Chapter Summaries

Kushina burst into Baishi’s office in a Nine-Tails Chakra cloak, convinced he was in danger and enraged to find Mikoto with him. Baishi stayed distant as Kushina’s emotions loosened her seal, and he began planning to use her exposed Nine-Tails Chakra for himself.

• Kurama warned Kushina that Orochimaru and Impure World Reincarnation threatened Baishi, driving her to break into the Hokage's Office.
• Kushina accused Baishi of provoking the destruction outside and confronted Mikoto, who sought shelter behind him.
• Baishi told Kushina to control her Chakra and then stood between her and Mikoto, deepening Kushina’s fear that he was rejecting her.
• Baishi noticed that Kushina’s emotional turmoil had loosened her seal and was leaking Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Baishi decided to manipulate Kushina into willingly transferring her Chakra to him.

Baishi manipulated Kushina into believing he had been gravely injured while protecting her, prompting her to replenish his energy with the Nine-Tails' Chakra. After recovering, he noticed a mysterious coffin emerging near the Hyuga Clan's encirclement at the Forest of Death.

• Baishi feigned injury and blamed Kushina for endangering him with her unstable Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Baishi told Kushina that Orochimaru and the wielder of the Kekkei Tōta had targeted her, and ordered her to leave.
• Kushina begged Kurama to provide gentle Chakra and transferred it to Baishi to heal him.
• Baishi secretly absorbed Kushina's Chakra while Mikoto recognized his manipulation.
• Baishi spotted a mysterious black coffin emerging from the ground near the Hyuga Clan's encirclement.

Baishi watched Orochimaru enter the Forest of Death with Kabuto Yakushi and an unidentified Impure World Reincarnation coffin. As Orochimaru approached Konoha’s defenses, a torrent of paper butterflies emerged from the shadows and engulfed him and Kabuto.

• Baishi sensed Orochimaru’s arrival and stopped Kushina from giving him more Chakra.
• Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi appeared beside a mysterious black coffin containing an unknown Impure World Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru entered the Forest of Death, believing Baishi had prepared a stage for him to claim Baishi’s body.
• Kushina and Mikoto watched Orochimaru advance while Baishi remained calm.
• Tens of thousands of white paper butterflies surged from Orochimaru’s shadow and engulfed him and Kabuto.

Baishi used a paper butterfly projection to confront Orochimaru, who was surrounded by more than a hundred Hyuga Branch Family ninja. As Orochimaru faced their attack, he broke the seal on a mysterious black coffin, leaving its contents unrevealed.

• Baishi spoke to Orochimaru through a paper figure, and Orochimaru declared his desire to take Baishi's body for his search for eternal life.
• Orochimaru attacked the paper figure with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but it burst apart and severed the summoned snakes.
• Hyuga Hiashi and more than a hundred Hyuga Branch Family ninja surrounded Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi.
• Orochimaru dismissed the Hyuga as a threat, then struck the Sealing Runes on the black coffin with evil Chakra despite Kabuto's warning.
• A crack sounded inside the coffin, and the surrounding temperature plunged.

Orochimaru’s Black Coffin cracked open, unleashing a monstrous fusion of Ice Release and Hashirama Cells that froze the Forest of Death. As Hyuga Hiashi and his elites prepared to attack, a deformed figure began emerging from the coffin.

• The extreme cold from the Black Coffin spread through Baishi’s Water Mirror and invaded the Hokage’s Office, prompting Kushina to release her Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Orochimaru’s Black Coffin shattered Konan’s paper butterflies and froze the surrounding forest, while Kabuto Yakushi retreated and Orochimaru reveled in the release of his creation.
• Baishi identified the creature’s Chakra as an unstable fusion of the Yuki Clan’s Ice Release and Hashirama Cells, and decided to use the Hyuga Clan to test it.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered more than a hundred Hyuga elites to keep their distance and prepare Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm despite the deadly cold.
• The coffin lid burst apart, and Hiashi saw a grotesquely deformed hand emerge from the freezing mist as a massive shadow rose within.

Baishi watched as Hiashi led more than a hundred Hyuga elites in a full-force Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm attack against the creature in the Forest of Death. The creature crushed their Chakra storm with one hand, leaving the survivors in despair as its true form began to emerge.

• Baishi analyzed the creature’s fused Wood Release and Ice Release properties while observing through the Water Mirror.
• Hiashi rallied the terrified Hyuga clan and ordered them to abandon defense and unleash a full-saturation Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm attack.
• More than a hundred Hyuga elites combined their Chakra shock waves into a storm aimed at the frozen mist.
• The creature blocked the storm with an ice-crystal-covered palm and crushed it, sending rebounding Chakra fragments through the nearby Hyuga shinobi.
• Hiashi and the surviving Hyuga watched in despair as the frozen mist parted and the creature’s massive silhouette began to appear.

Orochimaru revealed a monstrous creation that balanced Hashirama Cells with Ice Release by devouring nearby energy, overwhelming the Hyuga forces. With Hyuga Hiashi blinded and more than a dozen Hyuga ninjas killed, the surviving clansmen faced despair.

• Orochimaru revealed the three-meter Mutant, a grotesque fusion of Hashirama Cells and Ice Release, and explained how extreme cold suppressed its vitality.
• The Mutant devoured natural energy from its surroundings, while Hyuga Hiashi’s Byakugan vision was overwhelmed by the creature’s dense, chaotic Chakra.
• Watching through a Water Mirror, Baishi recognized the Mutant as a crude, unstable Chakra reactor and became interested in the idea behind it.
• Terrified by Hiashi’s apparent defeat, more than a dozen Hyuga ninjas tried to flee, but the Mutant impaled and killed them with wooden spikes.
• Hiashi struggled with his bleeding eyes and despaired as the Byakugan and Gentle Fist seemed useless against the Mutant.

Baishi watched Orochimaru’s Mutant destroy the Hyuga shinobi and reveal its unstable nature, while Orochimaru challenged him to fight. Kushina raged at Orochimaru’s taunts and fed Baishi Nine-Tails Chakra, and Baishi prepared to act after gathering enough data.

• Baishi watched as three Hyuga elites attacked the Mutant with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but their strikes failed and the Mutant killed them.
• The Mutant left Hyuga Hiashi helpless, while Orochimaru appeared and boasted that his creation surpassed the Gentle Fist.
• Baishi saw through the Water Mirror that the Mutant was breaking down from the conflict between its Wood Release and Ice Release.
• Orochimaru taunted Baishi and threatened to make his body a vessel, enraging Kushina.
• Kushina offered Baishi Nine-Tails Chakra and demanded that he let her kill Orochimaru and destroy the Mutant.
• Baishi accepted her Chakra, set down his teacup, and prepared to confront the Mutant after collecting enough data.

Baishi restrained Kushina in the Hokage's Office while he studied Orochimaru's Mutant attacking the Hyuga in the Forest of Death and absorbed Kushina's Nine-Tails Chakra. As Kushina's fury overwhelmed his restraints, she broke free and charged toward the battlefield.

• Kushina erupted into a two-tailed Nine-Tails cloak and demanded that Baishi let her attack Orochimaru and the Mutant.
• Baishi analyzed the Mutant through the Water Mirror while allowing Kushina's Chakra to flow into his Hashirama Cells.
• Kushina tried to break away, but Baishi gripped her wrist and held her back as the Mutant killed more Hyuga ninja.
• Orochimaru taunted Baishi while Hyuga Hiashi rallied his survivors, and Baishi continued waiting for the Mutant to reveal its weakness.
• Kushina's cloak grew to four tails, and she broke Baishi's Yang Release restraints before charging through the shattered window toward the Forest of Death.

Baishi stopped Kushina from rushing out and soothed her while secretly draining her Nine-Tails Chakra. As Orochimaru’s attack left the Hyuga survivors near defeat, Baishi prepared to respond, declaring that his warm-up was over.

• Kushina charged for the shattered window, but Baishi restrained her with silver Chakra Threads and pinned her to a chair.
• Baishi used Yang Release to calm Kushina and persuaded her that rushing out would make her vulnerable to Orochimaru.
• While Kushina apologized and trusted Baishi, his threads secretly siphoned her Nine-Tails Chakra to replenish his own.
• Mikoto Uchiha saw Baishi’s deception and realized he was treating Kushina as a resource.
• Orochimaru taunted Baishi as the Mutant killed the last resisting Hyuga ninja, leaving Hyuga Hiashi and a few others barely alive.
• Baishi watched the Water Mirror and declared that his warm-up was over.

Baishi used the Waning Moon marks to seize control of the surviving Hyuga ninja and transform their Byakugan into a shared, panoramic battlefield network. He ordered the coordinated clan to begin dismantling Orochimaru’s Mutant.

• Baishi analyzed the Mutant’s unstable power while Hyuga Hiashi and his clansmen suffered heavy losses in the Forest of Death.
• Baishi activated the Waning Moon marks, freezing the marked Hyuga ninja and forcing his Chakra into their bodies.
• The marked Hyuga’s Byakugan changed, and Baishi connected their vision into a panoramic network with Hiashi as its central processor.
• Baishi ordered the Hyuga to abandon their own will and obey his commands.
• The Hyuga moved in precise coordination, dodged the Mutant’s attack, and formed a pattern that unsettled Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi.

Baishi used the Byakugan Sky Net to direct the Hyuga ninja in precisely severing the Mutant’s Chakra channels, leaving Orochimaru’s creation paralyzed. Orochimaru revealed a writhing black Tomoe mark inside the Mutant, whose corrosive Chakra began to break through the seals.

• Baishi controlled the Hyuga ninja from the Hokage’s Office and guided them as they dodged the Mutant’s icy attack.
• Baishi identified the Mutant’s Chakra channels and ordered Hyuga Hiashi to sever the main channel in its right arm.
• Baishi directed the Hyuga ninja to cut the Mutant’s energy nodes and circuits until Hiashi shattered its central reactor interface, paralyzing it.
• Baishi mocked Orochimaru’s creation, while Kabuto urged Orochimaru to retreat.
• Orochimaru laughed, called Baishi perfect, and revealed that the Mutant’s heart contained a black Tomoe mark.
• The black Chakra began breaking through the Hyuga seals and turned nearby trees to ash.

Orochimaru unleashed the Mutant’s Cursed Seal, transforming it into a contaminating monster that overwhelmed the Hyuga ninja. As the creature formed a devastating black energy sphere, Baishi prepared to answer with Yang Release Chakra.

• Baishi sensed violent natural energy surging through the Mutant as Orochimaru released its Cursed Seal.
• The Mutant mutated into a towering monster whose toxic miasma poisoned the Forest of Death and injured nearby Hyuga ninja.
• Baishi forcibly restored control through the Waning Moon marks, and Hiashi led the surviving Hyuga in forming Rotation barriers.
• The Mutant gathered a destructive black energy sphere and threatened to erase the Hyuga and the forest.
• Baishi stood and began gathering powerful Yang Release Chakra to confront Orochimaru and the Mutant.

Baishi used a Water Mirror and Yin Release Threads to project his power into Hiashi, who stopped Orochimaru’s black sphere of energy with a golden fingertip. The sphere began collapsing inward under Baishi’s attack.

• Baishi gathered Yang Release Chakra in the Hokage's Office and sent it through the Water Mirror toward the Forest of Death.
• Hyuga Hiashi and the Hyuga clan members struggled to hold back Orochimaru’s monster as it fired a black sphere of energy at them.
• Baishi’s power surged through Hiashi, lifting him into the air and letting Baishi speak through him.
• Baishi confronted Orochimaru and stopped the black sphere with a golden fingertip.
• The black sphere twisted and began collapsing inward around the point where Baishi’s fingertip struck.

Baishi silently annihilated Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal energy sphere with golden power, leaving Orochimaru shaken by the gap between them. As Kabuto urged a retreat, the Skeleton Monster tried to tear the Cursed Seal Core from its chest to escape the link to Orochimaru.

• Baishi purified the black energy sphere at his fingertip, erasing it within seconds while the Hyuga clansmen watched.
• Orochimaru felt the golden power travel back through the Cursed Seal link and destroy the Core and spiritual imprint in the Mutant.
• Orochimaru reeled as he realized Baishi’s power operated on a level beyond the powers he had pursued.
• Kabuto Yakushi urged Orochimaru to retreat before they were all killed.
• The Skeleton Monster abandoned its attack and stabbed its own chest with bone spikes to remove the Cursed Seal Core.

Baishi used Hyuga Hiashi’s body to restrain Orochimaru’s mutant with Wood Release and Nine-Tails-powered Adamantine Sealing Chains. As Baishi began draining the creature, it prepared to self-destruct near Hiashi and the exhausted Hyuga clansmen.

• Baishi used the Water Mirror to watch Orochimaru’s mutant panic, tear out its Cursed Seal core, and try to escape underground.
• Baishi sent more Chakra through his Yin Release Threads into Hiashi and used Wood Release: Adamantine Sealing Chains to pierce, bind, and haul the mutant into the air.
• The golden chains suppressed the mutant’s Chakra and began draining its natural energy as the Hyuga survivors and Orochimaru watched.
• The mutant compressed its remaining energy into a destructive self-destruct attack, threatening Hiashi and more than a hundred exhausted Hyuga clansmen nearby.

Baishi manipulated Kushina’s guilt into making her surrender the Nine-Tails’ primordial Chakra, restoring and strengthening him. He turned his attention back to the trapped monster in the Forest of Death, preparing to dissect it.

• Baishi feigned injury and told Kushina that controlling Hiashi’s body had exhausted him.
• Kushina blamed herself, apologized, and offered Baishi her Chakra.
• Kushina drew on the Nine-Tails’ primordial power and poured it into Baishi, while Kurama accepted her choice.
• Baishi recovered his strength and used Kushina’s devotion as a source of power.
• Baishi looked through the Water Mirror at the trapped monster, Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi, and the kneeling Hyuga shinobi, then prepared to begin the dissection.

Baishi released a Golden Storm through Hyuga Hiashi that purified the Forest of Death and stripped Orochimaru’s monster of its stolen Natural Energy, leaving it near death. Orochimaru spotted the surviving Cursed Seal Core and, driven by greed, prepared to seize it while Baishi focused on the monster.

• Orochimaru refused Kabuto Yakushi’s plea to flee and insisted that his creation would destroy the Hyuga Clan.
• Baishi made Hyuga Hiashi raise a hand, and a Golden Storm spread across the Forest of Death, healing wounds and purifying the surroundings.
• The storm stopped the monster’s self-destruction and stripped away its Natural Energy, causing its body to wither and collapse.
• Orochimaru saw that the Cursed Seal Core had survived and decided to take advantage of Baishi’s distraction.
• Orochimaru raised his arm and used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.

Baishi crushed Orochimaru's Cursed Seal Core from afar, leaving Orochimaru gravely injured in the Forest of Death. Despite his defeat, Orochimaru looked up at the golden figure with feverish fascination.

• Orochimaru sent venomous snakes to seize the Cursed Seal Core while Baishi watched through the Water Mirror with Kushina.
• Baishi clenched his hand, grinding the snakes into blood mist and shattering the core with a distant grasp.
• Orochimaru vomited black blood and collapsed after the core's destruction tore at his soul and damaged his Chakra Meridians.
• Kabuto Yakushi tried to stabilize Orochimaru and urged him to retreat, but Orochimaru pushed him away and forced himself upright.
• Orochimaru laughed and stared at the golden figure with intense, irrational fervor.

Orochimaru became obsessed with the golden power after it crippled him, while Kabuto Yakushi dragged him away to escape. Baishi let them flee and prepared a parting gift as the Hyuga clansmen remained kneeling in the snow.

• Orochimaru recognized the golden power as a pure life energy and crawled toward its remnants, determined to obtain samples.
• Kabuto Yakushi used Snakebound Massacre to wrap Orochimaru in a mass of snakes and drag him toward the forest.
• Baishi watched through a water mirror and chose to let Orochimaru escape so he could continue researching and later be defeated again.
• As Kabuto Yakushi neared the edge of the forest, Baishi raised his right hand while the Hyuga clansmen knelt below.