Chapter Summaries

The Great Toad Sage sought the White Snake Sage’s help against Shihui Aburame, while White Zetsu tried to recruit Sasuke Uchiha by promising him the Rinnegan and the power of the Ten-Tails. After two weeks of training, Shihui Aburame ascended to Rank Six, formed a super-grade blessed land, and gained the Self Strength Immortal Gu.

• The Great Toad Sage learned that the Aburame Clan had killed the frogs monitoring them and decided to seek the White Snake Sage’s help against Shihui Aburame.
• White Zetsu approached Sasuke Uchiha and offered to help him awaken the Rinnegan and become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki; Sasuke agreed to consider cooperating.
• Shihui Aburame read reports about the Great Toad Sage’s contact with Ryūchi Cave and White Zetsu’s offer to Sasuke, then instructed the White Snake Sage to meet the Great Toad Sage and told Sasuke to pretend to cooperate.
• The White Snake Sage told the Great Toad Sage that Shihui Aburame was stronger than she was, then agreed to provide intelligence because the Great Toad Sage claimed someone else could defeat him.
• After two weeks, Shihui Aburame ascended to Rank Six and formed a super-grade blessed land with fifty beads of green grape immortal essence.
• Shihui Aburame advanced the All-Out Effort Gu and Borrow Strength Gu, unlocking the Rank Six Self Strength Immortal Gu and the Myriad Self First Style: Giant Hand.

After becoming a Rank Six Gu Immortal, Shihui Aburame returned to Konoha, reviewed the world's progress, and planned further reforms. He then visited Hinata Hyuga and asked whether she wanted to go to the moon, revealing that her ancestor was there.

• Shihui Aburame ascended to Rank Six, told Katsuyu to keep it secret, and learned that she considered him stronger than the Sage of Six Paths.
• Shihui Aburame returned to Tsunade and then reviewed the nine cities and transportation system with Samui, ordering Konoha's relocation to the City of Fire.
• Shihui Aburame planned to become emperor, assigned Konan to arrange his accession, and ordered Nagato's Ninth Ninja Division to suppress bandits.
• Shihui Aburame summoned Ichikishimahime, then traveled to the City of Fire to speak with Hinata Hyuga.
• Shihui Aburame asked Hinata Hyuga whether she wanted to go to the moon and told her that the Hyuga Clan's ancestor was there.

Shihui Aburame told Hinata Hyuga about the moon’s Ōtsutsuki Clan and proposed removing her Caged Bird Seal and awakening her Tenseigan, then invited her to travel to the moon. He showed Konan a vast alternate dimension and offered it as a new home for the people of the Land of Rain; the chapter ended the next morning with Shihui arriving in Hinata’s room.

• Shihui Aburame explained the moon’s history to Hinata Hyuga, who agreed that removing the Caged Bird Seal was worthwhile and accepted his invitation to visit the moon.
• Shihui Aburame revealed that Naruto Uzumaki had returned from Turtle Island and offered Konan and Nagato a place for the Land of Rain’s people in his alternate dimension.
• Shihui Aburame showed Konan the dimension’s abundant natural scenery and concentrated energy, taught her how to enter it, and made her a Primeval Essence rose.
• Konan asked for a day off to discuss the relocation with Nagato, while Shihui Aburame returned to Konoha and spent the night with Shizune and Tsunade.
• The next morning, Shihui Aburame used Fixed Immortal Travel to arrive in Hinata Hyuga’s room.

Shihui Aburame took Hinata Hyuga to the moon, defeated Otsutsuki Toneri, and used the Great Tenseigan’s chakra to awaken Hinata’s Tenseigan. The chapter left Shihui with a new Rank Seven Immortal Gu and the pair preparing to search Toneri’s palace.

• Shihui Aburame and Hinata Hyuga traveled to the moon, where Hinata froze the attacking puppets while Shihui confronted Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri attacked with the Great Tenseigan’s techniques, but Shihui shattered his defenses, wounded him with Dark Arrow, and refined him to death.
• Shihui used the chakra he extracted from Otsutsuki Toneri to awaken Hinata Hyuga’s Tenseigan, earning achievements that granted Space Suppression and Profound Ice Incomplete House.
• Shihui stored the Great Tenseigan in Azure Sky Well Gu and prepared to search Otsutsuki Toneri’s palace for information the Hyuga Clan could use.

Shihui Aburame moved Amegakure and the Land of Rain into his immortal aperture, then prepared Konoha’s relocation and gave Tsunade a role overseeing cultural activities. Hinata Hyuga revealed her Tenseigan to her father and used its power to demand the abolition of the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal system, leaving Sadakure Hyuga on his knees with a choice between agreeing or dying.

• Shihui Aburame and Hinata Hyuga returned from the moon with Ōtsutsuki materials, and Hinata trained with him before he returned to Konoha.
• Shihui Aburame proposed moving the Land of Rain into his immortal aperture, then used the Blood Curtain Heavenly Flower Gu to relocate Amegakure and the surrounding land.
• Shihui Aburame discussed moving to the City of Fire with Tsunade and Shizune, and Tsunade agreed to oversee cultural activities.
• Hinata Hyuga showed Hyuga Hiashi her Tenseigan and the Ōtsutsuki materials, then told him she intended to abolish the Caged Bird Seal system.
• Hinata Hyuga confronted Sadakure Hyuga and used the Tenseigan to force him to his knees, demanding that he agree to abolish the system or die.

Shihui Aburame oversaw the move of Konoha’s departments to the City of Fire, began work as daimyo, and discussed new policies and a Will of Fire film with Tsunade. After receiving Sasuke Uchiha’s letter about an operation to awaken the Rinnegan, Shihui arranged a reply and asked Samui to bring Mabui to see him, then accepted Samui’s offer of a massage.

• Shihui Aburame learned that the Caged Bird Seal system had been abolished for future Hyuga Clan members, while Orochimaru would continue researching how to remove existing seals.
• Shihui Aburame coordinated the departments’ relocation to the City of Fire, and Hanabi Hyuga reported that her sister had completed the task and that the clan welcomed the change.
• Shihui Aburame began working in the former daimyo’s study, set a date for an upcoming event, and decided to expand schools across the Shinobi World.
• Tsunade proposed regulating adult novels, then agreed to write a script for a trilogy about the Will of Fire and Hashirama Senju.
• Shihui Aburame received Sasuke Uchiha’s letter about an Akatsuki operation to awaken the Rinnegan and replied that Sasuke should arrange the operation himself.
• Shihui Aburame asked Samui to have Mabui visit the next day, then accepted Samui’s offer of a massage and leaned into her bosom.

Shihui Aburame flirted with Samui, Tsunade, and Mabui while managing the Hokage’s office, then traveled with Konan to investigate an energy-rich underground river. He discovered Hope Gu and obtained the rank-six Conversion Gu, opening the way for ninjas to cultivate as Gu Masters.

• Shihui Aburame kissed Samui during a massage and told her to send Mabui to his office the next day.
• Shihui Aburame bathed with Shizune and Tsunade, and Tsunade told Shizune she could create a weakened Yin Seal.
• Shihui Aburame assigned Yugito Nii to the Anbu and told Mabui she would face a punishment for avoiding him.
• Konan summoned Shihui Aburame to Amegakure after finding an energy-rich underground river in a northern valley.
• Shihui Aburame found Hope Gu in the river and unlocked the rank-six Conversion Gu, which could produce random Mortal Gu from energy.
• Shihui Aburame fed Green Grape Immortal Essence to the Conversion Gu and instructed Konan to continue searching for discoveries.

Shihui Aburame helped Hinata Hyuga awaken her aperture, arranged for Yugito Nii to join the Anbu, and oversaw Sasuke Uchiha’s Hashirama Cell transplant. He was crowned the Shinobi World’s first emperor, and the assembled officials knelt before him.

• Shihui Aburame chose Hinata Hyuga to awaken her aperture, and she gained B-grade aptitude and began learning to cultivate as a Gu Master.
• Samui and Mabui told Yugito Nii that Shihui Aburame wanted her in the Anbu, and Yugito reluctantly agreed.
• Shihui Aburame assigned Yugito Nii to guard his office and read Sasuke Uchiha’s letter agreeing to a Hashirama Cell transplant overseen by Orochimaru.
• Shihui Aburame watched Orochimaru transplant Hashirama Cells into Sasuke Uchiha, who woke feeling stronger and more resilient.
• Shihui Aburame took the dragon throne at his coronation, and the gathered leaders and officials knelt and hailed him as their emperor.

During his coronation celebrations, Shihui Aburame used a new Immortal Gu to detect and capture a White Zetsu in the City of Fire while overseeing the festivities and attending to his companions. After visiting Tsunade on the set of a Hashirama Senju film, he left with her for the evening fireworks ceremony, and his remark about their future daughter left her flustered.

• Shihui Aburame received the Rank Seven Territory Immortal Gu, then heard reports on transportation and the successful connection of two computers during court.
• Shihui Aburame planted Territory beneath the City of Fire, sensed six White Zetsu within its boundaries, and later captured one with Samui.
• Shihui Aburame toured the city by train, handed out gifts to cheering villagers, and asked Hyuga Hiashi to receive the guests at the fireworks ceremony.
• Shihui Aburame returned to the palace, left Karin to work with Shizune in the Finance Department, and set out to visit Tsunade on her film set.
• Shihui Aburame told Tsunade their future daughter would be cute, distracting her before taking her hand and heading to the fireworks ceremony.

Shihui Aburame attended the fireworks festival with Tsunade and Shizune, then reunited with Hinata Hyuga and encountered Samui. After Hinata saw him kiss Samui, he reassured Hinata that he intended to marry her.

• Shihui Aburame helped Tsunade and Shizune change into yukata before they left the palace for the fireworks festival.
• A crowd of admirers surrounded Shihui Aburame, separating him from Tsunade and Shizune, and he later found Hanabi Hyuga, Hinata Hyuga, Amaru, and Fū.
• Shihui Aburame took Hinata Hyuga to a secluded tree, shared food with her, and kissed her before she fainted during their private training.
• Shihui Aburame contacted Samui, who left Yugito Nii, Darui, Mabui, and C to meet him and take part in his training.
• Hinata Hyuga woke and saw Shihui Aburame kissing Samui, then asked if he would stop wanting her; he promised to marry her and kissed her.

Shihui Aburame helped Konan investigate three rare Gu, ordered Mabui to wear dog ears after hearing about Yugito Nii's complaint, and assigned Sasuke and Naruto to investigate attacks on the shipping route. He later kissed Samui and arranged to visit her the next night, then helped Ino Yamanaka absorb Moryo's Yin Release power before kissing her.

• Shihui Aburame helped Konan remove and reapply her stockings, then traveled with her to a snowy mountain and collected three Ice Path Gu for Hanabi Hyuga.
• Mabui reported that strangely dressed ninja using stones had attacked ships, and Shihui Aburame told her to ask Sasuke and Naruto to investigate.
• Shihui Aburame kissed Samui and arranged to visit her the following night, leaving her to manage the Hokage's office.
• Shihui Aburame visited Ino Yamanaka and used Cleanse Soul to let her absorb Moryo's Yin Release power more quickly.
• After Ino Yamanaka grew tired from training, Shihui Aburame kissed her, and she nervously followed his lead.

Shihui Aburame helped Ino Yamanaka cultivate, gave Hanabi Hyuga Gu worms, and learned that Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki had found a Gelel Ore Vein. After receiving their report and a Gelel Stone, he began examining its life energy while Samui attended him, and Mabui entered his office.

• Shihui Aburame kissed Ino Yamanaka, helped her cultivation, and left for the Hyuga compound.
• Shihui Aburame made Hanabi Hyuga a Gu Master and gave her three ice path Gu worms.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki defeated Haido's knights, found the Gelel Ore Vein, and reported their mission to Konoha.
• Gamasuke told Sage Fukasaku that Sasuke Uchiha planned to awaken the Rinnegan, and the Great Toad Sage ordered Naruto Uzumaki to ask him about it.
• Shihui Aburame received a Dark Passage Gu achievement reward and examined the Gelel Stone Samui brought with the mission report.
• Mabui entered Shihui Aburame's office while Samui was attending him.

Shihui Aburame spent the day with Samui, Ino Yamanaka, and Neji Hyuga as Samui accepted her place in Konoha and Neji celebrated the removal of the Caged Bird Seal. The chapter ended with Shihui and Samui together at her home, while Mabui saw them and fled.

• Shihui Aburame learned that Orochimaru had broken the Caged Bird Seal, and Neji Hyuga later confirmed that the mark on his forehead was gone.
• Samui urged Mabui to consider accepting Shihui Aburame and looking toward the future instead of resisting Konoha.
• Ino Yamanaka brought Shihui Aburame lunch, trained with him, and kissed him before leaving.
• Shihui Aburame went to Samui's home, cooked dinner with her, and spent the night with her.
• Mabui entered Samui's home, saw Shihui Aburame and Samui together, realized Samui had accepted him, and ran away.

Shihui Aburame deepened his relationships with Samui, Mabui, and Ino Yamanaka while investigating the Gelel Ore Vein and connecting his luck with Tenten’s. At Mount Myōboku, the Great Toad Sage linked Shihui’s plan to make Sasuke Uchiha the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki with a vision of Kaguya Otsutsuki and resolved to contact Hagoromo.

• Shihui Aburame promised Samui an official status, shared breakfast with her, and assured her that Mabui would not be punished for missing her turn to organize his documents.
• Shihui Aburame reminded Mabui about her ears and tail, then made her sort documents while he touched her; afterward, she returned to the secretaries’ office with the papers.
• Shihui Aburame reviewed reports that Anbu had begun mining the Gelel Ore Vein, then used Connect Luck Immortal Gu to connect his luck with Tenten’s.
• Gamasuke told the Great Toad Sage that Shihui Aburame had helped Sasuke Uchiha awaken the Rinnegan so he could become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, prompting the Great Toad Sage to order surveillance of Sasuke.
• The Great Toad Sage saw Kaguya Otsutsuki in a vision and decided to find a way to contact Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
• Shihui Aburame advised Ino Yamanaka on developing new mental techniques, walked her home, and later told Samui she could move into the Hokage’s rear hall while considering how to persuade Tsunade to accept a public wedding.

Shihui Aburame got Tsunade to agree to marry him and told Shizune she would marry him next. As he planned how to announce the marriages, the Great Toad Sage warned the Sage of Six Paths that Kaguya Otsutsuki might break free, prompting the Sage to investigate Shihui Aburame’s plans through Sasuke Uchiha.

• Shihui Aburame confessed that he had visited Samui, then pressured Tsunade until she agreed to marry him.
• Shihui Aburame told Shizune that she would be next to marry him, and she accepted as he carried her away.
• Shihui Aburame planned to raise the subject of imperial marriage at the next court assembly and instructed Sasuke Uchiha to wait until he awakened the Rinnegan before collecting the Nine Tailed Beasts and to try the Gelel Stone.
• The Great Toad Sage told the Sage of Six Paths that his prophecy warned Kaguya Otsutsuki would break free, possibly with Shihui Aburame’s help.
• The Sage of Six Paths decided to find Sasuke Uchiha and help him awaken his eyes so he could watch whether Shihui Aburame’s plan threatened Kaguya Otsutsuki’s seal.

Shihui Aburame flirted with Konan, kissed her, and then told Samui that he planned to hold court to discuss marriage, including her place in the plan. After Samui fell asleep, Mabui helped take her upstairs, and Shihui rewarded Mabui with a kiss.

• Shihui Aburame massaged Konan's legs and kissed her before sending her to work.
• Shihui told Samui to announce a court session for the following Monday and revealed that marriage was on the agenda and that she was part of the plan.
• Samui worked with Shihui until she fell asleep, and Shihui summoned Mabui to help take her upstairs.
• Samui told Mabui to return downstairs and help Shihui, while Mabui hesitated until he was dressed.
• Shihui offered Mabui a reward and kissed her, leaving her overwhelmed.

Shihui Aburame held court, where officials accepted the tradition of the emperor taking three wives and four concubines and began preparing his wedding. He left the identity of the future empress unannounced, while Sasuke Uchiha’s dreams of Indra hinted at a connection to the Sage of Six Paths.

• Sasuke Uchiha told Shihui Aburame that he had been dreaming of Indra, and Shihui suggested Naruto Uzumaki might be having similar dreams.
• Shihui Aburame reviewed Yamato’s improved crops and appointed him to lead a new Food Department, while Honoka reported that a preliminary local network had been established.
• Prime Minister Meguro Taro proposed that Shihui Aburame marry three wives and four concubines, with the empress chosen first and approving the other consorts.
• Shihui Aburame agreed to begin wedding preparations but withheld the bride’s identity, leaving Hyuga Hiashi and Inoichi Yamanaka to wonder whether Hinata Hyuga or Ino Yamanaka would be chosen.
• Shihui Aburame gave Samui, Konan, and Mabui two days off and turned his attention to the outside world’s reaction to his marriage.

Shihui Aburame’s marriage plans stirred the Hyuga sisters and Ino Yamanaka, while Sasuke Uchiha met the Sage of Six Paths and awakened an ordinary Rinnegan. Ino left the Hokage’s office needing time to consider Shihui’s proposal, and he received a Romantic Love Gu achievement reward.

• Hyuga Hiashi learned that Shihui planned to marry, and Hinata Hyuga revealed that Shihui had promised to marry her; Hanabi Hyuga reacted with unexpected disappointment.
• News of Shihui’s marriage spread through the City of Fire, and Sasuke Uchiha left Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki after sensing a familiar chakra.
• The Sage of Six Paths appeared before Sasuke Uchiha, identified him as Indra’s chakra reincarnation, and gave him chakra that awakened an ordinary Rinnegan.
• Shihui Aburame considered how he might obtain the Sage of Six Paths’ power for Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, then met with Ino Yamanaka.
• Shihui told Ino that he intended to marry her too; after he kissed her, she left saying she needed time to think.
• Shihui received the Romantic Love Gu after unlocking the achievement “I want them all.”

Shihui Aburame arranged wedding invitations and promised Hinata Hyuga they would marry next year, then discussed Sasuke Uchiha’s Rinnegan and plans involving the Ten-Tails and Kaguya Otsutsuki. Mabui delivered seven invitation designs, which Shihui planned to review with the women in his household.

• Shihui Aburame told Mabui to arrange wedding invitations, and Hinata Hyuga came to speak with him about marriage.
• Shihui Aburame promised Hinata Hyuga they would marry next year, then began intimate training with her.
• Shihui Aburame summoned Ichikishimahime and concealed her when Sasuke Uchiha arrived to discuss meeting the Sage of Six Paths.
• Shihui Aburame told Sasuke Uchiha he might temporarily become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and help with plans involving Shimura Danzō and Kaguya Otsutsuki, but Sasuke agreed without enthusiasm.
• Sasuke Uchiha asked to spar, but Shihui Aburame refused because Sasuke was not yet strong enough to challenge him.
• Mabui brought Shihui Aburame seven wedding invitation designs, and he said he would decide on one the next day.

Shihui Aburame accompanied Hinata Hyuga home, discussed wedding plans with Tsunade, and found an Azure Sky Gu for her before spending the evening with Tsunade and Shizune. Meanwhile, Sasuke Uchiha and Black Zetsu devised a plan to cooperate with Shihui Aburame by letting Sasuke become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Shihui Aburame took Hinata Hyuga home, carried her, and kissed her before she entered the Hyuga Clan compound.
• Shihui Aburame and Tsunade chose a wedding invitation design, and Tsunade began drafting invitations for Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
• Shihui Aburame discovered an Azure Sky Gu in the forest and decided it would suit Tsunade.
• Shihui Aburame helped Tsunade bathe, and Shizune joined them.
• Sasuke Uchiha rejected Black Zetsu's risky sneak-attack plan against Shihui Aburame and proposed cooperating with him by becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.