Chapter Summaries

Gengetsu discovered that years of using Shadow Clone bodies and maintaining Impure World Reincarnation had weakened his consciousness, then considered the risks of recalling his clones. Konoha’s leaders analyzed the Rinnegan and Akatsuki, while Gengetsu urged them to continue their plan to build strength and draw other villages into an alliance.

• Gengetsu realized his mental fatigue might stem from separating portions of his consciousness among Shadow Clones and maintaining Impure World Reincarnation.
• After recovering, Gengetsu learned from Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju that long-lived clones could weaken his willpower and resistance to Genjutsu, and that releasing them could overwhelm his mind with years of memories.
• Gengetsu decided to eventually replace his clone bodies with Sage Katsuyu-style Split Body clones that could share information in real time.
• Konoha’s upper ranks analyzed the Rinnegan’s abilities, and Gengetsu warned that Nagato’s cooperation with Madara Uchiha and Obito Uchiha might grow closer.
• Gengetsu explained that Akatsuki’s factions had conflicting goals and urged Konoha to restrict Akatsuki, cultivate elite shinobi, and pursue an alliance with the other villages.

Obito Uchiha agreed to trade his cells with Orochimaru for Hashirama Cells, while Gengetsu discussed reforms and considered ways to awaken the Sharingan. Gengetsu began an experiment in the Forest of Death by summoning the Four-Tails.

• Obito Uchiha negotiated a trade with Orochimaru, offering his Uchiha Clan cells in exchange for Uzumaki Clan cells and Hashirama Cells.
• Minato and Konoha's leaders discussed medical and Ninja Academy reforms, including expanding medical training and making academy studies more rigorous.
• Ao Cang urged Gengetsu to pursue Magnet Release and reminded him that his bloodline might let him awaken the Sharingan.
• Gengetsu decided to test whether merging emotional power with Yin Release and Yang Release could awaken the Sharingan before attempting the dangerous Yin-Yang Illusion World method.
• Gengetsu traveled to the Forest of Death and summoned the Four-Tails to begin his experiment.

Gengetsu investigated how malice could transform Chakra, then trained to cultivate pure malice while completing Sage Transformations and Dust Release. The chapter ended with him mastering Dust Release after receiving Orochimaru’s scroll about Nagato and Obito Uchiha.

• Gengetsu linked with Ao Cang to release hidden malice, discovered that its purity mattered, and began training to cultivate his own will without other stray thoughts.
• Gengetsu went home for dinner with Tsunade, then stayed in Shikkotsu Forest to help his six clones complete Sage Transformations and continue training Dust Release.
• Gengetsu received Orochimaru’s Sealing Scroll containing Nagato’s and Obito Uchiha’s cells, and dismissed Ao Cang’s suggestion that he reform the ninja system.
• Gengetsu suddenly gained a new memory confirming that Dust Release was complete, and realized his improved Chakra control would help him develop other three-nature Kekkei Tōta.

Gengetsu mastered Dust Release and continued training to combine Yin Release Chakra with the power of emotions while growing closer to Tsunade. After more than two months, he awakened a new, unusually cold Yin Release Chakra and prepared to test his progress.

• Gengetsu formed Dust Release Chakra and attempted the Original World Detachment Technique, but his first use failed.
• Gengetsu celebrated with Kushina, Naruto, and little Kugatsu, then shared his training results with Tsunade, Minato, and Kushina over dinner.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade spent the night together, and he began training at Shikkotsu Forest alongside her while his Shadow Clones practiced several Chakra combinations.
• Over more than two months, Gengetsu advanced his training and grew closer to Tsunade as the power of his emotions gathered more easily.
• Little Katsuyu and Tsunade sensed a change in Gengetsu's Chakra, and Gengetsu opened his eyes with a newly formed, colder Yin Release Chakra.

Gengetsu used emotional power and Yin Release Chakra to awaken a Three-Tomoe Sharingan while preserving his Gate of Heaven. He decided to postpone seeking a further evolution until he retrieved his clone, focusing first on finishing Kugatsu’s first-birthday gift.

• Gengetsu explained to Tsunade how emotions shaped Yin Release Chakra and the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan abilities.
• Gengetsu directed Yin Release Chakra toward his optic nerves, then used Yang Release Sage Chakra to ease the pain as his eyes transformed.
• Gengetsu awakened a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Tsunade and Ao Cang concluded that his emotional power was not strong enough to evolve it further.
• Gengetsu switched freely between his Sharingan and golden eyes and confirmed that the Gate of Heaven remained unaffected.
• Gengetsu and Ao Cang agreed that advancing the Sharingan might require the Yin-Yang Illusion World, but Gengetsu chose to finish Kugatsu’s birthday gift first.

Gengetsu gave Kugatsu a protective, healing forehead protector for her birthday and a sealed gift to Naruto. At the celebration, Minato announced that Kurama had helped him complete Sage Transformation of his pineal gland, leaving Gengetsu stunned.

• Gengetsu focused on developing advanced Bloodline abilities and Cursed Seal research while Tobirama Senju, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Konoha seal specialists assisted him.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade visited Minato and Kushina for Kugatsu's birthday, and Gengetsu gave Kugatsu a forehead protector containing a barrier array and powerful healing seals.
• Gengetsu gave Naruto another gift, which Kushina accepted after Gengetsu explained that a seal would keep it inert until Naruto became a ninja.
• Minato announced that he had completed Sage Transformation of his pineal gland and credited his sudden progress to Kurama.
• Gengetsu realized Kurama had helped Minato and slapped himself across the face.

Minato explained how he combined Nine-Tails Chakra Mode with Sage Mode to create Kurama Sage Mode, inspiring Gengetsu to understand how he could do the same with Ao Cang. Minato also revealed that his Heavenly Eye could fold space, and Gengetsu took him away to test the ability in a fight.

• Minato explained that Kurama absorbed Natural Energy and refined Sage Chakra while merged with him, creating Kurama Sage Mode.
• Gengetsu realized Ao Cang could help him intercept Natural Energy before it became Dragon Vein Energy, provided Ao Cang cooperated.
• Minato demonstrated Kurama Sage Mode, and Yang Kurama agreed to begin training Naruto in Sage Art the next day.
• Minato told Gengetsu that Sage Transformation had given him enhanced dynamic vision and revealed his Heavenly Eye's space-folding ability by redirecting a Shuriken.
• Gengetsu grabbed Minato and used Flying Thunder God to take him away for a fight.

Gengetsu and Minato tested Minato’s newly awakened space-warping ocular technique before Gengetsu tried Dragon Vein Sage Mode at home. After Tsunade took charge of their night together, Gengetsu woke exhausted and faced her homemade medicinal soup.

• Kushina asked Tsunade when she and Gengetsu planned to have a baby, then shared advice that made Tsunade blush.
• Gengetsu sparred with Minato and learned that Minato could warp space to make rapid attacks within a ten-meter range.
• Minato revealed he had awakened only one ocular technique and gave his combined abilities a very long name.
• Gengetsu successfully entered Dragon Vein Sage Mode by having Ao Cang draw in Natural Energy for him.
• Tsunade sealed Ao Cang and took control during the night, leaving Gengetsu exhausted the next morning.
• Tsunade served Gengetsu a large basin of medicinal soup and insisted he drink it.

Gengetsu experimented with combining Dragon Vein Chakra and Natural Energy, eventually creating a powerful new Sage Chakra. He successfully formed a violet-gold Rasenshuriken, leaving Tsunade shocked by its strength.

• Gengetsu proposed combining Dragon Vein Chakra with Natural Energy and began testing the idea with Shadow Clones.
• The first experiments failed until a Shadow Clone began petrifying and transforming, revealing that the new Sage Chakra was forming but was difficult to control.
• Gengetsu rested, then continued experimenting as his Shadow Clones gradually learned to control the new Chakra without petrification.
• After half a month, Gengetsu formed the violet-gold Sage Chakra with his main body and created a violet-gold Rasenshuriken.
• Tsunade woke from her cultivation and asked why Gengetsu's Sage Chakra was so powerful, while Gengetsu celebrated that it amplified ninjutsu at least twice as much as the alternatives.

Gengetsu entered seclusion to master Magnet Release Dragon Vein Sage Chakra while his Wood Clone took Neji as a disciple and events unfolded across the shinobi world. The chapter ended with Gengetsu observing Orochimaru, Shinno, and Sasori battle the Fourth Mizukage, whose Tailed Beast Ball struck Orochimaru's Triple Rashomon.

• Gengetsu decided to focus on mastering Magnet Release Dragon Vein Sage Chakra and entered seclusion two days later.
• Gengetsu's Wood Clone accepted Neji as a disciple and arranged for Naohide to teach him basic training.
• Akatsuki conducted mercenary operations, while Minato monitored the group and gathered intelligence without confronting them.
• Hiruko killed Toroi, prompting the Fourth Raikage and several villages to join the hunt; Kakashi's squad lost Hiruko's trail during their search.
• Gengetsu's Wood Clone sensed a battle in Kirigakure and found Orochimaru, Shinno, and Sasori facing the Fourth Mizukage, who unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball.
• Orochimaru raised Triple Rashomon to block the Tailed Beast Ball.

Gengetsu witnessed Obito Uchiha take control of the wounded Fourth Mizukage, then left Kirigakure as the village returned to its bloody policies. In Konoha, Minato and the other leaders discussed the threat and considered strengthening the Hokage’s protection.

• Gengetsu watched Shinno, Orochimaru, and Sasori of the Red Sands defeat Yagura, but Obito Uchiha arrived and used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control him.
• Gengetsu secretly placed a spore inside Yagura, then stayed in Kirigakure until Obito’s control restored the village’s harsh policies.
• Gengetsu left Kirigakure and reflected on his role in events involving the Fourth Shinobi World War and Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• At Konoha’s council meeting, Shikaku Nara and Fugaku Uchiha assessed the likelihood that Obito Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage.
• Minato decided Konoha should not expose the secret, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura urged him to strengthen his protection.

Minato expanded his escort squad while balancing security concerns around the Uchiha Clan, and he and Kushina discussed the limits of cultivating Kekkei Genkai. Gengetsu visited the laboratory to check on Shisui Uchiha’s transformation before Tobirama Senju urged him to advance the Reanimation Technique through experiments.

• Minato accepted the advisors’ proposal to add a three-man squad and chose Shin Uchiha, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki.
• Kushina and Minato discussed Konoha’s growing number of Kekkei Genkai users, and Minato argued that mastering one remained difficult for ordinary ninja.
• Kushina pressed Gengetsu about having a child with Tsunade, so he fled using Flying Thunder God.
• Gengetsu checked on Shisui Uchiha at Konoha’s Kekkei Genkai research base and learned that his genes and physique were changing after receiving First Hokage Cells.
• Tobirama Senju told Gengetsu that the Reanimation Technique could advance only through further experimentation.

Gengetsu and Tobirama Senju discussed testing Sage Reincarnation, while Tsunade advanced her Immortal Cultivation and Gengetsu completed a major breakthrough in Dragon Vein Sage Art. Gengetsu emerged with new Kekkei Tōta abilities and extensive Sage Transformation, convinced that he had become overwhelmingly powerful.

• Gengetsu agreed to test Sage Reincarnation, but Tobirama Senju proposed Hashirama Senju as a better candidate for true resurrection.
• Tsunade completed Sage Transformation of her five Internal Organs and felt her body had returned to the condition of her youth.
• Gengetsu awakened from his cultivation with horns and purple-gold eyes after mastering Magnet Release through Dragon Vein Sage Art.
• Gengetsu revealed that he had also mastered Kekkei Tōta-level Ice Release and Lava Release and had completed Sage Transformation across most of his body.
• Gengetsu declared that he thought he was about to become invincible.

Gengetsu and Ao Cang discussed developing Magnet Release and investigating the Dragon Vein’s ability to cross time or worlds, while Gengetsu reunited with Tsunade. At Konoha’s Laboratory Base, Gengetsu used a new Sage Reincarnation technique to restore Hashirama Senju to a living clone.

• Ao Cang warned Gengetsu to develop practical Magnet Release techniques before relying on his confidence to defeat powerful opponents.
• Gengetsu decided to investigate the Dragon Vein’s ability to reach a parallel world or another point in time, and Tsunade returned to find his newly grown horns.
• Gengetsu explained that Ao Cang’s dream of becoming a Divine Dragon had influenced his Sage Transformation, then took Tsunade to a deserted island, where they spent the day together.
• At Konoha’s Laboratory Base, Gengetsu, Tsunade, Tobirama Senju, and Hashirama Senju prepared to test a reincarnation technique developed by Gengetsu and Tobirama Senju.
• Hashirama Senju dispelled his Impure World Reincarnation body, and Gengetsu performed Sage Art: Sage Reincarnation, summoning Hashirama Senju’s soul into a clone that transformed into him.

Gengetsu learned that Hashirama Senju’s Sage Reincarnation required years of cultivation to unite flesh and spirit, while Shisui Uchiha reported progress on a version of Izanagi powered by Yang and Yin Release. The chapter ended as Kaori cut Shisui’s cardiac muscle so Gengetsu could observe the technique’s effects.

• Hashirama Senju awakened through Sage Reincarnation, and Gengetsu explained that he still needed to complete Sage Transformation to escape the Netherworld Pure Land’s rules.
• Gengetsu estimated that Hashirama Senju would need three or four years of cultivation, and Tobirama Senju urged him to work hard for the village.
• Hashirama Senju went into seclusion, while Gengetsu visited Kaori, Uchiha Shinsui, and Shisui Uchiha at another laboratory.
• Shisui Uchiha told Gengetsu that Yang Release and Yin Release could power Izanagi through the Sharingan, though less effectively than using the eye’s power.
• Kaori severed Shisui Uchiha’s cardiac muscle with a Chakra Scalpel as Gengetsu watched closely with his Heavenly Eye.

Gengetsu watched Uchiha Shisui demonstrate a more efficient Izanagi, then considered how Yin-Yang Release might let him use the technique without sacrificing Sharingan. After spending time with friends and family, Gengetsu began developing Magnet Release techniques and settled on combining it with magical treasures for offense.

• Uchiha Shisui used Izanagi to undo severe injuries, explaining that each restoration consumed ocular power and Chakra and that fatal wounds could cost him a Sharingan.
• Gengetsu praised Uchiha Shisui’s progress and suggested that mastering Yin-Yang Release could eventually let him use Izanagi without relying on Sharingan.
• Gengetsu told Uchiha Shisui to learn senjutsu from Kaori, then left the laboratory with Uchiha Shinsui and later visited Minato’s family with Tsunade.
• Gengetsu gathered research on Kekkei powers and joined his Clones in the Forest of Death to develop Magnet Release techniques.
• Ao Cang suggested using Magneto as a reference, and Gengetsu decided that Magnet Release’s most suitable offensive application was controlling magical treasures, especially the Fantian Seal.

Gengetsu and Ao Cang explored ways to develop Magnet Release, from a gravity-powered Fantian Seal to defense, invisibility, and even light-speed movement. Gengetsu then considered electromagnetic genjutsu and soul-based illusions, while Ao Cang pointed out that an Electromagnetic Cannon might be the easiest attack to develop.

• Gengetsu used Gravity Technique to launch an Iron Sand brick and discussed forging a gravity-powered Fantian Seal with Ao Cang.
• Ao Cang suggested using Magnet Release to bind incoming lightning, and Gengetsu recognized that magnetic fields could provide a form of defense.
• Gengetsu wondered whether he could turn into a ray of light and move at light speed by applying principles from the Water Transformation Technique.
• Gengetsu considered using magnetic fields for sensing, communication, and genjutsu, then realized his Heavenly Eye might work with the Sharingan to target souls directly.
• Ao Cang urged Gengetsu to develop an Electromagnetic Cannon, which he thought would be the easiest attack technique to create.

Gengetsu continued developing Magnet Release and later gathered his four disciples to teach them Sage Mode and new techniques. He gave Kaori forbidden medical ninjutsu and introduced Naohide to his attack-oriented Chakra Chains, then explained how to cultivate the A-Rank technique.

• Gengetsu organized his Shadow Clones to develop Electromagnetic Cannon attacks, force-field defenses, and other Magnet Release applications while he researched combining Yang Release with Metal Release.
• After Konoha's calendar entered year 53, Gengetsu's disciples continued their training: Kaori advanced in Medical Ninjutsu, Naohide developed Magnet Release, Itachi excelled, and Neji learned from the others while attending the Ninja Academy.
• Gengetsu taught Kaori, Naohide, and Itachi how to cultivate Sage Mode, while Neji sat in because he was not yet ready for Immortal Cultivation.
• Gengetsu gave Kaori scrolls containing the forbidden Medical Ninjutsu Body Activation and Body Regeneration.
• Gengetsu showed Naohide his hand-sign-free A-Rank Chakra Chains, which could bind targets and pierce a tree, and said they required knowledge of Sealing Techniques to cultivate.

Gengetsu gave Naohide, Itachi, and Neji techniques suited to their talents, then traveled to Shikkotsu Forest to merge with his Sage-transformed clones. The fusion greatly increased his power and left his entire body having undergone Sage Transformation.

• Gengetsu gave Naohide a Chakra Chains scroll and gave Itachi a Summoning Scroll for a crow infused with Dragon Vein Chakra.
• Gengetsu gave Neji a scroll of Puppet Techniques, imagining the Hyuga using their Byakugan and chakra points to control many puppets.
• Neji studied the scroll at home, became excited by the techniques, and vowed not to disappoint Gengetsu.
• Gengetsu dismissed his disciples and went to Shikkotsu Forest, where his clones prepared to merge with him.
• Sage Number Twelve merged with Gengetsu first, causing his body to grow larger as the clone's energy and memories flooded into him.
• Over two hours, all the clones merged into Gengetsu, and Tsunade sensed that his whole body had undergone Sage Transformation.

After merging his Clones, Gengetsu gained immense vitality and strength, while Tsunade studied the limits of Sage-transformed cells and their connection to Kekkei powers. The chapter ended with Gengetsu adapting to his new power and proposing that they investigate the Seven Chakras after the Five Elements Realm.

• Tsunade saw plants grow from the energy leaking from Gengetsu and realized that the merged Clones had given him extraordinary vitality.
• Sage Katsuyu awoke in Shikkotsu Forest, sensed Gengetsu’s power, and believed he might help her advance further.
• Gengetsu regained control of his energy and returned to normal size, but crushed the laboratory floor when he moved.
• Tsunade and Gengetsu compared their cells with Little Katsuyu’s and concluded that Sage Transformation and Kekkei powers increased cellular capacity, though cells still had a limit.
• Tsunade projected that completing the Five Elements Realm could let her fuse seven Chakra Nature Transformations and master Kekkei Mōra.
• Gengetsu reassured Tsunade that she would succeed and suggested exploring the Seven Chakras after the Five Elements Realm.