Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Yunchuan underwent an Otsutsuki heart transplant performed by Orochimaru, then awakened with overwhelming power and killed Owl. He revealed that his story about the Otsutsuki corpse and his willingness to cooperate had been a deception, leaving Orochimaru facing the transformed boy.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen led Anbu to search the Forest of Death for Orochimaru's hidden base after a series of disappearances and deaths.
• Orochimaru prepared to transplant an Otsutsuki corpse's organs into Hyuga Yunchuan, while the captive hospital director Owl assisted him.
• Orochimaru replaced Yunchuan's heart with the Otsutsuki heart, and Yunchuan's vital signs initially collapsed before his heartbeat stabilized.
• Yunchuan awoke with altered eyes and immense power, then swiftly beheaded Owl with a Chakra Scalpel.
• Yunchuan told Orochimaru that he had waited a long time for this day, and a system message awarded him 10,000 Reality Points for deceiving Orochimaru.

At a memorial six years earlier, Orochimaru met Hyuga Yunchuan, who offered him a scroll and an Otsutsuki body in exchange for help against the Hyuga Clan. After years of research and manipulation, Yunchuan attacked Orochimaru, but Orochimaru’s hesitation let the Third Hokage intervene as Yunchuan collapsed from a near-fatal wound.

• At a funeral for war dead, Orochimaru questioned the meaning of life and encountered the grieving Hyuga Yunchuan.
• Hyuga Yunchuan told Orochimaru that his father had left him a sealed scroll and an immortal ancestor’s body, and that he wanted to avoid the Hyuga Clan elders.
• Orochimaru examined the scroll and body, learned of the Otsutsuki Clan, and spent six years studying them with Yunchuan’s cooperation.
• Orochimaru realized Yunchuan had chosen and manipulated him, then attacked him with a kunai.
• Hyuga Yunchuan deliberately met Orochimaru’s strike and was badly wounded when the Third Hokage arrived and confronted Orochimaru.

Sarutobi Hiruzen found Orochimaru’s laboratory and, seeing Hyuga Yunchuan on the operating table, attacked Orochimaru and ordered the Anbu to save the boy. Orochimaru fled into the earth but was caught in an explosion, while Yunchuan revealed that he had planned the encounter to clear himself of suspicion and set his sights on the Tenseigan.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen and two Anbu entered Orochimaru’s laboratory and found grotesque human experiments, including Hyuga Yunchuan on the operating table.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen remembered Yunchuan’s essay about the Will of Fire, became enraged at Orochimaru, and summoned Enma as a staff to strike him.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to take Yunchuan for treatment while Orochimaru escaped underground and emerged near Hatake Kakashi.
• A black cat with a Byakugan triggered Exploding Tags, destroying the experimental base as Orochimaru and Kakashi confronted each other.
• Yunchuan silently smiled as the Anbu carried him away, reflecting that the confrontation had helped clear him of suspicion and deciding to pursue the Tenseigan next.

Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered Konoha’s Anbu to hunt the gravely wounded Orochimaru, while Shimura Danzō investigated the destroyed experimental base and suspected an unknown conspirator. Orochimaru was unexpectedly reverse summoned to Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage sensed that his fate had been rewritten, as Hyuga Yunchuan woke in Konoha with rapidly healing injuries and an altered bloodline and chakra panel.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Anbu to capture Orochimaru alive if possible, and Shimura Danzō questioned him about rescuing Hyuga Yunchuan.
• Shimura Danzō received a Root report about the destroyed experimental base, suspected an unknown figure had manipulated events, and sent a coded message concerning Hyuga Yunchuan.
• Orochimaru, severely injured and unable to escape safely, prepared to summon Manda but was suddenly transported away as Jiraiya reached his location.
• Orochimaru found himself in Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage declared that his fate had been rewritten.
• Hyuga Yunchuan woke in Konoha with his injuries healing quickly and saw that his panel listed an Otsutsuki bloodline and greatly increased chakra limit.

Hyuga Yunchuan reviewed how he deceived Orochimaru into believing a forged scroll and empty Ōtsutsuki body, using the resulting Reality Points to create a body with 5% Ōtsutsuki bloodline. After testing his transformed body, he emerged at dawn as Might Guy’s loud arrival disrupted the Hyuga Clan’s quiet grounds.

• Hyuga Yunchuan checked his status and noted that his Reality Points had reached 10,187.
• Hyuga Yunchuan recalled how he had used a forged scroll and a fabricated Ōtsutsuki body to manipulate Orochimaru and earn Reality Points.
• Hyuga Yunchuan explained that he had spent over ten thousand Reality Points making the body’s organs genuine and that its bloodline benchmark was Otsutsuki Toneri’s.
• Hyuga Yunchuan got out of bed and went into the next room to examine his transformed body.
• Might Guy ran into the Hyuga Clan grounds on his hands, laughing and breaking the morning quiet.

Hyuga Yunchuan pushed his Eight Gates training past its limits and opened the Gate of Healing, surprising Might Guy. Afterward, he discovered that the training had strengthened his Ōtsutsuki bloodline and brought his eyes close to awakening, leaving him eager to use his power to deceive stronger people.

• Might Guy visited Hyuga Yunchuan for morning training and found him doing weighted pull-ups after an apparent all-night workout.
• Might Guy realized Yunchuan had opened the Gate of Opening and worried that continuing would cause hidden injuries.
• Yunchuan opened the Gate of Healing, restored his stamina, and completed the exercise as his weights crashed to the floor.
• Yunchuan checked his panel and saw his Ōtsutsuki Clan bloodline rise from 5% to 5.5% and his Bloodline Limit advance from 10% to 12%.
• Yunchuan sensed that his eyes were close to awakening and resolved to use his power to deceive stronger people.

Hyuga Yunchuan examined the developing power of his Tenseigan, then joined Might Guy after training and discussed Hinata Hyuga's upcoming third birthday and the danger surrounding it. At the Hyuga Clan gates, a clansman challenged him for leaving Lady Aoi during her extra training.

• Hyuga Yunchuan saw the Tenseigan's transformation in the mirror and considered its origins and abilities.
• Hyuga Yunchuan met Might Guy, who praised his progress and received his thanks for teaching him the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Hyuga Yunchuan told Might Guy that Hinata Hyuga's third birthday was approaching and explained its significance for the Branch Family.
• Hyuga Yunchuan recalled that Kumogakure would soon seek to abduct Hinata Hyuga during ceasefire negotiations.
• A gate-duty clansman stopped Hyuga Yunchuan and demanded to know why he had left Lady Aoi during her extra training.

Hyuga Yunchuan struck back against a Hyuga clansman who attacked him, while maintaining his harmless image in front of Might Guy. He considered how to use the attention of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō to gain Reality Points and pursue the Tenseigan, then settled on waiting for a candidate to help him obtain awakened Byakugan.

• A Hyuga clansman grabbed Hyuga Yunchuan, who used a powerful close-range strike to knock him down and warned him not to misuse his authority again.
• Might Guy praised Hyuga Yunchuan's taijutsu, and Yunchuan claimed he had grown tired of enduring the clan's treatment.
• Yunchuan's system awarded him 200 Reality Points after Might Guy believed his lie that he had not wanted to go too far.
• Yunchuan considered manifesting a Byakugan that could awaken the Tenseigan, but learned that the method requiring pure Ōtsutsuki bloodline was beyond his available points.
• Yunchuan decided to wait for the clan elders to reveal themselves and thought of someone else who could obtain awakened Byakugan for him.

Sarutobi Hiruzen confronted Shimura Danzō over Root concealing Kinoe and Wood Release research, then weighed Konoha’s response to Kumogakure’s border mobilization. He chose restraint and ordered Root forces under his control sent to the border, leaving Danzō furious as he stormed out.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen rejected Mitokado Homura’s defense of Shimura Danzō and accused Root of hiding vital intelligence and becoming Danzō’s personal organization.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen said Kinoe had joined the Anbu and asked Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, and Danzō how to respond to Kumogakure’s mobilization.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura urged caution, while Danzō advocated attacking Kumogakure.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen decided Konoha should endure the provocations and send ninja to guard the border.
• When Danzō objected, Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered some of his own Root personnel deployed, and Danzō angrily left after warning him he would regret the decision.

Sarutobi Hiruzen reflected on Konoha’s troubles and resolved to protect the village, while Hyuga Yunchuan trained with Might Guy. An assassin attacked Yunchuan from his Byakugan blind spot, but Yunchuan sensed and caught the kunai, then hurled it back toward the attacker.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu questioned Sarutobi Hiruzen about Jiraiya staying away, but he said Jiraiya would return when the time came.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen considered Konoha’s hardships and the people connected to it, then vowed to protect what the village had gained at any cost.
• Hyuga Yunchuan trained Might Guy in his improved Gentle Fist, but Guy struggled to adapt his Strong Fist techniques.
• Hyuga Yunchuan sensed an assassin’s Wind Style: Vacuum Blade kunai approaching through the blind spot caused by his Caged Bird Cursed Seal.
• Hyuga Yunchuan caught the kunai by its handle, resisted its wind blades, and threw it back toward the assassin, who was struck in the distance.

Hyuga Yunchuan survived an ambush by a Danzō-trained assassin, severing the attacker’s arm and concealing the full extent of his abilities from Might Guy. The attacker, Kamaitachi, reported to Shimura Danzō, who suspected Orochimaru had altered Yunchuan and decided to pursue him over Sarutobi’s actions.

• Kamaitachi attacked Hyuga Yunchuan with Wind Style, but Yunchuan caught the kunai and sent the attack back, severing Kamaitachi’s arm.
• Might Guy rushed toward the attack and found only blood and a severed arm; Yunchuan claimed he had not seen the attacker and downplayed his own injury.
• Might Guy praised Yunchuan’s reaction, resolved to train harder, and took him to report the attack to the Third Hokage.
• Yunchuan suspected Shimura Danzō was behind the ambush as he noticed his palm had already healed.
• Kamaitachi fled to the Forest of Death’s edge and realized Yunchuan had redirected his Wind Style Ninjutsu.
• Shimura Danzō confronted Kamaitachi, dismissed him as useless, and suspected Orochimaru had left something in Yunchuan before deciding to target the boy.

Hyuga Yunchuan fought Hyuga Aoi, effortlessly evaded her attacks, and left her questioning her worthiness to go to the battlefield. He gained 300 Reality Points from her emotional reaction, then noticed Hyuga Neji approaching.

• Hyuga Aoi bullied the Branch Family members sparring with her and demanded to know why Hyuga Yunchuan was absent.
• Hyuga Yunchuan arrived with his hand bandaged, but Hyuga Aoi attacked him before he could explain his injury.
• Hyuga Yunchuan entered his heightened state, evaded Hyuga Aoi's attacks, and dislocated and reset her arm before striking her back.
• Hyuga Yunchuan told Hyuga Aoi that she was not yet worthy of the sacrifices that kept her alive, then left the training ground.
• Hyuga Yunchuan received 300 Reality Points after Hyuga Aoi experienced intense self-doubt and spotted Hyuga Neji approaching.

Hyuga Yunchuan developed Air Strike, a powerful long-range Gentle Fist technique, and demonstrated its destructive force during training. After he went inside to rest, Hyuga Hizashi arrived at his courtyard and met him at the door.

• Hyuga Yunchuan trained by smashing a barrage of wooden stakes with Chakra-enhanced Gentle Fist.
• Hyuga Yunchuan perfected Air Strike, blasting two tough stakes apart from a distance, and saw that the system rated it A-rank.
• Hyuga Yunchuan reflected on Chakra refinement, capacity, and his own powerful meridian system before heading inside to rest.
• Hyuga Hizashi entered the damaged courtyard and barely neutralized the force of the door as it slammed outward.
• Hyuga Yunchuan opened the door and recognized the visitor as Lord Hizashi.

Hizashi Hyuga visited Hyuga Yunchuan, apologized for the Branch Family’s treatment of him, and gave him the forbidden Sixty-Four Palms scrolls. After gaining Reality Points from manipulating Hizashi’s emotions, Yunchuan used them to alter a scroll held by Orochimaru and create a concealing Shadow Robe, preparing to pursue his plans involving Neji.

• Hizashi Hyuga visited Hyuga Yunchuan, checked on his injuries, and praised his progress with the Byakugan and training.
• Hizashi gave Yunchuan two scrolls containing the Sixty-Four Palms, despite knowing the Main Branch might punish him for teaching the technique.
• Yunchuan’s lie caused Hizashi intense self-doubt, earning him 300 Reality Points and bringing his total to 11,093.
• Yunchuan spent 100 Reality Points to add sealed content to a scroll in Orochimaru’s possession about a resentful ninja’s soul materializing after death.
• Yunchuan spent 800 Reality Points to manifest a bound Shadow Robe that concealed his identity and interfered with surveillance and perception.

Hyuga Neji recalled learning that the Caged Bird gave the Main Branch power over the Branch Family, and vented his anger by destroying a wooden post with his bare hands. Hizashi Hyuga tried to comfort him, but Neji’s resentment remained, and an unseen voice called the situation tragic.

• Hyuga Neji remembered seeing Hyuga Hiashi activate the Caged Bird on his father, revealing its power to torture or kill Branch Family members.
• Hyuga Neji rejected his father’s explanation that the Caged Bird was a protective measure and smashed a wooden post with his bloody fists.
• Hizashi Hyuga approached Neji and reflected on how his own actions had changed Neji’s feelings toward Hinata and the Main Branch.
• Hizashi Hyuga praised Neji’s progress and told him to treat his wounds, while Neji answered without showing joy.
• Hizashi Hyuga hoped Neji’s resentment would fade as he grew stronger, and an unseen voice called the situation tragic.

Hyuga Yunchuan confronted Hizashi Hyuga over the suffering Neji endured and forced him to face how his own parents had shaped his acceptance of the Hyuga Clan’s rules. He left Hizashi with a choice: keep acting as an executioner or become a father to Neji.

• Hizashi Hyuga searched for the unseen voice with his Byakugan, but Hyuga Yunchuan emerged from the shadows beyond his perception.
• Hyuga Yunchuan threatened to kill Hizashi and Neji if Hizashi signaled for help, so Hizashi withdrew his hand and asked what he wanted.
• Hyuga Yunchuan challenged Hizashi’s claim that suffering would make Neji stronger and compared it to the abuse Hizashi had endured from his parents.
• Hizashi broke down as he recognized that he had repeated his parents’ reasoning and could no longer understand the rebellion he once felt against his own fate.
• Hyuga Yunchuan asked Hizashi whether he would break Neji’s wings or choose to become a father.

Hyuga Yunchuan briefly removed Hizashi Hyuga’s Caged Bird seal, letting him experience freedom before the seal returned. Hungry to escape the cage with Neji, Hizashi agreed to fake his death and take Hyuga Hiashi’s place, while Yunchuan watched a silent residence in the distance.

• Hyuga Yunchuan tempted Hizashi Hyuga with the promise of freeing him and Neji from the Caged Bird seal in exchange for everything he had.
• Hizashi doubted Yunchuan could remove the seal, so Yunchuan manifested its removal for ten seconds.
• Hizashi activated his Byakugan and discovered that its blind spot had vanished, but the Caged Bird seal and blind spot returned when the effect ended.
• Yunchuan told Hizashi to fake his death and replace his identical twin, Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hizashi agreed, and Yunchuan turned his attention toward a silent residence in the distance.

Hyuga Neji dreamed of a ritual in which a blindfolded girl named Kagome took his eyes, then watched a blue-eyed figure slaughter the Hyuga clan. He woke after the figure saw him and unleashed a golden attack, left wondering who the person was and what those eyes were.

• Hyuga Neji fell asleep quickly and found himself at a ruined shrine, where children drew him into a game of Kagome, Kagome.
• The blindfolded girl named Kagome guessed Hyuga Neji’s name, and he was forced to kneel as she pressed her thumbs into his eyes.
• After Neji became the caged bird’s sacrifice, he saw visions of the Caged Bird and the suffering caused by the Hyuga Curse Mark.
• Neji watched a faceless figure with deep-blue eyes slaughter the Hyuga clan and emerge from a burning ancestral hall carrying an aged head.
• The blue-eyed figure noticed Neji and used Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, jolting Neji awake as he wondered who the figure was.

Hyuga Neji woke from a vivid dream about the Hyuga Clan’s destruction and asked Hizashi about unusual Hyuga eyes, while both unknowingly became more attached to Hyuga Yunchuan. Yunchuan gained Reality Points from manipulating them, considered his next upgrade, and noticed a cat outside that he viewed as an opportunity to gain more points.

• Neji woke at 2:00 and asked Hizashi whether the Hyuga Clan could have eyes other than the Byakugan.
• Hizashi explained that the Kohinata Clan had a diluted Hyuga bloodline, while Neji struggled to dismiss his dream as unreal.
• Yunchuan received Reality Points for causing Hizashi’s obedient compliance and Neji’s delusions, then reviewed the risks of his plan.
• Yunchuan resolved to improve his strength but hesitated to spend 1,000 points on Lightning Release Armor.
• Yunchuan heard a cat meow and smiled, believing more points had come to him.

Owl stole Hyuga Yunchuan’s diary for Shimura Danzō but lost an arm when Yunchuan’s trap struck. Danzō found a passage that moved him, giving Yunchuan Reality Points to manifest Lightning Release Armor, while Yunchuan considered using fabricated rules to create a world of souls grafted onto the Pure Land.

• Owl sneaked into Hyuga Yunchuan’s study and took his diary, but Yunchuan’s Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel Technique severed Owl’s arm as he fled.
• Owl delivered the diary to Shimura Danzō, who read it while worrying that the Hashirama Cells in his arm were eroding beyond the Sharingan’s ability to suppress them.
• Shimura Danzō lingered over Yunchuan’s diary passage about reaching toward the light while rooting into darkness, and the system awarded Yunchuan 400 Reality Points for moving Danzō as a kindred spirit.
• Yunchuan spent 1,000 Reality Points to manifest Lightning Release Armor and wondered whether he could imitate abilities from other worlds using the Ninja World’s foundations.
• Yunchuan planned to graft a fabricated Hueco Mundo onto the Pure Land and hoped Orochimaru could help develop a consistent theory for making it real.