Chapter Summaries

Hanfu and Uchiha Madara entered Roshi’s Sealing World and subdued Four-Tails Son Goku, cutting off two of his tails to collect his Chakra. Back at the Underground Base, Hanfu began drawing the Chakra into himself and guiding it into the Four Symbols Seal.

• Hanfu and Uchiha Madara entered Roshi’s body and confronted Four-Tails Son Goku inside the Sealing World.
• Hanfu restrained Four-Tails with Chakra chains while Uchiha Madara warned that a Tailed Beast Bomb could kill Roshi.
• After Hanfu failed to collect Chakra directly, he cut off two of Four-Tails’ tails and sealed them in a scroll.
• Hanfu left Roshi at sea with Uchiha Madara, who took him toward a deserted island, while Hanfu returned to the Underground Base.
• Hanfu released the two tails’ Chakra and endured its heat as he guided it into the Four Symbols Seal using Senjutsu Chakra.

Hanfu practiced using the Four-Tails Chakra, then learned that Namikaze Minato had sent teams to gather intelligence on the Tailed Beasts. After Hanfu accidentally destroyed Kakashi’s door and replaced it with stone, Kakashi discovered the damage and fumed.

• Hanfu sealed the Four-Tails Chakra alongside the Nine-Tails Chakra and practiced forming a Four-Tails Tailed Beast Cloak, which he found weaker and harder to control.
• Hanfu used his remaining collection attempts on the First Hokage but failed to obtain Wood Release again.
• Hanfu went to Kakashi’s house to ask about Roshi, broke Kakashi’s door by accident, and replaced it with stone doors made using Earth Release.
• Hanfu learned that Namikaze Minato had sent a team toward the Land of Rain and ordered outside teams to gather intelligence on the Tailed Beasts.
• Hanfu worried that Minato’s plans might bring the Akatsuki into conflict with Konoha as Kakashi discovered his broken wooden door and blamed Hanfu.

Roshi woke on a deserted island and realized the Abyss had transported him from the Land of Waterfalls to the Land of Fire with Space-Time Ninjutsu. Hanfu reached the secret laboratory in the Land of Iron, where Yakushi Kabuto prepared to begin experiments with First Hokage Cells.

• Roshi confirmed that he and the Four-Tails were safe, then deduced that they were near the Land of Fire rather than the Land of Waterfalls.
• The Four-Tails recognized that the Abyss must have used Space-Time Ninjutsu to move Roshi such a long distance in a short time.
• Hanfu traveled through the blizzard to the Capital of the Land of Iron and met Yakushi Kabuto at the Konoha Izakaya.
• Yakushi Kabuto showed Hanfu the underground laboratory and explained that he was observing First Hokage Cells before trying transplants on white mice.
• Hanfu agreed that bandits could serve as future human test subjects and gave Yakushi Kabuto Hand Seals for a sound-blocking technique.
• After five days, Yakushi Kabuto finished observing and recording the First Hokage Cells.

Yamahashi Kazumasa called off the Iwagakure search for Roshi, while Konoha’s Anbu Third Division continued tracking the situation. In the Land of Iron, Hanfeng returned to training and began considering Danzo as a possible opponent.

• Yamahashi Kazumasa realized Roshi might have escaped by another route and ordered the Iwagakure Ninja to withdraw.
• Aburame Yui reported that the Iwagakure Ninja had left, and Jizo ordered her to keep tracking them while the team sent information to the village.
• Yakushi Kabuto injected a mouse with a pale green liquid, killing it before a sprout grew from its corpse as Hanfeng watched.
• Hanfeng returned to the underground base, tried and failed three times to collect Wood Release, then absorbed his Shadow Clones’ training experience.
• Finding his training stalled and other potential opponents too risky, Hanfeng thought of Danzo.

Hanfu used Byakugan Shadow Clones to repeatedly attack Danzo with Gentle Fist, prompting Danzo to blame Orochimaru and accuse the Hyuga Branch House to Namikaze Minato. Minato agreed to search for Orochimaru but refused to act against the Branch House without proof, while Hanfu prepared more clones to continue training.

• Hanfu's Byakugan Shadow Clone attacked Danzo twice with Gentle Fist, and Danzo increased his guards from three to six.
• Hanfu created three Byakugan Shadow Clones so they could keep fighting Danzo's guards and help him practice Gentle Fist.
• Danzo told Namikaze Minato that Orochimaru had directed a Hyuga Branch House ninja to steal First Hokage Cells and Root research data.
• Namikaze Minato agreed to send Anbu to search for Orochimaru but warned Danzo not to act against the Hyuga Branch House without conclusive evidence.
• Danzo left the Hokage Building confidently and stopped at an Izakaya for an hour before returning to Root Headquarters.

Danzo mistook Hanfu’s Byakugan Shadow Clone attacks for a scheme by Orochimaru and tried to sow distrust between Orochimaru and the Hyuga Branch House. Hanfu used the confusion to plan another ambush and practice Four-Tails Chakra, while Namikaze Minato learned that Hyuga Hiashi had already sent Branch House ninja to investigate Orochimaru.

• Danzo was attacked by three Byakugan Shadow Clones disguised in Ghost Face Masks and concluded that Orochimaru was keeping him occupied while manipulating the Hyuga Branch House.
• Danzo tried to turn the attackers against Orochimaru by warning them that Orochimaru would never remove the Caged Bird Seal, but the clones ignored him and were destroyed by Root Ninja.
• Hanfu realized Danzo had blamed Orochimaru for the attacks, created three more Byakugan Shadow Clones to watch the forest, and planned another ambush for that night.
• Hanfu practiced drawing out Four-Tails Chakra in Sage Mode, then considered collecting the Nara Clan’s Yin Release Shadow Possession Jutsu and the Akimichi Clan’s Yang Release Multi-Size Technique.
• Namikaze Minato met with Hyuga Hiashi, who revealed that he had sent thirteen Hyuga Branch House Elite Jonin to investigate Orochimaru and believed their bonds would protect them from his interference.

Namikaze Minato and Kakashi investigated the attacks on Danzo by masked Hyuga Branch House shinobi, while Hanfu’s Shadow Clone realized the search might expose their scheme. Kakashi’s Ninja Dogs failed to identify the attackers’ true scent, but found a distinctive odor that could help track them if they encountered it again.

• Namikaze Minato learned that Roshi had gone missing and ordered the Anbu Third Division to keep searching for him.
• Anbu Captain Hawk reported that masked shinobi using Gentle Fist had attacked Danzo, and Minato assigned Kakashi to help investigate.
• Kakashi left the Anbu Sixth Division’s training camp to identify the Shadow Clone attackers, while Hanfu’s Shadow Clone took precautions against being tracked.
• Danzo was attacked again by three Byakugan Shadow Clones, and Kakashi and Hawk watched as Root Ninja fought them.
• Pakkun and the other Ninja Dogs could not distinguish the attackers’ original scent, but Pakkun recognized the strange scent covering it and said he could track it again.

Hanfu’s search for useful techniques and Kakashi’s investigation of the Hyuga clan both came up empty as the year ended. On New Year’s Eve, Naruto and Karin recruited friends to make kadomatsu, while Naruto promised Sakura that Sasuke would join them.

• Hanfu realized Minato had sent Kakashi to investigate the Hyuga clan, but his Herbal Juice had kept Kakashi’s Ninja Dogs from tracing him.
• Hanfu failed to collect techniques from the Nara and Akimichi clans, while Kakashi’s search and Danzo’s repeated attacks by Hyuga Branch House ninjas produced no results.
• On December 31, Naruto and Karin argued over whether to invite Sasuke or Sakura to help make kadomatsu.
• Hanfu settled the argument by telling them to invite everyone, and Naruto went to recruit Hinata and Sakura while Karin headed to Sasuke’s house.
• Sakura agreed to join after Naruto claimed Sasuke would come, and Naruto nervously hoped Karin would bring him.

Karin visited Sasuke on New Year's Eve and discovered his affectionate side with his older brother, Itachi. Sasuke joined Karin and the others to gather kadomatsu materials, but Hanfu insisted they eat seaweed rice balls first.

• Karin mistook Itachi for Sasuke's father, then overheard Sasuke acting sweetly toward his older brother.
• Karin invited Sasuke to gather materials for kadomatsu, and Sasuke agreed after hearing that Naruto would go.
• Sasuke told Itachi about the invitation, and Itachi let him go after promising to inform their parents.
• Naruto, Sakura, Karin, Sasuke, and Hinata gathered at Hanfu's house, where Sasuke became intensely interested in Naruto.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Karin requested different foods for lunch, but Hanfu insisted they eat seaweed rice balls.

Hanfu hosted Naruto and the others for a meal of his badly made rice balls while they awkwardly navigated their rivalries. Afterward, a Shadow Clone discovered an Otsutsuki passage to the moon near the Land of Iron, leaving Hanfu unsure whether to go there.

• Hanfu served Naruto, Karin, Hinata, Sasuke, and Sakura misshapen seaweed rice balls, and Naruto explained that Hanfu had been hired as his home tutor.
• Sakura and Karin competed over seating beside Sasuke and tried to pass their rice balls to one another, while Sakura kept a polite facade and chatted with Hinata.
• Sasuke considered how to improve his relationship with Naruto and decided he would make Sakura fall for him.
• After the meal, Naruto led Karin and the others out to gather pine branches, plum blossoms, and bamboo.
• Hanfu received a Shadow Clone's memory of finding an Otsutsuki passage to the moon beneath a forest near the Land of Iron, where a genjutsu-using giant river crab had killed the clone.
• Hanfu wondered whether he should go to the moon the next day and stand shoulder to shoulder with Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Hanfu pursued a way to reach the moon and obtain the Byakugan needed to awaken the Tenseigan, while Kakashi's search for the masked ninja stalled. Hanfu's Shadow Clones discovered a strange passage beneath an underground hot spring and began rising toward their destination.

• Hanfu decided to risk traveling to the moon for the accumulated Byakugan and the Otsutsuki Clan Physique, leaving a Shadow Clone behind before departing.
• Danzo waited near the Small Dense Forest for the expected Hyuga Branch House ninja, but no one appeared, so he left.
• Kakashi searched the Hyuga residential district with his Ninja Dogs but found no trace of the Herbal Juice scent; he used Herbal Juice and the Transformation Technique to evade the stray cats blocking him.
• Hanfu traveled to the Underground Hot Spring, found the Flying Thunder God kunai his Shadow Clone had planted, and sent Shadow Clones into the water to investigate.
• Hanfu's five Shadow Clones passed through a strange layer of water and found themselves rising instead of sinking.

Hanfu explored the Otsutsuki Clan’s artificial world inside the Moon after escaping an underground pool and defeating its giant crab. When he could not summon his Ryūchi Cave allies, he used his ice kekkei genkai and Sage Mode to fly toward the moon in the sky, where he spotted countless puppets outside it.

• Hanfu and his Sharingan Shadow Clones resisted the bubbles’ genjutsu, then drove a giant crab out of the pool with water and fire techniques.
• Hanfu left the Shadow Clones to finish the crab and escaped through an underground passage to the Moon’s inner surface.
• Hanfu discovered a vast world beneath an artificial sun, crossed its sea and forest, and left Flying Thunder God Kunai along his route.
• Hanfu failed to summon a Ryūchi Cave snake and concluded that the Moon was too far away for the contract to reach.
• Hanfu entered Sage Mode and flew upward on ice crystals, then saw countless puppets outside the moon in the sky.

Hanfu used his Hyoton Shadow Clones to draw away the Black Eagle Puppets while he slipped toward the Bright Moon under Tōton. After entering the hollow moon, he headed for the Floating Islands as Otsutsuki Fukuyama prepared to use the Artificial Tenseigan against the intruders.

• Hanfu sent more than ten Hyoton Shadow Clones to attack the Black Eagle Puppets and used Tōton to approach the Bright Moon unseen.
• Hanfu found that a powerful barrier protected the Bright Moon, while his clones fought the Puppets with ice techniques and the Power of the Ryūmyaku.
• Hanfu and two Shadow Clones seized an opening, broke a Puppet, and rode its Black Eagle through a hole in the Bright Moon's barrier.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama sensed the intruders with his Byakugan and sent his blind son, Otsutsuki Toneri, deeper into the palace.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama decided to use the Puppets to delay Hanfu and his allies while he prepared the Artificial Tenseigan.

Hanfu infiltrated the Floating Island while Hyoton Shadow Clones fought the Black Eagle Puppets. Otsutsuki Fukuyama unleashed the Artificial Tenseigan to destroy the clones, then decided the Earth-Moon Passage had to be closed to protect Toneri.

• Hanfu used an ice pillar to reach a Floating Island while his Hyoton Shadow Clones drew the Black Eagle Puppets away.
• Hanfu entered the palace unseen and passed two identical servant-like girls who were likely Puppets.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama reached the Divine Hall and poured his Chakra into the Metal Sphere containing the Artificial Tenseigan.
• The Artificial Tenseigan fired a massive beam that destroyed the Hyoton Shadow Clones and many Black Eagle Puppets.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama nearly exhausted himself and resolved to temporarily close the Earth-Moon Passage to protect Toneri.

Hanfu secretly searched the Floating Islands and discovered a strange stone sphere that might be connected to the Tenseigan, while Otsutsuki Fukuyama attacked the Earth-Moon Passage with thousands of Black Eagle Puppets. After learning the passage was in danger, Hanfu sent more than twenty Shadow Clones to reinforce it.

• Hanfu used his Byakugan to find a crescent-shaped rock formation with a giant floating Round Stone that distorted his vision, then hurled a Flying Thunder God kunai toward it.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama led thousands of Black Eagle Puppets to the Earth-Moon Passage, determined to destroy it and protect Toneri.
• Three Sharingan Shadow Clones defended the passage, but Fukuyama redirected the Puppets’ attacks to collapse the surrounding ground and threaten the entrance.
• Hanfu realized his Shadow Clones could not effectively attack the airborne Puppet army and weighed whether to return or investigate the strange stone sphere.
• Hanfu’s Shadow Clones in Konoha and the Forest of Death learned of the threat, gathered at the Underground Hot Spring, and swam toward the passage.

Orochimaru discussed his new reincarnated body with Takigawa Hyuga while the island inside the moon was destroyed, closing the Earth-Moon Passage. Hanfu’s Shadow Clones realized the passage had disappeared, leaving the way back to the moon uncertain.

• Orochimaru showed off his reincarnated female body, and Takigawa Hyuga questioned why he had chosen it instead of a vessel with a Kekkei Genkai.
• White Zetsu warned Orochimaru that he could not take Pain or Shisui as a reincarnation vessel.
• The three Sharingan Shadow Clones realized the Black Eagle Puppets were trying to close the Earth-Moon Passage, but the island collapsed before they could escape.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama watched the island sink, accepted that Toneri could no longer reach the Shinobi World, and headed toward the Artificial Moon.
• More than twenty of Hanfu’s Shadow Clones saw the hot spring passage turn to sand and mud and realized the Earth-Moon Passage had disappeared.

Hanfu reached the Artificial Tenseigan, but its Cursed Seal absorbed his attacks and drained Chakra from anyone without the Otsutsuki bloodline. As Otsutsuki Fukuyama sent an army of Combat Puppets against him, Kunai suddenly rained down from above.

• Hanfu's Shadow Clones discovered that the Earth-Moon Passage had vanished and returned to Konoha, leaving Hanfu trapped on the moon.
• Hanfu used Flying Thunder God to reach the crescent moon's Round Stone, then found the Artificial Tenseigan in a chamber beneath it.
• Hanfu's sword strike and Lightning Beam were absorbed by the Tenseigan, and Otsutsuki Fukuyama warned that its Cursed Seal drained outsiders' Chakra.
• Hanfu identified himself as the Gekko Clan leader, while Otsutsuki Fukuyama questioned his connection to the Hyuga Clan and called in Combat Puppets.
• Hanfu created thirty Shadow Clones to attack the puppet army with ninjutsu, and Otsutsuki Fukuyama retreated to gather more puppets.
• Countless Kunai suddenly flew toward Otsutsuki Fukuyama from above.

Hanfu defeated and captured Otsutsuki Fukuyama, then searched the palace for Otsutsuki Toneri. He realized his plan to revive the Byakugan’s owners on the moon would fail because Impure World Reincarnation required a living sacrifice, leaving him to focus on capturing Toneri and finding a way back to Earth.

• Hanfu used Flying Thunder God to surprise Otsutsuki Fukuyama, tore into his arms with two Rasengan, and kicked him in the groin.
• Hanfu teleported with the wounded Fukuyama into the altar, treated his injuries, and left two Shadow Clones to guard him.
• Hanfu returned outside as Black Eagle Puppets swarmed toward the Giant Round Stone, then searched the palace for Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Hanfu realized he lacked a living sacrifice for Impure World Reincarnation and could not revive the Byakugan’s owners on the moon.
• Hanfu decided to capture Toneri, take the Byakugan from the Artificial Tenseigan, and consider how to return to Earth.

Hanfu captured Otsutsuki Toneri and used him to pressure Otsutsuki Fukuyama into cooperating with his plan to break the Artificial Tenseigan. Otsutsuki Fukuyama agreed, but Hanfu instead placed a Heart-Binding Cursed Seal on him, leaving him controlled from within and his son held hostage.

• Otsutsuki Toneri listened for Otsutsuki Fukuyama's ongoing fight, then went to the library to read records of the Shinobi World.
• Hanfu appeared in the corridor, destroyed the Puppet Servant, knocked Otsutsuki Toneri unconscious, and took him away.
• Hanfu brought Otsutsuki Toneri to Otsutsuki Fukuyama and demanded that he break the Artificial Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Fukuyama agreed to help after Hanfu threatened his son and promised their safety.
• Hanfu knocked Otsutsuki Fukuyama unconscious, drew a seal on his chest, and implanted the Heart-Binding Cursed Seal.

Hanfu forced Otsutsuki Fukuyama to destroy the Tenseigan and collected the scattered Byakugan, then turned his attention to Otsutsuki Toneri. The chapter left Hanfu questioning Toneri about his training, hoping to obtain his pure Otsutsuki physique without collecting unwanted abilities.

• Hanfu used the Cursed Seal and threats against Otsutsuki Toneri to force Otsutsuki Fukuyama to destroy the Tenseigan.
• Hanfu and his Shadow Clones collected more than ten thousand scattered Byakugan.
• Hanfu shook Fukuyama’s injured hands, then knocked him unconscious and removed the Cursed Seal.
• Hanfu asked Toneri why his father had not transplanted Byakugan into him, and Toneri said he had the purest Otsutsuki bloodline.
• Hanfu questioned Toneri about his training and learned that Fukuyama had taught him Taijutsu, making Hanfu worry that Toneri had also learned Chakra Refinement.