Chapter Summaries

Kiyohara escorted A, Killer B, Nii Yugito, and Samui back to Kumogakure, stopping along the way while Tsunade gambled and grew closer to him. After arriving, Kiyohara prepared to negotiate Kumogakure’s concessions and received a new message from the ash urn system.

• Kiyohara left Konoha with Tsunade and a small Anbu squad, transporting the captured Kumogakure ninja under sealing restraints.
• During the journey, Yugito noticed a mark beneath Samui’s collar, while A brooded over his captivity and Killer B tried to keep his spirits up.
• Kiyohara and Tsunade stopped in a town, where Tsunade gambled and later went with him to a hot spring; they became intimate, and Tsunade woke sore the next morning.
• Kiyohara’s group resumed the journey and reached Kumogakure, where Kudai welcomed them and Kiyohara released the prisoners from their Restraint Suits.
• Kiyohara told Tsunade that talks over the military base would begin the next day, then received a system prompt and watched a figure emerge from an ash urn in his Mental World.

Kiyohara inherited Red-Horned Kiyohara’s bloodline and Nine-Tails Chakra, then used the new devouring ability to absorb some of the Three-Tails’ Chakra. After securing a military base in the Land of Lightning and placing Samui as a spy, he returned to Konoha, where he welcomed Hinata Hyuga and continued training his disciple Uchiha Izumi.

• Kiyohara learned that Red-Horned Kiyohara had inherited the Sage of Six Paths’ tools and devouring ability, carried Nine-Tails Chakra, and had died after losing to Otsutsuki Toneri’s father on the moon.
• Kiyohara fulfilled Red-Horned Kiyohara’s wish to return to Kumogakure, inherited his power, grew longer horns, and absorbed a portion of the Three-Tails’ flesh and Chakra.
• Kiyohara helped Tsunade sense and control natural energy, then chose a mineral-rich valley near Kumogakure for a Konoha military base and signed an agreement establishing it there.
• Kiyohara gave Samui a Flying Thunder God Kunai and instructed her to place it somewhere suitable for her infiltration of Kumogakure’s leadership.
• Months later, Kiyohara attended Hinata Hyuga’s full-month banquet, held the infant, and reaffirmed his connection to the Hyuga Clan as her future teacher.
• Kiyohara gave Uchiha Izumi his old training notes and practiced with her at Training Ground 3, praising her speed and deciding to spend more time with her.

After more than a year of Kiyohara’s rule, Orochimaru defected, and Kiyohara arranged for his laboratories to be secured while planning to recruit talented children from the Land of Rice Fields. Kiyohara’s eyes began the fetal-movement stage of Tenseigan awakening, causing the Moon Branch Family’s Golden Tenseigan to resonate, while Tsunade revealed signs of awakening Wood Release.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen told Kiyohara that Orochimaru had defected, and Kiyohara ordered Konan to issue a wanted notice and Uzuki Yugao to secure Orochimaru’s laboratories.
• Kiyohara felt pulsing pain in his eyes and saw his Byakugan turn blue as the Tenseigan’s fetal-movement stage began.
• The Moon Branch Family’s Golden Tenseigan resonated toward Earth, prompting the elders to discuss investigating the lower world and finding a wife for Toneri.
• Kiyohara and Yakushi Kabuto gave weakened Yang Release Cursed Seals to Kurama Yakumo, Uchiha Izumi, Uchiha Itachi, Guren, and Shion.
• Kiyohara sent Yakushi Kabuto to the Land of Rice Fields to find talented children and bring them to Konoha, rather than infiltrate Orochimaru’s organization.
• Tsunade told Kiyohara that she was showing signs of awakening Wood Release and had mastered Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode.

Kiyohara planned to retrieve the Box of Ultimate Bliss from Hozuki Castle while testing how completely he could use the Three-Tails’ Chakra. He left Konoha by airship with Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi, and Shion, and began explaining their mission as they traveled.

• Tsunade learned that the Masked Man behind the Nine-Tails Incident was tied to Akatsuki and that Kusagakure had been sacrificing prisoners, including Konoha ninja, to awaken the Box of Ultimate Bliss beneath Hozuki Castle.
• Kiyohara defeated the Three-Tails in Nohara Rin’s mental space using its own Chakra and abilities, confirming that he could refine the Three-Tails’ Chakra for himself.
• Kiyohara arranged for Konan to deliver Nagato’s monthly medicine and asked her to join him on a trip to Hozuki Castle.
• Kiyohara selected Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi, and Shion for the mission, reassuring Guren and Kurama Yakumo that he would bring them gifts afterward.
• A week later, Kiyohara and the three children boarded an airship piloted by Fubuki Kakuyoku and learned that their objective was to obtain the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Kiyohara Michi led Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi, and Shion into Hozuki Castle, defeated its warden Mui, and uncovered the Box of Ultimate Bliss. After testing the box’s power and using it to strengthen his students, Kiyohara made the box shrink into his palm, leaving its connection to him unexplained.

• Shion wished to become a respected Shrine Maiden, Itachi wished for world peace, and Izumi kept her wish private as the group approached Hozuki Castle by airship.
• Itachi and Shion fought prison guards while Kiyohara confronted Mui, severed both of Mui’s arms, and had Shion seal him.
• Kiyohara found the Box of Ultimate Bliss, used his Sharingan to make Mui reveal its sealing technique, and poured his Chakra into the box.
• Kiyohara wished to become the second Sage of Six Paths, absorbed the box’s Yin Release Chakra, and defeated the Satori it produced.
• Izumi awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan, Itachi gained Two Tomoe, and Shion increased her Chakra reserves after each made a wish.
• Kiyohara discovered he could summon the depleted Box of Ultimate Bliss, which shrank into a palm-sized box in his hand.

Kiyohara took control of Hozuki Castle by promising Mui a flawed way to revive his son, then returned to Konoha and began developing an artificial Tailed Beast vessel. Meanwhile, Otsutsuki Toneri and his father arrived on Earth, drawing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s attention; Isshiki planned to use them to test Kiyohara’s strength.

• Kiyohara promised Mui a way to revive Muku if Mui served him, reattached Mui’s arms, and ordered him to keep control of Hozuki Castle and infiltrate Kusagakure.
• Kiyohara sent Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi, and Shion back to Konoha, then returned home and admitted to Tsunade that he was involved with Kurenai and Rin.
• Kiyohara created a spherical vessel that stably held Mōryō’s Chakra and planned to grow it into an Artificial Tailed Beast.
• Otsutsuki Toneri and his father emerged on Earth and headed toward the Hyuga Clan’s location.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed the arrivals, recognized them as descendants of Kaguya Otsutsuki, and decided they could test Kiyohara before he made a move himself.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki asked Amado Sannin about the progress of the vessel for Karma, and Amado said the research was ongoing.

Yakushi Kabuto brought five talented orphans to Konoha and reported Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal research to Kiyohara, who ordered him to investigate the Jūgo Clan. Kiyohara began forming Hyoton, Orochimaru joined Akatsuki and agreed to work on the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, and Otsutsuki Toneri and his father discovered Hinata’s unusually pure Hamura bloodline.

• Yakushi Kabuto brought Tayuya, Kidomaru, and three other children to Kiyohara, then reported Orochimaru’s experiments with the Jūgo Clan’s cells in the Land of Rice Fields.
• Kiyohara rewarded Yakushi Kabuto with medical ninjutsu scrolls and sent him back to retrieve members of the Jūgo Clan, while Uzuki Yugao took the children to the Ninja Academy.
• Kiyohara combined Wind Release and Water Release with the Three-Tails’ Chakra to create a sphere of freezing wind, the first step toward mastering Hyoton.
• Orochimaru joined Akatsuki, and Uchiha Obito asked him to use the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive powerful dead ninja.
• Hyuga Hiashi invited Hizashi Hyuga’s son Neji to train with Hinata at the Main House Dojo, while Otsutsuki Toneri and his father sensed Hinata’s exceptionally pure Hamura bloodline.

Kiyohara fought Otsutsuki Toneri’s Father after the moon-born pair approached Hinata, and he survived the Golden Tenseigan’s devastating attack before cutting off the power’s connection. Toneri’s Father escaped with Toneri, while Kiyohara fulfilled Red-Horned Kiyohara’s last wish and inherited his adaptive bloodline.

• Toneri’s Father planned to take Hinata as a bride for Toneri, but Kiyohara confronted them at the Hyuga compound and identified himself as Konoha’s Hokage.
• Toneri’s Father fled with Toneri, but Kiyohara pursued them, struck them down with Lightning Release, and sealed the area inside a ten-kilometer Uchiha Flame Formation.
• Kiyohara and Toneri’s Father exchanged Gentle Fist and Strong Fist techniques while Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi watched from outside the barrier; Toneri’s Father then called on the Golden Tenseigan.
• The Golden Tenseigan’s attack damaged Kiyohara’s Thousand-Handed Buddha, but Kiyohara healed and restored it with his Yin Seal as his eyes began resonating with the moon’s power.
• The moon’s elders fought to regain control of the Golden Tenseigan, and Kiyohara then overwhelmed Toneri’s Father, who escaped with Toneri after losing an arm.
• Kiyohara sealed Toneri’s Father’s severed arm, and Red-Horned Kiyohara’s spirit faded after declaring his last wish fulfilled; Kiyohara inherited his bloodline’s adaptive ability.

After defeating Toneri's Father, Kiyohara treated Nagato's severe injuries and kissed Konan after she agreed to repay him. He continued training Itachi and Izumi and adapting to Tailed Beast chakra, then considered sealing the Ryūmyaku into an Artificial Tailed Beast to explore its effect on time.

• Kiyohara told Tsunade that Moon Dwellers had attacked him, while Toneri and his injured father encountered Obito and Pain in the mountains.
• Toneri's Father used the Golden Tenseigan to destroy Deva Path Pain and gravely injure Nagato before escaping with Toneri.
• Konan brought Yahiko's letter to Kiyohara, who traveled to Amegakure and healed Nagato's damaged organs and residual Tenseigan Chakra.
• Konan accepted Kiyohara's request for a kiss in exchange for saving Nagato, then returned to check on him as Yahiko arrived.
• Half a month later, Kiyohara taught Itachi the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique and Izumi a Lightning Release technique, then tested his Eight-Tails abilities and rapid regeneration.
• Kiyohara met Tsunade at the casino, heard that her Wood Release had begun to awaken, and planned to seal the Ryūmyaku into an Artificial Tailed Beast.

Kiyohara met a future version of himself whose Jōgan came with wishes to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and evolve the Tenseigan, while his own Tenseigan began to emerge. A year later, he and Tsunade rescued Pakura from Sasori and Hidan, recruited her to Konoha, and reached Roran to collect Ryūmyaku chakra.

• Tsunade demonstrated her growing Wood Release to Kiyohara in the Forest of Death, and the two shared an intimate moment.
• Jōgan Kiyohara emerged from a new Ash Box, explained the Jōgan’s ability to see through space-time, and asked Kiyohara to revive Kaguya Otsutsuki and evolve the Tenseigan.
• Uzuki Yugao reported that two hundred sets of Chakra Armor had arrived, and Hyuga Hiashi visited Kiyohara with infant Hinata and gifts.
• Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to revive Shimura Danzō at Obito’s direction, and Obito planned to summon more powerful figures.
• A year later, Tsunade fought Sasori and Hidan while Kiyohara protected Pakura, and the attackers fled after Tsunade overwhelmed them with Wood Release.
• Kiyohara healed Pakura, gave her Chakra Armor, and brought her with Tsunade to Roran, where the queen came out of the tower to meet them.

Kiyohara broke the seal beneath Roran’s tower and absorbed Ryūmyaku Chakra into a Dragon Disk, then arranged Konoha’s protection of Roran in exchange for chakra samples. Three months later, he agreed to let Uchiha Izumi pursue early graduation and set a half-month of special training to prepare her.

• Kiyohara dismantled the seals at Roran’s altar, released the Ryūmyaku, and used his Complete Body Susanoo to subdue a chakra dragon while his container absorbed the chakra.
• Kiyohara and his Shadow Clones protected Roran from the resulting sandstorm with the Four Red Yang Formation, and he compressed the filled container into a purple Dragon Disk.
• Kiyohara assured Sara that the Ryūmyaku would recover and secured her agreement for Roran to become a protected state of Konoha in exchange for annual chakra samples.
• Kiyohara brought Pakura to Konohagakure and asked Konan to process her Anbu induction, then tested Ryūmyaku chakra from the Dragon Disk on himself.
• Three months later, Kiyohara found Uchiha Izumi asleep while studying Sealing Jutsu and approved her plan to graduate early and take the Chunin Exams.
• Kiyohara set half a month of one-on-one training for Uchiha Izumi, who vowed to pass.

Kiyohara trained Uchiha Izumi, tested Matatabi’s blue flames, and agreed to help Mei Terumi investigate Kirigakure’s compromised leadership in exchange for resources and an alliance. Meanwhile, Orochimaru revived Uchiha Madara through Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito told him that Kiyohara’s strength had changed their plans.

• Uchiha Izumi sparred with Kiyohara, who praised her progress and began teaching her Shisui Uchiha’s Phantom Body Flicker Technique.
• Kiyohara tested Matatabi’s Chakra by unleashing blue-flame Fire Style techniques that melted sand and scorched several kilometers of desert.
• Mei Terumi privately told Kiyohara that people within Kirigakure’s leadership were being controlled, and he agreed to investigate in exchange for Chakra Metal and support for her rise to Mizukage.
• Kiyohara arranged to leave for Kirigakure the next day, while Kurenai Yuhi voiced concern about the mission and he declared himself confident in his strength.
• Orochimaru used Uchiha Madara’s DNA, Hashirama Cells, and White Zetsu Cells to revive Madara with Impure World Reincarnation.
• Uchiha Madara questioned Obito about Nagato and the use of Impure World Reincarnation, and Obito explained that Kiyohara had become far stronger than them.

Uchiha Madara learned how powerful Kiyohara had become and prepared to face him, while Kiyohara took newly graduated genin to the Land of Water for training. After learning about a Hyoton child from Mei Terumi, Kiyohara located Haku and planned to find him the next day.

• Obito told Uchiha Madara about Kiyohara’s strength and influence, prompting Madara to ask Orochimaru to Edo Tensei Senju Hashirama and retrieve his Uchiha Crest fan and kama.
• Kiyohara welcomed Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Izumi after their early graduation, assigned Uchiha Hikari and Kurenai Yuhi as Jonin squad leaders, and brought the group to the Land of Water by airship.
• At the coastal camp, Kiyohara asked Mei Terumi about Hyoton survivors and learned that a child had disappeared after unleashing Hyoton in a snowy village.
• Kiyohara flew with Mei Terumi to search the northern Land of Water, sensed Haku near a snow-covered town, and returned to camp to find him the next day.

Kiyohara Michi sent his disciples to rescue Haku from Kirigakure patrols, then recruited Haku and brought him with Mei Terumi to Kirigakure. There, Kiyohara defeated Hozuki Mangetsu’s challenge with a Shadow Clone, and Kimimaro stepped forward to challenge Uchiha Itachi.

• Kiyohara Michi sent Guren, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Izumi, Kurama Yakumo, and Shion into a town to find and safely retrieve a child while Kirigakure patrols guarded the area.
• The disciples defeated four Kirigakure ninja through Guren’s Crystal Release, Kurama Yakumo’s Genjutsu, and Uchiha Itachi’s Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, while Kiyohara Michi used Hyoton to stop reinforcements.
• Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Itachi found the starving Haku, and Kiyohara Michi gave him food, told him his ability was a gift, and persuaded him to join.
• Mei Terumi led Kiyohara Michi and his group into a secret chamber in Kirigakure, where Hozuki Mangetsu objected to Konoha’s involvement and challenged Kiyohara.
• Kiyohara Michi’s Shadow Clone defeated Hozuki Mangetsu with Lightning Release: Pale Thunder, and Kiyohara invited the others to challenge his disciples instead.
• Kimimaro stepped forward to challenge Uchiha Itachi, who drew a Kunai and took his stance.

After Uchiha Itachi defeated Kimimaro, Mei Terumi and her allies launched an attack to remove Karatachi Yagura, whom she accused of being controlled. Kiyohara freed Karatachi Yagura from the lingering ocular power, defeated Genji, and left Mei Terumi to handle Kirigakure’s arriving leaders as he withdrew into the shadows.

• Uchiha Itachi used his Sharingan and Genjutsu to defeat Kimimaro in a duel, and the Kaguya Clan put away its weapons.
• Mei Terumi led Kiyohara to the Mizukage Building, attacked Karatachi Yagura, and declared that he had long been controlled by an outside force.
• Hozuki Mangetsu and Mei Terumi fought Karatachi Yagura, but his powerful recovery and techniques overwhelmed them until Kiyohara intervened.
• Kiyohara used Yin Release ocular power to remove the control over Karatachi Yagura, then shattered Genji’s Water Dragon and knocked him down.
• Mei Terumi asked Kiyohara to hide while she handled the arriving Kirigakure leaders, and Kiyohara withdrew after reminding her of their deal.

Kiyohara returned after resolving Kirigakure’s crisis and negotiated mining rights, secret techniques, and a strategic agreement with Mei Terumi. After she agreed to show him around Kirigakure, he went home with her, had her wear a blue qipao, and asked about her Scorch Release and Boil Release insights.

• Kiyohara returned to his disciples, explained that the crisis was over, and met Mei Terumi as she invited him to dinner.
• At Shioji, Kiyohara demanded Chakra Ore, Kirigakure secret techniques, and a long-term agreement with Konoha, while Mei Terumi negotiated limits on the mining deal.
• Kiyohara made Mei Terumi agree to show him around Kirigakure for a day, gave her a blue qipao, and accompanied her to her home.
• Ishiyama Shi and Umino Kaisui saw Kiyohara enter Mei Terumi’s home and speculated about his identity.
• Mei Terumi changed into the qipao, then took Kiyohara out, where he asked her about Scorch Release and Boil Release.

Kiyohara left Kirigakure after securing Mei Terumi’s cooperation and returned to Konoha, where he told Tsunade about his growing influence across the shinobi world and Haku’s recruitment. Meanwhile, Orochimaru revived Senju Hashirama alongside Uchiha Madara, who immediately challenged him to fight.

• Orochimaru used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Senju Hashirama, and Hashirama recognized Uchiha Madara in the hidden chamber.
• Uchiha Madara invited Hashirama to battle, so Orochimaru fled to avoid being caught in the fight.
• Kiyohara said goodbye to Mei Terumi, slapped her backside, and vanished after placing Flying Thunder God Kunai around Kirigakure.
• Kiyohara returned to Konoha with Haku and asked Uzuki Yugao to enroll him in the Ninja Academy as a ninja trainee.
• Kiyohara told Tsunade that Mei Terumi had taken power and signed agreements, then explained how he had brought Haku to Konoha and demonstrated his newly developed Ice Release.
• Tsunade admitted she was struggling to master the Wood Clone Technique, and Kiyohara examined her Wood Release scroll.

Kiyohara began training Hinata to refine Chakra and watched her succeed at her first control exercise. He then met Naruto and Sasuke, heard their ambitions, and sensed the mysterious Chakras within both boys.

• Kiyohara helped Tsunade improve her Wood Release aptitude by sharing his cells with her.
• Hyuga Hiashi brought Hinata to Training Ground 3, where Kiyohara began teaching her to refine Chakra.
• Hinata sensed her Chakra and kept a leaf attached to her forehead on her first attempt.
• Naruto and Sasuke passed the training ground, and Kiyohara invited them to share what they wanted to become.
• Naruto declared he would surpass every Hokage, while Sasuke said he would surpass his brother, and the two began arguing.
• Kiyohara sensed orange and purple Chakra within Naruto and Sasuke, each accompanied by a humanoid phantom.

Kiyohara collected the Nine-Tails' Chakra while continuing to pursue the remaining Tailed Beasts, and his eyes finally awakened as the Tenseigan. He tested its new powers and secured his spirits' privacy, leaving him with his final wish fulfilled.

• Kiyohara sent Naruto and Sasuke to deliver a Sealing Scroll to Konan, then praised Hinata's training and reassured her that she could discover her dream in time.
• Nohara Rin reported that the Yang Release: Limb Regeneration Technique had succeeded, and Kiyohara classified it as an S-rank Konoha secret.
• Kiyohara entered Kushina's mental space and tore a portion of physicalized Chakra from the Nine-Tails, then consumed it to adapt its power.
• Kiyohara planned to approach Shukaku through Pakura and Sunagakure, while adapting to the Nine-Tails' Chakra over the following weeks.
• Kiyohara's eyes awakened as the Tenseigan, greatly strengthening his Byakugan abilities and revealing new powers, including Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Kiyohara recognized that his final wish had been fulfilled and blocked his spirit bodies from sensing the outside world.

Kiyohara inherited Jōgan Kiyohara’s remaining power, awakened the Jōgan, and tested his new abilities as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki grew wary of the dojutsu and accelerated his plans. After returning to Kurenai Yuhi, Kiyohara tested his Tenseigan powers in the Land of Wind and resolved to gather the Tailed Beasts and revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya.

• Kiyohara released Jōgan Kiyohara from the ash box, received a surge of spiritual energy, and strengthened his talents in all seven Chakra attributes.
• Kiyohara awakened the Jōgan and used it to see the spatial distortions created by the Flying Thunder God Technique, learning that it could help him counter Ōtsutsuki Space-Time Ninjutsu.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki sensed the Jōgan’s chakra near Konoha, ordered Amado Sannin to accelerate cyborg research, and decided to unseal Ōtsutsuki Shibai’s cells for a transplantation experiment.
• Kiyohara returned to Kurenai Yuhi, comforted her after leaving without warning, and spent the night with her.
• Kiyohara traveled to the Land of Wind and tested Tenseigan Chakra Mode, its chakra beads, gravitational abilities, and his ability to control a puppet without Chakra Threads.
• Kiyohara decided to gather all the Tailed Beasts and find a way to revive Ōtsutsuki Kaguya so he could fulfill every remaining wish.