Chapter Summaries

Shinsei used Sasuke’s newly transplanted Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to implant Little Nine’s memories into the Ten-Tails’ consciousness. They survived the Ten-Tails’ violent mental backlash, and Shinsei left the implanted memories stable as the first stage of his plan succeeded.

• Shinsei asked Sasuke to transplant Uchiha Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan so Sasuke could use Kamimusubi on the Ten-Tails.
• Sasuke accepted the eyes, transplanted them, and joined Shinsei in entering the Ten-Tails’ mental space.
• Shinsei gave Sasuke Little Nine’s chakra, which contained memories of his time with Shinsei, and Sasuke used Kamimusubi to implant them in the Ten-Tails.
• The Ten-Tails’ vast, violent will attacked Sasuke, but Shinsei shielded him and helped the new memories take hold.
• Shinsei pulled Sasuke from the mental space after the memories stabilized, then planned to make them dominant and purge the Ten-Tails’ explosive emotions.

Shinsei guarded the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while preparing to reshape the Ten-Tails’ will before its transformation was complete. He entered its mental space and began replacing its memories, hoping to make the newborn Ten-Tails his own.

• Konoha’s villagers grew accustomed to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, while the Hyuga Clan organized a Byakugan watch around it.
• Hanabi Hyuga joined Konohamaru’s group as Shinsei’s disciple, and the Hyuga Clan formally supported the statue’s guard.
• Shinsei worried that Black Zetsu could attack and concluded that defeating him would require powerful Yin-Yang sealing jutsu.
• Shinsei used a shadow clone to guide his four students as they practiced, including Konohamaru’s fire release exercise.
• Shinsei entered the statue’s mental space and found that the Ten-Tails’ transformation had advanced faster than expected.
• He accepted the Ten-Tails’ negative emotions and began erasing its memories so his own supplied memories could reshape its will.

Shinsei sensed Otsutsuki Kaguya’s will inside the Ten-Tails’ consciousness and stopped cleansing its memories before he could awaken her. He then inspected the Yamanaka Clan’s developing mental network and began testing its ability to connect people’s minds.

• Shinsei reviewed and erased the Ten-Tails’ memories until he found a region that gave him a sense of danger.
• Shinsei concluded that Otsutsuki Kaguya’s will lurked within the Ten-Tails and withdrew from its mental space to avoid awakening her.
• Shinsei returned to Konoha and asked Inoichi Yamanaka whether the mental network was ready.
• Inoichi Yamanaka took Shinsei to an underground facility, where Little Nine helped supply chakra for the research.
• Shinsei connected to the mental network and asked the Yamanaka Clan members to add more people so he could test its power.

Shinsei examined the mental network and ordered the Yamanaka Clan to expand it, intending to use it in his plan against Otsutsuki Kaguya. He then began teaching his disciples chakra control, leaving them with a pebble exercise to master before he would teach them his own ninjutsu.

• Naruto explored the mental network while Shinsei assessed its limits and ordered the Yamanaka Clan to connect more people within five days.
• Little Nine warned Shinsei that he could not handle the woman he meant to confront, and Shinsei sent a scroll by crow.
• Shinsei checked Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon's progress with tree climbing and water walking.
• Shinsei demonstrated precise chakra control by levitating and spinning a kunai between his fingers, then assigned each disciple a pebble to make circle their wrist.
• Shinsei told the four disciples he would teach them a ninjutsu he developed once they mastered the pebble exercise.

Shinsei named his chakra blade ninjutsu Instant Blade and considered teaching it to his students. He then began testing the unfinished Thunder God 1.0 Project on himself, using lightning chakra to replace neural responses as he prepared to face Otsutsuki Kaguya.

• Shinsei revealed his chakra blade to Moegi, Konohamaru, and Hanabi Hyuga, then officially named the ninjutsu Instant Blade.
• Shinsei explained that students could learn Instant Blade if their chakra control met his standard, while Hanabi Hyuga observed its chakra flow with her Byakugan.
• After dismissing the students, Shinsei continued cleansing the Ten-Tails' memories until evening.
• Shinsei visited Dragon Princess in Konoha Hospital's basement and asked her to transmit the unfinished ninjutsu developed for the Descent of the Thunder God Project.
• Shinsei used lightning release chakra to cover the nerves in his brain and limbs, then began the Thunder God 1.0 Project.

Shinsei tested Descent of the Thunder God Mode, pushing his speed until lightning damaged his nerves before he restored his body with Yomi-tsu. After receiving a brief message, he visited a lower basement room where he kept Uchiha-Senju clones prepared for his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Shinsei dodged barrages of shuriken and raced through a room full of obstacles to test Thunder God Mode's speed and reaction time.
• Lightning damage began to char Shinsei's nerves, so he used Yomi-tsu to restore his body and found the mode had lasted nearly three minutes.
• Shinsei discussed his experimental results with Dragon Princess, then received a crow's note that read, “Understood.”
• Shinsei went deeper into the expanded basement and inspected tanks holding clones with his face and both Senju and Uchiha bloodlines.
• Shinsei had gathered Sasuke's, Uchiha Itachi's, and Obito's bloodlines as materials for his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Shinsei used a technique to transfer his soul into a carefully selected clone, then left part of his soul energy and selected memories in the clone to create an independent person. The clone named himself A Cheng, learned the Visualization Method, and rejected Shinsei’s suggestion that he train using the Eight Gates Released Formation.

• Shinsei inspected his clones and chose the one that had performed best.
• Shinsei transferred his soul into the clone, broke out of its glass tank, and recovered by exercising and eating.
• Shinsei returned to his original body while leaving some soul energy in the clone, then synchronized selected memories with him and removed Shinsei’s secrets.
• The clone rejected the name Shinjō and chose A Cheng, asking whether Shinsei planned to kill him for his Sharingan.
• Shinsei deleted A Cheng’s memories of the Sharingan’s secret and gave him the Visualization Method to help him awaken his eyes.
• A Cheng complained that his body was weak and refused to train with the Eight Gates Released Formation, preferring an elegant Uchiha fighting style.

Shinsei introduced his clone A Cheng to Konoha and arranged for him to join the Anbu. Tsunade warned Shinsei to watch A Cheng carefully because awakened Uchiha could become dangerously obsessive, while A Cheng went to report to the Anbu.

• Shinsei brought A Cheng to the administration building and introduced him to Konoha's residents as his brother.
• Tsunade recognized A Cheng as Shinsei's clone and approved his plan to join the Anbu.
• A Cheng left to report to the Anbu while Tsunade grabbed Shinsei and scolded him for creating a person.
• Shinsei reassured Tsunade that A Cheng shared his memories and had been formed by splitting off his soul.
• Tsunade warned Shinsei about the Uchiha's volatile temperaments, and Shinsei considered beating Sasuke Uchiha again if needed.
• A Cheng reached a room in the Anbu and knocked after hearing a woman's voice invite him in.

A Cheng visited the Anbu and joined Giant Beast and Shien’s squad despite his lack of experience. As he felt the joy of being alive among his new teammates, he awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan in both eyes.

• A Cheng teased Shien while posing as Shinsei’s clone, and she recognized that he was not Shinsei.
• Giant Beast identified A Cheng by his weaker presence and questioned whether he was strong enough to join the squad.
• A Cheng explained that he had Senju and Uchiha bloodlines and Shinsei’s training memories, and Giant Beast eagerly urged him to join.
• A Cheng accepted the squad’s invitation and watched Shien and Giant Beast banter.
• A Cheng felt joy at being alive, and his eyes began drawing in chakra as a one-tomoe Sharingan awakened in each eye.

A Cheng unexpectedly awakened the Sharingan, while Shinsei gathered allied ninja to unite their mental power and erase the Ten-Tails’ memories. Their search reached a dangerous memory region, where Shinsei began viewing Kaguya’s past.

• A Cheng awakened the Sharingan, surprising Shien and Giant Beast, and felt his chakra reserves increase.
• Shinsei coordinated a mental network of ninja, who agreed to lend him their mental power and trust his lead.
• Shinsei entered the Ten-Tails’ mental space and rapidly deleted its memories with the group’s support.
• Shinsei explored the dangerous memory region and saw Kaguya meet an ancient emperor who offered her shelter.
• Kaguya accepted the emperor’s offer and followed him.

Shinsei watched Otsutsuki Kaguya's memories reveal her rise, her battles, and her sealing by her sons, then discovered her true will inside the Ten-Tails. He claimed to be her descendant and came to rescue her, but Kaguya sensed the chakra of the sages she hated.

• Shinsei saw Otsutsuki Kaguya unify the Land of Ancestors, flee the sages who challenged her, and gain immense power by eating the God Tree's fruit.
• Kaguya killed the sages and absorbed their chakra and souls, then gave birth to Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki fought Kaguya for months and sealed her inside the moon, while their battles devastated humanity.
• The memories shocked the mental network, and Tsunade shouted for everyone to quiet down before Shinsei resumed altering the Ten-Tails' memories.
• Kaguya's will appeared within the memories and asked Shinsei why he was deleting them.
• Shinsei claimed he was Kaguya's descendant and had come to rescue her, but Kaguya noticed the scent of the sages in his chakra.

Shinsei persuaded Otsutsuki Kaguya that he wanted to rescue her and restore order, while concealing his own motives. She gave him knowledge of Yin-Yang Release and Kekkei Mōra, and he left to arrange a safe place for her.

• Shinsei claimed Hagoromo Otsutsuki had set a poor example by imprisoning Otsutsuki Kaguya, causing the world to lose filial piety and fall into disorder.
• Shinsei persuaded Otsutsuki Kaguya not to break the seal yet, warning that Hagoromo would detect her escape and imprison her again.
• When Otsutsuki Kaguya sensed Asura's and Indra's power in Shinsei, he claimed he had brought their current reincarnations to his side.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya said she wanted to confront Hagoromo, but Shinsei urged her to wait until she had recovered and warned that her enemies might attack.
• Shinsei asked Otsutsuki Kaguya to strengthen him, and she gave him chakra containing her insights into Yin-Yang Release and Kekkei Mōra.
• Shinsei thanked Otsutsuki Kaguya, returned to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and left to prepare a safe place for her.

After Shinsei returned to Konoha, Tsunade ordered everyone who had witnessed his encounter with Otsutsuki Kaguya to sign Sealing Contracts. Meanwhile, Uchiha Itachi infiltrated a cave guarding the Dragon Vein energy, and the White Snake Sages discovered that some of it was missing.

• Tsunade ordered Inoichi Yamanaka to gather everyone in the Mental Network and have them sign Sealing Contracts, threatening deserter status for anyone who refused or left.
• Naruto praised Shinsei for outsmarting Otsutsuki Kaguya and said he wanted to trick her himself someday.
• Kaiga lured the White Phosphorus Snake Shiraori away from his post by claiming his sister had entered her breeding period.
• Uchiha Itachi used his Sharingan to incapacitate Shiraori, then fought off the white-clad woman guarding the Dragon Vein energy.
• Uchiha Itachi reached into the chakra sphere, and the White Snake Sages found that some of the Dragon Vein energy was missing.

Shinsei used Dragon Vein energy to reach Otsutsuki Kaguya inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and persuaded her to flee before the Sage of Six Paths could seal her again. Kaguya split off part of her power and emerged from the statue, while Shinsei prepared to take her somewhere safe.

• Shinsei trained Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon, and Hanabi in chakra control while studying the Yin-Yang Release and Kekkei Mōra knowledge Kaguya had given him.
• A crow delivered Dragon Vein energy cultivated at Ryūchi Cave, and Xiaobai identified it as a link to the Warring States Period.
• Shinsei used Xiaobai to travel to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and entered its mental space to meet Otsutsuki Kaguya.
• Shinsei convinced Kaguya that she should escape first and seek Hagoromo later, and told her the Sage of Six Paths had captured her will.
• Kaguya agreed to leave with Shinsei and split off part of her power from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The statue shrank to the size of an ordinary tailed beast, and Kaguya appeared on its head, declaring that she was finally free.

Shinsei brought Otsutsuki Kaguya into the world connected by the Dragon Vein, where the Sage of Six Paths confronted them. Kaguya rejected his offer to return or be sealed, saying she would reclaim her chakra to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan, so Hagoromo resolved to seal her again.

• Shinsei took Otsutsuki Kaguya to a Warring States-era forest village in another world.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki appeared and explained that Kaguya's arrival threatened a world where Indra and Asura's reincarnations were not ready to confront her.
• Shinsei challenged Hagoromo's plan to seal Kaguya and urged him to ask what she wanted.
• Hagoromo asked Kaguya whether she would turn humanity into White Zetsu, and she said she would not repeat that choice.
• Kaguya declared that she would reclaim her chakra to face the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and Hagoromo decided to seal her away again.

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.