Chapter Summaries

Mei Terumi left Konoha after Gengetsu refused to hand over Hiruko, and Gengetsu decided to study the Chimera Technique as a possible route to Kekkei Mōra. Obito Uchiha, injured and blind in one eye, planned to lie low and target Shisui Uchiha, while Gengetsu returned to Konoha confident he could control the coming conflict.

• Mei Terumi left with her people after Gengetsu refused to give her Hiruko, and Gengetsu considered studying the Chimera Technique as a backup path to Kekkei Mōra.
• Obito Uchiha and Deidara returned to an Akatsuki base, where White Zetsu reported that Kakashi had captured Hiruko and the other attackers.
• Obito Uchiha revealed that Gengetsu had used a new power to block his ocular techniques, leaving him blind in his left eye, and decided he needed a replacement eye.
• White Zetsu suggested Itachi Uchiha or Shisui Uchiha as replacements, and Obito Uchiha chose Shisui Uchiha rather than risk provoking Gengetsu by targeting Itachi.
• Gengetsu delivered Hiruko's flesh and blood to Kaori for research, then concluded that Kirigakure would likely ally with Konoha and that he had to manage the pace of events while he and Naruto and Sasuke grew stronger.

Gengetsu mastered Metal Release and transformed himself into a liquid-metal form while discussing preparations for his next journey to a parallel world. As Kirigakure allied with Konoha and joined the Chunin Exams, he also agreed to teach graduating Ninja Academy students a harsh final combat lesson.

• Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui ate ramen, visited the hot springs, and discussed cultivation together.
• Kirigakure reported that Yagura had died and Mei Terumi had become the Fifth Mizukage, then sent envoys including Kisame to conclude an alliance with Konoha and join the joint Chunin Exams.
• Gengetsu agreed to teach the Ninja Academy students their final lesson through real combat training.
• Gengetsu completed his sixth Kekkei Tōta, Metal Release, and discovered he could transform his body into liquid metal, reshape it into weapons, and regenerate severed parts.
• Ao Cang advised Gengetsu to prepare more thoroughly before his next crossing, including completing his Sage Transformation and possibly awakening the Mangekyo.
• Gengetsu reaffirmed his plans to obtain the God Tree's fruit in a parallel world or, if necessary, seize the God Tree in the current Shinobi World.

Gengetsu tested his liquid-metal Kekkei Tōta by combining it with Lava Release, creating a Steel Lava Golem that defeated his Sage Art Shadow Clone and Wood Release’s Top Transformed Buddha. After Tsunade joined him, they prioritized Sage Transformation and began seclusion; half a month later, her clone reported that the cloning technology improvements had succeeded.

• Gengetsu explained the defenses and weaknesses of liquid metal transformation, then had his clone absorb metal and become a steel giant.
• Gengetsu’s clone combined Metal Release and Lava Release into the Steel Lava Golem, which smashed apart a Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and pierced his Shadow Clone with magma streams.
• Gengetsu’s Shadow Clone summoned the Wooden Buddha, but the three-headed Steel Lava Golem defeated it and exhausted nearly all its Chakra.
• Tsunade approached after sensing the battle, and Gengetsu returned with her to Shikkotsu Forest and discussed developing the technique and cultivating Sage Transformation.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade entered seclusion with their main bodies while their clones continued training and research.
• Half a month later, Tsunade’s clone told Gengetsu’s clone that improvements to the cloning technology had succeeded.

Gengetsu and Tsunade perfected a cloning technique and revived Rin Nohara in Konoha Year 56. After Rin learned what happened to Obito, Gengetsu arranged to contact Orochimaru and considered leaving her in Kakashi’s care.

• Tsunade explained how talisman formulas could guide Natural Energy to cultivate cells without them being consumed.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade used Rin’s preserved cells and Tsunade’s cells to grow a body resembling Rin’s, succeeding after six months of attempts.
• Gengetsu performed Sage Reincarnation, and Rin awoke in her new body.
• Rin asked about Kakashi and Obito, and Gengetsu told her that Obito had fallen into darkness and caused the Nine-Tails Rampage.
• Gengetsu sent a message to Orochimaru and considered having Kakashi care for Rin and teach her Immortal Cultivation.
• Orochimaru read Gengetsu’s message and looked toward a young boy lying on his experiment table.

Gengetsu reunited Rin with Kakashi and began teaching Guy Immortal Cultivation. Afterward, Gengetsu confronted Obito Uchiha, warned him away from Rin, and revealed the truth behind Madara Uchiha’s Eye of the Moon Plan and the altered stone tablet.

• Guy told Gengetsu that he had mastered Body Activation and Body Regeneration, so Gengetsu agreed to teach him the next stage of training.
• Gengetsu brought Rin and Guy to Kakashi’s home, where Rin and Kakashi reunited, and Gengetsu left Rin in Kakashi’s care to learn Immortal Cultivation.
• Gengetsu treated Guy to barbecue, then taught him Immortal Cultivation at a secluded training ground.
• After sunset, Obito Uchiha confronted Gengetsu about reviving Rin, and Gengetsu warned him not to target her or he would destroy the Akatsuki.
• Gengetsu told Obito that the Eye of the Moon Plan would drain the chakra of everyone trapped in its dream and revealed that the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet had been tampered with.

Gengetsu shook Obito Uchiha’s beliefs by revealing secrets about the future and urging him to reform the ninja system, while Obito visited Rin and found a moment of comfort in her dream. Later, Gengetsu’s Heavenly Eye began transforming as he absorbed Natural Energy, and Ao Cang marveled at his growing power.

• Obito Uchiha blamed Madara Uchiha for altering the Sage of Six Paths’ stone tablet, while Gengetsu left him to decide whether to turn back.
• Gengetsu told Obito Uchiha that his eyes could see the future, revealed that he had failed to save Obito and Rin but had saved Minato and Kushina, and urged Obito to defeat Madara and reform the ninja system.
• Gengetsu explained that the Ōtsutsuki Clan had brought the God Tree to the world and declared his intention to wipe them out, leaving Obito Uchiha shaken and confused.
• Obito Uchiha visited the sleeping Rin at Kakashi’s home, heard her call his name in a dream, and wept as Gengetsu watched from a nearby tree.
• Gengetsu left Shikkotsu Forest for a deserted island and used his awakened five viscera to draw Natural Energy into his body at greatly increased speed.
• Ao Cang observed Gengetsu’s transforming cells and powerful physique, praised his achievements, and longed to become a true Divine Dragon.

Gengetsu filled his body with Natural Energy and evolved his Heavenly Eye into a golden Rinne Sharingan, then discovered six chakra pathway energy fields within Tsunade. At the Uchiha Research Facility, he drafted a stronger seal for the clan’s Sharingan, leaving Fugaku Uchiha to refine it.

• Gengetsu absorbed Natural Energy until his cells overflowed with Immortal Force, causing the island’s vegetation to grow wildly.
• Gengetsu poured Immortal Force into his Heavenly Eye until it opened and gained three additional tomoe, becoming a golden Rinne Sharingan.
• Ao Cang described the Heavenly Eye’s abilities, including seeing through genjutsu, invading souls, and true Intangibility.
• Gengetsu and Ao Cang saw six chakra pathway energy fields within Tsunade, then returned to Konoha with her.
• At the Uchiha Research Facility, Gengetsu criticized the clan’s Sharingan seal and drafted a stronger formula for Fugaku Uchiha to revise.

Gengetsu forged special blades, helped Kaori begin learning Wood Release, and completed his Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blades before setting out with Tobirama Senju on another time-space traversal. Black Tentacles attacked them in the passage, and Gengetsu emerged carrying only Tobirama Senju’s arm, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Gengetsu forged five throwing knives, then made a long and short Tachi for a swordsmith in exchange for one hundred million ryo and an Iron Gourd.
• Kaori told Gengetsu she had achieved Wood Release, and he showed her how three Chakra Nature Transformations could merge.
• Gengetsu completed three Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blades by reconstructing the throwing knives with a sealing formula.
• Gengetsu and Tobirama Senju began their time-space traversal, but Black Tentacles tore into the passage and attacked them.
• Gengetsu and Tobirama Senju fought the tentacles until Ao Cang found a way out, and Gengetsu reached solid ground holding Tobirama Senju’s arm as it crumbled to dust.

Gengetsu arrived in the era when Kaguya Otsutsuki ruled and rescued seven people from the God Tree while avoiding her notice. He confirmed that Hagoromo and Hamura were still young, then visited the sealed Futsushi, who realized Gengetsu could keep returning through time.

• Gengetsu found the Flying Thunder God Platform and learned that the God Tree still stood under Kaguya Otsutsuki’s control.
• Gengetsu broke seven living people free from the God Tree’s cocoons and teleported them to safety.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki came to investigate, but Gengetsu hid from her Byakugan and watched her leave.
• Gengetsu spotted the young Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, then left a clone to guard a concealed cave.
• Gengetsu visited the weakened Futsushi after a thousand years of sealing, and Futsushi warned that repeated time travel would kill him.

Gengetsu learned from Futsushi how Demonic Thought could control Void Demons, then continued developing his own cultivation path. Half a year later, he watched Gamamaru lead the Sage of Six Paths brothers toward the God Tree and saw the Sage of Six Paths begin opposing Kaguya.

• Gengetsu threatened to kill Futsushi, who advised him to refine Demonic Thought to control Void Demons.
• Futsushi explained the cultivation stages and the Seven Emotions and Six Desires, while Gengetsu listened and concealed his distrust of the method.
• Gengetsu resealed Futsushi, then decided to find a safer visualization object and created Shadow Clones to develop his bloodline limit.
• Half a year later, Gengetsu's clone saw Gamamaru coax the Sage of Six Paths brothers into visiting the God Tree.
• Gengetsu watched another sacrifice to the God Tree, including Habit, and saw the Sage of Six Paths turn against Kaguya.

Gengetsu decided to intervene in Kaguya’s conflict with her sons, hoping to foster understanding while still pursuing the God Tree. After nearly half a year of cultivation, he arrived as the Sage of Six Paths returned and introduced himself to Kaguya, Hagoromo, Hamura, and Gamamaru as the Dragon Vein Sage.

• Gengetsu reasoned that Kaguya’s fear of the Otsutsuki Main Family and her failure to communicate with her sons had driven their family tragedy, and he resolved to try to help them despite his desire to seize the God Tree.
• Gengetsu sent out Clones, cultivated for nearly half a year, and completed Boil Release while discussing Bloodline Immortal Force and a possible path to immortality with Ao Cang.
• Gengetsu saw Kaguya suppress Hamura and predicted that the Sage of Six Paths would soon return.
• After the Sage of Six Paths returned from Mount Myōboku, Gengetsu flew to the village and introduced himself to Kaguya, Hagoromo, Hamura, and Gamamaru as the Dragon Vein Sage.
• Gengetsu asked them to hear what he had to say before they acted, and the Sage of Six Paths demanded to know his purpose.

Gengetsu tried to convince Kaguya to trust her sons and stop the God Tree’s offerings, but she refused and transformed the God Tree into the Ten-Tails. The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura fought Kaguya and the Ten-Tails for months, while Gengetsu watched and shielded nearby settlements; their battle began tearing land away from the continent, including the region where Toad Country lay.

• Gengetsu told Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths, and Hamura that the Otsutsuki Main Family would come to reclaim the God Tree’s power and urged Kaguya to trust her sons, but she refused and challenged them.
• The God Tree transformed into the Ten-Tails, and Gengetsu carried Gamamaru into the air to watch the battle.
• The Sage of Six Paths fought the Ten-Tails while Hamura faced Kaguya, and Gengetsu’s Clones activated barriers to protect towns and villages from the battle’s destruction.
• The Sage of Six Paths drove the Ten-Tails away from populated areas and gained the upper hand, while Gengetsu studied his and Hamura’s techniques.
• After more than two months of fighting, earthquakes, eruptions, and storms split a landmass from the continent, and Gengetsu realized Toad Country was in danger.

Gengetsu used layered sealing techniques to capture and suppress the Ten-Tails while the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura fought Kaguya. With the Ten-Tails secured, Gengetsu sent a clone toward the other battle and claimed the creature as his own.

• Gengetsu entered Dragon Vein Sage Mode and dove toward the Ten-Tails, telling the Sage of Six Paths to focus on sealing Kaguya.
• Gengetsu dodged the Ten-Tails’ attacks, severed and disabled its tails, then pierced its head with Adamantine Soul Chains.
• Gamamaru flooded the Ten-Tails with water, and Gengetsu froze and bound it with multiple sealing techniques until it stopped struggling.
• Gengetsu saw Kaguya break the Sage of Six Paths’ Susanoo with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, while Hamura and the Sage gradually suppressed her.
• Gengetsu sent a clone toward the battle, which evaded Kaguya’s All-Killing Ash Bone, then declared that the Ten-Tails was his.

Gengetsu explained how the God Tree, the Ten-Tails, and Kaguya’s consciousness were connected while his clone helped the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki seal Kaguya. He concluded that Kaguya’s original body had been sealed away, so she needed Madara Uchiha and Infinite Tsukuyomi to resurrect.

• Gengetsu explained to Ao Cang that the God Tree and Kaguya were independent entities, and that eating the God Tree Fruit had given Kaguya a God Tree body.
• Ao Cang analyzed how Kaguya’s consciousness influenced the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Black Zetsu, and the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Gengetsu’s clone used Soul Bind and Ultra-Frequency Pulse to immobilize Kaguya and pin down her soul.
• The Sage of Six Paths and Hamura Otsutsuki used Six Paths—Planetary Devastation to seal Kaguya’s body and consciousness within the earth and stone.
• Gengetsu explained that Infinite Tsukuyomi and the God Tree had allowed Kaguya to restore her sealed consciousness and resurrect through Madara Uchiha.

Gengetsu sealed Kaguya’s consciousness and took the God Tree for himself after the battle, then secluded himself to develop his chakra energy fields. He finished opening all six fields and considered whether the God Tree could enlarge them.

• Gengetsu captured Black Zetsu, extracted Kaguya’s consciousness from the Ten-Tails, sealed it in a pearl, and gave it to Hamura Otsutsuki.
• Gengetsu released the cocoons from the God Tree and sealed the tree inside his body, leaving the Sage of Six Paths and Hamura to handle the aftermath.
• Gengetsu told the Sage of Six Paths that he came from beyond the realm, then withdrew to the deep mountains while the Sage and Hamura played savior.
• Gengetsu used Ao Cang’s Dragon Vein Sage Chakra to open his Throat, Brow, and Crown Chakras, completing all six energy fields over more than two months.
• Ao Cang suggested moving the God Tree into other energy fields to see whether it could enlarge them.

Gengetsu studied Futsushi’s demonic-dragon body as a model for a Dragon God Dharma Aspect, then visited the Sage of Six Paths to discuss chakra and Ninshu. The Sage explained his plan to use chakra to foster understanding and peace, while Ao Cang questioned whether understanding could overcome human desires.

• Gengetsu decided to use Futsushi’s body as a template for visualizing a Dragon God Dharma Aspect, and Ao Cang began changing his own form.
• Gengetsu spent a month and a half examining Futsushi’s anatomy with his Byakugan, then reinforced the seals and left the Sealing Ground.
• Gengetsu went to visit the Sage of Six Paths and learned that Hamura Otsutsuki had gone to the Moon to accompany his mother.
• Gengetsu and the Sage of Six Paths discussed Chakra Nature Transformation and talismans, sharing insights that impressed them both.
• The Sage of Six Paths described his plan to establish the Ninshu Sect and use chakra to help people understand one another and achieve peace.
• Ao Cang argued that people’s desires and conflicting interests made the Sage’s ideal naive, while Gengetsu acknowledged the Sage’s achievements.

Gengetsu learned the Sage of Six Paths' explanation of Yin-Yang Release, then searched for the Dragon Vein to locate Ao Cang's former self. He found the Dragon Vein seal, but an enormous demonic eye appeared beneath it, and Gengetsu suspected it belonged to Ao Cang's former self.

• Gengetsu explained his Immortal Cultivation path to the Sage of Six Paths, then learned how Yin-Yang Release could lead to Truth-Seeking Orbs.
• After half a month with the Sage of Six Paths, Gengetsu left and agreed with Ao Cang to use the Dragon Vein to search for his second granduncle.
• Gengetsu spent a month storing Dragon Vein Sage Chakra, then flew southeast and found a place where his perception and Byakugan were blocked.
• Gengetsu entered the hidden Dragon Vein chamber, broke through to its sealing core, and encountered a gigantic eye that recognized the Dragon Vein power within him.
• Gengetsu suspected the demonic monster was Ao Cang's former self and said it might be stronger than Trump.

Gengetsu and Ao Cang discovered that a demon had been sealed within the Dragon Vein and may have influenced Ao Cang’s creation. The demon warned them about Void Demons and the danger they posed to their worlds, while Gengetsu remained cautious and prepared for future threats.

• Ao Cang rejected the idea that the sealed demon was his previous incarnation, and Gengetsu suggested the demon’s influence had shaped him.
• The demon recognized Gengetsu and Ao Cang as visitors from a parallel world and explained that Gengetsu’s cultivation was not enough to reach a material universe.
• Gengetsu added a talismanic seal over the original seal, and the demon praised his caution.
• The demon described Illusionary Truth Realms as fragile bubble worlds and explained that changes to their rules could affect parallel worlds.
• The demon warned that Void Demons were raised by celestial demons and could devour entire worlds, alarming Gengetsu and Ao Cang.
• Gengetsu resolved to prepare for a Void Demon invasion and sealed the demon further, while the demon predicted he would return within eight hundred years.

Gengetsu warned the Sage of Six Paths about demons that might return, then entered a spacetime passage with Ao Cang and fought off an ambush. They emerged with two enormous Octopus Demons, and Gengetsu attacked them in giant form.

• Gengetsu sent a clone to warn the Sage of Six Paths, who decided to search for other Sealing Grounds and establish the Ninshu Sect.
• Gengetsu entered the spacetime passage with Ao Cang and found Black Tentacles attacking from both directions.
• Gengetsu fought through the tentacles, destroying some with lightning, but two stronger demons pierced and drained two of his heads.
• As the demons began to collapse the passage, Gengetsu transformed into a giant and dragged the tentacles through as Ao Cang dispersed it.
• Two enormous Octopus Demons fell into the new location, and Gengetsu grew taller than mountains and smashed at them.

Gengetsu defeated two Void Demons, discovered that they could regenerate and that a nine-headed serpent Heavenly Demon commanded hundreds of them, then captured the demons and headed to find someone. He emerged on a battlefield where the Uchiha and Senju were fighting and swiftly incapacitated the combatants.

• Gengetsu smashed the two Octopus Demons into bloody pits, but discovered their scattered remains were regenerating.
• Gengetsu explained to Ao Cang that Void Demons relied on powerful regeneration and could likely pass through spacetime without being stopped by spatial ninjutsu.
• Gengetsu reassembled and controlled both Octopus Demons, then read their memories and learned that hundreds of demons worshipped a nine-headed serpent Heavenly Demon.
• Gengetsu and Ao Cang worried that the Heavenly Demon had targeted their worlds, and Gengetsu set out to find someone before the demons could report back.
• Gengetsu teleported onto a battlefield where Uchiha and Senju fighters attacked him, then knocked down the combatants with an electromagnetic wave.