Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru and Nara Dan traced Hashirama Senju’s premature death to Ashura’s reincarnated Chakra, which acted as a Chakra Information Entity and eventually stopped his body. Nara Dan revealed the history of Indra and Ashura and how Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan, leaving Orochimaru eager to investigate the powers they had inherited.

• Orochimaru explained that Hashirama Senju’s cells remained capable of regeneration, so a Chakra-bound information entity—not cellular failure—had caused his death.
• Nara Dan and Orochimaru concluded that Natural Energy hastened the entity’s effects, then discussed how it might also have threatened Madara Uchiha.
• Nara Dan told Orochimaru that Indra and Ashura’s Chakra survived their deaths by reincarnating, and Orochimaru deduced that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were their current incarnations.
• Nara Dan explained that combining Indra and Ashura’s powers could awaken the Rinnegan, then revealed that Madara Uchiha had survived, revived himself, and gained the eye by transplanting Hashirama Senju’s cells.
• Nara Dan showed Orochimaru the Rinnegan in his hand and urged him to direct his research toward these powers, while Orochimaru marveled that Dan had defeated Madara Uchiha.

Nara Dan guided Orochimaru toward cloning as a solution to soul rejection and immortality, while Sasori completed a Human Puppet made from Hashirama Senju's corpse. Nara Dan took the puppet away and assigned Sasori further work on mechanical systems and firearms.

• Nara Dan warned Orochimaru to be cautious with soul research and suggested Sasori's approach could offer new ways to preserve a soul.
• Sasori proposed copying a body, and Nara Dan explained cloning a person's cells into a rapidly grown adult body to avoid soul rejection.
• Orochimaru recognized cloning as a promising path to immortality and thanked Nara Dan for the insight.
• Sasori reported that he had turned Hashirama Senju's corpse into a Human Puppet but needed more Gelel Ore.
• Nara Dan promised to obtain more Gelel Ore, assigned Sasori to study mechanical systems and firearms, and left the Research Department with Hashirama Senju's puppet.

Nara Dan told Nara Shikaku that he planned to leave Konoha for training and laid out contingencies to keep the village stable during his absence. He left leadership and defense plans in place, including a deadline for Minato Namikaze to succeed him as Hokage if he did not return.

• Nara Dan returned to the Hokage Office and told Nara Shikaku he would leave Konoha within days to train.
• Nara Shikaku tried to dissuade him, but Nara Dan explained that he needed to pursue greater strength and longevity beyond the limits of the Ninja World.
• Nara Dan arranged for a Shadow Clone to handle Hokage duties for about a month, then told Nara Shikaku to manage daily affairs while Yakushi Nonō impersonated him if he remained away.
• Nara Dan gave Nara Shikaku a Sealing Scroll containing Hashirama Senju's corpse, made into a Human Puppet, and promised to teach him how to use it as a defense against major threats.
• Nara Dan ordered Nara Shikaku to appoint Minato Namikaze as Fifth Hokage if Dan had not returned within three years or his departure was fully exposed, and to silence anyone who resisted.

Nara Dan visited Sunagakure before setting out to investigate the Dragon Vein, while reflecting on the physical limits he had reached and searching for a way to advance further. The Dragon Vein’s call grew stronger, and Dan resolved to face whatever awaited him there.

• Rasa and Chiyo welcomed Dan to Sunagakure and escorted him to a guest courtyard.
• Chiyo advised Rasa to focus on leading the Sand Ninja and ensuring their survival, despite his fear and resentment toward Dan.
• After training overnight, Dan concluded that his body had reached the limits of pure physical strength and considered ways to advance through genes, energy, or the soul.
• Dan found that his Otherworld Visitor entry still could not activate travel to another world, even though he had become Hokage.
• Dan sensed the Dragon Vein calling him from deep within the Land of Wind and decided to investigate it despite the danger his Sixth Sense warned of.

Nara Dan investigated the Dragon Vein beneath Rōran and was struck by its power, which revealed the planet’s Natural Energy, the damage caused by Chakra, and Gaia’s wish for him to inherit its authority. After understanding the scale of the power and the threat posed by the Otsutsuki, Dan chose to reach for the orb of Gaia’s authority.

• Nara Dan entered the ruins beneath Rōran and found the sealed Dragon Vein without the Flying Thunder God Kunai he expected.
• A purple dragon-shaped light struck Dan and drew his consciousness into the planet’s vast sea of Natural Energy.
• Dan recognized that the Dragon Vein embodied Gaia’s consciousness and saw Chakra nodes—including the nine Tailed Beasts—draining the planet’s Natural Energy.
• Dan realized Gaia had chosen him to inherit its authority because his body was powerful and free of Chakra.
• Dan considered the authority’s immense power and reached toward the orb representing Gaia’s authority.

Nara Dan resisted Gaia’s attempt to bind him to the Ninja World and used his Cheat System to cross into another world. In the Republic of Padokea, Kurapika and Pairo found the severely wounded Nara Dan lying in a stream.

• Nara Dan realized Gaia had manipulated his will, but an unknown force from the Dragon Vein restored his clarity.
• Gaia attacked Nara Dan with the Purple Dragon Form, and Nara Dan used the Cheat System’s Otherworld Visitor ability to sacrifice Luck and leave the Ninja World.
• Gaia’s fury triggered volcanoes, a tsunami, and storms across the planet, but the disasters ended after Nara Dan vanished.
• The Fourth Hokage sensed that Nara Dan had succeeded, while enormous Rinnegan eyes watched the Dragon Vein Seal before disappearing.
• In the Luxen region of the Republic of Padokea, Kurapika and Pairo found the badly injured Nara Dan in a stream, and Kurapika went to fetch their people.

The Kurta Clan debated whether to help the badly injured stranger, while Elder weighed the danger he might bring. The man woke, silently assessed the clan, and floated away toward the mountains, leaving Kurapika watching him with unusual interest.

• Kurapika argued that the clan should treat the stranger rather than let him die, while other members feared he would endanger them.
• Elder studied the man's injuries and strength, then prepared to send him away because he feared the risk to the clan.
• The stranger woke and examined the Kurta Clan, but his throat wound left him unable to speak.
• The man rose into the air without showing any sign of using Nen and flew toward the forest and mountains.
• Elder told the clan to leave the man alone, and Kurapika watched him depart with an unusual light in his eyes.

Nara Dan arrived in a new world with severe injuries and dangerous space-time energy still damaging his body. Unable to rely on his physical strength, he used the Rinnegan to catch food while assessing the unfamiliar world and waiting for a new Talent Entry to form.

• Nara Dan killed a giant rabbit with the Rinnegan’s gravity power and drank its blood to replenish his nutrients.
• Nara Dan realized that space-time energy was killing his cells, while his Gang Qi was occupied containing it and his Biological Force Field had vanished.
• Nara Dan relied on the Rinnegan and Samehada’s stored Chakra, which he had to conserve because there was no Natural Energy to replenish it.
• Nara Dan noticed a new purple Talent Entry forming in his Cheat System after arriving in the new world.
• Nara Dan sensed enormous creatures and people with Transcendent power near the Kurta Clan’s settlement, and concluded he needed food to recover.
• Nara Dan pulverized the giant rabbit with the Rinnegan and sent the meat into his stomach.

Kurapika and Pairo found the injured stranger, Nara Dan, who used his Rinnegan to read Kurapika’s memories and learned they were in the Hunter World. Nara Dan offered to heal Pairo in exchange for food and books, then immediately restored Pairo’s leg.

• Kurapika led Pairo through the forest to search for Nara Dan, hoping the stranger could help them leave Luxen and find treatment for Pairo.
• Kurapika spotted animal remains and blood, then he and Pairo were lifted into a tree by Nara Dan, who crushed and swallowed a venomous snake.
• When Kurapika’s eyes turned scarlet, Nara Dan used the Human Path to read his memories and discovered the Kurta Clan was still safe and the Spider had not yet arrived.
• Nara Dan spoke to Kurapika in the Kurta language and proposed that Kurapika bring him food and books in return for healing Pairo.
• Nara Dan used blue fluid to heal Pairo’s injured leg, and Pairo tested it by standing and walking steadily.

After arriving in the Hunter World, Nara Dan recovered in a tree hollow while Kurapika brought him supplies and books. Dan became interested in the Dark Continent and considered Kurapika’s potential, but left open whether he would teach him to become a Hunter.

• Kurapika promised to repay Nara Dan for his help, and Dan asked him to find clothes and called himself Dan.
• A week later, Dan studied the Hunter World while healing his upper body and thinking about the Dark Continent, Dong Freecss, and immortality.
• Kurapika delivered food, water, and books, and Dan returned the books he had finished.
• Kurapika asked whether Dan was a Hunter and whether Hunter abilities could grant powers, and Dan said he was not a Hunter but that Hunters had mysterious abilities.
• Kurapika asked how to become a Hunter, and Dan decided against experimenting with Nen on him for now before checking Kurapika’s talent entry in his Cheat System.

Nara Dan studied Kurapika’s Scarlet Eyes and Nen potential, then faced the Kurta Clan elder, who confronted him over his presence and his bond with Kurapika. Their fight revealed the elder’s advanced Nen skill and Nara Dan’s formidable physical strength, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Nara Dan examined Kurapika’s talents, including his Scarlet Eyes and rare Nen potential, while Kurapika apologized and left the tree hollow worried about Pairo’s treatment.
• The Kurta Clan elder followed Kurapika, found the clan’s missing supplies in Nara Dan’s hollow, and warned Nara Dan to leave and stay away from Kurapika.
• Nara Dan observed the elder’s Nen and used Chakra from Samehada to exert an invisible force on him, prompting the elder to defend himself with Nen and attack.
• The elder struck Nara Dan with his cane, but Nara Dan caught the blow without using Nen and countered with a close-range attack.
• The elder adjusted his Nen with Ryu to withstand Nara Dan’s punch, and Nara Dan recognized him as an exceptionally capable fighter.

Nara Dan fought the Kurta elder, endured his Blood-Drawing Blade Nen ability, and drove him off with Shinra Tensei. The elder escaped and reconsidered whether Kurapika should leave the clan, but ultimately resolved to protect him as the clan’s hope.

• The Kurta elder judged Nara Dan’s strength and drew the hidden blade from his cane, then attacked him.
• The elder split the blade into tiny Nen-controlled blades that pierced Nara Dan’s skin, and Nara Dan identified the attack as a Manipulation-type ability called Blood-Drawing Blade.
• The elder launched another barrage, but Nara Dan used Shinra Tensei to repel the blades and hurl the elder into a tree nearly a hundred meters away.
• The elder survived by concentrating Nen on his back with Ko, then ran away while Nara Dan returned to his unharmed books.
• The elder concluded that Nara Dan posed no apparent threat to the Kurta, considered letting Kurapika leave, and decided to keep protecting him as the clan’s hope.

The Phantom Troupe searched for Kurta near Luxen, determined to take what they wanted despite Machi’s foreboding. That night, Nara Dan appeared as a translucent phantom in Kurapika’s room and pressed a finger to his brow.

• The Phantom Troupe entered a town near Luxen while Feitan explained that their costly information pointed to Kurta activity in the area.
• Uvogin and Nobunaga argued about fighting, while Machi sensed their expedition would not go smoothly.
• Chrollo and the others continued their search, following the Phantom Troupe’s creed of taking what they wanted by force.
• Kurapika lay awake, worrying that he had angered Mr. Dan and hoping Mr. Dan would still heal Pairo’s eyes.
• Nara Dan appeared as a phantom beside Kurapika’s bed, identified himself, and pressed a finger to Kurapika’s brow.

Nara Dan used the Spirit Transformation Technique to possess Kurapika and tested how Nen worked through his body. He closed Kurapika’s Shoko and vanished just before a Kurta elder arrived to investigate the Nen disturbance.

• Nara Dan mastered the Spirit Transformation Technique and temporarily took control of Kurapika’s body.
• Nara Dan opened Kurapika’s Shoko, awakened his Nen, and tested its applications, but found he could not manifest a Nen Ability without his own soul.
• Nara Dan activated Kurapika’s Scarlet Eyes, but they did not change the nature of his Nen.
• Nara Dan closed Kurapika’s Shoko and left Kurapika unconscious as a Kurta elder approached.
• The Kurta elder searched the room and Kurapika with En, found no open Shoko or Nen, and left puzzled.

Nara Dan discovered that he could not use Nen in his own body, but believed he might awaken a supernatural ability by applying Nen’s principles to Gang Qi. Meanwhile, the Phantom Troupe arrived at the Kurta settlement to provoke and kill its people for their Scarlet Eyes, and the two groups met in the forest.

• Nara Dan failed to gather aura and concluded that his outsider body lacked the structures needed to use Nen.
• Nara Dan reasoned that Gang Qi might manifest an ability through spiritual will and life energy, and decided he needed to study more Nen Users.
• Chrollo led the Phantom Troupe toward the Kurta settlement after Feitan identified the Kurta language spoken by local shoppers.
• Chrollo ordered the Troupe to gather the Kurta people and kill them to make their Scarlet Eyes appear, assigning Uvogin and Nobunaga to lead the assault.
• The Kurta elder and several clan members confronted the Troupe in the forest, recognizing their malice and their connection to Meteor City.

Uvogin fought the Kurta elder while Machi, Franklin, and Feitan split off toward the Kurta settlement. The elder wounded Uvogin with his Blood-Drawing Blade, while Chrollo watched and considered taking the ability.

• Uvogin charged the elder, and Machi, Franklin, and Feitan headed toward the Kurta settlement.
• Nobunaga stopped two Guard Squad members from pursuing the others and prepared to fight them.
• Uvogin battled the elder and three Guard Squad members, using Rock Storm to drive back two attackers.
• The elder used Blood-Drawing Blade to pierce Uvogin's defenses and wound him with many small blades.
• Chrollo recognized the elder's ability and considered adding it to his collection.

Uvogin battled the Kurta elder and Guard Squad, growing stronger as the fight continued. He unleashed Super Destructive Fist, blasting an aura-coated tree into a storm of splinters that the elder tried to block with his robe.

• Uvogin forced the blade from his wound, charged the Kurta elder, and killed Guard Squad member Hachama with a punch.
• Uvogin shattered another Guard Squad member’s eardrums with his roar, but the elder rescued him and attacked Uvogin with manipulated blades.
• Uvogin lifted a fallen tree and coated it with Shu to fend off the blades, while the elder used them to wound him from a distance.
• The elder recognized that Uvogin’s aura grew stronger as he fought and rushed in to turn the battle in the Kurta’s favor.
• Uvogin tossed the tree trunk into the air and struck it with Super Destructive Fist, sending aura-enhanced splinters at the elder, who shielded himself with his Shu-reinforced robe.

The Phantom Troupe captured the Kurta women and children, and Feitan tortured Pairo for information about Kurapika. Nara Dan sensed the attack and took Kurapika toward the clan’s settlement, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Franklin, Feitan, and Machi trapped the Kurta women and children, while Feitan subdued a Kurta guard who tried to ambush him.
• Feitan noticed Pairo’s unusual heartbeat and demanded that he reveal where Kurapika had gone.
• Franklin killed a Kurta woman to pressure Pairo, but Pairo kept silent despite his terror.
• Nara Dan met Kurapika as he delivered supplies and warned him that something had likely happened to his clan.
• Nara Dan sensed the Phantom Troupe’s malice and the scent of blood, then used the Rinnegan’s power to whisk himself and Kurapika toward the settlement.

Nara Dan arrived at the Kurta massacre with Kurapika and fought the Phantom Troupe members Feitan and Franklin. He defeated both men, leaving Feitan unconscious as the battle continued.

• Feitan pressured Pairo to reveal information by threatening a Kurta girl, but Machi interrupted when she noticed Nara Dan approaching with Kurapika.
• Kurapika reunited with Pairo and saw the slaughtered Kurta, while Nara Dan condemned the Phantom Troupe and repelled Franklin's Nen bullets.
• Feitan attacked Nara Dan from behind, but Nara Dan blasted him away with Shinra Tensei, and Machi used Nen Threads to catch him.
• Nara Dan overwhelmed Franklin with kicks and punches, leaving him badly injured and unable to fight.
• Feitan tried to attack Nara Dan again, but Nara Dan seized him with Banshō Ten'in and slammed him into the ground until he lost consciousness.

Nara Dan countered Feitan’s Rising Sun with Planetary Devastation, leaving Feitan dead and Franklin vaporized. The remaining Phantom Troupe members fled, but Nara Dan set out to pursue them.

• Uvogin wounded the elder and gained the advantage while Nobunaga defeated two members of the Kurta Guard Squad.
• Machi warned Chrollo and the others that Nara Dan had overwhelmed Feitan and Franklin, and that the Phantom Troupe should flee.
• Feitan unleashed Rising Sun, creating a gigantic fireball that forced the Phantom Troupe to retreat and sent the elder rushing toward the Kurta settlement.
• Nara Dan used Planetary Devastation to absorb Rising Sun and nullify Feitan’s ability.
• Feitan crushed his own heart and died, while Franklin had already been vaporized by the heat.
• Nara Dan spotted the surviving Phantom Troupe members fleeing and decided to pursue them.