Chapter Summaries

After two months of seclusion, Hyuga Yunchuan revealed that he had been tempering his body with Lightning Release Chakra. Might Guy recognized Yunchuan as a new rival and dear friend, and the chapter left them ready to train together.

• Might Guy noticed crowds heading toward Konoha's entrance but continued to the Hyuga Clan compound, unaware of the coming Kumogakure alliance treaty.
• Might Guy learned that Hyuga Yunchuan had been secluded for two months and eagerly returned when the agreed period ended.
• A Branch Family member politely let Might Guy enter Yunchuan's residence, where he sensed strange electric charges in the air.
• Might Guy found Yunchuan meditating as blue arcs of electricity flowed around him and realized he was using Lightning Release Chakra to temper his body.
• Might Guy congratulated Yunchuan and welcomed him as a valued rival and dear friend.

Hyuga Yunchuan finished two months of training, reaching the second stage of his Tenseigan and mastering several Lightning Release techniques. He and Might Guy headed to Konoha’s entrance to welcome the Kumogakure delegation, while Yunchuan recognized that the alliance visit was part of a larger scheme.

• Hyuga Yunchuan saw that his Otsutsuki bloodline and Tenseigan had advanced and that he had learned Lightning Release Armor, Chidori, and related techniques.
• Might Guy asked Hyuga Yunchuan to call him Guy, and Yunchuan agreed.
• Might Guy challenged Hyuga Yunchuan to race to the village entrance, and Yunchuan followed him.
• Hyuga Yunchuan recognized that the villagers were gathering to welcome the Kumogakure delegation arriving to sign an alliance treaty.
• Hyuga Yunchuan recalled that Shimura Danzō had helped bring Konoha and Kumogakure closer by worsening tensions between Kumogakure and Iwagakure, and suspected the alliance visit was part of Kumogakure’s scheme.

Yurui and two Kumogakure ninja staged a bombing at Konoha’s reception apartment to frame Konoha and create a diversion. Yurui slipped away toward the Hyuga Clan compound, where Hyuga Yunchuan blocked his path.

• Reina escorted the three Kumogakure ninja to their guest room and watched for suspicious activity outside.
• Yurui and the other two ninja activated a sensory-blocking Barrier, then used an explosion to destroy the guest room and stage an attack on the Kumogakure envoys.
• A surviving Kumogakure ninja accused Konoha of betraying the alliance and fled, while Reina sent a Shadow Clone after him and rushed to report to the Third Hokage.
• Yurui used the chaos to travel toward the Hyuga Clan compound, leaving his Shadow Clone to mislead Reina and the other Konoha ninja.
• Hyuga Yunchuan emerged from the shadows, clashed blades with Yurui, and told him the way was closed.

Hyuga Yunchuan defeated Yurui and used the Heart Chakra Binding Seal to take control of him, sending him onward to carry out his mission. He then met Hizashi Hyuga and asked whether he was ready for the time that had come.

• Yurui fought Hyuga Yunchuan in the forest, but Yunchuan honed his swordsmanship during their clash and cut Yurui's face.
• Hyuga Yunchuan used Lightning Release Chidori Blade to paralyze Yurui, then applied the Heart Chakra Binding Seal to control his body.
• Yunchuan tested his control over Yurui, who recognized him as his lord and left to complete the mission.
• Hizashi Hyuga emerged from the shadows, and Hyuga Yunchuan asked him if he was ready.

A Kumogakure ninja tried to abduct Hinata Hyuga, but Hyuga Hiashi killed him and discovered too late that the man had wounded him. With the delegation’s deaths prompting the Land of Lightning to threaten war and demand Hiashi’s corpse, Konoha and the Hyuga Clan faced a diplomatic crisis.

• A masked Kumogakure ninja used genjutsu to enter Hinata Hyuga’s room and carry her away, but Hyuga Hiashi confronted and struck him down.
• Hiashi noticed a wound on his forehead and discovered the dead man’s Kumogakure forehead protector.
• Rumors spread through Konoha that its leaders had silenced the surviving witness after two Kumogakure envoys were killed in their guest rooms.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen told the Hyuga Clan elders that the Land of Lightning demanded Hiashi’s corpse and had assembled ninja near the Land of Hot Water border.
• Hyuga Riwo called the incident a Kumogakure scheme to obtain the Byakugan, while Hiruzen said the truth no longer mattered if no one wanted to know it.

Konoha and the Hyuga Clan faced pressure to sacrifice Hyuga Hiashi or risk war with Kumogakure, but Hyuga Riwo proposed using the Branch Family instead. Hizashi Hyuga entered with Hyuga Yunchuan, who said he had come to see Hizashi off on his final journey and openly mocked the Main Branch elders.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen explained that Kumogakure had arranged events to make Konoha appear responsible for Yurui's death and force a choice between war and sacrificing Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi offered his life to save the village, but Hyuga Riwo argued that the Byakugan could not be allowed to fall into Kumogakure's hands.
• Hyuga Hiashi objected to dragging Konoha into another war, and Hyuga Riwo replied that this was why the Branch Family existed.
• Hyuga Riwo summoned Hizashi Hyuga, who entered with Hyuga Yunchuan despite the elder's attempt to turn the youth away.
• Hyuga Yunchuan said he had come to see Lord Hizashi off on his final journey and challenged the Main Branch elders' dignity, drawing their anger.

Hyuga Yunchuan confronted the Hyuga Main Branch over his father’s death and Hizashi’s planned sacrifice, while Sarutobi Hiruzen considered using him as a foothold within the clan. Hyuga Hiashi learned that Hizashi had agreed to die in his place and was left facing Hizashi’s silent expectation of his choice.

• Hyuga Yunchuan accused the Main Branch Elders of invoking the clan’s fate while denying Branch Family members their rights and sacrificing them.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen recognized Yunchuan’s loyalty and considered making him a subordinate to strengthen his influence over the Hyuga Clan.
• Hizashi urged Yunchuan to stop speaking and remembered how Yunchuan had discovered the plan to sacrifice him.
• Hyuga Hiashi learned that Hizashi had agreed to die in his place, and Hyuga Riwo explained that Hizashi’s corpse would be handed to Kumogakure as Hiashi’s substitute.
• Hizashi waited silently to see what choice Hyuga Hiashi would make.

Hyuga Hiashi chose the Main Branch’s interests over his brother, and Hizashi confronted him about his arrogance. As Hizashi revealed another option, a shadowy attacker pierced Hiashi’s chest, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Hyuga Riwo urged Hiashi to sacrifice Hizashi to preserve the clan’s Byakugan and avoid war with Kumogakure.
• Hizashi stayed silent as Hiashi struggled between fear, family, and duty, then watched him declare that he was the Main Branch head.
• Hizashi asked to speak with Hiashi alone about Neji and Yunchuan, but told him he was still arrogant for never considering sacrificing himself instead.
• A blurry black shadow appeared behind Hiashi and pierced his chest, leaving him bewildered as ripples spread across his body.

Hyuga Yunchuan turned Hiashi Hyuga into a controllable Puppet and arranged for Hizashi Hyuga to take his place, while claiming the Ōtsutsuki surname to secure Hizashi’s complete belief. The deception appeared successful when Hizashi emerged carrying Hiashi’s body, and Hyuga Riwo accepted the staged death.

• Hyuga Yunchuan removed Hiashi Hyuga’s forehead bandages and ordered Hizashi Hyuga to disguise himself as Hiashi.
• Yunchuan explained that Hiashi was alive but trapped in a false-death state as his Puppet, then gouged out his eyes and replaced them with blind Byakugan.
• Hizashi knelt before Yunchuan and asked his name, and Yunchuan claimed his surname was Ōtsutsuki, earning 1,000 Reality Points when Hizashi believed him completely.
• Hizashi emerged carrying Hiashi’s covered body, while the observers mistook Hizashi for Hiashi and the corpse for Hizashi.
• Hyuga Riwo inspected the corpse’s dim Byakugan and accepted that the Caged Bird Curse Mark had destroyed its vision.

Hyuga Yunchuan secured permission to accompany Hizashi’s body to the Land of Lightning, while Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to have Anbu watch him. Neji arrived at the reception hall, and Yunchuan quietly urged him to hide his anger and remember what had happened.

• Hyuga Yunchuan asked to join the team escorting Hizashi’s body, and Hizashi, disguised as Hiashi, objected before Sarutobi Hiruzen allowed it.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen promised to send Anbu along to escort the body and observe Hyuga Yunchuan, while the Main Branch Elders tacitly accepted his decision.
• Hyuga Neji arrived in the rain and knelt beside the covered body as Hyuga Riwo spoke about Hizashi’s sacrifice.
• Hyuga Yunchuan placed a hand on Neji’s head and told him to calm down and not reveal his weakness, prompting Neji to conceal his anger and preserve his hatred.

Shimura Danzō assigned Aburame to the escort team and ordered him to inflame tensions if Kumogakure rejected Konoha’s explanation. In Kumogakure, Mabui suspected Konoha’s quick compromise concealed a flaw, so the Fourth Raikage sent her to question the Daimyo and ordered Toroi to prepare to strike.

• Shimura Danzō read the agreement between the Third Hokage and the Hyuga Clan and mocked their plan to have Hizashi Hyuga die in place of Hiashi Hyuga.
• Shimura Danzō assigned Aburame to the escort team and told him to worsen the conflict if Kumogakure refused Konoha’s explanation.
• The Fourth Raikage read Konoha’s response and dismissed Sarutobi Hiruzen as weak, while Mabui warned that the sudden compromise seemed suspicious.
• Mabui suggested that the Fourth Raikage send someone to check whether the Land of Lightning’s Daimyo had made a mistake.
• The Fourth Raikage sent Mabui to the Daimyo’s Mansion and ordered Toroi and an Anbu squad to coordinate with Konoha and attack if Sarutobi Hiruzen played tricks.

Hyuga Yunchuan joined a heavily guarded mission escorting a body to Kumogakure, where he uncovered a Root spy and detected an ambush. After a brutal fight, he left a Shadow Clone with the group and set out to prepare an elaborate deception for the entire Ninja World.

• Hyuga Yunchuan assessed the escort team and sensed that Aburame was a Root ninja, while the group spotted wandering ninja ahead.
• Aburame persuaded Akamichi Chodo to halt and rest, and Chodo sent an eagle back to the Third Hokage with a message.
• Hyuga Yunchuan noticed a Shōkaichū bug from Aburame and warned the group when Missing-nin attacked from underground.
• Hyuga Yunchuan killed an Iwagakure Missing-nin with a powerful palm strike as Akamichi Chodo and Aburame defeated their own attackers.
• Hyuga Yunchuan left a Shadow Clone with the escort and, wearing the Shadow Robe, went ahead to stage a deception involving the Ōtsutsuki Ruins.

Hyuga Yunchuan infiltrated the border camp, killed four Root ninjas, and prepared to create an underground Ōtsutsuki ruin using the system. After negotiating the cost down, he manifested the entrance and palace, causing the ground to tremble.

• Hyuga Yunchuan killed the Root ninjas keeping watch and resting in the tent, then controlled three of their corpses as puppets.
• Hyuga Yunchuan chose the agreed coordinates and designed an underground palace that would be difficult to detect and require enormous Chakra to open.
• Hyuga Yunchuan reduced the manifestation cost from 13,000 Reality Points to 3,000 by limiting the details he requested.
• Hyuga Yunchuan confirmed the manifestation, spent 3,000 Reality Points, and felt the ground beneath him tremble.

Hyuga Yunchuan created an Underground Palace and headed to the Land of Hot Water to prepare a trap for Kumogakure and Konoha. During the exchange at a hot spring inn, Toroi opened the coffin and triggered an explosion that engulfed both groups.

• Hyuga Yunchuan sensed that the five-level Underground Palace had appeared and learned he could enter it from within a thousand meters.
• Hyuga Yunchuan left the Konoha camp and traveled to the Land of Hot Water, intending to wait inside the Underground Palace.
• Toroi and Akamichi Chodo met at a port and brought their groups into the hot spring inn to exchange the coffin.
• Hyuga Yunchuan presented the coffin, and Toroi opened it to inspect the supposed corpse of Hyuga Hiashi.
• Toroi shouted for everyone to retreat as an explosive tag detonated, engulfing the inn in a massive blast.

Akamichi Chodo, Aburame, and Hyuga Yunchuan survived a blast that devastated the inn, but Root shinobi attacked Toroi and made Konoha appear to have betrayed the negotiations. Toroi retaliated, and a figure appeared to shield the Root shinobi treating Chodo as his Shuriken closed in.

• Akamichi Chodo used the Multi-Size Technique to shield the Konoha group from the explosion, while Aburame summoned a beast and Hyuga Yunchuan used Rotation to survive.
• Aburame found Chodo unconscious and badly injured, then saw Hyuga Yunchuan emerge alive and warn that Toroi was still dangerous.
• Aburame urged Toroi to calm down, but three Root shinobi ignored him and threw Kunai at Toroi.
• The Konoha shinobi mistook Aburame's warning for a signal, while Toroi concluded that Konoha had plotted against him and hurled Shuriken at the Root shinobi.
• Toroi's Shuriken cut down the three attackers and threatened the Root shinobi treating Chodo, but a figure appeared before them and opened the Second Gate.

Hyuga Yunchuan fought Toroi’s Magnet Release while protecting the injured Konoha team, and Akimichi Chodo concluded that Iwagakure had switched the scroll containing Hiashi’s corpse. As the battle continued, the ground beneath the inn collapsed into a vast, seemingly bottomless Abyss, leaving both sides staring into it.

• Hyuga Yunchuan used the Eight Gates Released Formation, Byakugan, and Vacuum Palm to withstand Toroi’s massive shuriken, but the effort left him bleeding and exhausted.
• Hyuga Yunchuan warned Aburame that dozens of ninjas were approaching and urged him to evacuate the injured Chodo.
• Akimichi Chodo awoke, used the Akimichi secret pills, and struck at Toroi with the Multi-Size Technique: Super Push.
• Akimichi Chodo said Iwagakure Missing-nin had likely switched the scroll containing Hiashi’s corpse and reassured Hyuga Yunchuan that the Exploding Tags were not his fault.
• Toroi attacked again as Chodo ordered the others to flee, but Chodo’s strike triggered violent tremors and the ground beneath the inn collapsed into a huge Abyss.

A mysterious black-robed figure emerged from the collapsed ground and slaughtered Root ninja with a devastating Wind Blade. He reveled in their suffering as the surrounding shinobi realized they faced a monster.

• The ground collapsed into a deep pit, and Akamichi Chodo and the others watched the dust settle.
• Hyuga Yunchuan spotted something emerging from the dust as lightning briefly revealed a figure.
• The black-robed figure turned toward Aburame and swept a hand, sending an invisible Wind Blade through the Root ninja.
• The Root ninja were sliced in half, and their screams filled the rainy night.
• The figure delighted in the killing and suffering, while Akamichi Chodo and the others recognized him as a monster.

Hyuga Yunchuan drew power from the Giant Tenseigan and confronted the Konoha and Kumogakure ninja who had released him. After he repelled their combined attack and rose into the air, a nearby group of reinforcements spotted him.

• Hyuga Yunchuan intimidated the gathered ninja, then reached toward the Giant Tenseigan and drew in its pupil power.
• Aburame urged Akamichi Chodo and Toroi to attack Hyuga Yunchuan before his strength returned.
• The ninja combined Fire Style and Wind Style techniques to send a sea of flames toward Hyuga Yunchuan.
• Hyuga Yunchuan used repulsive force to divert the flames and rain, then called the attackers vermin.
• Hyuga Yunchuan wrapped himself in blue Chakra and floated into the air as a group of approaching figures halted and stared at him.

Otsutsuki Toneri's father taught him that the shinobi of the Ninja World were enemies who had corrupted the world. When the Giant Tenseigan reacted to a call from near the Land of Fire, Toneri's father and two elders sealed its connection at the cost of their lives, then promised to take Toneri to the Ninja World.

• Otsutsuki Toneri asked his father why Grandpa Zhang Si had not visited, and his father told him the elders would become Toneri's strength to save the world.
• Otsutsuki Toneri's father and two elders found the Giant Tenseigan destabilizing and learned that it was responding to someone near the Land of Fire.
• Otsutsuki Toneri's father and the two elders sealed the Tenseigan's connection, draining their bodies and spirits.
• Otsutsuki Toneri's father returned to him in a dying state and agreed to take him to the Ninja World in a few days.

Hyuga Yunchuan used power borrowed from the moon’s Tenseigan to defeat Toroi and devastate the Kumogakure force, while Black Zetsu watched in terror. As the Konoha group fled, a bandage-wrapped figure emerged from a shadow and confronted the Hyuga Yunchuan at the rear.

• Hyuga Yunchuan formed two Chakra Beads with the Tenseigan’s power, but the connection to the moon was severed before he could make a third.
• Hyuga Yunchuan overpowered Toroi, demanded to know whether the Ninja Sect still existed, and learned that it was only a legend.
• The Konoha group fled as Kumogakure reinforcements surrounded Hyuga Yunchuan, who crushed Toroi and killed a charging ninja.
• Hyuga Yunchuan unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion against the Kumogakure ninjas, terrifying Black Zetsu and White Zetsu into fleeing.
• A bandage-wrapped figure emerged from the shadow beside the fleeing Konoha group’s Hyuga Yunchuan and said he had come for the Byakugan.