Chapter Summaries

Uncle Starry Night spent time with Kimimaro and the others before joining Kimimaro and Ling Yi on the moon for a training battle. Kimimaro revealed that Ling Yi possessed an unawakened Tenseigan, and Uncle Starry Night and Ling Yi began fighting to test their strength and help Ling Yi awaken it.

• Uncle Starry Night answered the group’s questions at the banquet, and Orochimaru grew curious about how the other world had changed everyone’s lives.
• Kimimaro showed Uncle Starry Night the differences he had brought to this Naruto World over the following days.
• Kimimaro gathered Uncle Starry Night and Ling Yi at the moon’s Otsutsuki ruins and asked them to fight while he observed.
• Kimimaro revealed that Ling Yi had inherited the Sage Body and Sage Eye but had yet to awaken his Tenseigan, and asked Uncle Starry Night to help him awaken it.
• Uncle Starry Night and Ling Yi drew their weapons and charged at each other to begin the battle.

Hoshi and Ling Yi fought at full strength on the Lunar Ruins, with Ling Yi's Shikotsumyaku making him a difficult opponent despite Hoshi's superior swordsmanship. Ling Yi trapped Mikazuki Munechika and launched a sudden attack, leaving Hoshi facing the Dance of the Nine-Layered Fern.

• Hoshi and Ling Yi traded blows, matching each other in strength before fighting with rapid sword and bone attacks.
• Kimimaro watched with the Tenseigan and judged that Hoshi's swordsmanship gave him the advantage unless Ling Yi awakened the Tenseigan.
• Ling Yi used Shikotsumyaku in unpredictable ways to evade Hoshi's strikes and counter with bone spikes.
• As his Chakra dwindled, Ling Yi let Hoshi pierce his shoulder, then grew bone around Mikazuki Munechika to trap it.
• Ling Yi erupted into a Humanoid Sea Urchin, forcing Hoshi to use Dance of the Startled Swan to escape the attack.
• Before Hoshi could stabilize, Ling Yi appeared behind him and called out Dance of the Nine-Layered Fern.

Ling Yi fought Hoshi with his Bone Armor, but Hoshi outmaneuvered him and nearly struck a decisive blow. Facing the attack, Ling Yi awakened his Tenseigan, repelled Hoshi, and discovered his Chakra, strength, and perception had greatly increased.

• Ling Yi transformed into White Bone Armor and charged Hoshi, but Hoshi used Dance of the Startled Swan to evade and was struck by Ling Yi's Bone Tail.
• Ling Yi pursued Hoshi and attacked, but Hoshi's Shadow Clone burst into smoke as his real body used Transparency Release and Dance of the Startled Swan to counterattack.
• Hoshi kicked Ling Yi to the ground and thrust Mikazuki Munechika toward him with powerful Wind Release Chakra.
• Ling Yi's Tenseigan awakened, releasing an Invisible Repulsion Force that sent Hoshi flying away.
• Ling Yi felt his Chakra and strength return, saw Hoshi and his Chakra flow with new clarity, and thanked Uncle Starry Night.

Ling Yi tested his newly awakened Tenseigan Chakra Mode against Hoshi, whose Sage Mode and Seventh Gate let him withstand the Six Paths-level power. The fight continued as Hoshi demonstrated that his immense physical strength could produce Vacuum Sword Qi capable of cutting through Ling Yi’s chakra-absorbing orbs.

• Hoshi saw Ling Yi’s Tenseigan awaken and challenged him to a fight.
• Ling Yi’s green orb absorbed Hoshi’s Wind Release Chakra and destroyed part of the Otsutsuki Ruins after Hoshi dodged it.
• Hoshi entered Sage Mode and activated the Seventh Gate, saying he could maintain the state for about five minutes.
• Ling Yi charged at Hoshi and fired dozens of green orbs, but Hoshi dodged most of them at tremendous speed.
• Hoshi cut an unavoidable orb in half with Vacuum Sword Qi created by compressing air through physical force alone.

Hoshi and Ling Yi exchanged powerful attacks in the ruins of the Otsutsuki Clan, and Hoshi eventually activated Extreme Intent Slash. When Ling Yi unleashed a vast bone forest, Kimimaro intervened to shield his son while Hoshi appeared outside the attack’s range.

• Ling Yi hurled a Truth-Seeking Orb spear and attacked Hoshi with Dance of the Larch, but Hoshi knocked the spear aside and kicked Ling Yi away.
• Ling Yi used Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion to blast Hoshi into a crater, leaving Hoshi badly injured.
• Hoshi climbed from the crater, sheathed Mikazuki Munechika, and activated Extreme Intent Slash with the Sword of Kusanagi and Mikazuki Munechika at his waist.
• Ling Yi tried to interrupt Hoshi with gravity and green spheres, but Hoshi evaded them while holding his Iaido stance.
• Ling Yi unleashed Dance of the Clematis: Vine across a two-hundred-meter radius, and Hoshi and Kimimaro vanished before the bone spikes struck.
• Hoshi reappeared beyond the Bone Forest as Kimimaro appeared at its center and raised skeletal arms to protect Ling Yi.

Hoshi’s ultimate sword strike felled the Bone Forest and cracked Kimimaro’s Truth-Seeking Orb, but Kimimaro stopped the final blow with a punch and revealed that he had been injured. After Kimimaro reassured Hoshi that Ling Yi would recover, Hoshi checked his Sword Heart System and found that defeating Ling Yi had raised his swordsmanship experience to 270/500.

• Hoshi’s Blue-Silver X-shaped blade lights cut down the Bone Forest and shattered the skeletal palms protecting Kimimaro and Ling Yi.
• Kimimaro formed a black sphere from Truth-Seeking Orbs, but Hoshi’s final blade light cracked it open.
• Kimimaro halted Hoshi’s last strike with a punch, shattering the blade light and revealing cracks in his armguard.
• Kimimaro carried the unconscious Ling Yi to Hoshi and said Ling Yi would recover after a night’s sleep.
• Hoshi checked his Sword Heart System and saw that defeating Kaguya Ling Yi had earned him 70 experience, bringing his Grandmaster-level Swordsmanship to 270/500.

After defeating Ling Yi, Hoshi earned enough experience to draw Myriad Swords Pavilion, a sword-copying skill with an explosive Storm Style technique. He activated it beside Kimimaro, and its Sword Shadow began taking the shape of Mikazuki Munechika.

• Hoshi received seventy experience points for defeating Ling Yi, bringing his total to 270 and unlocking a skill draw.
• Hoshi drew Myriad Swords Pavilion, which let him copy and materialize remembered blades and swords using Chakra, with weapons exploding when their durability ran out.
• Hoshi learned that Myriad Swords Pavilion's Extreme Intent technique advanced into Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship: Storm Style, and Dance of the Startled Swan gained a sixth charge.
• Hoshi left the System Space and told Kimimaro about his new skill, prompting Kimimaro to compare it to Unlimited Blade Works and ask for a demonstration.
• Hoshi activated Myriad Swords Pavilion, and its pale blue Sword Shadow transformed until it resembled Mikazuki Munechika.

Hoshi tested Myriad Swords Pavilion on the moon, creating explosive Flying Swords that impressed him and Kimimaro. The next day, Kimimaro entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode to test Hoshi’s Storm Style, and Hoshi began the attack with both of their auras surging.

• Hoshi tested a counterfeit Mikazuki Munechika and found that it exploded after its durability ran out, with roughly the power of a C-rank Ninjutsu.
• Hoshi created and launched dozens of Flying Swords, blasting a huge crater into the moon’s surface.
• Kimimaro stopped Hoshi from making more weapons and asked him to demonstrate Storm Style after its cooldown ended.
• The next day, Kimimaro entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode with nine Truth-Seeking Orbs to face Hoshi at the Moon Training Ground.
• Hoshi entered the Extreme Intent Slash state and unleashed Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship: Storm Style.

Hoshi unleashed Extreme Ghost Swordsmanship: Storm against Kimimaro, trapping him in a sword formation that slowed and controlled everything inside it. Hoshi destroyed Kimimaro’s Anti-Susanoo Armor with twenty sword strikes, leaving Kimimaro exposed to the final and strongest blade.

• Hoshi’s sword aura erupted, and Kimimaro answered by entering Sage Mode and forming his Anti-Susanoo Armor.
• Hoshi drew Mikazuki Munechika and created a sword formation that enclosed the giant armor in a field of increasing gravity.
• Kimimaro used his Tenseigan’s repulsion to counter the formation’s gravity, but Hoshi appeared and knocked aside the armor’s descending Bone Blade.
• Hoshi moved through the formation at growing speed, shattering the armor’s shoulder and then striking its waist and other parts while its movements slowed.
• Hoshi’s twenty sword strikes collapsed the Anti-Susanoo Armor, and Kimimaro prepared to block the final Mikazuki Munechika strike.

Hoshi and Kimimaro fought a devastating duel on the moon, and Hoshi gained experience from their repeated sparring over nearly three years. Still twenty experience points short of Sword Saint-level, Hoshi decided to leave and seek the rest on his own.

• Hoshi and Kimimaro unleashed their final techniques against each other, shattering the Sword Domain and devastating the Otsutsuki Ruins.
• After the battle, Hoshi learned the system had awarded him thirty experience points for a draw, and Kimimaro agreed to keep sparring with him.
• Over nearly three years, Hoshi fought Kimimaro every ten days or half a month and advanced to Grandmaster-level Swordsmanship: 480/500.
• After another spar, Hoshi told Kimimaro he planned to return to his original world instead of continuing to farm experience, leaving twenty points to earn himself.

After three years in the past, Hoshi used the Dragon Pulse to return to his own time, where Tsunade and Jiraiya had been waiting for him. The chapter ended with Hoshi reappearing just as Jiraiya was about to enter the rampaging Dragon Pulse.

• Hoshi told Kimimaro he was ready to return to his world, and Konoha held a farewell party for him.
• At the Rōran Ruins, Hoshi said goodbye to Kimimaro, Ling Yi, Tsunade, and the others before entering the Dragon Pulse.
• Hoshi used Summoning Jutsu and his space-time techniques to locate his world's coordinates and vanish into the Dragon Pulse.
• In the Country of Roran, Tsunade tried to rush into the rampaging Dragon Pulse, but Jiraiya held her back.
• Jiraiya prepared to enter the Dragon Pulse himself, but Hoshi reached out, grabbed him, and announced that he had returned.

Hayate Hoshi returned to Rōran after three years away, reunited with Tsunade, and staged his continued absence so he could investigate the people who had attacked him. He left the desert with Tsunade and Jiraiya, then asked them to catch him up on events in the Ninja World.

• Hoshi emerged from the Dragon Pulse, and Tsunade rushed into his arms and wept over his three-year absence.
• Hoshi told Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Sara not to reveal his return, then explained what had happened and made a plan with them.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya left Rōran as if they had given up waiting for Hoshi, prompting Black Zetsu to recall the White Zetsu assigned there.
• Hoshi followed Tsunade and Jiraiya under Transparency Release, confirmed that their pursuer had left, and said he knew little about the mysterious Akatsuki organization.
• Jiraiya explained that he planned to travel with Nonō for half the year while continuing to investigate the Child of Prophecy.
• As they traveled toward Konoha, Hoshi asked Tsunade and Jiraiya to tell him about major events from the past three years.

During the journey home, Tsunade and Jiraiya told Hoshi how the Ninja World had changed during his three-year absence, including upheaval in the major villages and the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha. Hoshi realized Black Zetsu had likely influenced many events and, now that he had returned, would make it harder for him to continue his plans.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya told Hoshi that Killer B had fought the Fourth Raikage A, fled Cloud Village, and remained missing despite an extensive search.
• Bunpuku’s death released the One-Tail, which Rasa sealed into his son Gaara, while Rōshi vanished after a mysterious attacker struck near Iwagakure.
• A coup in Mist Village killed Yagura and many bloodline ninja, leaving the village divided between Genji’s pro-Konoha faction and the independence faction.
• A mysterious attacker released the Nine-Tails in Konoha on the night Kushina gave birth, and Minato sealed it into Naruto after Kagetsu and others helped subdue it.
• The Little Nine-Tails returned to Kushina’s body and saved her, though Akimichi Qufeng and Might Duy died and Hiruzen suffered serious injuries.
• After hearing the account, Hoshi suspected Black Zetsu had shaped many of the events and resolved that his return would hinder Black Zetsu’s plans.

Hoshi returned to Konoha after three years away and reunited with Tsunade and his mother, Rie. He learned that Nawaki had a child while he was gone and promised Rie that he would give the family a grandson.

• Hoshi returned to Konoha with the other two and reunited with Tsunade in their bedroom.
• Hoshi and Tsunade spent the night together, and he felt at peace waking beside her the next morning.
• Hoshi and Tsunade met Rie in the courtyard, where she scolded him for being gone for three years and then checked that he was unharmed.
• Hoshi promised Rie that he would stay home and keep her company, and she urged him to give the Hayate Clan an heir.
• Tsunade told Hoshi that Nawaki's child had been born the year Hoshi disappeared.

Hoshi and Tsunade disguised themselves and visited Konoha’s young children, including Tenten, Senju Shinji, and Naruto. They ended the day at Minato and Kushina’s home, where Naruto wondered what Hoshi’s relationship to him was.

• Hoshi and Tsunade disguised themselves, bought gifts in Konoha’s commercial district, and visited Mandiant Hall, where Hoshi met little Tenten.
• Hoshi and Tsunade visited Nawaki and his family at the Senju Clan Compound, where they met three-year-old Senju Shinji.
• Hoshi visited the Hokage’s Office, and Minato sent a Shadow Clone to take Hoshi and Tsunade to meet Naruto.
• Hoshi and Tsunade watched Naruto play with Uzumaki children, and Minato’s Shadow Clone led the boy home with them.
• Kushina welcomed Hoshi and Tsunade at home, while Naruto puzzled over whether Hoshi was his grandteacher or his uncle.

Hoshi and Minato discussed the mysterious Mangekyō Sharingan user's Oblivion Star and how Konoha could prepare for his return. The next day, Hoshi visited Sakumo, where Kakashi challenged him to a spar.

• Minato told Hoshi that the attacker who used Oblivion Star had also attacked Kushina on the day Naruto was born.
• Minato described how the attacker vanished after using Oblivion Star on himself, and he and Hoshi speculated that it was a second ability linked to the first.
• Hoshi recommended that the Uzumaki Clan develop a barrier-type Sealing Jutsu to block perception and conceal Konoha Interior's strength.
• Hoshi left Minato's home and visited Sakumo the next day, resuming their friendship over drinks.
• Kakashi asked Hoshi to spar with him after years of wondering how strong Hoshi was.

Kakashi challenged Hoshi to measure himself against a legendary fighter, and Hoshi accepted the spar. The chapter ended with Hoshi effortlessly blocking Kakashi’s lightning-fast strike and criticizing his sword-drawing technique.

• Kakashi asked Hoshi to spar, and Sakumo welcomed the chance for his son to see the gap between them.
• Hoshi stood across from Kakashi without drawing Mikazuki Munechika, frustrating Kakashi with his casual demeanor.
• Kakashi charged with White Fang, unleashing a swift Lightning Release strike.
• Hoshi drew and blocked Kakashi’s attack so quickly that Kakashi could barely see what had happened.
• Hoshi told Kakashi that his speed was passable but his drawing motion was too rough, asking whether Sakumo had taught him that way.

Hoshi exposed the flaws in Kakashi’s swordsmanship, then overwhelmed him with flexible attacks and advice. He left Kakashi shaken by a glimpse of his true aura and told Sakumo to handle Kakashi’s recovery.

• Kakashi charged Hoshi again, but Hoshi easily deflected his attacks and criticized his rigid technique and reliance on Lightning Release Chakra.
• Hoshi counterattacked with flexible strikes, repeatedly hitting Kakashi until he dropped to his knees.
• Hoshi advised Kakashi to either focus on Lightning Release or set it aside while improving his swordsmanship, and suggested he spar with Kagetsu in the Anbu.
• Kakashi asked to see Hoshi’s true strength, and Hoshi released a terrifying aura that forced Kakashi to his knees again.
• Hoshi withdrew his aura and returned to Tsunade, who teased him for bullying Kakashi, while Hoshi left Kakashi’s psychological recovery to Sakumo.

Hoshi and Tsunade visited the Uchiha Clan, where they found Obito on a date with Rin and reunited with Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke. Watching the children joke and play, Hoshi felt reassured that his choices had helped the Uchiha live more happily.

• Hoshi and Tsunade visited the Hyuga Clan and saw Hinata hiding behind Neji, who comforted her like an older brother.
• Hoshi decided not to raise the Caged Bird Seal with Hiashi yet and continued with Tsunade to the Uchiha Clan Compound.
• Hoshi and Tsunade found Obito and Rin on a date near Kagetsu's home, and Hoshi startled them by coughing from the bushes.
• Obito mistook Hoshi for a ghost after his three-year disappearance, and Hoshi warned him not to say that again.
• Shisui, Itachi, and Sasuke emerged from hiding, teased Obito, and greeted Hoshi and Tsunade.
• Hoshi watched the children play together and felt that his decisions about the Uchiha Clan had been right.

Hayate Hoshi and Tsunade visited the Uchiha Clan Compound, where Fugaku cautiously welcomed them and left his sons with them. After spending an hour with Itachi and Sasuke, Hoshi reunited with his returning disciple Kagetsu.

• Fugaku arrived to greet Tsunade, then recognized Hoshi and worried that he had kept him waiting.
• Fugaku introduced Itachi and Sasuke to Hoshi and Tsunade and invited them to dinner.
• Hoshi declined the meal and told Fugaku he had come to visit Kagetsu and announce his return.
• Fugaku said Kagetsu would be back in about an hour, then left Itachi and Sasuke with Hoshi and Tsunade.
• Hoshi and Tsunade entertained Itachi, Sasuke, Obito, and the others while they waited for Kagetsu.
• Kagetsu returned, called out to Hoshi, and embraced her teacher after three years apart.