Recaps

After killing Uchiha Itachi, Shinsei took Sasuke to Konoha’s hospital and discovered a clue linking the Akatsuki to Rōran. Meanwhile, Kabuto Yakushi and the sages found a remnant of Dragon Vein energy beneath Rōran’s ruins, intending to use it to reach another Shinobi World.

• Kisame refused Shinsei’s offer to join Konoha and left, while Sasuke told Shinsei to destroy Uchiha Itachi’s eyes and corpse.
• Shinsei found a slip marked “Rōran” and suspected the Akatsuki was pursuing the Dragon Vein energy there.
• Shinsei brought Sasuke to the hospital, where Sakura and Naruto visited him; Naruto carried him toward the Uchiha Clan grounds to pay respects to his parents.
• In the Land of Wind, Kabuto Yakushi and the sages searched Rōran’s ruins for chakra containing space-time energy.
• Ichikishimahime found a tiny remnant of Dragon Vein energy, and Tagorihime explained that the White Snake Sage could nurture it into a means of reaching another Shinobi World.

Shinsei investigated signs that his enemies had reached Rōran and might have found another source of Dragon Vein energy. After discussing the danger with the two Tsunades, he realized that Madara Uchiha could use Impure World Reincarnation to bring another version of himself into the conflict.

• Shinsei returned Itachi's body to Sasuke but kept Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan to study for his cloning plan.
• When the Dragon Vein energy inside him stirred, Shinsei traveled to Rōran and found a vast fissure where intruders had used Earth Release.
• After Shinsei left, Ichikishimahime and Tagorihime emerged from the sand, and Ichikishimahime vowed to kill him.
• Shinsei told the two Tsunades about Rōran, and the younger Tsunade questioned who Madara Uchiha could bring from another world.
• The Hokage version of Tsunade warned that Madara Uchiha could use Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Shinsei and the younger Tsunade concerned about facing another Madara.

Shinsei visited Shikaku Nara after congratulating him on becoming Jonin Commander, and Shikaku welcomed him into his home for dinner with his family. After the meal, Shikamaru asked Shinsei what he had really come for, leaving Shinsei poised to reveal his purpose.

• Shinsei congratulated Shikaku Nara on his appointment as Jonin Commander, and Shikaku thanked him for recommending him to Tsunade.
• Shikaku invited Shinsei to his home, and Shinsei accepted, hoping the visit would improve his chance of learning about Yin-Yang Release.
• Shinsei arrived at the Nara home with fruit, where Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji greeted him.
• Shikaku and his family served Shinsei tea and an elaborate dinner, while Ino repeatedly added food to his plate.
• After the meal, Shikamaru asked Shinsei why he had come, and Shinsei praised Shikamaru's intelligence.

Shinsei visited the Nara Clan to study Yin Release and learned the basics of the Shadow Imitation Technique from Shikaku Nara. In return, Shikaku accepted Shinsei’s offer to teach the Visualization Method to Shikamaru.

• Shinsei asked Shikamaru whether he could study the Nara Clan’s knowledge of Yin Release, offering knowledge of equivalent value in exchange.
• Ino and Choji offered to help Shinsei, but both said they needed permission from their fathers.
• Shikaku let Shinsei read the clan’s scrolls and explained how the Shadow Imitation Technique gave chakra-created shadows form and strength.
• Shinsei quickly made his shadow’s arm move and mastered the basics of the Shadow Imitation Technique.
• Shikaku asked Shinsei to teach the Visualization Method to his son, Shikamaru, and Shinsei agreed.

Shinsei taught Shikamaru a tailored Visualization Method in his mental space, where a strategy game quickly distracted Shikamaru from the intended practice. The next day, Shikaku brought Shinsei notes on Yin-Yang Release gathered from the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans, leaving Shinsei amused by how freely he could make such exchanges under Tsunade’s trust.

• Shinsei took Shikamaru to his mental space and demonstrated a strategy game made of shadow pieces.
• Shinsei taught Shikamaru a Visualization Method designed to strengthen his mental power and shadow techniques.
• Shikamaru began visualizing the game but soon focused on playing against himself and shouted, "Check!"
• The next day, Shikaku gave Shinsei a scroll of Yin-Yang Release fundamentals that included knowledge from the Yamanaka and Akimichi Clans.
• Shinsei thanked Shikaku and promised to offer corresponding knowledge in exchange, then reflected on how Tsunade’s trust allowed his private dealings with the clans.

Shinsei studied Yin-Yang Release and experimented with manipulating chakra through the Nara Clan’s shadow techniques, seeking to make his chakra as flexible as the Nine-Tails’. He realized becoming a Jinchūriki might help him understand Tailed Beast chakra, and pressured Little Nine until the Nine-Tails admitted he had a way.

• Shinsei studied Yin-Yang Release and successfully used the Shadow Imitation Technique and Shadow Strangulation Technique on a lamp.
• Shinsei tested shaping chakra with spiritual energy but found that the control vanished when the energy was absorbed into the chakra.
• Shinsei woke Little Nine and examined his tails while asking how they could be so flexible.
• Little Nine denied knowing how to help, but Shinsei realized becoming a Jinchūriki might let him learn to use Tailed Beast chakra.
• Shinsei threatened to take Little Nine into the street and expose his tails, so Little Nine admitted he had a way.

Shinsei released Nine-Tails' seal in a forest so the fox could match the Dragon Vein energy inside him, but Nine-Tails immediately attacked and tried to escape. Shinsei overwhelmed him in their fight, and the chapter ended with Nine-Tails fleeing and hearing Shinsei ask where he was going.

• Nine-Tails told Shinsei he could alter his chakra to match the Dragon Vein energy if Shinsei undid his seal.
• Shinsei took Nine-Tails to a forest clearing and removed the seal, allowing the fox to grow to his full size.
• Nine-Tails attacked Shinsei, but Shinsei caught his claw and beat back his strikes with overwhelming strength.
• Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Shinsei avoided it and smashed the fox into the ground.
• Nine-Tails seized a chance to flee, but Shinsei called out to him as he ran.

Shinsei tracked down the Nine-Tails after it tried to escape and made it transfer its chakra to him. He purified the chakra and tested his new golden chakra mode, while the Nine-Tails remained under his control.

• The Nine-Tails fled, but Shinsei reappeared on its neck using the Flying Thunder God Sign he had placed inside its body.
• Shinsei threatened to punish the Nine-Tails for running away, and it reluctantly agreed to give him chakra.
• Shinsei received the Nine-Tails' chakra and used his mental power to purge its violent emotions.
• Golden chakra covered Shinsei, who formed and controlled chakra tails with ease.
• Shinsei shaped the golden tails into swords and claws, cutting trees apart and uprooting them.

Shinsei studied Nine-Tails' chakra, then sealed Nine-Tails into a small form and brought him to the training ground to teach Naruto Nine-Tails Mode. There, Shinsei exposed Jiraiya's new manuscript, prompting Kushina to chase and beat Jiraiya.

• Shinsei used Nine-Tails' chakra to experiment with tails and learn about Yin-Yang Release.
• Shinsei sealed Nine-Tails into a puppy-sized form after joking that he could make him a summoning beast like Madara Uchiha.
• Shinsei teleported with Nine-Tails to the training ground, where Naruto and Minato were training and Jiraiya was writing his new book.
• Shinsei read aloud an embarrassing passage from Jiraiya's manuscript, and Kushina turned her anger on Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya ran from Kushina, fell over a branch, and begged her not to hit his face as she attacked him.

Shinsei brought Naruto into the sealed space to teach him Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and help him build a relationship with the Nine-Tails. After teasing the caged beast, Shinsei challenged him to a bet.

• Kushina beat Jiraiya, then told Shinsei to teach Naruto properly and went home to cook.
• Shinsei demonstrated Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and explained how it could let Naruto use the Nine-Tails’ power without being overcome by negative emotions.
• Shinsei took Naruto, Minato, and Little Nine-Tails into Naruto’s sealed space to meet the caged Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails grew furious at seeing his clone treated like a pet, but Shinsei mocked him while remaining confident in his own strength.
• The Nine-Tails threatened to eat Shinsei, who challenged him to make a bet.

Shinsei challenged Nine-Tails to a wager that tested how much chakra he had, promising Nine-Tails could do as he pleased if he filled a chessboard with doubling amounts of chakra. Nine-Tails ran out of chakra before he could complete the board, and Shinsei accused him of trying to welch as he raged.

• Shinsei wagered that Nine-Tails could not fill an eighty-one-square chessboard with chakra, with each square requiring twice as much as the one before it.
• Nine-Tails accepted, confident he had endless chakra, and began placing chakra balls on the board while Shinsei enlarged it as needed.
• Nine-Tails carefully counted out 1,024 chakra balls for a square, then learned the next required 2,048 and continued despite his shrinking body.
• Nine-Tails eventually realized he could not fill the remaining squares, overturned the chessboard, and accused Shinsei of tricking him.
• Shinsei called out to Minato and Naruto that Nine-Tails was trying to welch, and Nine-Tails angrily denied it.

Naruto befriended Nine-Tails enough to receive pure chakra and enter Nine-Tails Mode. After a meal with Kushina, Naruto challenged Sasuke, and Minato took them away with Shinsei to test Naruto’s new strength.

• Naruto introduced himself to Nine-Tails and repeatedly tried to befriend him, despite being knocked down by his tail.
• Nine-Tails remembered the name Kurama and sent his chakra into Naruto, giving him golden Nine-Tails Mode and nine tails.
• Naruto challenged Shinsei to a duel, but Kushina stopped them from going out to eat and served everyone sweet cream stew instead.
• Sasuke arrived, and Naruto and Sasuke traded insults until they were about to fight.
• Minato took Naruto, Sasuke, and Shinsei away from the training ground to test Naruto’s new strength.

Naruto and Sasuke fought to a draw, with Naruto using Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and Sasuke using his new cursed seal mode. Afterward, Sasuke asked Shinsei for help bringing Uchiha from the other world to Konoha, and Shinsei agreed to arrange a visit soon.

• Naruto and Sasuke fought across the lake, and Sasuke activated his new cursed seal mode to match Naruto’s speed.
• Shinsei separated them with a wall of water and called the fight a draw, while Naruto protested that he had been about to win.
• Minato offered to treat everyone to ramen, and he brought the group back to Konoha.
• Sasuke asked Shinsei to help bring some Uchiha from the other world to Konoha, and Shinsei agreed to contact him when he visited the other Konoha.

Tsunade and Shinsei persuaded Mito Uzumaki to accept a treatment that restored her health and increased her chakra. The chapter ended with Mito learning that the older Tsunade had gone to the Uchiha Clan Compound because Sasuke was causing trouble.

• Kushina and the two Tsunades reunited with Mito Uzumaki at her home.
• Tsunade offered Mito a treatment made from cells developed to repair her hidden injuries, but Mito initially refused.
• Kushina recounted how Madara had attacked their group and persuaded Mito to accept the treatment so she could help next time.
• One Tsunade anesthetized Mito, and the other injected the pale green liquid into her arm.
• Mito woke three hours later feeling rejuvenated, with her hidden injuries healed and her chakra nearly doubled.
• Mito learned that the older Tsunade had gone to the Uchiha Clan Compound because Sasuke was causing trouble.

Shinsei and Tsunade mediated after Sasuke’s argument with the Uchiha Clan’s grand elder nearly became a fight over relocating clan members to another Shinobi World. The grand elder agreed in principle after Tsunade guaranteed the Uchiha would be treated equally, but a woman then called out to Sasuke.

• Sasuke’s criticism of the Uchiha leadership and refusal to take its powerful members enraged the clan’s higher-ups, and he activated his Susanoo before Uchiha Mikoto intervened.
• Tsunade and Shinsei arrived, and Shinsei restrained Sasuke before arguing that the grand elder had been wrong to withhold a child’s compensation.
• Shinsei explained that Uchiha who moved to the other Shinobi World could inherit its clan estate and avoid restrictions, then reminded the grand elder that relations with the Hokage had worsened since Lord Kagami Uchiha’s departure.
• The grand elder agreed in principle to the relocation and asked Tsunade to promise fair treatment for the Uchiha.
• Tsunade guaranteed equal treatment as the Fifth Hokage, and the grand elder bowed after learning she held that office.
• A gentle female voice called out, “Sasuke!”

Sasuke invited Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku to live in another world, but Fugaku refused, so Shinsei and Tsunade left the Uchiha compound with Sasuke. On the way, Shinsei encountered young Obito Uchiha and secretly collected a sample of his blood for his research into awakening the Mangekyō in an Uchiha clone.

• Sasuke invited Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku to another world, but Fugaku refused to let Mikoto go with him.
• Shinsei apologized to Fugaku, then left the Uchiha compound with Tsunade and Sasuke after the grand elder promised to count the clansmen willing to travel.
• Shinsei recognized a young Obito Uchiha walking home with his grandmother and told Tsunade that Obito's future self had summoned Madara Uchiha.
• Obito jumped into a puddle, fell, and cut his hand on a stone while his grandmother bandaged him.
• Shinsei used his chakra to draw the stone to himself and collected Obito's blood for his Uchiha clone research.

Mito Uzumaki recovered her vitality after taking the cellular fluid and urged Shinsei to let her help deal with Madara Uchiha. She assessed Shinsei’s chakra and scolded him and both Tsunades for neglecting rigorous training, leaving them promising to do better.

• Mito Uzumaki ate ravenously and asked to join the effort against Madara Uchiha, then ordered an Anbu to search for him.
• Shinsei asked Mito Uzumaki to privately warn Hiruzen Sarutobi about the other world's Danzo defecting.
• Shinsei explained that he wanted to develop chakra like the Nine-Tails' rather than become a jinchūriki.
• Mito Uzumaki tested Shinsei's chakra, explained that he needed grueling physical and mental training, and noted that stronger energies would improve his senjutsu chakra.
• Mito Uzumaki scolded both Tsunades for failing to teach Shinsei, then warned Tsunade to discipline herself as well.

Shinsei and Sasuke brought about thirty Uchiha clansmen from another world to Konoha, where Tsunade ordered Sasuke and Shinsei to settle them. After Shinsei told Mikoto how this world's Uchiha Clan had been exterminated, she asked whether he had plans for the clan's future.

• Uchiha clansmen arrived in Konoha and reunited with villagers they recognized, while Shinsei realized Mikoto had come with them.
• Tsunade ordered Sasuke to take the clansmen to the Uchiha compound and made Shinsei help handle the situation.
• Sasuke led the clansmen to the compound on Konoha's outskirts, where they chose and registered vacant houses.
• Mikoto saw a photograph of Sasuke's family and asked about Itachi, whom Sasuke said was dead.
• Shinsei explained the Nine-Tails attack, the Uchiha's relocation and rebellion, and Itachi's massacre of the clan.
• Mikoto asked Sasuke about the Uchiha Clan's future, then asked Shinsei whether his plans included them.

Shinsei advised Sasuke and Uchiha Mikoto that the Uchiha should spread throughout Konoha to build ties with their neighbors and integrate over generations. He then brought Uchiha Itachi back with Impure World Reincarnation, leaving Itachi apologizing to Uchiha Mikoto for frightening her.

• Shinsei showed Uchiha Mikoto his Sharingan and told her that he counted as half an Uchiha.
• Shinsei urged Sasuke to address the distance between the Uchiha Clan and Konoha, and Sasuke asked for his advice.
• Shinsei suggested selling plots across Konoha cheaply to new Uchiha clan members so the clan could integrate over generations.
• Sasuke went to find his teacher, while Shinsei asked Uchiha Mikoto to help him meet Uchiha Itachi.
• Shinsei summoned Uchiha Itachi from a coffin using Impure World Reincarnation, and Itachi recognized Uchiha Mikoto as his mother and apologized for frightening her.

Shinsei asked Uchiha Itachi to investigate Ryūchi Cave and Dragon Vein energy, then discussed the cost of Uchiha land with Sasuke. Just as Shinsei went home hoping to rest, Hidan arrived and dragged him into an exercise plan.

• After meeting Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Itachi agreed to investigate Ryūchi Cave and Dragon Vein energy for Shinsei.
• Uchiha Itachi asked Shinsei to persuade Sasuke to have his eyes transplanted, then disappeared into the grove.
• Sasuke worried that he could not afford the land plots, and Shinsei suggested he ask Sakura for money.
• Shinsei went home to rest and imagined a peaceful future before his mother announced that a friend had arrived.
• Hidan took Shinsei out and proposed running fifty laps around Konoha or walking a thousand steps on their hands.

Shinsei trained with Hidan and Naruto while using a Shadow Clone to continue his research. A month later, he told the Dragon Princess about the Ten-Tails and the Infinite Tsukuyomi and asked for her thoughts.

• Hidan said Mito Uzumaki had asked him to make Shinsei exercise, then dragged Shinsei into a run around Konoha.
• Shinsei persuaded Naruto to join their training by presenting hard exercise as a secret to becoming a powerful ninja.
• Villagers joined the trio as they ran, while Shinsei sent a Shadow Clone to continue his research and trained until dark.
• Over the next month, Shinsei trained daily with Hidan and continued decoding human body signals with his Shadow Clones.
• The Dragon Princess said the signals might be fully decoded in less than a year, and Shinsei admitted he had no plan to stop the future Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Shinsei entered what he knew about the Ten-Tails and the Infinite Tsukuyomi into the biological computer, and the Dragon Princess thanked him and asked what questions he had.

Shinsei consulted the Dragon Princess and Tobirama Senju about countering the Ten-Tails' Infinite Tsukuyomi, then developed a plan to unite shinobi minds into a protective barrier. Tsunade assigned him to handle the plan and summoned Inoichi Yamanaka to help.

• The Dragon Princess proposed mental barriers, space-time distortion, and energy interference as ways to counter the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and Shinsei focused on the mental barrier method.
• Shinsei revived Tobirama Senju, who dismissed the other methods and advised him to develop a mental shielding network using powerful shinobi from each village.
• Shinsei and Tobirama Senju planned for the Yamanaka Clan to create a new formula that linked shinobi minds into a unified barrier.
• Shinsei sealed Tobirama Senju away, brought the plan to Tsunade, and asked her to arrange its details.
• Tsunade told Shinsei to take responsibility for the plan and summoned Inoichi Yamanaka.

Shinsei escaped Tsunade’s questions about choosing between Ino and Hinata, then tested a new chakra technique at his forest lake. He formed a three-headed, six-armed shape and began trying to make its extra limbs useful in combat.

• Tsunade gave Inoichi Yamanaka a proposal for a mental barrier against the Infinite Tsukuyomi and told him to discuss it with Shinsei.
• Tsunade asked Shinsei whether he had chosen between Ino and Hinata, and Shinsei fled the Hokage Building rather than answer.
• Shinsei used his own chakra to form and control nine tails, but found he could not divide his attention well enough to use them effectively.
• Shinsei reshaped his chakra into three heads and six arms, then used one extra arm to create a Lightning Sword that struck the lake.
• Shinsei found the extra limbs weakened his control and began remodeling their internal structure to make them easier to control.

The White Snake Sage secretly used human sacrifices to cultivate the Dragon Vein’s energy into a chakra life-form, while Shinsei continued developing his abilities and meditating. The chakra’s glow brightened slightly, and Shinsei’s qi channels neared the point where he could establish a Macrocosmic Orbit.

• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and another woman guarded the chakra on a stone lamp and doubted the White Snake Sage’s cultivation method.
• The White Snake Sage dismissed the three women, then had a huge snake bring her a man to use as a sacrifice.
• The White Snake Sage extracted the man’s chakra with smoke-like runes, causing the lamp’s glow to brighten, and ordered the snake to find more suitable people.
• The White Snake Sage said she was cultivating the Dragon Vein’s energy into a chakra life-form because Shinsei had already obtained its main body.
• Shinsei returned home, considered how to develop Yin-Yang Release, and researched a new ninjutsu before meditating.
• Shinsei circulated qi through his meridians and estimated that he could establish a Macrocosmic Orbit in about a year.

Shinsei reviewed the Yamanaka Clan’s plan for a mental shielding network with Ino serving as his liaison. The plan relied on powerful Sharingan or Rinnegan nodes and chakra amplifiers, but Tsunade interrupted with news that the Eight-Tails had gone missing.

• Ino told Shinsei she would act as his liaison and handed him the Yamanaka Clan’s detailed mental network plan.
• Shinsei studied the proposal, which suggested using Sharingan as network nodes and warned that ordinary Sharingan might not resist the Ten-Tails’ Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• Shinsei concluded that a Rinnegan-based network would offer better protection and considered taking the Rinnegan from the elderly Madara Uchiha in the other world.
• Shinsei noted that the network would need a jutsu formula to link minds and chakra amplifiers powered by a tailed beast.
• Tsunade brought Shinsei the latest intelligence: the Eight-Tails had gone missing.