Chapter Summaries

Shiranui Genitsu transformed into a gigantic Godzilla and drove the Nine-Tails out of Konoha, while the village’s defenders regrouped and Danzo’s standoff with the Uchiha was interrupted by the arrival of Pain’s six paths. Deva Path Pain attacked Danzo, beginning a battle between the Sharingan and the Rinnegan.

• Shiranui Genitsu transformed into a seventy-meter-tall Godzilla, stopped the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Ball, hurled it into the sky, and forced the beast out of Konoha.
• The Third Hokage ordered the ninjas to treat the wounded and form a new defensive line, while Yūhi Shinku told the younger ninjas to evacuate villagers instead of joining the battle.
• Genma proposed finding Kazue, but Anko and Might Guy argued that Genitsu had likely assigned her a role; the young ninjas then followed Yūhi Shinku’s orders.
• Genitsu’s clone told Danzo, Fugaku, and Kazue that the Nine-Tails had been pushed out of the village, the Fourth Hokage’s status was unknown, and Void was missing; he told Kazue to remain with the Uchiha.
• Six figures with Rinnegan appeared in the Uchiha compound, and Deva Path Pain accused Shimura Danzō of helping cause Yahiko’s death before attacking him with Shinra Tensei.

The Six Paths of Pain attacked the Uchiha compound, targeting Danzo and overwhelming the defenders with the Rinnegan’s abilities. Kazue and Fugaku revealed their Susanoo, but Deva Path Pain pursued Danzo into the forest, where Danzo exposed his ten Sharingan and prepared to fight for Pain’s eyes.

• Deva Path Pain attacked Danzo and the Uchiha compound, while Kazue and Fugaku joined the battle to defend the clan.
• The Six Paths of Pain overwhelmed the Uchiha and Root; Kazue used Izanagi and Izanagi-Mikoto to erase the Animal Path, but the Naraka Path brought it back through the King of Hell.
• Fugaku revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, helping Kazue suppress several Paths as the Uchiha clansmen rallied.
• Deva Path Pain broke through the defenders and chased Danzo toward the forest, while Danzo fled under their protection.
• Danzo removed the bandages from his right arm, revealed ten Sharingan, and prepared to defeat Pain and take his eyes.

Genitsu fought the rampaging Nine-Tails outside Konoha while Minato battled Obito in the forest, leaving the village’s defenders facing crises on several fronts. As the Nine-Tails charged again, Genitsu began gathering power to unleash Atomic Breath.

• Minato confronted Obito, identified him as likely Madara, and began a dangerous space-time ninjutsu battle that kept him from returning to the village.
• Genitsu drove the Nine-Tails out of Konoha and fought it in Godzilla form, using his tail’s Particle Cutting beam and forcing an incomplete Tailed Beast Ball into its mouth.
• The Third Hokage learned that six Rinnegan users were attacking the Uchiha clan and Root, while Fugaku and Kazue fought five enemies with Susanoo and Danzo pursued their leader.
• Genitsu struggled to overcome the complete Nine-Tails with his 70-meter form and decided to risk using a new technique to seize its Chakra.
• As the Nine-Tails charged, Genitsu gathered immense power through his dorsal fins and announced that he would use Atomic Breath.

Genitsu fought the Nine-Tails and tore away three of its tails, while Void infiltrated Kushina’s delivery room and altered Naruto with Sasuke’s Indra Chakra and cells. The chapter ended with Kushina leaving the room to stop Minato from sealing the Nine-Tails, as Obito returned to his hideout badly wounded.

• Genitsu blasted the Nine-Tails with Atomic Breath, severed three tails, and absorbed their Chakra, but the two continued fighting without either gaining a decisive victory.
• Void passed through the barrier into Kushina’s delivery room and destroyed the seals protecting her and Naruto.
• Void told Kushina that Naruto was Asura’s reincarnation, then used Sasuke’s cells and Chakra to alter the infant before returning him to Kushina.
• Kushina guessed that Void was Hashirama Senju, and Void accepted the claim before promising to observe Naruto’s future.
• Minato returned wounded and prepared to seal the Nine-Tails, but Kushina staggered out of the delivery room and called for him to wait.
• Obito returned to his secret base badly wounded and admitted that Minato had nearly killed him.

As the Nine-Tails rampaged through Konoha, Kushina used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to split it, sealing its yin half with herself and its yang half inside Naruto. Minato mourned Kushina and wondered who she had trusted, while Danzo remained isolated and battered by Deva Path Pain.

• Kushina stopped Minato from using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal himself and insisted on sealing the Nine-Tails, with half of it intended for Naruto.
• Minato brought Kushina and Naruto to the battle, and Genitsu pinned the Nine-Tails down so Kushina could perform the seal.
• Kushina summoned the Reaper, whose arm suppressed the Nine-Tails and broke Obito's genjutsu, restoring the beast's consciousness.
• The Reaper's blade split the Nine-Tails; its yin half was sealed into Kushina and its yang half into Naruto, and the Reaper consumed Kushina's soul.
• Kushina died after asking Minato to protect Naruto and hinting that she trusted someone; Minato wondered whether she meant Void.
• Genitsu returned to human form as Minato held Naruto, while Danzo was left fighting Deva Path Pain without support.

Danzo fought Deva Path Pain, survived his apparent death, and then died after his desperate attacks failed to stop Void. Genitsu and Shisui arrived too late, while Iroha narrowly survived.

• Deva Path Pain overwhelmed Danzo, who guessed that Pain was Dan Katō before Pain struck him down.
• Void appeared after Pain withdrew, and Danzo revived by using a hidden Sharingan to alter his fatal wound.
• Danzo replaced his blinded eye with a Three-Tomoe Sharingan and attacked Void with Wood Release: Root Burial, but Void survived.
• Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal and died, mistakenly believing Void intended to kill him.
• Shisui and Genitsu confronted Void, who escaped underground while denying responsibility for Danzo's death.
• Genitsu gathered Danzo's corpse, and Iroha survived after a clone implanted in him restored his flesh.

After the Nine-Tails’ attack, Genitsu was praised as a hero and took control of Root, while Konoha’s leaders uncovered the extent of Danzo’s secret experiments. Genitsu then suggested that Fugaku move the Uchiha clan grounds, leaving their next steps unsettled.

• Konoha’s survivors rebuilt after the attack and praised Genitsu, the Uchiha Clan, and Danzo for their roles in defending the village.
• Genitsu admitted he knew a little about Danzo’s experiments, then secured authority over Root under Minato’s command.
• Konoha’s leaders reviewed Danzo’s files, learned of his dealings with Orochimaru, Hiruko, and Hanzo, and discovered that Shiranui Yamato had survived an experiment using First Hokage genes.
• Minato ordered the village to monitor Yamato and investigate whether he could use Wood Release.
• Fugaku visited Genitsu to discuss the aftermath, and Genitsu proposed moving the Uchiha clan grounds to avoid suspicion over the Nine-Tails’ Sharingan eyes.

Genitsu consolidated his control over Root, supported the Uchiha clan’s relocation, and began new experiments while investigating Danzo’s legacy. In the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths noticed that Indra and Asura’s reincarnated Chakra was becoming muddled and wondered what Godzilla was.

• Genitsu secretly mixed Naruto’s and Sasuke’s cells and Chakra, then discussed the Sharingan-wielding enemy and the Uchiha clan’s relocation with Fugaku.
• Fugaku rejected Setsuna’s hopes of joining the suspected Madara and chose to keep the clan aligned with Konoha and Genitsu.
• The Uchiha clan relocated to land owned by Genitsu, and Genitsu took command of Root and ordered it to protect Kabuto and Yamato.
• Genitsu approved cloning experiments on Shikuroo and ordered a clone named Aburame Torune to be trained alongside Fū Yamanaka.
• Genitsu examined Danzo’s Hashirama Cell-and-Sharingan arm, then studied Root’s secret scrolls and focused on Impure World Reincarnation.
• The Sage of Six Paths observed that Indra and Asura’s reincarnated Chakra was becoming muddled and wondered what Godzilla was.

Yamato revealed Wood Release at the Ninja Academy, drawing attention from Minato and the village, while Kabuto also impressed everyone with his skill. After Genitsu advised Minato on Yamato’s potential and Konoha’s response to a border incursion, Shisui departed to lead a mission against the Hidden Mist, and Genitsu moved to deal with Kazuma.

• The Sage of Six Paths wondered about Godzilla’s strength and origins after seeing it clash with the Nine-Tails.
• Yamato demonstrated Wood Release at the Ninja Academy, defeating several students and alarming teachers and the Senju descendants.
• Minato watched Kabuto and Yamato fight, then summoned Genitsu to ask about Yamato’s Wood Release and the village’s coming border conflict.
• Genitsu advised Minato to send Shisui against the Hidden Mist, and Shisui departed as mission captain with a mixed team of ninja.
• Shisui reflected on his growing ocular power as he led his team into the forest.
• Genitsu left the Hokage Building and told Kazuma that he would not hand over the Nine-Tails’ power easily.

Kazuma stole Nine-Tails Chakra and tried to escape Konoha, but Kakashi and Genitsu’s sealing summon defeated him and transferred the Chakra to Kakashi. On the Hidden Mist front, Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and helped drive the enemy back; afterward, he began testing his unusual ocular techniques, which repeatedly made him collapse.

• Kazuma absorbed the Nine-Tails Chakra he had collected, but Kakashi intercepted him and demanded that he surrender it.
• Kazuma used the Tailed Beast Cloak to wound Kakashi, until Genitsu’s Red-Inscribed Minilla joined the fight and sealed Kazuma’s power.
• Kakashi killed Kazuma, and Red-Inscribed Minilla sealed the recovered Nine-Tails Chakra inside Kakashi before sending him to support Shisui.
• Kakashi arrived at the Hidden Mist front in a Tailed Beast Cloak, killed Kaguya Sanseichū, and helped Shisui rout Mei Terumi and Hozuki Mangetsu’s forces after Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Shisui reported to Minato, then went home and discovered that his ocular techniques involved altering thoughts and branding them with an image of Genitsu.
• Shisui repeatedly activated his right-eye Kotoamatsukami while looking in a mirror, collapsing each time before sitting up confused.

Genitsu traveled to the Land of Earth after receiving intelligence about Yakushi Nonō and rescued her from Iwagakure pursuers. He summoned four bloodline-based beasts and trapped Akatsuchi’s group inside the Four Violet Flames Formation as trouble approached.

• Genitsu learned Shisui’s right eye hurt because he had tried to use Kotoamatsukami on a mirror, and he advised Shisui to use it sparingly.
• Kakashi delivered Sanjō Takashi’s corpse to Genitsu, who identified it as a source for the Kaguya clan’s Shikotsumyaku bloodline.
• Genitsu learned from Nonō’s intelligence and Hiruko that a bounty ninja was active in the Land of Earth and that Akatsuki had contacted Hiruko and Kakuzu.
• Pain ordered Void to accompany him to the Land of Earth to recruit Kakuzu and Hiruko, while Genitsu secretly headed there himself.
• Genitsu’s clone intervened when Akatsuchi’s guards attacked Yakushi Nonō, then summoned four bloodline beasts to fight the Stone Ninja.
• Genitsu activated the Four Violet Flames Formation, sealing Akatsuchi and his group inside its purple barrier.

Genitsu killed Akatsuchi with a radiation technique inside the Four Violet Flames Formation and let Nonō return to Konoha with her life. Meanwhile, Pain recruited Kakuzu and Hiruko into Akatsuki and named Shiranui Genitsu as his next target for recruitment.

• Genitsu used the Four Violet Flames Formation and Great Radiation Realm to kill Akatsuchi, then sent Nonō back to Konoha to resume running the orphanage.
• Ōnoki learned that Akatsuchi had died at Genitsu’s hands and placed a one-hundred-million-ryo bounty on Genitsu through Akatsuki.
• Pain found Kakuzu and Hiruko, then defeated them and persuaded both to join Akatsuki with the promise of salary and access to Kekkei Genkai.
• Void used Wood Release against Kakuzu, who recognized the power and joined Akatsuki after Void promised him a salary.
• Pain declared that Shiranui Genitsu would be Akatsuki’s next target for recruitment, leaving Void unwilling to go along.

Pain sent Deva Path Pain and Void to capture Shiranui Genitsu, but Genitsu confronted them at the Land of Fire border and battled the Six Paths of Pain. After Genitsu destroyed Pain’s Planetary Devastation with Atomic Breath, the blast reached the moon and alarmed its inhabitants.

• Pain ordered Deva Path Pain and Void to find Shiranui Genitsu, while Zetsu reported that the Stone Ninja were searching for him in the Land of Earth.
• After Nonō crossed into the Land of Fire, Genitsu stayed behind to face Deva Path Pain and Void, who demanded that he join the Akatsuki.
• Genitsu summoned four of his Nine Mask Summoning Beasts to fight the Six Paths of Pain and discovered that removing a Pain’s Rinnegan turned it into an ordinary eye.
• Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation, but Genitsu transformed into a complete Godzilla and shattered its core with Atomic Breath.
• Genitsu’s Atomic Breath continued beyond the atmosphere and struck the moon, where its inhabitants feared the power of the lower world.

The Ōtsutsuki branch family launched a civil war, creating a Giant Tenseigan and leaving Toneri as the sole survivor alongside his dying father. On Earth, Genitsu broke Pain’s Planetary Devastation as the battle continued, then an unknown attacker struck with Dust Release.

• The elderly Ōtsutsuki dismissed the threat from Earth and went to confront the branch family amid fears of a lunar civil war.
• Toneri’s father told the blind child that he would inherit the branch family’s mission to destroy the Shinobi World and oppose the Ōtsutsuki main house.
• The branch family defeated the main family with a Pseudo-Tenseigan, then sacrificed everyone’s Chakra to create a Giant Tenseigan about fifty meters across.
• Toneri’s father said Toneri would need pure Byakugan to develop his own Tenseigan and set off with him toward Earth to seek descendants of Ōtsutsuki Hamura.
• Genitsu, transformed into a seventy-meter-tall Godzilla, shattered Pain’s Planetary Devastation with an Atomic Breath and sensed someone observing him from the moon.
• As Deva Path Pain faced Genitsu and the other battles raged, an attacker used Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique.

Genitsu fought off Ōnoki after the Third Tsuchikage arrived and the Akatsuki withdrew, while Minato Namikaze’s arrival helped prevent the clash from escalating into war. News of Genitsu’s explosive techniques reached young Deidara, who went looking for Ōnoki but was scolded instead.

• Ōnoki arrived with Stone Ninja and attacked Genitsu after the Akatsuki withdrew, while Void’s Wood Release techniques left the Tsuchikage alarmed.
• Genitsu used explosive flesh-and-blood clones to kill Stone Ninja and fought Ōnoki, who survived the blasts with Dust Release.
• Genitsu warned Ōnoki that he had crossed into the Land of Fire and pointed to the risk of a joint assault by Konoha and Hidden Cloud.
• Minato Namikaze arrived after Genitsu broke his specially made kunai, and Ōnoki stopped fighting and returned to Iwagakure.
• Young Deidara heard about the explosion, went to find Ōnoki, and was scolded by his teacher.

After returning from the Land of Earth, Genitsu saw Konoha gradually stabilize and discovered that Naruto had encountered the Nine-Tails, which secretly gave him a little Chakra. Minato appointed Nonō to direct the orphanage, while Genitsu kept his distance from her and began considering his plans for Naruto and Sasuke.

• Minato asked Genitsu about his clash with Ōnoki, and Genitsu explained that he had gone to rescue Yakushi Nonō from Iwagakure.
• Konoha's military strength and relations with the Uchiha clan improved under Minato, while Genitsu continued teaching Kabuto and Yamato.
• At Ichiraku Ramen, the Nine-Tails pulled Naruto into the sealing space, warned him about Genitsu, and secretly gave him a small amount of Chakra.
• Genitsu noticed the Nine-Tails' Chakra in Naruto, ruffled his hair, and mentioned that his disciple Second Pillar was about Naruto's age.
• Minato appointed Nonō as director of the orphanage, but Genitsu refused to meet her and told Kabuto that she was a dangerous spy.
• Genitsu considered how to approach Naruto and Sasuke as they grew older and wondered whether Void would make a move.

Void secretly began training Naruto while Genitsu started teaching Sasuke, and the two boys met and fought. Meanwhile, Toneri and his father confronted Nagato in the Land of Rain, where Toneri’s father used the Giant Tenseigan to send a meteor toward the Shinobi World.

• Black Zetsu reflected on the reincarnations of Indra and Asura and resolved to save his mother by manipulating the current generation.
• Void entered Konoha, approached Naruto, promised to teach him strength and help him see Kushina, then demonstrated Wood Release against the Nine-Tails.
• Genitsu began giving Sasuke lessons about the responsibilities of his clan, and Itachi praised his teaching.
• Naruto and Sasuke met on the street, fought, and left each other bruised; Fugaku later visited Minato to make a diplomatic gesture.
• Toneri and his father discovered Nagato’s Rinnegan in the Land of Rain, and Toneri’s father identified him as the one who had taken their clan’s treasure.
• Toneri’s father connected to the Giant Tenseigan and launched a meteor toward the Shinobi World to test Nagato.

Toneri's father sent a meteor crashing toward the Land of Rain, but Deva Path Pain repelled and shattered it with Super Shinra Tensei. As Minato investigated the growing threat posed by the Sage Eye, he caught Void trying to take Naruto away for training.

• Toneri's father controlled a colossal meteor and sent it toward the Land of Rain, where the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path caught its fall.
• Deva Path Pain unleashed Super Shinra Tensei, pushed the meteor back into the sky, and shattered it, while Toneri's father escaped with Toneri.
• Konan attacked the fleeing pair, and Deva Path Pain ordered the Akatsuki to find and kill them; Black Zetsu recognized them as descendants of Hamura and ordered them watched.
• News of the battle spread, and Minato suspected the Sage Eye was in the Land of Rain as he worried about its influence and prepared for peace agreements.
• Minato found Naruto alone at home and later watched him fall asleep, but Void emerged that night and tried to take him out for training.
• Minato switched on the light, confronted Void, and threw a specially made kunai at his forehead.

Minato confronted Void to discover his identity and purpose, but Void revealed overwhelming Wood Release techniques while Minato struggled to protect Konoha. The battle left Minato preparing to use a sealing jutsu, while two figures watching from above recognized Void’s power as originating from the Divine Tree.

• Minato deduced that Void might be the First Hokage and moved him outside Konoha, where his attacks passed through Void’s body without harming him.
• Void regenerated his clothes and mask, then unleashed Deep Forest Emergence as Minato entered Sage Mode.
• Hizashi Hyuga recognized the Wood Release forest, and the Third Hokage mobilized to verify Void’s identity and defend the village.
• Void summoned a Wood Dragon and Wood Human, forcing Minato and Gamabunta to fight together as the Third Hokage realized Void was the First Hokage.
• Minato planned to create an opening for a sealing jutsu while Void considered his warning to Minato and continued observing Naruto.
• Two figures watching from above identified Void’s Wood Release as power originating from the Divine Tree.

Void fought Minato and Gamabunta while Toneri and his father watched from above, and Minato learned that the mysterious attacker was the First Hokage. After Void vanished, Minato and the Third Hokage prepared Konoha for the threats ahead.

• Toneri and his father watched Void's Wood Release battle and recognized its power as resembling Hashirama Senju's.
• Minato attacked Void with Flying Thunder God Technique: Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three and sealed one of his bodies with the Eight Trigrams Seal.
• Void revealed that another body remained, drove Gamabunta back to Mount Myōboku, and warned Minato not to interfere with his plans.
• Void discovered Toneri and his father, who fled on their wooden platform, then dissolved his bodies into the black trees.
• Minato told the Third Hokage that the enemy was the First Hokage and guessed that he had become disillusioned with Konoha.
• Minato planned to alert Tsunade and Jiraiya, strengthen Konoha, and send Genitsu to Mount Myōboku.