Chapter Summaries

Hikawa gained the Sage Body after obtaining Tsunade's heart and body, then spent the New Year visiting Tsunade, Yuhi Kurenai, and Samui while advancing his plans to become stronger. By January 15, he had synthesized Hashirama Senju's version of Wood Release and planned to visit Kirigakure before infiltrating the Akatsuki to confront Black Zetsu and Nagato.

• Hikawa acquired the S-rank entry Rebellious Disciple, gained the Sage Body, and qualified for the Chakra Ton La entry.
• Hikawa visited Yuhi Kurenai, promised to help her learn a modified Yin Seal, and accompanied her to pray at a shrine.
• Hikawa met Samui at the Anbu base, reassured her, and considered returning her to Kumogakure before bringing her home to rest.
• Hikawa spent the following weeks training and, on January 15, synthesized the A-rank Sealing Jōnin entry with Medical Jōnin and Chakra Ton La to obtain Wood Style (Hashirama Senju Version).
• Hikawa planned to visit Kirigakure before using Konan's help to infiltrate the Akatsuki and seal Black Zetsu if it revealed itself.

Hikawa visited Mei Terumi in Kirigakure, then went to Amegakure to investigate and arrange a false identity so he could protect Nagato while learning a powerful Wood Release technique. That night, he returned to Mei Terumi’s home, where she kept her promise and served him in a maid dress.

• Hikawa teased Mei Terumi in the Mizukage's office, and she agreed to wear her maid dress after work.
• Hikawa traveled to Amegakure, used Sage Art: Mind's Eye to survey the village, and found no sign of Black Zetsu.
• Hikawa asked Konan to give him an identity in Amegakure, and she disguised him as Hiame, a chunin who had recently lost his team.
• Konan gave Hikawa a paper signal for contacting him, and he stayed in Hiame's home to study Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands.
• Hikawa left a Shadow Clone in Hiame's home and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Mei Terumi's house.
• Mei Terumi served Hikawa water in her maid dress, and he made her crouch and offer it with both hands.

Hikawa grew closer to Mei Terumi through an intimate evening and gave her an anklet before visiting Tsunade. In Amegakure, Nagato mastered the Rinnegan and discovered the Rinne Rebirth Technique, while Black Zetsu kept Madara Uchiha’s resurrection plan hidden.

• Hikawa massaged Mei Terumi’s feet, kissed her, and shared dinner with her at her home.
• Mei Terumi offered Hikawa her bed, but he left after giving her an anklet to celebrate her becoming Fifth Mizukage.
• Hikawa visited Tsunade, spent the night with her, and made breakfast before returning to his travels between Amegakure, Konoha, and Kirigakure.
• Nagato mastered the Rinnegan and learned that the Rinne Rebirth Technique could resurrect the dead at the cost of the user’s life.
• Black Zetsu kept Madara Uchiha’s plan secret: Nagato would use Rinne Rebirth on Madara while he was an Impure World Reincarnation subject, restoring him with his preserved younger body.

Madara Uchiha was revived through Impure World Reincarnation and tried to force Nagato to use Rinne Rebirth, but Hikawa rescued Nagato and battled Madara. As Madara’s attacks threatened Amegakure, Hikawa revealed Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands, leaving Madara stunned.

• Black Zetsu revived Madara Uchiha through Impure World Reincarnation and told him that Hikawa had killed Obito Uchiha, derailing the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Black Zetsu lured Nagato to the basement and trapped him, intending to make him use Rinne Rebirth to revive Madara.
• Konan attacked as Hikawa arrived, and Hikawa sealed Nagato and Black Zetsu before teleporting away from Madara’s counterattack.
• Hikawa returned to face Madara, and the two exchanged Wood, Water, Fire, and Rinnegan techniques as Yahiko and Konan evacuated Amegakure.
• Madara summoned meteorites, but Hikawa’s Wood Release protected Amegakure’s people and his wooden arhat fought Madara’s complete Susanoo.
• Madara formed Planetary Devastation, but Hikawa answered with Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands, shocking Madara with the familiar Thousand-Armed Kannon.

Hikawa defeated Madara Uchiha with a Susanoo-clad Thousand-Armed Kannon Statue, gained the Rinnegan trait, and sealed Black Zetsu. He secured Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko’s promised service and arranged Konoha’s aid to rebuild Amegakure.

• Hikawa combined the Thousand-Armed Kannon Statue with Susanoo, overwhelmed Madara Uchiha and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and forced Madara to release the Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hikawa gained the Rinnegan trait after Madara Uchiha departed, then summoned away the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and returned with Nagato and Black Zetsu.
• Hikawa used Kamui to evade Black Zetsu’s attack and sealed it, triggering the Mastermind Behind the Scenes trait.
• Nagato agreed to honor his three-year promise to work for Hikawa, and Hikawa promised Konoha’s aid to rebuild Amegakure.
• Hikawa told Tsunade about Madara Uchiha and Amegakure, then ordered Samui to gather Anbu for the reconstruction effort.

Hikawa helped rebuild Amegakure, then recruited Sasori by offering him a chance to see his parents through Impure World Reincarnation. After defeating Sasori in a spar, Hikawa took him to Konoha as his subordinate.

• Hikawa used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring supplies and personnel to Amegakure, then created rows of wooden houses for the residents.
• Hikawa summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and sent White Zetsu to tell its main body that Black Zetsu and Madara Uchiha were dead and demand its submission.
• Hikawa spent the evening with Yuhi Kurenai before visiting Tsunade, and the next day he learned that Sasori had gone to the Earth Country and Mukade was heading for the Dragon Vein.
• Hikawa found Sasori near the Earth Country's Black Market and offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring his parents back if Sasori joined him.
• Sasori accepted Hikawa's offer and sparred with him, but Hikawa overwhelmed Sasori's puppets and earned an A-rank Puppet Master talent trait.
• Hikawa took Sasori to Konoha using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Hikawa brought White Zetsu under his command, experimented with the Rinnegan, and helped Rin Nohara create a weakened Yin Seal called the Ageless Seal, ending with Rin receiving her first kiss from him. He then learned that Mukade had weakened the Dragon Vein’s seal, though he had not yet released it.

• Hikawa ordered Haru to house Sasori at the Anbu base, then accepted White Zetsu as an informant and told him not to monitor Konoha.
• Hikawa met Rin Nohara, Yamato, Might Guy, and Hatake Kakashi at Konoha Hospital, then began experimenting with a modified Yin Seal alongside Rin.
• Hikawa tested the Rinnegan’s Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in, and Asura Path abilities at the First Training Ground.
• After two months of work, Hikawa completed the weakened Yin Seal, named it the Ageless Seal, and helped Rin form a Chakra reservoir in her dantian.
• Hikawa kissed Rin before leaving, and Samui gave him intelligence that Mukade had loosened the Dragon Vein’s seal.

Hikawa organized new Anbu recruits and sent Amegakure ninja to take control of the Artisan Hidden Village for his company. He traveled to Rōran with Yuhi Kurenai to stop Mukade from breaking the Dragon Vein seal, but the released power transported them, and Hikawa found himself facing Kaguya Otsutsuki.

• Hikawa helped Yuhi Kurenai complete her weakened Yin Seal, then spent the night with Tsunade and found Samui asleep at the Anbu base the next morning.
• Hikawa approved Morino Ibiki, Gekko Hayate, Uzuki Yugao, and Uchiha Tekka for the Anbu, and assigned Uzuki Yugao to Haru's squad.
• Hikawa sent Nagato, Konan, and Amegakure ninja to the Artisan Hidden Village to help Kakuzu take control of it and establish the Sunshine for Ten Thousand Miles company.
• Hikawa told Tsunade that Mukade was trying to break Minato's seal on the Rōran Dragon Vein, then traveled to the desert with Yuhi Kurenai.
• Yuhi Kurenai overwhelmed Mukade in battle, but Mukade broke the seal with Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai, releasing the Dragon Vein's power and transporting them.
• Hikawa found himself before a Divine Tree bearing a Chakra Fruit, where he recognized Kaguya Otsutsuki as she demanded to know who he was.

Hikawa met Kaguya Otsutsuki before she consumed the God Tree Fruit, then searched the ancient Ninja World for the Dragon Vein so he could return to the future. He subdued and sealed the Dragon Vein, instructed the shrine maiden Rōran to build a country, and prepared to wait for Kaguya Otsutsuki to act.

• Hikawa fought Kaguya Otsutsuki, revealed that his father had come from another planet, and offered to cooperate, but she refused and he left using Kamui.
• Hikawa examined his new Time Master entry and decided to seek Kaguya Otsutsuki’s trust by helping her against Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Hikawa crossed the ancient Ninja World and found the Dragon Vein appearing as a sea dragon that received offerings from a shrine maiden named Rōran.
• Hikawa defeated the Dragon Vein with Sage Art and Wood Release techniques, prompting the shrine maiden to believe he was a god.
• Hikawa sealed the Dragon Vein underground and told Rōran to build a country nearby, then vanished.

Hikawa ambushed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as Kaguya Otsutsuki betrayed him, then trapped him and prevented his escape while Kaguya fed half his body to the God Tree. After Kaguya went to claim the fruit, Hikawa pulled Ōtsutsuki Isshiki into the Kamui Dimension and attacked him, where the chapter ended with Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s half-body falling out of space.

• Hikawa hid near the God Tree and watched Ōtsutsuki Isshiki arrive with Kaguya Otsutsuki as the fruit neared maturity.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki suddenly attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, severed his legs, and fought off his counterattack until Hikawa intervened.
• Hikawa used the Dragon Vein Seal to trap Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, then persuaded Kaguya Otsutsuki to sacrifice half of his body to mature the God Tree fruit.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed to consider bearing descendants with Hikawa if she could safely eat the fruit, then sent Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s legs into the God Tree.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki revealed himself and tried to reach the fruit, but Hikawa used Flying Thunder God and Kamui to pull him into the Kamui Dimension.
• Hikawa attacked Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with Sage Art: Wood Style: True Several Thousand Hands, waited for his entry to trigger, and watched his half-body fall out of space.

Hikawa absorbed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s ocular powers, then helped Kaguya Otsutsuki manage her excess Chakra by creating Tsukihime with Yin Yang Style. He persuaded Kaguya to establish the Ninshu Sect as a sustainable source of Chakra, and the chapter ended with Hikawa sharing a meal with Kaguya and Tsukihime.

• Hikawa killed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, gained the Otsutsuki Clan version of the Byakugan, and absorbed the abilities Daikokuten and Sukuna Hikona from Isshiki’s eyes.
• Hikawa found Kaguya Otsutsuki overwhelmed by the God Tree Fruit’s Chakra, so he shaped the excess Chakra into a little girl and Kaguya gave her life with Yin Yang Style; Hikawa named her Tsukihime.
• Hikawa gained the Six Tomoe Rinnegan and persuaded Kaguya to spread Chakra through a Ninshu Sect rather than sacrifice the planet to the God Tree.
• Hikawa built wooden houses near the God Tree, while Kaguya and Tsukihime learned to use Wood Style; Tsukihime also awakened Hikawa’s Rinnegan.
• Hikawa invited Kaguya and Tsukihime to eat, and Kaguya reluctantly tried his cooking after Tsukihime enjoyed it.

Hikawa established the Ninshu Sect by teaching Chakra cultivation to people in the Land of Ancestors and recruiting seven students, including Hatori and Futami. After bringing them to the Divine Tree, he proposed creating a Pure Land so their souls and Chakra could be preserved after death, and Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed to the plan if it worked.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki began teaching Tsukihime to use the Rinnegan, and Hikawa noticed that the Ninja World had no moon.
• Hikawa traveled to the Land of Ancestors, announced that the Rabbit Goddess would teach divine arts, and presented himself as her Divine Envoy, the Sage of Six Paths.
• Hikawa implanted Chakra seeds in the gathered people and demonstrated Chakra cultivation; Hatori became the first direct disciple, followed by Futami and five others.
• Hikawa brought the seven students to the Divine Tree, where Kaguya Otsutsuki met them and Tsukihime complained that her mother could not cook.
• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki discussed sacrificing the students after death and creating a Pure Land with the Death God to guide their souls and Chakra there.

Tsukihime mastered the Rinnegan, and Hikawa brought her and Kaguya Otsutsuki to the Ninshu Sect, where he demonstrated ninjutsu and assigned students to learn according to their affinities. After teaching Kaguya Otsutsuki taijutsu, Hikawa summoned the Death God and defeated it with her help, leaving it subdued and revealing a new S-rank entry.

• Tsukihime told Hikawa she had mastered the Rinnegan, and he invited her to visit the Ninshu Sect while planning to teach her more techniques.
• Hikawa helped Kaguya Otsutsuki choose a kimono, kissed her, and took her and Tsukihime to the Ninshu Sect.
• Hikawa demonstrated the five elemental releases, identified each student's affinity, and sent Shadow Clones to teach the five groups.
• Hikawa trained Kaguya Otsutsuki in Konoha Style Taijutsu, and she learned the techniques by observing his movements.
• Hikawa summoned the Death God and demanded it submit; Kaguya Otsutsuki and Hikawa defeated it, forcing it to yield.
• Hikawa saw the progress of his S-rank entry rise to 42% and discovered a new entry, Transcend Death.

Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki transformed the Death God's dimension into a Pure Land and arranged for the Death God to guide wandering souls. After Hikawa taught Kaguya Sage Mode and their relationship grew closer, Kaguya began wondering how they could have children, while Hikawa considered how to take her away from the Ninja World.

• Hikawa learned that the Death God could draw nearby souls and persuaded it to take him and Kaguya Otsutsuki to its separate dimension.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki reshaped the dimension into a Pure Land, planted a God Tree branch to absorb souls and Chakra, and commanded the Death God to guide the dead.
• Hikawa gained the A-rank Lord of the Pure Land entry, and he and Kaguya Otsutsuki returned home.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki agreed to have children with Hikawa, then learned Sage Mode from him and successfully formed Sage Art Chakra before dusk.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked Hatori how to have children, received a book, and later read that kissing expressed affection as Hikawa cooked dinner.
• Hikawa proposed sending Ninshu Sect students out in teams to spread Chakra seeds, and Tsukihime volunteered to join them; Hikawa continued considering how to take Kaguya Otsutsuki away from the Ninja World.

Hikawa trained with Kaguya Otsutsuki and expanded the Ninshu Sect by sending its strongest students into the world as ninja squads. After sparring with Kaguya for a month, he made progress toward acquiring the Ninjutsu Grandmaster entry.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki grew more affectionate toward Hikawa, and the two kissed and shared intimate moments as she studied a book about love.
• Hikawa assigned Tsukihime to gain real combat experience and trained Kaguya Otsutsuki in taijutsu and Earth Release through sparring.
• Hikawa told the Ninshu Sect students that their duty was to preserve peace and selected fifty students to lead squads on missions.
• Hikawa raised the fifty captains' Chakra to ordinary jonin levels, gave them Chakra seeds to recruit new students, and Kaguya Otsutsuki gave each squad member a God Tree leaf for emergencies.
• Tsukihime joined Hatori's squad, and Hikawa told Kaguya Otsutsuki that their month of ninjutsu sparring had advanced his Ninjutsu Grandmaster entry to 69%.

Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki rescued Ninshu Sect students, and Kaguya revived one of them before they returned home. As the Ninshu Sect expanded, Hikawa arranged for Tsukihime to contract with Katsuyu and secured a contract scroll from Ryūchi Cave; Kaguya then asked Hikawa to marry her.

• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki defeated a divine tree that had attacked Ninshu Sect students, and Kaguya extracted its Natural Energy.
• Kaguya used Sage Art Chakra to revive a dead student, prompting Hikawa to kiss and thank her.
• Tsukihime returned home and told Hikawa she had met Gamamaru, while Hikawa planned to arrange a Summoning Beast contract for her.
• Hikawa ordered Hatori to summon the major countries' daimyō to discuss the Ninshu Sect's funding.
• Hikawa took Tsukihime to Shikkotsu Forest, where she signed a contract with Katsuyu, then learned Ryūchi Cave's location and obtained a contract scroll from the White Snake Sage.
• Kaguya told Hikawa that marriage was required before having children and asked him to marry her, and Hikawa agreed.

Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki married at the Ninshu Sect, then spent the night together. Hikawa revealed that he had traveled from the future, and Kaguya accepted the truth while asking him to stay with her for ten days.

• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki chose a small wedding at the Ninshu Sect and set it for Sunday, with Tsukihime as officiant.
• Hikawa discovered the S-rank entries God Slayer, Ninjutsu Grandmaster, Yin Yang Style, and Sage of Six Paths, then learned that Kaguya had received the God Tree from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Hikawa asked Tsukihime, Hatori, and Futami to prepare the wedding, and the Ninshu Sect students helped complete the arrangements.
• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki exchanged ceremonial cups and rings at the wedding, with Tsukihime officiating.
• After the wedding, Kaguya took Hikawa home, and they spent the night together.
• Hikawa told Kaguya Otsutsuki that he had traveled from the future, and she asked him to stay with her for ten days.

Hikawa reunited with Kaguya Otsutsuki, learned to use his Tenseigan, and introduced a commission system to the daimyo. The meeting ended with Kaguya creating the moon to frighten the assembled rulers into submission.

• After ten days together, Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki returned to the Ninshu Sect and reunited with Tsukihime and Hatori.
• Hikawa tested his Tenseigan, and Kaguya Otsutsuki awakened her golden Tenseigan and demonstrated Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Hikawa and Kaguya discussed restoring the God Tree and agreed to return to the future with it.
• Hikawa announced a commission system at a meeting attended by the daimyo of nearly fifty countries, including missions to assassinate daimyo.
• When the daimyo resisted, Kaguya used Planetary Devastation to gather the earth into the sky and create the moon.

Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki created a home on the moon, left Tsukihime to lead the Ninshu Sect, and returned to the future through the Dragon Vein. Hikawa gained a powerful Time Entry after arriving in Rōran.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki created the moon, and Hikawa ordered the daimyos to work with Ninshu Sect branches while Gamamaru, Katsuyu, and the White Snake discussed seeking the sect's protection.
• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki planned their departure, built a palace and Chakra-powered portal on the moon, and assigned Tsukihime to lead the Ninshu Sect and create nine Summoning Beasts from the God Tree's Chakra.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki altered Black Zetsu's memories and released him into the Ninja World at Hikawa's request.
• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki entered the Dragon Vein and traveled through time to Rōran, where Hikawa acquired an S-rank Time Entry that let him freeze a target's time within a small domain.

Hikawa reunited with Kaguya Otsutsuki and Tsukihime, brought them to Konoha, and reunited with Yuhi Kurenai after restoring her memories. He then discussed plans to unify the Ninja World with Tsunade, ending by carrying her into the Hokage chair.

• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki entered the Pure Land and reunited with Tsukihime, who promised they would no longer leave her.
• Hikawa and Kaguya Otsutsuki replenished Tsukihime's Chakra, and Tsukihime explained that she had created Asura and Indra and divided the God Tree's Chakra among the Tailed Beasts.
• Hikawa agreed to help rebuild the Ninshu Sect and reclaim the Tailed Beasts, then took Kaguya Otsutsuki and Tsukihime to an Anbu residence in Konoha.
• Hikawa restored Yuhi Kurenai's memories of traveling to the past, and they returned home before he went to report to Tsunade.
• Hikawa outlined plans to unify the Ninja World by taking control of Kumogakure, using economic pressure on Kirigakure, and fighting Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
• Tsunade woke in her office and asked about the Dragon Vein, and Hikawa picked her up and took her Hokage chair.