Chapter Summaries

Neji and his allies gained the upper hand against the Hidden Lightning Village forces until his attack accidentally helped an enemy Jonin break through to Lightning Release Chakra Mode. The newly empowered Jonin overwhelmed Neji’s teammates as Captain Hoshino tried to hold off the enemy leader and create a chance for retreat.

• Heart Butterfly, Chasing Fang, Neji, and their allies attacked the Hidden Lightning Village forces, while Neji used talismans and his techniques to defeat a Chunin and confront a Jonin.
• Neji’s Sea-Covering technique resonated with the Jonin’s chakra and helped him break through to Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
• The newly empowered Jonin burned Iron Maru’s shoulder, knocked Aoba unconscious, and sent Chasing Fang crashing beside Neji.
• Captain Hoshino ordered a retreat, but the Hidden Lightning Village leader drove him into a corner before three giant apes intervened.

Neji and Chasing Fang fought Inoue after he broke through into Lightning Release Chakra Mode, using teamwork and talismans to survive his attacks. With Chasing Fang badly injured and Neji facing Inoue again, Neji began to summon an unfamiliar Dao Rhyme.

• Neji used his last three Lightning-Proof Talismans to stop Inoue’s first charge, then identified the unstable chest node in his Lightning Armor and planned an attack with Chasing Fang.
• Inoue unleashed a field of lightning, but Neji evaded his spear and struck the chest node with Soaring Dragon: Inverted Scale.
• Chasing Fang stabbed a gap in Inoue’s armor, letting Neji escape his grip, but Inoue struck Chasing Fang down with lightning.
• Neji used a black Ninja Talisman to create a Water Mirror that reflected Inoue’s lightning ball, then pulled the semi-conscious Chasing Fang behind a boulder.
• Neji faced Inoue again and began to summon an indescribable Dao Rhyme.

Neji unleashed Crystal World Advent, trapping and killing Hidden Lightning Village Jonin Inoue inside a vast black Crystal Domain. After the Hidden Lightning Village leader escaped, Sarutobi Hoshino ordered the wounded team to return to Konoha and report what had happened.

• Neji created a Crystal Domain that let him move through its pillars and repeatedly wound Inoue with a Sage Chakra crystal blade.
• Neji questioned Inoue about a possible secret deal with Konoha, but Inoue unleashed Lightning Release: Heavy Lightning Torrent and tried to escape.
• Neji intercepted Inoue with a giant Dark Crystal Greatsword and killed him, collapsing the Crystal Domain in the attack.
• Neji used Medical Talismans to recover while his teammates prepared to confront the Hidden Lightning Village leader.
• The leader fled toward the Land of Lightning, and Sarutobi Hoshino stopped Neji from pursuing him and ordered everyone to return to Konoha with Aoba's corpse.

Hiruzen promoted twelve-year-old Hyuga Neji to Jonin, and Neji celebrated with his ANBU comrades and the Sannin at Stillness Garden. The gathering ended with Orochimaru giving Neji a mysterious sealed scroll whose contents remained unknown.

• Hiruzen signed Neji's promotion document, making him Konoha's youngest Jonin, and sent an ANBU ninja to deliver an order to Adviser Neji.
• Neji prepared a celebration at Stillness Garden, where Chasing Fang, Heart Butterfly, and Iron Maru brought him gifts and remembered their fallen comrade Aoba.
• Neji and his ANBU teammates shared food and sake, while Neji stopped Chasing Fang from discussing mission details.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru arrived to congratulate Neji; Jiraiya gave him a manga, and Tsunade gave him the Second Hokage's Sealing Jutsu notes.
• Orochimaru gave Neji a pitch-black scroll wrapped in red silk thread, which felt cold and bore intricate Sealing Jutsu formulas.

Neji celebrated his promotion with his companions, discussed Jiraiya’s plans to train at Mount Myoboku, and reflected on the Sage Chakra flowing within him. After the guests left, Orochimaru stayed behind and asked to see Neji’s Crystal Release, prompting Neji to ask whether the Third Hokage had told him about it.

• Neji thanked his guests at his promotion celebration, and Orochimaru gave him biological samples from near Dragon Cave.
• Neji described his Crystal Release and Crystal World Advent, while Jiraiya announced he would train in Sage Art at Mount Myoboku.
• Neji explained Sage Art’s power and dangers as the guests discussed their ambitions and village life.
• Neji noticed a trace of Sage Chakra in his eyes and watched Jiraiya leave after the celebration ended.
• Neji found Orochimaru waiting in the tea room, where Orochimaru asked to witness his Crystal Release.
• Neji asked Orochimaru whether the Third Hokage had told him about the ability.

Neji and Orochimaru fought in the Forest of Death so Orochimaru could study Neji’s Crystal Release. Neji overwhelmed Orochimaru with Crystal World Advent and held a crystal longsword to his throat, declaring victory.

• Neji agreed to demonstrate his Crystal Release to Orochimaru in a fight at the Forest of Death.
• Neji blocked Orochimaru’s Wind Release with Crystal Wall and defended against his Fire Release with Crystal Pentagonal Path.
• Neji used Crystal Senbon Rain to crystallize Orochimaru’s chakra-infused snakes, revealing that his crystals could assimilate them.
• Orochimaru summoned a vast horde of powerful snakes, and Neji countered with Crystal World Advent, transforming the training ground into a crystal labyrinth.
• Neji appeared behind Orochimaru and placed a crystal longsword against his throat, telling him he had lost.

Neji explained to Orochimaru how understanding and thought could shape chakra, helping him grasp the principles behind Domain Manifestation. After Neji ended the Crystal Domain, Jiraiya and Tsunade emerged from hiding and learned that his Crystal Release had reached an extraordinary level.

• Neji trapped Orochimaru in the Crystal Domain and explained how thought and understanding could give chakra vitality and create a personal domain.
• Orochimaru connected Neji's explanation to Sage Art and thanked him for sharing his insights.
• Neji ended the Crystal Domain, and Jiraiya and Tsunade revealed they had been watching from a nearby tree.
• Tsunade examined the crystal fragments while Orochimaru told Jiraiya and Tsunade that Neji had achieved Domain Manifestation.
• Tsunade asked what Domain Manifestation was, and Neji gathered silvery-white chakra that began turning into jet-black crystal.

Neji demonstrated his Crystal Release Domain Manifestation to Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, then warned that growing conflicts and hidden forces threatened the Ninja World. After his companions resolved to train, Neji returned to his secret base to investigate looming dangers and refine his abilities.

• Neji manifested crystal formations across the ground and explained that thought granting chakra vitality was key to Domain Manifestation.
• Neji warned Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru about escalating activity from the Land of Lightning and Sunagakure, as well as unknown forces in the shadows.
• Jiraiya decided to begin Sage Art training at Mount Myoboku, Orochimaru planned to visit Ryūchi Cave, and Tsunade vowed to train harder.
• After parting from his companions, Neji went to his Forest of Death base and absorbed natural energy while reflecting on his mission and the Thousand-Armed Statue.
• Neji studied faction movements and practiced shaping Crystal Release, seeking to improve its scale, precision, and efficiency.

Neji refused Danzo’s attempt to summon him without the Hokage’s authorization and injured the Root ninja who threatened him. After the Root operative fled, Neji’s Transmigrator Detector reacted toward a vague direction, making him suspect Danzo might be the transmigrator and consider meeting Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• A Root ninja delivered Danzo’s request for Neji to appear, but Neji refused without an official order from the Hokage Office.
• When the Root ninja threatened him over his Crystal Release bloodline, Neji pierced the man’s shoulder with a Verdant Crystal Blade and sealed his chakra.
• Neji ordered the Root ninja to tell Danzo that another attack would have worse consequences, and the wounded operative fled.
• Neji recorded the confrontation and saw the runes on his Transmigrator Detector rearrange toward a vague direction.
• Neji suspected Danzo might be the hidden transmigrator and considered meeting Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Neji defied Danzo’s summons, and Danzo discovered that the twelve-year-old Jonin’s Crystal Release and lack of Byakugan made him an anomaly absent from the story Danzo remembered. Danzo ordered Root not to act and set out to meet Neji in person, while Neji waited for him at Stillness Garden.

• Neji reflected on his strength and foresight after clashing with Danzo’s messenger, and resolved to see whether Danzo was a schemer or another transmigrator.
• The wounded Root ninja reported that Neji had refused Danzo’s invitation, injured him with Crystal Release, and dismissed Danzo’s authority.
• Danzo used a crystal ball to spy on Stillness Garden, then recalled that he was a transmigrator searching for the Rinnegan and recognized Neji as an unexplained anomaly.
• Neji sensed Danzo watching him and declared that he would wait for Danzo to come in person.
• Danzo forbade Root from acting without his command and left to meet Neji himself.

Neji met Danzo in the Forest of Death and rejected his offer to join Root, after which Danzo accused him of being from another world and attacked. Their battle revealed Danzo’s mastery of the Eight Gates and left Neji probing the secret behind his unusual control of chakra.

• Neji tested his Soaring Dragon Palm in the Forest of Death, where Danzo appeared and offered him a place in Root.
• Neji condemned Danzo’s private armed force, and Danzo accused Neji of being from another world before deciding to eliminate him.
• Danzo opened the sixth gate and attacked Neji, who used Tai Chi principles to deflect much of his power.
• Danzo unleashed Morning Peacock, and Neji blocked the barrage with Crystal World Advent before countering with Verdant Crystal Blade.
• Danzo evaded Neji’s crystal blades and used Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere while in the Eight Gates state, leaving Neji to question how he controlled his chakra.

Neji fought Danzo, who revealed that he was a transmigrator intent on monopolizing the Ninja World’s resources. Neji escaped to a prepared hideout, where he recorded Danzo’s identity and resolved to act before Danzo could accelerate his plans.

• Danzo opened the Seventh Gate and attacked Neji with the Daytime Tiger, but Neji used a Crystal Release maze to divert the blow.
• Neji trapped Danzo with a Dark Crystal Greatsword and Crystal Pentagonal Path, wounding him and disrupting his chakra flow.
• Neji activated a Ninja Talisman and vanished through spatial transfer just as Danzo’s next attack struck the empty battlefield.
• Sarutobi Hoshino arrived with ANBU, questioned Danzo’s account, and found no trace of Neji at the devastated site.
• Neji reached a secret hideout, treated his injuries, and recorded Danzo’s revealed identity and plans.

Neji spread rumors exposing Danzo’s secret experiments, prompting Konoha’s clans and Hiruzen to investigate Root. Danzo agreed to halt Root’s activities for three days, while Neji watched him leave and warned that his retaliation had only begun.

• The Hyuga Clan head ordered an investigation after learning that Hyuga members had vanished under suspicious circumstances.
• Huangyan learned Root had allegedly detained Uchiha with the Sharingan and called a secret meeting while ordering surveillance of Root’s base.
• Hiruzen reviewed evidence of suspicious disappearances and clan secrets, then summoned Danzo to answer for the rumors about human experiments and stolen Bloodline Limits.
• Danzo denied the accusations, but Hiruzen gave him three days to identify the source and ordered Root to suspend its activities and submit its facilities to ANBU inspection.
• Danzo headed to Site Three, while disguised Neji watched from Konoha Hospital and declared that his attack was only beginning.

Neji secretly followed Danzo and two Root ninja into an underground laboratory, where Danzo ordered the evidence and experiments destroyed. Neji remained concealed as the Root ninja began burning the test subjects and retrieving the research data.

• Danzo hurried through a secret passage with two Root ninja, ordering them to erase everything before Hiruzen's ANBU found them.
• Neji used a Shadow Release Talisman to hide within the shadows and followed Danzo's group into an underground laboratory.
• Neji saw mutated test subjects and human experiments preserved in cultivation tanks.
• Danzo ordered the Root ninja to destroy the test subjects, transfer the experimental data, and remove or demolish the equipment.
• One Root ninja used Fire Release to shatter and burn the cultivation tanks while the other retrieved data and prepared explosive tags as Neji watched unseen.

Neji secretly recorded Danzo and Root destroying evidence of human experiments in an underground facility, including a scroll about First Hokage cell transplantation and stolen Uchiha Sharingan. Danzo sensed an unseen observer and left before the facility was set to collapse, while Neji remained hidden.

• Neji watched Root shinobi dissolve experimental subjects and saw Uchiha Sharingan stored in a cultivation tank.
• Neji used his Recording Talisman to capture Root destroying bodies and other evidence.
• Danzo burned a scroll labeled “Wood Release Cell Transplantation · First Hokage · Experiment Log (Top Secret).”
• Danzo sensed he was being watched and signaled the Root shinobi to search the area cautiously.
• A Root shinobi reported that the underground facility would be buried by an Earth Release: Rock Lodging Collapse in three minutes.
• Danzo and the Root shinobi left through a secret passage, and Neji stayed hidden until their footsteps faded.

Danzo trapped Neji inside the underground base, exposed his hiding place, and opened the Seventh Gate to attack him. Neji fought back with Crystal Release techniques and evasive maneuvers, but Danzo continued pressing his assault.

• Danzo sealed the underground complex inside an isolated dimensional barrier and used Yin Release to destroy Neji's concealment talisman.
• Neji launched toward the secret passage, but Danzo blocked the exit and opened the Seventh Gate.
• Neji raised a Crystal Array Wall, which Danzo smashed with a single punch.
• Neji used a Crystal Clone and Crystal Flash to evade Danzo's follow-up attack.
• Neji countered Danzo's charge with crystal shuriken and a shifting array of crystal obstacles, keeping the battle going.

Neji fought Danzo in the sealed underground chamber, using Crystal Release and a talisman to injure and restrain him while exposing his crimes. As the Third Hokage’s ANBU attacked the barrier, Danzo summoned the Nightmare Eye, and Neji prepared to counter its domain.

• Neji used crystal mirrors and a maze to evade Danzo’s attacks, while Danzo fought with the Eight Gates and a corrosive Yin Release technique.
• Neji detonated a Yang-infused Blazing Flame Talisman, damaging Danzo and weakening his energy field.
• Danzo summoned the spirits of his dead experimental subjects to erode Neji’s crystals and locate him.
• Neji trapped Danzo with the Prison-Suppressing God-Demon Pillar, which absorbed Danzo’s chakra and bound his leg as the Third Hokage’s ANBU attacked the barrier.
• Danzo summoned the Nightmare Eye and warped the chamber into his domain, but Neji resisted its mental assault and smiled at him.

Neji escaped Danzo’s underground laboratory after weakening the barrier, and the Third Hokage and clan leaders confronted Danzo at the ruined entrance. Hiruzen ordered Danzo held until a Jonin Council trial in three days, while Danzo warned him he would regret the decision.

• Neji used the God-Demon Pillar to purify Danzo’s Yin Release chakra, then escaped with his final Spatial Shift Talisman and left Danzo to face the Jonin Council’s judgment.
• The Third Hokage and the clan leaders found Danzo’s laboratory after the underground base collapsed, and Danzo emerged from the ruins amid destroyed tanks and evidence of experiments.
• The Uchiha and Hyuga clan heads accused Danzo of capturing their clansmen and taking their Sharingan, while Danzo denied the charges and claimed the subjects were enemy spies and rogue ninja.
• The Third Hokage ordered ANBU to take Danzo to a special holding cell and promised a full Jonin Council trial in three days.
• Danzo warned Hiruzen that he would regret the decision, and Hiruzen wondered what else Danzo was hiding.

Neji exposed Danzo’s experiments to Konoha’s major clans, prompting them to unite and demand Danzo’s execution. The Third Hokage yielded to their vote and revealed where Danzo was being held as the clans marched toward the Forest of Death.

• Neji recovered from spatial injuries, copied the laboratory recording onto five talismans, and delivered them to recipients in Konoha.
• The Uchiha, Hyuga, and Inuzuka clans watched the evidence and mobilized against Danzo, while messengers arranged a meeting of the major clans.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ANBU to arrest Root members but not to approach the clans’ gathering at the Naka River.
• The clan heads confronted the Third Hokage with evidence and a petition signed by seventy-six Jonin demanding Danzo’s execution.
• The Third Hokage disclosed the location and key to Danzo’s special detention chamber and asked the Uchiha Clan head to leave Danzo an intact corpse.
• The clans departed for the Forest of Death as Neji watched from the top of Hokage Rock.

Danzo activated the Black Crow plan while imprisoned, then opened the Gate of Death when the clan heads confronted him over his crimes. The clan heads were blasted away as Danzo unleashed a devastating power in the crater.

• Danzo learned that Neji had made the Recording Talisman and ordered Root to activate the Black Crow plan, abandon Konoha, and move its experimental data to the Land of Rain.
• Danzo gave a Root ninja the Shadow Eye to deliver to an unnamed person and revealed his forbidden Myriad Souls Corrosion technique.
• The clan heads entered Danzo’s cell with evidence of his murders and human experiments, and Danzo dismissed the crimes and taunted them about the Hyuga Caged Bird fate.
• The Uchiha Clan head and the other clan leaders attacked Danzo with ninjutsu and techniques.
• Danzo opened the Gate of Death, unleashing red vapor that destroyed the prison and blasted the clan heads away.