Chapter Summaries

Iroha used the Jōgan to destroy Setsuna’s Indra’s Arrow with the Divine Vacuum Strike, but Gō began taking over Setsuna. Genitsu sealed Gō inside Setsuna and made him a container for the demon under the Four Symbols Seal.

• Setsuna fired Indra’s Arrow from his Susanoo, and Iroha blocked it by finding a weak point with the Jōgan.
• Setsuna combined Susanoo, Amaterasu, and Kagutsuchi into a more powerful arrow, but Iroha shattered it with the Divine Vacuum Strike and injured his arm.
• Gō began devouring Setsuna’s will, and Genitsu reappeared as Iroha recovered.
• Setsuna begged Genitsu to spare him and offered his usefulness to the Eye Organization as Gō transformed his body.
• Genitsu decided to turn Setsuna into a container for Gō, struck him, and sealed the demon with the Four Symbols Seal.

Genitsu sealed Gō inside Setsuna and recruited him into the Eye Organization as its newest member, while Setsuna returned to Konoha with his restored youth and Mangekyō Sharingan. Meanwhile, Nagato regrouped Akatsuki after its failed mission, and Minato learned of Duy's survival and the mysterious Ghost before Setsuna stunned the Uchiha Clan by revealing his Mangekyō.

• Genitsu sealed Gō inside Setsuna, named him Demon, and warned him that betrayal would bring the Eye Organization after him.
• Iroha left Setsuna alone, and Setsuna decided to return to Konoha and show off his Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kisame and Duy reported their failed mission to Nagato, who introduced Orochimaru as Akatsuki's newest member and ordered the group to investigate the Tailed Beasts and find the Eye Organization's base.
• Ibiki and his companions reported to Minato that Duy had joined Akatsuki and that the Eye Organization's new member Ghost appeared to possess eyes beyond the Byakugan.
• Setsuna forcibly entered Konoha, returned to the Uchiha compound, and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to his astonished clansmen.

Setsuna returned to Konoha with a youthful appearance and a newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan, winning the Uchiha clan’s admiration while alarming Minato and Hiashi with news of the Eye Organization and mysterious eyes that surpassed the Byakugan. After Setsuna revealed he had joined the Eye Organization and demanded greater political power for the Uchiha, Genitsu arrived at Fugaku’s home, intending to beat him down.

• Setsuna entered the Uchiha compound, revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and claimed that Hōkaku and the others had died helping him awaken it.
• Uchiha clansmen spread word throughout Konoha that Setsuna had awakened the Mangekyō and regained his youth, while Minato asked Hiashi to investigate Ghost and the possibility of evolved Byakugan.
• Setsuna visited Fugaku’s home, dismissed Genitsu’s teaching to Sasuke, and clashed with Fugaku over whether the Uchiha should challenge the village for greater power.
• Setsuna told Fugaku that he had joined the Eye Organization, shocking him as their Mangekyō power contest left Fugaku at a disadvantage.
• Genitsu arrived at Fugaku’s home and said he intended to beat Setsuna before he became too powerful.

Genitsu confronted Setsuna at Fugaku's home after Setsuna awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and challenged Genitsu's influence over the Uchiha clan. Genitsu defeated him in a destructive battle, and Setsuna tried to save himself by claiming membership in the Eye Organization.

• Genitsu arrived at Fugaku's home and forced his way past Yashiro to confront Setsuna.
• Setsuna boasted about his Mangekyō Sharingan and demanded that Genitsu make more room for the Uchiha clan.
• Genitsu fought Setsuna, cast off Setsuna's Amaterasu flames, and shattered his Susanoo with a powerful strike.
• Setsuna used a second-stage Susanoo and fired Indra's Arrow, but Genitsu caught it and hurled it back, pinning Setsuna to the ground.
• Genitsu crushed Setsuna's Susanoo and wrecked Fugaku's courtyard as nearby ninjas gathered.
• Setsuna pleaded for his life, warning Shiranui Genitsu that he had joined the Eye Organization and that Konoha would suffer if Genitsu killed him.

Genitsu defeated Setsuna after the Uchiha elder tried to challenge him and display his Mangekyō power. Setsuna later met Obito, who proposed a partnership, but Setsuna questioned whether Obito was worthy of cooperating with him.

• Genitsu crushed Setsuna's Susanoo in front of the Uchiha clan, ignored Shisui's plea for mercy, and threw Setsuna into a house.
• Setsuna tried to use a Mangekyō genjutsu against Genitsu, but it failed, and his attempt to summon a fourth-stage Susanoo ended with Genitsu breaking its leg and defeating him again.
• Genitsu warned Sasuke not to imitate Setsuna's recklessness, then told an ANBU to tell the Hokage not to place too much hope in him.
• The Fourth Hokage summoned Setsuna, and Setsuna later stopped talking about making the village regress.
• Obito visited Setsuna and proposed a formal partnership, but Setsuna challenged Obito's worthiness to cooperate with him.

Setsuna confronted Obito and exposed the limits of his Dual Kamui, then lured him into a trap with Minato. Minato prepared to fight Obito while Setsuna left, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Setsuna rejected Obito’s attempt to recruit him and taunted him about being weaker than Shiranui Genitsu.
• Setsuna used Amaterasu and his deductions about Kamui to reveal that Obito had to become tangible to teleport himself.
• Setsuna summoned Minato by crushing a specially made kunai, and Minato confronted Obito over the attack that killed Kushina.
• Minato revealed that ANBU had prepared the Four Violet Flames Formation and a Double Four Symbols Seal to block Obito’s escape.
• Setsuna left after Minato pardoned his past offenses, while Minato and Obito remained poised to fight.

Setsuna left the ANBU barrier after arranging the conditions for the fight between Minato and Obito, while Kazue learned more about the limits of Setsuna’s eyes and the Perfect Susanoo. Minato’s battle with Obito escalated until Minato shattered Obito’s mask, revealing his face.

• Setsuna left the sealed area and told Kazue that the coming battle between the Fourth Hokage and Madara was no longer his concern.
• Kazue questioned Setsuna about the Fourth-Stage Susanoo, then returned to the Root base and discussed true Indra’s Eyes and the Perfect Susanoo with Genitsu.
• Genitsu introduced Iroha as the Eye Organization’s Ghost, and Iroha revealed his transformed right eye to Kazue.
• Minato and Obito fought amid the Amaterasu flames, and Minato used Flying Thunder God techniques and a barrage of Rasengan to break Obito’s Susanoo.
• Minato struck with a concealed Shadow Clone, and the blow shattered Obito’s mask.

Minato unmasked Obito and learned that his former student had become Madara of the Akatsuki and caused Kushina’s death. After a hard-fought battle, Minato used Sage Mode and Flying Thunder God to separate Obito from Susanoo and struck him with a devastating Rasengan.

• Minato shattered Obito’s mask, recognized his former student, and learned that Obito had caused Kushina’s death.
• Obito attacked Minato with Susanoo, Kamui, and the Uchiha Gunbai, while Minato struggled to break through his defenses.
• Obito lured Minato into Susanoo, reflected his Rasengan with the gunbai, and forced him to escape Amaterasu flames.
• Minato entered Sage Mode and launched the Sage Art: Flying Thunder God Swift Flash Combo, Zero-Style.
• Minato’s shadow clone used Flying Thunder God to drag Susanoo away from Obito, and Minato struck Obito’s exposed body with a Sage Art: Big Ball Rasengan.

Minato defeated Obito in battle, but Obito survived by sacrificing a Mangekyō Sharingan with Izanagi and escaped. After Kazue also drove him off, Obito arrived at Genitsu’s base seeking help, leaving his plans and next move unresolved.

• Minato struck Obito with a powerful Flying Thunder God attack and believed he had killed his former student, but Obito used Izanagi to erase his death at the cost of his left eye.
• Obito escaped Minato’s pursuit by phasing through a wall after Amaterasu damaged the sealing barrier, and Minato’s team ended the mission without capturing him.
• Genitsu learned that Obito had lost an eye, while Uchiha clan members praised Setsuna’s reconciliation with Minato and celebrated Kazue’s strength.
• Obito tried to take Kazue’s left eye, but she counterattacked with Susanoo and Izanagi, forcing him to flee after he sacrificed an arm.
• Obito appeared at Genitsu’s base, where Iroha struck him before Genitsu stopped the attack; Obito admitted Genitsu was the only person he could barely trust.

Genitsu gave Obito a Sharingan and agreed to investigate the Eye Organization, while Iroha used his Jōgan to counter Obito’s attack. After returning to Amegakure, Obito put on Tobi as armor, while Orochimaru and Hiruko pursued their own plans to gain power.

• Obito asked Genitsu for help after losing to the Fourth Hokage and Kazue, and Genitsu gave him a Three-Tomoe Sharingan in exchange for no stated terms beyond their past friendship.
• Obito asked Genitsu to investigate Setsuna and the Eye Organization and to keep watch on Kazue, then attacked Iroha to eliminate a witness.
• Iroha used his Jōgan to read Obito’s Kamui and disrupted his chakra pathways, forcing Obito to leave after Genitsu revealed he had experimented on Iroha.
• Kazue arrived with Obito’s severed arm, which Genitsu destroyed, and Obito returned to Amegakure and attached a White Zetsu arm before wearing Tobi as armor.
• Orochimaru tried to obtain a White Zetsu from Obito and resolved to take one himself, while considering a visit to Kumogakure for ancient artifacts.
• Orochimaru encountered Hiruko, who refused to reveal the target of his Chimera Technique and continued pursuing a way to become stronger.

Orochimaru discovered a remote island inhabited by Godzilla and learned that its creatures absorbed Natural Energy and created a deadly radiation field. After retreating, he tasked Mizuki with investigating the island, then learned that Genitsu had been appointed director of instruction and a politics teacher at the Ninja Academy.

• Orochimaru infiltrated a Hidden Cloud search squad and followed it through the sea fog to a vast island shaped like a creature.
• A Godzilla destroyed the Hidden Cloud ship with White Hot Light, and Orochimaru escaped into the sea before sending venomous snakes to explore the island.
• Orochimaru concluded that the island housed many Godzilla, including a possible Sage Godzilla, and discovered that the creatures absorbed Natural Energy and the island was saturated with radiation.
• Orochimaru abandoned his attempt to reach the island and contacted Mizuki, ordering him to investigate Godzilla Island and the Sage Godzilla while giving him a scroll of inconspicuous techniques.
• Mizuki returned to the Ninja Academy and learned from Iruka that Genitsu was coming to teach there.
• A teacher announced that Genitsu had officially been appointed director of instruction and a politics teacher.

Genitsu returned to the Ninja Academy and introduced new student assessments while keeping a close eye on Mizuki, whose strength suggested he had obtained Orochimaru’s Cell Activation Technique. When Mizuki asked to become his disciple, Genitsu refused but gave him part of the White Hot Light Forbidden Technique and radioactive stones, leaving Mizuki to experiment with them at home.

• Genitsu reunited with Iruka and met Mizuki, noticing that Mizuki’s strength and life force seemed unusual.
• Genitsu reformed the academy’s evaluations, adding detailed skill grades and a confidential assessment of each student’s growth rate.
• After Genitsu praised Mizuki’s work, Mizuki knelt and asked to become his disciple so he could learn powerful ninjutsu.
• Genitsu declined to take Mizuki as a disciple but gave him part of the S-rank White Hot Light Forbidden Technique and a lead box of radioactive stones.
• Mizuki tried to absorb radiation from a stone and found that his skin was leaking pus and his muscles were dissolving.

Mizuki’s cultivation of Genitsu’s forbidden technique left him horribly injured, and Orochimaru revealed that the technique required a contract with Godzilla. Genitsu intercepted Orochimaru, learned that he had discovered Godzilla Island, and left wondering whether to visit it.

• Mizuki’s worsening condition led him to ask Genitsu about his cultivation, but Genitsu said he had made progress.
• Mizuki sought Orochimaru’s help, and Orochimaru explained that Mizuki could not control the technique’s radiation without forming a contract with Godzilla.
• Orochimaru prepared to kill Mizuki, but Genitsu appeared and confronted him for targeting Genitsu’s secrets.
• Genitsu seized Orochimaru’s snake body and learned that Orochimaru had found Godzilla Island and wanted to gain power from the Sage Godzilla.
• Genitsu crushed the snake, then knocked Mizuki into a wall when Mizuki tried to fight with his Earth Curse Mark.
• Genitsu dismissed Mizuki’s inferior Sage Mode and considered visiting the island.

Orochimaru confronted Genitsu on Godzilla Island, hoping to meet the Sage Godzilla and join the Godzilla Lineage. After transforming into an eight-headed serpent and being overwhelmed in their fight, Orochimaru launched his strongest technique at Genitsu.

• Orochimaru observed the Godzillas gathering and discovered Genitsu riding a Sub-Body Godzilla toward him.
• Orochimaru proposed cooperating with Genitsu and meeting the Sage Godzilla, but Genitsu refused and ordered the Godzillas to attack.
• Orochimaru summoned Triple Rashomon to block the charging Godzillas, then transformed into the Eight-Headed Serpent using the Eight Branches Technique and Curse Mark: State Three.
• Genitsu entered Godzilla Mode, defeated Orochimaru in their clash, and destroyed several of the serpent's heads despite its regeneration.
• Orochimaru encircled Genitsu with all eight heads and fired his Eight-Headed Serpent Cannon, a sphere of black and white lightning charged with Sage Chakra.

Genitsu defeated Orochimaru’s Eight-Headed Serpent Cannon with Spiral Atomic Breath, leaving Orochimaru badly injured. Orochimaru summoned Tagorihime to fight Genitsu, but she became stunned when she sensed the Godzillas’ unfamiliar Sage Chakra and learned Genitsu knew the White Snake Sage.

• Genitsu countered Orochimaru’s Sage Chakra-boosted Eight-Headed Serpent Cannon with Spiral Atomic Breath, and the collision devastated the island.
• Orochimaru emerged from the damaged Eight-Headed Serpent and protested that Genitsu had beaten his strongest technique without using Sage Jutsu.
• Genitsu advanced on Orochimaru, who summoned Tagorihime as a last resort to avoid being killed again.
• Tagorihime realized Orochimaru had offered Genitsu as tribute and tried to attack Orochimaru, but he escaped with a Substitution Technique.
• Tagorihime questioned Genitsu about his identity, then sensed the Godzillas’ unfamiliar Sage Chakra and reacted with shock.

Genitsu overwhelmed Tagorihime, a Ryūchi Cave snake, and revealed that he had developed a fourth Sage Jutsu system by extracting Natural Energy from his clones. The chapter left Tagorihime stunned as Genitsu created new clones already in Sage Mode.

• Genitsu ignored Tagorihime’s White Rage Technique and challenged her to become his pet.
• Tagorihime used Inorganic Reincarnation to attack Genitsu with the surrounding earth and rock, but he emerged unharmed.
• Genitsu created clones and drained their life force to gather Natural Energy, then refined it into Sage Chakra.
• Tagorihime realized Genitsu had developed a Sage Jutsu system outside the three great sanctuaries’ methods.
• Genitsu created another set of clones that entered Sage Mode, leaving Tagorihime unable to understand how he had done it.

Genitsu defeated Tagorihime with his clone-based Sage Mode and captured her, while Orochimaru realized the Godzilla Sanctuary’s method of acquiring Natural Energy suited him. The chapter left Tagorihime as Genitsu’s prisoner and Genitsu willing to fight Ryūchi Cave if the White Snake Sage intervened.

• Tagorihime watched in shock as Genitsu created Sage Mode clones by converting his other clones’ life force into Natural Energy.
• Tagorihime tried to negotiate, but Genitsu and his clones attacked her with a Four Violet Flames Formation, Four Symbols Seal, and Multiple White Hot Light.
• Orochimaru observed the battle, concluded that Genitsu’s method could let him learn Sage Jutsu, and resolved to meet the Sage Godzilla.
• Genitsu’s attack nearly killed Tagorihime, and he grabbed her after she recovered enough to speak.
• Genitsu forced Tagorihime to shrink and coil around his wrist, then dismissed her warning that capturing her could start a war between sacred lands.

Genitsu defeated Tagorihime and captured her while Orochimaru escaped to Ryūchi Cave. The White Snake Sage confronted Orochimaru there and swallowed him after learning that Tagorihime had fallen.

• Orochimaru reflected on Genitsu's Godzilla and his theories about the Three Great Sage Lands, while Genitsu taunted him and explained why the White Snake Sage could not match Six Paths-level power.
• Genitsu's sealing techniques prevented Tagorihime from escaping, and Orochimaru vanished back to Ryūchi Cave with his summoned snakes.
• Genitsu sealed Tagorihime, used his Rinnegan to stop her from summoning herself away, and took her toward Konoha as his captive.
• Manda questioned Orochimaru about Tagorihime, and Orochimaru tried to flee when he realized the White Snake Sage knew what had happened.
• The White Snake Sage blocked Orochimaru with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, transformed into a White Phosphorus Snake, and swallowed him.

The White Snake Sage learned that Tagorihime had been captured by a human connected to a new sacred land and went to Konoha to investigate. After discovering that Genitsu kept Tagorihime as a pet, she approached his home, where Genitsu sensed something and abruptly set down his drink.

• The White Snake Sage revealed that Orochimaru had split his soul and learned that Tagorihime had been captured by someone who mastered Sage Jutsu from a new sacred land.
• The White Snake Sage ordered Manda to gather information about the giant lizards and secretly left Ryūchi Cave for Konoha.
• The White Snake Sage entered Konoha through the gate using illusions and investigated the Uchiha district.
• The White Snake Sage heard that Genitsu kept a little white snake as a pet and realized the snake was Tagorihime.
• Genitsu drank with Kakashi, Might Guy, and Kazue at his home, then set down his cup when he sensed someone nearby.

The White Snake Sage arrived in Konoha to confront Genitsu and demand information about the Fourth Sacred Land, overwhelming Kazue, Kakashi, and Might Guy with her Sage Art: White Rage Technique. As Konoha prepared to respond, Genitsu refused to surrender Tagorihime or reveal his secrets and moved to stop the White Snake Sage from leaving.

• Tagorihime sensed the White Snake Sage approaching, and Genitsu prepared to meet her as Kazue, Kakashi, and Might Guy volunteered to fight.
• The White Snake Sage entered Genitsu's home, and Kazue, Kakashi, and Might Guy attacked her before her White Rage Technique defeated them.
• The White Snake Sage questioned Genitsu about the Fourth Sacred Land, and he resisted her technique while throwing Kazue and the others out of the fight.
• Fugaku, Shisui, Itachi, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato arrived as Konoha forces gathered, and Kakashi identified the White Snake Sage as their enemy.
• The White Snake Sage offered to teach Genitsu Ryūchi Cave's Sage Jutsu and demanded Tagorihime, but Genitsu refused both offers.
• As the White Snake Sage considered retreating upon sensing Minato, Genitsu stepped forward and declared that she could not escape.