Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Seisen’s Sternritter devastated the Hidden Mist army with explosive arrows, prompting the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to charge him. Seisen sent ten Shadow Clones after the scattered grunts and prepared to face all seven swordsmen himself.

• The Sternritter’s arrow barrage shattered the Hidden Mist formation, and Suikazan Fuguki and Jūzō Biwa urged the Seven Ninja Swordsmen to charge the archers.
• The seven swordsmen broke through the arrows and rushed Hyuga Seisen, who gathered reishi and changed into a close-combat stance.
• Hyuga Seisen ordered the Sternritter to spread out and created ten Shadow Clones as the swordsmen closed in.
• The Shadow Clones used Hirenkyaku to fly over the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and pursue the Hidden Mist grunts.
• Hyuga Seisen drew Seele Schneider, unleashed his spiritual pressure and Blut Arterie, and challenged all seven swordsmen to attack him together.

Hyuga Seisen fought the Seven Ninja Swordsmen while his Shadow Clones slaughtered the Hidden Mist army, and Might Guy arrived to protect the Hyuga archers. The chapter ended as Guy opened the Fifth Gate to face Jinin Akebino.

• Hyuga Seisen charged the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with his Seele Schneider as his Shadow Clones attacked the Hidden Mist army.
• Jinin Akebino broke away from the fight and lunged at the twenty Hyuga branch family members maintaining their firing formation.
• Might Guy intercepted Jinin Akebino’s strike with a kick and protected the archers.
• Hyuga Seisen told the Sternritter members to scatter and support the other ninja, and they began hunting Hidden Mist fighters.
• Jinin Akebino attacked Might Guy, who blocked Kabutowari with his nunchaku before opening the Fifth Gate.

Might Guy opened the Eight Gates and overwhelmed Jinin Akebino while Hyuga Seisen trapped and attacked the other Ninja Swordsmen with his spirit-particle weapons. Guy defeated Akebino with Morning Peacock, while Seisen remained locked in battle with the rest of the group.

• Might Guy unleashed the Eight Gates’ power and blasted Jinin Akebino backward with a punch.
• Hyuga Seisen cut Kushimaru Kuriarare’s steel wires with his vibrating spirit-particle blade and resisted attacks from Suikazan Fuguki and Jūzō Biwa.
• Munashi Jinpachi tried to leave and help Akebino, but Seisen fired Blazing Sacred Arrows that forced him to retreat.
• Might Guy opened the Sixth Gate and struck Akebino with Morning Peacock, knocking Kabutowari away and leaving Akebino charred and motionless.

Hyuga Seisen survived the Ninja Swordsmen’s combined attack and unleashed Sage Mode, overwhelming Kushimaru Kuriarare, Munashi Jinpachi, and Jūzō Biwa. He left Munashi Jinpachi pierced through the chest as the battle continued.

• Might Guy blasted Jinin Akebino away with the Morning Peacock, and Hyuga Seisen taunted the remaining Ninja Swordsmen.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare trapped Seisen in steel wires while Munashi Jinpachi struck him with a chain of explosions.
• Seisen emerged unharmed thanks to Blut Vene and told Might Guy to help Ryosuke and the others instead of joining the fight.
• Seisen released his Sage Chakra Storage Seal and entered Sage Mode, then cut Kushimaru’s wires and disarmed him.
• Seisen stopped Jūzō Biwa’s Kubikiribōchō with his Seele Schneider and pierced Munashi Jinpachi’s chest with a reishi dagger.

Hyuga Seisen killed Munashi Jinpachi with an explosive Spirit Blade and then faced the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen. When Suikazan Fuguki attacked with Samehada, the sword recoiled from Seisen’s spirit particles, wounded Fuguki, and fled, leaving Seisen vulnerable to Kushimaru Kuriarare’s surprise attack.

• Hyuga Seisen detonated the Spirit Blade inside Munashi Jinpachi, burning him to ash.
• Seisen turned toward the five remaining swordsmen and challenged them to attack.
• Suikazan Fuguki charged Seisen with Samehada, expecting the sword to drain his chakra.
• Samehada recoiled from Seisen’s spirit particles, stabbed Fuguki, broke free, and fled in fear.
• Kushimaru Kuriarare used the distraction to appear in Seisen’s blind spot and attack.

Hyuga Seisen effortlessly killed Kushimaru Kuriarare and drove the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen into a desperate joint attack. He evaded them from the air and prepared a vast barrage of explosive arrows, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Kushimaru Kuriarare attacked Seisen from behind, but Seisen caught Nuibari with his bare hand and pulled Kushimaru in.
• Seisen sliced Kushimaru and Nuibari in half with Seele Schneider, killing the third swordsman.
• Jūzō Biwa ordered the survivors to attack together, and the remaining swordsmen charged Seisen with their weapons and techniques.
• Seisen escaped their combined strike with Hirenkyaku and rose into the sky.
• Seisen formed a Spirit Bow, nocked a flame-wreathed explosive arrow, and summoned hundreds of marked arrows behind him.

Hyuga Seisen annihilated most of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen with a devastating arrow bombardment, leaving Jūzō Biwa to escape and three others badly injured. Raiga Kurosuki begged for mercy, but Seisen prepared to give him the funeral he was known for arranging for others.

• Hyuga Seisen unleashed a storm of explosive arrows that killed the wielder of Hiramekarei and devastated the beach.
• Jūzō Biwa escaped into the sea using a Water Clone Technique, while Suikazan Fuguki survived barely and Raiga Kurosuki was left injured.
• Raiga Kurosuki dropped his swords, knelt, and offered money and Hidden Mist secrets in exchange for his life.
• Suikazan Fuguki condemned Raiga for surrendering and tried to crawl toward Samehada, but Raiga called him the leader and blamed him.
• Hyuga Seisen reminded Raiga of his habit of holding funerals for his victims, formed a sapphire-blue blade, and named it a Joyous Funeral.

Hyuga Seisen finished off the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who remained on the battlefield, collected their weapons, and claimed Samehada. He then turned toward the surviving Hidden Mist troops, who had been crushed and lost their will to fight.

• Seisen killed Raiga Kurosuki by detonating lightning-aspected spirit particles inside his body.
• Seisen crushed Suikazan Fuguki's chest and confirmed his death, then beheaded the unconscious Jinin Akebino.
• Seisen retrieved and sealed the swords scattered across the battlefield, including the remnants of Shibuki's scroll.
• Samehada cowered before Seisen, submitted to him, and let him carry it over his shoulder.
• Seisen turned toward the surviving Hidden Mist ninja and announced that they were next.

Hyuga Seisen routed the Hidden Mist Village forces and split their tsunami with a Water Release technique, leaving the Konoha pursuers stunned. The surviving Mist ninja fled across the sea, but Seisen raced after them at impossible speed.

• Hyuga Seisen sealed Samehada and ordered the wounded Hyuga branch members to hunt the fleeing Hidden Mist ninja through the fog.
• Hyuga Seisen dispelled the mist with a powerful wind blast, exposing the surviving Mist forces.
• Three hundred Hidden Mist ninja combined their chakra to create a towering tsunami and block the pursuit.
• Hyuga Seisen split the tsunami with a massive water blade, opening a path through the wave.
• The Hidden Mist survivors fled into deep water, but their commander saw Hyuga Seisen racing after them across the sea.

Hyuga Seisen pursued the fleeing Hidden Mist force across the sea and used Hirenkyaku to outrun and evade their attacks. He rose into the air above three hundred rear guards and prepared to unleash a devastating attack as the rest of the force escaped.

• Might Guy fell behind as Hyuga Seisen raced across the ocean after the Hidden Mist force.
• The Hidden Mist commander ordered three hundred Water Release specialists to turn back and kill Seisen while the others fled.
• The three hundred ninja combined their techniques into a massive barrage, but Seisen ran through the air on invisible Reishi platforms and dodged it.
• Seisen declared that he would boil the ocean and raised his hands to begin an attack.

Hyuga Seisen annihilated the Hidden Mist rear guard with his God-Slaying Spirit Light Cannon, forcing the remnants of the invading army to retreat. After returning to Konoha, he learned that Hiruzen Sarutobi had drawn Kumogakure into the war against Hidden Rock Village, then inspected the rewards he had gained.

• Seisen fired a condensed God-Slaying Spirit Light Cannon through the Hidden Mist defenses, wiping out the three hundred ninja guarding the rear and boiling a vast section of the sea.
• Might Guy arrived and saw the enormous trench left by Seisen's attack, while only a little over two hundred Hidden Mist ninja and Jūzō Biwa escaped the invasion.
• Seisen helped gather Konoha's scattered forces, reinforced their defensive line, and returned to Konoha with the Sternritter members and Might Guy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded the Fourth Raikage A to send Killer B and a large army against Hidden Rock Village, forcing Ōnoki to withdraw and defend his homeland.
• Seisen returned to Konoha, rested, and checked the rewards for leading his soldiers to defeat a stronger enemy force.

After returning from battle, Hyuga Seisen collected the techniques and Energy Crystals he had gained, then decided to increase his Quincy fusion rate. He raised it to 40% and began the dangerous body-enhancement stage under his Shadow Clones’ guard.

• Hyuga Seisen returned to the village, handed Orochimaru the mission materials and the scroll containing the six ninja swords, and reviewed his rewards at home.
• Hyuga Seisen counted 77,600 Energy Crystals from his own achievements and his Sternritter members’ kills, bringing his total to roughly 80,000.
• Hyuga Seisen raised his Pureblood fusion rate from 10% to 11% and learned that further increases would be applied through a body-enhancement stage.
• Hyuga Seisen explained the risks to his father and grandmother, then created Shadow Clones to guard him while he upgraded.
• Hyuga Seisen spent all his Energy Crystals to raise his fusion rate to 40%, confirmed the enhancement, and lost consciousness as his body began to transform.

Danzo challenged Hiruzen over his order to halt an investigation into the Uchiha, arguing that a huge crater shaped like the clan’s crest proved they were displaying dangerous power. Their dispute was interrupted by Koharu, who presented a battle report revealing Hyuga Seisen’s unit had devastated Hidden Mist’s main force.

• Danzo stormed into Hiruzen’s office and demanded to know why he had withdrawn Root’s order to enter the Security Force headquarters.
• Danzo pointed to a five-kilometer-wide crater shaped like the Uchiha crest and accused the clan of demonstrating its power.
• Hiruzen refused to investigate during the war and threatened to send Root to the Hidden Rock front, so Danzo backed down and urged him to deploy the Uchiha’s hidden expert against Ōnoki.
• Koharu arrived with an urgent report about Hyuga Seisen’s unit encountering Hidden Mist’s main force and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Hiruzen read that Seisen’s unit had killed six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, routed most of two thousand Hidden Mist troops, and suffered seventeen casualties.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the elders doubted Hyuga Seisen’s incredible battle report and summoned him to verify it, but he refused, claiming he was unwell and recovering in seclusion. Danzo went to Seisen’s residence to force him out, where three Shadow Clones confronted him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, and Utatane Koharu questioned the report claiming Hyuga Seisen had defeated six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and devastated the Hidden Mist army.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent an ANBU to summon Hyuga Seisen, but the ANBU returned with word that Seisen had refused because he was unwell and recovering in seclusion.
• The ANBU revealed that three of Seisen’s Shadow Clones had guarded the courtyard entrance and blocked him from approaching.
• Danzo accused Seisen of defying the Hokage and left to force him out, while Hiruzen Sarutobi rushed after him to prevent a fight.
• Danzo confronted three identical Seisens outside Seisen’s private residence, and the central clone told him the original could not answer and reminded him that the courtyard was private.

Shimura Danzō attacked Aokawa’s clones after they challenged him, but their unusual defenses and strength overwhelmed his techniques. The chapter left Danzo injured and buried in the shattered courtyard wall.

• Shimura Danzō fired Vacuum Spheres at Aokawa’s clones, but one crushed them with Blut Vene.
• Shimura Danzō charged with a kunai, but the clones used Hirenkyaku to evade and struck him from both sides.
• Shimura Danzō unleashed Vacuum Serial Waves toward the clones and the house, but they blocked the wind blades with Blut Vene.
• One Aokawa clone rushed Shimura Danzō and slashed his arm with a vibrating Reishi hand blade, sending him through the courtyard wall.

Hiruzen arrived to find Danzo badly injured after three of Seisen’s Shadow Clones defeated him. The clones claimed Seisen was undergoing a dangerous bloodline evolution, leaving Hiruzen facing the possibility that the power inside the closed house could erupt.

• Danzo was blasted into a courtyard wall by a Shadow Clone, and Hiruzen arrived to stop the fight.
• Danzo claimed he had only been testing Seisen, then fled with a Root operative after telling Hiruzen to handle the matter.
• Hiruzen noticed immense energy stirring inside the house and questioned the three clones about Seisen’s supposed illness.
• The clones told Hiruzen that Seisen was not sick but was undergoing a bloodline evolution that made it unsafe for him to see anyone.

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed to leave Hyuga Seisen undisturbed while he recovered, but Shimura Danzō returned and tried to force his way into the house. A crimson barrier burned away Danzō’s hand before Hiruzen stopped him, leaving the two old allies facing off.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to post ANBU guards around Seisen’s hiding place, but Seisen’s Shadow Clones refused, warning that unfamiliar chakra could trigger a dangerous reaction.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the refusal and told the clones to have Seisen report to the Hokage Building after emerging from seclusion.
• Shimura Danzō returned after pretending to retreat and charged toward the house, ignoring Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order to stop.
• A crimson barrier appeared around the house and burned away Danzō’s palm when he struck it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi knocked Danzō away with his Adamantine Staff before Danzō could use the power hidden beneath his bandages.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted the injured Danzō, declaring that he had gone too far.

Danzo retreated after Hyuga Seisen’s autonomous barrier burned away his hand, while Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that the defenses covered the entire residence. The chapter left Hiruzen stunned by the barrier’s power as Seisen remained inside, undergoing a critical evolution.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo for disobeying orders and attacking a Konoha citizen, forcing Danzo to suppress his anger and leave.
• Danzo nearly stumbled when Seisen’s Shadow Clones mocked him for refusing to answer Hiruzen’s question about rebellion.
• Hiruzen examined the crimson barrier and learned the Shadow Clones had opened only a small gap while Danzo attacked.
• Seisen’s Shadow Clones explained that autonomous defenses covered the entire house, from its roof beams to the backyard toilet, and could identify hostile intruders.

Hiruzen Sarutobi left Hyuga Seisen’s residence after Danzo’s attack was repelled, while Seisen’s fusion reached 40% and awakened new Quincy abilities. Seisen emerged from seclusion and headed to the Hokage Building, where Hiruzen was working.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the Shadow Clones to summon Hyuga Seisen to the Hokage Building as soon as he left seclusion, then departed.
• The Shadow Clones sensed Seisen’s cells restructuring as the Pureblood Quincy bloodline awakened, and they said the fusion was nearing 40%.
• Hyuga Seisen reached 40% fusion, unlocked five racial skills, and awoke as the crimson barrier around his residence vanished.
• Seisen received the clones’ memories, noted that Danzo had lost a hand, and left for the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi worked through battle reports in his office when the window made a faint sound.

Hyuga Seisen appeared in the Hokage's office and defended the report claiming he had defeated two thousand Hidden Mist Village troops and six of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. The advisors remained suspicious and questioned whether others had helped him.

• Hyuga Seisen entered the Hokage's office through a window, startling Hiruzen Sarutobi and the two advisors.
• Mitokado Homura accused Hyuga Seisen of falsifying his battle report and demanded an explanation.
• Hyuga Seisen asked where the two thousand Hidden Mist Village soldiers were if his report was false, leaving Mitokado Homura unable to answer.
• Utatane Koharu accepted that the Hidden Mist Village had withdrawn but challenged Seisen's account of who defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.