Chapter Summaries

Evil God Nami absorbed the Purple Mist curse from Yui and consumed a stone stele, but Yui was teleported away before Nami could investigate further. Elsewhere, Big Bear successfully performed the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring Yui back.

• Evil God Nami drained the Purple Mist curse from Yui, leaving only minor marks as Yui's wounds healed.
• The Red Ants abandoned their attack on the blood mist and scattered back into the desert.
• Evil God Nami absorbed the diamond-shaped stone stele into her blood-red eye, exhausting her stored blood energy.
• When spatial fluctuations began around Yui, Evil God Nami returned to Yui's horn, and Yui vanished in a burst of white smoke.
• A few minutes earlier, Big Bear performed the Reverse Summoning Technique with chakra from Nai Hyuga, and white smoke burst from the summoning seal.

Yui woke after the curse left her unconscious and found no visible signs of it, though Nai Hyuga noticed four dark purple dots on her arm. Yui told Nai what had happened with Kazama Ya, and Nai began examining her for lingering effects of the curse.

• Nai Hyuga checked Yui’s unconscious body and found her unharmed, but noticed four dark purple dots on her left forearm.
• Yui regained consciousness and found her skin clear, with the burning pain in her arm still troubling her.
• Yui tried to hide the curse from Nai Hyuga, but Nai questioned her about the curse and Kazama Ya.
• Yui recounted how Kazama Ya had ambushed and cursed her in the Red Ant Desert.
• Nai Hyuga urgently examined Yui’s body for any remaining signs of the curse.

Yui recovered in the Sealing Space and learned that Kazama Ya had transformed into someone resembling an Otsutsuki before escaping with the Gourd. She believed the Gourd could help them leave, just as Orochimaru and Big Bear arrived.

• Yui stopped Nai Hyuga from examining her further and insisted she felt no serious effects from the curse.
• Yui noticed Nai Hyuga's injury and healed her with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Nai Hyuga told Yui about her fight with Kazama Ya, who had gained a body resembling Yui's, complete with Byakugan and horns, before using the Gourd to escape.
• Yui suspected Kazama Ya was an Otsutsuki and told Nai Hyuga that the Gourd could help them escape the Sealing Space.
• Orochimaru and Big Bear arrived, and Orochimaru questioned Yui's claim that they could get out.

Nai Hyuga told Orochimaru that Kazama Ya had left the ruin, while Big Bear explained that Kazama Ya’s soul and body had been separated and that he had used Big Bear’s parents’ bodies to search for his own. Yui Hyuga connected this to their earlier theory about the ruin and proposed testing her possible way out, though she remained unsure what conditions they needed to meet.

• Orochimaru asked Nai Hyuga what had happened to Kazama Ya, and she said he had left the ruin’s space.
• Yui Hyuga admitted that she had found a possible way out but still needed to test it.
• Big Bear said Kazama Ya had told him his body and soul consciousness were separated, and that he had sought Big Bear’s help to find his body.
• Big Bear realized Kazama Ya had taken his parents’ bodies to use their invisibility ability, prompting Yui to reconsider their theory about escaping the ruin.
• Yui looked at the Gourd in her hand and suggested they test whether they could leave the space.

Yui tried to open the Gourd and release the purple mist that Nai Hyuga said had helped Kazama Ya escape through a spatial gate, hoping to use the Black Mist Vortex to leave their space. The Gourd held only water, leaving Yui and Nai Hyuga to wonder how the mist could be summoned.

• Yui reasoned that the Black Mist Vortex might serve as a spatial gate and decided to test the Gourd's purple mist.
• Nai Hyuga stopped Yui from opening the Gourd, warning that the purple mist was dangerous, but agreed to let her try after Yui explained it might help them escape.
• Yui told Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear to move away before she removed the Gourd's lid.
• No purple mist appeared, so Yui poured out the water stored inside the Gourd and wondered how to summon the mist.
• Yui recalled the purple curse spreading through her left hand, and Nai Hyuga watched her struggle to understand why the Gourd had produced no mist.

Yui figured out how to make the Gourd release purple mist by willing it to move, but the mist overwhelmed her consciousness before she could seal it. Nai Hyuga watched in alarm as Yui lost control.

• Nai Hyuga considered telling Yui how Kazama Ya had released purple mist from the Gourd, but decided Yui would work it out herself.
• Yui tried feeding chakra into the Gourd, but it had no effect, and she wondered whether using it required Susanoo.
• Remembering Big Bear had said she was the Gourd's owner, Yui willed it to spin and release purple mist.
• Yui sensed the mist weakening her body and consciousness, then tried to cover the Gourd but hesitated when she felt no danger.
• The purple mist overtook Yui, and she lost consciousness as Nai Hyuga watched, stunned that she had not put the lid on.

Yui Hyuga became unresponsive after purple mist emerged from the Gourd, prompting Nai Hyuga to rush to her aid. Orochimaru learned from Big Bear that the Gourd was needed to escape, then Yui awoke in a black-mist-filled place with a crushing heaviness in her head.

• Nai Hyuga noticed Yui was not moving and used the Body Flicker Technique to race toward her.
• Orochimaru asked Big Bear about the Gourd, and Big Bear said it had accepted Yui as its master and was needed to leave the space.
• Orochimaru asked whether the Gourd could seal things away, but Big Bear denied knowing and resolved not to reveal anything.
• Orochimaru wondered whether the Gourd was really the Totsuka Blade.
• Yui opened her eyes in a place filled with black mist and struggled with the heavy sensation in her head.

Yui regained awareness inside the Black Mist Vortex, where she was embracing Nai Hyuga and saw Orochimaru below them. Before Nai Hyuga woke her, Yui watched a huge vortex open and glimpsed something pale green emerging from it.

• Yui realized she was inside the Black Mist Vortex, apparently inhabiting the version of herself there.
• Yui used her Byakugan to survey the empty darkness and saw Nai Hyuga holding her and Orochimaru reaching for Nai’s ankle.
• Yui noticed a strange fluctuation that intensified into a large Black Mist Vortex.
• Yui felt Nai Hyuga waking her and, as her consciousness faded, glimpsed a small pale-green corner emerging from the vortex.

Yui recovered after being affected by the purple mist and told Nai Hyuga she had found clues to escaping. She suspected the Mirror was connected to the Black Mist Vortex, but hesitated to explain what she had seen when Orochimaru and a bear approached.

• Nai Hyuga checked Yui after she collapsed and found her breathing and heartbeat were steady.
• Yui woke, remembered entering the Black Mist Vortex, and told Nai Hyuga she had found clues to escaping.
• Yui retrieved the Mirror from the Stone Tower and saw the Black Mist Vortex swirling across its surface.
• Yui considered whether the Mirror showed events inside the vortex in real time.
• Yui prepared to tell Nai Hyuga what the purple mist had shown her, then stopped when Orochimaru and a bear approached.

Yui discovered that the purple mist had returned her consciousness to her real body inside the Black Mist Vortex, and she suspected the Mirror could reveal what happened there. She proposed testing whether its images were shown in real time by letting the mist affect her again.

• Yui used the Mirror to confirm that Nai Hyuga was not using Nine-Tails Chakra Mode inside the Black Mist Vortex.
• Big Bear and Orochimaru arrived, and Yui told them the purple mist had revealed clues that might help them escape.
• Yui explained her theory that their consciousnesses had been displaced from real bodies inside the Black Mist Vortex, connecting the purple mist, Kazama Ya’s escape, and the Mirror.
• Yui asked Nai Hyuga to watch the Mirror while she let the purple mist affect her again and explored the space inside the Black Mist Vortex.
• Yui admitted she could not be certain her discoveries would help them escape, and Orochimaru nodded after hearing her explanation.

Yui tested whether the Mirror could show events inside the Black Mist Vortex in real time while Orochimaru, Nai Hyuga, and Big Bear watched. The Mirror showed Yui moving inside the vortex, confirming her theory, while Big Bear remained unable to voice their concern about not having an original body there.

• Orochimaru asked to enter the Black Mist Vortex, but Yui refused to let anyone else be affected by the purple mist until they understood its effects.
• Yui asked Nai Hyuga to watch the Mirror for signs that her counterpart inside it would wake, then prepared to enter the vortex again.
• Big Bear tried to tell Yui they might not have an original body inside the vortex, but could not bring themself to ask before Yui left.
• Yui opened the Gourd, inhaled its purple mist, and lost consciousness before awakening in her original body inside the Black Mist Vortex.
• Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear watched the Mirror as Yui's body began moving, and Nai concluded that it showed events inside the vortex in real time.

Yui explored the weightless, pitch-black space inside the Black Mist Vortex while Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear watched her through the Mirror. When Yui flew beyond its view, the anxious observers considered whether they could control what the Mirror displayed.

• Yui regained consciousness in the black mist space, activated her Byakugan, and found no sign of the emerald green sight she had glimpsed earlier.
• Yui broke free from Nai Hyuga's embrace, discovered she could move freely without gravity, and created a Shadow Clone.
• Yui asked her Shadow Clone to take her place in Nai Hyuga's arms, then flew into the darkness to search for a way out.
• Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear became anxious after Yui flew beyond the Mirror's field of view.
• Orochimaru urged Nai Hyuga to test whether the Mirror could move its image, and Big Bear suggested she might control the area it displayed.

Nai Hyuga discovered she could control the Mirror’s viewpoint with her thoughts and used it to find Yui in the Black Mist Space. Yui continued exploring until she realized she was nearing the limit of her reference points, but she still had no clue how to escape.

• Orochimaru suggested that Nai Hyuga try controlling the Mirror with her thoughts, and she successfully made its image shift left.
• Nai Hyuga used the Mirror to catch up with Yui, while Orochimaru and Big Bear watched anxiously.
• Nai Hyuga reported that controlling the Mirror increased her chakra consumption but caused no other noticeable effects.
• Yui used Flying Ninjutsu to explore the Black Mist Space, convinced that the emerald-green corner she had seen earlier was real.
• Yui stopped after flying roughly three kilometers, realizing she might lose her bearings if she went farther from the three figures behind her.

Yui flew deeper into the Black Mist Space and discovered a Black Mist Vortex slowly forming ahead of her. She watched it develop and began considering why it had appeared there.

• Yui used Flying Ninjutsu to travel deeper into the Black Mist Space while scanning her surroundings with the Byakugan.
• Nai Hyuga, Orochimaru, and Big Bear watched Yui through a mirror, and Nai demonstrated that Yui was moving forward by briefly stopping the viewpoint.
• Yui detected a faint disturbance above her and stopped to observe it rather than approach.
• The disturbance expanded and began swirling, leading Yui to recognize it as a Black Mist Vortex forming slowly.
• Yui deactivated her Byakugan and considered whether the vortex was drawing black mist out of the space, then focused on finding out why it had appeared.

Yui created a Shadow Clone to investigate the Black Mist Vortex, but a terrifying sensation of being watched interrupted her. As Yui fled through the Black Mist Space, Nai Hyuga and Orochimaru realized the Mirror had reacted to Nai's chakra, and Nai seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.

• Yui summoned a Shadow Clone, which entered the Black Mist Vortex before Yui could give it instructions.
• Yui sensed an eerie gaze, activated her Byakugan, and found that the sensation had vanished along with the vortex and her clone.
• Yui fled deeper into the Black Mist Space, wondering whether Nai Hyuga's Mirror had caused the feeling of being watched.
• At the Red Ant Desert, Nai Hyuga admitted that her actions had made Yui nervous, while Orochimaru questioned her about the Mirror's ripple.
• Nai Hyuga focused on the Mirror and appeared to discover something extraordinary.

Nai Hyuga discovered that pouring a large amount of chakra into the Mirror could connect it to the Black Mist Space, causing Yui to sense that she was being watched. After Nai explained what happened to Orochimaru and Big Bear, Yui relaxed and considered what her Shadow Clone might have found in the Black Mist Vortex.

• Nai Hyuga recalled how sunlight and chakra had revealed the Mirror's connection to the Black Mist Space.
• Nai Hyuga poured a large amount of chakra into the Mirror, causing its image to ripple and an unfamiliar aura to emerge from the Black Mist Space.
• Yui sensed that she was being watched and turned toward the Mirror, so Nai Hyuga reduced the chakra flow and restored the normal image.
• Nai Hyuga confirmed to Orochimaru and Big Bear that she had caused the strange occurrence, then began explaining her discovery.
• Yui decided her earlier sense of being watched had been mistaken and wondered what her Shadow Clone had discovered inside the Black Mist Vortex.

Yui’s Shadow Clone awoke trapped in dense spider silk in an unknown space and used Fire Release to escape. A giant spider emerged from underground, and Yui prepared to fight it.

• Yui’s Shadow Clone woke in darkness and used her Byakugan to discover she was bound in sticky white threads.
• Yui suspected the threads were spider silk and tried to pull and cut them, but they proved too tough.
• Yui used the Great Fireball Technique to melt the silk and cut herself free with a heated kunai.
• A giant spider burst out of the ground, and Yui burned a safe zone around herself before readying for battle.

Yui fought a giant spider whose scythe-like forelimbs could slice through webs and defenses, while her Shadow Clone’s limited chakra made victory uncertain. After dodging its attacks and countering with Lightning Release and water techniques, she launched a Water Arrow at its face, which it could not block in time.

• Yui examined the giant spider and watched it cut through the webs with its sharp forelimbs as it charged toward her.
• The spider deflected Yui’s kunai and slashed at her, but she dodged and used Water Formation Wall to escape its follow-up attack.
• Yui assessed the burned clearing and prepared to counterattack while searching for a route to flee.
• Yui struck at the spider with Lightning Release Sword Aura, but it intercepted her attack with its forelimbs.
• Yui fired a Swift Water Arrow at the spider’s face, and it failed to raise its forelimbs in time to block it.

Yui’s Shadow Clone fought the giant spider and discovered that it hid inside its silk to launch surprise attacks and feared fire. She began burning away the webbing, but the spider escaped the flames and remained concealed.

• Yui’s Water Arrow struck the giant spider, but it caused no damage.
• Yui dodged the spider’s attacks after realizing it vanished into the surrounding silk.
• Yui recognized that the spider needed the webbing to conceal itself and planned to burn it away.
• Yui hit the spider with her Great Fireball Technique and saw that it was afraid of fire.
• Yui continued burning the silk, but the spider retreated somewhere safe and escaped another hit.

Yui used Fire Release to burn the giant spider to death, then considered how to explore the web-filled space without exhausting her chakra. She realized the spider’s sharp foreleg could cut through the webs and planned to use it to make a path.

• Yui maintained her Fire Release until the giant spider stopped screaming and lay motionless.
• Yui tested the spider with a kunai and her Byakugan, then confirmed that she had burned it to death.
• Yui reasoned that the spider had been drawn by her attack on its webs and saw no sign of other spiders nearby.
• Yui rejected exploring the spider’s deep cave and noticed one of its sharp forelegs beside her.
• Yui realized the foreleg might cut through the webs and provide a low-chakra way to explore.