Chapter Summaries

Ayato began the war to unify the world, using Konoha’s overwhelming strength to force surrender while Konoha’s shinobi joined the fighting. The war ended quickly with few casualties, and Ayato named the unified nation Hua.

• Ayato sent Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi to display Konoha’s power as the former four villages’ shinobi watched, prompting enemy soldiers to consider surrendering.
• Ayato’s Five Sacred Beasts attacked a group of determined resisters near Konoha, but he recalled them after Shikaku Nara explained that Konoha’s shinobi wanted to share responsibility for the war.
• Konoha’s shinobi fought alongside Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi, and the enemy’s rapid defeats led later forces and their leaders to surrender.
• The unification war ended within days, and officials found that its casualty rate was lower than those of the first three Shinobi World Wars.
• Ayato announced that the unified nation’s title would be Hua.

Two years after unifying the world, Ayato reflected on the gradual progress of his country and his growing sense of loneliness as his strength left him without an equal. Ino proposed that their future child might become his opponent, and Ayato resolved to stay by her side while quietly deciding what to do when his power eventually reached its limit.

• Ayato recalled how the unified country weathered unrest and began working toward shared cultural identity, while public reports showed that life was improving across its regions.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Nagato, and Konan traveled through the country to observe its changes, and the Natural Path spread into a new era of cultivation.
• Ino joined Ayato on a mountain and spoke with him about their marriage, their hoped-for child, and the loneliness she sensed in him.
• Ino suggested that their exceptionally talented child could grow into Ayato's opponent, and Ayato agreed that the idea was possible.
• Ino urged Ayato to pursue whatever might interest him, and Ayato promised to remain by her side as he resolved to act when his strength reached a bottleneck.

Otsutsuki Toneri sent puppets to Earth, tried to abduct Hinata, and revealed a meteor as he declared his intention to destroy the world. After Hanabi was kidnapped, Ayato assigned Naruto, Hinata, Neji, and Tenten to rescue her, while Sasuke joined the mission to obtain Otsutsuki Chakra for Ayato’s plan.

• Otsutsuki Toneri sent his puppets to Earth, where they wounded Hyuga Hiashi and targeted Hinata.
• Naruto destroyed Toneri’s puppets, and Sasuke erased the enormous meteor Toneri sent toward Earth.
• Sasuke told Naruto that the moon was moving closer and collapsing, and they informed Ayato that Toneri had appeared.
• Hinata reported that Toneri had kidnapped Hanabi, so Ayato assigned Naruto, Hinata, Neji, and Tenten to rescue her.
• Ayato told Sasuke to join the rescue mission so he could use Toneri’s Otsutsuki Chakra with a treasured tool.

Ayato’s Moon Spirit entered the Gold Tenseigan to absorb its ocular power while Ayato continued cultivating a mindless Little Ten Tails. Meanwhile, Neji led a team to rescue Hanabi, and Otsutsuki Toneri confronted the intruders, recognizing Sasuke’s Rinnegan as the Sage of Six Paths’ eye.

• Ayato reflected on the Moon Spirit’s abilities and explained that his Little Ten Tails was developing smoothly as a mindless Chakra converter.
• Neji gathered Naruto, Hinata, Tenten, and Sasuke and led the team toward the moon to investigate Otsutsuki Toneri and rescue Hanabi Hyuga.
• Toneri implanted Hanabi’s eyes, then left her unconscious in a locked hospital room after sensing an unexplained presence nearby.
• The Moon Spirit marked Hanabi with Ayato’s Flying Thunder God Mark and slipped through a sealed door to enter the Gold Tenseigan and absorb its ocular power.
• Toneri sensed the rescue team entering the moon, confronted them, and was astonished to see Sasuke’s Rinnegan.

Otsutsuki Toneri battled Sasuke and Naruto while Neji, Hinata, and Tenten headed to the palace to find Hanabi. After the Moon Spirit absorbed the Gold Tenseigan and arrived, Toneri attacked it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, and the Moon Spirit prepared to answer with the same power.

• Otsutsuki Toneri revealed that he had captured Hanabi and transplanted her eyes to awaken the Tenseigan, while Neji, Hinata, and Tenten went to search for her.
• Otsutsuki Toneri attacked with Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, but Sasuke's Susanoo cut through the tornado as Naruto transformed into the Nine-Tails to hold back Toneri's stone statue.
• Sasuke fought Toneri in the sky while Naruto struggled against the statue, and they felt the moon jolt when its course changed.
• The Moon Spirit appeared after absorbing the Gold Tenseigan's eye power, and Toneri recognized its aura and attacked it with Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• The Moon Spirit swallowed a Truth-Seeking Orb and unleashed a golden laser matching Toneri's attack.

The Moon Spirit overwhelmed Otsutsuki Toneri with its Gold Tenseigan and trapped him in Space Freeze, allowing Naruto to land the decisive blow. Toneri lost his Tenseigan and accepted defeat as the Otsutsuki Clan members arrived with Hanabi Hyuga.

• The Moon Spirit's golden light cannon shattered Otsutsuki Toneri's attack and forced him to evade, then it absorbed his Truth-Seeking Orbs and sealed him inside Space Freeze.
• The Moon Spirit explained that Space Freeze was its own space-time ability, while Naruto and Sasuke watched Toneri struggle to escape.
• The Moon Spirit brought Naruto into the frozen space, and Naruto punched Toneri down after the barrier was released.
• Naruto discovered he could fly as Sasuke prepared to catch him, while the Moon Spirit returned to Sasuke's side.
• The injured Toneri lost the Tenseigan's power, saw Otsutsuki Clan members carrying Hanabi Hyuga toward them, and accepted his defeat.

Hinata and Neji returned with Hanabi after Naruto, Sasuke, and the Moon Spirit defeated Otsutsuki Toneri. Ayato arrived, returned the moon to its orbit, and gave the Moon Spirit the purple Tenseigan before leaving Toneri behind for Orochimaru.

• Hinata brought Hanabi back to Naruto and Sasuke, while Neji wondered how he could grow strong enough to change the Hyuga Clan.
• Sasuke revealed that the Moon Spirit had defeated Toneri and was stronger than he and Naruto were.
• Hinata examined Toneri and said he should be treated before his eyes were transplanted.
• Ayato arrived, sent the group back to Earth, and Sasuke explained that Ayato had already restored the moon's orbit.
• Ayato found the purple Tenseigan stone slab and gave it to the Moon Spirit, which stored it away.
• Ayato left Toneri on the moon and returned to Earth with the Moon Spirit, intending to hand Toneri over to Orochimaru.

Konoha’s major weddings took place, and Ayato recruited Neji Hyuga to pursue the Tenseigan and challenge the Hyuga clan’s unjust rules. Neji discovered Orochimaru’s secret research institute, where he joined a team studying Otsutsuki Toneri and learned that the institute was called Akatsuki.

• Hanabi Hyuga woke under Sakura’s care, and the chapter recounted how the injured Hyuga Hiashi had returned to Konoha alone.
• Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuga, and several other Konoha couples held their weddings on the same day, with Ayato leaving the banquet after giving his blessings.
• Ayato gave Neji an improved sealing technique that did not restrict vision and sent him to deliver Otsutsuki Toneri to a secret facility.
• Neji discovered that Orochimaru was alive and met Kabuto Yakushi, Kisame Hoshigaki, Zabuza, and other members of the research team.
• Orochimaru explained the institute’s limits on human experiments and welcomed Neji to the team, revealing that its name was Akatsuki.

Neji Hyuga joined the Akatsuki and began researching the Tenseigan with Orochimaru, while Ayato and Sasuke prepared to use Karasuki to travel through time. Sasuke reached the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and his Rinnegan awakened a fifth tomoe as he cast Tsukuyomi over Konoha.

• Neji Hyuga learned that Ayato led the Akatsuki and was assigned to research the Tenseigan with Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru told Kisame Hoshigaki that Ayato had likely been monitoring them for a long time, then turned his attention to Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Sasuke told Ayato that he had gathered Otsutsuki Toneri's Chakra and prepared Karasuki and the sealed infant substitutes for the mission.
• Sasuke activated Karasuki and traveled to the night of the Uchiha Clan massacre, with the Moon Spirit accompanying him.
• Ayato followed Sasuke through Space-Time and appeared in the past while studying the journey.
• Sasuke accepted that he could only bring back the Uchiha infants, awakened a fifth tomoe in his Rinnegan, and cast Tsukuyomi over Konoha.

Ayato and Sasuke returned to the Uchiha Clan Massacre and rescued the infants by replacing them with artificial bodies, ensuring Sasuke’s past remained intact. After Sasuke brought the infants back to the present, Ayato recognized one as a fellow transmigrator and began considering leaving the world.

• Ayato watched Sasuke’s progress, reflected on how his guaranteed survival had changed his willingness to take risks, and departed from his childhood home with Moon Spirit.
• Sasuke witnessed the Uchiha Clan Massacre and restrained himself from intervening, fearing that changing the past could erase his existence.
• After the massacre ended, Sasuke checked Orochimaru’s artificial infants while Ayato waited; they then prepared to return with the children.
• Ayato noticed one unusually quiet infant and realized he was a fellow transmigrator, while Sasuke also took an interest in the child.
• Sasuke used Karasuki to bring the infants to the present, and the baby recognized Sasuke and concluded he had landed in an altered Naruto world.
• Ayato returned to his own time and considered bidding the world farewell.

Ayato told Sinai and Ino that his stronger soul would leave in a Yang Release body to pursue a higher realm while his other soul stayed behind to accompany them and govern the nation. He opened a rift to another world and stepped through with Moon Spirit, leaving his adventure underway.

• Ayato explained to Sinai that one of his connected souls would leave while the other remained with her and Ino, and Sinai accepted his decision despite her worries.
• Ayato visited Ino at the Intelligence Division, explained his plans, and Ino accepted that he would pursue a higher realm.
• Ayato and Ino shared an intimate moment in her office, and she urged him to be careful before he left.
• Ayato prepared a body created through Yang Release and set out from the mountain, while Sinai and Ino stayed behind because their souls remained connected to him.
• Ayato agreed to bring Moon Spirit, opened a spatial rift to another world, and stepped through it with the Space-Time beast.

Kamitachi Ayato arrived in the world of Shinigami as a soul and discovered that he could absorb spiritual power. After defeating the Hollows drawn to him, he accepted Shiba Miyako’s Soul Burial and was sent toward the Soul Society.

• Kamitachi Ayato emerged from a spatial rift in soul form and sensed that the world held a power connected to souls.
• Kamitachi Ayato witnessed a dead person’s soul leave its body, then found Shiba Miyako fighting a Hollow.
• Kamitachi Ayato absorbed spiritual power, drawing Hollows toward him, and knocked the first one away with a punch.
• Kamitachi Ayato defeated the Hollows that gathered while Shiba Miyako watched, then heard her advice to attend the Soul Reaper Academy.
• Shiba Miyako performed a Soul Burial on Kamitachi Ayato after they exchanged names.

Ayato settled in District 56 of Rukongai and learned that Shiba Miyako’s advice had been to take the Soul Reaper Academy entrance examination. He reached the exam and demonstrated enough spiritual power to pass, while recognizing Rukia and the red-haired boy among the candidates.

• Xiao Shi brought Ayato to District 56’s elder, who explained life in Rukongai and the upcoming Soul Reaper Academy admissions.
• Ayato showed the elder his spiritual power, and the elder let him stay until the examination two days later.
• Ayato absorbed spiritual power in the elder’s house and warned the Moon Spirit to stay hidden because it had arrived without Soul Burial.
• Ayato went to the academy examination with the elder and recognized Rukia and the red-haired boy among the candidates.
• Ayato condensed a mass of spiritual power at the exam, and the Shinigami tester called his result excellent.

Kamitachi Ayato settled into the Soul Reaper Academy, studied its cultivation system, and chose his intended courses. The next morning, Abarai Renji brought him to meet Kira Izuru and Rukia before they went to breakfast together.

• After the talent examination ended, Ayato received his uniform and a single dorm room alongside the other outstanding students.
• Abarai Renji introduced himself to Ayato, and they entered their neighboring rooms.
• Ayato read the academy materials, learned about its four training disciplines, and decided to major in Flash Step and Kido.
• Ayato practiced absorbing spiritual power overnight while Moon Spirit explored his room.
• The next morning, Abarai Renji invited Ayato to breakfast and introduced him to Kira Izuru and Rukia.

At the Soul Reaper Academy, Ayato learned how spiritual food affected hunger and attended a lesson about Asauchi, Zanpakuto, Shikai, and Bankai. After receiving his Asauchi, he sensed a hidden will within it and believed he could achieve Shikai within days, though he postponed experimenting until after his other classes.

• Ayato asked Abarai Renji, Rukia, and Kira Izuru whether souls in Soul Society starved to death, and Kira explained that hunger had killed people in the outer districts.
• Ayato discovered he could turn absorbed spiritual power into a feeling of fullness and ate repeatedly to accumulate more power from the food.
• A teacher explained how Asauchi became Zanpakuto and described Shikai and Bankai, while Abarai Renji eagerly asked about the higher release.
• Ayato collected a standard Asauchi and felt as though someone were watching him when he grasped its hilt.
• Ayato sensed a hidden will inside the Asauchi and concluded that he could likely achieve Shikai within a few days, but he followed his companions to his next classes instead of experimenting.

Ayato studied the mechanics of Kidō and defeated Abarai Renji in a brief spar by using Flash Step and Binding Art Number One. After returning to his dormitory, Ayato prepared to activate his Shikai.

• Ayato tested Red Flame Cannon with and without its chant and found that the unchanted spell consumed more spiritual energy for the same power.
• Abarai Renji challenged Ayato to a fight, and they moved to a training ground watched by Rukia, Kira Izuru, and Hinamori.
• When Kira Izuru began the match, Ayato used Flash Step to appear behind Abarai Renji and restrained him with Binding Art Number One.
• Ayato explained that Kidō's power depended on spiritual pressure, and Abarai Renji accepted the loss and vowed to become stronger.
• Ayato returned to his dormitory and prepared to activate his Shikai.

Ayato awakened his Shikai, Mirror of Tranquil Water, and discovered that he could unlock Bankai by defeating its spirit in combat. After sparring with her and winning with his First Form - Thunderclap and Flash, he completed Bankai and returned to consciousness in the dormitory.

• Ayato met the Palace Dress Woman during Sword Meditation and established that he would be her Sword Master while respecting her will outside battle.
• The Palace Dress Woman revealed her name, Mirror of Tranquil Water, and Ayato awakened his Shikai, which let him fight through the Heart of the Mirror of Tranquil Water.
• Mirror of Tranquil Water offered to help Ayato unlock Bankai, and they fought with their power and strength equalized.
• Ayato defeated Mirror of Tranquil Water in their swordsmanship match, but asked her to continue sparring.
• Ayato used First Form - Thunderclap and Flash to break Mirror of Tranquil Water's sword and win their second bout.
• Mirror of Tranquil Water became a stream of light that entered Ayato's blade, and Ayato awoke in the dormitory having unlocked Bankai.

Ayato discovered how his Bankai, Complete Severance, worked and refined his training around controlling spiritual pressure and sword forms. At the academy, he concealed his Shikai while watching the Fifth Division captain Aizen Sōsuke and his vice-captain visit, leaving him newly aware of the Gotei 13’s strength.

• Ayato found that entering Mirror of Tranquil Water’s state improved his spiritual-pressure control and learned that his Bankai could absolutely sever an opponent after seeing through their abilities.
• Ayato decided to focus on spiritual pressure and sword forms, then practiced combat against Mirror of Tranquil Water while concealing his Shikai from his classmates.
• Ayato asked Abarai Renji why the Soul Reaper Academy was decorated and learned that the Fifth Division captain and vice-captain were visiting.
• Ayato went with Abarai Renji, Kira Izuru, and Rukia to see the visitors and sensed that Aizen Sōsuke’s spiritual pressure was beyond what he could perceive clearly.
• Abarai Renji vowed to become a captain-level Shinigami, Hinamori resolved to join the Fifth Division, and Ayato decided to keep working hard.

Ayato joined Class A’s internship in the Living World and suspected that Aizen had arranged the unusual trip. When a hidden, enormous real Hollow attacked, Ayato watched to see who would arrive as reinforcements while Hisagi Shūhei and several students faced it.

• Ayato asked Rukia to investigate whether first-year students had joined internships before, then learned that Aizen Sōsuke and Ichimaru Gin were the Fifth Division captain and lieutenant.
• Ayato traveled to the Living World with Class A and learned that Hisagi Shūhei, Kanisawa, and Aoshika would guide the students in combat training against simulated Hollows.
• Ayato sensed an invisible real Hollow and warned Hisagi Shūhei, who canceled the internship after the supervising sixth-year students failed to respond.
• The Hollow revealed itself and charged, prompting Hisagi Shūhei to fight while the others fled and called for reinforcements.
• Abarai Renji, Hinamori Momo, and Kira Izuru stayed behind, and Ayato approached the battlefield to help as a medic and watch who came to assist.

Ayato helped Hisagi Shūhei and the other students fight off the Menos, then caught Aizen Sōsuke’s attention when the captain arrived to rescue them. Aizen offered Ayato a place in the Fifth Division, but Ayato refused and later said he would rather join the Fourth Division because he did not want to work much.

• Hisagi Shūhei ordered the students to flee, but Abarai Renji and the others stayed to help while Ayato healed Hisagi with Kaido.
• Ayato discovered he could strengthen a Hadō spell by chanting its incantation after casting it, as more Menos surrounded the group.
• Ichimaru Gin killed the Menos with his Zanpakuto, while Aizen Sōsuke crushed another with his spiritual pressure alone.
• Aizen praised Ayato’s perception and offered him and the other students places in the Fifth Division, but Ayato declined because he wanted to continue studying at the academy.
• After returning to the academy, Ayato told Renji, Kira Izuru, and Hinamori that he did not want a job and preferred the Fourth Division for its healing work.