Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Seisen received Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Wind Release Mastery, and the Five Elements Envoy emblem after the battlefield, then considered using Soul Sharing to remove the Caged Bird curse mark from Hyuga Kaze and his grandmother. Hyuga Ryosuke came to ask how he could learn Seisen’s spirit-particle bow technique, and Seisen told him it required a special Kekkei Genkai.

• Hyuga Seisen gained Lightning Release Chakra Mode, several Wind Release techniques, Wind Release Mastery, and 15,000 Energy Crystals for his actions on the battlefield.
• Hyuga Seisen discovered that mastering all five elemental ninjutsu had earned him the Five Elements Envoy emblem, including a boost to composite ninjutsu fusion.
• Hyuga Seisen planned to save his Energy Crystals and use Soul Sharing to remove the Caged Bird curse mark from Hyuga Kaze and his grandmother.
• Hyuga Ryosuke secretly locked the door and asked Hyuga Seisen to teach him the spirit-particle bow technique he had used in battle.
• Hyuga Seisen explained that the technique required special adaptability in the chakra pathways, physique, and soul, and claimed he could use it because he had awakened a special Kekkei Genkai.
• Hyuga Ryosuke asked how he could awaken a Kekkei Genkai like Seisen’s.

Hyuga Seisen told Hyuga Ryosuke that he could erase the Caged Bird by giving him Quincy soul power, but warned that he could reclaim it and kill him. Ryosuke accepted the risk, and Seisen began the procedure to remove the curse mark.

• Hyuga Seisen explained that bestowing his soul power could erase the Caged Bird, but he could reclaim it at any time and kill the recipient.
• Hyuga Ryosuke accepted the danger, trusting Seisen and pointing out that his life had already been controlled by the main family.
• Hyuga Seisen explained that the soul-power seed would let Ryosuke manipulate high-density spirit particles and develop Quincy abilities.
• Hyuga Seisen began the soul procedure by pressing his palm to Ryosuke's forehead and forcing his spiritual power toward the Caged Bird.

Hyuga Seisen freed Hyuga Ryosuke from the Caged Bird’s control and gave him the power to form a Spirit Bow, naming his new followers Quincies. Ryosuke agreed to undergo surgery to remove the curse mark, and Seisen prepared to operate with help from a Shadow Clone.

• Hyuga Seisen removed the curse’s control over Hyuga Ryosuke and awakened Ryosuke’s ability to form a Spirit Bow.
• Hyuga Ryosuke practiced Spirit Particle Gathering as Hyuga Seisen explained the Quincy name and declared their purpose.
• Hyuga Ryosuke embraced Seisen’s ambition and agreed to have the Caged Bird curse mark removed.
• Hyuga Seisen anesthetized Ryosuke, then summoned a Shadow Clone to help replenish spirit particles and soul power during the operation.

Hyuga Seisen and his Shadow Clone removed Ryosuke’s Caged Bird curse mark, freeing him from its control. Ryosuke asked about freeing his parents too, but Seisen urged him to first learn whether they were willing to risk the main family’s punishment.

• Hyuga Seisen and his Shadow Clone carefully severed the Caged Bird curse mark’s roots while Seisen repaired Ryosuke’s damaged tissue.
• Hyuga Ryosuke woke and celebrated that the curse mark’s pressure and fear were gone, thanking Seisen for freeing him.
• Ryosuke asked Seisen to remove his parents’ curse marks, but Seisen warned that doing so could expose them to execution by the main family.
• Seisen told Ryosuke to ask his parents whether they were willing to bear the danger, and Ryosuke agreed to handle the conversation.
• Seisen dismissed Ryosuke, dispelled his Shadow Clone, and opened the Steel-Bodied Fighter emblem in his personal information.

Hyuga Seisen discovered that his new Steel-Bodied Fighter emblem greatly strengthened his physique and that people who shared his soul could earn Energy Crystals for him. Five days later, Minato announced a ceasefire with Kumogakure and the end of the Land of Hot Water campaign, though Seisen expected the wider war to continue.

• Hyuga Seisen gained the Steel-Bodied Fighter emblem, which increased his physical power, durability, and recovery.
• Hyuga Seisen spent 5,000 Energy Crystals to share a soul with Hyuga Ryosuke, then received 1,000 crystals when Ryosuke removed the Caged Bird and gained favor.
• Hyuga Seisen realized soul-sharing could generate Energy Crystals through others and planned to use the ability for his father and grandmother.
• Five days later, Minato announced that Konoha and Kumogakure had agreed to a ceasefire and declared the Land of Hot Water campaign over.
• Minato ordered chuunin and higher-ranked ninja named on the list to remain stationed while the others handled supplies, wounded personnel, and dismantling defenses.

Minato announced that Konoha’s genin would take part in joint Chunin Exams in one month. When the genin realized Hyuga Seisen would compete too, their excitement turned to fear and they demanded that he be exempted.

• Hyuga Iroha remembered that Hyuga Seisen was still a genin and left him to attend the genin assembly.
• Minato announced that the Chunin Exams would be held in one month and told the genin to return to the village in batches to prepare.
• Obito Uchiha celebrated the chance to become a chunin and surpass Kakashi, while Uchiha Tetsuka and Hyuga Himon looked forward to proving themselves.
• The genin noticed Hyuga Seisen and realized he would take the exam alongside them.
• Several genin protested that competing with Hyuga Seisen was unfair, and Minato laughed at their reaction.

Hyuga Seisen was promoted directly to jonin for his battlefield achievements. After the other ninja departed, Minato Namikaze asked him to hold several sensitive outposts in the Land of Frost for a week, and Seisen agreed.

• Minato Namikaze announced that Hyuga Seisen would skip the Chunin Exams and be promoted directly to Konoha Jonin.
• Minato Namikaze presented Seisen with a jonin flak jacket, and Seisen asked whether his new rank would let him command frontline squads without writing reports for overstepping his authority.
• Hyuga Ryosuke and the gathered ninja congratulated Seisen, while veteran jonin reflected on his battlefield tactics and rapid rise.
• Minato Namikaze sent the other teams away but kept Seisen behind to explain that remote defensive lines in the Land of Frost needed to be held during a week-long gap in the rotation.
• Seisen agreed to take temporarily reassigned personnel and guard the outposts after Minato Namikaze said he could take supplies from the warehouses.

Hyuga Seisen guarded a location with Hyuga Ryosuke while Minato and Konoha’s victorious forces returned to the village. Seisen’s family could not find him in the procession, and Minato stopped to answer his grandmother’s desperate question about whether he was alive.

• Minato gave Hyuga Seisen permission to form a garrison squad and deal with anyone who disobeyed Konoha’s orders during the week.
• Hyuga Seisen met Hyuga Ryosuke at the barracks and took him to guard a place while practicing with his bow.
• Seven days later, Minato led Konoha’s battered forces back through the village gates to a cheering crowd.
• Hyuga Kaze and his elderly mother searched the returning ninja but could not find Seisen, and his mother feared he had died.
• Minato approached Seisen’s family, and his grandmother asked whether Seisen was still alive.

Minato reassured Seisen’s grandmother that Seisen was alive and thriving, then revealed that he had become Konoha’s youngest jonin and made major contributions in the Land of Hot Water campaign. The news left Seisen’s family and the gathered crowd astonished, while his grandmother was simply relieved he was safe.

• Seisen’s grandmother clutched Minato’s wrist and asked whether Seisen was still alive.
• A wounded jonin told her Seisen was alive and had beaten his opponents nearly unconscious.
• Minato reassured the grandmother and announced that Seisen had played a major role in the campaign against Kumogakure.
• Minato revealed that Seisen was a thirteen-year-old jonin who had broken Konoha’s record for fastest promotion from genin to jonin.
• The crowd reacted with shock, while Hyuga Kaze trembled with excitement and Seisen’s grandmother rejoiced that he was safe.
• The grandmother offered Minato homemade pickled vegetables, and he accepted before leaving to catch up with the main force.

Hyuga Seisen’s family celebrated his promotion to jonin while he remained stationed at Cliff Mouth, training Hyuga Ryosuke and discovering that Ryosuke’s strength improved after earning Favor. Seisen realized that the benefits of Soul Sharing strengthened them both, making their arrangement a win-win.

• Lord Minato told Hyuga Kaze and Seisen’s grandmother that Seisen had become a jonin, and neighbors crowded around to congratulate his family and seek connections.
• Hyuga Ayane watched Seisen’s family from the edge of the crowd and felt disappointed that he had not returned with the troops.
• At Cliff Mouth, Hyuga Seisen received 200 Energy Crystals after Hyuga Ryosuke killed three wandering ninja who had tried to seize supplies.
• Hyuga Seisen ordered Hyuga Ryosuke to keep practicing with a bow, and Ryosuke noticed his Spirit Bow control had improved.
• Hyuga Seisen realized that Ryosuke’s strength had increased after the battle, suggesting Soul Sharing’s Favor could benefit them both.

Hyuga Hiashi supported branch-family widows to win their loyalty, prompting Yasushi Hyuga to cut their provisions and target Hyuga Seisen’s family. Meanwhile, Seisen trained at the Land of Hot Water border, where a ninja hawk arrived as he attempted to fuse chakra natures.

• Hyuga Hiashi gave supplies to a war widow, promised repairs and better support for branch families, and continued his visits with Hizashi Hyuga.
• Hyuga Lu told Yasushi Hyuga that Hiashi was visiting branch-family households and gaining their gratitude.
• Yasushi Hyuga ordered the compensation of families Hiashi had visited cut in half and all provisions for Hyuga Seisen’s family withheld.
• Yasushi Hyuga ordered Hyuga Lu to summon Seisen when he returned from his mission, while Hyuga Lu reported that Minato had sent him away again.
• At the Land of Hot Water border, Hyuga Ryosuke complained about Seisen’s grueling archery training as Seisen tried and failed to fuse lightning- and earth-nature chakra.
• A ninja hawk landed on Hyuga Seisen’s hand.

Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ryosuke returned to Konoha after a relief squad arrived, with Seisen warning that the Hyuga elders could view their battlefield strength as a threat. At Seisen’s home, they found a familiar-looking figure hiding by his door and secretly eating.

• Hyuga Seisen received word that the garrison troops would relieve them, and he warned Hyuga Ryosuke that returning to Konoha could bring danger from the Hyuga elders.
• Hyuga Ryosuke trained intensely for two days while they waited for the Konoha squad to arrive.
• Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ryosuke returned to Konoha, where nobody greeted them at the gates.
• Hyuga Seisen spotted a figure hiding beside his door while clutching and rapidly eating from a bag, then silently moved behind them.

Hyuga Seisen caught Hyuga Ayane spying outside his house and learned she had been checking on him because she feared he would not return from the fighting. After reassuring her and sharing her dried fish, he invited her to a meal, but an awkward moment made her flee in embarrassment.

• Hyuga Seisen caught Hyuga Ayane sneaking around his house with dried fish and scolded her for trying to use her Byakugan in the village.
• Hyuga Ayane admitted she had been worried about Hyuga Seisen during his half-month absence and had visited to check whether he was back.
• Hyuga Seisen reassured Hyuga Ayane, patted her head, and accepted some of her dried fish.
• Hyuga Seisen invited Hyuga Ayane to have a meal with him, then wiped a fish crumb from her mouth as her tongue touched his finger.
• Hyuga Ayane yelled at Hyuga Seisen in embarrassment and ran away.

Hyuga Seisen returned home and learned that the clan had withheld branch family pensions, leaving his widowed Aunt Keina struggling to support her children. After dinner, he revealed to his horrified father and grandmother that he intended to remove their Caged Bird marks, claiming he had already removed his own and Ryosuke’s.

• Hyuga Seisen returned home, where Hyuga Kaze and his grandmother welcomed him and celebrated his promotion to jonin.
• Hyuga Seisen learned that Uncle Ei had died in the Land of Hot Water and that Elder Ieyasu had postponed the clan’s pensions for fallen branch family ninjas.
• Hyuga Kaze explained that Aunt Keina and her two children were struggling, so he had used the family’s savings to help them.
• Hyuga Seisen sealed the house against sound and told Hyuga Kaze and his grandmother that he would remove the marks on their foreheads.
• Hyuga Kaze warned Seisen that the Caged Bird curse could torture branch family members to death, but Seisen revealed his own unmarked forehead and said he had also removed Ryosuke’s mark.

Hyuga Seisen removed the Caged Bird curse marks from Grandma and Hyuga Kaze, then healed his father's crippled leg. Hyuga Kaze regained his mobility and wept with relief.

• Hyuga Seisen explained that Grandma needed her Caged Bird removed too, and she agreed to undergo the procedure.
• Hyuga Seisen and his Shadow Clone removed the curse mark from Grandma's brain and soul, then restored her eyes and chakra pathways.
• Hyuga Seisen removed Hyuga Kaze's curse mark and treated his right leg by extracting bone fragments lodged in its nerves.
• Hyuga Kaze stood, walked, and jogged on his healed leg before breaking down in tears of relief.
• Hyuga Seisen told Hyuga Kaze to exercise his leg so its atrophied muscles could recover.

Hyuga Seisen convinced Hyuga Kaze that he would remove the Caged Bird curse despite the danger, and Kaze explained the Hyuga Clan’s factional power struggle. The chapter ended with Seisen declaring that his goal was the entire Hyuga Clan.

• Hyuga Kaze feared that Seisen’s plan to remove the Caged Bird curse would provoke the main house, but Seisen insisted he would seize control of his own fate.
• Hyuga Kaze accepted Seisen’s decision and described how First Elder Yasushi Hyuga and Second Elder Hyuga Yun had taken power from Clan Head Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Kaze explained that Third Elder Hyuga Tianqing supported Hiashi, but Yasushi’s adopted twins and allied branch houses helped protect the elders’ control.
• Hyuga Kaze warned Seisen that removing the Caged Bird threatened the interests of the main house and some branch houses.
• Hyuga Seisen said his goal was not merely Yasushi Hyuga but the entire Hyuga Clan.

Hyuga Seisen removed the Caged Bird from Hyuga Kaze and gave him the foundation to use Quincy power, then considered a way to strengthen him faster. The chapter ended with Seisen beginning another Soul Sharing with his father.

• Hyuga Kaze feared that Seisen’s plan to challenge the entire Hyuga Clan would bring their family ruin, but Seisen insisted they should make the rules now that they had strength.
• Seisen revealed a glowing spirit-particle cluster and told Kaze to gather his new Quincy power, which let Kaze form a faint, unstable bow.
• Seisen realized Kaze was progressing too slowly and considered repeating Soul Sharing to increase his strength.
• Seisen checked his records and found that removing the Caged Bird had cost different amounts of energy crystals for Kaze and Hyuga Yana, while each removal had earned him 1,000 crystals.
• Seisen told Kaze to sit still, pressed his palm to Kaze’s forehead, and began another Soul Sharing.

Hyuga Seisen used Soul Sharing to give Hyuga Kaze the knowledge and power to wield a Sacred Arrow, then summoned Hyuga Himon, Hyuga Go, and Hyuga Shin and offered to erase their Caged Bird marks. He warned them that the gift would come at a price.

• Hyuga Seisen shared Quincy knowledge and power with Hyuga Kaze, who formed a Spirit Bow and Sacred Arrow.
• Hyuga Kaze asked if Seisen was someone's reincarnation, and Seisen said he wanted the Hyuga branch family to live proudly.
• Hyuga Seisen considered the cost of sharing power and decided to recruit Hyuga Himon, Hyuga Go, and Hyuga Shin.
• Hyuga Seisen told the three men he would completely erase their Caged Bird marks from their bodies and souls.
• Hyuga Seisen warned them that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Hyuga Seisen removed the Caged Bird from Hyuga Himon, Hyuga Go, and Hyuga Shin by implanting Quincy power and binding their lives to his will. After gaining new abilities, the three became Seisen’s first Sternritter and received scrolls for training.

• Hyuga Go, Hyuga Shin, and Hyuga Himon each agreed to serve Hyuga Seisen in exchange for freedom from the Caged Bird and greater power.
• Hyuga Seisen removed Hyuga Himon’s curse mark and implanted Quincy power, awakening his ability to form a Spirit Bow.
• Hyuga Seisen removed the curse marks from Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin as well, giving all three glowing cross-shaped marks on their right hands.
• Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin tested their enhanced strength and perception, while Hyuga Himon considered how to combine Quincy power with the Gentle Fist.
• Hyuga Seisen named the three his first Sternritter and gave each a scroll of techniques and tactics suited to their abilities.

Hyuga Seisen strengthened Hyuga Ryosuke and told him to keep his new Quincy Cross power secret. The next morning, Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Seisen’s wartime achievements and announced his promotion to jonin, then offered him a personal reward.

• Hyuga Seisen ordered Hyuga Go and Hyuga Shin to keep their lifted Caged Birds secret and return to guarding Hyuga Zetsu.
• Hyuga Seisen used his remaining Energy Crystals to strengthen Hyuga Ryosuke, who gained a spirit-particle crossbow and promised to follow Seisen’s orders.
• Hyuga Seisen told Hyuga Ryosuke to keep a low profile and sent him away to familiarize himself with his power.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Hyuga Seisen’s capture of Yugito Nii and his performance in battle, then confirmed his promotion to jonin.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Hyuga Seisen a personal reward in addition to his promotion and bonus.