Chapter Summaries

Hyuga Hitoshi declared that the Hyuga Clan would leave Konoha and began lifting its members into the sky with the Energy Vessel Tenseigan. Tsunade chose to leave with him, while Fugaku received a secret message from Hitoshi and gathered the Uchiha; Jiraiya then confronted Tsunade as she ascended.

• Hyuga Hitoshi denounced Konoha for abandoning the Hyuga and announced the end of the Hyuga-Senju alliance and the clan’s permanent departure.
• The Energy Vessel Tenseigan surrounded Hyuga Clan members with golden light and began raising them into the sky.
• Tsunade charged at Hyuga Hitoshi, then embraced him and declared that she was leaving Konoha with him.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used Kakashi Hatake to deliver Fugaku a confidential letter urging him to gather the Uchiha and help them claim the Hokage position.
• Fugaku ordered Uchiha Satoshi to assemble the clan, and Jiraiya appeared to ask Tsunade whether she was truly leaving.

Hyuga Hitoshi led the Hyuga Clan away from Konoha while Tsunade chose to leave with him, and he clashed with Jiraiya and the other leaders over the village’s betrayal and his methods. The chapter ended with Hitoshi summoning an ancient statue of Hamura and ordering it to attack Konoha.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen prepared to stop the Hyuga Clan from leaving, while Jiraiya arrived and watched Hitoshi lead them into the sky.
• Jiraiya tried to persuade Tsunade to stay, but Hitoshi kissed her and made clear that she had chosen to go with him.
• Hitoshi challenged Jiraiya’s ideals and absorbed Ōnoki’s Dust Release, then reflected it back and blasted away one of Ōnoki’s arms.
• After the Uchiha gathered, Hitoshi rejected Jiraiya’s plea to leave peacefully and declared that Konoha should be destroyed.
• Hitoshi summoned a colossal statue of a Hyuga ancestor and ordered Ancestor Hamura to attack.

Hyuga Hitoshi used the Hamura Statue’s attack on Konoha to help Uchiha Fugaku establish himself as a hero and candidate for Hokage. As Fugaku led the Uchiha in defending the village, Hyuga Hitoshi left for the moon with Tsunade, Mabui, and Kaguya, while Konoha’s disaster continued.

• Hyuga Hitoshi told Tsunade that he intended to make Fugaku Hokage by letting him become Konoha’s savior during the Hamura Statue’s attack.
• Tsunade questioned the plan, while Hyuga Hitoshi discussed developing the Hyuga Clan into a nation after their move to the moon.
• The Raikage and Tsuchikage fled Konoha, and Mabui was drawn up into the air toward Hyuga Hitoshi.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen tried to fight the statue but repeatedly hesitated, prompting Shisui and Kakashi to question his actions.
• Fugaku led the Uchiha against the statue, earning the villagers’ cheers as Hyuga Hitoshi prepared to depart.
• Hyuga Hitoshi rose toward the moon with Tsunade, Mabui, and Kaguya, leaving Fugaku to continue leading the defense of Konoha.

Hyuga Hitoshi returned to the moon with Tsunade and oversaw Orochimaru’s successful creation of the Sun God Seal, a modified Caged Bird mark that drew power from the Energy Vessel Tenseigan. As the Hyuga Clan prepared for its transformation, Fugaku became Konoha’s celebrated savior while secretly manipulating the Hamura Statue.

• Hyuga Hitoshi and his companions reached the moon, where Orochimaru welcomed them and explained that he served as the Hyuga Clan’s Research Minister.
• Orochimaru presented his plan to modify the Caged Bird Curse Mark using the Energy Vessel Tenseigan, then tested the new mark on himself.
• Hyuga Hitoshi authorized Orochimaru to draw on Solar Sage Art, and Orochimaru survived the resulting explosion by transferring into a Byakugan-bearing artificial body.
• Orochimaru named the new mark the Sun Sage Seal, or Sun God Seal, and explained how Hyuga Clan members could use it to borrow power from the Tenseigan.
• Hyuga Hitoshi and Orochimaru agreed to begin the Whole Clan Ascension Plan, while bloodline purification research continued.
• Fugaku used Susanoo through the Hamura Statue to seal several stones and became known as Konoha’s Savior, though he was preparing to reveal the villagers’ hidden ugliness.

Konoha’s survivors blamed Jiraiya for provoking Hyuga Hitoshi, while Fugaku turned the disaster into a public indictment of the village’s treatment of the Hyuga Clan. After leaving Konoha, Hitoshi began planning the new faction’s territory and nation-building with the Hyuga and Otsutsuki clans.

• Konoha’s grieving survivors surveyed the destruction, and Jiraiya blamed Hyuga Hitoshi for the village’s ruin.
• Uchiha Fugaku argued that Konoha had driven away the Hyuga Clan and exposed how the village sacrificed weaker clans for peace.
• Inuzuka Tsume and other villagers accused Jiraiya of provoking Hitoshi after he had been preparing to leave, and the crowd pelted Jiraiya with eggs and refuse.
• At the Hyuga Clan meeting, Hitoshi outlined the Bloodline Ascension Plan and the replacement of the Caged Bird Curse Mark with the Sun Sage Seal.
• Hitoshi named the Yang God as his preferred faction name and asked the meeting to recommend territory for the clans’ future nation.

Hyuga Hitoshi’s clan chose a strategy for expanding into the Shinobi World, while Konoha’s leaders argued over rebuilding and choosing a new Hokage. Fugaku took control of the succession contest and planned to fund Konoha by selling off the Land of Fire’s territory, leaving Itachi convinced Uchiha tyranny had begun.

• Hyuga Orochimaru, Hyuga Qingdou, Hyuga Hizashi, and Hyuga Hiashi proposed possible footholds and approaches to building the Hyuga Clan’s nation, and Hyuga Hitoshi claimed the Land of Rice Fields, the Land of Demons, and the Moon passage as territories while targeting Kirigakure.
• Shimura Danzō reported that the Daimyo’s Mansion had refused aid and beaten him, leaving Konoha without enough money for reconstruction.
• Uchiha Fugaku attacked Sarutobi Hiruzen’s record, slapped him twice, and demanded that he step down as Hokage; Jiraiya also entered the contest.
• Nara Shikaku proposed that Fugaku and Jiraiya compete by raising reconstruction funds, and Fugaku privately decided to sell Land of Fire territory to neighboring countries.
• Fugaku ordered plans for an enormous Uchiha Hokage Rock face and slapped Uchiha Itachi when he tried to speak, prompting Itachi to conclude that Uchiha tyranny had begun.

Hyuga Hitoshi traveled toward the Underground Exchange and drew the attention of Akatsuki, while Obito planned to recruit him. At the exchange, Hitoshi unleashed a bizarre lightning technique in front of Obito and called it Riding Rin.

• Rogue ninjas discussed Hyuga Hitoshi’s bounty, and Sakazaki Ryo fled when Hitoshi arrived and killed the others with genjutsu.
• Hitoshi ordered Sakazaki Ryo to guide him to the nearest Underground Bounty Station, while the Rabbit Goddess accompanied him on his journey.
• Kakuzu spotted Hitoshi, warned Pain through the Akatsuki Communication Device, and fled; Pain then contacted Obito with Hitoshi’s location.
• Obito set out with Black Zetsu, intending to force Hitoshi to join Akatsuki, but Black Zetsu urged him not to provoke Hitoshi.
• Hitoshi destroyed the Underground Exchange’s personnel and claimed its money, then summoned lightning into the shape of Rin and rode it down toward the exchange as Obito watched.

Hyuga Hitoshi defeated Obito after mocking his Uchiha Madara disguise and refusing his offer to join the Akatsuki. He followed Obito into the Kamui Dimension, took Rin's preserved body, and left Obito with the threat of reviving her himself.

• Hyuga Hitoshi used Riding Rin to destroy the Underground Exchange, then Obito confronted him and claimed to be Uchiha Madara.
• Hyuga Hitoshi revealed that he knew Obito's identity and recalled humiliating him in Konoha; Obito declared that Obito was dead and invited the Hyuga Clan to join the Akatsuki.
• Hyuga Hitoshi rejected Obito's invitation and overwhelmed him with Crushing Fist Method - Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Fists, forcing Obito to escape into the Kamui Dimension with Izanagi.
• Hyuga Hitoshi followed Obito into the Kamui Dimension using Teleportation Coordinates and found Rin's body preserved in a crystal coffin.
• Hyuga Hitoshi took Rin's coffin and told Obito he would revive her himself, then departed.

Hyuga Hitoshi revived Rin Nohara using a new technique, while Obito fell deeper into despair after losing her corpse. Hitoshi then met Fugaku at a stronghold, where they agreed to use the Land of Fire Daimyo’s money to buy land.

• Obito broke down after Hyuga Hitoshi took Rin Nohara’s corpse, deciding that the world was false and that the Infinite Tsukuyomi was the only reality.
• Hyuga Hitoshi summoned Orochimaru and used Time Control, the Tenseigan, and Impure World Reincarnation to restore Rin’s body and return her soul to it.
• Rin awakened, embraced Hyuga Hitoshi, and learned from him that much had changed while she was dead.
• Orochimaru told Hyuga Hitoshi that Kakashi had arranged a major deal at a stronghold in the Land of Fire, while Kaguya’s gestures confused Black Zetsu and drove him to abandon the scroll he had recovered.
• Hyuga Hitoshi met Fugaku, who asked him to buy Land of Fire land; the two agreed to use the Daimyo’s money for the purchase.

Hyuga Hitoshi and Uchiha Fugaku arranged a land deal and agreed that Fugaku would clear the Hyuga Clan’s name when he became Hokage. After Hitoshi entered the Land of Demons and drove back Moryo’s influence, Priestess Miroku foresaw that she would become his wife, setting up his effort to take control of the land.

• Uchiha Fugaku promised to clear the Hyuga Clan’s name at his inauguration, while Hyuga Hitoshi agreed to attend and buy territory from him.
• Hyuga Rin told Kakashi that Obito had used her as an excuse for killing Minato and Kushina, and Kakashi resolved to face Obito when they met again.
• Hyuga Hitoshi left with Rin and the Rabbit Goddess to claim land in the Land of Demons, where he sensed Moryo’s influence infecting the civilians.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used the Energy Vessel Tenseigan to channel Sun Sage Art, purifying the civilians and drawing Priestess Miroku to him.
• Priestess Miroku told Hyuga Hitoshi that she foresaw herself calling him her husband and offered to bear the next priestess, while Rin watched jealously.

Hyuga Hitoshi purified Moryo, took control of the Land of Demons and the Land of Rice Fields, and united them as the Sun God Country. After the neighboring Land of Rivers and Land of Grass invaded and were destroyed, the Sun God Country defeated forces from the Land of Wind and Land of Earth, then announced that its lord would visit Konoha for the Fifth Hokage’s inauguration.

• Hyuga Hitoshi used the golden power of his Tenseigan to purify Moryo, leaving Miroku confused about her future and bringing her into his room.
• Danzo dug up Tobirama’s grave, hoping to use his former teacher’s remains to deal with the Uchiha.
• Hyuga Hitoshi established his rule in the Land of Demons and Land of Rice Fields, where new infrastructure and Snake Minister’s improved crops raised living standards.
• The Land of Rivers and Land of Grass invaded the newly named Sun God Country, but its golden attacks annihilated both countries and incorporated their territory.
• The Land of Wind and Land of Earth sent elite forces against the Sun God Country, but two golden streaks swiftly defeated them.
• The Sun God Country declared that its lord would visit Konoha for the Fifth Hokage’s inauguration and demanded that the culprit face him or bear the consequences.

After Sun God Country’s victory drew support and cautious interest from small nations, Konan arrived as the Land of Rain’s representative to discuss cooperation. At Hyuga Hitoshi’s public ceremony, she watched him resurrect a dead clan member and began questioning whether Nagato or Hitoshi was the true god.

• Sun God Country’s victory prompted small nations to send envoys, while Hyuga Hitoshi warned that joining the Sun God Allied Nations before or after it survived the great nations’ retaliation would carry different costs.
• Konan entered Sun God Country as a representative of the Land of Rain, hoping to cooperate despite Akatsuki’s conflicting interests and her belief that Nagato was the true god.
• Hyuga Hitoshi received reports on Sun God Country’s government, grain production, the great nations’ planned trade blockade, and the Kaguya Clan’s likely revolt against Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Hitoshi went to the Central Square, where Konan and other visitors gathered to watch him address Sun God Country’s people and assembled representatives.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used the Resurrection Reincarnation Technique to restore a dead Hyuga clan member, leaving Konan shocked and unsure whether Nagato or Hitoshi was the true god.

Hyuga Hitoshi resurrected his clansmen at the Sun God Country’s ceremony and announced lifespan rewards, strengthening the country’s appeal. In Konoha, Fugaku rejected Jiraiya’s demand to oppose the Sun God Country and insisted that Hitoshi would attend his inauguration, leaving Jiraiya furious and stunned.

• Hyuga Hitoshi resurrected Hyuga Clan Members before the gathered representatives, while Konan recognized the Sun God Country as a powerful potential partner.
• Mabui announced that major contributors to the Sun God Country could earn lifespan rewards, prompting the crowd to erupt in celebration.
• Fugaku ordered Jiraiya to leave his office and knock before entering, then made him wait until he could be heard.
• Jiraiya told Fugaku that the Daimyo wanted Konoha to act against the Sun God Country, but Fugaku rejected the plan and condemned Jiraiya’s objections.
• Fugaku said Hyuga Hitoshi would attend the inauguration, that Konoha would complete the land handover, and that it would clear the Hyuga Clan’s name; he then asserted his authority as Hokage as Jiraiya protested.

Danzo and Sarutobi clashed over a scroll containing advanced methods for the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, while Hyuga Hitoshi prepared to travel to the Land of Water with Konan. He planned to exploit the coming attack on the Sun God Country to test the Hyuga Clan and seize control of Kirigakure.

• Danzo refused Sarutobi's demand to study the enhanced Impure World Reincarnation scroll together, and Sarutobi stormed out after declaring that Danzo would regret it.
• Yuhi Shin'en secretly recorded the argument, while news that the Sun God Country Lord would attend Fugaku's inauguration drew the great nations' attention to the coming conflict.
• Miroku warned Hyuga Hitoshi that she foresaw death, but he reassured her before setting out with Konan, the Akatsuki White Tiger.
• Hyuga Hitoshi told Konan that he intended to use the great nations' attack to test the transformed Hyuga Clan and planned to seize Kirigakure before Fugaku's inauguration.
• Konan said she was traveling to the Land of Water to assess Hitoshi on Akatsuki's behalf, while the Rabbit Goddess mocked her cold facade.

Hyuga Hitoshi beat Uchiha Obito into handing Kirigakure over to him, while Konan witnessed the display and lost a bet. Their conversation was interrupted when Kaguya Clan attackers appeared, leaving Hyuga Hitoshi and his companions facing an ambush.

• Hyuga Hitoshi told Konan he planned to replace Yagura as Mizukage, arguing that a Kage controlled by an outsider was unfit to rule.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used Intangible Teleportation to drag Obito before them and beat him until he agreed that Kirigakure would belong to Hyuga Hitoshi.
• Konan watched Obito submit and realized that the man claiming to be Uchiha Madara was not as powerful as she had believed.
• Two female Kirigakure ANBU urged Hyuga Hitoshi and Konan to leave, but Kaguya Clan attackers arrived and launched an attack.

Hyuga Hitoshi rescued Mei Terumi and Miru from Kaguya Clan pursuers, then offered Mei Terumi the power to reshape Kirigakure in exchange for serving him. He empowered the Kaguya Clan to escalate their rebellion, and Mei Terumi charged toward the Three-Tails as Miru accepted a Sun God Seal and power of her own.

• Hyuga Hitoshi used Byakugan Coercion to kill the Kaguya Clan members pursuing Mei Terumi and Miru, then learned that the clan was rebelling against Kirigakure.
• Hyuga Hitoshi proposed a deal to Mei Terumi, promising her power to change Kirigakure if she became his, and Mei Terumi agreed after seeing the Kaguya Clan's attack unfold.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used the Energy Vessel Tenseigan to awaken the Kaguya Clan members' potential and send them into a Sun Sage Art state, letting them overpower Kirigakure's defenses.
• Ao revealed that Karatachi Yagura was under genjutsu, but after Ao freed him and he was knocked unconscious, the Three-Tails began to emerge in a berserk state.
• Mei Terumi charged toward the Kaguya Clan and the Three-Tails with the Sun God Seal, while Miru accepted a seal from Hyuga Hitoshi and received power to follow her.

Hyuga Hitoshi intervened in Kirigakure’s crisis, helped Mei Terumi become the Fifth Mizukage, and forced the village to accept cooperation with Sun God Country. After learning that the Land of Water’s Daimyo wanted Kirigakure to join an attack on Sun God Country, Hyuga Hitoshi prepared to return to Konoha for the Fifth Hokage’s inauguration ceremony.

• Mei Terumi defeated the Three-Tails but accidentally killed Yagura, while Miru helped crush the Kaguya Clan rebellion; Kisame killed Suikazan Fuguki and took Samehada, and Zabuza and Kisame joined the fighting.
• Hyuga Hitoshi entered Kirigakure’s high-level meeting, declared Mei Terumi the Fifth Mizukage, and proposed cooperation with Sun God Country; Genji accepted his appointment and proposal.
• Ao accused Hyuga Hitoshi of controlling Mei Terumi and Miru, so Hyuga Hitoshi tore out Ao’s Byakugan and compelled him to kill himself.
• Hyuga Hitoshi used his overwhelming presence to make Kirigakure’s leaders submit, then granted Sun God Seals to Zabuza and Kisame, who asked to follow him and see the real world.
• Kirigakure began cooperating with Sun God Country, and Hyuga Hitoshi stayed at Mei Terumi’s home until invitations arrived from the Land of Water’s Daimyo and Konoha.
• Mei Terumi revealed that the Daimyo wanted Kirigakure to join the other villages in attacking Sun God Country, and Hyuga Hitoshi decided to return to Konoha for the Fifth Hokage’s inauguration.

Fugaku prepared a grand inauguration ceremony as the Five Kage and leaders from minor nations planned to gather in Konoha, largely to confront Hyuga Hitoshi. After being revived, Tobirama Senju learned that Fugaku was Hokage and began planning to overthrow him before the ceremony could cement his rule.

• Fugaku sent invitations widely and prepared an elaborate ceremony after the other Great Villages' Kage agreed to attend.
• The Shinobi World learned that Hyuga Hitoshi would appear in Konoha, and the Five Kage planned to assess his power and challenge the Sun God Country.
• Fugaku told Jiraiya that Hitoshi would handle anyone who provoked him, while Jiraiya remained wary of the man he considered Konoha's enemy.
• Sarutobi confronted Danzo about his failure to complete Impure World Reincarnation, then realized Tobirama Senju had been revived and was listening.
• Tobirama condemned Sarutobi's failures and rejected Fugaku's rule, then declared that he would teach his disciples how to overthrow Uchiha's Tyranny.

Hyuga Hitoshi returned to Konoha with Mei Terumi as the village prepared for Fugaku’s inauguration, revealing Sun God Country’s apparent ties to Kirigakure and its expanding territory. The chapter ended with Tobirama Senju recognizing Hitoshi as the mastermind and accepting his taunting challenge.

• The other Great Ninja Villages and the Land of Fire Daimyo gathered in Konoha while secretly planning against the Hyuga Clan and Sun God Country.
• Sarutobi Asuma and Uchiha Itachi discussed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attacks on the Uchiha and Fugaku’s lavish inauguration celebrations.
• The Mizukage’s carriage arrived bearing both Kirigakure’s insignia and the Hyuga Clan Crest, prompting guests to speculate about an alliance between Kirigakure and Sun God Country.
• Hyuga Hitoshi arrived with Mei Terumi, and Fugaku greeted him warmly before introducing himself to the Mizukage as her brother-in-law.
• Tobirama Senju watched Hitoshi and Fugaku from a rooftop, identified Hitoshi as the mastermind, and fumed when Hitoshi made Fugaku raise a middle finger at him.

Hyuga Hitoshi returned to Konoha for the Fifth Hokage's inauguration, while Konan defended him to Jiraiya as a leader fulfilling Akatsuki's old dream. Meanwhile, Ōnoki, A, and Rasa planned to exploit the Hyuga Clan as leverage against Hitoshi, unaware that he might truly believe his clan could challenge the whole Shinobi World.

• Hyuga Hitoshi ate ramen with Uzuki Yugao, pressured her into serving him, and taunted Hayate Gekkō until he left in anger.
• Jiraiya warned Konan that Hyuga Hitoshi was a dangerous calamity, but Konan rejected his judgment and reminded him that Konoha had killed Nagato's parents and helped Hanzō kill Yahiko.
• Konan told Jiraiya that she supported Hyuga Hitoshi because the Sun God Country protected small nations and carried out the Akatsuki's former aims, then made clear that Jiraiya could no longer direct her choices.
• Rasa told Ōnoki and A that Mei Terumi had dismissed him, and the three discussed how to defeat the Hyuga Clan and use its members to control Hitoshi.
• A wondered if Hitoshi had come to Konoha because he believed the Hyuga Clan could challenge the entire Shinobi World, but Ōnoki, A, and Rasa laughed off the possibility.