Chapter Summaries

Gengetsu and Tsunade used Dragon Vein Sage Mode to travel through space-time and arrived in a strange, primitive world. After defeating a giant eagle possessed by a malicious shadow, they found themselves surrounded by red-eyed beasts.

• Gengetsu and Tsunade traveled from a deserted island through a space-time passage, while Ao Cang expended his power and fell asleep.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade arrived in a mountainous wilderness with unusually dense Natural Energy and suspected they had returned to the past.
• Gengetsu killed a giant eagle, then captured the shadow that left its body and discovered through its memories that the shadow had driven the eagle to become a man-eating monster.
• Gengetsu sealed the shadow in a bead, and he and Tsunade decided to seek a human settlement after finding no Chakra there.
• Red-eyed beasts emerged from the forest and surrounded Gengetsu and Tsunade, so Tsunade began Sage Art—Tree World Advent.

Gengetsu and Tsunade fought the beasts in the mountain forest and captured the monster formed from their fused souls. Three strangers claimed it was their shikigami, and after Gengetsu and Tsunade withdrew, Nara Soi betrayed them and ordered the shikigami to attack.

• Tsunade wiped out most of the beasts with Wood Release, but the survivors devoured one another and grew stronger.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade burned the remaining beasts, while their black shadows absorbed Natural Energy and combined into a physical monster resembling a Tailed Beast.
• Gengetsu restrained the monster’s soul with Adamantine Soul Chains as he and Tsunade examined it.
• Nara Soi arrived with two companions riding giant eagles, claimed the monster as his shikigami, and said they were on Nara Clan land.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade released the monster and began to withdraw, but Nara Soi ordered Beast Yan and Tai Yan to attack them.
• A nearby mountaintop transformed into a Rock Giant and swung its enormous palm at Gengetsu and Tsunade.

Gengetsu and Tsunade defeated Nara Soi, captured him, and learned that they had arrived in a world of Onmyoji and samurai with legends of ancient Sages. They settled with the Nara Clan while planning to study its talismans and investigate the Sages’ traces as they waited for Ao Cang to recover.

• Gengetsu and Tsunade defeated Nara Soi’s shikigami, killed his guards, and captured him after turning his wind and fire attack back on him.
• Gengetsu sealed Beast Yan, examined Tai Yan, then searched Nara Soi’s memories and made him his puppet.
• Tsunade inspected the War Fan and a scroll of talismans, finding the talisman knowledge more complete than that of the Shinobi World.
• Gengetsu explained that the world was ruled by Onmyoji and samurai, and that legends told of Sages who had exterminated demonic monsters over a thousand years earlier.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade decided to study the talismans, seek traces of the Sages, and wait for Ao Cang to recover before trying to return to the Shinobi World.
• Gengetsu controlled Nara Soi and had him lead them to Qianmin Town, where they temporarily settled with the Nara Clan.

Gengetsu and Tsunade found a hidden Sealing Ground and uncovered an ancient seal resembling the one that bound Dragon Vein Energy in Rōran. As Gengetsu opened its core, a shadow appeared within it and stared at him.

• Gengetsu found two Sealing Grounds after studying the yin-yang families’ talismans, and he and Tsunade went to the hidden one with Nara Soi.
• Gengetsu broke the ancient barrier concealing a cave that led to a vast chamber above underground magma.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade discovered talismans and energy chains surrounding a floating platform, whose seal reminded Gengetsu of the Dragon Vein seal in Rōran.
• Gengetsu studied the seal and its talismans overnight while Tsunade stood guard, then opened the taiji diagram to reveal its core.
• A shadow emerged inside the seal core and stared at Gengetsu.

Gengetsu and Tsunade questioned the sealed being Futsushi about the Sages and the Illusionary Truth Realm, but Gengetsu distrusted his promises of cultivation. They left the Sealing Ground and considered visiting another one.

• Gengetsu and Tsunade discovered a black dragon head in the seal, and it introduced itself as the Extraterrestrial Demonic Dragon King, Futsushi-Trump.
• Futsushi claimed he came from beyond the heavens and explained that Illusionary Truth Realms were thought-born worlds with unstable order and incomplete laws.
• Futsushi tempted Tsunade with promises of immortal arts and a way to escape the Illusionary Truth Realm, but Gengetsu broke the spell by taking her hand.
• Gengetsu demanded that Futsushi teach them before they freed him, then revealed that he had already released Ao Cang from an identical seal.
• Futsushi offered to teach them after Gengetsu and Tsunade started to leave, but Gengetsu refused and warned Tsunade that Futsushi was an evil demon.
• Tsunade asked whether they would visit another Sealing Ground.

Gengetsu investigated another Sealing Ground, defeated and captured a celestial demon, and learned that Futsushi’s claims about the Illusionary Truth Realm were true. After a meteor struck, he and Tsunade found a towering tree in its crater, leaving Gengetsu stunned by what had appeared a thousand years too early.

• Gengetsu reassured Tsunade, left a Wood Clone with her, and traveled with Nara Soi to another Sealing Ground.
• The seal broke as Nara Soi reached the island, releasing a black pillar and destroying the island while Gengetsu rescued survivors from the sea.
• Gengetsu split a tentacled monster in half, captured the celestial demon hiding inside it, and sealed it into a black bead.
• Gengetsu told Tsunade that the captured celestial demon’s memories confirmed Futsushi’s account of the Illusionary Truth Realm and the Sages.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade rushed to a meteor’s impact site and found a towering tree in the crater.

Gengetsu, Tsunade, and Ao Cang realized they had traveled thousands of years into the past and found the God Tree. Gengetsu decided to investigate whether he could restrain or take the tree, while the group speculated about the Ōtsutsuki Clan and the Illusionary Truth Realm.

• Gengetsu explained to Tsunade that changing the past would not alter the future because history would find a way to conform to itself.
• Ao Cang urged them to wait for the God Tree’s fruit, but Gengetsu rejected waiting hundreds or thousands of years and considered traveling through time again.
• Tsunade noticed the God Tree rapidly draining Natural Energy and the earth’s vitality, prompting Gengetsu to investigate the tree’s growth.
• Ao Cang speculated that the God Tree was tied to the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s cultivation, and Gengetsu wondered whether the clan came from beyond the Illusionary Truth Realm.
• Gengetsu created a Wood Clone and sent it toward the God Tree to test its abilities.

Gengetsu defeated the God Tree’s scattered consciousness talismans and gained control of the tree, while suspecting he and Tsunade had traveled to a parallel world. He planned to study the God Tree and seek more information from Futsushi.

• Gengetsu’s Wood Clone tested attacks on the God Tree, but its vines trapped and destroyed the clone.
• Gengetsu used his Heavenly Eye and Sharingan to connect with the God Tree’s consciousness, discovering talismans embedded within it.
• Gengetsu pulled out and sealed the consciousness talismans, after which the God Tree acknowledged him as its controller.
• Ao Cang celebrated the prospect of a God Fruit, but Gengetsu warned that the tree would need several hundred years to produce one.
• Gengetsu told Tsunade and Ao Cang that he suspected they were in a parallel world and said they needed to ask Futsushi for information.

Gengetsu and Tsunade questioned the sealed Heavenly Demon Futsushi about parallel worlds and immortal cultivation. Futsushi described the Demonic Path and its early realms while secretly hoping to tempt Gengetsu into cultivating it, and Gengetsu had him teach its specific methods.

• Gengetsu returned to the Sealing Ground with Tsunade, showed Futsushi a black bead containing another sealed Heavenly Demon, and demanded honest answers.
• Futsushi explained that parallel worlds existed within the Illusionary Truth Realm as interconnected bubbles, and that their laws reflected a main world unless someone changed them.
• Futsushi described the Demonic Path, in which cultivators subdued external demons and seized their power, and Gengetsu secretly told Tsunade he was only playing along with Futsushi’s scheme.
• Futsushi outlined the Demon Embryo realm, including strengthening the body, refining vital energy, and opening the Mystic Apertures of heaven and earth.
• Futsushi explained the Demon Aspect realm and the later use of Demonic Qi, then admitted he did not know the full cultivation method beyond that.
• Gengetsu suspected Futsushi was hiding information and trying to lure him into the Demonic Path, but ordered him to teach the specific cultivation secrets anyway.

Gengetsu sealed Futsushi after obtaining his secret art, then he and Tsunade compared its cultivation principles with their own research. After more than two years in the past, Gengetsu completed several artifacts and prepared to attempt a return.

• Gengetsu sealed Futsushi behind multiple layers of seals, while Futsushi secretly anticipated that Gengetsu would eventually use his cultivation method and free him.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade discussed the Heaven-and-Earth Mystic Apertures and concluded that becoming one with the primal chaos might mean awakening and controlling every cell’s subconscious.
• Gengetsu found that people had been drained and devoured by the God Tree, so he created a swamp around it to keep others away.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade searched for the Three Great Sacred Places for more than half a year but found no trace of them.
• Gengetsu crafted a Wind-Fire Fan, a Soul-Refining Gourd, and a Flying Thunder God Platform, then spent more than two years in the past before preparing to return.

Gengetsu and Tsunade returned from a parallel world to the Shinobi World, where they confirmed the two worlds had followed separate timelines. After sharing what they learned and bringing back talisman scrolls, Gengetsu left Tobirama Senju, Minato, and Hiruzen Sarutobi eager to study them, while Tobirama asked to join his next trip.

• Gengetsu and Ao Cang located Gengetsu's clone in the Shinobi World, and the clone brought Gengetsu and Tsunade back to a deserted island.
• Gengetsu learned that more than two years had passed during their absence, then returned Tsunade to Shikkotsu Forest to rest.
• Gengetsu confirmed that the three magical artifacts he had left behind were gone, concluding that the world he and Tsunade visited was a parallel world rather than the Shinobi World's past.
• Gengetsu invited Tobirama Senju, Minato, and Hiruzen Sarutobi to study the talisman scrolls he had brought back and explained his journey to them.
• Tobirama Senju asked Gengetsu to take him to the parallel world next time, while Minato and Hiruzen Sarutobi focused on the scrolls.

Gengetsu shared recovered Onmyoji talisman knowledge with Minato, Tobirama Senju, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, prompting plans to study magical artifacts and delay war with Akatsuki. After resting with Tsunade, he resumed developing his abilities and decided to experiment with Yin Release to strengthen his lungs.

• Gengetsu explained how Onmyoji techniques and seal arts had influenced the ninja system, then showed the others a War Fan artifact.
• Minato accidentally fired the War Fan into a wall, and Gengetsu explained that its talismans drew on Natural Energy.
• Minato agreed the village should gather experts to study the talismans, while Gengetsu proposed suppressing Akatsuki to postpone war.
• Gengetsu rested at Shikkotsu Forest, and Tsunade began cultivating her Kekkei Genkai and Sage Transformation.
• The next day, Gengetsu saw Tsunade training and resumed developing his Kekkei Genkai, deciding to try Yin Release to improve his lung-based Sage Transformation.

Gengetsu’s clone infiltrated Kirigakure and encountered Mei Terumi’s rebellion group as they debated whether to oppose the Fourth Mizukage. The group learned that the Mizukage was likely under genjutsu, and Gengetsu offered limited help from Konoha.

• Gengetsu sent a clone to Kirigakure while he continued developing Metal Release.
• Mei Terumi and five masked allies gathered in a cave and discussed stopping the Fourth Mizukage from starting a war with Iwa Ninja.
• Ao revealed that his Byakugan had shown the Fourth Mizukage was under genjutsu, and Kisame suggested Obito Uchiha might be responsible.
• Gengetsu’s clone emerged from underground, startling the group, and Kisame removed his mask.
• Gengetsu said Konoha would act because the matter involved Akatsuki and a Konoha Missing-nin, and offered to relay a request to the Fourth Hokage.

Konoha and Kirigakure prepared to cooperate against Akatsuki and the threat of a wider war. Gengetsu arrived in Kirigakure with reinforcements as Mei Terumi ordered the operation to begin.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura warned Konoha’s leaders that the Mist Ninja and Iwa Ninja could provoke a war, and Minato waited for more intelligence from Kirigakure.
• Gengetsu’s clone told Mei Terumi that Akatsuki controlled the Fourth Mizukage, and Mei agreed to accept assistance while preparing to stake everything on rescuing him.
• After learning the negotiations had succeeded, Minato sent two teams of bloodline ninjas to support Kirigakure alongside Gengetsu and Uchiha Shinsui.
• Gengetsu reduced the team’s gravity so they could travel through the air, then entered Kirigakure alone to meet Mei Terumi and the others.
• Gengetsu warned Mei Terumi that Akatsuki would detect their preparations, and Mei ordered the operation to begin.

Mei Terumi and the Mist Ninja exposed that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled, then pursued Obito Uchiha, but Deidara ambushed them and badly wounded Yagura. Gengetsu treated Yagura’s injuries but discovered his life force was still draining away as a battle began to the northwest.

• Ao used his Byakugan to help undo the genjutsu controlling the Fourth Mizukage, who then led a pursuit of Obito Uchiha.
• White Zetsu warned Obito Uchiha that Gengetsu was in Kirigakure, and Obito vanished to confront him.
• Deidara ambushed the Mist Ninja with an explosion, but Gengetsu struck him with an Electromagnetic Cannon and blew off his left arm.
• The Fourth Mizukage was badly wounded while shielding the others, and Gengetsu examined him and healed his blast injuries.
• Gengetsu discovered that Yagura’s life force was still draining away, then sensed intense Chakra fluctuations to the northwest as a battle began.

Kanzuki Chiba’s team confronted Hiruko and two Akatsuki members, while Obito Uchiha watched and then unleashed Susanoo. The chapter left Uchiha Shinsui ordering the others to flee from Obito’s Complete Form.

• Kanzuki Chiba identified Hiruko among three approaching enemies, and Uchiha Shinsui assigned Kakashi, Hyuga Tenma, and Itachi Uchiha to fight him.
• Obito Uchiha appeared as Akatsuki attacked with magnetically controlled weapons and the Star Ninja Village’s Mysterious Peacock Method.
• Kanzuki Chiba and Anko used water techniques to split Hiruko from the two other Akatsuki members, while Kakashi, Hyuga Tenma, and Itachi Uchiha pursued Hiruko.
• Hiruko used a clone explosion and fought off Itachi Uchiha, whose Swift Release and Sharingan he wanted for his final transformation.
• Shinnosuke Sarutobi revealed his ability to become fire and fly, then demanded that the two airborne Akatsuki members surrender.
• Obito Uchiha formed Complete Form Susanoo and flew toward Uchiha Shinsui, who ordered Kanzuki Chiba and the others to leave.

Obito Uchiha overwhelmed Uchiha Shinsui with his complete-body Susanoo, but Shinsui created an opening for Gengetsu to destroy it. Afterward, Mei Terumi organized Kirigakure’s forces to protect the village and pursue the fleeing Akatsuki members.

• Obito Uchiha revealed his complete-body Susanoo, distracting the fighters and allowing two Akatsuki members to escape as Kanzuki Chiba and the others pursued them.
• Uchiha Shinsui drew Obito Uchiha away and fought him with his Sage Mode-enhanced Susanoo, but Obito shattered it and pierced it with Kamui Shuriken.
• Uchiha Shinsui used Myriad Seal Tsukuyomi when Obito Uchiha lost his intangibility, making Obito’s Susanoo fall and giving Gengetsu an opening to strike.
• Gengetsu attacked the blue Susanoo twice with his High-Frequency Oscillating Lightning Blade, destroying it and flattening a mountain.
• Mei Terumi ordered Kisame to escort the Fourth Mizukage, then directed Kirigakure’s forces to defend the village and pursue the Akatsuki members.

Gengetsu used his battle with Obito Uchiha to refine his Ice Person Technique, repeatedly augmenting it until it could overpower the Susanoo. As the two clashed so violently that the island began to crack, Mei Terumi rushed in to stop them.

• Kirigakure's elites formed three squads and moved to surround the other battlefields while Mei Terumi headed toward Gengetsu and Obito Uchiha.
• Gengetsu attacked Obito Uchiha with a Kekkei Tōta-level Ice Person, using Flying Thunder God to land a blow that cracked Obito's Susanoo.
• Gengetsu added Yang Release Sage Chakra and Gravity Technique to the Ice Person, giving it wings and enough force to send the Susanoo flying.
• The Ice Person chased the Susanoo and hammered it into the ground, collapsing a mountain and cracking the island.
• Mei Terumi rushed toward the battlefield after realizing the fight might destroy the island.

Gengetsu and Uchiha Shinsui fought Obito Uchiha, and Gengetsu used Magnet Release to disrupt Obito’s Kamui before forcing him to spend Izanagi and escape underground. The pair prepared to return to the village and check on Chiba and the others after Mei Terumi arrived and learned Obito had escaped.

• Gengetsu trapped Obito’s Complete Body Susanoo in ice, weakened it with Dust Release, and struck it with Magnet Release: Rasenshuriken, which prevented Obito from using Kamui.
• Uchiha Shinsui used Myriad Seal Tsukuyomi while Gengetsu rushed Obito and sealed him, but Obito escaped underground by using Izanagi.
• Gengetsu stopped Uchiha Shinsui from pursuing Obito, explaining that underground passages would let him escape with his spatial ocular technique.
• Gengetsu warned Uchiha Shinsui that the clan needed to prevent Obito from obtaining Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and they agreed to discuss sealing measures back in the village.
• Mei Terumi arrived and asked whether Gengetsu had defeated Obito; Gengetsu told her Obito had escaped and compared his current strength to Madara Uchiha’s.

Kakashi, Itachi Uchiha, and Hyuga Tenma fought Hiruko and his Chimera Technique Summoning Beast while Gengetsu and others watched. Kakashi defeated Hiruko with an Ice Ring Rasenshuriken, and Gengetsu searched the captured rogue ninja’s memories before refusing Mei Terumi’s request to take him.

• Itachi Uchiha and Hyuga Tenma destroyed Hiruko’s Summoning Beast with Swift Release, Gentle Fist, and Twin Dragon Battle.
• Hiruko suppressed Kakashi in close combat, and the arriving Mist Ninja’s ninjutsu was absorbed by Hiruko’s Dark Release and turned back against them.
• Kanzuki Chiba and the others arrived with prisoners while Gengetsu chose to let Kakashi and his allies handle the fight.
• Kakashi entered Mount Myōboku’s Sage Mode and struck Hiruko with an Ice Ring Rasenshuriken that Dark Release could not absorb.
• Gengetsu found Hiruko alive in the frozen crater, searched his memories, and refused Mei Terumi’s request to take him.