Chapter Summaries

Chiba discovered that Uzumaki Mito was near death and spent the day listening to her memories, while she insisted on making him the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. The chapter ended after Maoyuki awakened a Three Tomoe Golden Sharingan, leaving Chiba concerned that Indra and Asura's reincarnated Chakra had attached itself to his children.

• Chiba took Maoyuki and Yanlin to the Ninja Academy, where their exceptional talents and friendships with Konoha's young geniuses were described.
• Chiba sensed Uzumaki Mito's declining life force and listened as she shared memories of her life with Senju Hashirama and her family.
• Uzumaki Mito refused Chiba's offer to extend her life and decided that he would inherit the Nine-Tails after she returned from the Capital.
• Maoyuki and Yanlin came home and told Uzumaki Mito that Maoyuki had fought Hiashi and Hizashi.
• Maoyuki revealed that she had awakened a Three Tomoe Golden Sharingan, and Chiba grew cold with worry about Indra and Asura's reincarnated Chakra.

Chiba and Tsunade spontaneously planned a family trip to Tanzaku Town, bringing their children and relatives along. While they enjoyed the journey, White Zetsu Spore Clones infiltrated Konoha, where Anbu captured six for Orochimaru’s research; the family reached Tanzaku Town after a week on the road.

• Chiba reassured Tsunade that Maoyuki and Yanlin had no connection to Indra and Asura, and they agreed not to have more children.
• Chiba and Tsunade decided to take a destination-free trip with Uzumaki Mito, Maoyuki, and Yanlin, then chose the Land of Iron as their eventual destination.
• Chiba’s family packed and set out with Uzumaki Mito, Senju Tobirama, and Senju Ziharu, choosing Tanzaku Town as their first stop.
• White Zetsu Spore Clones infiltrated Konoha but were detected by the Sealing Squad; Anbu captured six and delivered them to Orochimaru for experiments.
• Senju Tobirama discussed White Zetsu and the altered history of the Shinobi World with Chiba, but Uzumaki Mito urged them to focus on the trip.
• Chiba and his family traveled by carriage rather than using Flying Thunder God and arrived in Tanzaku Town after a week.

Chiba and Tsunade revisited the cherry tree in Tanzaku Town where they had left a ribbon ten years earlier, and used photographs and Chiba’s Rinnegan ability to preserve a romantic scene beneath falling blossoms. They returned to the inn with Maoyuki and Yanlin, and the family chose a barbecue restaurant for their gathering.

• Chiba and Tsunade found their old red ribbon and handwritten message beneath the cherry tree, then recreated their poses from ten years earlier for photographs.
• Chiba used his Rinnegan ability to slow time and make the falling cherry blossoms linger while he and Tsunade took pictures together.
• Chiba and Tsunade made a heart-shaped petal rain, took more photographs, and then ended the slowed-time scene before heading to another attraction.
• Chiba and Tsunade returned to the inn, where Maoyuki and Yanlin arrived with bags of things they had bought and refused to show them.
• Maoyuki and Yanlin recommended a barbecue restaurant, and Uzumaki Mito chose it as the place for their gathering.

After Chiba and Tsunade enjoyed a family hot-spring outing, the moon’s Ōtsutsuki clan sent its newly empowered warrior Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng to the Shinobi World. Fangmeng arrived outside Konoha, where the Sealing Squad raised the alarm and Hatake Sakumo led the response.

• Chiba, Tsunade, and their family soaked in private hot-spring rooms, then returned home to rest.
• Ōtsutsuki Kawami convened the Main Family after they created a second Giant Tenseigan from the Byakugan of the slaughtered Branch Family.
• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng resonated with the purple Giant Tenseigan, evolved into a Tenseigan wielder, and gained Six Paths-level power.
• Ōtsutsuki Kawami sent Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng through a spatial passage to eliminate the man with the Golden Rinnegan.
• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng damaged Konoha’s defensive barrier, prompting the Sealing Squad to alert the Anbu and Hatake Sakumo to lead an advance force.
• Hatake Sakumo attacked Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng with Lightning Release: Hatake Sword Style: Lightning Fang Flash.

Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng used the Tenseigan’s repulsive and attractive powers to overwhelm Hatake Sakumo and the Anbu, then drove Jiraiya and his summoned allies into danger. Orochimaru intervened with Five-Layer Rashōmon, but he doubted the gates could stop the incoming Truth-Seeking Orb.

• Hatake Sakumo deduced that Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng could absorb Chakra attacks, ordered the Anbu to fight with Taijutsu, and led their assault.
• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng blasted the Anbu away with repulsive force, then injured or incapacitated most of them during close combat.
• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng pulled Hatake Sakumo and the surviving Anbu toward him with Banshō Ten'in, then struck them with repulsive force.
• Jiraiya arrived with Gamabunta, but Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng hit the toad with a Truth-Seeking Orb and forced it to return to Mount Myōboku.
• Jiraiya dodged the returning Truth-Seeking Orb, and Orochimaru summoned Five-Layer Rashōmon to block it but feared the gates would fail.

Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng’s devastating attack left Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya injured, while Orochimaru protected them by sacrificing his White Phosphor Snake body and resurrected to ambush him. Orochimaru’s Flying Thunder God Barrier wounded Fangmeng but failed to defeat him, and the chapter ended as Jiraiya entered Sage Mode while Orochimaru and Hatake Sakumo joined the fight again.

• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng’s Truth-Seeking Orb pierced the Five-Layer Rashōmon and unleashed an explosion that devastated the battlefield.
• Orochimaru’s White Phosphor Snake body shielded Hatake Sakumo and Jiraiya from the blast, appearing to die in the process.
• Hatake Sakumo swore to kill Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng, but Orochimaru burst from the snake’s head and attacked him with Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Orochimaru trapped Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng in the Flying Thunder God Barrier: Dimensional Strangulation and badly wounded him, but Fangmeng escaped with spatial power and healed.
• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng tore Orochimaru apart with Tenseigan: Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but another Orochimaru emerged from the White Phosphor Snake’s body.
• Jiraiya entered Sage Mode as Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru charged Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng to support him.

Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru fought Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng, but his overwhelming power left Sakumo gravely injured and forced them to summon Chiba. Chiba left Tanzaku Town for the battlefield as Uchiha Madara sent White Zetsu to observe the fight and investigate Fangmeng.

• Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, and Orochimaru combined their abilities to pierce Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng’s defense and strike him with Sage Art: Goemon, but he survived without serious injury.
• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng counterattacked with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and Truth-Seeking Orb blasts, breaking Sakumo’s blade and badly injuring him while Jiraiya and Orochimaru escaped the explosions.
• Orochimaru rescued Sakumo, and Jiraiya attacked Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng with a Great Ball Rasengan, but Fangmeng blocked it with Shinra Tensei.
• Sakumo crushed the emergency Iron Sand Kunai to summon Chiba, who left Tsunade, Maoyuki, and Yanlin in Tanzaku Town and headed back to the village.
• White Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Fangmeng was overpowering Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, and Madara ordered him to investigate both Chiba’s battle and Fangmeng.

Chiba arrived just in time to save Jiraiya and fought Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng, using his Rinnegan’s time abilities and overwhelming physical strength to batter him. The fight continued at the Valley of the End, where Fangmeng activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and began recovering from Chiba’s attacks.

• Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng prepared to kill the exhausted Jiraiya, but Chiba intercepted his Truth-Seeking Orb and sent Jiraiya back to Konohagakure.
• Chiba attacked Fangmeng, used Time-Space Reversal to slip through his spatial defense, and struck him with a humiliating slap.
• Chiba lured Fangmeng to the Valley of the End, entered Perfect Sage Mode, and smashed him through the Uchiha Madara statue with a powerful punch and kick.
• Fangmeng countered with Shinra Tensei, but Chiba summoned and accelerated a meteorite before Fangmeng split it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Chiba used a Flying Thunder God mark and Time-Space Reversal to land a Sage Art: Storm Release Rasengan, nearly blasting apart Fangmeng’s upper body.
• Fangmeng recovered under the moon’s radiance, activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and identified Chiba’s time-related Dōjutsu before Chiba launched another attack.

Chiba killed Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng and flew to the moon to wipe out the Ōtsutsuki Clan there. He confronted their massive Tenseigan-powered attack with Sage Art: Armored True Several Thousand Hands, while Tsunade and the children sensed the danger of his battle from the Shinobi World.

• Chiba used a thousandfold time lag to pierce Ōtsutsuki Fangmeng's eyes, then destroyed him with Sage Art: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.
• Chiba headed for the moon, and Ōtsutsuki Kawami ordered the clan to prepare for battle and use the Golden Giant Tenseigan and Purple Giant Tenseigan against him and the Shinobi World.
• The Ōtsutsuki Clan fired a massive golden energy beam at Chiba as he approached the moon.
• Chiba entered Sage Mode and formed Sage Art: Armored True Several Thousand Hands, meeting the beam with a barrage of fists in outer space.
• Tsunade, Maoyuki, and Yanlin sensed Chiba's presence and feared for his safety as the Kusanagi Sword flew toward him.

Chiba destroyed the moon while stopping Ōtsutsuki Kawami’s attack, prompting Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura to appear and lend him their power. With their chakra, Chiba entered Six Paths Level and reversed time to restore the moon and its seal.

• Ōtsutsuki Kawami directed the moon’s clansmen to fire a second energy beam toward the Shinobi World, but Chiba countered it with a compressed Kusanagi Sword slash that split the moon in two.
• Tsunade, Maoyuki, and Yanlin saw the moon split, while Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura decided to intervene to prevent Ōtsutsuki Kaguya from escaping her seal.
• Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo and Ōtsutsuki Hamura met Chiba in the starry sky and offered him their power to restore the moon and its seal.
• Chiba accepted their Yin and Yang chakra, entered Six Paths Level, and manifested power associated with Kekkei Mōra.
• Chiba froze time across the surrounding area and reversed it, causing the two halves of the moon to slowly close.

Chiba restored the moon, gave up Hagoromo and Hamura’s borrowed power, and accepted Hamura’s two Giant Tenseigan for the Hyūga Clan. He returned to Tsunade and their children, while Hagoromo and Hamura prepared for future Ōtsutsuki threats; the chapter ended with Chiba and Tsunade reunited and kissing.

• Chiba used Time Reversal to fuse the split moon, then returned Hagoromo and Hamura’s power and left his Six Paths State.
• Hamura entrusted Chiba with the Golden Giant Tenseigan and Purple Giant Tenseigan to deliver to the Hyūga Clan.
• Hagoromo and Hamura discussed the coming threat of the Ōtsutsuki, Chiba’s children’s strength, and Hagoromo’s plans for Indra, Asura, and Uchiha Madara.
• Chiba returned to Tanzaku Town, where Tsunade embraced him and cried while Maoyuki and Yanlin teased their parents.
• Chiba promised Tsunade he would help her keep pace with him, and they shared a kiss as their children covered their eyes.

During a quiet night at the hot spring inn, Chiba told Tsunade about the Ōtsutsuki threat and persuaded her to accept his life-force sharing and become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. They also agreed that Sarutobi Hiruzen would decide the fate of the captured Jinchuriki and hold a Chunin Exam, with Maoyuki and Yanlin returning to participate.

• Chiba promised Tsunade five million in casino chips, then urged her to accept half his life force through his Rinnegan; after he revealed the coming Ōtsutsuki threat, Tsunade agreed.
• Tsunade offered to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki because she felt unable to keep up with Chiba, and Chiba accepted her decision.
• Tsunade explained that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted Chiba's advice about the seven captured Jinchuriki, but Chiba told her to let their teacher handle them.
• Tsunade told Chiba that Sarutobi Hiruzen had proposed holding a Chunin Exam and choosing seven young people to become Jinchuriki.
• Tsunade insisted that Maoyuki and Yanlin return to Konoha for the exam, and Chiba agreed.

Chiba and Tsunade planned to send Maoyuki and Yanlin back to Konohagakure for the Chunin Exam, while Sarutobi Hiruzen set rules for distributing the Seven Tailed Beasts. He then persuaded Orochimaru to investigate the bloodlines of the Hyūga, Uchiha, Senju, and Uzumaki clans, leaving Orochimaru eager to begin his research after agreeing to consult Chiba.

• Tsunade told Maoyuki and Yanlin they had to return to Konohagakure for the Chunin Exam, and Chiba agreed to take them back after a family visit to the Capital.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen proposed that the top seven Chunin Exam candidates qualify to become Jinchuriki, with younger candidates given priority when choosing.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Hatake Sakumo to serve as chief examiner, then kept Orochimaru behind to discuss a Hyūga Clan report.
• Orochimaru initially refused to conduct human experiments, but Sarutobi Hiruzen persuaded him to study the connections among four clans’ bloodlines.
• Orochimaru agreed to begin the research after discussing its scope with Chiba, and Sarutobi Hiruzen confirmed the Uchiha Clan had also agreed to cooperate.

After leaving their children at the Senju Compound, Chiba and Tsunade set off to take their relatives to the Capital of the Land of Fire before beginning their honeymoon. Maoyuki and Yanlin went to meet their friends, and Maoyuki’s long-running rivalry with Kushina led them to another spar in the Forest of Death.

• Chiba left Maoyuki and Yanlin at the Senju Compound before disappearing with the Flying Thunder God.
• Maoyuki teased Yanlin about Kushina, then decided to wait for her outside the Ninja Academy and challenge her again.
• Maoyuki and Kushina confronted each other after school, while Minato and Mikoto tried unsuccessfully to ease the tension.
• Maoyuki headed to the old sparring ground with Yanlin, and the Hyuga brothers followed as the other students dispersed.
• Kushina, Minato, and Mikoto arrived at the Forest of Death, where Maoyuki and Kushina chose a combined fighting style and began their spar.

After Maoyuki defeated Uzumaki Kushina, she provoked her into training in the Eight Gates Formation so she could become a worthy rival. Maoyuki brought Kushina to the Konoha Research Department, where Might Duy would teach her, while Yanlin followed and the siblings discussed their plans for the others.

• Maoyuki defeated Uzumaki Kushina in fewer than three exchanges, and Namikaze Minato caught Kushina when she fell.
• Maoyuki praised Kushina’s potential and offered to teach her the Eight Gates Formation, claiming it could eventually challenge Chiba.
• Maoyuki taunted Kushina until she agreed to train and vowed to master the Eight Gates Formation and defeat her.
• Maoyuki promised to arrange training with Might Duy and Creation Rebirth lessons from Tsunade, while Kushina realized Maoyuki was trying to cultivate her as a rival.
• Maoyuki told Yanlin that Kushina was ideal for the Eight Gates Formation and led Kushina to the Konoha Research Department, where they found Might Duy.

Chiba and Tsunade began their month-long trip together, gambling, dining, strolling, and watching a movie based on Chiba before spending the night at a hot spring inn. The next morning, they chose Sun and Moon Island as their next destination and set off to explore it.

• Chiba and Tsunade said goodbye to Uzumaki Mito, Senju Tobirama, and Senju Ziharu, then traveled to the Land of Iron.
• Tsunade lost all her chips at a casino and left, and Chiba took her to find a hot spring manor, only to discover it was fully booked.
• Chiba and Tsunade went on a date, shared childhood memories, and Chiba made Tsunade red tree blossoms with his Wood Release.
• Chiba and Tsunade watched a movie portraying Chiba as the Golden-Eyed Demon God, and Tsunade laughed at the film afterward.
• Chiba and Tsunade stayed at a hot spring inn, then chose Sun and Moon Island as their next travel destination and set off.

Uchiha Madara ordered Nagato to master Impure World Reincarnation so he could use Senju Hashirama’s Natural Energy to learn Sage Jutsu, while preparing to target Chiba’s children. Two months later, the Chunin Exam began, and Hatake Sakumo began considering starting a family.

• Uchiha Madara praised Nagato for capturing the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and told him he would become its Jinchuriki to gain power against Chiba.
• Uchiha Madara gave Nagato the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and explained that he wanted Nagato to revive Senju Hashirama and absorb his Natural Energy to learn Sage Jutsu.
• Uchiha Madara ordered White Zetsu to watch Chiba’s children and gave him a Sealing Jutsu that could restrict Konoha’s defensive barrier.
• Maoyuki and Yanlin discussed Uzumaki Kushina’s training and continued practicing the Eight Gates Formation themselves.
• Two months later, the Chunin Exam began, and Sarutobi Hiruzen teased Hatake Sakumo about having a child before Hatake Sakumo privately resolved to start a family.

Chiba and Tsunade spent a private day together on Sun and Moon Island, fishing, sharing a seafood barbecue, and enjoying the night beneath the stars. Chiba showed Tsunade the Giant Tenseigan and its protective atmosphere, and they planned to visit outer space the next day.

• Chiba rented a beach for the day, and he and Tsunade swam, fished, and talked about Hatake Sakumo secretly electrofishing as a child.
• Chiba and Tsunade returned to shore at sunset, prepared seafood, and shared a bonfire barbecue beneath the stars.
• Tsunade asked Chiba to take her to outer space, and Chiba revealed the Giant Tenseigan and the atmospheric membrane that would let her live there normally.
• Tsunade worried about Maoyuki and Yanlin, but Chiba said they did not need to explain everything to the children.
• Tsunade asked about having another child, and Chiba declined while suggesting they could still enjoy the process.

During the Chunin Exam’s Forest of Death round, Maoyuki and Yanlin became the targets of a covert team raised by Uchiha Madara. The siblings detected the five strangers approaching and decided to wait for them, confident in their own strength and Chiba’s ability to arrive if needed.

• Uzumaki Kushina advanced to the Forest of Death round with Uchiha Mikoto and Namikaze Minato, while Maoyuki and Yanlin entered alone.
• Sarutobi Hiruzen and Hatake Sakumo watched the exam and discussed Kushina’s team, the siblings’ strength, and their role in pushing their generation to improve.
• A White Zetsu Spore Clone brought Kesshō, Bone, Swift, Flame, and Dark into the Forest of Death on Uchiha Madara’s orders to obtain Maoyuki and Yanlin’s blood or abduct them.
• Dark sensed Maoyuki and Yanlin’s location, and Kesshō led the group toward the siblings.
• Yanlin detected five unfamiliar Chakra signatures approaching, and Maoyuki and Yanlin chose to stay put and face them.

Chiba took Tsunade on a trip through space, where they explored the Ninja World Planet and flew toward the moon. As they neared their destination, Chiba hinted at plans for their future and suggested they try to conceive a child there.

• Chiba and Tsunade decided to travel into space, and he used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to take her there inside a life-support bubble.
• Tsunade learned to propel herself through weightlessness with Chakra and happily swam around Chiba.
• Chiba and Tsunade identified the Lands and Konohagakure on the Ninja World Planet from orbit.
• Chiba took Tsunade toward the moon, where she wanted to camp and visit its far side.
• Tsunade worried about the Hyūga Clan receiving the Giant Tenseigan, and Chiba assured her he would keep them in check while hinting that they could become immortal.
• As the moon drew near, Chiba suggested that he and Tsunade try to have a child there.