Chapter Summaries

Shinsei learned that Iwagakure and Kumogakure had sent troops to their borders only to satisfy their daimyo, while their Kage secretly hoped to study Konoha’s reforms. He offered to share Konoha’s technology and experience, then signed a scroll to begin a plan with Shikaku.

• Kurotsuchi and Samui explained that their villages had independently sent troops to monitor each other, and Shinsei read letters confirming neither village intended to fight.
• Shinsei asked whether Ōnoki and A wanted to abolish the daimyo, and Kurotsuchi and Samui described the political and economic obstacles holding their villages back.
• Shinsei recognized that the envoys had come to assess whether Konoha’s Council system could be adopted in their villages.
• Shinsei showed Kurotsuchi and Samui Konoha’s busy streets and offered to share technology and experience without conditions.
• After the envoys departed, Shinsei signed a scroll and told Shikaku to begin the plan.

Hei Dalang carried his elderly mother up the mountain to leave her in a cave because his family was running out of food. On his way back, he encountered Kurenai Yuhi and other figures in the woods, mistaking them for mountain gods before she identified herself as a ninja from Konoha.

• Hei Dalang prepared to carry his mother up the mountain, while she brought unfinished shoes she had sewn for his unborn child.
• Hei Dalang carried his mother to the Spiriting Away Forest and left her with food, water, firewood, and flint.
• Hei Dalang bowed to his mother and began walking down the mountain, then spotted strange figures moving through the trees.
• Hei Dalang mistook the figures for mountain gods and begged them to take his mother without letting her suffer.
• Kurenai Yuhi approached Hei Dalang, told him she was a ninja from Konoha, and asked what had happened.

Kurenai Yuhi and her students rescued Hei Dalang’s mother and learned that Kira’s crushing grain tax had left Dago Village in desperate poverty. After giving Hei Dalang and his mother food, they accompanied them to the village, where Hei Dalang’s wife mistook them for collectors demanding grain.

• Kurenai Yuhi introduced herself and her students as Konoha ninjas after Hei Dalang mistook them for mountain gods.
• Hinata brought Hei Dalang’s elderly mother out of the cave, and the mother helped her son to his feet.
• Hei Dalang told Kurenai that Kira took seventy percent of the village’s harvest and had killed the village chief for resisting.
• Kurenai summoned food from a scroll and gave rations and water to Hei Dalang and his mother.
• Kurenai and the others followed Hei Dalang to Dago Village, where his wife asked them to wait until the next harvest before collecting grain.

Kurenai and her team found a village suffering from starvation, then raided Kira’s estate and redistributed his grain. She announced new grain-tax and land policies and told the villagers they could learn chakra refinement, leaving them eager to begin.

• Kurenai divided the village’s remaining food among its roughly 120 residents and sent Shino to scout Kira’s estate.
• Kurenai confronted Kira, and Kiba, Shino, and Hinata subdued his guards while Kurenai killed a hidden attacker.
• Kurenai took the granary key and had Hei Dalang and the villagers carry Kira’s grain back to the village for distribution.
• Kurenai announced that grain taxes would be cut to five percent, old arrears canceled, and Kira’s illegally held land and property confiscated.
• Kurenai announced that everyone in the Land of Fire could learn chakra refinement, and Hei Dalang asked whether the villagers could learn it too.

Hinata and Kurenai Yuhi finished helping nearby villages distribute Kira’s property and teach villagers to extract chakra, then set out for Konoha with a letter of thanks. Their journey stopped when Akamaru alerted them to someone hiding in the forest, and a white figure emerged.

• Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and Kurenai Yuhi spent days distributing land and property and teaching villagers to extract chakra, while Hei Dalang became the only villager to succeed.
• Hei Dalang gave Kurenai Yuhi pooled dry rations and a large letter of thanks bearing villagers’ handprints to deliver to the Hokage.
• Kurenai Yuhi accepted the letter and supplies, and Hinata, Kiba, and Shino left as the villagers watched them go.
• Akamaru barked at the forest path, and Kurenai Yuhi ordered the team to spread out and called for whoever was hiding to come forward.
• A white figure emerged from the cedar forest.

Otsutsuki Toneri confronted Hinata Hyuga and demanded she go with him to become his wife, revealing his plan to destroy the world and create a new one. Kiba attacked Toneri but was quickly repelled, leaving Kiba and Akamaru injured.

• Otsutsuki Toneri introduced himself and said he had come to take Hinata Hyuga back.
• Kurenai Yuhi refused to hand over Hinata, and Toneri explained that the Hyuga were descended from Hamura Otsutsuki and demanded Hinata marry him.
• Kiba, Shino, and Hinata rejected Toneri’s claim of destiny, and Toneri revealed he planned to destroy the world with a divine artifact and rebuild it using Hinata’s Byakugan bloodline.
• Kiba and Akamaru attacked Toneri with Fang Over Fang, but Toneri stopped them with a repulsive force and hurled them into a cedar.

Kiba, Shino, Kurenai, and Hinata attacked Otsutsuki Toneri, but his repulsive chakra field repeatedly overwhelmed them. Hinata prepared to use a powerful technique while Kiba and Akamaru kept Toneri occupied, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Shino used his kikaichū to obscure Toneri's vision, allowing Kurenai to attack, but Toneri repelled both the insects and Kurenai.
• Hinata struck at Toneri with Gentle Fist, Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms, but his barrier flung her into a tree.
• Hinata thought of Shinsei and decided to use a technique that needed time, while Kurenai restrained Toneri with Genjutsu, Gold Binding Kill.
• Toneri broke free of Kurenai's genjutsu, shattered her right shoulder, and sent her crashing into a tree.
• Kiba and Akamaru repeatedly attacked Toneri with Fang Over Fang, but Toneri's repulsive field flung them away and left Akamaru limping.

Hinata entered Sage Mode and broke through Toneri’s repulsive barrier, but Toneri activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and overwhelmed her. As her injured companions lay defeated, Hinata refused to surrender and prepared to fight on.

• Shino restored his and his companions’ chakra with special kikaichū, then repeatedly attacked Toneri with insects carrying stones while Kurenai threw shuriken to delay him.
• Hinata gathered natural energy and entered Sage Mode as Toneri defeated Kiba and Akamaru, exhausted Shino, and injured Kurenai.
• Hinata charged Toneri, broke through his repulsive barrier with Gentle Fist, and forced him back for the first time.
• Toneri activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode and blasted Hinata into a cedar tree, leaving her injured as he claimed she could not defeat him.
• Hinata thought of Shinsei, rejected surrender, and took up the Gentle Fist stance again.

Hinata fought Toneri with Senjutsu-powered punches, but he overwhelmed and injured her. As Toneri prepared to take her by force, Hinata summoned Shinsei, who introduced himself as Konoha’s Hokage and faced Toneri.

• Hinata shattered Toneri’s repulsive barrier with a series of Senjutsu-powered punches and injured him through his Chakra armor.
• Toneri entered his second Tenseigan Chakra Mode and battered Hinata with projectiles before striking her into a tree.
• Toneri offered to spare Hinata’s companions if she married him, but Hinata refused and said she already liked someone.
• Toneri gathered Chakra to take Hinata by force, so she activated a summoning scroll with her blood-laced Chakra.
• Shinsei appeared, comforted Hinata, and introduced himself to Toneri as the Hokage of Konoha.

Shinsei fought Otsutsuki Toneri, countering his Tenseigan-created Truth-Seeking Orbs and destroying a gigantic stone statue with taijutsu. Toneri unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but the attack struck only a Shadow Clone, leaving Shinsei behind him as the fight continued.

• Toneri summoned nine Truth-Seeking Orbs and sent them at Shinsei, who dodged and knocked them away after realizing they lacked Six Paths power.
• Toneri turned the orbs into a storm of senbon, but Shinsei escaped with Flying Thunder God using chakra-infused water vapor as his medium.
• Toneri used suction to clear the mist, then raised a gigantic stone statue from beneath the forest.
• Shinsei broke the statue's arm and destroyed its emerald eye, bringing the statue down with taijutsu.
• Toneri attacked Shinsei with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, blasting a massive crater into the forest.
• Toneri found the crater empty and realized the Shinsei he had struck was only a Shadow Clone, while the real Shinsei stood behind him.

Shinsei revealed that he had anticipated Toneri’s attack and used a sealed Shadow Clone to protect Hinata, then fought Toneri with Sage Mode and lightning-enhanced speed. Toneri escaped to the moon after being badly beaten, and Shinsei reunited with Hinata and his injured companions.

• Shinsei explained that Hinata had carried a sealed Shadow Clone as a precaution against Toneri and entered Sage Mode.
• Toneri blasted away the moisture in the air to prevent Shinsei from using Flying Thunder God, then unleashed Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Shinsei used Fivefold Rashomon to shield his companions from Toneri’s storm, then struck Toneri repeatedly for hurting Kurenai Yuhi, Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata.
• Toneri escaped into the sky toward the moon after Shinsei’s final punch sent him crashing into a rock.
• Shinsei returned to Hinata, told her to call him sooner next time, and received approving gestures from Kurenai, Kiba, and Shino.

Shinsei brought Hinata, Kurenai, Kiba, and Shino back to Konoha Hospital after their fight with Toneri, who had tried to take Hinata as his bride. As rumors about Shinsei and Hinata spread, Ino visited Hinata and proposed a barbecue outing for just the three of them, leaving Shinsei so embarrassed that he quietly walked away.

• Shinsei used Flying Thunder God to bring his injured teammates back to Konoha Hospital, where Tsunade questioned him about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and treated his wounds.
• Konoha villagers spread wild rumors about Shinsei's battle and his return with Hinata in his arms.
• Ino visited the injured Hinata and teased her about Shinsei carrying her, then suggested the two of them invite him to barbecue after her recovery.
• Hinata agreed to Ino's plan, while Shinsei overheard them and quietly walked away from the hospital room.

Shinsei returned home to share a peaceful dinner with his parents before Hinata visited with records about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the moon. After giving Shinsei the information, Hinata insisted on joining his mission to the moon, but he objected because she had recently been injured.

• Shinsei came home to Riya and Nobita, and his family shared dinner together after closing their shop.
• Hinata visited with a package of gifts, and Riya invited her to eat with the family.
• Hinata gave Shinsei secret scrolls from her father detailing the Hyuga Clan's origins and the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon.
• Shinsei read the records and thanked Hinata, saying they would help him deal with Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Hinata asked to go with Shinsei to the moon, but Shinsei refused because her injuries had not healed.

Shinsei agreed to take Hinata to the moon after Little Nine gave her Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, then used Flying Thunder God to bring them closer. As they prepared to fly toward the moon, Shinsei spread his chakra wings while Hinata stared at him in a daze.

• Little Nine gave Hinata Nine-Tails chakra, enabling her to use Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and greatly increasing her strength.
• Shinsei tried to receive Little Nine's chakra, but Xiaobai's chakra drove it out and the two forces clashed.
• Shinsei sent an order to Tsunade through an Anbu ninja, then transported himself, Hinata, and Little Nine outside Konoha.
• Shinsei threw a Flying Thunder God kunai toward the moon and teleported the group to where it landed.
• Shinsei unfolded enormous white chakra wings as Hinata blushed and stared at him.

Shinsei, Hinata, and Little Nine traveled to the moon and found the entrance to the artificial world inside it. After Hinata used her new Nine-Tails Mode to destroy the defending puppets, they prepared to approach the castle and its enormous Tenseigan.

• Shinsei carried Hinata through the sky to the moon, with Xiaobai supplying air as they flew.
• Shinsei and Little Nine sensed traces of Toneri's chakra and led Hinata to a fissure marked on the Hyūga secret scroll.
• Shinsei sent a Shadow Clone into the fissure to check the passage, then led Hinata and Little Nine down into the moon's artificial world.
• Shinsei identified the white figures charging from the castle as puppets and urged Hinata to test her Nine-Tails Mode.
• Hinata activated her golden Chakra Cloak and destroyed the puppets, while Shinsei watched and the Tenseigan waited deep inside the castle.

Shinsei and Hinata explored the moon’s ancient palace and discovered the history of Hamura’s Tenseigan and Toneri’s upbringing. They found Toneri waiting beneath the giant Tenseigan.

• Shinsei explained that chakra kept the moon’s environment and buildings unchanged, while Little Nine noted the absence of other living creatures.
• Shinsei activated the palace’s carved patterns, revealing murals of Hamura, a moon war, and the creation of the Tenseigan.
• Hinata and Shinsei found rooms filled with braille stones and read Toneri’s father’s message describing his blindness and plan to obtain pure Byakugan for him.
• Shinsei, Hinata, and Little Nine reached the temple, where they found Otsutsuki Toneri standing beneath the enormous Tenseigan.

Otsutsuki Toneri offered Shinsei Senju a place in his plan to destroy the old world and create a new humanity, but Shinsei refused. Toneri drew power from the Tenseigan and overwhelmed Shinsei, Hinata Hyuga, and Little Nine, leaving the battle raging inside the damaged temple.

• Otsutsuki Toneri welcomed Shinsei Senju, Hinata Hyuga, and Xiaobai to the Tenseigan Temple and proposed that Shinsei help him start humanity anew on the moon.
• Shinsei rejected Toneri's plan, arguing that humanity's flaws also drove people to survive and improve.
• Toneri infused himself with the Tenseigan's power and attacked Shinsei, striking him through several pillars with overwhelming speed and strength.
• Hinata fought Toneri with Little Nine's chakra, but Toneri dodged her punch and sent an emerald chakra blade across the temple floor.
• Little Nine fired a Tailed Beast Bomb despite Shinsei's warning, damaging the temple and carving a huge crater in its floor, while Toneri's barrier re-formed.
• Toneri declared that his Tenseigan's chakra would outlast theirs, and Shinsei questioned whether Toneri was trying to convince himself they could not win.

Shinsei fought Toneri inside the moon as the battle devastated its interior, then used Hinata’s Byakugan resonance with the Tenseigan to create an opening and destroy it. Shinsei and Hinata escaped as the moon split apart, carrying gathered Byakugan with them.

• Toneri’s Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion cut Shinsei’s Susanoo apart, but Shinsei rebuilt it with senjutsu and Storm Release chakra and fought back with help from Little Nine and Xiaobai.
• As the battle wrecked the moon’s interior, Hinata sensed the Tenseigan calling to her and believed she could control it through her Byakugan.
• Shinsei flooded the moon’s interior with chakra-infused water and used Flying Thunder God to evade Toneri and move closer to the Tenseigan.
• Toneri began charging the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and Shinsei teleported Hinata to the Tenseigan so she could disrupt it through their chakra resonance.
• Shinsei punched and shattered the Tenseigan, causing Toneri and the sphere’s remains to disappear as the moon began collapsing.
• Shinsei and Hinata gathered nearby Byakugan and escaped with Flying Thunder God while the moon split in half.

Shinsei and the shinobi of the major villages fought to stop the shattered moon from destroying the Shinobi World. After the meteor shower ended and the villages survived, Shinsei prepared to return home with Hinata, reflecting on the damage his reckless act could have caused.

• Shinsei sent Little Nine to destroy falling moon fragments with Tailed Beast Bombs while Konoha mobilized to protect the Land of Fire.
• Minato, both Tsunades, and Sasuke coordinated to reach and shatter dangerous meteorites, while Naruto and other Konoha ninja destroyed fragments near the village.
• Gaara, Ōnoki, Raikage A, and Mei Terumi led their villages in stopping the falling rocks, and the meteor shower gradually ended at dawn.
• Shinsei found Hinata awake beside him, gathered the exhausted Little Nine and Xiaobai, and decided they should return.
• Shinsei looked at the empty space where the moon had been and resolved not to underestimate others again.

Shinsei accepted responsibility for the moon’s destruction and searched for a way to restore the balance it had disrupted. Nagato could not use Chibaku Tensei without the Rinnegan, but he suggested Shinsei might awaken one through his own bloodline and warned that Madara and Obito were likely preparing to act.

• Shinsei apologized to Konoha’s Jonin, and a wanted notice for Otsutsuki Toneri was issued.
• Reports from the Land of Water described still seas, disappearing fish, and other effects of the moon’s absence, prompting Shinsei to seek Nagato.
• Shinsei found Nagato and learned that he could no longer use Chibaku Tensei because he had lost the Rinnegan.
• Nagato suggested Shinsei might discover his own path to awakening the Rinnegan and reassured him that nature could gradually restore balance.
• Nagato warned that Madara and Obito would adapt their plans and might exploit Shinsei’s divided attention, then agreed to help him if asked.