Recaps

After Storm Release finished transforming Shinsei’s body, he developed new Storm Release techniques and demonstrated their power. Sasuke arrived with a mission, and the two headed to the Hokage Building.

• Shinsei carried the sleeping Tsunade to her bed, but she grabbed his arm and held him there until she woke and sent him away.
• Over the next month, Storm Release finished transforming Shinsei’s body, raising his chakra reserves to more than forty Kakashis.
• Shinsei prepared to inscribe the Yin Seal and developed Storm Release: Kirin and Storm Release: Severing Wave.
• Sasuke, known in the Anbu as Red Eye Kasha, arrived and told Shinsei they had a mission.
• Shinsei joined Sasuke, and they walked toward the Hokage Building.

Tsunade sent Kakashi, Shinsei, Sasuke, and their teammates to destroy Orochimaru’s base in the Land of Rice Fields before he could relocate. As they approached, Shinsei’s group prepared to attack, while Orochimaru learned they were coming and set out to meet them.

• Tsunade briefed the team on Otogakure’s location and ordered Kakashi to lead the mission to destroy Orochimaru’s base and end the daimyo’s support.
• On the journey, Shinsei asked Kakashi about their objective and used Storm Release: Heavenly Net to scout the Land of Rice Fields.
• The team stopped to eat, and Sasuke heated their meal with Fire Style while Kakashi planned their formation; Sasuke asked to take the lead.
• Deidara and Sasori discussed capturing Orochimaru, each wanting to claim his body for their own art.
• Orochimaru learned that the guests were close, and Kabuto told him everything had been relocated before they went to welcome the team.

Orochimaru offered Shinsei cloning knowledge and Sasuke a Cursed Seal drug in exchange for Shinsei’s soul-strengthening techniques, but Shinsei attacked him and Akatsuki arrived. Shinsei’s group began fighting Deidara and Sasori, with the battle still underway.

• Orochimaru revealed that he had taken over Kabuto’s body and prepared cloning equipment and gifts for Shinsei and Sasuke.
• Orochimaru offered Shinsei cloning knowledge and a drug for Sasuke in exchange for techniques that strengthened the soul, but Shinsei cut him down with Storm Release: Severing Wave.
• Orochimaru emerged again from a snake, announced that he had invited other guests, and Shinsei took the cloning scroll and gave Sasuke the medicine bottle.
• Deidara and Sasori arrived on a clay bird, and Sasuke recognized them as Akatsuki and demanded to know where Itachi was.
• Shinsei assigned Deidara to his companions and Sasori to himself, then attacked the pair with Severing Wave.
• Deidara unleashed explosive spiders and birds, while Shinsei and Kakashi countered with lightning and a Water Formation Wall before Shinsei cleared trees around the battlefield.

Shinsei and his team fought Sasori and Deidara, using the Kirin to counter their attacks while Katsuyu connected the group. Hashihime supplied pills to suppress poison, and the battle continued as Deidara emerged after Sasuke cut down a clay double.

• Shinsei summoned the Kirin, protected Hashihime inside it, and cut Deidara’s flying bird and Sasori’s puppet shell in half with Storm Release: Severing Wave.
• Sasori revealed the Third Kazekage Puppet, and Shinsei summoned Katsuyu to connect the team and confirm she could take them to Shikkotsu Forest if they could not win.
• Shinsei and his teammates attacked Sasori and Deidara, while the Kirin repaired itself after Deidara’s explosive birds blasted holes in it.
• Hashihime gave Shinsei pills to distribute to the others to temporarily suppress poison.
• Sasuke cut a Deidara double in half, and Deidara emerged from the earth and shouted that he was angry.

Shinjō, Kakashi, Sasuke, Wood Kite, and Hashihime battled Deidara and Sasori, countering their explosives, poison, and puppetry. After Hashihime treated the poisoned ninja and Sasuke melted Sasori’s iron sand, Shinjō prepared to finish the fight.

• Deidara enlarged himself with clay, but Shinjō’s Storm Release cut through him, and Kakashi detected nanosized bombs in the air.
• Shinjō brought Kakashi, Sasuke, and Wood Kite inside the Kirin and used Lightning Release to destroy the bombs in their bodies; Deidara’s detonation blasted nearby animals into ash.
• Hashihime found poison in Sasuke, Kakashi, and Wood Kite and extracted it while Shinjō pursued Sasori and fended off Deidara’s clay birds.
• Sasuke and Kakashi rejoined the fight, dodging Sasori’s iron sand and water attacks as Wood Kite used a tornado to shield them from Deidara’s clay bombs.
• Shinjō severed Sasori’s Chakra Threads, and Sasuke melted the iron sand with Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Shinjō swallowed an antidote pill and moved onto the Kirin’s back, ready to finish the exhausted Sasori.

Shinsei and his allies defeated Sasori and Deidara, capturing Sasori alive before returning to Konoha with Orochimaru’s cloning equipment. The poisoned team was hospitalized, and the chapter ended as someone knocked on Shinsei’s ward door.

• Shinsei flooded the battlefield and helped Kakashi and Sasuke fight Deidara and Sasori, while Deidara escaped in an explosion.
• Sasori’s puppet body burst apart, but Shinsei caught and kept the cylinder containing Sasori’s regenerative core, securing Sasori alive.
• Hashihime treated the group’s poison, and Shinsei’s team searched Orochimaru’s base, found cloning equipment, and took it with them.
• Three days later, Shinsei, Kakashi, Sasuke, and another teammate returned to Konoha and were hospitalized with poison still in their bodies.
• Ino peeled an apple beside Shinsei’s bed while Sakura peeled a banana for Sasuke, and someone knocked on the ward door.

After recovering from Sasori’s poison, Shinsei worried that Konoha’s growing attention from the Akatsuki made it urgent to strengthen himself and his companions. He returned to the Hokage’s office, where Tsunade demanded a raise and charged him for her medical care before awarding his team a generous mission payment.

• Ibiki Morino collected Sasori’s Regeneration Core from Shinsei and said the Torture and Interrogation Force had prepared to examine it for secrets.
• Ino lamented that she was too weak to help Shinsei, and he resolved to improve his companions’ strength while planning to study Sage Mode at Shikkotsu Forest.
• Hinata visited Shinsei with fruit, and he reassured her that she did not need to learn the Yin Seal before the four apprentices discussed Tsunade’s ninjutsu.
• Tsunade’s treatment allowed Shinsei to leave the hospital the next day after she removed the toxins from all four patients with Poison Extraction Jutsu.
• Tsunade demanded a raise from Shizune, then ordered Shinsei into her office and charged him one S-rank mission for her medical care.
• Tsunade waived Shinsei and Sasuke’s mission payment for their injuries, then wrote that their contribution merited a payment of two million ryo.

Tsunade raised Shinsei’s allowance, then took him to Shikkotsu Forest to consult the Katsuyu Sage about senjutsu. Shinsei discovered Tsunade could not stabilize her mind and brought her into his mental world to teach her the Daoist Five Visceral Gods Visualization Method.

• Tsunade raised Shinsei’s monthly position allowance to three million ryo, then pressured him to give her the entire increase.
• Shinsei prompted Tsunade to slash Danzo’s allowance and cut off his research funding.
• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and traveled with Shinsei to Shikkotsu Forest to ask about senjutsu training.
• A small Katsuyu explained that Tsunade could not learn senjutsu because she could not stabilize her mind.
• Shinsei used his spiritual power to bring Tsunade into his mental world and introduced his Visualization Method, intending to teach her the Daoist Five Visceral Gods Visualization Method.

Shinsei taught Tsunade the Five Visceral Gods Visualization Method before asking the Katsuyu Sage for help training in Sage Mode. With Katsuyu Sage watching over him, Shinsei began absorbing natural energy while entering embryonic breathing.

• Shinsei taught Tsunade his Five Visceral Gods Visualization Method, and Tsunade refused to return his docked position allowance.
• Shinsei and Tsunade visited the Katsuyu Sage, who explained that Shikkotsu Forest's natural energy differed from the energy absorbed at Mount Myōboku.
• Shinsei asked Katsuyu Sage to expel excess natural energy if his training became dangerous, and she agreed to help him train outside Konoha.
• Shinsei summoned a large Katsuyu and began meditating on her back, deliberately entering embryonic breathing.
• Shinsei's body connected with the outside world, and violent natural energy began flowing into him.

Shinsei struggled to balance natural energy while training in Shikkotsu Forest Sage Mode, and the failed attempts left his body hairless and his head patchy. He returned the next morning to continue training with Katsuyu, measuring how long it took him to enter embryonic breathing and considering how he might use Sage Mode effectively.

• Shinsei failed to balance the three energies, and Katsuyu helped expel the natural energy while shedding a small part of herself.
• Shinsei continued training until nightfall, but Tsunade left before he finished and went home to gamble.
• Nobita and Riya noticed Shinsei's patchy hair, and Riya and Nobita struggled not to laugh at dinner.
• Shinsei found that his body had become completely hairless, then decided to keep training the next day and bought a hat.
• Shinsei summoned Katsuyu, timed his entry into embryonic breathing, and found that it took about ten minutes before he resumed training.

Shinsei mastered Sage Mode and tested the strength, speed, and ninjutsu it gave him, while realizing that senjutsu chakra dissipated if he did not use it. He went to find Tsunade, who immediately recognized his transformation and asked if he had succeeded.

• Shinsei repeatedly trained to absorb natural energy with Katsuyu’s help until the pain gave way to comfort and he successfully entered Sage Mode.
• Shinsei tested his enhanced strength and sage arts, uprooting a tree and slicing through a hill with Sage Art: Water Release: Water Severing Wave and Sage Art: Storm Release: Storm Sword.
• Shinsei tested his speed, caught his hat before it hit the ground, and decided to keep training rather than let his newfound strength unsettle his judgment.
• Shinsei sensed that his senjutsu chakra was leaking away and would last only about an hour, then arranged to continue training with Katsuyu the next day.
• Shinsei went to the Hokage Building, where Tsunade recognized his changed appearance and asked if he had succeeded.

Shinsei mastered Sage Mode and used senjutsu chakra to finally master Flying Thunder God. After testing its range and practicing a defensive technique, he left Sage Mode with another important matter still waiting for him.

• Shinsei asked whether the Yin Seal could store senjutsu chakra, and Tsunade explained that a modified Yin-Yang Seal might work.
• Shinsei used Sage Art: Storm Release: Heavenly Net to sense his marked kunai and successfully teleport with Flying Thunder God.
• Shinsei tested Flying Thunder God by moving between thrown kunai and discovered that he could only sense its marks within Heavenly Net's range.
• Shinsei practiced Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder until his senjutsu chakra ran out and Sage Mode ended.
• Shinsei decided to stop training for the day and attend to another important matter.

Shinsei collected Tsunade’s gambling-house money and continued the cloning project with Sakura before learning that Sunagakure would come for Sasori’s remains. Tsunade also gave him intelligence revealing that Akatsuki had ordered its members to bring him back, and Shinsei asked what Konoha would demand in exchange for Sasori.

• Shinsei collected five hundred million ryo from the gambling-house boss and agreed to firmly reject the boss’s son’s request to join Anbu.
• Shinsei visited the underground laboratory, gave Sakura money for equipment, and reviewed the cloning materials with her.
• Tsunade told Shinsei that Sunagakure’s representatives would arrive to collect Sasori’s remains and that the interrogation had produced intelligence.
• Tsunade handed Shinsei a scroll describing Akatsuki’s goal and its leader Pain’s order to bring Shinsei back if encountered.
• Shinsei questioned what Konoha would ask Sunagakure for in exchange for Sasori’s remains.

Shinsei taught Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, and Ino the Lotus Visualization Method to strengthen their spiritual power, chakra reserves, and control. After teaching Ino at her family’s flower shop, he left awkwardly as her affection for him became clear.

• Tsunade told Shinsei that Sunagakure had little money, and Shinsei resolved to seek its ninjutsu resources, especially Chiyo’s One's Own Life Reincarnation technique.
• At Konoha’s training grounds, Shinsei brought Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata into his mental space and taught them the Lotus Visualization Method.
• Hinata fainted when Shinsei took her hand, then recovered and joined the others for his instruction.
• Shinsei visited Ino at the flower shop and taught her the Lotus Visualization Method after she greeted him enthusiastically and offered him a rose.
• Inoichi Yamanaka saw Ino offer Shinsei the rose, but Ino whisked Shinsei away to a river before her father could respond.
• Ino thanked Shinsei for visiting and showed her affection, while Shinsei hurried to finish teaching her and left without telling her he had taught the others first.

Shinsei led Konoha’s party to Sunagakure and tested whether the Sand ninja trusted Konoha before discussing their alliance. After six days of travel, he arrived and prepared to demonstrate Konoha’s strength rather than attend Sunagakure’s welcoming banquet.

• Shinsei created a pool of water to cool the group, and the Sunagakure ninja entered it despite their initial suspicions.
• Shinsei asked Ebizo when Sunagakure would choose a Kazekage, and Ebizo promised Chiyo would honor the agreed terms with Konoha.
• Shinsei, Kurenai Yuhi, and their companions reached Sunagakure after six days and were welcomed by Chiyo and the village elders.
• Shinsei declined the banquet and asked for food to be sent to his lodgings.

Shinsei returned Sasori of the Red Sands to Chiyo and then demanded concessions from Sunagakure during negotiations. When the elders resisted, Shinsei challenged them to defeat him, and Baki accepted.

• Shinsei woke hungry, joined his classmates for breakfast, and met Chiyo and the Sunagakure delegation at the door.
• Shinsei partially undid the seal on Sasori of the Red Sands' Regeneration Core, allowing Sasori to awaken in his puppet body and reunite with Chiyo.
• Shinsei went with Ebizo and Kurenai Yuhi to negotiate while asking the other genin to tour Sunagakure.
• Shinsei demanded that Sunagakure open missions to Konoha, share its wind-style ninjutsu and forbidden technique information, and remove anti-Konoha content from its academy textbooks.
• When Sunagakure's elders resisted, Shinsei offered to fight: if they beat him, his demands would be void, but if they lost, Sunagakure would comply.
• Baki barged into the meeting and accepted Shinsei's challenge, and Shinsei invited Sunagakure to send as many fighters as it wished.

Shinsei agreed to face Chiyo, Baki, and Gaara in a public challenge, then encountered Maki at Pakura’s grave and accused Sunagakure’s leadership of betraying her. As the battle began outside the village, Chiyo deployed the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets while Shinsei urged all three opponents not to hold back.

• Chiyo called Gaara into the negotiations and declared that she, Baki, and Gaara would challenge Shinsei, who agreed to honor the outcome.
• Shinsei and the Konoha group sampled Sunagakure’s street food, then saw Maki leave flowers at Pakura’s grave.
• Shinsei told Maki that Sunagakure’s leaders had betrayed Pakura, and Temari offered to help Maki despite not knowing the full story.
• Villagers gathered to watch the three-on-one challenge, while Kankuro asked Sasori whether Chiyo and Gaara could defeat Shinsei; Sasori shook his head.
• Chiyo summoned the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, Gaara readied his sand, and Baki prepared his kunai as Shinsei faced them on the field.

Shinsei fought Baki, Chiyo, and Gaara to demonstrate Konoha's strength, overwhelming their attacks while allowing them to make one final struggle. As Shinsei pressed his advantage, the One-Tail spoke to Gaara and asked whether he wanted to defeat him.

• Shinsei quickly defeated Baki's opening attack and hurled him into the sand.
• Chiyo coordinated Baki and her puppets against Shinsei, while Gaara used sand to trap and crush him; the target proved to be a Shadow Clone.
• Chiyo acknowledged Shinsei's strength but asked to make one last effort for Sunagakure, and Shinsei agreed to continue seriously.
• Shinsei charged through Chiyo's puppets and Gaara's sand defenses, which could not keep pace with him.
• The One-Tail spoke to Gaara and asked whether he wanted to defeat Shinsei.

Shinsei fought One-Tail Shukaku and lured him away from Sunagakure’s residential area. After the battle reached a stalemate, Shinsei completed Sage Mode, leaving the fight poised to intensify.

• Shinsei defeated Baki and dodged Chiyo’s Three Treasures Vacuum Crushing as Gaara transformed into One-Tail Shukaku.
• Shinsei flooded the sand and provoked Shukaku into chasing him away from the residents.
• Shinsei used attacks and taunts to keep Shukaku focused on him while leading him across the desert.
• Shinsei summoned a Water Kirin, which clashed with Shukaku and injured his cheek before Shukaku retreated to dry sand.
• Shukaku fired repeated Drilling Air Bullets while Shinsei defended with waves, and their battle stalled.
• Shinsei opened his eyes after completing Sage Mode.

Shinsei defeated Shukaku by overpowering him and forcing him to swallow his unfinished Tailed Beast Bomb, then the Konoha group secured Sunagakure's agreement and left. On the journey home, Shinsei led the group toward the ruins of Rōran to investigate the dragon vein.

• Shinsei battered Shukaku with Sage Art Superhuman Strength and broke off his tail as Shukaku resisted.
• Shinsei kicked Shukaku's jaws shut around an unfinished Tailed Beast Bomb, leaving him stunned; Gaara then admitted defeat.
• Shinsei reunited with Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata, and Shino Aburame before the Konoha group received Sunagakure's agreement to their terms and departed.
• Chiyo watched the Konoha group leave and reflected that Gaara had changed while Sunagakure lacked anyone comparable to Shinsei.
• The next morning, Shinsei told Kurenai Yuhi that he was taking the group to the ruins of Rōran to investigate the dragon vein.

Shinsei and his team found Mukade studying the Dragon Vein seal in the Rōran Ruins. When Shinsei tried to undo the seal, its power transported him and Hinata to an unknown place, where they spotted someone ahead.

• Hinata detected someone inside the pillar, and the team found Mukade examining the Dragon Vein seal.
• Kurenai Yuhi used genjutsu to learn Mukade's name and his plan to control the Dragon Vein's power.
• Shinsei tried to undo the seal, but the Dragon Vein's power erupted and began pulling him away.
• Hinata rushed into the chakra pillar, and Shinsei pulled her close before they vanished together.
• Shinsei and Hinata woke near an oasis, traveled toward greener land, and Hinata warned that someone was ahead.

Shinsei and Hinata discovered that the Dragon Vein had brought them to a parallel world in Konoha year 39, where Tsunade was fighting in the Land of Rain. They found this world’s Tsunade and became her disciples, while Jiraiya immediately asked Shinsei about Tsunade’s marital status.

• A Konoha ninja questioned Shinsei and Hinata, but Hinata’s Byakugan convinced him they belonged on the battlefield.
• Shinsei realized they were in the Land of Rain in Konoha year 39 and suspected they had reached a parallel world rather than traveled through time.
• Shinsei agreed with Hinata to find their teacher, and they made their way through the Konoha encampment to Tsunade’s tent.
• Shinsei summoned Katsuyu to prove their identity, and Tsunade accepted Shinsei and Hinata as her disciples.
• Jiraiya asked Shinsei whether the Tsunade in his world was married, and Tsunade punched him for asking about Dan Katō.

Shinsei asked Tsunade to explain the complex Yin-Yang Seal he was developing to store senjutsu chakra, then spent two days constructing it. Orochimaru proposed using the energy that brought Shinsei to this world to build a bridge between worlds, but their conversation was interrupted by a familiar-looking middle-aged man.

• Shinsei showed Tsunade his sealing scroll, and she explained its formulas while learning that he had mastered Sage Mode.
• Tsunade also drew Hinata’s eager attention as she prepared to teach her.
• Shinsei spent two days constructing the Yin-Yang Seal, completing formulas for his head and right hand.
• Orochimaru asked Shinsei about his reservations concerning Orochimaru’s future self and proposed connecting the two worlds with the energy inside Shinsei.
• A middle-aged man entered the tent, and Shinsei felt an unexpected sense of familiarity.

Kenta visited Shinsei and learned about Nobita and Riya’s life together before the Hyuga Clan arrived to reclaim Hinata. Shinsei challenged the Hyuga men to fight him all at once, and the confrontation was about to begin.

• Kenta met Shinsei and agreed to be called Kenta-senpai as they talked about Nobita, Riya, and Shinsei’s childhood.
• Kenta and Shinsei heard Tsunade order someone to get out and found Hyuga Main Family men demanding that Hinata return to the clan or receive the Caged Bird Seal.
• Kenta stepped in to protect Shinsei’s friend, but Shinsei took responsibility and confronted the Hyuga men himself.
• Shinsei released his powerful chakra and challenged the Hyuga men, then told them to attack him together.
• The Hyuga Main Family man accepted the challenge and signaled three men to join the fight.

Shinsei defeated the Hyuga attackers at Konoha’s main camp, forcing them to apologize and leave. His display of chakra control earned him widespread respect, while Tsunade celebrated and Hinata remained in her care.

• A Hyuga Main Family man and two Branch Family members attacked Shinsei, but he evaded their strikes and threw them into the pit they had made.
• The Main Family man used Rotation to defend himself, but Shinsei turned him into a spinning target with a water whip while Tsunade watched.
• Shinsei split the ground with a powerful stomp, then kept whipping the elder until the Hyuga apologized for bothering Hinata.
• Shinsei stopped the elder’s spin, and the three young Hyuga carried him away without further protest.
• Orochimaru praised Shinsei’s chakra control, while Tsunade celebrated him and scolded Hinata about her weak body.
• Shinsei’s reputation spread through Konoha’s main camp, and Tsunade asked for drinks before a voice called to her from outside the tent.