Recaps

Hyuga Akira suspected the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were targeting him, handed battlefield command to Uchiha Fugaku, and flew into the Land of Bears to confront them. He trapped the Mist forces in his awakening field and began fighting, but the chapter ended as he launched a Lightning Dragon Tornado against Hiramekarei.

• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed eliminating Hyuga Akira because he was interfering with their plans for Nagato.
• Hyuga Akira assessed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen as a threat and gave Uchiha Fugaku command of the camp before flying toward the Land of Bears.
• Uchiha Fugaku ordered the shinobi to follow and support Hyuga Akira as he drew out the Mist forces.
• Hyuga Akira spotted the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and Kirigakure Anbu through the fog, then waited for them at an open spot.
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen arrived and taunted Hyuga Akira, who activated his awakening skill and fought Munashi Jinpachi and Kushimaru Kuriarare.
• Hyuga Akira took to the sky and unleashed Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Tornado as Hiramekarei was released.

Hyuga Akira defeated Kirigakure’s first Seven Ninja Swordsmen and gained a second set of their blades, which he combined into the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword. He upgraded his equipment and, after declaring the Seven Ninja Swordsmen finished, watched their original blades vanish as Kirigakure reclaimed them.

• Hyuga Akira used his domain and powerful Wind and Fire Release attacks to defeat the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, earning experience and a victory announcement.
• Hyuga Akira received two sets of the seven ninja blades and forged one set with the Sure-Hit Bow into the Ame-no-Murakumo Sword.
• Hyuga Akira discarded outdated equipment in the Furnace, created and equipped the Hollow, and converted the Spider Ring into essence.
• Hyuga Akira reviewed his gains, including seventeen Devil Fruit fragments, and decided he wanted to collect enough fragments for a Mythical Zoan.
• Uchiha Jin arrived, and Hyuga Akira told him Kirigakure’s Seven Ninja Swordsmen were finished.
• The seven original ninja blades disappeared, and Hyuga Akira spotted a white figure moving underground as Kirigakure reclaimed them.

After three quiet years on the Kirigakure front, Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi warned him about rising trouble in the Land of Wind but kept him on standby. Akira then confronted Danzo about his appointment and the fruitless mission to obtain a Sharingan, leaving Danzo unable to pressure him.

• An Anbu member delivered Hyuga Akira's transfer orders after three years of peace on the Kirigakure front, and Akira returned to Konoha with Uchiha shinobi.
• Hyuga Akira confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi about leaving him at the front for three years, and Hiruzen explained that unrest in the Land of Wind might lead to war.
• Hyuga Akira asked about Hatake Sakumo and learned that Sakumo had recovered from a period of despair, though Hiruzen Sarutobi believed the incident still affected him.
• Danzo questioned Hyuga Akira about his closeness with the Uchiha, but Akira showed him his frontline commander appointment and declared them equals.
• Hyuga Akira complained that the Uchiha and Mist Ninja had prevented him from fighting or obtaining a Sharingan, then offered Danzo his Byakugan instead.

Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha, freed the Root Shinobi loyal to him from their control seals, and confronted Hatake Sakumo about his wish to die. He later learned that Nawaki had secretly awakened Wood Release, though Orochimaru and Tsunade had warned him to keep it hidden.

• Danzo warned Hyuga Akira to avoid rash moves and promised to assign him missions after attention around him died down.
• Hyuga Akira returned home, reunited with Hyuga Xia Nai and Machi, and accepted the loyalty of the Root Shinobi gathered by Machi.
• Hyuga Akira used Exorcism to remove the Root Shinobi's Cursed Tongue Eradication Seals and give them new lives.
• Hyuga Akira confronted Hatake Sakumo and recognized that Sakumo wanted to die, but Sakumo left after telling him he would be waiting for him to kill him.
• Hatake Sakumo spent time with Kakashi and invited him out for yakiniku, while Kakashi struggled to understand his father's unusual warmth.
• Nawaki showed Hyuga Akira that he had developed Wood Release and revealed that Orochimaru and Tsunade knew about it and had told him not to tell anyone.

Hyuga Akira warned Nawaki to grow stronger and watched Hatake Sakumo spend a final night with Kakashi before confronting him. Akira brought Sakumo into a created battle space and attacked, while Sakumo declared that he had to stop Akira from becoming Konoha’s darkness.

• Hyuga Akira urged Nawaki to grow stronger and discussed his Wood Release and Minato Namikaze’s mastery of Flying Thunder God.
• Hyuga Akira, Nawaki, and Minato saw Hatake Sakumo walking with Kakashi and chose not to interrupt their reunion.
• That night, Sakumo congratulated the sleeping Kakashi on becoming a Chunin, then left him and met Hyuga Akira.
• Hyuga Akira took Sakumo into a space created with Yin Release and deployed his Game Instance skill for their fight.
• Akira attacked Sakumo with flame arrows, but Sakumo evaded the explosions and said he had to cut Akira down before he became Konoha’s darkness.

Hyuga Akira revealed that he had replaced the Daimyo and manipulated Hatake Sakumo’s downfall, then fought him in a prolonged battle. Hatake Sakumo died in combat, while Akira declared him the first sacrifice to his new era.

• Hyuga Akira admitted to Hatake Sakumo that he had impersonated the Daimyo and engineered events in the Land of Wind on someone else’s orders.
• Hatake Sakumo attacked Akira, who revealed that the supposed comrades were Root Shinobi, and the two exchanged powerful techniques.
• Hyuga Akira recovered from his injuries and entered Hollowfication, matching Hatake Sakumo’s speed and fighting him with two weapons.
• Hyuga Akira and Hatake Sakumo battled for three days until both were exhausted and unable to keep fighting.
• Hatake Sakumo said his disappointment in Konoha had led him to this point, and Akira told him he would be remembered as Konoha’s White Fang.
• Hatake Sakumo and Akira exchanged a final strike, and Hatake Sakumo died on the battlefield.

Hyuga Akira recovered after defeating Hatake Sakumo, then concealed Sakumo’s death while Konoha searched for him. Akira absorbed Sakumo’s swordsmanship and considered his growing strength as war approached.

• Hyuga Akira used a level-up to heal his injuries and learned that Hatake Sakumo had gone missing.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Akira and the others to search for Sakumo, while Danzo and Hiruzen wondered whether Akira was involved.
• Hyuga Akira sent Minato Namikaze and Nawaki to search, while he rested and kept Sakumo’s burial place secret.
• Hyuga Akira obtained Sakumo’s swordsmanship rewards and absorbed his lifetime of swordsmanship experience.
• Hyuga Akira considered using Impure World Reincarnation but postponed it, then decided to save experience for Fire Release and Wind Release as war approached.

Hyuga Akira accompanied Miroku to the Land of Demons, where Moryo had escaped and unleashed the Undead Army. He began destroying the army with his techniques while Yomi watched from the altar and Miroku revered him.

• Miroku led Hyuga Akira into the Land of Demons and showed him the marching stone soldiers of the Undead Army.
• Hyuga Akira summoned Hellfire, a Demon Fox, and tornadoes to attack the Undead Army, gaining experience as he destroyed the soldiers.
• Hyuga Akira unleashed his Gaia Energy Cannon and continued bombarding the army, ignoring the dropped Soul Reaper skills.
• Yomi watched the explosions from the altar and recoiled when he sensed Hyuga Akira looking toward him.
• Miroku knelt in awe as Hyuga Akira summoned Flame Arrows and rained them down on the Undead Army.

Hyuga Akira defeated Moryo and claimed a Zanpakutō, then stayed in the Land of Demons while Miroku rebuilt the country. After Miroku approached him in his room, Akira fled, and Miroku revealed that her unborn son, Araya, was destined to become king.

• Hyuga Akira destroyed Moryo and the altar with an enormous fireball, earning experience and finding a Zanpakutō.
• Hyuga Akira poured chakra into the Zanpakutō until its value reached eighty, then joined Miroku while she oversaw the Land of Demons’ recovery.
• Miroku told Hyuga Akira that Moryo’s death still needed to be confirmed, so he agreed to remain in the country.
• Miroku entered Hyuga Akira’s room at night and embraced him, prompting him to flee the Land of Demons the next day.
• Miroku told her subjects that her unborn son, Araya, was the chosen future king.
• After returning to Konoha, Hyuga Akira realized that Miroku had played him.

After reporting his mission, Hyuga Akira considered the looming Third Shinobi World War and his potential confrontation with Madara Uchiha. He spent his experience points awakening Fire Release and Nen Ability, leaving him far stronger and nearing Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha’s level.

• Hyuga Akira reported Moryo’s defeat to Hiruzen Sarutobi and collected his mission payment, while Hiruzen worried that the Third Shinobi World War was imminent.
• Hyuga Akira concluded that he would likely be assigned to the Kirigakure front, where Madara Uchiha was, and decided not to interfere with Obito Uchiha’s fall into darkness yet.
• Hyuga Akira spent experience to raise Fire Release to level ten and chose the Flame Master awakening.
• Hyuga Akira maxed out Nen Ability and weighed its awakenings, favoring limitless growth or reclaiming the powers of others who possessed his Nen Ability.
• Hyuga Akira assessed his strength and concluded that max-level Fire Release could let him fight Hashirama Senju without Sage Mode to a draw, while Bankai could bring him to a comparable level.

Hyuga Akira took command of Konoha’s front against Kirigakure and argued with Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Jin that the daimyo and the shinobi village system made war inevitable. After reaching the Land of Bears, he began planning defenses while considering how to cultivate stronger fighters across the shinobi world.

• Hyuga Akira gained chakra from the spirits of people killed by Akatsuki and considered spreading Nen abilities to increase the strength and rewards of shinobi.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Hyuga Akira commander-in-chief of the Kirigakure front and Orochimaru commander-in-chief of the Cloud Ninja Front as war began.
• Hyuga Akira traveled toward the Land of Bears with Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Jin, dismissing their doubts about his enthusiasm for war.
• Hyuga Akira argued that nobles and the shinobi village system fueled conflict, while Uchiha Fugaku defended the established order and Uchiha Jin questioned whether killing the daimyo could bring peace.
• Hyuga Akira reached the Land of Bears, entered the camp, and considered cultivating more powerful shinobi as he examined the defensive map.

Hyuga Akira let Uchiha Fugaku command the camp while he rested, then faced Kirigakure’s invasion alone after the enemy attacked the Land of Bears. He massacred the Mist Ninja with his flames and techniques, forcing them to retreat, and pursued them with more flaming arrows.

• Hyuga Akira refused reinforcements and placed the camp under Uchiha Fugaku’s command while he went to sleep.
• After Kirigakure attacked, Hyuga Akira ordered Fugaku to defend two lines and went alone to hold the main battlefield.
• Hyuga Akira attacked the Mist Ninja with flaming arrows, Hellfires, fire clones, and Gaia Energy Cannons, killing large numbers of them in the mist.
• A surviving Mist Ninja Jonin ordered a retreat, and Hyuga Akira avoided their water dragons before targeting the fleeing force with flaming arrows.

Hyuga Akira used a newly synthesized Phoenix Devil Fruit to turn the tide against the Mist ninja, then declined Uchiha Fugaku’s suggestion that he become Hokage. The Mist ninja shifted their invasion to scattered fronts in the Land of Fire, leaving Akira and the Uchiha to assess the widening war.

• Hyuga Akira collected Devil Fruit Fragments from the battlefield, synthesized a Phoenix Devil Fruit, and ate it.
• Hyuga Akira transformed into a phoenix and routed Mist ninja on Uchiha Fugaku’s battlefield, then attacked a second front as the enemy withdrew.
• Hyuga Akira reported that he had no interest in becoming Hokage and suggested Minato Namikaze and Nawaki as candidates.
• The Mist ninja redirected their forces into the Land of Fire in scattered groups to avoid being wiped out by Hyuga Akira.

Hyuga Akira was pinned down on the quiet Kirigakure front while Nawaki and Minato Namikaze turned back Iwagakure and Sunagakure, and the Sannin stopped Kumogakure. The Konoha Three Heroes’ victories prompted the Four Great Ninja Villages to unite against Konoha, while Akira remained unable to pursue Kirigakure.

• Hyuga Akira read a report that Iwagakure had broken through the Land of Grass front, and Nawaki began rebuilding its defenses with a small force.
• Nawaki resisted a strange power urging him to seek understanding, then led Konoha Ninja into battle and drove back Iwagakure, severely injuring Roshi.
• Minato Namikaze used his speed and marked Kunai to inflict heavy losses on Sunagakure and force its forces to retreat.
• Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya blocked Kumogakure’s advance, while Akira, Nawaki, and Minato became known as the Konoha Three Heroes.
• The Four Great Ninja Villages abandoned their mutual hostility and joined forces against Konoha, leaving the fronts deadlocked.
• Akira stayed on the quiet Kirigakure front as its troops avoided him and most of his own personnel were transferred elsewhere.

Hyuga Akira spent experience to awaken Crown of Wind and Shadow Master, then received a reprimanding letter from Hiruzen Sarutobi and decided to invade the Land of Water to force the Mist Ninja back to defend their homeland. He left the Command Room with over a hundred Shinobi prepared to follow him.

• Machi joined a squad on the Iwa Ninja Battlefield and sensed that the apparently ordinary Genin Maruboshi Kosuke possessed immense chakra and strength.
• Hyuga Akira used experience to awaken Crown of Wind and Shadow Master, choosing the latter to increase his combat power.
• Hyuga Akira received a letter from Hiruzen Sarutobi blaming him for failing to keep the Mist Ninja from aiding other villages, and he suspected the reprimand was meant to undermine his and Nawaki's reputations.
• Hyuga Akira ordered the Mist Ninja forces to be driven back by invading the Land of Water, and Uchiha Fugaku agreed to carry out the order.
• Hyuga Akira left the Command Room before more than a hundred Shinobi.

Hyuga Akira invaded the Land of Water and devastated the Mist Ninja forces, prompting the Third Mizukage to mobilize against him. As Akira prepared to finish off another wave of Mist Ninja, the Third Mizukage confronted him and the fight began.

• Hyuga Akira led Konoha Shinobi into the Land of Water and annihilated its defending force with a massive blue fireball.
• Hyuga Akira ordered his troops to protect their supplies and establish camp while he moved ahead to deal with the remaining Mist Ninja.
• The Third Mizukage learned of the invasion and set out with elite troops to surround and kill Hyuga Akira.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu decided to abandon Kirigakure for the time being because Madara could not intervene and Akira was too powerful.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed Danzo for Akira's invasion, but Danzo said Hiruzen's letter had provoked him and refused to summon him back.
• The Third Mizukage confronted Hyuga Akira in the mist, and Akira hurled a blue fireball at him, forcing him to dodge.

Hyuga Akira defeated and killed the Mizukage, then returned to Konoha’s camp with the corpse as Madara Uchiha decided to remain and prepare his forces. The chapter ended with Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Jin following Hyuga Akira in submission.

• Hyuga Akira melted the Mizukage’s final ice attack and killed him after the Mizukage warned that someone would stop him.
• Hyuga Akira flew to Konoha’s camp and showed the gathered shinobi the Mizukage’s corpse, prompting them to cheer for him.
• Madara Uchiha chose to stay, telling Black Zetsu to gather their forces and wait for the successor before striking together.
• Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Jin followed behind Hyuga Akira inside Konoha’s camp, showing complete submission.

Hyuga Akira withdrew Konoha’s forces from the Land of Water after defeating Kirigakure, then used his spoils and experience to advance to level 72 and unlock his second awakening, Dungeon Lord. He discovered the ability could create a powerful, persistent dungeon, but fully deploying it required ten million chakra.

• Hyuga Akira ordered the army to leave the Land of Water and told Uchiha Fugaku to send the Mizukage’s body to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hyuga Akira told Uchiha Fugaku he did not want to become Hokage and suggested Nawaki and Minato Namikaze as candidates instead.
• Hyuga Akira fused away the Yuki bloodline, kept Ice Release, equipped the Puppet Heart, and stored the Mizukage Emblem.
• Hyuga Akira spent experience to reach level 72 and successfully awakened Dungeon Lord.
• Hyuga Akira learned that Dungeon Lord could resurrect enemies as dungeon monsters and even revive him inside the dungeon, but deploying it required ten million chakra.

Hyuga Akira learned that his second awakening required over ten million chakra, then returned from the Mist Ninja front after killing the Mizukage. Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered him back to Konoha, but the order united the frontline shinobi behind Akira, who planned to expose the Hokage’s actions and end his time in office after the war.

• Hyuga Akira reflected on the immense chakra cost of his second awakening and the reserves of powerful shinobi.
• Hyuga Akira assigned Uchiha Fugaku to guard against scattered Mist Ninja and sent Uchiha Jin to Konoha with the casualties and the Mizukage’s corpse.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted to the Mizukage’s corpse, learned that news of the victory had spread, and discussed stopping Akira with Danzo.
• Uchiha Jin delivered Hiruzen Sarutobi’s order for Hyuga Akira to hand command to Uchiha Fugaku and return to Konoha, prompting Fugaku and other shinobi to pledge their support to Akira.
• Hyuga Akira rejected calls to become Hokage but said Hiruzen Sarutobi’s time in office would end after the war, then urged the shinobi to reveal the Hokage’s actions.

Hyuga Akira returned to Konoha to a hero’s welcome, then challenged Hiruzen Sarutobi over who should become Hokage. At Root, he unsettled Danzo by claiming he could defeat all of Konoha, leaving Danzo to suspect the boast was true.

• Hyuga Akira flew back from the Land of Bears front and entered Konoha, where villagers and shinobi cheered for him.
• Hyuga Akira sat casually in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s office, and the two clashed over whether Akira wanted to become Hokage and whose recognition mattered.
• Hyuga Akira met Danzo at Root and gave him two pairs of Sharingan, then dismissed Danzo’s chances of becoming Hokage.
• Hyuga Akira revealed his flame power and claimed he could steamroll all of Konoha, then laughed and said he had been joking.
• Hiruko asked Danzo whether Akira’s claim was true, and Danzo concluded that Akira could probably do it.

Hyuga Akira learned that Danzo’s Root was helping Hiruko develop the Chimera Technique, while Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Minato Namikaze and ordered early graduations to address Konoha’s shortage of shinobi. Hiruzen then appointed Hyuga Akira a team leader, and Minato arrived at Akira’s home just after Hiruzen left.

• Hiruko told Danzo that he needed more Sharingan to balance Wood Release in his Chimera Technique, and Danzo proposed adding several pairs.
• A Hyuga shinobi reported that Akira’s allies controlled one-fifth of Root and briefed him on the fronts, including Nawaki’s stalemate with Iwagakure and Minato’s return from the Cloud Ninja front.
• Hiruzen asked Minato how he viewed Konoha, then told him he would lead a team of students who were to graduate early because the village lacked shinobi.
• Hiruzen visited Akira and offered him a team leader position, which Akira accepted.
• After Hiruzen left Akira’s home, Minato arrived.

Hyuga Akira became the team leader for Kurenai Yuhi, Namiashi Raidō, and Asuma Sarutobi after Minato Namikaze failed to persuade him to stop Hiruzen Sarutobi from sending children to the battlefield. Akira began getting acquainted with his students and promised to help them grow stronger, but left them wondering what his training would involve.

• Minato Namikaze asked Hyuga Akira to oppose Hiruzen Sarutobi’s plan to send ungraduated students to the battlefield, and Akira told him that becoming Hokage was the way to change it.
• Hyuga Akira arrived late to meet Kurenai Yuhi, Namiashi Raidō, and Asuma Sarutobi, then claimed he had been testing their patience and took them to yakiniku.
• Akira skipped the team leader’s usual test and had his students introduce themselves and describe their skills and ambitions.
• Kurenai said she specialized in Genjutsu, Raidō described his taijutsu and swordsmanship, and Asuma said he used Fire Release and Wind Release.
• Akira promised to tailor training for the three students, but told them to develop teamwork first while he lounged on a tree branch.

Hyuga Akira forced Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō to work, train, and spend the night in the Forest of Death, where they discovered the techniques he had assigned them. He then accepted an invitation to meet Hyuga Hi and Hyuga Huangku, who proposed a deal despite his threats against the Main Family.

• Hyuga Akira made Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō finish village chores before leading them into the Forest of Death and ordering them to stay overnight.
• Hyuga Akira gave the three genin scrolls containing techniques tailored to them, then left after warning them not to escape before morning.
• Asuma discovered the Wind-Fire Mode Technique, Kurenai read about the Self-Hypnosis Technique, and Namiashi Raidō found the Illusion Swordsmanship technique.
• Asuma noticed the forest had gone quiet as beasts' eyes appeared in the darkness, while Hyuga Akira realized he had forgotten to tell them he had applied Beast-Attracting Incense.
• Hyuga Akira went to the Hyuga Clan residence and confronted Hyuga Hi and Hyuga Huangku in the Council Chamber.
• Hyuga Hi proposed a deal, but Hyuga Akira threatened the Main Family and asked what they could offer besides their deaths.

Hyuga Akira rejected the Hyuga Main Family’s offer and vowed to settle their conflict through a fight to the death, then continued pushing his students through grueling training while the war turned against Iwagakure. Ōnoki ordered a retreat, and Machi secretly infiltrated Iwagakure’s troops as Hyuga Akira prepared to test his students’ strength.

• Hyuga Hi and Hyuga Huangku offered Hyuga Akira the clan leadership in exchange for restoring the Caged Bird Seal and marrying Hyuga Xia Nai, but he refused and threatened to destroy the Main Family.
• Hyuga Akira’s exhausted students complained that he had left them fighting beasts overnight, and he sent them to complete missions before reflecting on the war front.
• Ōnoki saw Iwagakure losing ground against Konoha’s forces and ordered his troops to retreat.
• Machi disguised herself as a female Iwagakure Shinobi and blended into the retreating troops unnoticed.
• Hyuga Akira found his three students asleep in the Forest of Death, praised their awareness, and promised them rest before testing their strength.

Hyuga Akira tested Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō in a fight, but destroyed the bell after Raidō managed to take it. Meanwhile, Ōnoki led the Iwa ninja toward the Land of Lightning after learning that the Third Raikage was pursuing them, setting the two forces against each other.

• Hyuga Akira treated Asuma, Kurenai, and Namiashi Raidō to yakiniku after ending their grueling training in the Forest of Death.
• At the training ground, Akira challenged the three to take his bell, and they attacked him with their combined skills.
• Namiashi Raidō secretly grabbed the bell during the fight, but Akira destroyed it and declared that they had lost.
• Ōnoki led the Iwa ninja away from the Konoha front, then ordered them to advance after learning the Third Raikage was pursuing them.
• The Third Raikage prepared to use the Iwa ninja as a military achievement after Cloud's campaign against Konoha had faltered.