Chapter Summaries

Shuji asked Katsuyu Sage about the Rinnegan to help Konoha understand Nagato, while Zetsu arranged Akatsuki’s escape from the Land of Rain. The chapter ended with Zetsu reporting to the aged Uchiha Madara in a cave.

• Zetsu ordered the Akatsuki members to split up, travel through the Land of Earth or the Land of Wind, and regroup in the Land of Snow.
• Shuji considered Akatsuki’s possible future and decided Konoha needed better intelligence about Nagato and the Rinnegan.
• Shuji asked Katsuyu Sage about the Rinnegan, and she explained that its return was connected to an Uchiha with Senju blood and the Sage of Six Paths’ two sons.
• Zetsu knelt before Uchiha Madara in a dark cave, and Madara asked whether everything had been dealt with.

Madara approved Zetsu’s plan to protect the Rinnegan and find someone to replace him, while Shuji discussed Nagato and the Rinnegan with Hiruzen and Danzō. The chapter ended with Shuji learning that Tobirama had taken Madara’s body after the Valley of the End, raising questions about whether Madara had truly died.

• Zetsu told Madara that Nagato and the others were settled in the Land of Snow, beyond Konoha’s reach while the war continued.
• Madara ordered Zetsu to find someone suitable to replace him, and Zetsu promised to help Nagato master the Rinnegan or recover it if Nagato failed.
• Shuji told Hiruzen and Danzō that the Katsuyu Sage linked the Rinnegan to Uchiha with Senju blood and that its known technique included Chibaku Tensei.
• Shuji insisted he could kill Nagato and accepted Hiruzen’s offer of up to nine S-rank mission credits for the attempt, with his survival as the priority.
• Shuji asked whether Uchiha or Senju ninja had ever defected, and Hiruzen said Tobirama had taken Madara’s body after the Valley of the End.

Shuji persuaded Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzō to investigate whether Uchiha Madara was still alive and connected to Uzumaki Nagato’s Rinnegan. In the Land of Rain, rival-backed rebel forces faced off as Salamander Hanzo led Amegakure shinobi toward the battlefield, where Uchiha Mikoto called to Red Fox.

• Shuji argued that Uchiha Madara might still be alive and urged Sarutobi Hiruzen to investigate the origin of Uzumaki Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Danzō proposed investigating Nagato’s family ties and what had happened to Uchiha Madara’s remains, and Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed.
• After Shuji left, Danzō told Sarutobi Hiruzen that Nagato awakening the Rinnegan seemed implausible, and Sarutobi Hiruzen told him to await news from Nawaki.
• In the Land of Rain, Konoha-backed rebels surrounded Amegakure-backed rebels while other allied forces held their positions, with no side making the first move.
• Salamander Hanzo led Amegakure’s elite shinobi toward the battlefield to prevent the force he supported from being wiped out.
• In a tent, Uchiha Mikoto called to Red Fox, who led a Konoha Anbu squad.

Mikoto met with Konoha’s allied Land of Rain Daimyo and reassured him that Shuji could support her in the planned ambush on Salamander Hanzo. While Shuji trained in Shikkotsu Forest, Hanzo approached the battlefield cautiously, expecting Konoha to target him rather than the Daimyo.

• Red Fox brought Mikoto to meet the allied Land of Rain Daimyo, who doubted that someone so young could defeat Salamander Hanzo.
• Mikoto told the Daimyo that a powerful companion would support her if she could not handle Hanzo alone.
• Red Fox identified that companion as Hyuga Shuji and explained that he had killed Sunagakure's Third Kazekage, impressing the Daimyo.
• Mikoto left to rest while Red Fox waited for confirmed intelligence on Hanzo.
• Shuji continued training in Shikkotsu Forest, concerned that Nagato’s emergence could draw the attention of Uchiha Madara or Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.
• Salamander Hanzo advanced toward the battlefield at an unhurried pace, preparing for Konoha’s ambush.

Mikoto’s team discovered that Salamander Hanzo had fifteen elite Amegakure Jonin, so Shuji joined her and confronted him. Hanzo offered to make Amegakure a vassal of Konoha, but Shuji rejected the offer and entered Sage Mode, summoning a massive lightning dragon.

• Mikoto learned that Hanzo had more than a dozen ninjas and retreated with her three subordinates to meet Shuji.
• Shuji identified the fifteen Jonin as Amegakure’s elite unit and led Mikoto and the Anbu toward Hanzo.
• Shuji revealed that he was Hyuga Shuji, formerly known as Guiyuan, and reminded Hanzo that the bounty on him had helped Konoha obtain Takigakure’s forbidden technique.
• Hanzo asked to make Amegakure a vassal of Konoha, but Shuji rejected him because Amegakure had lost Konoha’s trust.
• Hanzo prepared to fight to the death, and Shuji entered Sage Mode and unleashed Sage Art: Dragon of the Sea.

Shuji defeated Salamander Hanzo and fourteen Amegakure jonin with Sage Mode Chakra, then went with Mikoto to meet Captain Red Fox. The chapter left them walking toward the camp after Mikoto insisted on holding the umbrella for Shuji.

• Shuji used a lightning dragon to break the Amegakure jonin’s Water Dragon Jutsu, while Hanzo attacked him with his sickle.
• Shuji blocked Hanzo’s strike with Nen Guard, then pierced him with the prayer beads and removed his poisonous corpse from the Land of Rain.
• Shuji sent the prayer beads through the air and killed the fourteen Amegakure jonin, then secured the beads around his wrist with Sage Mode Chakra.
• Mikoto ordered her subordinates to clean up the battlefield and praised Shuji, who complained that his strength still had room to improve.
• Mikoto suggested visiting Captain Red Fox, and she and Shuji headed toward the camp together.

After killing Salamander Hanzo, Shuji disposed of his poison and left the Land of Rain to train. Amegakure fractured, while Muyu joined Zetsu’s recruitment effort, Mikoto stayed to assist Red Fox, and Nawaki led a team back to the Land of Rain.

• Shuji released Salamander Hanzo’s poisonous mist toward Sunagakure, burned the corpse, and vanished to focus on training.
• With Salamander Hanzo and many Amegakure elites dead, the Land of Rain’s last Daimyo died in the war, and the hidden villages fought over occupied cities without sending more Anbu.
• Amegakure’s ninja split into groups and left with supplies and children, following Salamander Hanzo’s final order.
• Zetsu approached Muyu in the Land of Grass and recruited him to develop in the Land of Snow by telling him that an Akatsuki founder possessed the Rinnegan; Muyu agreed.
• Mikoto agreed to remain under Red Fox’s command because Konoha’s forces were stretched thin after an elite squad was wiped out.
• Nawaki reached the border of the Land of Rain as a captain and ordered a teammate to activate their Byakugan.

Nawaki and Hiashi reunited in the Anbu Fifth Squad, where Hiashi revealed that he had mastered Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Chakra Surround. Nawaki offered to teach him the Senju technique Hard Vortex Water Blade, and Hiashi accepted his captain’s generosity.

• Nawaki noted that Hiashi had joined the Anbu Fifth Squad as its Hyuga member and teased him about his lack of progress.
• Hiashi activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and Chakra Surround, proving he had trained hard despite hiding his abilities.
• Nawaki celebrated Hiashi’s strength and suggested he could learn Water Release techniques if Sage Mode proved difficult.
• Nawaki offered to teach Hiashi the Senju family’s S-rank Water Release technique, Hard Vortex Water Blade.
• Hiashi thanked Nawaki and reflected on how fortunate he was to have trusted companions beside him.

Shuji trained by separating his spirit from his body while a Shadow Clone repaired him, then discussed the Akatsuki’s retreat with Konoha’s leaders. The chapter left Shuji reluctant to join Nawaki in destroying the Akatsuki because he did not want to fight Uzumaki Nagato yet.

• Shuji used acid to temper his body while his spirit absorbed Nen Energy and a Shadow Clone healed him.
• Red Fox told Nawaki that the Akatsuki had withdrawn from the Land of Rain and that the squad monitoring them had been killed.
• Nawaki brought the intelligence to Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, who summoned Shuji for advice.
• Shuji predicted that the Akatsuki had gone to the Land of Snow, explaining that its size and surrounding barriers made it difficult for Konoha to search.
• Danzō proposed that Nawaki search for the Akatsuki while Shuji provided support, but Shuji pointed out that Amegakure shinobi might also be in the Land of Snow.
• Shuji questioned whether they should wipe out a large organization that included the Rinnegan and admitted that he did not want to confront Uzumaki Nagato yet.

Shuji persuaded Konoha to expose Uzumaki Nagato’s Rinnegan and let Sunagakure and Iwagakure investigate Akatsuki rather than risk sending Nawaki into the Land of Snow. Days later, the two villages sent a joint ninja squad there, while Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo remained troubled by Uchiha Madara’s missing body.

• Shuji proposed spreading news of Nagato’s Rinnegan so Sunagakure and Iwagakure would confront Akatsuki and reveal the eye’s abilities.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed that the other villages should investigate Akatsuki, rejecting Nawaki’s offer to infiltrate the Land of Snow because of the danger.
• Shuji left the Hokage’s office, and Hiruzen assigned Danzo to handle the matter.
• Danzo asked whether Uchiha Madara’s body had been found, and Hiruzen said the search had uncovered no trace of it.
• A few days later, Sunagakure and Iwagakure sent a joint ninja squad into the Land of Snow to verify the Rinnegan report and address Akatsuki’s threat.

After three years of training, Shuji forced open all Eight Inner Gates with Nen and discovered that the gates did not trigger the expected Chakra surge. He demonstrated Daytime Tiger, then realized the gates had given him greatly increased Chakra and Nen flow, making him a mature Mad Tiger Emperor.

• Shuji spent three years training in Shikkotsu Forest without being summoned for missions.
• Shuji used Nen to open all Eight Inner Gates, but no Chakra steam appeared at first.
• Shuji’s Chakra reacted to a senjutsu Chakra sphere, and he used Daytime Tiger to destroy it.
• Shuji realized the Eight Inner Gates could be opened with Nen and still let him use Daytime Tiger, though the resulting Chakra increase came from the gates remaining open.
• Katsuyu Sage asked about Shuji’s technique, and Shuji explained that it was the Eight Inner Gates.
• Shuji concluded that the opened gates had greatly increased his Chakra and expanded the routes through which his Nen could flow, bringing him to mature Mad Tiger Emperor level.

Shuji completed a Nen Tattoo based on Shinobi World sealing techniques, allowing Nen to circulate and train his body automatically. He left Shikkotsu Forest to seek a new breakthrough, while Mikoto continued to refuse her father’s demands to meet the man she loved.

• Shuji explained that his Nen Tattoo used sealing patterns to guide Nen through his body and automatically train his Steel Muscles and Iron Bones.
• Shuji’s Shadow Clone finished tattooing a golden tiger-shaped seal on his back, and the Nen inside him began to circulate on its own.
• Shuji thanked Katsuyu Sage, left Shikkotsu Forest, and planned to search the Land of Fire for a passage to the moon.
• Uchiha Chisaku confronted Mikoto about starting a family and demanded to meet the man she liked.
• Mikoto told Chisaku that the man was outstanding, better than Uchiha Fugaku, but said she was not ready for him to meet her father.

Konoha’s leaders weighed how to respond to the Akatsuki as Yahiko proposed declaring war on Sunagakure and Iwagakure. Zetsu argued against it, but Nagato rejected his strategy and left, while Yahiko promised to persuade him.

• Uchiha Chisaku watched Mikoto leave and sank down, feeling powerless.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo discussed the Akatsuki’s growth, the Rinnegan’s effect on the shinobi world, and whether to convene a Five Kage Summit to destroy the Akatsuki.
• Yahiko proposed declaring war on Sunagakure and Iwagakure, but Zetsu warned that the Akatsuki would risk uniting the great hidden villages against it.
• Nagato argued that the Akatsuki should ally with Sunagakure and Iwagakure against stronger enemies, then left after declaring that he could protect everyone.
• Zetsu asked the remaining Akatsuki members what they thought, and Yahiko agreed with his advice but said he would persuade Nagato.

Shuji traveled to the moon and confronted Otsutsuki Shinya, offering his Byakugan in exchange for the Otsutsuki bloodline he needed to awaken the Tenseigan. After Shinya’s puppet attack failed, Shuji incapacitated him and his two juniors and took them into his space.

• Zetsu left the meeting room and headed toward the Land of Snow, where he knew a Konoha ninja who could use Sage Mode was present.
• Shuji reached the moon, found the giant golden Tenseigan, and met Otsutsuki Shinya and his two juniors.
• Shuji proposed a deal: Shinya could take his Byakugan if Shuji lost, but Shuji would take the Otsutsuki blood if he won.
• Shinya sent his puppets to attack, but Shuji used intangibility to pass through their Nen Beads and approached the Otsutsuki.
• Shuji unleashed a powerful sonic attack that knocked out Shinya and his two juniors, then placed them in his space.

Nawaki and Hiashi encountered Nagato’s Six Paths of Pain while investigating the Akatsuki in the Land of Snow. After Pain overwhelmed them with its Rinnegan powers, the battle escalated as the Six Paths attacked, while Shuji drank fresh blood in the Byakugan Space on the moon.

• Nawaki and Hiashi warmed themselves in the Land of Snow and discussed their mission to locate the Akatsuki.
• Nawaki and Hiashi dodged a barrage of shells, identified the Six Paths of Pain, and entered Sage Mode to fight them.
• The Deva Path used Shinra Tensei to repel Hiashi, Nawaki, and Nawaki’s Nen Beads, while Nagato recognized their strength and worried about Konoha’s other fighters.
• The Deva Path used Banshō Ten'in as the other Paths attacked Nawaki and Hiashi with missiles, summoned beasts, and a direct assault.
• Shuji drank a cup of fresh blood inside the Byakugan Space on the moon.

Shuji drank Otsutsuki Shinya’s blood to accelerate his Byakugan’s evolution toward the Tenseigan, while keeping Shinya and his family captive in his space. He planned to close the passage between the moon and the Shinobi World and take away the giant Tenseigan before releasing them.

• Shuji meditated after drinking Otsutsuki Shinya’s blood and sensed his Byakugan beginning to change, though the process was slow.
• Otsutsuki Shinya and his family woke in Shuji’s space, and Shinya asked to be released after Shuji obtained his blood.
• Shuji refused to release them immediately, explaining that he needed more blood and that drawing it from all three at once could kill them.
• Shinya cut his wrist to provide more blood, and Shuji healed the wound after collecting it.
• Shuji told Shinya that he would close the passage to the Shinobi World and take away the giant Tenseigan, leaving Shinya furious.

Shuji learned how the moon’s branch family controlled the Giant Tenseigan and considered merging with it, while refusing to give Otsutsuki Shinya’s clan another chance. Elsewhere, Nawaki and Hiashi escaped Nagato’s renewed Shinra Tensei so they could plan their next attack.

• Shuji told Otsutsuki Shinya that the Shinobi World was declaring war on his branch and asked how to handle the Tenseigan.
• Otsutsuki Shinya suggested Shuji merge with the Giant Tenseigan, and Shuji drank his son’s blood while accepting the suggestion.
• Otsutsuki Shinya explained that his clan sacrificed their eyes to control the Tenseigan and used its power to command puppets.
• Otsutsuki Shinya asked Shuji to give his clan another chance, but Shuji refused.
• Nawaki saw the Naraka Path repair the Asura Path, then grabbed Hiashi and teleported them away from Nagato’s Shinra Tensei to plan their next attack.

Nawaki and Hiashi reported their inconclusive fight with Uzumaki Nagato to Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Shuji revealed that he had completed his Sage Mode technique. The chapter ended with the gathered Konoha leaders turning to the Rinnegan intelligence.

• Nagato concluded that Nawaki and Hiashi had escaped with space-time ninjutsu and worried that Akatsuki needed powerful outside allies.
• Nawaki and Hiashi returned to Konoha and gave Sarutobi Hiruzen a report about their fight with Nagato.
• Nawaki told Shuji that they had not defeated Nagato, though he was not afraid of the Rinnegan.
• Shuji announced that his technique developed in Shikkotsu Forest had succeeded, shocking Nawaki, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Danzo.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen recovered from his surprise and handed Shuji the intelligence scroll about the Rinnegan.

Shuji told Konoha’s leaders that Sage Mode’s limits were still uncertain, then revealed that the Eight Inner Gates and Spirit Transformation Technique could cultivate the body and soul. Danzo’s hopes for Konoha’s future soared, though the chapter left the scale of Shuji’s new training methods unexplored.

• Shuji considered the powerful enemies still ahead, including Nagato, Madara, Kaguya, Isshiki, and other Ōtsutsuki.
• Danzo dismissed the threat posed by Nagato and argued that Konoha could surpass the Shinobi World by secretly training children in the new cultivation path.
• Shuji asked Danzo to consider Sage Mode’s upper limit, and said it might eventually reach the Katsuyu Sage’s level.
• Danzo pressed Shuji about his uncertain claim, and Shuji explained that he had practiced Sage Mode for only a few days.
• Shuji revealed that the Eight Inner Gates and Spirit Transformation Technique could cultivate the physical body and soul, respectively.

Shuji gave Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō the training method for permanent senjutsu and said he planned to leave Konoha. He refused Danzō’s suggestion to assassinate Uzumaki Nagato, keeping his true reason and concern about escalating against Zetsu to himself.

• Danzō smugly told Sarutobi Hiruzen that he had learned the Spirit Transformation Technique, and Hiruzen swallowed his irritation.
• Shuji handed Hiruzen and Danzō a scroll explaining permanent senjutsu and asked them to arrange training for trusted ninja, including his parents and the Hyuga Clan.
• Shuji said he wanted to leave Konoha and rejected Hiruzen’s attempt to persuade him to stay.
• Danzō proposed assassinating Uzumaki Nagato, but Shuji firmly refused.
• Danzō and Nawaki questioned Shuji’s confidence that Nagato could not be killed, while Shuji kept his reasons secret.