Recaps

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.

Konoha evacuated as the White Snake Sage attacked Genitsu, who revealed his Godzilla form and fought back. After Minato moved them out of the village, Genitsu refused to let the White Snake Sage leave, and she began drawing vast Natural Energy from the earth.

• Sage Shima recognized the White Snake Sage's Sage Jutsu and returned to Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage advised that they stay out of the conflict.
• Genitsu fought the White Snake Sage in Konoha, transformed into Godzilla, and demonstrated how he gained Sage Chakra by absorbing his clones.
• The White Snake Sage deduced that Genitsu's method converted vitality into Natural Energy and became eager to meet the Sage Godzilla.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to move the White Snake Sage and Genitsu from Konoha into the forest, then learned that Genitsu belonged to the Godzilla Sanctuary.
• Genitsu refused Minato's offer to let the White Snake Sage leave and attacked her with Super Atomic Breath.
• The White Snake Sage began devouring Natural Energy from the earth, causing the ground to tremble.

Genitsu faced the White Snake Sage’s overwhelming Natural Energy and earth-manipulating Sage Jutsu, countering her attacks with Atomic Breath and a new radiation technique. When she tried to suppress him by flooding him with Natural Energy, Genitsu activated Sage Art: Reverse Absorption and began consuming it at an alarming rate.

• Minato watched the White Snake Sage withstand Genitsu’s Atomic Breath with vast Natural Energy and reflected on how far below the ancient powers his own strength was.
• The White Snake Sage attacked Genitsu with her pipe and tail, then used Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation to bury and compress him beneath mountains.
• Genitsu broke free with Sage Art: Nuclear Release: Internal Radiation Jutsu, blasting apart the mountains with countless beams.
• The White Snake Sage embedded her scales in Genitsu and coiled around him to draw in Natural Energy and suppress him.
• Genitsu answered with Sage Art: Reverse Absorption, rapidly devouring the Natural Energy the White Snake Sage had summoned.

Genitsu absorbed White Snake Sage’s Natural Energy and began extracting her life force, prompting her to draw seventy percent of the planet’s Earth Power. As she reached Super-Kage strength and attacked him, powerful figures across the Shinobi World sensed the disturbance.

• Genitsu used Reverse Absorption and Planet Godzilla’s assimilation ability to absorb White Snake Sage’s Natural Energy and tug at her life force.
• White Snake Sage realized Genitsu’s method could convert life force into Natural Energy and resolved to obtain it so she could become a dragon.
• White Snake Sage drew Earth Power from across the planet, alarming Isshiki, Great Toad Sage, Slug Sage, Nagato, and Black Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu identified the fight between Genitsu and White Snake Sage, and Nagato reacted angrily to the snake sage’s power.
• White Snake Sage extracted seventy percent of the Natural Energy in the earth, reached Super-Kage strength, and launched an all-out attack against Genitsu.

The White Snake Sage overwhelmed Genitsu with Natural Energy, underground pressure, and Sage Jutsu, then used Transmission of Foreign Shadows to steal his cells. When she invaded his body to investigate Godzilla, Planet Godzilla awakened and confronted her.

• The White Snake Sage reshaped the battlefield and attacked Genitsu with Inorganic Reincarnation, the White Rage Technique, and crushing layers of earth, but he continued absorbing Natural Energy.
• The White Snake Sage used Transmission of Foreign Shadows to seize Genitsu's cells, only to discover that his cells invaded and transformed her own.
• The White Snake Sage recognized that Genitsu's cells helped him absorb Natural Energy and became alarmed when she identified Godzilla's cells as plant cells.
• The White Snake Sage sent her consciousness through Genitsu's body to find the source of the Natural Energy, discovering that most of it had been transferred to Godzilla.
• Planet Godzilla awakened, lowered Its head, and stared at the White Snake Sage.

Genitsu revealed Planet Godzilla residing inside him, defeated the White Snake Sage with Infinite G Spark, and took her half-corpse for Kabuto. He told Minato Namikaze that he was stronger than Madara at the Valley of the End but could not guarantee victory against Hashirama Senju.

• The White Snake Sage entered Genitsu's body, saw Planet Godzilla awaken, and was devoured after disturbing it.
• Planet Godzilla absorbed Natural Energy, briefly opened its eyes, and then fell asleep again as its injuries began to recover.
• Genitsu stopped the White Snake Sage from escaping with his Rinnegan's God of Reversal and attacked her underground.
• Genitsu unleashed Infinite G Spark, blasted away half of the White Snake Sage's body, and decided to give her corpse to Kabuto.
• Minato Namikaze joined Genitsu and asked how his strength compared with Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha; Genitsu said he was stronger than Madara at the Valley of the End but could not guarantee beating Hashirama.

Shiranui Genitsu killed the White Snake Sage and claimed Tagorihime, while Minato learned that Genitsu intended to turn Ryūchi Cave into a Godzilla battlefield. News of the battle shook the Shinobi World, prompting the villages to reconsider their relations with Konoha, and Genitsu left the White Snake Sage's corpse with Kabuto.

• Minato surveyed the ruined battlefield as Genitsu dismissed the loss of the Ryūchi Cave contract and claimed Tagorihime as his pet.
• Genitsu rejected Tagorihime's offer to unite Ryūchi Cave's snakes and said he planned to send Godzillas there to destroy the sacred land.
• Obito and Nagato visited the battlefield, while Black Zetsu and Obito worried about Genitsu's growing strength.
• The villages confirmed the devastation and sent delegations to Konoha; Rasa proposed a closer alliance with Konoha, while the Fourth Raikage ordered Kumogakure to offer condolences.
• Genitsu returned to the Root base and gave the White Snake Sage's corpse to Kabuto.

Genitsu sent Godzillas to invade Ryūchi Cave after killing the White Snake Sage, while shinobi from across the world watched and sought intelligence about the new sanctuary. Back in Konoha, Genitsu reviewed the academy enrollment list as Naruto and Sasuke began a quarrel about their teachers.

• Genitsu gave the White Snake Sage's corpse to Kabuto for research and assigned Kabuto to remain in Root.
• The Snake Princesses, Ichikishimahime and Hime Tuanjin, learned that the White Snake Sage had died and prepared Ryūchi Cave for a possible attack.
• Genitsu's Godzillas invaded Ryūchi Cave, where they fought the snakes with their radiation; Manda retreated while the Snake Princesses struggled to defend the cave.
• Shinobi from every village watched the battle and carried intelligence home, prompting attacks on Kumogakure shinobi as villages suspected the Godzilla Sanctuary lay in the ocean.
• Genitsu read the academy enrollment list, which included Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Hinata Hyuga.
• Sasuke approached Naruto and criticized the title of the new God of Shinobi, and Naruto began defending his teacher.

Naruto enrolled in the Ninja Academy, where Minato and Genitsu discussed the promising new class and the secret that Obito was Akatsuki’s Madara Uchiha. In Amegakure, Hiruko sought permission to investigate the Evil God Cult’s supposed immortal ability, drawing Obito’s interest.

• Naruto and Sasuke enrolled in the Ninja Academy, while the adults around Naruto feared the Nine-Tails sealed inside him.
• Naruto told Minato he had spoken with the Nine-Tails, and Minato warned him not to contact it again without permission.
• Genitsu told Minato that Naruto and Sasuke would surpass their classmates, then learned from Minato that Akatsuki’s Madara Uchiha was actually Uchiha Obito.
• Genitsu arranged teachers for the new students and assigned Iruka to help instruct them.
• Hiruko asked Nagato for permission to pursue the Evil God Cult’s supposed immortal ability, and Nagato sent Kakuzu with him.
• Obito wondered whether he should investigate the Evil God Cult’s alleged immortal Bloodline Limit.

After the Akatsuki meeting, Void decided Hidan’s blood-based curse could be used far more effectively and went to intervene in the mission against the Evil God Cult. Obito also learned about Hidan’s ability and pursued him, while Hiruko and Kakuzu confronted Hidan at the cult’s headquarters.

• Obito confronted Void about his strength and demanded Kazue’s eye, but Void refused to help him.
• Void reasoned that Hidan could curse powerful enemies if Akatsuki gathered their blood for him, then disappeared to get involved.
• Hiruko and Kakuzu reached the Land of Hot Water, learned the cult’s location from White Zetsu, and headed for its headquarters.
• White Zetsu told Obito about Hidan’s immortal body and blood-based curse, prompting Obito to follow Hiruko and Kakuzu.
• Hidan massacred the Evil God Cult’s followers and performed a ritual among their corpses.
• Hiruko attacked Hidan, discovered that he survived the Scorch Release, and evaded his counterattack with Swift Release.

Hidan fought Hiruko and Kakuzu, then used his blood-based curse to inflict his injuries on Hiruko. Obito stopped Hiruko from killing Hidan, deciding the immortal’s ability could help the organization restrain Genitsu.

• Hidan attacked Kakuzu after Kakuzu mocked him, but Kakuzu blasted a hole through his chest and Hidan survived.
• Hiruko began using the Chimera Technique to absorb Hidan, while Kakuzu watched and considered killing Hiruko.
• Hidan drank Hiruko’s blood and used Death Controlling Possessed Blood to make Hiruko suffer every wound he inflicted on himself.
• Hiruko healed with the Ultimate Regeneration Technique, but his Genitsu Cells began to go berserk; he escaped Hidan’s curse by knocking him out of the ritual circle.
• Hiruko prepared to devour Hidan, but Obito appeared and ordered him to keep Hidan alive because his ability could be useful to the organization.

Obito recruited Hidan into Akatsuki and developed his curse so it could target victims through flesh and their DNA and Chakra. He then confronted Genitsu with Hidan hidden in Konoha, threatening to kill him unless he helped investigate the Eye Organization and cooperate over the Tailed Beasts.

• Hidan surrendered and joined Akatsuki as an outer member after Obito restrained him and took him away from Hiruko and Kakuzu.
• Hiruko was summoned to Genitsu, who learned that Obito had taken Hidan and suspected he was developing Hidan's curse for a greater purpose.
• Obito tested Hidan for several days and discovered that a small piece of flesh could let Hidan place a curse without blood.
• Void confronted Obito and Hidan, but Obito escaped with Hidan before Void could stop them.
• Obito revealed to Genitsu that he had hidden Hidan in Konoha and could use him to curse Genitsu through DNA and Chakra.
• Obito demanded that Genitsu help him collect the Tailed Beasts and uncover the Eye Organization's secrets, threatening to make Hidan kill himself and destabilize Godzilla.

Obito tried to use Hidan’s curse to intimidate Genitsu, but Genitsu’s cells took over Hidan and forced Obito to retreat. Genitsu then investigated Hidan’s ritual, sensed the Evil God’s presence, and moved to absorb it.

• Obito gave Hidan a piece of Genitsu’s flesh and had him use his curse, but Genitsu’s cells multiplied inside Hidan and stopped the attack.
• Genitsu appeared, revealed he could control his separated cells, and calmed Hidan’s swelling body while Obito fled.
• Genitsu took Hidan for himself and questioned him about the Evil God Cult, while insisting Obito obey his plans for the Tailed Beasts.
• Genitsu dissected Hidan, restored him, and made him perform the Evil God ritual as Genitsu sensed a connection to the deity.
• The Evil God’s will reached toward Hidan, but Genitsu intercepted it and tried to absorb the Evil God.

Genitsu located the Evil God’s lair beneath a special hot spring in the Land of Hot Water and entered it with Jiraiya, who had just fought Kakuzu. As the Evil God emerged, Genitsu considered how mastering it could provide another piece of the means to create an Artificial Evil God and pursue Infinite Izanagi.

• Genitsu’s clone detected strange Chakra fluctuations at a hot spring and identified it as the Evil God’s likely origin.
• Jiraiya arrived after fighting Kakuzu, who had disguised himself as a woman and tried to scam him, and revealed that he had mastered Samadhi True Fire.
• Genitsu told Jiraiya he was hunting the Evil God, and Jiraiya followed him into the hot spring.
• Jiraiya sensed the spring’s promise of resurrection but recognized it as a deception, while Genitsu found traces of the Evil God beneath the water.
• Genitsu struck the spring, causing the Evil God to rise, and explained that it was formed from Natural Energy, Chakra, and human Wish Power.
• Genitsu reflected that controlling an Artificial Evil God could provide the penultimate piece of his Infinite Izanagi plan.

Genitsu and Jiraiya fought the Evil God, a mindless being formed from Wish Power, Chakra, and Natural Energy. Genitsu sealed it inside a clone using the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, then revealed that another clone had survived to handle the aftermath, leaving Jiraiya astonished.

• Jiraiya attacked the Evil God with Flame Mountain Fire, but the natural flames failed to stop it and his Samadhi True Fire quickly ran out of power.
• Genitsu blocked the Evil God's strike with Rashomon and charged at it, while Jiraiya warned him to be careful.
• Genitsu used the Reverse Four Symbols Seal to draw the Evil God into his clone, sealing it at the cost of that clone's life.
• Jiraiya approached the dead clone, but another Genitsu emerged and explained that the first clone had created a replacement before dying.
• Jiraiya struggled to make sense of Genitsu's clone creating another powerful clone.

Genitsu sealed the Evil God into a specially made clone after discovering that it could neither overpower nor assimilate him. He restored Hidan and sent him to the Land of Demons to await orders, leaving Hidan convinced he had earned the Evil God’s favor.

• Genitsu learned that his clone had sealed the Evil God and showed Hidan the sealed entity in the dead clone.
• The Evil God tried to invade Genitsu, but Genitsu’s body consumed its power and left it stunned.
• Genitsu used the Eight Trigrams Seal to imprison the Evil God in a specially made clone, which took on the appearance and scythe of an Evil God Cult follower.
• The Evil God clone ordered Genitsu to restore Hidan, and Genitsu healed Hidan’s shattered body with his cells.
• The Evil God clone told Hidan to go to the Land of Demons and await orders, and Hidan agreed while claiming he had prayed for Genitsu to be spared.