Chapter Summaries

Gengetsu faced the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, cloud ninja led by A and Killer B, and a group of Iwa Ninja as rival forces converged over the Dragon Vein Energy. After A attacked him and Gengetsu countered with a perfected Rasenshuriken, the assembled enemies began proposing an alliance against Konoha and the Sand Ninja, leaving Gengetsu bracing for a fight on multiple fronts.

• Gengetsu identified Jinin Akebino and Raiga Kurosuki, explained the Seven Ninja Swordsmen's weapons, and assigned Uchiha Shinsui and Kanzuki Chiba to fight Jinin while he took Raiga.
• More reinforcements arrived: the remaining Mist swordsmen, cloud ninja including A and Killer B, and six Iwa Ninja; A accused Gengetsu of injuring Kagami, and Gengetsu denied being Moon God.
• A charged Gengetsu, dodged Pakura's fireballs and his allies' attacks, then evaded Gengetsu's perfected Rasenshuriken with Killer B's help.
• Killer B warned A that Gengetsu's Wind Release could overwhelm his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, while a cloud ninja urged A not to attack recklessly.
• Jinin Akebino and Biwa Juzo proposed that the Mist, cloud, and Iwa forces join together to eliminate the Sand and Konoha ninja before dividing the Dragon Vein Energy, and the Iwa Ninja agreed.

Gengetsu split into Shadow Clones and launched an attack against the Mist Ninja to prevent the other forces from forming an alliance. His Sage Mode Shadow Clone killed Jinin Akebino, then used Ice Release as he moved to support the struggling Dragon Vein Shadow Clone.

• Gengetsu assigned Pakura to handle the Iwa Ninja, Kanzuki Chiba to provide support, and Uchiha Shinsui to target Raiga Kurosuki before his clones attacked the Mist Ninja.
• The Mist Ninja and Konoha fighters exchanged powerful techniques, while the Cloud Ninja and Iwa Ninja held back and watched.
• Jinin Akebino and Munashi Jinpachi pressed the Sage Mode Shadow Clone in close combat, and Jinin broke its sword with Kabutowari.
• The Sage Mode Shadow Clone used lightning to paralyze Jinin, slammed him into the ground, and pierced his heart.
• The Sage Mode Shadow Clone ignored Munashi Jinpachi and rushed toward the Dragon Vein Shadow Clone, casting Ice Release—Ice Sealing Prison.

Gengetsu used Ice Release, explosive traps, and multiple Shadow Clones to fight the Mist swordsmen while startling the cloud and Iwa ninja. After the blasts left him facing Munashi Jinpachi and Suikazan Fuguki, A ordered the cloud ninja to move.

• Gengetsu trapped Munashi Jinpachi in an Ice Sealing Prison, shocking the watching ninja with his Ice Release.
• Gengetsu's Shadow Clones fought Biwa Juzo and Suikazan Fuguki while Munashi Jinpachi broke free and attacked them with Exploding Blade Technique: Burst Crash Death.
• The Dragon Vein Shadow Clone struck Biwa Juzo with two Rasenshuriken, sending him crashing into a tower.
• Gengetsu used explosive tags on earthen walls and a Shadow Clone, injuring Munashi Jinpachi and Suikazan Fuguki, then took Kabutowari from Jinin Akebino's corpse.
• Gengetsu turned his attention to Samehada as A ordered the cloud ninja to make their move.

Uzumaki Gengetsu and his allies faced the remaining Mist Ninja while the Cloud and Iwa forces prepared to fight over Dragon Vein Energy. A’s Lightning Release Chakra Mode overwhelmed Gengetsu’s Sage Art Shadow Clone, leaving the battle unresolved as an Ice Dragon descended on A.

• Raiga Kurosuki regrouped with Suikazan Fuguki and Munashi Jinpachi, and Biwa Juzo reappeared alive after surviving Gengetsu’s Rasenshuriken.
• Gengetsu warned Uchiha Shinsui about Killer B’s strength and the danger of using genjutsu against a perfect Jinchuriki.
• A charged at Gengetsu, but Gengetsu’s Sage Art Shadow Clone intercepted him, and the two began battling at extreme speed.
• Akatsuchi led the Iwa Ninja into battle against the Sand Ninja, aiming to weaken them and claim Dragon Vein Energy.
• A broke the Sage Art Shadow Clone’s Tachi and destroyed the clone with Heavy Stream Burst.
• An Ice Dragon dove toward A as he turned toward the warning cry.

Gengetsu persuaded the Sand, Cloud, and Iwa ninja to cooperate in suppressing the Dragon Vein Energy and dividing it among them. After securing their agreement, he threatened to kill anyone who broke it.

• Killer B shattered Gengetsu's Ice Storm, allowing the Mist ninja to retreat from the battlefield.
• Gengetsu assessed his depleted chakra and decided not to continue fighting the Cloud ninja over the Dragon Vein Energy.
• Gengetsu proposed that the groups work together to suppress the Dragon Vein Energy and share it, but Pakura initially refused to give up Sunagakure's claim.
• Gari endorsed Gengetsu's plan, and Pakura agreed to cooperate.
• Gengetsu warned that the unleashed Dragon Vein Energy could cause destruction worse than an Eight-Tails rampage, and the Cloud and Iwa ninja accepted his proposal to help seal it in exchange for a portion.
• Gengetsu threatened to kill anyone who broke the agreement, including their entire family.

Gengetsu devised and tested the Four Symbols Revolving Array, a barrier that converted Chakra between elemental natures, and explained how Chakra could be transferred between different shinobi. The experiment continued as Shinsui noticed a Shadow Clone preparing Lightning Release.

• A, Akatsuchi, and the other representatives agreed to cooperate, but they argued over sharing their villages’ barrier and sealing techniques.
• Gengetsu secluded himself, created the Four Symbols Revolving Array, and prepared talisman scrolls so the other factions could use it.
• Gengetsu refined the array into version 1.0 and tested it with four Shadow Clones, which circulated and transformed Fire, Earth, Wind, and Water Release Chakra.
• Shinsui explained the principles behind elemental Chakra conversion, and Gengetsu said he knew two methods for enabling Chakra transformation between different shinobi.
• Gengetsu began another experiment, and Shinsui noticed a Shadow Clone forming Lightning Release hand seals.

Gengetsu tested a new barrier array and organized the allied shinobi to seal the Dragon Vein’s energy. When he opened the seal, the Dragon Vein Consciousness recognized him, and the Eight-Tails realized Gengetsu intended to become its jinchuriki.

• Gengetsu tested the array’s ninjutsu capabilities, and a Rasenshuriken destroyed the barrier and collapsed the tower.
• Gengetsu revealed the array was complete, and the allied shinobi tested it at the Dragon Vein Seal Site before preparing for the operation.
• The next day, Gengetsu and Kanzuki Chiba joined the Sand, Cloud, and Iwa shinobi in containing the Dragon Vein energy and preparing their sealing containers.
• Gengetsu pulled Minato’s Kunai from the Sealing Platform, opening the Dragon Vein seal and unleashing powerful waves of energy against the barrier.
• The Eight-Tails sensed the Dragon Vein’s immense power and realized Gengetsu intended to become a Dragon Vein Jinchuriki.

Gengetsu sealed the Dragon Vein Consciousness inside his body and absorbed the rampaging Dragon Vein Energy after the Sand and Iwa containers filled. He left the energy sealed in his Heart Chakra, preserving it for the future and ending the chapter stuffed from the enormous intake.

• The Eight-Tails realized the Dragon Vein Consciousness was inside Gengetsu, while Gengetsu bound it with Adamantine Chains and sealed it in his Eight Trigrams Sealing Style.
• Ao Cang attacked the Dragon Vein Consciousness inside Gengetsu’s Sealed Space as the uncontrolled Dragon Vein Energy surged through the barrier.
• The Sand and Iwa containers filled, and Killer B’s container also neared capacity, leaving the remaining energy with nowhere to go.
• Gengetsu recalled that the Dragon Vein Energy would be needed for Naruto’s future journey and decided to seal it in his Heart Chakra instead of consuming it all.
• Gengetsu absorbed the remaining Dragon Vein Energy, secured it with the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style and Yin-Yang Seal, and burped that he was full.

After the battle, Gengetsu joined Pakura and Gari for the journey back and entered the Sealed Space to deal with Ao Cang’s struggle against the Dragon Vein Consciousness. He split the main body in two and released one half for Ao Cang to fight.

• Gengetsu healed the wounded with Katsuyu, and the Iwa Ninja and cloud ninja departed after exchanging farewells.
• Gengetsu arranged to travel with Pakura and Gari, while the Sand Ninja waited for reinforcements before returning to Sunagakure.
• Gengetsu entered the Sealed Space and found Ao Cang badly beaten by the Dragon Vein Consciousness main body, which had transformed into a Divine Dragon and seized some of Ao Cang’s control over the Dragon Vein Chakra.
• Gengetsu bound the Dragon Vein Consciousness main body with Adamantine Sealing Chains and warned Ao Cang that he risked being assimilated if he devoured it without overcoming it.
• Gengetsu cut the bound main body in half with a Chidori Sharp Spear, released one half, and urged Ao Cang to fight it.

Gengetsu returned to Konoha after escaping the Cloud Ninja’s planned ambush and reported the mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who declined Danzo’s suggestion to demand Dragon Vein research from him. At home, Gengetsu admitted he had made no progress on the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Kushina teased him.

• Ao Cang fought the Dragon Vein Consciousness’s main body until both were exhausted, while Gengetsu taught Kanzuki Chiba and Uchiha Shinsui the Four Symbols Revolving Array and helped them practice using it to sense Chakra Nature Transformations.
• Gengetsu, Kanzuki Chiba, and Uchiha Shinsui left Rōran with the Sand Ninja, causing A and Killer B to abandon their ambush and return to their village.
• After reaching the Land of Fire, Gengetsu’s group rested by a river, then returned to Konoha, where Gengetsu reported their mission to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to study Dragon Vein Energy, but Hiruzen said Gengetsu’s wishes should be considered and refused to pressure him.
• At home, Minato asked about Gengetsu’s Flying Thunder God research, and Kushina mocked him when he admitted he had not started.

Gengetsu struggled to master the Flying Thunder God Technique and began transplanting Hashirama Cells into Tsunade with the help of multiple cloned bodies. The transplant remained unfinished as Gengetsu ran out of his prepared clones supplying Tsunade with life force.

• Gengetsu explained that he was struggling to sense folded space accurately, and Minato reassured him that he had already made progress with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Gengetsu sent a Shadow Clone to study the technique with Minato while his main body returned to Shikkotsu Forest to prepare for Tsunade's Hashirama Cell transplant.
• Gengetsu interrupted Ao Cang's fight with the Dragon Vein Consciousness and had him help activate Dragon Vein Chakra Mode.
• Tsunade arrived at the Laboratory Base, agreed to the procedure, and received the processed Hashirama Cells through an infusion.
• As the Hashirama Cells began consuming Tsunade's cells, Gengetsu's cloned bodies supplied her with life force until the first four clones collapsed.
• Gengetsu deployed four more cloned bodies to continue supporting Tsunade, but they too were used up before her transformation was complete.

Gengetsu discovered that Tsunade had gained only about twenty percent of Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release but fifty percent of his self-healing ability. After testing her new powers, they prepared to continue Gengetsu’s experiments, with Tsunade offering to sell Senju Clan property to fund them.

• Gengetsu worried when Tsunade did not wake after the cell transplant, but she soon opened her eyes and said the experiment had worked.
• Tsunade explained that blood inheritance had limited her Wood Release gains to about twenty percent while granting her roughly fifty percent of Hashirama Senju’s self-healing ability.
• Tsunade demonstrated how quickly she could heal a deep cut, then explained that excessive use of the ability could damage special nerve cells.
• Gengetsu taught Tsunade several Wood Release jutsu, and she used Great Forest Technique and Tree Binding Burial to trap him before reaching her limit.
• Gengetsu and Tsunade discussed continuing the Partial Sage Transformation experiment with their remaining clones.
• Tsunade offered to sell most of the Senju Clan’s inheritance in Konoha to help fund their work, keeping only the ancestral home.

Gengetsu began testing a sealed Sage Transformation on cloned bodies while selling valuable weapons and puppets to Konoha. In the Sealed Space, Ao Cang prepared to challenge the remaining Dragon Vein Consciousness, and Gengetsu released it for their final showdown.

• Gengetsu arranged to move in with Tsunade, then used cloned bodies to test Sage Chakra seals on several organs and assigned clones to monitor the experiments.
• Gengetsu sold Kabutowari and five Chikamatsu Ten Puppets to Hiruzen Sarutobi for a total of 425 million ryo.
• Gengetsu told Kushina and Minato he would move in with Tsunade, and they agreed while keeping his room for him.
• Ao Cang told Gengetsu he was ready to devour the remaining Dragon Vein Consciousness, and Gengetsu released it from the Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Ao Cang devoured the Dragon Vein Consciousness's main body, then refined the Dragon Vein through the night and gained a much greater supply of powerful Chakra. Gengetsu tested Ao Cang's complete Dragon Vein Chakra and began investigating its elemental boosts and earth-based sensing.

• Ao Cang defeated the Dragon Vein Consciousness's main body and swallowed it, then sparred with Gengetsu after Gengetsu challenged him.
• Ao Cang refined Chakra overnight, increasing his Dragon Vein Chakra by at least tenfold and awakening the complete Divine Dragon's power.
• Gengetsu entered complete Dragon Vein Chakra Mode in the Forest of Death and tested its effects on the five nature transformations.
• Gengetsu concluded that Ao Cang's power came from the earth and especially boosted Water Release, Fire Release, and Earth Release.
• Gengetsu sensed that the Dragon Vein's perception relied on the earth's magnetic field and wondered whether Tobirama Senju had developed his Sensory Technique by studying Dragon Vein Energy.

Gengetsu explored Dragon Vein Chakra’s effects on Wood Release and material reconstruction, then realized he could transform Earth Release into steel and named the new ability Metal Release. He left Ao Cang eager to develop flight while Gengetsu began investigating the possibilities of his discovery.

• Gengetsu found that Dragon Vein Chakra accelerated his Wood Release growth, improved his physique, and increased his vitality and Chakra reserves.
• Gengetsu used Dragon Vein Chakra to reconstruct a broken Kunai, changing its steel into porcelain clay, then experimented with altering its density until it crumbled into iron filings.
• Gengetsu decided to focus his research on changing an object’s mass, while treating magnetic-field control as a separate direction to explore alongside Shukaku’s Chakra.
• Gengetsu realized that Earth Release could transform earth and stone into steel, demonstrated it by raising a Steel Wall, and named the technique Metal Release.

Gengetsu developed new techniques with Ao Cang and investigated the Shinigami Mask, discovering it served as a medium for contacting the Shinigami. When he sent part of his consciousness into the Shinigami, the chaotic thoughts overwhelmed him and left him unconscious in Kushina’s care.

• Gengetsu created three hundred Shadow Clones to research Metal Release, material density, and magnetic fields while he and Ao Cang developed the Stone Dragon Technique.
• Gengetsu went to the Mask Storage Temple, used the Spirit Transformation Technique to locate the Shinigami Mask, and found a Sealing Technique formula on its inner surface.
• Gengetsu asked Kushina to help him investigate the mask, and she agreed after warning him to stop if anything felt wrong.
• Gengetsu put on the mask and discovered that it was a medium for communicating with the Shinigami and undoing the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, not a container for the Shinigami’s main body.
• Gengetsu sent part of his consciousness into the Shinigami, was struck by its chaotic thoughts, and collapsed unconscious as Kushina caught him and summoned over a thousand Shadow Clones.

Gengetsu was knocked unconscious after recklessly studying the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, and Konoha's efforts to treat him revealed that Ao Cang had protected his mind. Three days later, after Kushina and Tsunade punished him for his recklessness, Gengetsu resumed theorizing about the Shinigami and other supernatural beings before visitors entered his room.

• Kushina rushed Gengetsu to Konoha Hospital and alerted Hiruzen Sarutobi after he suffered a spiritual injury while studying the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
• Tsunade found no physical injury, and Yamanaka Inoichi could not enter Gengetsu's mind because a powerful consciousness blocked him.
• Minato contacted Ao Cang, who explained that Gengetsu's consciousness had been disrupted but that he would recover within two or three days.
• Three days later, Kushina and Tsunade stopped Gengetsu from escaping the hospital and punished him for studying forbidden techniques without approval.
• Gengetsu theorized that the Shinigami had been created by the Uzumaki Clan and wondered whether the Evil God and Sage of Six Paths were connected to other true supernatural beings.
• A group of people entered Gengetsu's room as he continued thinking about the Shinigami.

Gengetsu reunited with his friends over a barbecue, discussed the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and taught them the first version of his Four Symbols Great Conversion Array. Watching Guy train prompted Gengetsu to investigate the Eight Gates Formation and prepare to strengthen his own physical training.

• Gengetsu welcomed his friends at the hospital and took them to a barbecue restaurant, where they discussed the escalating Shinobi World conflict and his encounter with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
• Gengetsu warned the group that the remaining Seven Ninja Swordsmen were extremely dangerous, while Uchiha Shinsui revealed that he had barely held his own against Raiga Kurosuki.
• Guy encouraged Obito to keep pursuing his dream of becoming Hokage, and the group shared training advice over their meal.
• Gengetsu brought everyone to a training ground and began teaching them version 1.0 of the Four Symbols Great Conversion Array, with Guy filling in for absent teammates.
• Gengetsu watched Guy and decided to add more physical training so he could prepare to learn the Eight Gates Formation and potentially use it to improve his control over natural energy.

Gengetsu intensified his training with Guy and his Shadow Clones, then settled into a demanding daily routine of practice, missions, and experiments with Tsunade. At the Shikkotsu Forest laboratory, he learned that Sage Six’s appetite and Sage Chakra consumption had surged dramatically.

• Guy guided Gengetsu through an intense workout, then declared him a new rival to surpass after Kakashi.
• Gengetsu used one thousand Shadow Clones to train toward mastering several techniques and powers on set schedules.
• Gengetsu established a routine of training, studying, missions, and experiments, continuing to improve even after Guy left on a mission.
• At the Shikkotsu Forest laboratory, Tsunade explained that Sage Six’s appetite had risen sharply over four days and his Sage Chakra was being consumed ten times faster than before.
• Sage Six told Gengetsu and Tsunade that he had entered Sage Mode two hours earlier and now had little Sage Chakra left.

Gengetsu examined the effects of Sage Transformation on several clones and discovered that different organs produced distinct changes, including Byakugan-like vision and severe hormonal imbalance. He hesitated outside Sage Three’s laboratory, worried that the brain’s transformation might have made him insane.

• Sage Six reported that Sage Transformation had greatly improved his digestion and replenished his life force and mental strength, while Tsunade warned that transforming only some organs caused excess nutrients and inferior physical improvement.
• Gengetsu saw that Sage One’s eyes resembled the Byakugan, and Sage One explained that they could see Chakra, meridians, and acupoints while his eyesight continued to evolve.
• Gengetsu Sun shared data showing Sage One’s genes had changed slightly, and Tsunade said the findings justified not performing Sage Transformation on Gengetsu himself.
• Gengetsu found Sage Two taller and displaying female characteristics because the pituitary gland’s transformation had disrupted hormone secretion, though it had also extended Two’s lifespan and preserved youth.
• Gengetsu stopped outside Sage Three’s laboratory, fearing the brain’s Sage Transformation might have driven him insane.