Recaps

Shinsei escaped the Sage of Six Paths and returned to Konoha, where he discussed Otsutsuki Kaguya and the Ten-Tails with Tsunade and Orochimaru. He agreed to let Orochimaru study the Ten-Tails after he finished dealing with it, then entered the creature’s consciousness.

• Shinsei sensed danger from the Sage of Six Paths and used Xiaobai to escape before he could be attacked.
• Shinsei arrived at Konoha’s outskirts, told Tsunade that the Sage of Six Paths had appeared to confront Otsutsuki Kaguya, and speculated that Naruto and Sasuke could help him seal her.
• Shinsei and Tsunade approached the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which now held only the Ten-Tails’ will after Shinsei had removed Otsutsuki Kaguya’s will.
• Orochimaru asked to study the Ten-Tails, and Shinsei agreed on the condition that they share the research results after he finished dealing with it.
• Shinsei pressed his hands to the Ten-Tails’ head and entered its consciousness.

Shinsei erased the Ten-Tails’ original memories and transformed it into Little Ten, a docile white ten-tailed fox. He then completed a powerful seal on Little Ten, though its true effectiveness remained untested.

• Shinsei found the fabricated memories of a white ten-tailed fox named Little Ten and slowly erased the Ten-Tails’ other memories.
• By the morning of the third day, Shinsei had removed the remaining memories, undone the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s seals, and watched it transform into Little Ten.
• Little Ten affectionately approached Shinsei, who sensed its immense Six Paths-level chakra and stayed wary of its potential to become violent.
• Shinsei connected to the Mental Network and distracted Little Ten with a crystal ball while applying a Yin-Yang Release seal designed with Tsunade.
• Black-and-white sealing runes flashed across Little Ten’s fur and disappeared as Shinsei completed the seal.

Shinsei secured Little Ten in a room beneath Konoha Hospital and let it rest while he recovered from the strain of handling Ten-Tails. Tsunade urged Shinsei to take over as Hokage, and he agreed to pursue peace before she gave him six months to prepare.

• After sealing Little Ten inside his body, Shinsei decided to keep it at Konoha Hospital because it was too dangerous to take home.
• Shinsei settled Little Ten in a basement room, set up a barrier, and left a Shadow Clone to watch over it while it rested.
• Shinsei visited Tsunade and reported that he had settled everything.
• Tsunade told Shinsei to finish training his students and become Hokage so he could freely put his plans into action.
• Shinsei said his ultimate goal was world peace, and Tsunade gave him six months before he took over as Hokage.

Shinsei returned Gaara to Konoha, where Temari reunited with her changed younger brother and took him back to Sunagakure. Shinsei then met with the Yamanaka Clan about expanding the mental network, whose ambitious new requirements frustrated its members.

• Shinsei brought Gaara back to the Hokage Building after more than two years away in another Shinobi World.
• Temari embraced Gaara and saw how much he had changed, while Gaara thanked Tsunade and Shinsei before leaving with his sister.
• Shikamaru approached Shinsei about the mental network, and Ino joined them after Temari had left.
• Shinsei discussed plans with the Yamanaka Clan to expand the mental network for ordinary people and add features such as voice chats, television, and video posts.
• Inoichi Yamanaka and the other clan members struggled to accept Shinsei's ambitious demands.

Shinsei visited the Hyuga Clan and invited Hinata to accompany him to another Shinobi World. Hiashi readily agreed, trusting Shinsei and hoping Hinata’s closeness to him would protect the clan’s future.

• Shinsei assigned the Yamanaka Clan and Sealing Squad members tasks while remaining wary of Madara, Kaguya, and the Sage of Six Paths.
• Shinsei visited the Hyuga compound, where Hiashi, Hanabi, and Hinata welcomed him.
• Hanabi served Shinsei tea and snacks and massaged his shoulders, while Hiashi praised Shinsei’s relaxed bond with his disciples.
• Shinsei invited Hinata to travel with him to another Shinobi World, and Hiashi told her to go without asking for details.
• Hinata shyly agreed, and Hiashi privately hoped her bond with Shinsei would safeguard the Hyuga Clan.

Shinsei and Hinata visited Mito Uzumaki after resolving the Ten-Tails crisis, and Shinsei explained his plan to find Madara Uchiha and retrieve the Rinnegan. Mito supported him, and the chapter ended with Konan appearing at the courtyard entrance.

• Shinsei and Hinata arrived at Mito Uzumaki’s courtyard, where Mito teased Shinsei about drawing people to the other Konoha.
• Mito asked whether the Ten-Tails crisis had ended, and Shinsei explained how he had obtained chakra from the other Dragon Vein and tricked Otsutsuki Kaguya into leaving.
• Mito noticed Hinata’s unusually bright Byakugan, and Shinsei explained that Hinata could see farther than ordinary Byakugan users.
• Shinsei told Mito he planned to find Madara Uchiha, who had likely hidden this world’s Nagato, and retrieve the Rinnegan.
• Mito offered to help Shinsei confront Madara, but Shinsei said he was confident he could handle the elderly Madara himself.
• Konan appeared at the courtyard entrance and greeted Shinsei happily.

Shinsei visited Mito Uzumaki and worked with her to develop a seal for Little Ten, then returned home and gently rejected Konan’s romantic feelings by asking her to be his little sister. Konan accepted, but was left lonely after Shinsei and Hinata quietly left the room.

• Konan showed Shinsei her paper wings, and he praised her Paper Release technique.
• Shinsei and Mito Uzumaki discussed Yin-Yang Release and designed a seal that could completely contain Little Ten’s chakra but could not be opened at will.
• Shinsei and Hinata returned to Shinsei’s house, where Konan gave him a carefully made paper figure resembling him.
• Shinsei told Konan he wanted her to become his little sister, and she accepted after a long silence.
• Shinsei and Hinata left the room, and Konan emerged from the bathroom to find the living room empty.

Shinsei and Hinata searched the Land of Rain for Madara Uchiha’s hidden base, then rested beneath the night sky and discussed the Hyuga Clan’s origins. Shinsei began explaining why the clan had never produced a shinobi as powerful as Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju, warning Hinata that the secret could endanger her clan.

• Shinsei carried Hinata across the Land of Rain as she searched the ground with her Byakugan for Madara Uchiha’s underground hiding place.
• Shinsei and Hinata searched through the afternoon but covered only a small part of the area marked on their map.
• After Hinata said she did not want to return yet, Shinsei made a campfire and sat with her beneath the night sky.
• Hinata asked whether Ōtsutsuki Clan members lived on the moon, and Shinsei told her that the Hyuga were descendants of Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Shinsei explained how the Uchiha and Senju descended from Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s sons, then warned Hinata that the reason for the Hyuga Clan’s relative lack of powerful shinobi was a dangerous secret.
• Hinata promised not to tell anyone what Shinsei was about to reveal.

Shinsei told Hinata that her Byakugan could evolve into the Tenseigan and planned to obtain the Byakugan needed from Hamura Otsutsuki’s descendants on the moon. The next morning, they searched a priority area for Madara Uchiha and Hinata found the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path hidden underground.

• Shinsei explained that the Tenseigan could be created by merging Byakugan, and Hinata worried that the process might require harming her clansmen.
• Shinsei reassured Hinata that Hamura Otsutsuki’s descendants on the moon had plenty of Byakugan and said he would eventually take their giant Tenseigan.
• Hinata felt glad that she might be able to help Shinsei, while Shinsei recalled Otsutsuki Toneri and resolved to stop anyone who tried to take her away.
• The next morning, Shinsei picked Hinata up and flew with her into the other Shinobi World to search areas the Dragon Princess had marked as likely hiding places for Madara Uchiha.
• Hinata spotted an enormous underground space containing the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Shinsei and Hinata found Madara Uchiha beneath the earth, where he was sustained by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Madara refused to hand over his Rinnegan and began absorbing the statue’s energy to face Shinsei.

• Hinata sensed chakra in a tree, and Shinsei pulled out and killed a White Zetsu who warned that Madara had been told of their arrival.
• Shinsei used Earth Release to take Hinata underground and followed her guidance to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Madara greeted Shinsei, said he had been waiting for him, and asked whether the Madara in Shinsei’s world had succeeded with the Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Shinsei said Madara’s plan could never succeed but refused to explain why or trade that information for the Rinnegan.
• Madara declared that he could still fight and absorbed energy from the Demonic Statue as Shinsei stood by.

Shinjō faced Madara Uchiha after activating Sage Mode and challenged him to a battle on the surface. He evaded Madara’s Susanoo attacks and maneuvered behind the giant to strike its wings.

• Shinjō activated Sage Mode and declared that he was ready to fight Madara Uchiha.
• Shinjō and Madara agreed to take their battle to the surface, and Madara used Susanoo to break through the underground ceiling.
• Shinjō carried Hinata to safety before flying back to face Madara’s Susanoo.
• Madara enlarged and armored Susanoo, then launched twin sword-energy slashes at Shinjō.
• Shinjō dodged the attacks with his wings and speed, circled behind Susanoo, and slashed at its wings.

Shinsei and Madara Uchiha fought as Madara questioned how a Senju descendant had gained the Mangekyō Sharingan. Realizing Shinsei might defeat him and end his plans, Madara refused to reveal the Rinnegan’s location and challenged him to continue fighting.

• Shinsei’s Instant Blade struck Madara’s Susanoo twice, cracking its wings and chest, while Madara repaired the damage with ocular power.
• Madara asked why Shinsei had the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Shinsei explained that Black Zetsu had damaged his eyes and that his Senju heritage had allowed them to evolve.
• Madara recalled ordering Black Zetsu to kill Shinsei and a Byakugan-wielding girl because they were suspected of coming from the future.
• Madara judged Shinsei to be nearly as strong as he had been at his peak and realized Shinsei’s ability to travel between worlds threatened his plans.
• Madara refused to tell Shinsei where the Rinnegan was and declared that his other-world self would continue the plan before challenging Shinsei to fight.

Shinsei and Madara Uchiha fought to a standstill, with Shinsei’s speed countering Madara’s Susanoo. Shinsei tested his newly developed Palm Thunder on Madara and, after revealing only its weakest sphere, prepared to show him the rest.

• Shinsei and Madara Uchiha traded attacks as Susanoo repaired its damage and Shinsei evaded its blades.
• Shinsei declared that he had a ninjutsu for Madara to judge and brought out dozens of sealed black spheres.
• Shinsei identified the technique as Palm Thunder, designed to counter large-scale ninjutsu like Susanoo.
• Shinsei flicked a sphere at Susanoo and released its seal, unleashing over a hundred tons of water in a powerful explosion.
• Shinsei apologized for using the weakest sphere and said he would show Madara the remaining Palm Thunder.

Shinsei used thousand-ton Palm Thunder to knock Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo to the ground and crack it, though Madara quickly repaired the damage. Madara dismissed Susanoo and charged at Shinsei, determined to continue the fight before his fading vitality ran out.

• Shinsei explained that Palm Thunder compressed water into spheres and threw a thousand-ton-grade sphere at Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo.
• The sphere erupted into a vast blast, and Shinsei teleported beside Hinata before a water wall shielded them from the shock wave.
• The blast knocked Susanoo to one knee and cracked its body, but Madara repaired the damage and recovered from the shock.
• Madara recognized how Palm Thunder worked, admitted he had underestimated Shinsei, and dismissed Susanoo to avoid further blasts.
• Madara charged toward Shinsei, intent on teaching him a lesson before his vitality faded.

Shinsei and Madara Uchiha fought at close quarters, with Shinsei using the battle to sharpen his combat skills. As Madara accepted that he might die in the fight, Shinsei unveiled a new Sage Art that gave him two independently minded extra heads, leaving Madara laughing at their bickering.

• Shinsei and Madara Uchiha traded taijutsu, then clashed with Fire Style, Water Release, and Susanoo as each tested the other's abilities.
• Madara recognized Shinsei's strength and realized Shinsei was using the fight to gain experience; Shinsei confirmed he had to stop Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan.
• Madara praised Shinsei as the greatest genius he had encountered and invited him to kill him, saying he would rather die in battle than in a chair.
• Shinsei charged Madara and revealed Sage Art: Storm Release: Three Heads and Six Arms, which produced two extra heads with distinct personalities.
• The new heads argued with Shinsei and mocked Madara, while Madara laughed at the strange Ninjutsu and Shinsei felt embarrassed by its success.

Shinsei used Three Heads and Six Arms to fight Madara Uchiha, who answered his opponent’s superior close-combat strength with a battlefield full of Wood Clones. Madara’s clones summoned Complete Body Susanoos and challenged Shinsei to face his final attack.

• Shinsei explained how he formed two independent soul cores to create the heads in his Three Heads and Six Arms technique.
• Madara Uchiha recognized the technique’s regenerative nature and attacked Shinsei with a dozen Wood Clones.
• Shinsei’s heads and main body fought the clones, destroying several while his main body searched for the real Madara.
• Madara produced more Wood Clones until they surrounded Shinsei, then had them summon Complete Body Susanoos.
• Madara acknowledged Shinsei’s strength and invited him to fight against the Susanoos with the last of his power.

Shinsei fought Madara Uchiha’s hundreds of Susanoo-bearing Wood Clones to gain combat experience, refusing to use easier methods even as the battle began to injure him. As Hinata watched helplessly, a small dark shadow crept toward her.

• Shinsei faced Madara Uchiha’s hundreds of Susanoo and promised to give him a dignified end.
• Madara Uchiha formed a complete Susanoo and sent the Wood Clone Susanoo to attack Shinsei.
• Shinsei used his weapons, Three Heads and Six Arms, and senjutsu chakra to break through some Susanoo while refusing to rely on overwhelming force or flight.
• The Susanoo blades trapped Shinsei, shattered his Storm Release Armor, and injured him as he fought his way through the attackers.
• Hinata watched Shinsei suffer and blamed herself for being too weak to help, while a small dark shadow crept toward her.

Shinsei captured part of Black Zetsu after Black Zetsu tried to ambush Hinata, then returned to his battle with Madara Uchiha. After honing his fighting skills against Madara’s Susanoo, Shinsei defeated them and watched Madara die of old age.

• Hinata struck Black Zetsu when he tried to sneak up on her, and Shinsei severed and sealed one of Black Zetsu’s arms.
• Shinsei returned to the battlefield, where Madara Uchiha welcomed him back to their fight.
• Shinsei adapted to the Susanoo onslaught, refining his movements and growing more confident as a fighter.
• Seeing Madara weaken, Shinsei stopped holding back and cut through the Susanoo to reach him.
• Madara Uchiha closed his eyes and died of old age as Shinsei stood beside him.

As Tsunade prepared to hand the Hokage position to Shinsei, Konoha and neighboring regions began accepting his imminent succession. While receiving a steady stream of visitors, Shinsei heard a villager’s plea about a cruel local noble and called for his disciple.

• Tsunade announced that she intended to pass the Hokage position to Shinsei, prompting debate over his age and her early departure.
• Konoha’s ninja became more accepting of Shinsei’s succession after learning that Gaara had become Kazekage.
• Representatives from surrounding regions visited Shinsei, and he assured them that Konoha’s policies would not change for the time being.
• An elderly villager told Shinsei that a local noble’s exploitation and hired thugs had left the villagers desperate.
• Shinsei considered the villager’s plea and asked an Anbu ninja to call his disciple.

Shinsei sent his four students on their first mission, accompanying an old man whose village was being pressured by nobles. He then told Tsunade he planned to replace the current political system, though he would wait until he had prepared an alternative.

• Shinsei accepted the old man's mission and used a Shadow Clone to accompany Hanabi Hyuga, Konohamaru, and his other two students to the man's hometown.
• The old man paid the small fee his village could afford and felt reassured when Shinsei agreed to lead the mission.
• After finishing his afternoon work, Shinsei massaged Tsunade's shoulders as she asked whether he still intended to include the daimyo in his plans.
• Shinsei told Tsunade he wanted to replace the current system but would make no major changes until he had prepared something better.
• Tsunade agreed not to interfere, and Shinsei privately resolved to keep expanding Konoha's authority until it replaced the daimyo.

Konohamaru and Hanabi bickered over who was Shinsei’s senior disciple as they escorted Momotaro and Maritaro toward their village. When three wandering ninja appeared and demanded the clients, Shinsei watched to see how his disciples would respond.

• Konohamaru mistook a rabbit in a thicket for a hidden ninja, and Hanabi laughed at him before demanding that he call her senior sister.
• Konohamaru refused Hanabi’s demand, and Shinsei let the disciples’ argument continue while learning from Momotaro and Maritaro about the noble’s extortion of their village.
• Hanabi sensed approaching ninja, and the disciples surrounded Momotaro and Maritaro to protect them.
• Three unidentified wandering ninja emerged from the woods, and their leader demanded that the Konoha ninja hand over the two clients.

Shinsei watched his four disciples fight three wandering ninja during their mission, intervening only if they were in danger. Hanabi defeated one opponent and Moegi protected herself and Udon with Water Release, while Konohamaru remained in trouble against the woman.

• Konohamaru attacked the middle-aged woman but failed to control Shinsei’s Instant Blade and was forced into close combat.
• Hanabi Hyuga struck one of the middle-aged men with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, disabling him.
• Moegi and Udon fought the remaining middle-aged man, who attacked them with fireballs.
• Moegi blocked the fireballs with a spinning wall of water and began preparing another technique.
• Hanabi noticed that Konohamaru was close to being defeated and decided to help him.

Konohamaru and Hanabi Hyuga fought a powerful bounty hunter who used Wind Release to control a deadly spinning saber. While they faced her, Moegi caught her opponent off guard with the Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu.

• Konohamaru struggled against the middle-aged woman’s saber attacks until Hanabi Hyuga joined the fight.
• Hanabi Hyuga recognized that the woman used Wind Release to control her saber, and the woman revealed she intended to capture Hanabi for her Byakugan.
• The woman imbued her saber with Wind Release chakra and spun it around herself, cutting through Konohamaru’s kunai and a large tree.
• Konohamaru threw an explosive-tagged kunai, and its blast distracted the middle-aged man fighting Moegi.
• Moegi used the distraction to vanish and grab the middle-aged man’s ankles with Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu.

Moegi and Udon trapped one of the attackers while Konohamaru, Hanabi Hyuga, and their teammates fought the middle-aged woman. She shrugged off their attacks, powered up after her hair was singed, and ended the chapter cutting through the figure Hanabi had been standing beside.

• Moegi trapped a middle-aged man in the earth while Udon helped hold him in place.
• Konohamaru, Hanabi Hyuga, Moegi, and Udon attacked the middle-aged woman, but she deflected their weapons and evaded their strikes.
• Konohamaru launched Fire Release attacks, which the woman countered with her broadsword, though the flames scorched a lock of her hair.
• The middle-aged woman surged with chakra and leapt toward Hanabi Hyuga as the students used clones and threw their weapons at her.
• The woman’s spinning broadsword cut the tree beneath Hanabi Hyuga and sliced through a little girl’s figure.

Shinsei intervened when the middle-aged woman nearly killed Hanabi, stopping her broadsword and declaring that his students had failed the mission. The woman recognized Shinsei and struggled to accept his legendary reputation as he watched her mind swing between fear and delusion.

• Konohamaru attacked the middle-aged woman with Fire Dragon Bullets while Hanabi and the other students tried to slow her down.
• The woman charged Konohamaru, and Hanabi's kunai broke as she tried to block the woman's broadsword.
• Shinsei caught the broadsword with one hand and extinguished the wind release chakra on its blade.
• Shinsei told his students they had failed the mission and that their future mission payments would pay for his intervention.
• The middle-aged woman recognized Shinsei, then became torn between believing his reputation and dismissing him as an overhyped young genius.
• Shinsei watched her unstable thoughts and considered his attempts to control other people's minds unsuccessful so far.