Chapter Summaries

Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Hatake Sakumo traveled through the Land of Wind, where Sunagakure shinobi confronted Sakumo over his past. Meanwhile, Obito rejected Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu’s plan to delay the Eye of the Moon, Kimimaro’s power continued to grow, and Kitagawa Gen sensed two Otsutsuki arriving as he considered how to plant a God Tree.

• Naruto complained about the desert as Kakashi recalled Kitagawa Gen defeating Orochimaru and accidentally destroying Roran years earlier.
• Kakashi revealed that Hatake Sakumo was notorious in Sunagakure, and several shinobi confronted Sakumo as the Konoha White Fang.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu proposed finding the Sage of Six Paths’ brother’s relic before proceeding with the Eye of the Moon plan, and Obito secretly decided to act on his own.
• Orochimaru observed that Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku and Byakugan were growing stronger after his injuries, while Urashiki inside him welcomed the increase in power and the prospect of battle.
• Kitagawa Gen questioned Kaguya about using an Otsutsuki corpse to feed a God Tree, then sensed two Otsutsuki arriving; Kaguya grew alarmed.

Obito persuaded Nagato and Orochimaru to use the Ten Tails to lure Otsutsuki Genshiki into a fight, while Konoha prepared for the coming Kage Summit. As Kitagawa Gen anticipated the arrival of Momoshiki and Kinshiki, the two Otsutsuki decided to target the summit and capture its leaders.

• Obito explained his plan to release the Ten Tails as bait for Otsutsuki Genshiki and draw the gathered shinobi into a battle, and Nagato and Orochimaru agreed to help.
• Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation brought Sasori back, while Hatake Sakumo reported that Chiyo had chosen to save Gaara after the One-Tail was extracted.
• Kitagawa Gen and Hiruzen Sarutobi kept Chiyo's revival technique secret and chose Sasuke, Naruto, Ino-Shika-Cho, and Rin Nohara to accompany Kitagawa Gen to the Kage Summit.
• Kitagawa Gen told Kaguya he was prepared for Momoshiki and Kinshiki and hoped to test his God Ascension Stairway against them.
• Momoshiki and Kinshiki learned that the Kage Summit was approaching and decided to go there to capture the village leaders.

At the Kage Summit, Kitagawa Gen and the other young leaders gathered to discuss the Akatsuki, but Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro launched an attack on the guarded high-rise. Kakashi confronted Obito, who then spotted Rin Nohara and froze as she addressed him.

• Kitagawa Gen, Mei Terumi, and Deidara discussed the Akatsuki while Naruto and the others waited, and Rin Nohara asked Kakashi whether they would encounter Obito.
• Obito led Nagato and Kimimaro into the summit building, while Kakuzu directed the other Akatsuki members to stop reinforcements outside.
• Mei Terumi learned that enemies were attacking inside and outside the building, and Kitagawa Gen led the summit attendees to confront them.
• Nagato and Kimimaro fought through the defenders as Obito advanced under Kamui, while Isshiki and Urashiki watched through the Chakra link.
• Kakashi struck at Obito with Chidori, but Obito blocked him with Susanoo and then saw Rin Nohara approaching.
• Rin Nohara asked Obito if it was really him, leaving him trembling in disbelief.

Madara let Obito’s group serve as bait while he pursued the Ten-Tails and the Sage of Six Paths’ younger brother’s relics. As battles spread through the town, Obito was shaken by Rin’s return, and Kitagawa Gen confronted Momoshiki and Kinshiki, beginning to explain what had happened to the Otsutsuki who came to the planet.

• Madara told Black Zetsu that Obito’s group could act as bait while he planned to reclaim the Ten-Tails and complete his search for the Sage of Six Paths’ younger brother’s relics.
• Naruto attacked Hidan and Kakuzu, while Itachi and Sasori fought the allied ninja from Konoha, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure.
• Sasuke blocked Sasori’s Iron Sand attack with Susanoo and told the allied ninja to leave the fight to him.
• Rin Nohara appeared before Obito and challenged him about abandoning his promise to become Hokage, leaving him confused and unable to act.
• Kitagawa Gen confronted Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro as Momoshiki and Kinshiki arrived outside the town and sensed the Ten-Tails’ power.
• Momoshiki introduced himself to Kitagawa Gen and asked about the vanished Isshiki and Urashiki, and Kitagawa Gen began explaining that Isshiki and Kaguya had come to the planet.

Kitagawa Gen attacked Momoshiki and Kinshiki, revealing his plan to bypass the Otsutsuki clan’s rules by sacrificing kin and calling it the God Ascension Stairway. Momoshiki agreed, consumed Kinshiki after Gen defeated him, and began to transform, while battles across the surrounding area continued.

• Naruto fought Kakuzu and Hidan, entered Sage Mode, and launched his Sage Art: Nine-Tails Rasenshuriken at them after Hidan mocked him as Dead Last.
• Sasuke overwhelmed Sasori and Itachi Uchiha, expanded his Susanoo into a giant, and prepared to strike them down.
• Kitagawa Gen battered Nagato and Kimimaro while Obito remained dazed, then clashed with Momoshiki and Kinshiki as the surrounding shinobi watched.
• Kitagawa Gen defeated Kinshiki by shattering his axe and cutting him in two, then explained that Isshiki’s example had inspired him to skip the usual sacrifice-and-fruit process.
• Momoshiki praised Gen’s idea, turned Kinshiki’s body into a peach with his Rinnegan, and devoured it, causing his Chakra to surge and his body to begin changing.

Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed Momoshiki after he absorbed Kinshiki and began climbing the God Ascension Stairway, while the battles below continued amid the devastation. The chapter ended as Kitagawa Gen unleashed a vast attack on Momoshiki and his summoned beast, leaving Urashiki afraid that he would not survive among his fellow Otsutsuki.

• Momoshiki absorbed Kinshiki and transformed, then charged Kitagawa Gen with his new power as the ninja below endured the clash's aftershocks.
• Naruto attacked Kakuzu and Hidan with a barrage of Rasengan, while Sasuke enlarged Susanoo and struck at Sasori and Itachi Uchiha.
• Kitagawa Gen's Divine Tree Clone cut through Kimimaro's attacks and defeated him and Nagato, while Isshiki manipulated Obito into renewing his resolve to change the world.
• Kitagawa Gen intensified his fight against Momoshiki, wounded him, and revealed that he had gained power from Urashiki before urging Momoshiki to join him on the God Ascension Stairway.
• Momoshiki summoned Inukai Takeru no Mikoto and tried to resist, but Kitagawa Gen unleashed a powerful attack that engulfed Momoshiki and the beast.
• Isshiki watched the destruction with excitement as Urashiki feared Momoshiki's defeat would make Kitagawa Gen even stronger and wondered whether he could survive.

Urashiki accepted the God Ascension Stairway, while Obito declared war on the allied ninja forces and argued that the villages had made wars worse. Kitagawa Gen defeated Momoshiki and extracted his energy, leaving the Akatsuki preparing for war and Kaguya warning Kitagawa not to approach.

• Urashiki decided that he had to become the strongest and pursue the God Ascension Stairway to survive among his clansmen.
• Obito grabbed Kimimaro from Kitagawa Gen, then declared that he sought peace by ending the ninja village system and formally declared war on Kitagawa's forces.
• Kitagawa Gen countered Obito's argument, and the Hokage transferred the nearby ninja away when Momoshiki's attack struck the battlefield.
• Kitagawa Gen extracted Momoshiki's energy to form a pill, while Momoshiki urged him to climb the God Ascension Stairway with him.
• Black Zetsu decided to keep Kaguya sealed, and the allied ninja began planning against the Akatsuki as Obito's group retreated to the Land of Hot Water.
• Obito's group awakened Momoshiki's consciousness, while Kitagawa Gen arrived in the Land of Fire and told Kaguya he might release her soon; Kaguya warned him not to come closer.

Kitagawa Gen explained to Kaguya that he planned to turn the Otsutsuki’s hunger for power against them, while Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki formed a wary alliance against him. As the Shinobi World prepared for war, Gen considered using Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains to strengthen his Divine Tree.

• Kitagawa Gen told Kaguya that he wanted to provoke an Otsutsuki Dark Era and recruit her as an ally, but she called him cruel like Hagoromo.
• Isshiki, Urashiki, and Momoshiki agreed to work together against Genshiki, each secretly planning to become the one who survived and attained the God Ascension Stairway.
• Otsutsuki Hamura and the Sage of Six Paths discussed Gen’s plans and concluded that he had sought their mother as an ally rather than as a sacrifice.
• At the Hokage Office, Kitagawa Gen and the other leaders discussed the Akatsuki’s war preparations, Daimyo support, Sasuke’s eyes, and restoring the Nine-Tails’ full power.
• Kitagawa Gen showed Kaguya his enormous Divine Tree and realized Isshiki still possessed Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains, leaving him to consider their potential as a sacrifice.

Kitagawa Gen absorbed Momoshiki’s remains, drawing enormous energy from the Divine Tree and advancing his development. As the Shinobi World prepared for war against the Akatsuki, Obito and Nagato each considered the power of the evolving shinobi, while the Otsutsuki grew suspicious of their clan’s rules; Kitagawa Gen awakened with new abilities and an 86 percent development level.

• Kitagawa Gen considered using Otsutsuki Shibai’s remains and planned to sacrifice Momoshiki and Urashiki’s bodies for more power.
• The major ninja villages united against the Akatsuki, while Obito revealed his army of one hundred thousand White Zetsu and Nagato questioned whether they had enough troops.
• Obito decided Nagato and Kimimaro were obstacles to his ambition, while Nagato suspected that he, Obito, and Kimimaro were evolvers with a power path of their own.
• Isshiki, Momoshiki, and Urashiki speculated that the Otsutsuki clan’s rules might have followed a devastating civil war and wondered whether such conflict could happen again.
• Kitagawa Gen absorbed Momoshiki’s remains, drained energy from the Divine Tree, and awakened with his development at 86 percent and Kekkei Mōra at Beginner level.

Kitagawa Gen completed beginner-level Kekkei Mōra by draining Momoshiki’s pill and much of his Divine Tree Source, leaving Amenominaka and the tree withered. He discovered the tree was recovering and nurturing a fruit, while his upgraded Full Moon Eyes and new Divine Technique strengthened his plans to advance further and obtain Otsutsuki Shibai’s body.

• Kitagawa Gen achieved beginner-level Kekkei Mōra, and Kaguya explained that obtaining it normally required energy from countless fruits and destroyed planets.
• Kitagawa Gen stopped the Divine Tree from giving him more energy, then found that it was recovering by drawing on Momoshiki’s and Urashiki’s bodies and beginning to nurture a fruit.
• Kitagawa Gen concluded that eating the new fruit could raise his Kekkei Mōra to intermediate level and planned to use Otsutsuki Shibai’s body to cultivate another fruit.
• Kitagawa Gen noticed his Full Moon Eyes had advanced, allowing him to see across dimensional barriers and discover people moving through spatial passages.
• Kitagawa Gen gained Divine Tianjin, a spatial technique that let him direct attacks across covered space and redirect incoming attacks, while Kaguya feared the power and cruelty he had developed.

Obito tried to recruit Kumogakure as an ally, while the Akatsuki prepared an army of Impure World Reincarnation summons for war. Kitagawa Gen investigated a Hyuga Clan shrine where Black Zetsu had left a forged relic, and its contents left Kaguya furious.

• Obito offered Kumogakure a role in rebuilding the ninja world, but Dodai and the others decided to use the Akatsuki’s offer for their own purposes and called a meeting with Killer B.
• Madara Uchiha dismissed Obito’s ambitions while Black Zetsu reported progress on a mission in Konoha and reaffirmed his determination to protect Kaguya.
• Kitagawa Gen reassured the young shinobi that Naruto and Sasuke were training, while Kaguya sensed Black Zetsu nearby and Kitagawa suspected he had forged a Hyuga Clan relic.
• Obito and Orochimaru gathered powerful Impure World Reincarnation summons, including former Kage, as Nagato and Obito prepared for war.
• Kitagawa Gen entered a secret Hyuga Clan shrine and examined Black Zetsu’s forged relic, whose contents made Kaguya furious.

Kitagawa Gen and Kaguya altered Black Zetsu’s forged relic to claim that Hagoromo deliberately caused centuries of war to prepare the Shinobi World for the Otsutsuki. Meanwhile, Black Zetsu convinced Madara Uchiha to investigate the Hyuga Clan, believing its Byakugan might connect it to the relic and the Otsutsuki.

• Kitagawa Gen discovered that Black Zetsu’s relic described a hidden Otsutsuki threat, praised the Hyuga youth’s supposed potential, and warned against freeing Kaguya without preparation.
• Kaguya demanded that Kitagawa Gen add accusations about Hagoromo, and he rewrote the relic to say Hagoromo had fomented war to strengthen the world against the Otsutsuki.
• Kitagawa Gen and Kaguya discussed how Black Zetsu might react when he learned of the revised relic, while Black Zetsu believed his original warning would keep Kaguya sealed.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that the relic was in the Hyuga Clan and argued that its Byakugan and Kitagawa Gen’s Sage Mode supported a connection to the Otsutsuki.
• Madara Uchiha ordered Black Zetsu to investigate the Hyuga Clan quickly and carefully, and Black Zetsu resolved to stop Obito Uchiha to keep Kaguya safe.

As the Fourth Shinobi World War approached, Kitagawa Gen planned to clear the western front first and received a new mission to end the war and eliminate all enemies. Nagato, Orochimaru, and Obito prepared for battle while the three Otsutsuki discussed how the fighting was accelerating their hosts’ thawing, leaving all three eager to pursue their own plans.

• Kitagawa Gen, Deidara, Mei Terumi, and Gaara reviewed Akatsuki’s large-scale deployments, and Kitagawa Gen proposed concentrating on the western front before dealing with the eastern front.
• Kitagawa Gen received a new mission to end the Fourth Shinobi World War and eliminate all enemies.
• Nagato told Konan that his growing power came from evolution and vowed to create a peaceful world free of Otsutsuki and war.
• Orochimaru urged Kimimaro to survive the coming battle and continue developing his body before Orochimaru used it.
• Obito prepared to begin the war and promised Rin that he would create a world where their tragedy never happened.
• Momoshiki, Isshiki, and Urashiki compared their hosts’ thawing progress and resolved to pursue their own paths to escape the planet alive.

As the war against Akatsuki began across the ninja world, Zabuza and Haku joined the allied forces and fought alongside Kakashi’s division against the Impure World Reincarnations. Kitagawa Gen remained at command headquarters, waiting for Akatsuki’s leaders and the Ten-Tails to emerge so he could advance his own plans.

• Zabuza and Haku decided to join the war and traveled to the Land of Fire, where wandering ninja and fighters from several villages also gathered.
• Shikaku Nara and Yamanaka Inoichi coordinated the five combat units while dealing with the challenge of screening the many unaffiliated ninja who had volunteered to fight.
• Kakashi’s First Division encountered White Zetsu and the reincarnated Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and Guy prepared to fight them.
• Zabuza and Haku arrived to support Kakashi’s division, and Zabuza agreed to fight alongside Kakashi against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Battles erupted across the front lines as Kitagawa Gen, Mei Terumi, and Deidara remained at headquarters, where Gen noted that Nagato, Kimimaro, and likely Obito were joining the war while Madara Uchiha’s location remained unknown.
• Kitagawa Gen considered his nearly recovered Divine Tree Source and waited for Obito or Nagato to release the Ten-Tails, which would let him pursue his plans.

Kitagawa Gen decided to join the front line with Mei Terumi, Deidara, and Gaara after learning that the Akatsuki and resurrected Kage had entered the war. As the current Kage confronted their predecessors and other revived figures, Kitagawa Gen arrived at the White Zetsu army, prompting Orochimaru, Obito, Nagato, Black Zetsu, and Kimimaro to take notice.

• Yamanaka Inoichi reported that the Akatsuki’s core force and powerful Impure World Reincarnations, including the former Kage, had appeared across the battlefields.
• Kitagawa Gen agreed to leave the headquarters with Mei Terumi, Deidara, and Gaara, while Shikaku Nara accepted their decision and arranged for the Third Hokage to assist.
• The Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, and Rasa encountered attacks from Mei Terumi and Deidara, then learned the identities of the current Mizukage, Tsuchikage, and Kazekage.
• The Third and Fourth Raikage argued with Kinkaku and Ginkaku before sensing a powerful figure at the front of the White Zetsu army.
• Orochimaru recognized Kitagawa Gen’s arrival and relayed the news to White Zetsu, Obito, Nagato, Black Zetsu, and Kimimaro.

Nagato, Kimimaro, and Obito headed toward Kitagawa Gen as he approached the Land of Hot Water and Hidden Cloud battlefield, drawing the Akatsuki’s attention. Kitagawa Gen faced the Fourth Raikage, the Third Raikage, Kinkaku, Ginkaku, and a vast White Zetsu army alone, overwhelming the White Zetsu and leaving the Fourth Raikage captured with his left arm severed again.

• Nagato asked White Zetsu to take him to Kitagawa Gen, while Kimimaro also departed to confront him and left Jugo with the main force.
• Obito decided to follow Nagato toward Kitagawa Gen and ordered Madara Uchiha and the others to speed up their preparations to search Konoha.
• Kitagawa Gen arrived at the battlefield, reunited with Jiraiya, Tsunade, Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino, then faced the arriving Raikage and Kinkaku and Ginkaku as White Zetsu surrounded them.
• Kitagawa Gen sent Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the others back to the Allied Forces and charged into the tens of thousands of White Zetsu, swiftly cutting down wave after wave with taijutsu.
• The Third Raikage, Fourth Raikage, Kinkaku, and Ginkaku attacked Kitagawa Gen, who answered with massive Fire Release and fire dragons that engulfed much of the battlefield.
• Kitagawa Gen used Flying Thunder God to strike the Fourth Raikage, severed his left arm again, and seized him by the neck.

Kitagawa Gen overwhelmed the Kumogakure forces and White Zetsu army with Wood Release, ending the battle with a flaming thousand-handed Buddha. As Madara Uchiha confronted Sasuke in Konoha and Hashirama Senju headed back to meet him, Kitagawa received a reward from Sasuke’s completed side quest and noticed another old acquaintance approaching.

• Kitagawa Gen subdued the Fourth Raikage, repelled the Third Raikage, Gold Horn, and Silver Horn, and destroyed the Seven Star Sword with Yin Yang Release.
• Kitagawa Gen unleashed Wood Release across the battlefield, trapping and attacking the White Zetsu army while the Ninja Alliance watched in shock.
• Kitagawa Gen summoned a flaming thousand-handed Buddha and struck the four Kumogakure reincarnations, wiping out the White Zetsu forces and leaving the Raikage and the brothers defeated.
• Naruto confirmed that he could control the complete Nine-Tails with Kushina’s help and prepared to visit Sasuke before joining the war.
• Madara Uchiha entered the Hyuga Clan to seek the Sage of Six Paths’ relic, but Sasuke confronted him with his newly fused Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze sensed Madara in Konoha and set out to meet him, while Kitagawa Gen received Sasuke’s partial special Yin Release reward and saw figures arrive.

Kitagawa Gen faced Obito Uchiha, Nagato, and Kimimaro as they tried to recruit or force him into their plans to change the world. He overwhelmed their summoned beasts and fought back, questioning whether their supposed evolution was real, while the battle at Konoha intensified.

• Jiraiya and Tsunade recognized Obito Uchiha, Nagato, and Kimimaro approaching, then ordered the Ninja Alliance to search for the fleeing White Zetsu and reinforce other areas.
• Kimimaro confronted Kitagawa Gen over his past actions against Orochimaru, while Obito and Nagato recalled their grudges against him.
• Nagato argued that the world was hell and needed to change, but Kitagawa Gen rejected his reasoning and asked whether they had noticed something wrong with their bodies.
• Obito activated Susanoo, Nagato summoned giant beasts, and Kimimaro prepared to attack Kitagawa Gen.
• Kitagawa Gen struck the three attackers and destroyed or restrained several summoned beasts, then questioned whether they were truly worthy of calling themselves evolved.
• The battle shook the battlefield so violently that the Ninja Alliance struggled to stay upright, while fighting at Konoha grew more intense.

Madara Uchiha and Sasuke fought with their Complete Body Susanoo, drawing Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Minato Namikaze, and Naruto to the battlefield. Black Zetsu retrieved a book from the Hyuga Clan but was attacked by Naruto, while Kitagawa Gen faced a renewed assault from Nagato, Obito, and Kimimaro in the Land of Hot Water.

• Madara Uchiha and Sasuke battled across Konoha, then took their Susanoo fight into the sky to spare the village further destruction.
• Black Zetsu entered a hidden chamber in the Hyuga Clan to retrieve a book, but Naruto ambushed him with a Rasengan and forced him to flee with it.
• Sasuke drew Madara Uchiha away from Konoha, where Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze arrived to join him.
• Naruto reached the battlefield and told Madara Uchiha that he knew his goal, while Black Zetsu appeared beside Madara's Susanoo.
• Kitagawa Gen paused his assault on Nagato, Obito, and Kimimaro after sensing that the book had ended up with Kabuto; the three opponents rose with black markings spreading across their bodies and renewed their challenge.

Kitagawa Gen fought Obito, Nagato, and Kimimaro while questioning whether their Karma-powered changes were truly their own evolution. As the three Otsutsuki watched their vessels’ Karma progress toward its second stage, they began plotting to claim Kitagawa Gen, Genshiki, and one another.

• Kitagawa Gen criticized Obito’s slow Karma release and decided to end the fight, prompting Obito to challenge him and summon Susanoo.
• Nagato, Obito, and Kimimaro attacked Kitagawa Gen in a coordinated assault, but he countered them and sent all three flying.
• Kitagawa Gen repeatedly overwhelmed the trio and questioned whether their power belonged to them or counted as genuine evolution.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade watched from the battlefield and wondered what had caused Nagato and the others to gain their strength.
• Urashiki and Momoshiki noted that the beatings were accelerating their vessels’ Karma release, while Isshiki worried Kitagawa Gen’s words could make Obito wary.
• The three Otsutsuki agreed to target Kitagawa Gen and Genshiki, then each privately resolved to claim the others as well.