Chapter Summaries

Kanami and Hinata detected four approaching enemies and fought them as Kakashi protected Shion. Hinata and Kanami quickly defeated the attackers, leaving Naruto and Sasuke amazed by their abilities.

• Hinata used her Byakugan to spot four enemies and warned Kakashi as she prepared to defend Shion.
• Hinata struck an enemy with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, knocking him unconscious before he could attack.
• Kanami used a Flying Thunder God Kunai to close in on two retreating enemies and killed them with Chidori and Rasengan.
• Naruto asked how Kanami had passed through an Ice Pillar Technique, while Kakashi denied teaching him Chidori or Rasengan.
• Sasuke inwardly admired Kanami and Hinata's strength.

Kakashi and the others continued escorting Shion toward the Land of Swamps after Kanami and Hinata defeated three attackers. Underworld learned that his prophecy had gone awry and awakened the terracotta warriors as the team approached the Land of Swamps.

• Gu Sui asked if the danger had passed, but Shion warned that her prophetic dream showed him dying as Kakashi led the group onward.
• The surviving attacker reported to Underworld that three of his companions had been killed by Kanami and Hinata, whose appearances did not match Underworld's prophecy.
• Underworld realized that his divination had gone wrong, concluded that killing Shion was the key to resolving the crisis, and awakened the terracotta warriors.
• Kakashi's group continued along an unobstructed road while Hinata kept watch with her Byakugan until Kanami offered to take over the surveillance.
• Kakashi warned Naruto and Sasuke to stay alert as the Land of Swamps came into view.

Kanami and the others entered the Land of Swamps, where Underworld awakened an army of Terracotta Warriors to stop shrine maiden Shion. After Hinata spotted the living warriors inside the temple hall, Kanami rushed ahead to help Naruto and Sasuke, while Hinata followed him.

• Naruto and Sasuke raced toward the temple hall, with Kanami and Hinata flying after them and Kakashi following Shion and Gu Sui.
• Underworld sensed Shion's arrival and awakened thousands of Terracotta Warriors inside the temple hall.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to see the moving warriors, and Kanami warned Naruto and Sasuke to stop before rushing ahead himself.
• Kakashi learned that Shion recognized the creatures as Evil Spirits and hurried to take her to the temple hall, leaving Gu Sui behind.
• Hinata sped past Kakashi and Shion toward the temple hall to help Kanami.

Naruto destroyed the terracotta warriors with a thousand shadow clones, but the warriors regenerated and nearly killed him before Kanami rescued him. Kanami realized they would have to confront the Underworld and rely on Shion's priestess power to stop it.

• Naruto entered Sage Mode and used a thousand shadow clones to smash the terracotta warriors with Rasengan.
• Naruto celebrated his victory, but Kanami warned him that the terracotta warriors could regenerate.
• Sasuke spotted the warriors recovering and warned Naruto, but a mounted warrior lunged at him.
• Kanami used the Flying Thunder God Technique to pull Naruto to safety, then destroyed the mounted warrior with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
• More terracotta warriors climbed from the pit, and Kanami concluded that they needed to confront the Underworld with Shion's power.

Kanami, Hinata, and the others confronted the Terracotta Warriors at the temple, where Shion tried to face them alone but panicked when they attacked. Hinata and Kanami rescued her, and Kakashi declared that their escort mission would continue into the temple’s deepest part.

• Hinata arrived at the temple using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Kanami told Sasuke and Naruto to bring Shion while he handled the Terracotta Warriors.
• Kakashi arrived with Shion, who insisted that the shrine maiden’s duty was to suppress the evil spirits without outsiders’ help.
• Shion walked among the Terracotta Warriors, but panicked when they leaped at her and cried for help.
• Hinata swept the Terracotta Warriors away with her technique while Kanami protected Shion with Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall.
• Shion ran into Hinata’s arms and admitted she had forced herself to act tough.
• Kakashi said he had seen nothing and declared that the escort mission continued beyond the temple hall.

Kanami and Hinata escorted Shion through the Terracotta Warriors to the temple, where a barrier trapped them with Underworld and Mōryō. After Kanami drove Underworld back, Shion discovered she could not escape the barrier because Underworld claimed she was an Evil Spirit.

• Kanami used Wood Release to destroy most of the Terracotta Warriors, and Hinata carried Shion through the remaining blockade.
• Shion admitted that she could not fly and believed she was the weakest priestess, while Kanami recalled that she was meant to be the strongest.
• Kanami, Hinata, and Shion landed at the temple and were enclosed by a blue barrier as Naruto prepared to help and Kakashi stopped him.
• Underworld appeared inside the barrier, and Shion's bell briefly hurt him before he revealed that he had been pretending.
• Kanami blew Underworld out of the barrier with Wind Release, but Mōryō remained trapped inside it.
• Underworld charged at Shion, who found she could not leave the barrier, and he declared that she was an Evil Spirit like him.

Kanami used Dust Release to injure Underworld, but the Evil Spirit entered Shion’s body after Hinata’s attack failed. As Underworld tried to take control of Shion, Kanami and Hinata waited for her to respond.

• Underworld claimed Shion shared the Evil Spirits’ nature and tried to assimilate her, but Kanami’s Dust Release vaporized his black mist.
• Underworld warned that Shion would die if Kanami destroyed him, but Kanami recognized the threat as a lie and continued attacking.
• Underworld split into several masses of black mist and rushed Shion, while Hinata’s Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm failed to stop them from entering her body.
• Kanami told Hinata to wait and suggested using her Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion if the Evil Spirits took over Shion.
• Kanami encouraged Hinata to refuse people who made her uncomfortable, and Hinata admitted she worried others would stop playing with her.
• Underworld moved through Shion’s body and urged her to surrender control so they could rule the Ninja World.

Kanami discovered that a meteorite fragment inside Shion’s bell had suppressed her priestess power, then destroyed it so she could defeat the Evil Spirits. When Hinata questioned how Kanami knew about the bell, Shion claimed she had met him as a child, leaving Hinata alarmed by the sudden revelation of a childhood connection.

• Shion’s priestess power briefly flared but failed to stop Underworld from invading her body.
• Kanami examined Shion’s bell and realized a white meteorite fragment inside it was suppressing her power.
• Kanami crushed the bell and stone, unleashing Shion’s power so she burned away much of the Evil Spirits and forced Underworld out.
• Kanami vaporized Underworld with a white cube, and Shion woke as Hinata questioned Kanami’s knowledge of the bell and her mother.
• Shion said she and her mother had met Kanami when he was young and had told him about priestesses and the bell.
• Kanami played along with Shion’s account, while Hinata worried that Shion was a childhood sweetheart.

After Kanami and his companions defeated the Evil Spirits, Shion revealed that someone planned to open the Box of Bliss, though her prophecy could not identify them. Kanami recognized the pitch-black figure as Black Zetsu and decided to go to the Land of Grass to guard the box.

• Kanami comforted Hinata by introducing her as his wife, then destroyed Underworld after the Evil Spirits were eliminated.
• The group returned to the Land of Demons, where Shion confirmed that her earlier prophecy and curse had been broken.
• Kakashi asked Shion about a prophecy concerning someone opening the Box of Bliss, but she could not clearly see the person's identity.
• Kanami realized the pitch-black figure in Shion's vision was Black Zetsu and agreed with Kakashi to head to Hozuki Castle in the Land of Grass.
• On the journey back, Naruto said he felt he had not helped, and Kanami told Hinata he would bring her along to the Land of Grass.

Kanami and Hinata infiltrated Hozuki Castle in the Land of Grass, where they discovered that the Box of Bliss had already been opened and Gō was fighting Madara Uchiha. Kanami and Hinata arrived to watch as Madara attacked the distracted Gō.

• Kakashi rushed to the Hokage Office Building to ask Tsunade about the Flying Thunder God Technique, leaving Naruto and Sasuke behind.
• Kanami and Hinata traveled with Gyūki and Matatabi to the Land of Grass and used a Flying Thunder God kunai to enter Hozuki Castle.
• Hinata spotted a black monster and a Susanoo fighting, and Kanami realized Gō and Madara Uchiha were battling after the Box of Bliss had been opened.
• Kanami and Hinata flew toward the fight, where Kanami confirmed Madara was battling Gō and said he would welcome Gō's death.
• Black Zetsu noticed Kanami, and Madara struck at Gō while it was distracted.

Madara Uchiha fought Black Zetsu and Gō at Hozuki Castle, using Tengai Shinsei and Limbo: Border Jail to try to destroy them. After Gō escaped the meteor, Madara concluded that the red-haired boy’s account of Black Zetsu’s deception was largely true.

• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu continued their hours-long battle, with neither able to land a fatal blow.
• Madara Uchiha summoned a massive meteor with Tengai Shinsei and restrained Gō with Limbo: Border Jail.
• Kanami took Hinata Hyuga into the sky to escape the meteor’s impact.
• Gō broke free and dodged the meteor, which destroyed Hozuki Castle and killed the prisoners caught in its shockwave.
• Madara Uchiha accused Black Zetsu of deceiving him and said the red-haired boy’s explanation matched the truth.

Madara Uchiha mocked Black Zetsu and attacked him while Kanami and Hinata Hyuga stayed back, considering whether to eliminate both enemies. Black Zetsu’s taunts enraged Madara, but Gō broke free of his control and revealed its full power, prompting Madara to unleash his true Complete Body Susanoo.

• Kanami and Hinata Hyuga retreated and decided to let Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu weaken each other, though they discussed killing both.
• Black Zetsu revealed that he had manipulated Madara Uchiha, including by altering the Uchiha Stone Tablet and steering him toward awakening the Rinnegan.
• Black Zetsu taunted Madara about Hashirama Senju, and Madara attacked with a massive blue Eight Magatama as Gō took flight.
• Hinata Hyuga considered striking the pair with her Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, while Kanami encouraged her to kill them both.
• Madara launched another meteor, but Gō seized Black Zetsu and shattered the meteor with its immense strength and a Fire Release ninjutsu.
• Madara recognized that Black Zetsu had been limiting Gō’s power and activated his true Complete Body Susanoo, growing another pair of blue wings.

Kanami ordered Hinata Hyuga to use Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion against Madara Uchiha and Gō as they fought. Hinata’s attack cleaved Gō in half, while Madara survived the clash.

• Madara Uchiha and Gō exchanged punches as Hinata Hyuga asked Kanami whether she should take care of them.
• Kanami decided Hinata should use Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and she entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
• Gō kicked Madara Uchiha, who countered by charging his Susanoo Greatsword with Lightning Release.
• Hinata raised a golden chakra blade, while Gō grew stronger by devouring his own fear.
• Kanami urged Hinata to strike before Gō grew stronger, and she unleashed Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Gō’s Fire Release failed to stop the blade, which split him in half as he fled.

After Hinata Hyuga’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion carved a vast ravine into the earth and killed Gō, Kanami and Hinata confronted Madara Uchiha. Madara dismissed concerns about his deteriorating Impure World Reincarnation body and insisted he could still fulfill his goal of unifying the Ninja World.

• Hinata Hyuga worried that her attack had damaged Earth, and Kanami reassured her that the planet was intact.
• Madara Uchiha realized that Hinata might attack him next, while Kanami told her that her Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion could cut through Susanoo.
• Madara Uchiha objected to Kanami and Hinata discussing whether to kill him, and Kanami teased him about Hinata protecting her husband.
• Kanami told Madara Uchiha that his strength had fallen below a tenth of what it was and that his Impure World Reincarnation body would keep weakening.
• Madara Uchiha said he would fulfill his wish by unifying the Ninja World before his body’s restrictions became a problem.

Kanami told Madara that he could not gather the Tailed Beasts needed to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi. He revealed that the Eight-Tails was sealed inside him, only for Hinata to reveal that she had a Tailed Beast too.

• Kanami and Madara discussed Madara’s failed plan to use the Box of Bliss, and Kanami and Hinata found Black Zetsu’s remains near where Gō had died.
• Madara dismissed the Box of Bliss as useless but insisted he could still pursue the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Kanami explained that Madara would need to gather the Tailed Beasts and claimed two were beyond his reach.
• Kanami forcibly drew out some of Gyūki’s Chakra to show Madara that the Eight-Tails was sealed inside him.
• Hinata revealed Tailed Beast Chakra of her own, leaving Madara stunned that they each had a Tailed Beast sealed inside them.

Kanami persuaded Madara Uchiha to return to Konoha by warning him that other Otsutsuki forces threatened the planet, then brought him back with Hinata. The chapter left Madara in Konoha while Kanami used Wood Release to build him a house.

• Madara Uchiha warned Kanami and Hinata that becoming Tailed Beast Jinchuriki would bring fear and ostracism, but Kanami showed him Matatabi could leave Hinata freely.
• Kanami invited Madara Uchiha to return to Konoha and told him that Kaguya Otsutsuki came from elsewhere and another Otsutsuki was hiding in the Ninja World.
• Madara Uchiha resisted returning until Kanami threatened to have Hinata use the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, then agreed to go back with them.
• Kanami used Kamui to take the Box of Bliss from Hozuki Castle, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to bring Madara and Hinata back to Konoha.
• Kanami sent a Wood Clone to build Madara a house with Wood Release.

Feng An built a wooden house beside Madara Uchiha’s, and Tsunade let the unapproved construction stand because the land belonged to Feng An. Tsunade then became convinced that Feng An and Hinata might be expecting a child and left Shizune with her paperwork while she went to investigate.

• Feng An used Wood Release to build and furnish a house, then told Madara Uchiha they would be neighbors.
• An ANBU ninja reported the illegal construction to Tsunade, who dismissed the complaint after learning Feng An had built the house.
• Tsunade speculated that Feng An and Hinata might be having a child and decided to find out.
• Tsunade told Shizune her suspicions and said Konoha should bring gifts if they were true.
• Tsunade rushed away to investigate, leaving Shizune to face two towering stacks of paperwork.

Tsunade visited Kanami and Hinata after mistaking their new house for a sign that Hinata was pregnant. She discovered that the house was for Madara Uchiha, who had been revived and was living nearby.

• Tsunade delayed visiting Kanami to finish her shochu, then found Kanami and Hinata moving bedding into a newly built villa.
• Tsunade awkwardly asked whether Hinata was pregnant because Kanami had built another house, and Kanami told her the house was for someone else.
• Madara Uchiha came out of the house and told Kanami that the furniture was ready.
• Tsunade recognized Madara Uchiha as her grandfather's former lover and asked whether he had crawled out of the ground.
• Madara Uchiha explained that he had been revived, while Tsunade stared in disbelief.

Kanami explained why he had brought Madara Uchiha to Konoha and spent nearly half a year training while the village prolonged Madara and Hizashi Hyuga’s Impure World Reincarnation bodies. He and Hinata found Isobu at sea and attacked it, leaving Kanami ready to pursue as the Three-Tails tried to flee.

• Tsunade questioned Kanami about letting Madara Uchiha live in Konoha, and Kanami said he needed powerful allies against future enemies.
• Tsunade left after confirming that Hinata was not pregnant, and Kanami returned home.
• Over the next six months, Kanami trained, while Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Katasuke Tono worked to extend Madara and Hizashi Hyuga’s bodies’ lifespans.
• Kanami and Hinata searched the sea for Isobu until it erupted from the water and attacked them.
• Hinata dispersed Isobu’s water cannon with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, and Kanami activated Sage Mode as Isobu tried to escape.

Kanami and Hinata defeated Isobu and sealed him in one of Orochimaru’s special teapots before taking him to the Kamui Dimension. There, Isobu met the imprisoned Gyūki, who asked how Red-Hair had caught him.

• Kanami entered Sage Mode and Hinata entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode as they faced Isobu.
• Kanami used Wood Release and Dust Release to lift Isobu from the sea, injure him, bind him, and suppress him.
• Kanami compressed Isobu and sealed him inside a special teapot that prevented him from escaping.
• Kanami and Hinata sent the teapot into the Kamui Dimension and left using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Isobu found Gyūki in another teapot, and Gyūki asked how Red-Hair had caught him.