Chapter Summaries

Three-Tails Isobu told Eight-Tails Gyūki how Feng An captured it, while Feng An and Hinata discussed the Otsutsuki threat and the tailed beasts. The chapter ended with Tsunade learning that Iwagakure rejected an alliance and wondering whether the Otsutsuki really existed.

• Three-Tails Isobu described its resurrection and capture to Eight-Tails Gyūki, who said Feng An had likely known where it would revive.
• Feng An and Hinata discussed the Otsutsuki, the tailed beasts, and the need to keep training.
• Madara Uchiha offered Feng An and Hinata lunch, but they had already eaten to avoid his cooking.
• An Anbu ninja told Tsunade that Sunagakure and Mist Village accepted her alliance proposal, while Iwagakure refused.
• Tsunade recalled Ōnoki and Kitsuchi's deaths and wondered whether the Otsutsuki really existed.

Jigen, the vessel of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, awakened and drew chakra from the Small Ten-Tails while seeking two newly evolved beings to feed it. Feng An sensed Jigen and confronted him near the Land of Water, ending their first exchange by claiming his name was Isshiki Otsutsuki.

• Jigen emerged from hiding, concluded Kaguya Otsutsuki was dead, and decided to cultivate a second Ten-Tails.
• Jigen absorbed chakra from the Small Ten-Tails and said he would bring it the two newly born beings with evolved bloodlines.
• Feng An sensed an Otsutsuki presence, searched across the Land of Fire and beyond, then tracked it to the lake where the Three-Tails had been subdued.
• Jigen introduced himself as a monk named Jigen and questioned Feng An about his knowledge of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Feng An named Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, prompting Jigen to consider who Feng An might be, then claimed his own name was Isshiki Otsutsuki.

Feng An confronted Jigen, who revealed that he intended to capture both Feng An and Hinata Hyuga, then destroyed Jigen’s projection. Jigen resolved to seek scientific talent to create a suitable vessel, while Feng An returned to Hinata and promised to stop keeping danger from her.

• Feng An heard Jigen threaten to capture him and Hinata Hyuga, then disassembled Jigen’s projected body with a white cube.
• Jigen awakened in a temple, reflected on his weak body and need for a better vessel, and decided to seek scientific talent outside the Five Great Nations.
• Feng An returned to his room, where Hinata Hyuga noticed his cold hand and pressed him to explain what had happened.
• Feng An told Hinata that he had sensed an Otsutsuki and found him near the lake where they had captured the Three-Tails.
• Hinata cried and told Feng An how afraid she was of losing him, and Feng An promised to share dangers with her instead of facing them alone.

Feng An told Hinata Hyuga about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and the second Ten-Tails, then they shared Madara Uchiha’s newly successful cooking. After Feng An and Hinata left, a familiar figure returned to meet them.

• Feng An explained to Hinata that there were two Ten-Tails and that Isshiki might capture them to feed the other one, but warned that being captured would leave them helpless in his Daikokuten dimension.
• Feng An and Hinata joined Madara Uchiha for a meal and praised his cooking after he spent half a year learning.
• Madara challenged Hinata to a cooking competition, and she invited him to her home for dinner that afternoon.
• Feng An considered the village’s potential fighters against the Otsutsuki before he and Hinata left Madara’s home.
• A familiar figure appeared before Feng An and Hinata, and Feng An recognized the person as someone who had returned.

Nagato and Konan returned after helping small countries and stepping down from the Twilight Organization, and Feng An welcomed them to settle in Konoha. They chose a plot nearby, and Feng An's Wood Clone began building them a house.

• Nagato and Konan told Feng An they had helped victims in small countries and left the Twilight Organization in the hands of others.
• Nagato revealed that he had received an eye transplant and could see again, then asked Feng An how Madara Uchiha had become his neighbor.
• Madara Uchiha invited Nagato and Konan to dinner, and Feng An explained that he wanted to apologize for nearly killing Konan.
• Feng An invited Nagato and Konan to live in Konoha, and they agreed.
• Nagato and Konan picked a plot about five hundred meters from Feng An's house, and his Wood Clone used Sage Mode to quickly build the house's framework.

Feng An built a home for Nagato and Konan, then went to Tsunade to explain their return to Konoha and the new structure. Tsunade allowed them to stay and backed their organization, Dusk, while asking Feng An not to build more houses.

• Feng An used Wood Release to build a house for Nagato and Konan, then left his Wood Clone to finish the interior while Hinata took them home.
• Feng An arrived at Tsunade's office as Hyo was reporting an illegal structure he had built, and Tsunade told Hyo not to report Feng An's future structures.
• Feng An told Tsunade that he had taken in Nagato and Konan, who had returned after completing their organization, Dusk.
• Tsunade praised Dusk's goal of helping victims of war and said she would not interfere as long as it did not follow the Akatsuki's path.
• Tsunade allowed Nagato and Konan to stay in Konoha but warned Feng An not to build more houses, then went back to resting on her documents.

Jigen found Amado trying to save his unconscious daughter, Akebi, and recruited him into the Kara Organization by promising her recovery. He took Amado and his laboratory into Daikokuten, then left to search for more suitable people.

• Feng An returned to the Hokage's Office by using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and later went shopping with the others while Nagato and Madara Uchiha stayed home.
• Jigen followed Amado to his underground research facility and watched him try to treat Akebi, who remained unconscious.
• Jigen revealed himself to Amado and promised he could save Akebi if Amado helped find suitable vessels and continue his research.
• Amado agreed to help Jigen, who said completing the Chakra Fruit would let him save Akebi and named their organization Kara.
• Jigen absorbed Amado and the laboratory into Daikokuten, where everything but Jigen was frozen, then flew away to find more people.

Feng An and Hinata trained to prepare for the Otsutsuki, while Feng An planned how to gather the remaining Tailed Beasts without killing Gaara or reviving Kaguya. Meanwhile, Jigen formed Kara’s inner ranks and discovered signs that another Otsutsuki group might arrive within a year.

• Feng An explained that Hinata needed to combine her Byakugan’s abilities with her Tenseigan to detect objects shrunk by Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s divine art.
• Feng An told Hinata he could only become an incomplete Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and would need One-Tails Shukaku’s cooperation to keep Gaara alive.
• Feng An planned to seek Gaara’s agreement in Sunagakure and retrieve the other half of Nine-Tails from Minato Namikaze in the Pure Land.
• Jigen selected Amado, Boro, and Victor as Kara’s inner members, assigning them work involving vessels, experiments, and the Otsutsuki Cult.
• Jigen found new Otsutsuki symbols in the alternate space and estimated that another group would arrive in less than a year.

Tsunade and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire persuaded the assembled leaders to treat the Otsutsuki Cult as a major threat and suppress its growth. After the meeting, Feng An approached Gaara to discuss something privately and teleported himself, Gaara, and Tsunade away as a crowd gathered.

• Tsunade warned the daimyo that dismissing the Otsutsuki Cult could repeat the mistake made with the Akatsuki Organization.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Fire declared the Otsutsuki Cult a primary target for suppression, and Tsunade ordered allied nations to report any clues about it.
• Feng An appeared beside Tsunade and Gaara and said he had something to discuss with the Kazekage.
• The Daimyo of the Land of Water reminded the Daimyo of the Land of Wind that Sunagakure had killed its own genius ninja, Pakura.
• As onlookers gathered around Feng An, Tsunade, and Gaara, Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport the three away.

Feng An told Gaara why he needed to extract Shukaku to prepare for the Otsutsuki, and promised Gaara would survive. Gaara agreed, and Feng An began the extraction with his Adamantine Sealing Chains.

• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Gaara and Tsunade to a forest outside Konoha.
• Feng An confirmed to Tsunade that he wanted to collect Gaara’s Tailed Beast, and Gaara stepped back in alarm.
• Feng An explained the Otsutsuki threat and his plan, and Gaara agreed to give up Shukaku for the Shinobi World’s peace.
• Gaara asked Tsunade to protect Sunagakure if he died, and Tsunade solemnly agreed.
• Feng An assured Gaara that extracting Shukaku would not kill him, then summoned his Adamantine Sealing Chains and began.

Feng An extracted most of One-Tails Shukaku from Gaara while leaving enough chakra behind to keep him alive, then returned Gaara to the Land of Wind. Gaara asked for Flying Thunder God Kunai so Feng An could visit Sunagakure, and Feng An left him with them.

• Feng An used Adamantine Sealing Chains to enter Gaara’s inner world and began draining Shukaku’s chakra.
• Shukaku attacked Feng An and tried to preserve itself by severing its tail, but Feng An extracted its main body into himself.
• Gaara confirmed that some Tailed Beast Chakra remained inside him, and Tsunade checked that he was unharmed.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Gaara to the Land of Wind.
• Gaara asked Feng An for two Flying Thunder God Kunai so Feng An could visit Sunagakure, and Feng An gave them to him before leaving.

Feng An teleported Tsunade back to the Hokage’s Office, while Boro tricked nearly a hundred impoverished people into believing Konoha would shelter them. When Konoha’s gate guards rejected the crowd, the refugees turned angry and charged, leaving the guards unsure how to respond.

• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Tsunade to the Hokage’s Office, then left her there as Shizune rushed off to feed Tonton.
• Boro told a group of impoverished people that Konoha would rescue only good people, secretly dismissing them as easy to fool.
• Mizuki Izumo and Kotetsu Hagane met nearly a hundred refugees at Konoha’s gates and denied that the village had any policy of taking them in.
• The refugees demanded food and shelter, then threatened to become villains and rob Konoha when the guards refused them entry.
• The crowd charged at Mizuki Izumo and Kotetsu Hagane, who stepped back rather than attack the unarmed civilians.

Feng An and Hinata stopped a crowd of impoverished people from forcing their way into Konoha, uncovering a plot to use human bombs against the village. Feng An killed the attackers and struck down Boro, but Boro’s body began to tremble, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Feng An and Hinata arrived as an impoverished crowd tried to force their way into Konoha, and Feng An recognized that one of them had been turned into a human bomb.
• After the crowd accused Konoha of murder and continued advancing, Feng An used Dust Release and then killed the remaining attackers.
• Boro fled into the forest, but Hinata confronted him and deflected his Lava Style with Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Palms Return.
• Feng An used a kunai and space-time ripples to appear beside Boro and blast his head off with a Rasengan.
• Hinata stopped spinning and joined Feng An, who said the fight was not over when Boro’s body began to tremble.

Feng An and Hinata confronted Boro, whose Scientific Ninja Tools let him regenerate and then transform into a gigantic monster. Feng An discovered that Boro could no longer regenerate in his transformed state and prepared to finish him.

• Boro regenerated his head with the Regeneration Core, and Feng An recognized that removing the core would let Tono Katazuke study it.
• Feng An stopped Hinata from using Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and blasted away Boro’s explosive black mist with Shinra Tensei.
• Boro tried to flee and threatened Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo, but Feng An and Hinata blocked his escape.
• Boro’s Scientific Ninja Tools went berserk and transformed him into a gigantic monster.
• Feng An struck Boro with a Compressed Rasengan, saw that his wound did not regenerate, and raised a huge Rasengan to attack again.

Feng An defeated Boro and recovered his Regeneration Core, then brought it to Katasuke Tono so he could study it and develop more Scientific Ninja Tools. Orochimaru offered to help with the research.

• Feng An crushed Boro with a giant Rasengan, killing him after his regenerative abilities had been disabled.
• Tsunade reprimanded Kotetsu Hagane and Mizuki Izumo for abandoning their guard post, and they promised to learn from the incident.
• Feng An found the Regeneration Core in Boro’s remains and explained to Hinata Hyuga that it could advance technology in the Shinobi World.
• Feng An asked Tsunade to take him to Katasuke Tono, then gave Katasuke the Regeneration Core to dismantle and study.
• Orochimaru joined the discussion and offered to help research the Scientific Ninja Tool.

Feng An reassured Hinata about Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then traveled alone to Takigakure to capture Chōmei without killing Kaede. Kaede realized his intention and angrily compared him to Akatsuki, questioning their friendship.

• Orochimaru asked Feng An to return the Kusanagi Sword, but Feng An fled and later refused to give it back.
• Hinata worried that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki might attack Konoha, and Feng An explained why confronting him directly would be dangerous.
• Feng An told Hinata he was going to Takigakure, and Hinata stayed behind to protect the village.
• Kaede sensed Feng An's arrival through Chōmei's bugs and asked why Hinata had not come with him.
• Feng An admitted he had come to capture Chōmei but promised not to kill Kaede, and Kaede angrily accused him of becoming like Akatsuki.

Feng An confronted Kaede after Chōmei turned her against him, then restrained her and bound the Seven-Tails. Chōmei admitted it had manipulated Kaede, but Feng An argued that Kaede had pitied and befriended it; Chōmei was left shaken by the possibility that it had misremembered their past.

• Kaede entered Tailed Beast Transformation and attacked Feng An, insisting he wanted to kill Chōmei.
• Feng An used the Rinnegan and golden chains to restrain Kaede, drain her Chakra, and bind the Seven-Tails.
• Chōmei accused humans of exploiting Tailed Beasts and admitted it had brainwashed Kaede from childhood so she would see it as her best friend.
• Feng An told Chōmei that Kaede's kindness and pity had saved it, rather than Chōmei redeeming her.
• Chōmei recalled Kaede alone as a child and questioned whether it had been the one to tell her that her friends feared her.

Feng An confronted Shoumei over its treatment of Kaede, then returned to Konoha and learned that Jiraiya had been injured investigating the Kara Organization. He recognized a strange presence around Jiraiya and feared that the organization’s artificial Ōtsutsuki research might soon succeed.

• Feng An called out Shoumei’s controlling behavior toward Kaede, extracted some of its Chakra, and left part of it inside Kaede.
• Feng An waited for Kaede to wake, told her Shoumei remained inside her, and departed using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Kaede assumed Feng An and Hinata would reject her, but then found Feng An’s Flying Thunder God Kunai beside her.
• Feng An sensed an unfamiliar presence in Konoha, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Hinata at the hospital, and found Jiraiya unconscious and injured.
• Tsunade explained that Jiraiya had investigated the Kara Organization and uncovered its powerful members and human experimentation; Feng An recognized the danger of its artificial Ōtsutsuki research.

Feng An warned Tsunade and the others about Kara’s plans to create artificial Otsutsuki and proposed reviving Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju to fight them. After learning that two Otsutsuki were approaching the moon, Feng An realized Konoha had only a few days to prepare.

• Feng An convinced Tsunade and Kakashi that Kara could create artificial Otsutsuki, citing Konoha’s Wood Release experiments and research on Hashirama Cells.
• Feng An proposed using the Impure World Reincarnation to revive Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju, and Tsunade agreed to prepare White Zetsu bodies.
• Feng An and Hinata traveled to the moon, where Otsutsuki Toneri reported sensing two Otsutsuki heading toward their planet.
• Feng An suspected Momoshiki and Kinshiki were approaching and worried that the Otsutsuki might join forces.
• Hinata asked which threat they should face first, and Feng An said he would seek Naruto Uzumaki’s Nine-Tails Chakra if Konoha could not find the previous Hokage’s DNA within three days.

Orochimaru used the Shinigami mask and Impure World Reincarnation to bring back the four Hokage, and Tsunade explained the threat posed by the Otsutsuki. Minato Namikaze asked Feng An about Naruto, who answered that Naruto had endured hardship and stood on his own, but had not become a hero or jonin.

• Orochimaru released Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi from the Shinigami and summoned them, along with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, into White Zetsu bodies.
• Hashirama Senju recognized Tsunade and questioned why she still looked young, while the Hokage learned that they had been summoned to face a threat to the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade briefed the four Hokage on the Otsutsuki, and Feng An asked Minato Namikaze to speak with him outside.
• Minato Namikaze asked Feng An whether Naruto Uzumaki was doing well and what he had become.
• Feng An told Minato Namikaze that Naruto had not become a Konoha hero or jonin, had hidden his sadness, and had learned to stand on his own.