Chapter Summaries

Gengetsu returned from seclusion after completing Sage Transformation of his liver and discussed his progress with Tsunade, while the others examined his experimental Lightning Light Sword. Tsunade asked whether his Byakugan and Heavenly Eye had changed, leaving Gengetsu to reveal the effects of his transformed liver.

• Gengetsu’s Shadow Clones demonstrated that the Lightning Light Sword could withstand a kunai empowered by the same lightning technique, and Tobirama Senju noted its dependence on rare Chakra Crystals.
• Gengetsu returned from seclusion, described his vision for a Lightning Light Sword that could use a ninja’s own Chakra, and discussed how such weapons might transform combat.
• Minato, Kushina, Tobirama Senju, and Shizune left, while Kushina joked with Minato that Tsunade might beat Gengetsu.
• Gengetsu told Tsunade that he and Ao Cang had completed Sage Transformation of his liver and that his vitality had risen to rival Hashirama Senju’s.
• Gengetsu estimated that transforming all his Internal Organs could make his full-body Sage Transformation take only a month, then Tsunade asked whether his Byakugan and Heavenly Eye had changed.

After Gengetsu’s liver completed Sage Transformation, his Byakugan and Heavenly Eye grew stronger, and he discovered a new repulsive-force ability. He then considered whether combining the Chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts could give him their powers, leaving the idea as a possible shortcut to cultivating Kekkei Genkai.

• Gengetsu’s completed liver transformation sent vigorous life force into his eyes, making Tsunade feel exposed and flustered when she looked at his Heavenly Eye.
• Tsunade smashed the table, and Gengetsu crushed its fragments with a newly strengthened Byakugan ability that he named Domain of the Sage.
• Gengetsu told Tsunade that his Heavenly Eye’s existing powers had also improved, then fled before they could test them further.
• Gengetsu opened the sealing scroll and reviewed the captured Kekkei Genkai users’ abilities and the Two-Tails Chakra, noting that only the Seven-Tails’ Chakra remained missing from his collection.
• Gengetsu wondered whether combining all nine Tailed Beasts’ Chakra could let him undergo a Sage Transformation-like process and gain their abilities.

Gengetsu taught Little Naruto to take responsibility before visiting the Laboratory Base, where he learned his clones could not evolve their eyes further because they lacked complete souls. He sensed that Tsunade had opened her eyes, leaving the chapter on her awakening.

• Gengetsu woke to Little Naruto and Kurama's prank, then taught Naruto to admit his actions and take responsibility.
• Gengetsu took Naruto to Minato's home, where Kushina had saved him breakfast, then left a Wood Clone to watch Naruto.
• Gengetsu went to Shikkotsu Forest and found that only six Sage Transformation clones remained at the Laboratory Base.
• Old Seven and the other clones explained that their Byakugan and Heavenly Eyes had reached a limit because their spirit bodies were not complete souls.
• Gengetsu realized his own Byakugan might evolve into a Tenseigan, then sensed that Tsunade had opened her eyes.

Tsunade awakened a golden Byakugan with X-ray and microscopic vision, prompting Gengetsu and his clones to debate whether their eyes were infant Tenseigan. Tsunade then tested her Sage Domain against Gengetsu, whose defense repelled her strongest Shadow Clone attack, though he warned that her Sage Mode strength might overwhelm it.

• Tsunade awakened golden eyes that let her see through objects, observe Chakra and Natural Energy, and view cells microscopically.
• Gengetsu and his Sage Transformation Clones debated whether their unusual Byakugan were low-spec Tenseigan, while Tsunade considered how the eye techniques might differ.
• Gengetsu said their current eye techniques had not surpassed Kekkei Genkai, but believed their growing ocular power could eventually form the Tenseigan without transplanted eyes.
• Tsunade tested her Domain of the Sage by sending a Shadow Clone at Gengetsu with Body Flicker Rush and a powerful punch.
• Gengetsu's Domain shattered the Chakra attack and repelled the Shadow Clone's punch, but he warned that Tsunade's full Sage Mode strength could overwhelm the Domain.

Gengetsu tested the limits of his Domain of the Sage, then reconsidered how he would develop immortal cultivation after Tsunade warned him about the dangers of spreading it. Meanwhile, Jiraiya and Tsunade opened their third eyes, and the Great Toad Sage sensed that someone had parted the mist of fate.

• Gengetsu tested his Domain of the Sage against Tsunade's Rasenshuriken and sealing techniques, finding it could shatter the Rasenshuriken and block Adamantine Soul Chains but not Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Gengetsu estimated the Domain of the Sage had a three-second recovery time and discussed his plans for Magnet Release and the Five Elements Realm with Tsunade.
• Tsunade warned Gengetsu that spreading immortal arts could drive people to seize bloodline powers by any means, prompting him to reconsider his plans for the sake of those he cared about.
• Jiraiya completed his first transformation on Mount Myōboku, gained improved vision and the ability to see Natural Energy, but found no other ocular techniques and continued cultivating.
• Jiraiya's third eye opened after months of cultivation, awakening the Great Toad Sage, while Tsunade's third eye also began opening in Shikkotsu Forest as Gengetsu watched.

Gengetsu considered whether Tsunade's newly awakened Heavenly Eye could evolve into a Rinne Sharingan, while Konoha's leaders reviewed a plan to reform the Security Department. Later, Gengetsu and Tsunade discovered that Jiraiya had awakened an eye technique that made him invisible and undetectable, and Tsunade chased after him.

• Gengetsu wondered whether Tsunade's three-tomoe Heavenly Eye was an early form of the Rinne Sharingan and could evolve further.
• Minato presented the Security Department Reform Plan, which divided the department's duties and assigned its forces to graduates of the Special Training Division.
• Fugaku Uchiha approved of the plan because it would bring his clan into Konoha's core, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura remained wary of Uchiha involvement.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on Minato's reforms and accepted that Konoha's future belonged to its younger generation.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade spotted Jiraiya secretly following three women and discovered that his new eye technique concealed him from Chakra sensing and the Ice Crystal Demonic Eye.
• Tsunade clenched her fists and chased Jiraiya while Gengetsu gleefully followed.

Tsunade attacked Jiraiya after finding him spying by the lake, and they tested their newly awakened Heavenly Eyes in battle. Jiraiya’s future-predicting eye initially gave him the advantage, but Tsunade used Wood Release and a feint to turn the fight around and beat him down.

• Tsunade found Jiraiya sketching the women at the lake and attacked him, revealing that she had awakened a Byakugan like Gengetsu’s.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade entered Sage Mode, and Jiraiya awakened a crimson-gold Heavenly Eye that let him predict Tsunade’s attacks.
• Gengetsu urged them to test their eye techniques, and Jiraiya used his predictions to gain the upper hand in close combat.
• Tsunade’s Heavenly Eye seemed to let her ignore Jiraiya’s strike, but she later revealed it had been a feint and punched him in the face.
• Tsunade unleashed Wood Release to overwhelm Jiraiya, then charged through his fireball and countered his Rasengan with a punch and kick.

Tsunade and Jiraiya demonstrated the strengths and limits of their ocular techniques, while Gengetsu developed Dust Release and nearly caused a disaster during a meeting. Later, Gengetsu proposed revising Immortal Cultivation by using nature-transformed Sage Chakra to transform the internal organs and make cell-subconscious control easier.

• Tsunade used Asukabi to ignore Jiraiya’s attacks and beat him, but Gengetsu explained that her technique lasted only one hundred seconds.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi approved the Security Department reform, and Minato proposed Hyuga Hiashi and Fugaku Uchiha as captains of its internal and external divisions.
• Gengetsu’s Dust Release experiment accidentally exploded the conference table, and Minato moved the meeting to his office.
• Gengetsu told Tsunade and Jiraiya that he had used Fire Release Sage Chakra to transform the heart and believed the method could help control the subconscious.
• Gengetsu proposed using Sage Chakra with different nature transformations to transform the internal organs and potentially make bloodline-limit powers easier to master.

Gengetsu discussed how to develop and spread Immortal Cultivation while protecting against the dangers of bloodline power, then planned his next Sage Transformations. Later, he abandoned improving the Lightning Light Sword for now and asked Ao Cang how to make a magical artifact.

• Tsunade and Jiraiya warned Gengetsu that spreading Immortal Cultivation beyond the Sage Realm could intensify conflict over bloodline power, and Gengetsu reassured them that he would keep some methods secret.
• Gengetsu proposed five Immortal Cultivation realms, including a weakened Five Elements Realm that could use the five Chakra Nature Transformations instead of bloodline power.
• Gengetsu planned to transform his spleen with Earth Release Sage Chakra, his kidneys with Ice Release Sage Chakra, and his large intestine with Metal Release Sage Chakra, while accepting that his strength would be temporarily limited.
• Gengetsu's Shadow Clone made major progress with Dust Release, then went to the Forest of Death to continue cultivating after eating at Ichiraku Ramen.
• Gengetsu decided to leave Lightning Light Sword improvements to his clones and Tobirama Senju, and Ao Cang proposed creating a Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blade using Metal Release, Material Reconstruction, formulas, and Magnet Release.
• Gengetsu expressed disbelief at Ao Cang's detailed proposal, prompting Ao Cang to curse at him.

Gengetsu developed plans for the Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blade, assigned Shadow Clones to several research projects, and continued training his Sage Transformation. More than a year later, he became the examiner for the Special Training Division’s first assessment, where he addressed the forty-eight trainees and began the test.

• Gengetsu and Ao Cang discussed the Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blade’s design, including its magnetic control, sustained electrical edge, speed, and need for forged high-strength metal.
• Gengetsu sent Shadow Clones to study metalworking, gather materials, improve the Lightning Light Sword, research talismans, and recruit experts, while he continued cultivating Sage Transformation in Shikkotsu Forest.
• After spring passed into summer, Naruto told Gengetsu that Minato had invited him to dinner, and Minato later asked him to examine the Special Training Division’s first cohort.
• Gengetsu brought Itachi Uchiha and Naohide to the Chunin Exam preliminaries venue, where Minato introduced the forty-eight trainees and named Gengetsu their examiner.
• Gengetsu warned the trainees that future cohorts would benefit from an improved curriculum and urged them to keep progressing before he opened a scroll and took out three items.

Gengetsu introduced three powerful experimental treasures as rewards before beginning the Special Training Division assessment. Guy lost the first match to Hyuga Tenma, then released his thirtyfold gravity seal and broke through his sealed acupoints, leaving the fight unresolved as he attacked at greatly increased speed.

• Gengetsu presented Fire Prison, Thunder Prison, and a Chakra Crystal as rewards for three trainees who impressed him.
• The assessment began with Hyuga Tenma matched against Might Guy.
• Hyuga Tenma used his Byakugan and Gentle Fist to seal Guy's acupoints and knock him down.
• Guy asked Minato for permission to release the thirtyfold gravity seal Gengetsu had placed on him, then broke through the acupoint seals with surging Chakra.
• Guy warned Hyuga Tenma that his speed would increase and launched a high-speed assault, leaving their match in progress.

Might Guy defeated Hyuga Tenma after opening the first four gates, then advanced through the special-training assessment alongside Genma Shiranui and Kurenai Yuhi. Gengetsu healed the twelve finalists and challenged them to face him, and Shinnosuke Sarutobi stepped forward first.

• Guy and Hyuga Tenma traded attacks until Tenma paralyzed Guy with lightning needles and exploited the blind spot in his Byakugan.
• Guy opened four gates, shattered the lightning needles, and knocked Hyuga Tenma unconscious to win.
• The assessment continued, with Guy, Genma Shiranui, and Kurenai Yuhi reaching the final stage; Shinnosuke Sarutobi defeated Asuma Sarutobi in the second round.
• Gengetsu treated the twelve finalists and offered to face them, prompting Shinnosuke Sarutobi to step forward.

During the special training assessment, Shinnosuke Sarutobi impressed Gengetsu with his mastery of multiple Chakra natures and revealed a Kekkei Genkai. Gengetsu selected Shinnosuke, Shin Uchiha, and Genma Shiranui as the top performers, and they chose their rewards.

• Shinnosuke Sarutobi demonstrated simultaneous Water and Lightning Release, and Gengetsu praised his Chakra control before teaching him to rely less on hand seals.
• Shinnosuke combined all five major releases through three dragons, and Gengetsu countered with a lava giant and Stone Dragon.
• Shinnosuke transformed into a figure of fire that split into airborne fireballs, revealing a Kekkei Genkai and nearly exhausting himself.
• Gengetsu healed Shinnosuke and continued assessing the others, then named Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Shin Uchiha, and Genma Shiranui as the top three.
• Shinnosuke chose the Chakra Crystal, Shin chose the Lightning Light Sword: Lightning Prison, and Genma took the Greatsword Fire Prison despite preferring senbon.

Shinnosuke Sarutobi revealed his newly developed Scorch Release, and Gengetsu explained how differences in Chakra Nature tendencies could produce distinct Kekkei Genkai. The chapter ended with Shinnosuke recognizing that this knowledge could guide Kekkei Genkai development and advancement toward Kekkei Tōta.

• Shinnosuke Sarutobi told Gengetsu, Minato, and Hiruzen Sarutobi that he had developed Scorch Release two days earlier and demonstrated its flame shaping.
• Minato explained that Shinnosuke's body would take about a year to adapt to the Kekkei Genkai and that its use currently placed a heavy burden on his Chakra.
• Gengetsu explained that the same Chakra Nature combinations could yield different Kekkei Genkai because of variability, uncertainty, and tendencies, using Magnet Release and the Sharingan and Byakugan as examples.
• Gengetsu distinguished Shinnosuke's predominantly Fire-based power from Pakura's balanced Scorch Release and identified its traits of extreme heat, stable flames, and flight.
• Shinnosuke concluded that understanding these principles could guide Kekkei Genkai development and further advancement, including Kekkei Tōta.

Gengetsu explained how Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tōta constrain the functions of Chakra Nature Transformations, then tested his theory using Shinnosuke Sarutobi’s Scorch Release. The experiment confirmed his analysis and left Gengetsu convinced he was close to mastering Dust Release, though he acknowledged greater powers might exist beyond Kekkei Mōra.

• Gengetsu asked Shinnosuke Sarutobi which third Chakra Nature Transformation he might add, and Minato suggested Lightning Release or Earth Release to complement Scorch Release.
• Gengetsu argued that Kekkei Genkai restricts not only Chakra natures but also their functions, and explained why Shinnosuke’s Scorch Release could not become Dust Release.
• Gengetsu helped Shinnosuke form a Scorch Release: Rasenshuriken and tested it against a Wood Clone defended by Water Release and ice.
• The Wood Clone’s injuries showed only Fire Release damage and no Wind Release damage, supporting Gengetsu’s theory.
• Gengetsu concluded that he was nearing an understanding of Dust Release and noted that Kekkei Mōra and possibly greater powers lay beyond Kekkei Tōta.

Gengetsu explained how Shinnosuke Sarutobi could develop Scorch Release by incorporating Lightning Release, then proposed expanding it into a three-nature Kekkei Tōta. The group named the developing technique Inferno Release and began testing it with Four Symbols Great Conversion Array 1.0.

• Gengetsu explained that Fire Release and Lightning Release shared plasma-like properties, making them relatively compatible for Shinnosuke Sarutobi to combine.
• Gengetsu advised Shinnosuke to strengthen the high-temperature aspect of Lightning Release before attempting to develop a Kekkei Tōta, and Hiruzen Sarutobi warned him that the advanced fusion required far greater mastery and Chakra control.
• Gengetsu described how Yin Release or Yang Release might give a future three-nature technique the ability to counter most ninjutsu, while noting that those transformations were far harder to master.
• Gengetsu named Shinnosuke's developing technique Inferno Release and demonstrated his Chakra control by forming the character for inferno from water.
• Gengetsu, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Minato used Four Symbols Great Conversion Array 1.0 to experience Inferno Release.

Gengetsu and Tobirama tested a new consciousness-linking seal on Shirobai, then Gengetsu was summoned to meet a Sunagakure delegation led by Pakura. He suspected they had learned about the Spore Technique, but arrived at the Hokage Office to find Pakura, Gari, and the young Baki waiting.

• Gengetsu mastered the Gravity Technique while continuing his Inferno Release training.
• Gengetsu and Tobirama tested their Spirit Contract Seal on Shirobai, and the experiment produced a consciousness link they named the Inspiration Curse Mark.
• Gengetsu considered using the failed seal to gather intelligence in Amegakure and Kirigakure.
• Genma Shiranui told Gengetsu that Pakura had come from Sunagakure to see him, and Gengetsu worried that Sunagakure had discovered his use of the Spore Technique.
• Gengetsu met Minato and the Sunagakure delegation, where he recognized Gari and learned that the young third ninja was Baki.

Gengetsu discovered and removed a Puppet Cursed Seal planted in Pakura, while evidence pointed to the rogue ninja Hiruko as the culprit behind stolen Kekkei Genkai. Minato ordered an investigation and asked Gengetsu to check the Uchiha and Hyuga clans for seals.

• Gengetsu found a Puppet Cursed Seal embedded in Pakura and removed it despite the pain.
• Pakura identified an unfamiliar Explosion Release ninja who had ambushed her squad a month earlier as the likely person who sealed her.
• Minato learned that Iwagakure's Explosion Release ninja had gone missing, and Gengetsu suspected Hiruko.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Hiruko had researched forbidden techniques, and Gengetsu concluded he might be collecting Kekkei Genkai to create a Kekkei Mōra.
• Minato planned to cooperate with Sunagakure and Iwagakure and sent Gengetsu to check the Uchiha and Hyuga clans for Puppet Cursed Seals.

Gengetsu inspected the Hyuga Clan and discussed the Byakugan with Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga. Hiashi revealed that the Caged Bird Seal was created to prevent the clan from destroying itself in pursuit of the Tenseigan.

• Gengetsu inspected the Hyuga Clan members and found no problems.
• Hyuga Hiashi and Hizashi Hyuga asked Gengetsu about his powerful Byakugan, and he attributed its strength to his body and spirit cultivation.
• Gengetsu raised the Hyuga Clan’s main and branch family system and the Caged Bird Seal, prompting Hiashi to explain that its purpose went beyond protecting the Byakugan from outsiders.
• Hiashi revealed that a visitor from the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the Moon had told the Hyuga about a branch-family rebellion that fused Byakugan into the Tenseigan and wiped out the main family.
• Hiashi explained that the Hyuga Clan created the Caged Bird Seal to restrain its members’ ambition and prevent a similar tragedy.

Gengetsu explained the moon’s Tenseigan and the Hyuga clan’s prospects to Hiashi Hyuga and Hizashi Hyuga, then learned from Orochimaru about Shinno’s research into a forbidden body-enhancement technique. After reviewing the research, Gengetsu sent the scroll back with the Four-Tails and promised to travel with it again after they dealt with the Ten-Tails.

• Gengetsu told Hiashi Hyuga and Hizashi Hyuga that the lunar Ōtsutsuki Clan monitored the Shinobi World and might destroy it if its wars continued.
• Hiashi Hyuga asked Gengetsu to accept Neji as his disciple, while Hizashi Hyuga suggested Hinata instead; Gengetsu said he would wait to see the children’s talents.
• Gengetsu explained that evolving the Byakugan into the Tenseigan required more than pure eyes, likely demanding enormous Chakra.
• Orochimaru told Gengetsu that Shinno was developing Body Transformation by combining Body Activation, Body Regeneration, and Tailed Beast Chakra, then gave him the research scroll.
• Gengetsu read Shinno’s research, judged the techniques harmful to a ninja’s potential and lifespan, and sent the scroll back with the Four-Tails.
• Gengetsu promised the Four-Tails they would travel together again after dealing with the Ten-Tails, and the Four-Tails dispelled its summoning.