Chapter Summaries

Hinata chased down and destroyed Otsutsuki Shibai’s soul body, but he stopped time before he could disappear completely. With everyone frozen except himself and Hinata, Shibai revealed that he had already been killed and left his next move unclear.

• Otsutsuki Shibai fled from Hinata while Feng An rode on her back and taunted him.
• Hinata surged forward, pierced Otsutsuki Shibai, and used azure light to shatter his soul body.
• Otsutsuki Shibai’s body dissolved into starlight, leaving only his nearly shattered head to threaten Hinata.
• Otsutsuki Shibai activated a giant clock face and stopped time, while he and Hinata remained able to move.
• Hinata found she could not use her Chakra to finish him, and Otsutsuki Shibai said he had already been killed by her.

Hinata rejected Otsutsuki Shibai’s offer to claim Feng An’s adaptive body, and Shibai attacked her inside his Time Stop domain. Feng An broke through the domain and destroyed Shibai’s remaining soul.

• Otsutsuki Shibai told Hinata that Feng An was an outsider with a universally adaptive physique and tried to tempt her into taking his body.
• Hinata refused Shibai’s offer, and he revealed that he intended to enter her body and plant Karma.
• Feng An appeared inside the Time Stop domain and confronted Shibai, who charged at Hinata to implant Karma.
• Feng An grabbed Shibai by the energy tail, dragged him back, and knocked him into his remaining soul.
• Feng An compressed Shibai into a sphere and destroyed him as the clock’s second hand moved.

After Otsutsuki Shibai was finally destroyed, Feng An and Hinata learned that Otsutsuki Hamura’s incarnation was fading and could not return to the Pure Land. Hamura gave Hinata his last power before vanishing, while a black diamond-shaped mark appeared in Feng An’s left palm.

• Feng An and Hinata confirmed Otsutsuki Shibai had been destroyed, and Otsutsuki Hamura sensed that no fragments of his soul remained.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki returned to the Pure Land to replenish his Soul Power, while Otsutsuki Hamura explained that he could not survive by returning there.
• Otsutsuki Hamura asked Kaguya to live well and told Hinata that her potential was greater than she realized.
• Otsutsuki Hamura urged Feng An to protect Hinata, then gave her his final power and vanished.
• A black diamond-shaped mark appeared unnoticed in Feng An’s left palm.

Feng An and Hinata returned to the Shinobi World and saw the devastation left by the Ten-Tails God Tree. Feng An remembered that Otsutsuki Shibai had hidden a Chakra Fruit in a space-time rift, and after finding it, he ate it while Hinata refused.

• Feng An and Hinata returned to the ravaged Shinobi World, where the Ten-Tails God Tree had drained the Chakra of nearly everyone and devastated nature.
• Feng An remembered that Otsutsuki Shibai had stored a Chakra Fruit in a space-time rift, so he and Hinata flew back into the stars to search for it.
• Hinata used her Tenseigan and Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion while Feng An searched for weak spots in space, and together they located the rift.
• Feng An opened the rift with Yomi Underworld and retrieved the Chakra Fruit that Otsutsuki Shibai had left inside.
• Hinata refused to eat the fruit, and Feng An ate it himself after explaining that it granted immortality.

After eating the Chakra Fruit, Feng An and Hinata returned to a devastated Konoha, where they met Might Guy and then went to the Hyuga Residence to report they were safe. The chapter ended with Hyuga Hiashi and Hanabi greeting them after their return.

• Feng An ate the Chakra Fruit, and Hinata tasted a small piece before Kaguya explained that its power would take time to manifest.
• Hinata felt her Chakra and strength increase, and Kaguya said her constitution had become purer than that of any Otsutsuki Main Family member she had seen.
• Feng An and Hinata returned to Konoha and found the village nearly empty after the Ten-Tails God Tree had killed most of its residents.
• Feng An and Hinata met Might Guy, who learned that Hinata had uprooted the Ten-Tails God Tree and raced off to train.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Hinata to the Hyuga Residence, where Hyuga Hiashi and Hanabi welcomed them back.

Feng An reunited with the Hyuga Clan and met with Tsunade, Xiao Ming, and Konoha’s survivors to discuss rebuilding after the Ten-Tails disaster. He agreed that his return would deter threats, but said he would pursue both armed and ideological unification.

• Feng An and Hinata visited the Hyuga Residence, where Hiashi Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga welcomed them and they learned Hyuga Natsu had survived.
• Hiashi Hyuga warned Feng An that heavy responsibilities awaited him, and Feng An asked whether Xiao Ming had survived.
• Xiao Ming arrived with Tsunade, Kakashi, Might Guy, Naruto Uzumaki, Second Pillar, and others, explaining that Konoha’s people had protected him.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring the group to the Hyuga ancestral grounds for a discussion about rebuilding Konoha and the Land of Fire.
• Tsunade and Xiao Ming described Konoha’s losses and the risk of other forces targeting it, while Xiao Ming said Feng An’s strength would deter them.
• Feng An said he would combine armed unification with ideological unification after the disaster.

Feng An proposed using armed retaliation and deterrence to eliminate hostile forces and speed the Shinobi World's recovery, and the others approved. After returning home with Hinata, he found Two-Tails Matatabi waiting there and was reunited with the returning Eight-Tails Gyuki.

• Tsunade, Xiao Ming, and the others objected to armed unification, but Feng An said he had decided to use it without attacking first.
• Feng An explained that Konoha would retaliate against forces threatening it, purge remaining dissidents, and then pursue ideological unification; everyone present agreed.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Hinata back to the Hyuga Residence, and later they returned home together.
• Feng An and Hinata found Two-Tails Matatabi at home, where she explained that she and Gyuki had stayed to avoid the Ten-Tails God Tree sensing them.
• Eight-Tails Gyuki returned from surveying the Shinobi World and froze when he saw Feng An and Hinata.

Feng An returned home with Hinata after she destroyed the Ten-Tails God Tree, then discovered an Otsutsuki Karma mark on his palm. He realized it was Otsutsuki Shibai’s resurrection Karma and called for Kaguya, unsure how to stop it.

• Eight-Tails Gyuki questioned Feng An about the Ten-Tails God Tree’s destruction, and Hinata revealed her power and admitted she had cut it down.
• Feng An and Hinata went to their room after talking with Gyuki and Two-Tails Matatabi, then prepared to bathe and sleep.
• Feng An examined his body because he had not noticed the Chakra Fruit’s power changing him.
• Feng An found a black diamond-shaped Karma mark in his left palm and recognized it as Otsutsuki Shibai’s resurrection mark.
• Feng An feared the Karma would eventually take over his body and called for Kaguya.

Feng An discovered that Otsutsuki Shibai's Karma had implanted itself in his palm and was already decompressing, despite his not using Shibai's power. He concealed his fear from Hinata and returned to bed with her, while the Karma remained unresolved.

• Kaguya identified the mark on Feng An's palm as Otsutsuki Shibai's Karma and explained that a fully decompressed Karma would take over its host.
• Kaguya used her Byakugan and discovered that Shibai's Karma had already decompressed by 3%, possibly progressing automatically.
• Feng An asked whether killing himself could stop the Karma, but Kaguya stayed silent.
• Hinata entered and mistook Feng An and Kaguya's private conversation for an affair, but Feng An reassured her that they had only discussed the Otsutsuki.
• Feng An washed the blood from his palm and found that the Karma remained; he then returned to bed and agreed to hold Hinata while they slept.

Feng An learned from Otsutsuki Momoshiki that Karma would eventually overwrite his consciousness, then revealed Otsutsuki Shibai had planted it after Feng An killed him. He returned to Hinata and admitted that Shibai’s Karma could no longer be stopped and that he had decided to choose his own death.

• Feng An questioned Otsutsuki Momoshiki about Karma, and Momoshiki explained that the implanted Otsutsuki consciousness would eventually take over its vessel.
• Feng An told Otsutsuki Momoshiki that Otsutsuki Shibai had planted Karma in him after Feng An killed Shibai, shocking Momoshiki.
• Otsutsuki Momoshiki warned Feng An that Shibai’s Karma had already risen from five percent to six percent and might be impossible to stop.
• Feng An refused to kill Otsutsuki Momoshiki because Momoshiki still had a vessel on the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet, then left the Kamui Dimension.
• Hinata asked Feng An whether he was hiding something from her, and he confessed that Karma could no longer be stopped and that he had decided to choose his own death.

Feng An planned to die before Otsutsuki Shibai’s Karma fully thawed, but Hinata persuaded him to face the danger with her instead. Meanwhile, Takigakure’s shinobi considered attacking a weakened Konoha, and their village chief asked them to weigh the risks.

• Feng An told Hinata that Shibai’s Karma had thawed six percent and that he intended to die before it took him over.
• Hinata refused to accept Feng An’s decision and said she would seek Karma herself if he chose death.
• Hinata reminded Feng An of the peaceful world they had hoped to create together, and he agreed to face the hardship with her.
• Gyuki and Matatabi watched Feng An and Hinata embrace; Gyuki decided there was no point in running away.
• Xiao Ming spread news of Feng An’s serious illness, prompting Takigakure shinobi to propose attacking the weakened Konoha.
• Takigakure’s village chief asked what would happen if their attempt to defeat Konoha failed.

Iwagakure shinobi urged Kurotsuchi to exploit Konoha’s weakness, but she refused and faced a revolt led by Kiyogan. The chapter ended as Kurotsuchi prepared to fight him and defend her position as Fourth Tsuchikage.

• Takigakure’s village chief warned that Konoha might have spread the news of Emperor Yi’s condition to lure attackers into a trap, and the villagers fell silent.
• Iwagakure shinobi urged Kurotsuchi to attack Konoha, but she refused because she had let go of her desire for revenge.
• Kiyogan and his supporters demanded that Kurotsuchi step down and hold another election, revealing that Kiyogan wanted to become Tsuchikage.
• Kurotsuchi attacked Kiyogan, who blocked her punch with Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall.
• Kurotsuchi warned the onlookers to stay back and declared that she would show Kiyogan why she was the Fourth Tsuchikage.

Kurotsuchi defeated Kiyogan in the Tsuchikage's Office, revealing that she could use Dust Release. After the gathered Iwagakure officials accepted her authority and killed Kiyogan, she annihilated his body and remained the Fourth Tsuchikage.

• Kurotsuchi dodged Kiyogan's attack, threw him into the office wall, and battered him with Earth Release and Dust Release.
• Kurotsuchi annihilated Kiyogan's right hand with Dust Release and kicked him through the office wall, leaving him unconscious.
• Kurotsuchi challenged the officials who had opposed her, and they knelt and hailed her as the Fourth Tsuchikage.
• Kurotsuchi ordered the officials to kill Kiyogan, and they stabbed him while she put on the Tsuchikage hat.
• Kurotsuchi annihilated Kiyogan's corpse with Dust Release after the officials reported that he was dead.

Grass Village leaders debated ending their civil war to attack Konoha, with Scarface claiming Emperor Akashi was near death. Tsunade learned of the threat and ordered Konoha’s jonin to prepare, leaving the village ready to defend itself if Grass Village attacked.

• Scarface proposed a truce between Grass Village’s factions so they could preserve their strength and seize Konoha’s resources.
• One-Eye and the others rejected Scarface’s plan, warning that Grass Village could not defeat Konoha while Emperor Akashi remained powerful.
• Scarface claimed Emperor Akashi was dying after fighting the God Tree and urged the factions to join him in attacking Konoha.
• Shizune told Tsunade that Grass Village intended to attack Konoha, and Tsunade dismissed the need to inform Feng An.
• Tsunade ordered Shizune to notify Kakashi and every jonin so Konoha could show it was ready to defend itself.

Tsunade ordered Orochimaru to activate a massive combination ninjutsu against the Grass Village force gathering outside Konoha. The attack devastated the attackers, and Scarface turned on One-Eye before a blinding blaze appeared overhead.

• Scarface led nearly five thousand Grass Village people, including three thousand ninjas, toward Konoha, while Tsunade waited for them to gather.
• Tsunade authorized the attack, and Orochimaru used a magic circle to extract chakra from twenty-four Anbu ninjas.
• Black ink spread across the sky above the Grass Village force and exploded, killing many ninjas and badly injuring Scarface and One-Eye.
• One-Eye confronted Scarface over the failed plan, but Scarface stabbed him and cut his throat.
• Scarface prepared to flee as a brilliant blaze lit the sky, and Orochimaru shouted, "One!!"

Tsunade’s forces destroyed the Grass Village ninja attacking Konoha, and Orochimaru agreed to take in Karin and Jugo after learning Jugo’s body had changed. Feng An thanked Tsunade for intervening but said he would choose suicide if he could no longer control himself, believing his body could make him a threat even to Hinata.

• Tsunade’s forces annihilated the Grass Village attackers with a large-scale fire technique and searched the area for survivors.
• Anbu brought Karin and Jugo to Tsunade, and Karin identified herself as Orochimaru’s subordinate and asked him to help Jugo.
• Orochimaru initially denied knowing Karin and Jugo, then agreed to let them stay and work in his laboratory after hearing about Jugo’s condition.
• Tsunade returned to her office, where Feng An thanked her for handling the attack on Konoha.
• Feng An told Tsunade he would kill himself if he lost control, warning that Otsutsuki Shibai could use his body and prevent Hinata from striking him.

Feng An discovered that Otsutsuki Shibai's Karma had thawed to 20% after he absorbed the Chakra Fruit, leaving him less than half a month before it might take over his body. He refused Hinata's plan to seek the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet because the journey would take too long, and asked her to travel the Shinobi World with him instead.

• Tsunade questioned Feng An about Hinata Hyuga, then returned to the Hokage's desk after Feng An teleported home.
• Feng An explained to Hinata that Tsunade and the others had used a Large-Scale Combination Ninjutsu against the Grass Village Ninja who invaded Konoha.
• Hinata urged Feng An to go to the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet, but Feng An said the Chakra Fruit's power might have accelerated Otsutsuki Shibai's Karma.
• Hinata used her Byakugan and found that Feng An's Karma had thawed by 20%, up from 12% the previous day.
• Feng An told Hinata that reaching the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet would take at least half a year and described how he had found it in a dream world.
• Feng An asked Hinata to accompany him around the Shinobi World, and Hinata agreed while insisting she would not ignore his condition.

Hinata sent a clone to the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet to find a way to stop the Karma in Feng An's body, then traveled with him for two weeks. When the Karma thawed to 90% and Feng An urged her to kill him, Hinata refused, and her clone returned through a spatial rift with hope.

• Hinata created a clone and sent it to the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet to solve the Karma in Feng An's body.
• Feng An and Hinata set out on a journey, while Tsunade and Shizune watched them leave Konoha.
• Feng An and Hinata spent two weeks traveling together and stopped at the lake where the Three-Tails had been reborn.
• On their return to Konoha, Feng An suffered severe pain and revealed that Otsutsuki Shibai's Karma had thawed to 90%.
• Feng An gave Hinata a kunai and asked her to kill him, but she threw it away and told him her clone had returned from the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet.
• Hinata's clone emerged from a spatial rift and told them she was back.

Hinata tried to use a crystal from the Otsutsuki Ancestral Planet to stop Feng An’s Karma, but Otsutsuki Shibai awakened and took control of most of Feng An’s body. As Hinata prepared to kill Feng An with her strongest attack, Feng An used the remaining control he had to urge her on.

• Hinata’s clone returned with a glowing crystal that she hoped could remove Feng An’s Karma, and Hinata used it on him.
• The crystal’s power clashed with the Karma, but Otsutsuki Shibai awakened when Feng An’s thawing reached ninety percent.
• Hinata attacked Feng An with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Otsutsuki Shibai overwhelmed her and sent her flying.
• Hinata rose despite her injuries and gathered chakra for another Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Feng An restrained Otsutsuki Shibai’s movement with the remaining ten percent of control and shouted for Hinata to cut him down.

Feng An forced Hinata to kill his body to stop Otsutsuki Shibai from taking it over, but Shibai entered his destroyed heart and began restoring it. Hinata was left holding Feng An as his death became uncertain.

• Otsutsuki Shibai escaped Feng An’s control and teleported away from Hinata’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Feng An brought him back.
• Feng An told Hinata there was no other way and repeatedly teleported Shibai back whenever he tried to flee.
• Hinata pierced Feng An’s chest with a blue Chakra Infused Orb spike, destroying his heart, and caught him as he fell.
• Feng An told Hinata to live well as he died, while Otsutsuki Shibai realized that Feng An’s death would also end his Karma.
• Otsutsuki Shibai transformed his consciousness into a spirit body and entered Feng An’s chest, causing the destroyed heart to begin regenerating.