Chapter Summaries

Gengetsu and Tobirama Senju decided to fight the Celestial Demons and Void Demons in an era where Sages existed, then entered the spacetime passage to reach it. Six Octopus Demons ambushed them inside, and Tobirama Senju was pierced by their tentacles.

• Gengetsu told Tobirama Senju about the Celestial Demons and Void Demons, and Tobirama concluded they had to draw the enemies out of the spacetime passage to fight them safely.
• Gengetsu proposed returning to the Shinobi World and using the Dragon Vein to reach a past era where Sages could help them; Tobirama agreed.
• Gengetsu entered Dragon Vein Sage Mode, bound Tobirama Senju with Adamantine Chains, and led him into the passage.
• Six Octopus Demons attacked from both ends of the passage, and Gengetsu used Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blades to sever their tentacles.
• The Octopus Demons flooded the passage with tentacles, swallowing Gengetsu and Tobirama Senju and piercing Tobirama through.

Ao Cang and Gengetsu pulled six Octopus Demons into the Shinobi World, where Gengetsu and Tsunade fought the monsters after discovering hidden Heavenly Demons were controlling them. The battle left Gengetsu wounded and Tsunade charging an Octopus Demon in a rage.

• Ao Cang and Gengetsu brought six giant Octopus Demons through the passage and dropped them onto a deserted island.
• Gengetsu froze the demons in a massive iceberg, and Tobirama Senju returned with Tsunade before leaving to summon more reinforcements.
• Tsunade used Sage Art—Tree World Advent while Gengetsu bound and immobilized several demons, but hidden Demonic Thoughts helped them break free and destroy Gengetsu's pets.
• Tsunade raised a Wooden Buddha and fought the demons' tentacles as Gengetsu struggled to control three of the monsters.
• A tentacle pierced Gengetsu and destroyed his Shadow Clone, while two tentacles pierced Tsunade; she healed with Mitotic Regeneration and charged the demon attacking Gengetsu.

Gengetsu and Tsunade struggled to contain the Octopus Demons, whose regeneration and Heavenly Demon control made them difficult to stop. Their reinforcements arrived, and the group prepared to restrain and seal the monsters before any part of them reached the sea.

• Tsunade attacked an Octopus Demon, but its wound regenerated into a maw, forcing her to retreat under Gengetsu's protection.
• Gengetsu used an electromagnetic pulse to immobilize two Octopus Demons, and Tsunade struck them with Rasenshuriken that crippled parts of their bodies.
• Gengetsu lost control of the monsters as his ocular power ran low and pulled Tsunade away from tentacles that erupted through the ice.
• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju arrived, followed by Minato, Kushina, and Uchiha Shinsui.
• Kushina expanded the frozen sea, while Minato entered Nine-Tails Sage Mode and prepared Rasenshuriken as Gengetsu explained that he needed time to seal the Heavenly Demons.
• Hashirama Senju began using the Gate of the Great God to restrain the Octopus Demons.

Hashirama Senju, Minato, Gengetsu, Uchiha Shinsui, and Tobirama Senju fought the Octopus Demons and sealed several Heavenly Demons. After Tobirama Senju sealed one demon, a tentacle spread through his body, and he set off an explosive technique to stop it.

• Hashirama Senju used Gates of the Great God to restrain the Octopus Demons while Minato and Uchiha Shinsui attacked them.
• Gengetsu hurled six Dust Release Rasenshuriken, disintegrating the demons’ tentacles as Hashirama Senju and Minato struck the creatures.
• Uchiha Shinsui used Myriad Seal Tsukuyomi to immobilize an Octopus Demon, allowing Gengetsu to bind and seal the Heavenly Demon Jialuo and take control of its host.
• Tobirama Senju sealed an Octopus Demon, but a tentacle pierced his chest and began spreading through his body.
• Tobirama Senju used Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags and engulfed himself in an infinite explosion.

Gengetsu and the Konoha fighters turned the battle against the Heavenly Demons and Octopus Demons, using powerful techniques to destroy their bodies and trap their Demonic Thoughts. The last monstrous bird was cut apart by Gengetsu, though it left with a threat before exploding.

• Tobirama Senju detonated Exploding Tags, destroying himself and the Octopus Demon tentacles inside his body.
• Hashirama Senju suppressed an Octopus Demon with Kakuan Entering the City with Helping Hands, then trapped an incoming monstrous bird with the Ten Thousand Buddha Seal.
• The Nine-Tails was bound by three Octopus Demons until Uchiha Shinsui’s complete-body Susanoo struck one of them.
• Kushina used Ice Release—Needle Technique to freeze and pierce an Octopus Demon, forcing the Heavenly Demon inside it to flee toward Uchiha Shinsui.
• Gengetsu sealed one monstrous bird and sliced another in half with a Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blade as it flew toward Tsunade and Kushina; the bird exploded after threatening him.

After the Celestial Demon battle, Gengetsu learned that the enemy was a powerful Garuda Celestial Demon King whose clone had raised the Octopus Demons. He explained the demons’ threat and considered how Susanoo might develop into a Dharma Manifestation, while the group identified the methods best suited to fighting Celestial Demons.

• Gengetsu checked the battlefield, confirmed the Celestial Demon Thoughts were sealed or destroyed, and had his Clones collect the Octopus Demons’ scattered remains.
• Hashirama Senju warned that Sage Reincarnation must not be abused, while Gengetsu and Kushina argued that sufficient power could overcome the Netherworld’s rules.
• Gengetsu examined the four jade pieces and identified their source as the Garuda Celestial Demon King, whose clone had raised the Octopus Demons and possessed at least Dharma Manifestation-level strength.
• Gengetsu explained the Dharma Manifestation Realm and suggested that Susanoo could serve as one, prompting the group to discuss Madara Uchiha’s fusion of Susanoo with the Nine-Tails.
• Tsunade and Uchiha Shinsui concluded that soul-targeting Sealing Techniques, powerful Lightning Release, and spiritual attacks were effective against Celestial Demons, which resisted genjutsu.

Gengetsu and the others decided the Garuda Celestial Demon King had to be lured into the past of a parallel world, where the Sages could help kill him. They prepared for the time-space journey while arranging for Minato to guard Konoha, and Tobirama took an Octopus Demon back for study.

• Gengetsu shared memories showing that the Garuda Celestial Demon King could enslave an entire world through illusion, and revealed that the group had been exposed.
• Gengetsu proposed luring the Garuda Celestial Demon King into the ancient past of a parallel world to use the Sages' power against him.
• Gengetsu chose Tobirama Senju and Shisui to accompany him, while Uchiha Shinsui and Tsunade remained behind and Minato agreed to protect Konoha.
• Tobirama insisted that Hashirama Senju stay in the village, then returned to Konoha with Hashirama and an Octopus Demon to study it.

After returning to Shikkotsu Forest with the Octopus Demons, Gengetsu discussed his Dharma Aspect cultivation plans with Tsunade and helped her choose visualization targets. Tsunade began pursuing Sage Katsuyu and the Thousand-Armed Wooden Buddha while Gengetsu prepared to advance his own cultivation.

• Gengetsu and Tsunade brought the other five Octopus Demons to Shikkotsu Forest, where Gengetsu persuaded Tsunade not to join his dangerous fights and they spent the night together.
• Gengetsu told Tsunade he would stay while Ao Cang recovered and explained that he planned to pursue Dharma Aspect cultivation using his own visualization method rather than Trump's secret art.
• Gengetsu described the God Tree, Sage Katsuyu, and the Thousand-Armed Wooden Buddha as Tsunade's best visualization choices, and Tsunade decided to begin with Sage Katsuyu and the Thousand-Armed Wooden Buddha.
• Tsunade sent a clone to study Sage Katsuyu and another to Konoha to investigate the Octopus Demons with Tobirama Senju, while her main body continued awakening her cells' subconscious awareness.
• Tsunade focused on reaching the Sage Realm and preparing to cultivate a Dharma Aspect, while Gengetsu faced heavier cultivation tasks.

Gengetsu refined his understanding of Dharma Manifestation and advanced his Sage Realm cultivation while his clones continued training Bloodline powers. In Konoha, he met Kabuto Yakushi, who had become Kaori’s disciple, and asked how many Chakra Nature Transformations he had mastered.

• Gengetsu’s Split Body Clone realized that Dharma Manifestation required incorporating the Dragon Vein’s underlying traits and laws into the demonic dragon’s form.
• After five days, Gengetsu learned that Lava Release was complete, leaving only Storm Release and Paper Release among his current goals.
• Gengetsu used Magnet Release and the awakened subconsciousness of his internal organs to speed the awakening of the rest of his cells.
• Gengetsu met Kaori and Kabuto Yakushi on his way to Minato’s home and learned that Kabuto was Kaori’s disciple.
• Kaori praised Kabuto’s Medical Ninjutsu talent, and Gengetsu asked whether he had mastered seven Chakra Nature Transformations.

After returning from a two-year journey, Gengetsu reunited with his disciples and visited Minato’s family, where he taught Naruto the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. Later, Tsunade told him that Kushina had not awakened the Heavenly Eye after completing Pineal Gland Sage Transformation, leaving Gengetsu to question whether the ability was universal.

• Gengetsu checked Kabuto Yakushi’s progress and asked Kaori to bring him to a new research project at the Laboratory Base.
• Gengetsu visited Minato’s home, where Kugatsu and Naruto asked about his travels and received gifts.
• After learning that Naruto already knew the Rasengan, Gengetsu taught him the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, which Naruto learned immediately.
• Gengetsu’s clone joined Minato’s family for a meal while his main body grilled with Tsunade at Shikkotsu Forest.
• Tsunade told Gengetsu that Kushina had not awakened the Heavenly Eye, prompting him to wonder whether not everyone could awaken it.

Gengetsu assessed Konoha’s strength and planned for the coming war against the Akatsuki while preparing Kabuto Yakushi for future Sage Art training. On a barren island, his clones completed a method for forming a Divine Dragon manifestation and began its final step: filling it with Dragon Vein Sage Chakra and talismans.

• Gengetsu reasoned about whether Kushina could awaken the Heavenly Eye and decided to wait for more evidence from the immortality cultivators.
• Gengetsu reviewed Konoha’s powerful forces and planned to use the Fourth Shinobi World War to defeat Obito Uchiha and Nagato, crush Madara Uchiha, and seal Black Zetsu.
• Gengetsu brought Kabuto Yakushi into the Laboratory Base and considered preparing him with Dragon Vein Chakra before he trained in Ryūchi Cave’s Sage Art.
• After half a month, Gengetsu’s two clones completed a detailed cultivation scroll for a Divine Dragon manifestation.
• One clone visualized a Purple Divine Dragon in his Navel Chakra and gave it life through spiritual will, completing the first two steps.

Gengetsu successfully formed the Divine Dragon Dharma Aspect, but Futsushi used Ao Cang’s demonic nature to seize it and break free of his seal. Futsushi took control of the Dharma Aspect and Dragon Vein, leaving Gengetsu facing the Heavenly Demon’s arrival.

• Gengetsu’s clone failed to complete the Divine Dragon Dharma Aspect and collapsed after exhausting his spiritual will.
• Gengetsu arrived at the deserted island and successfully formed a powerful Divine Dragon Dharma Aspect using his own spiritual will.
• Futsushi emerged from Ao Cang as a black dragon, entered the Dharma Aspect, and sealed away Gengetsu’s control.
• Gengetsu realized Futsushi had used Ao Cang’s demonic nature and the Dharma Aspect as a springboard to reach him.
• Futsushi declared that the body and Dragon Vein belonged to him as his spiritual will descended into the Demon Dragon’s body.

Gengetsu let Futsushi drain power from Ao Cang and himself to reveal the hidden Heavenly Demon, Demon Spring. He tried to bind both demons, but Futsushi’s attack freed Demon Spring from his seal.

• Futsushi attacked Gengetsu and tried to seize his consciousness, but Gengetsu pinned the demonic dragon with torii gates and Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Futsushi absorbed the evil Chakra in Ao Cang and Gengetsu’s demonic nature, breaking the chains and briefly surpassing Gengetsu in power.
• Demon Spring emerged within the demonic dragon and took control, revealing that it had been hiding inside Gengetsu.
• Gengetsu used Adamantine Soul Chains and a yin-yang altar to bind the demons, then provoked Futsushi into resisting Demon Spring.
• Futsushi bit into Demon Spring’s Demonic Thought, but the struggle broke Gengetsu’s seal and freed Demon Spring.

Gengetsu struggled to seal the celestial demon Demon Spring after Futsushi turned against him, while Ao Cang captured Futsushi and joined the fight. With Shinsui arriving, Gengetsu planned to confront Demon Spring inside the Yin-Yang Illusion World, risking his consciousness and preparing a backup plan in case he had to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

• Gengetsu tricked Futsushi into attacking Demon Spring, then used the Yin-Yang Seal to strip both of control over the demonic dragon Dharma Aspect.
• Gengetsu's clone returned his main body to Shikkotsu Forest, warned Tsunade about the celestial demon, and told her to find Shinsui.
• Futsushi tried to devour Gengetsu, but Ao Cang seized him with the Spirit Restriction Seal and sealed him inside a purple dragon pearl.
• Gengetsu and Ao Cang failed to seal Demon Spring, who broke through Gengetsu's incomplete sealing technique.
• When Ao Cang announced Shinsui had arrived, Gengetsu planned to use Magnet Release to distract Demon Spring and drag him into the Yin-Yang Illusion World.

Gengetsu entered the Yin-Yang Illusion World to confront Demon Spring while Ao Cang and his allies guarded his body and killed Futsushi with Nether Flame. Inside the illusion, Gengetsu chose to cultivate a stronger form capable of devouring Demon Spring, beginning by envisioning himself as a Celestial Demon.

• Gengetsu rejected Ao Cang's offer to join him in the Yin-Yang Illusion World and asked Ao Cang to remain behind to replenish his Chakra if needed.
• Ao Cang disrupted Demon Spring with Magnet Release while Gengetsu bound him with Adamantine Soul Chains and activated the Yin-Yang Illusion World.
• Tsunade removed the barrier, and Ao Cang used Gengetsu's body to free Futsushi so Uchiha Shinsui could kill him with Nether Flame.
• Ao Cang told Tsunade and Uchiha Shinsui that Gengetsu would try to seal or kill Demon Spring, with the Dead Demon Consuming Seal as a last resort.
• Gengetsu explored the illusion, confirmed its timeline matched reality, and decided to cultivate a powerful form before facing Demon Spring.
• Gengetsu grew his Divine Dragon Dharma Aspect to its limit, then began envisioning himself as a Celestial Demon using the Seven Emotions and Six Desires.

Gengetsu visualized a Demon Aspect and began cultivating a God Tree Dharma Aspect before learning that Iwagakure and Akatsuki had invaded the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain. At the border, he killed Ōnoki and Deidara instantly, then crushed Shinno as the battle began.

• Gengetsu completed his Demon Aspect visualization, noticed its influence growing stronger, and began visualizing the God Tree instead.
• Tsunade told Gengetsu that Iwagakure and Akatsuki had invaded the Land of Grass and the Land of Rain, so he returned to Konoha and prepared for war.
• Gengetsu led Konoha's forces toward the Land of Grass while Sunagakure was assigned the Land of Rain, and he sensed the Demon Aspect growing stronger amid the war preparations.
• At the border, Gengetsu sent Might Guy to confront Shinno and his disciples Kaori and Naohide to face Sasori of the Red Sands.
• Gengetsu killed Ōnoki and Deidara with Yuan Magnetic Lightning Blades, then grabbed Shinno with his Divine Dragon and crushed him.

Gengetsu defeated the Demon Spring’s fragment and Sasori, but Kaori died in the battle, leaving him questioning whether he could protect those he cared about. At Iwagakure, he awakened the complete God Tree Dharma Aspect and used Infinite Tsukuyomi and Wood Release to subdue the demon-controlled Iwa Ninja while absorbing their evil Chakra.

• Gengetsu warned Kaori about a demon-controlled Iwa Ninja, but the attacker burst into blood that engulfed and killed her.
• Gengetsu subdued the Demon Spring’s fragment, absorbed it into his Demon Aspect, and defeated Sasori as Naohide mourned Kaori.
• Gengetsu led Konoha’s forces into the Land of Earth, killed Kitsuchi, and advanced on Iwagakure, where Kurotsuchi had become Fifth Tsuchikage.
• When demon-controlled Iwa Ninja charged, Gengetsu sent the Konoha forces back and used the God Tree Dharma Aspect to devour the genuine God Tree, completing the Ten-Tails and evolving his Heavenly Eye.
• Gengetsu cast Infinite Tsukuyomi to immobilize the Iwa Ninja, bound them with God—Tree World Advent, and began drawing their evil Chakra into himself.

Gengetsu used the Infinite Tsukuyomi to shield the Shinobi World from the Heavenly Demons and gathered allies for the coming war. As White Zetsu’s forces arrived, Nagato destroyed the summoned Impure World Reincarnation ninja, but Obito Uchiha joined the battle before Nagato could seal White Zetsu.

• Gengetsu learned that Nagato and Obito Uchiha had attacked Konoha, rescued Naruto, and arranged for Minato and Nagato to be revived.
• Gengetsu discovered that Heavenly Demons had infiltrated the other villages, then cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi across the Shinobi World and cocooned its people.
• Gengetsu assigned his allies to fight the approaching White Zetsu army, the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Madara Uchiha.
• White Zetsu revealed that Orochimaru controlled him and summoned several Impure World Reincarnation ninja, whom Uchiha Shinsui destroyed with Nether Flame.
• White Zetsu created a gigantic Wooden Buddha, and Nagato split it with his complete-body Susanoo before Obito Uchiha made his move.

Gengetsu and the allied shinobi fought Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, and the White Zetsu army, but the Demon Spring exploited Gengetsu’s attack on Obito to take control of his Demon Aspect. The chapter ended with the Demon Spring declaring that it would become Celestial Demon Gengetsu.

• Gengetsu overwhelmed Obito Uchiha while White Zetsu summoned Madara Uchiha, who rejected Hashirama Senju’s warning and fought him and Nagato.
• Hashirama Senju and the other shinobi battled Madara Uchiha, while Tsunade, Kushina, Minato, Jiraiya, and Tobirama Senju attacked the White Zetsu army and revived additional fighters.
• Gengetsu destroyed Obito Uchiha’s weapons as Uchiha Shinsui and Shisui Uchiha used their ocular jutsu to restrain Obito and the Demonic Thought inside him.
• Gengetsu removed Obito Uchiha’s Rinnegan, bound the Demonic Thought, and pulled the Tailed Beasts and God Tree into himself, but Black Zetsu and the Demon Spring began corrupting his body.
• The Demon Spring seized Gengetsu’s Demon Aspect and gathered Chakra and Demonic Thought from shinobi across the world as Hashirama Senju and others rushed to help him.
• The Demon Spring announced that Uzumaki Gengetsu would cease to exist and that it would become Celestial Demon Gengetsu.

Gengetsu defeated the Demon Spring within the Yin-Yang Illusion World and learned about Celestial Demons and the Immortal Cultivation realms. He returned to Tsunade and Uchiha Shinsui with a Rinnegan, declaring that he had surpassed the Sage of Six Paths, while the threat of the Garuda Celestial Demon King still lay ahead.

• Black Zetsu took the Rinnegan and controlled Obito Uchiha to revive Madara Uchiha with the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• Gengetsu restrained and destroyed the Demon Spring in the Yin-Yang Illusion World, then warned Hashirama Senju that Madara Uchiha was reviving.
• Madara Uchiha defeated Hashirama Senju, drained his Sage Chakra, and retrieved the Rinnegan from Obito Uchiha before Gengetsu bound him in the collapsing illusion.
• Gengetsu awoke in Shikkotsu Forest and told Ao Cang that Demon King-level Celestial Demons rivaled Heavenly Immortals, discussing Immortal Cultivation and their next confrontation with the Garuda Celestial Demon King.
• Gengetsu reunited with Tsunade and Uchiha Shinsui, revealed his purple-gold Rinnegan, and demonstrated his Sage Staff and nine Truth-Seeking Orbs.