Chapter Summaries

Orochimaru sent Kimimaro and several others to Kirigakure while Obito opened a space and released a powerful being. The aura drew Momoshiki, Kinshiki, another Otsutsuki, and Kitagawa Gen’s attention, setting them on a course toward the Shinobi World.

• Orochimaru told Kimimaro that Kabuto had reported Obito’s plans, then assigned Kimimaro, Suigetsu, Jugo, Sakon, and the others to go to Kirigakure.
• Obito searched for a spatial opening in the Land of Water, hoping to release an evolved being and draw danger away from himself.
• Obito opened a black hole, and a surge of power shattered the surrounding mist and destroyed the nearby landscape.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki sensed Isshiki’s aura and headed toward the Shinobi World, while another Otsutsuki also set off toward its source.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed the aura, recognized it as belonging to his kinsman, and said he had remembered the chakra of his White Karma.

In the Land of Water, several groups searched for a strange chakra fluctuation while anticipating a possible encounter with Kitagawa Gen. In Konoha, Kitagawa Gen investigated how Sasuke could awaken the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, then received new quests as Obito appeared outside the village.

• Mei Terumi, Ao, and Chojuro searched the Land of Water for the chakra source and considered notifying Konoha.
• Kisame, Biwa Juzo, and Raiga Kurosuki searched for Utakata, while Suigetsu, Jugo, and Kimimaro carried out another mission in the Land of Water.
• Kitagawa Gen discussed Sasuke's eye procedure with Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Tsunade, and proposed that the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan required fusion rather than transplantation.
• Kitagawa Gen received a quest to complete Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan fusion and another to defeat all enemies and establish the era of the Otsutsuki.
• Obito appeared outside Konoha.

Obito went to Konoha’s hospital to confront Sasuke, but Kitagawa Gen was waiting and challenged his motives and his understanding of himself. Obito unleashed a new power while invoking Rin’s guidance, leaving Kitagawa Gen and Isshiki stunned by the strange claim.

• Obito observed the powerful, mentally dazed evolver and then contacted Yakushi Kabuto before heading to Konoha’s hospital.
• Obito entered Sasuke’s ward, where Kitagawa Gen confronted him and questioned his plans and awareness of his own condition.
• Obito defended his plan to create peace through Genjutsu, while Kitagawa Gen mocked his reasoning and drew his White Fang Short Sword.
• Kitagawa Gen attacked Obito outside the hospital, and Isshiki noticed that Gen had grown stronger and seemed aware of something wrong with Obito.
• Obito declared that Rin had guided him, black patterns spread across his body, and his power surged as Kitagawa Gen and Isshiki reacted with shock.

Obito Uchiha, empowered by Isshiki and convinced he shared a will with Rin, attacked Kitagawa Gen but was repeatedly outclassed. Gen left Obito battered and questioning his identity and whether Rin was truly guiding him.

• Obito activated Karma and charged at Kitagawa Gen, claiming Rin had guided him to new power.
• Kitagawa Gen easily dodged and countered Obito’s attacks, while Isshiki realized Obito’s ninja skills were poor.
• Gen increased his speed, broke Obito’s kunai, and battered him across Konoha before overpowering his flames with a Yin Yang Release: Rasengan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju discussed the battle and sensed that Gen was close to ending it.
• Gen found the injured Obito in a crater and asked how he could know his guide was Rin, repeating his question about whether Obito knew who he was.

Kitagawa Gen drove Obito away and inferred that the Akatsuki were targeting the Tailed Beasts in Kirigakure, so he agreed to investigate with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju. As Isshiki considered Kitagawa Gen’s potential and Obito’s accelerating Karma, Urashiki Otsutsuki arrived in the star system to search for Isshiki and Kaguya.

• Obito rose after Kitagawa Gen’s beating, argued that Rin’s guidance kept him from being lonely, and vanished through Kamui after warning that trouble was unfolding elsewhere.
• Kitagawa Gen, Hashirama Senju, and Tobirama Senju suspected that Obito had drawn Kitagawa Gen’s attention away from an attack on the Tailed Beasts in Kirigakure, and they agreed to go there together.
• Inside the Kamui Dimension, Isshiki judged Kitagawa Gen to be a uniquely powerful lifeform and resolved to nurture him as a possible weapon against Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki arrived near the planet to investigate Isshiki’s weak Chakra and search for Isshiki and Kaguya, while a huge golden eye watched him from inside the moon.

Kitagawa Gen considered Urashiki Otsutsuki’s arrival while traveling toward the Land of Water, and he and the Senju brothers debated the Sage of Six Paths’ motives. In the Land of Water, several groups converged on Utakata, Mei Terumi called for Kitagawa Gen’s help, and Urashiki watched the gathering from above.

• Kitagawa Gen discussed Obito Uchiha’s plan with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, then Tobirama speculated that the Sage of Six Paths had allowed Indra and Asura to fight to prepare the Shinobi World for powerful enemies.
• Kisame, Biwa Juzo, and Raiga Kurosuki located the town where Utakata was staying and prepared to capture him.
• Kimimaro’s team found that other powerful Chakra signatures had gathered near Utakata, and Sakon, Kidomaru, Jirobo, and Tayuya rushed ahead to deal with him.
• Mei Terumi learned that Utakata and several powerful outsiders were in the area, so she took out Kitagawa Gen’s Flying Thunder God Kunai and led her group toward the town.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki watched the Land of Water and remarked on its Byakugan, scattered Ten-Tails power, and Isshiki’s failed Karma.

Utakata was ambushed in the Land of Water as Mei Terumi’s group and other forces became caught in a chaotic battle. Kitagawa Gen sensed the crisis and headed there alone, where Urashiki Otsutsuki encountered another Otsutsuki arriving through a spatial gate.

• Utakata woke to an attack by Kisame Hoshigaki, Biwa Juzo, Raiga Kurosuki, and Orochimaru’s men, while Mei Terumi’s group prepared to intervene.
• Bone spikes erupted through the town, forcing Mei Terumi, Ao, and the others to evade as fighting spread across the streets.
• A tormented man unleashed the violent power of Isshiki Otsutsuki’s White Karma and charged toward the town.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed the White Karma and Mei Terumi’s distress, then used the Flying Thunder God to travel ahead of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki watched the battle from above and considered reclaiming the power and investigating the scattered Ten-Tails Chakra.
• A white-robed figure emerged from a spatial gate before Urashiki, who greeted the newcomer as a fellow Otsutsuki and asked their name.

Kitagawa Gen tricked Urashiki Otsutsuki into revealing his suspicions, then ambushed him and declared his intention to follow Isshiki’s example by devouring a clansman to cultivate a fruit. Their battle erupted above the battlefield where Kirigakure and Akatsuki were fighting over Utakata, leaving Urashiki wounded and facing Kitagawa Gen’s next attack.

• Kitagawa Gen introduced himself as Genshiki and told Urashiki Otsutsuki that he had learned about Isshiki and the planet’s God Tree.
• Kitagawa Gen suddenly struck Urashiki Otsutsuki with a black blade, hurling him through mountains and into the ground.
• Kisame’s group and Orochimaru’s forces fought Mei Terumi’s group over Utakata while a powerful, unstable attacker disrupted both sides.
• Obito arrived to watch the confused battle, but a huge shock wave scattered the fog and knocked everyone down.
• Kitagawa Gen revealed that he had found Isshiki and admired his actions, then wounded Urashiki with a golden sword.
• Kitagawa Gen explained that he planned to use clansmen as a path to power and lunged at Urashiki, comparing him to a snack.

Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed Urashiki Otsutsuki while claiming that Isshiki shared his dream of consuming their own kind, leaving Isshiki furious and wondering whether that forbidden path could grant power. As the battle’s shock waves battered the onlookers, a furious attacker charged Mei Terumi, but someone appeared in front of her just in time.

• Kitagawa Gen severed Urashiki Otsutsuki’s arm, blasted away his fishing hooks, and pursued him through his spatial escapes, striking him with Truth-Seeking Orb power.
• Kitagawa Gen insisted that Urashiki’s only value was helping fulfill the shared dream he claimed to have with Senior Isshiki, while Urashiki denied the claim and Isshiki angrily rejected it from inside Obito’s consciousness.
• Isshiki wondered whether consuming an Otsutsuki could provide power similar to a God Tree fruit without planting the tree.
• The battle’s shock waves injured the onlookers; Kimimaro longed for Kitagawa Gen’s strength to serve Orochimaru, while Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure group struggled to endure the devastation.
• A furious, mentally unstable attacker charged Mei Terumi, and just as his punch was about to land, an unidentified figure appeared in front of her.

Kitagawa Gen intervened to protect Mei Terumi and attacked Urashiki Otsutsuki, whose time-rewinding ability failed to save him from Gen's growing assault. As Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju arrived, Gen continued pursuing Urashiki, intent on making him a step toward ascension for himself and Isshiki.

• Kitagawa Gen appeared in front of Mei Terumi, reassured her, and dodged the White Karma user's attack while the Akatsuki watched.
• Kitagawa Gen continued battling Urashiki Otsutsuki in the sky as Urashiki struggled to understand his defeat and begged him to stop.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki changed his Rinnegan and used an ability that rewound time, but Kitagawa Gen recognized its limits and kept wounding him.
• Kitagawa Gen landed a deep chest wound on Urashiki Otsutsuki and declared that becoming a step on the God Ascension Stairway was his fate.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju arrived, sensed the enormous Chakra, and watched the two figures fighting in the sky; Tobirama said he had guessed right.

Tobirama Senju concluded that the Sage of Six Paths had prepared the Shinobi World for the Otsutsuki, while Kitagawa Gen fought Urashiki Otsutsuki in the sky and restrained White Karma below. Urashiki tried to escape through Yomotsu Hirasaka, but Kitagawa Gen's unseen attack cut off half his body.

• Tobirama Senju told Hashirama Senju that the Sage of Six Paths had put the Shinobi World through generations of trials to prepare it for the Otsutsuki.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju turned their attention to Obito Uchiha as he approached the unconscious Utakata.
• Kitagawa Gen used Black Rods to pin White Karma's legs and restrain the raging creature.
• Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed Urashiki Otsutsuki, cut off his arm, and absorbed and returned Urashiki's Heavenly Star Meteor Soul attack.
• Urashiki Otsutsuki opened Yomotsu Hirasaka to flee, but Kitagawa Gen's unseen force cut off half his body.

Kitagawa Gen captured the crazed White Karma and then defeated Urashiki Otsutsuki, draining his life and power as the other fighters watched. He declared that the winner determined destiny and prepared to absorb Urashiki, while a side quest completion notice appeared.

• Kitagawa Gen restrained White Karma with Yin Yang Release Black Rods, and Mei Terumi and the Kirigakure shinobi reacted to how easily he had won.
• Kisame, Raiga Kurosuki, and Biwa Juzo discussed how they could not challenge Kitagawa Gen or the Impure World Reincarnated Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju battled Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru's subordinates, while Tobirama killed four of them and Suigetsu urged a retreat.
• Kitagawa Gen struck Urashiki Otsutsuki from the sky, splitting him in two and opening a canyon across the Land of Water.
• Kitagawa Gen took Urashiki's severed lower half through Yomotsu Hirasaka, then drained his remaining life and power as Urashiki condemned him.
• Kitagawa Gen declared that the winner carved open destiny and thanked Urashiki for his sacrifice as he prepared to form an energy pill.

After hearing about Otsutsuki Genshiki’s ambition and power, the Akatsuki and the Senju brothers considered how to counter him, while Kitagawa Gen kept the spoils from his fight with Urashiki. The chapter ended with Kitagawa Gen preparing to plant a tree using the gathered materials and Urashiki’s condensed energy.

• Obito Uchiha told Nagato, Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, and Orochimaru that Otsutsuki Genshiki planned to grow stronger by devouring his own clan, following Ōtsutsuki Isshiki’s example.
• Obito Uchiha, Nagato, and Madara Uchiha each focused on becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki as their best chance to rival Otsutsuki Genshiki and Kitagawa Gen.
• Kisame recounted the encounter to the Akatsuki members, and Kakuzu taunted Itachi Uchiha about slaughtering his clan.
• Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju discussed Otsutsuki Genshiki’s strength and possible weaknesses, while Kitagawa Gen defended his actions and explained the effectiveness of his Divine Technique.
• Kitagawa Gen reflected on his gains from the battle, including Urashiki’s body, the Six Tails’ Chakra, the White Karma, and a pill containing Urashiki’s energy.
• Kitagawa Gen went to Amenominaka, where he looked over the sealed White Karma and the golden pill, intending to try planting a tree.

Kitagawa Gen used Urashiki’s condensed energy to strengthen his bloodline and advance the fusion of his Kekkei Mōra, while the other Otsutsuki sensed his presence and approached. The chapter left him checking his status after the energy was spent, with his development level at 82 percent.

• Kitagawa Gen brought Isshiki’s White Karma to the Divine Tree and fed the Six Tails’ Chakra into its source as the Tailed Beasts’ Chakra gathered.
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki and Otsutsuki Kinshiki sensed that Urashiki’s and Isshiki’s auras had disappeared and hurried toward the unknown clansman.
• In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths and Otsutsuki Hamura discussed Kitagawa Gen’s strength, while the Great Toad Sage decided it was time to act.
• Kitagawa Gen absorbed the energy in Urashiki’s pill, which intensified his bloodline and pushed the fusion of his Kekkei Mōra forward.
• Kitagawa Gen sensed connections between spaces and glimpsed the flow of time before checking his panel and seeing his bloodline development at 82 percent.

After reaching 82 percent Development Level, Kitagawa Gen decided to visit Kaguya and investigate whether an Otsutsuki corpse could be used to grow a God Tree. At a Konoha meeting, he agreed to take over as Fifth Hokage and revealed that he could revive Minato Namikaze and reach Hatake Sakumo and Rin Nohara.

• Kitagawa Gen noticed his improved Chakra control and perception of spatial nodes and time, then decided to let his God Tree transform without drawing energy from it.
• Kitagawa Gen chose to meet Kaguya to answer questions about using an Otsutsuki who had used Karma to plant a tree.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Konoha's leaders discussed the upcoming Kage Summit, and Kitagawa Gen was told to represent Konoha as Fifth Hokage.
• Kitagawa Gen joked about commissioning the best sculptor for his Hokage Rock statue, then said the Fourth Hokage should be awakened.
• Kitagawa Gen told the meeting he had found a way to break the Reaper Death Seal and reach Hatake Sakumo and Rin Nohara in the gap between the Pure Land and the mortal world.

Sasori returned to Sunagakure while Akatsuki's members weighed how to oppose Otsutsuki Genshiki and reconsidered the Eye of the Moon plan. Kitagawa Gen located Otsutsuki Kaguya sealed within the moon, and she sensed him and mistook him for an Otsutsuki.

• Sasori read news of the Land of Water and headed toward Sunagakure, reflecting that its new Kazekage would not pose much of a problem.
• Nagato told Konan he intended to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki so he could face Otsutsuki Genshiki himself.
• Black Zetsu persuaded Madara Uchiha that the Sage of Six Paths' relics pointed toward a threat from Otsutsuki and that they should seek the Hyuga relic before pursuing the Eye of the Moon plan.
• Isshiki sensed that Urashiki's Karma was nearby inside Akatsuki and considered awakening him to clarify the truth about Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• Two figures appeared in Naruto's room and placed their hands on him, startling him awake; elsewhere, a brown-haired girl looked up at the moon in confusion.
• Kitagawa Gen used the Giant Tenseigan to find Otsutsuki Kaguya's sealed space, and Kaguya sensed him and exclaimed that an Otsutsuki had found her.

Naruto reunited with Minato Namikaze and Kushina after Kitagawa Gen rescued their souls, while Kakashi reconciled with Hatake Sakumo. On the moon, Kitagawa Gen confronted Otsutsuki Kaguya, who explained her plan and prepared to fight him.

• Minato Namikaze and Kushina reunited with Naruto and explained that Kitagawa Gen had discovered how to rescue them using the Reaper Death Seal.
• Kushina punched Naruto and scolded him for stealing Kitagawa Gen's Make-Out Paradise.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo he understood his choice to protect his comrades and was proud of him, and the two reconciled.
• Kitagawa Gen appeared before Otsutsuki Kaguya on the moon, and she mistook him for an Otsutsuki who had defeated Hagoromo and Hamura.
• Otsutsuki Kaguya described her plan to trade people's desires for their bodies and Chakra, then declared that she would fight to protect her children.
• Kitagawa Gen introduced himself as Otsutsuki Genshiki and revealed that he was also Kitagawa Gen.

Kitagawa Gen spoke with Kaguya inside her seal, explained his origins and the fate of Isshiki and Urashiki, and offered to let her see the world through part of her Chakra if she helped him. Meanwhile, the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura watched, and Isshiki finally contacted Urashiki, who reacted to him in terror.

• Kitagawa Gen told Kaguya that he had grown up in the Shinobi World before awakening his Otsutsuki bloodline and becoming Otsutsuki Genshiki.
• Kitagawa Gen showed Kaguya Chakra images of Isshiki and Urashiki and explained that he had defeated them, leaving both as Karma.
• Kitagawa Gen recounted the past thousand years, reassured Kaguya he would not kill her, and offered to take some of her Chakra outside the seal so she could check his claims and help him.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura watched Kitagawa Gen’s conversation and decided to wait and see whether Kaguya might change.
• Isshiki established a Chakra connection with Urashiki, but Urashiki recoiled and shouted for Isshiki not to come closer.

Isshiki struggled to convince Urashiki that Genshiki had acted alone, but the two agreed to cooperate against him until the others arrived. In Konoha, Kitagawa Gen checked on Sasuke’s eyes while Kaguya recognized Naruto and Sasuke’s connection and revealed that Hagoromo had forced his sons to reincarnate and fight repeatedly.

• Isshiki denied responsibility for Genshiki’s actions, but Urashiki suspected him of killing Kaguya and taking the Chakra fruit.
• Isshiki persuaded Urashiki to cooperate by arguing that Genshiki was their common enemy and explaining how he had gained a thousand years of battle experience.
• On Konoha’s streets, Sasuke learned that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage’s son, then the two began trading insults.
• Kitagawa Gen asked Sasuke about his eyes, and Sasuke said Tsunade was still working out the transplant procedure.
• Kaguya, hidden within Kitagawa Gen, recognized Naruto and Sasuke as Indra and Asura’s reincarnations and accused Hagoromo of making his sons repeatedly reincarnate and fight.

After learning Sasori had captured Gaara, Kitagawa Gen sent Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Hatake Sakumo to assist Sunagakure while he stayed behind. Kaguya guessed that Gen planned to use Urashiki’s body to grow a God Tree, as Obito considered declaring war and Momoshiki and Kinshiki arrived at the planet.

• Kaguya argued that Hagoromo was responsible for the cycle of conflict between his sons, then explained that Sasuke needed the other half of his weakened bloodline power to strengthen his eyes.
• Anbu reported that Sasori had captured Gaara through a coordinated attack, and Kitagawa Gen assigned Kakashi and Hatake Sakumo to lead Naruto and Sasuke on the rescue mission.
• Kaguya questioned Gen about Isshiki’s remains, realized he intended to use Urashiki’s body to plant a God Tree, and asked whether he had a Ten-Tails and a location in mind.
• Obito discussed Sasori’s success and the coming Kage Summit with Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu, then proposed advancing the Eye of the Moon plan, leaving both of them silent.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki reached the planet and set out to investigate its secrets.