Recaps

Hyuga Tenka returned to Konoha after years away, alarming the gate guards and unsettling the Third Hokage with his reputation and strength. He headed for the Hyuga compound, reflecting on how his unusual legacy and resolve had shaped his plans to change his family’s fate.

• Hyuga Tenka ignored the gate guards until Kotetsu Hagane recognized him and stopped Tiedan from provoking him.
• Kotetsu Hagane told Tiedan that Tenka had once attacked Hyuga elders to protect his younger brother and had threatened Konoha over his family’s safety.
• Tenka barged into the Hokage's Office, told the Third Hokage to record his return, and said Tsunade would come back when she had finished playing.
• Tenka arrived at the Hyuga Clan compound and recalled his transmigration, his goal of changing his family’s fate, and how he unlocked the God of Gambling Legacy and Byakugan trials in his spatial domain.
• Tenka remembered discovering that the Byakugan’s ultimate evolution was the Jōgan and that bringing a sword into his domain had unlocked the path of the sword.

Tenka returned to the Hyuga Estate after several years away, alarming Konoha’s major forces and reuniting with Hizashi and Neji. He resolved to remove the Caged Bird curse from his father as the family welcomed him home.

• Tenka returned to the Hyuga Estate, where a branch family gatekeeper greeted him with admiration.
• Root learned that Tenka had returned, and Danzō vowed revenge while Koharu Utatane and other major forces chose not to provoke him.
• Tenka reunited with Hizashi, asked whether he and Neji had been treated well, and resolved to remove Hizashi’s Caged Bird curse.
• Tenka spent the day talking with Hizashi and waited for Neji to return home.
• Neji arrived, recognized Tenka, embraced him, and told his brother he had kept training and grown stronger.

Tenka reunited with Hizashi and Neji, then tested Neji's progress at the Hyuga Clan training ground while Hiashi, Hinata, and Hanabi watched. As Neji's strongest techniques finally made Tenka react, Tenka sensed an enemy lurking in the shadows.

• Tenka agreed to watch Neji train, and Hizashi took them to the training ground after dinner.
• Hiashi joined them with Hinata and Hanabi, while Danzō ordered Root to attack Tenka's family and kill Neji if Tenka proved too difficult to kill.
• Neji attacked Tenka with taijutsu and Gentle Fist techniques, but Tenka avoided or endured every strike.
• Neji unleashed Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Mountain Crusher, making Tenka tremble slightly and praise him.
• Tenka's killing intent surged as he looked toward the shadows and declared that the hidden enemy had finally arrived.

Tenka slaughtered a Root force that attacked the Hyuga Clan and declared that the clan needed cleansing. After Neji was wounded by another Root attacker, Tenka healed him and left the clan grounds, unleashing his killing intent as he headed toward his next target.

• Root shinobi surrounded Tenka and the others, but Tenka used Byakugan: Pressure to kill more than a hundred of them instantly.
• Tenka told Hiashi that the clan had become filthy and walked toward its center, while Hiashi and Hizashi agreed to prepare for the fallout.
• A hidden attacker wounded Neji with a poisoned blade, but Hiashi struck the attacker and Hizashi carried Neji to Tenka.
• Tenka treated Neji with a pill and the Mystical Palm Technique, then left with his sword to go out.
• Hiashi headed for the Hokage's Office to stabilize the major clans, while Tenka released his killing intent outside the Hyuga Clan grounds and nearby Anbu kept their distance.

Hiashi confronted Hiruzen over the Root attack on the Hyuga Clan and warned that the clan would stand with Tenka as he sought revenge. With Tenka advancing on Root and killing anyone in his way, Konoha's leaders and clans faced a looming crisis.

• Hiashi arrived at the Hokage's Office and accused Hiruzen of ignoring the slaughter of Hyuga Clan members while rushing to stop Tenka.
• Hiashi revealed that Root operatives had tried to kill Neji with poisoned weapons, nearly wiped out the Hyuga main branch, and left Tenka seeking justice.
• Hiruzen learned that Tenka was already cutting down Root operatives, while his killing intent spread across Konoha and drew the clans to the office.
• Hiruzen offered compensation and asked Hiashi to help appease Tenka, but Hiashi accused him of protecting the murderer.
• Hiashi warned the assembled clans to control their people and declared that the Hyuga Clan would stand with Tenka against anyone who tried to stop him.

Hiashi led the entire Hyuga Clan to join Tenka’s march on Danzō’s Root Base after Konoha refused to explain the attack on their compound. Tenka confronted another wave of Root shinobi and used his Byakugan to crush them, leaving the Hyuga gathered behind him.

• Hiashi rallied the Hyuga fighters, and the clansmen agreed to join Tenka and take revenge despite the danger.
• The elderly, injured, women, and children also asked to join, and Hiashi ordered the entire Hyuga Clan to move out.
• At the Root Base, Danzō ordered Torune Aburame to keep sending shinobi to exhaust Tenka, while imagining he would make Tenka his slave.
• Tenka encountered another force of Root shinobi, and Hiashi arrived with the entire Hyuga Clan as they declared their support for him.
• Tenka told the Hyuga to stay behind him, then unleashed Byakugan: Pressure and turned the Root shinobi into blood blossoms.

Hyuga Tenka killed Gekko Hayate after the Gekko Clan loyalist tried to stop him, and the other clans chose to withdraw rather than confront him. The Hyuga Clan continued onward as the remaining witnesses recognized that no one could stop Tenka.

• Shikaku Nara and the other clan leaders arrived to stop Hiashi Hyuga but were shaken by the bloodshed and the Hyuga Clan's full mobilization.
• Gekko Hayate confronted Tenka, who killed him and warned the crowd not to block his way.
• Yugao Uzuki apologized for Hayate and stepped aside when Tenka's sword threatened her.
• Shikaku Nara told Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi to return home and keep their clans off the streets; the other clans followed.
• Anko Mitarashi arrived to comfort Yugao Uzuki and said Hayate deserved his fate.

Tenka demonstrated his overwhelming Vacuum Palm to the Hyuga clan before entering a hidden cave behind a shattered barrier, while Yugao and Anko dealt with Gekko Hayate’s body. The clan waited outside as Tenka went in, and the chapter revealed that his bloodthirsty nature came from struggling to master the Slaughter Sword Intent.

• Anko warned Yugao that Gekko Hayate’s actions had endangered her and the Hyuga clan, while Yugao recalled how little happiness their relationship had brought her.
• Yugao told Anko she would not seek revenge and tidied Gekko Hayate’s corpse as Anko stayed with her.
• Tenka showed Neji how to use Vacuum Palm, shattered a barrier with a massive strike, and revealed a hidden cave behind it.
• Tenka ordered the Hyuga clan to guard the entrance and entered the cave alone, while Neji, Hizashi, Hiashi, Hinata, and Hanabi watched him go.
• Hizashi and Hiashi discussed Tenka’s strength and encouraged Hinata and Hanabi to train, while Hanabi teased Hiashi about his own abilities.
• The narration explained that Tenka’s bloodthirstiness came from his struggle to complete the Slaughter Sword Intent inheritance; Tenka then called out to Danzō.

Hyuga Tenka confronted Danzō in Root’s underground hall, resisted Kotoamatsukami, and killed him with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion. After his immense attack carved an abyss through the earth, Tenka returned to the Hyuga compound as Konoha’s shocked shinobi watched.

• Tenka reached Danzō’s hall, where his illusion incapacitated Root members Torune Aburame and Yamanaka Fū, who died before Danzō.
• Danzō revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and repeatedly tried to control Tenka with Kotoamatsukami, but Tenka remained unaffected.
• Tenka explained that his Byakugan could briefly foresee the future, severed Danzō’s right arm, and entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Tenka struck Danzō with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, cutting through the ground and creating an abyss hundreds of meters long.
• Tenka flew above the abyss, told the Hyuga Clan to return to their compound, and departed as the Third Hokage and others arrived.

After Hyuga Tenka killed Danzo and displayed the power of his eyes, the village leaders and witnesses weighed the danger of confronting him. The Third Hokage ordered an investigation and repairs to the abyss, while the Hyuga Clan left unchallenged.

• Hizashi Hyuga and Hiashi Hyuga speculated that Tenka’s eyes represented a new Byakugan evolution, and Hiashi told Hizashi not to question him.
• The Third Hokage feared Tenka would attack if challenged, then ordered Anbu to investigate the abyss and have Earth Release ninja fill it in.
• Shikaku Nara left the scene, and Inoichi Yamanaka and Chōza Akimichi followed him, relieved that the Hyuga Clan had faced no consequences.
• Anko warned Yugao not to act rashly against Tenka, while Kakashi dismissed Might Guy’s idea of asking the Hokage to spare him.
• Utatane Koharu told Mitokado Homura she had not joined the attack on the Hyuga Clan and had given up on seeking revenge.

Tenka returned from Purgatory shaken by the Slaughter Sword Intent, and Hizashi urged him to rest by leading Hinata’s graduating class as a Jonin squad leader. Tenka agreed, then told Neji about the Tenseigan and Hinata’s greater potential, prompting Neji to rush to tell their uncle that Hinata had been neglected and left hungry.

• Tenka calmed himself after reflecting on the repeated massacres and psychological strain imposed by the Slaughter inheritance.
• Hizashi asked Tenka to take a break from extreme training and lead Hinata’s graduating class as a Jonin squad leader, and Tenka agreed.
• Neji told Tenka that Hizashi blamed himself for what Tenka had endured and was relieved to see him accept the role.
• Tenka revealed that the Tenseigan was an evolved Byakugan and said Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi could awaken it.
• Tenka explained that Hinata had the purest Byakugan bloodline but was timid because their uncle had indulged her poorly and she had often gone hungry.
• Neji hurried to Hinata’s home to tell their uncle what Tenka had revealed.

Neji told Hiashi and Hizashi that Tenka believed the Hyuga siblings could evolve their Byakugan into the Tenseigan, and that Hinata’s fear of Hiashi had kept her from eating enough. Hiashi learned Hinata confirmed it and promised to treat her more gently and make sure she had plenty to eat.

• Hiashi considered forming a lively Jonin squad for Tenka, but Neji rushed in with news about the Tenseigan.
• Neji said Tenka believed Neji, Hanabi, and Hinata could evolve their Byakugan, with Hinata having the greatest chance because her Byakugan was purest.
• Neji blamed Hiashi for Hinata’s weakness, saying she had been too afraid to eat her fill, and Hizashi rebuked Hiashi for raising her so harshly.
• Neji brought Hinata out, and she confirmed she had been afraid to tell Hiashi she was still hungry.
• Hiashi apologized through his actions, promised Hinata she could relax her training, and arranged for more of her favorite dishes.

Hinata regained confidence after Hiashi welcomed her appetite and fed her three tables of food. After she left, Hiashi and Hizashi discussed the Byakugan’s purity and the possibility of awakening the Tenseigan.

• Hiashi decided to let Hinata and Hanabi spend more time learning from Hizashi.
• Hinata ate three tables of food before declaring herself full, and Hiashi promised she could ask for more whenever she needed it.
• Neji observed that Hiashi’s concern and encouragement had helped Hinata and said he would protect her until she became stronger than him.
• Hiashi remembered he had meant to visit the Hokage about Tenka, but Hizashi persuaded him to wait until the next day.
• Hiashi proposed investigating whether Byakugan purity could be increased, while Hizashi suggested asking Tenka directly about the Tenseigan.

Hiashi persuaded the Third Hokage to appoint Hyuga Tenka as Team 7’s leader, arguing that the difficult squad might temper Tenka’s bloodlust. After Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura learned their assignments, Iruka warned them not to provoke their new leader, and Tenka’s killing intent silenced the classroom.

• Hiashi urged the Third Hokage to let Tenka lead a troublesome squad, assuring him that the Hyuga Clan understood the Sharingan.
• Iruka announced that Team 7 consisted of Second Pillar, Haruno Sakura, and Uzumaki Naruto, while Team 8 and Team 10 received their assignments.
• Naruto protested being teamed with Sasuke, but Iruka refused to change the roster and scolded him.
• Iruka warned Team 7 that they must not anger their squad leader, especially Naruto, because even the Third Hokage could not stop him.
• Asuma and Kurenai left Kakashi in the teachers’ office, while Tenka’s killing intent silenced the classroom.
• Tenka ordered Team 7 to follow him.

Tenka took charge of Team 7, frightening the students and their new Jonin before nearly killing Kakashi for sneaking up behind him. Kakashi explained that the Third had assigned him as Tenka’s assistant, and Tenka let him go with a warning to tell the Third not to give him a reason to kill him.

• Tenka ordered Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke to follow him, while Kurenai and Asuma took their own teams from the classroom.
• Shikamaru identified Tenka as the Hyuga Clan’s feared madman, and the students discussed his reputation after he left.
• Tenka led Team 7 to the training ground, where he drew his sword and nearly cut Kakashi’s throat when Kakashi appeared behind him.
• Kakashi said the Third had assigned him as Tenka’s assistant, and Tenka warned him to tell the Third not to give him a reason to kill him.

Hyuga Tenka killed three hidden watchers, ordered Kakashi to test Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, and demanded that they fight with the will to become stronger. Sasuke recognized Tenka as the man who had always defeated Itachi, while Kakashi quickly overwhelmed all three students.

• Tenka killed three figures watching from the trees and made Kakashi promise to relay his message to Itachi.
• Tenka named himself the team's Jonin leader and ordered Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to fight Kakashi at full strength.
• Sasuke recognized Tenka as the man who had repeatedly defeated his older brother, Itachi, and resolved to become stronger.
• When Tenka declared the battle begun, Sasuke attacked Kakashi with the Great Fireball Technique, but Kakashi kicked him down.
• Naruto sent hundreds of Shadow Clones after Kakashi, who tricked them and knocked Naruto down before defeating Sakura with a single kick.

Tenka harshly challenged Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto to examine their goals and resolve before deciding whether to train under him. Sakura struggled with his criticism, but Ino's provocation pushed her to declare that she would risk her life to become stronger.

• Tenka offered to teach Sasuke if he accepted that training could kill him, called Sakura a burden, and criticized Naruto's dream of becoming Hokage.
• Tenka told the three to decide by the next morning whether to meet him at the Hokage Building, then left for the Hyuga Clan.
• Kakashi questioned Tenka's approach, and Tenka dismissed the need for teamwork tests; Kakashi later reported the exchange to the Third Hokage, who approved Tenka leading the team.
• Sakura agonized over whether to quit being a ninja and began to sob.
• Ino told Sakura she was right to quit, then challenged her to risk her life and grow stronger for Sasuke; Sakura declared she would do so.

Ino encouraged Sakura to face training under Hyuga Tenka, and the two friends reconciled as Sakura regained her confidence. Sasuke and Sakura committed to becoming stronger, and Tenka officially formed Team 7.

• Ino told Sakura about Tenka’s strength and violent reputation, urging her to endure his dangerous training rather than give up.
• Sakura and Ino made up and agreed to compete fairly over Sasuke while remaining friends.
• Sasuke returned to the Uchiha Clan Grounds and trained, determined to seize the chance to learn from Tenka.
• The next morning, Sakura told Sasuke she would grow stronger, and Sasuke and Naruto promised to protect her.
• Tenka appeared before Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto and announced that Team 7 had officially formed.

Tenka trained Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in tree climbing and water walking, then used the Tenseigan to force the Nine-Tails to withdraw its chakra from Naruto. By the end, Sakura had mastered water walking, Naruto and Sasuke had mastered tree climbing, and Tenka demonstrated his next lesson by shattering a boulder with one punch.

• Tenka took Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to a river and assigned them to master tree climbing and water walking in one day.
• Sakura mastered tree climbing first while Naruto struggled, so Tenka confronted the Nine-Tails inside Naruto and cut it in two with the Tenseigan until it withdrew its chakra.
• Naruto found tree climbing easier after the Nine-Tails’ chakra receded and competed with Sasuke until they both mastered it.
• Sakura mastered water walking and ran joyfully across the river, impressing Naruto and Sasuke.
• Tenka called Sakura over and shattered a huge boulder with one punch to demonstrate their next lesson.

Tenka taught Sakura Monster Strength and trained Naruto and Sasuke, while Kakashi watched their rapid progress. After demonstrating Lightning Cutter and Rasengan, Tenka rewarded Naruto and Sasuke with ninjutsu lessons and told the team to meet the next morning for a mission.

• Tenka taught Sakura how to use Monster Strength and promised to teach her medical ninjutsu as well.
• Sakura trained relentlessly, improving until her punches made small craters and surprising Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke.
• Tenka demonstrated one-handed Lightning Cutter and Rasengan, then promised Naruto and Sasuke a ninjutsu lesson if they finished water walking before six.
• Naruto and Sasuke completed the training before the deadline, and Tenka taught each of them one ninjutsu.
• Tenka told Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to meet at the usual place at eight the next morning, prepared to take a mission.

After recovering from their training, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke discussed Tenka and prepared for another challenge. Tenka forced the mission office to assign them a C-Rank bandit extermination mission, leaving the dismissed Sarutobi Clan staff member threatening retaliation.

• Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke praised Sakura's performance and talked about their views of Tenka and Kakashi Hatake.
• The next morning, Tenka chose a C-Rank mission to exterminate bandits near Nadeshiko Village.
• When a staff member refused to assign the mission, Tenka's killing intent frightened him and the person in charge registered it.
• After Tenka and his students left, the person in charge fired the staff member, who claimed his Sarutobi Clan connections would get the manager removed.

Tenka sent Team 7 to exterminate a bandit group, where Naruto’s fear and resentment awakened the Nine-Tails’ chakra and drove him into battle. The three young shinobi earned one another’s acknowledgment and returned to Konoha with a stronger bond, while Kakashi wondered whether Tenka had anticipated the outcome.

• Tenka ordered Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto to wipe out the target and return to Konoha that day, then left them to handle the mission themselves.
• Sasuke and Sakura fought through the bandits while Naruto froze at the sight of blood, and Kakashi was impressed by Sakura’s resolve.
• Feeling excluded and remembering how people had mistreated him, Naruto drew on the Nine-Tails’ chakra, formed one tail, and attacked the bandits with lethal force.
• Sasuke and Naruto fought their way to Sakura, who had cut off her hair, and both boys praised her and acknowledged one another.
• The three agreed to grow stronger together, but Tenka told them to clean up and return to Konoha, while Kakashi reflected on Tenka’s influence and considered how to train them.

After a month of deadly C-Rank missions, Tenka chose an escort mission to give Team 7 a chance to rest. The team accepted a job protecting Tazuna until his bridge in the Wave Country was completed, despite his doubts and concealed mission details.

• Team 7 completed twenty C-Rank missions, while Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke made progress in their training.
• Tenka selected an escort mission, and the Third Hokage registered Team 7 to protect Tazuna until his bridge was finished.
• Tazuna doubted the young team could protect him and asked the Third Hokage to assign him another team.
• The Third Hokage explained that Tazuna could cancel and repost the mission, but he would lose the fee he had already paid.
• Unwilling to spend more money, Tazuna agreed to continue the mission, and Tenka ordered the team to meet at Konoha's main gate in an hour.

Tenka led Team 7 and Tazuna toward the Wave Country, where the students killed two Kirigakure Chunin who ambushed them. When Zabuza appeared to attack Tazuna, he recognized Tenka as the White-Eyed Demon and abandoned the mission, leaving with Haku.

• Tenka warned Tazuna not to offend him before the team departed from Konoha.
• On the road, Naruto asked Tenka why he left after using one move, and Sakura explained that the Byakugan let Tenka see behind him.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura detected the Demon Brothers in a puddle and killed them as they attacked.
• Sakura identified the dead attackers as Kirigakure Chunin, and Tenka told his students not to get overconfident.
• After the team reached the Wave Country, Zabuza attacked and demanded that Tazuna be handed over.
• Zabuza recognized Tenka as the White-Eyed Demon, gave up the mission, and fled with Haku.

Zabuza and Haku followed the White-Eyed Demon's rules, killed Gato, and took his fortune before deciding to leave their lives as mercenaries behind. Meanwhile, Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto trained for a month and made major progress in their abilities.

• Zabuza explained to Haku that the White-Eyed Demon’s rules protected anyone under his care and that Gato would die for hiring an assassin against Tenka.
• Tenka told Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto that Gato and anyone else hired to attack them would not dare act against the rule, while they confronted Tazuna for lying about the mission’s rank.
• Zabuza and Haku killed Gato and found five bags of cash and money on bank cards at his shipping company.
• Zabuza told Haku not to send any of the money to the White-Eyed Demon and proposed that they settle somewhere snowy.
• After a month of training, Sasuke awakened his Double Tomoe Sharingan, Sakura mastered the Mystical Palm Technique and strengthened her punches, and Naruto learned to enter the Three-Tails state.