang Nine-Tails agreed.
• Bai Yue planned to separate any of Kushina’s soul mixed with the Yang Nine-Tails and investigate the Shinigami when the Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal.

Bai Yue switched the Nine-Tails’ consciousnesses, encouraged the young ninja preparing for the Chunin Exams, and left Anko and Asuma in an awkward rivalry. The chapter ended with Bai Yue asking Anko whether she had arrived too early to surprise the examinees.

• Bai Yue swapped the Nine-Tails’ consciousnesses and left Yin Nine-Tails with Naruto while Yang Nine-Tails went with him for steak.
• Bai Yue encouraged Naruto, Sasuke, and the other young ninja to work hard for the Chunin Exams and protect themselves if necessary.
• Anko clung to Bai Yue and announced that she, Bai Yue, and another person had been together for a long time, leaving Asuma shocked and ashen.
• Hinata declared that she wanted to be part of the group, while Asuma asked Anko whether she had made her entrance too early to surprise the examinees.