Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu developed God-Killing Fist, a nourishing cultivation method that could be practiced alongside Killing Fist, then provoked the sages and heavenly dao with his boasts. Nuwa’s lightning transformed into Chaos Creation Divine Lightning and killed him.

• Kangetsu created God-Killing Fist by changing Killing Fist’s training method to rely on dietary nourishment, while retaining its strengths and allowing both arts to be practiced together.
• Kangetsu boasted that he surpassed Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Zhunti, Jieyin, and Nuwa.
• Nuwa struck Kangetsu with Creation Divine Lightning after hearing his insults.
• Kangetsu’s boast angered the heavenly dao, which turned the lightning into Chaos Creation Divine Lightning.
• The lightning overwhelmed Kangetsu with vitality, and he died.

Tajima and Eiko welcomed twin sons, whom Tajima named Uchiha Kangetsu and Uchiha Meigetsu. Kangetsu, a martial artist reborn as Madara and Izuna’s younger brother in the Warring States Period, realized he might use this violent world to train his Killing Fist before falling asleep.

• Tajima brought the newborn twins to Eiko, who smiled at them before falling back asleep.
• Tajima told Shuno that Eiko and the babies were safe and announced the names Uchiha Kangetsu and Uchiha Meigetsu.
• Madara and Izuna followed Tajima into the room, then quietly left with him.
• Kangetsu recalled his past life as a Killing Fist grandmaster and realized he had been reborn in the Naruto World during the Warring States Period.
• Kangetsu considered using the violent era to practice the Killing Fist and thought about the Sharingan power in his blood before falling asleep.

Uchiha Madara told Uchiha Kangetsu that their father had summoned all four brothers. Kangetsu headed to meet him with Madara close behind.

• Uchiha Kangetsu teased Uchiha Madara and asked why their father wanted to see him.
• Uchiha Madara explained that their father had summoned all four brothers and that Uchiha Meigetsu and Uchiha Izuna were already there.
• Uchiha Kangetsu agreed to go, then ran ahead through the forest.
• Uchiha Madara chased after Kangetsu and urged him to hurry, while Kangetsu thought Madara could not match his speed.

Uchiha Tajima gathered his four sons to begin teaching them to fight, warning that they might have to face battle in a few years. Kangetsu took one of the practice-sized swords, and their training was about to begin.

• The chapter explained that Uchiha Tajima ranked among the clan’s ten strongest members because of his powerful Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kangetsu ignored Uchiha Madara’s demand to wait and went to the backyard training grounds.
• Kangetsu found Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Meigetsu waiting there, while Madara soon joined them and demanded that Kangetsu call him elder brother.
• Uchiha Tajima brought out four small swords and told his sons their bodies were ready for combat training and they might go to the battlefield in a few years.
• Kangetsu took a sword from Tajima and inspected it.

Kangetsu declared that strength should replace the shinobi rules, provoking Uchiha Tajima but winning the support of his mother and brothers. As Uchiha Tajima began training the boys, Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu carried Kangetsu’s words with them.

• Uchiha Tajima rebuked Uchiha Madara for pleading on Kangetsu’s behalf and ordered Kangetsu to abandon his ideas and become a respected shinobi.
• Kangetsu declared that the strong reigned supreme and vowed to break the existing shinobi rules and create new ones.
• Uchiha Meigetsu, Izuna, and Uchiha Madara admired Kangetsu’s conviction, while Uchiha Tajima grew furious.
• Eiko supported Kangetsu’s dream, and Uchiha Tajima agreed to teach the boys swordsmanship and basic Taijutsu.
• Uchiha Tajima began training the four boys, while Madara, Izuna, and Meigetsu embraced Kangetsu’s belief that the strong reigned supreme.

Kangetsu reflected on Eiko’s new strength and resolved to grow stronger through battle. Uchiha Tajima taught the children why swordsmanship and Taijutsu mattered more than ninjutsu when they had little chakra, then introduced the human body’s weak points.

• Kangetsu recognized that Eiko had become the strongest member of their household after awakening her Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kangetsu resolved to become strong and viewed going to the battlefield as a chance to train his Killing Fist.
• Izuna asked Uchiha Tajima why he was teaching Taijutsu and swordsmanship instead of ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Tajima explained that swords could kill quickly without chakra, while the children had too little chakra to rely on ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Tajima showed the children a model marking the human body’s weak points and told them to practice striking them while protecting themselves.

Uchiha Tajima taught Kangetsu and the other boys to target lethal weak points and make killing instinctive, revealing his sorrow over the dangers of their lives as ninja. After he left, Kangetsu began training alongside Izuna and Meigetsu, while Uchiha Madara urged them to stay strong and not leave him behind.

• Uchiha Tajima marked three lethal targets on the dummy and instructed Kangetsu, Izuna, and Meigetsu to practice striking them until the movements became instinctive.
• Uchiha Tajima warned the boys that ninja had to kill to survive, then left after telling them to stay alive.
• Kangetsu felt a new sense of kinship with his father and began practicing sword strikes on a human dummy.
• Uchiha Madara encouraged Izuna, Kangetsu, and Meigetsu to train so he would not lose his younger brothers.
• Kangetsu told Uchiha Madara not to leave them first and continued swinging his sword.

Kangetsu sensed killing intent from a human puppet and killed it, revealing that it was a person. He then threw his sword through three more human models, leaving their fate exposed as his brothers watched in shock.

• Izuna and Meigetsu praised Kangetsu, provoking Madara’s surprise.
• Kangetsu sensed killing intent inside himself and identified the humanoid puppet as his target.
• Kangetsu cut the puppet in half and then severed its head, revealing a person beneath its mask.
• Meigetsu grabbed Kangetsu’s hand and screamed while Madara and Izuna watched in shock.
• Kangetsu threw his sword, slicing through the throats of the other three human models and sending their heads flying.

Uchiha Tajima tested Kangetsu by throwing a kunai at him, and Kangetsu cut it in half before demanding to know why Tajima was making Meigetsu face such danger at three years old. Kangetsu defended his younger brother and insisted that, unlike Meigetsu, he was not afraid of slaughter.

• Uchiha Tajima warned Kangetsu to control his killing intent and carry a weapon, then threw a kunai at him.
• Kangetsu took Meigetsu's sword and split the incoming kunai in two, stunning Tajima, Madara, and Izuna.
• Kangetsu pointed his sword at Tajima and demanded to know why he was putting three-year-old Meigetsu through the ordeal.
• Kangetsu explained that he cared deeply for Meigetsu and had become angry when his brother showed fear.
• Uchiha Tajima reminded Kangetsu that he was three as well, and Kangetsu replied that slaughter did not frighten him.

Uchiha Tajima worried that Kangetsu’s early Sharingan awakening would bring him danger, but Kangetsu prepared for the slaughter ahead. While assembling supplies and his special pills, Kangetsu reflected on how his past-life memories and unusual soul had shaped him.

• Uchiha Tajima sent Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Meigetsu home and ordered them to keep Kangetsu’s Sharingan awakening secret.
• Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna left worried, while Meigetsu clenched his hands through his tears.
• Kangetsu carefully cleaned and arranged his ninja tools in his room.
• Kangetsu poured his specially made pills into a case, knowing they provided nourishment, energy, and some healing.
• Kangetsu recalled that lightning had carried his soul into this world and left him with immense mental strength and perfect memories of his previous life.

Six-year-old Kangetsu’s mother, Eiko, begged him to abandon his plan to duel and go to the battlefield, but he refused because he believed he needed to grow stronger to survive the Warring States Period. The chapter left him constrained by his body’s limits as he sought to strengthen himself.

• Eiko entered Kangetsu’s room, saw his ninja tools, and brought him his favorite squid.
• Eiko pleaded with Kangetsu to give up his plan to duel and join the battlefield, fearing she would lose another son.
• Kangetsu thanked Eiko inwardly but refused to abandon his plan because he believed he and Meigetsu faced death if he did not become stronger.
• Kangetsu recognized that his powerful mental energy made extracting much chakra dangerous, so strengthening his body became his urgent priority.

After Kangetsu left for the battlefield, Uchiha Eiko blamed Uchiha Tajima and feared for her other sons. At the Uchiha mission hall, Kangetsu found a job involving the Land of Bing and its conflict with the Land of Heart, whose hired fighters belonged to the Hagoromo Clan.

• Uchiha Eiko threatened to kill Uchiha Tajima if anything happened to Kangetsu and went to check on her other sons.
• Uchiha Tajima watched Kangetsu leave and regretted pushing him toward the battlefield.
• Kangetsu reached the Uchiha Clan's gathering point and searched the available missions.
• Kangetsu found a mission for the Land of Bing against the Land of Heart and recognized the Hagoromo Clan as the enemy's hired fighters.

Kangetsu waited silently among the shinobi assembled for a battle, ignoring the group’s attempts to approach him. When their apparent leader insulted him, Kangetsu drew his sword and threatened him.

• Kangetsu entered the waiting room and sat alone in a corner with his sword in his arms.
• The waiting shinobi introduced themselves and looked for companions, while Kangetsu remained motionless and silent.
• The apparent leader asked Kangetsu why someone so young was going to battle.
• The leader suggested Kangetsu had lost his family and no longer wanted to live.
• Kangetsu flashed his sword to the leader’s neck and warned him to stop talking, frightening everyone in the room.

Kangetsu killed two men in the hall after one accused him of severing a servant’s arm, then left with his followers. As he studied his map, he believed he had reached the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of River.

• Kangetsu saw the injured man point him out to an older man and accuse him of cutting off his arm.
• Kangetsu killed the older man and warned the other man not to stop him.
• Kangetsu killed the second man and told the servants they were insignificant.
• Kangetsu ordered everyone to move and strode out of the hall with his followers.
• A voice ordered the remaining servants back to work and threatened to kill them if another incident occurred.
• Kangetsu studied his map and identified the area as the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of River.

Kangetsu taught two Uchiha the Shadow Clone Technique and sent them to scout ahead. Inoue sensed that the Hagoromo Clan force included mostly Chunin and was protecting an important Genin with an elite Chunin.

• Kangetsu told Inoue to use his sensory ability to assess the enemy force when they reached the battlefield.
• Kangetsu arrived in a dense forest and asked two Uchiha how well they controlled their chakra.
• Kangetsu taught the two Uchiha the Shadow Clone Technique and explained that clones would transfer what they learned back to them when dispelled.
• Kangetsu sent the two Uchiha to scout the surrounding terrain while Inoue sensed the enemy force.
• Inoue reported that the Hagoromo Clan force consisted mostly of Chunin, with a protected Genin and an elite Chunin accompanying them.

Kangetsu studied the valley map and prepared to confront the approaching Hagoromo Clan forces. He stopped his followers from revealing their position and learned that ten trainees were ready, while his Sharingan stunned the group.

• Jingxia confirmed that the valley was long but narrow, and Kangetsu saw it as a chance to trap the Hagoromo Clan.
• Inoue reported that the enemy was advancing in a fan formation, with an elite Chunin, a Genin, and ten Chunin nearby.
• Kangetsu ordered his followers to sheathe their swords and threatened to kill anyone who acted without his orders.
• Kangetsu revealed his two-tomoe Sharingan, frightening and astonishing his followers.
• Kangetsu asked whether ten people had completed their training, and Uchiha Watanabe confirmed they were ready and gave his name.

Kangetsu prepared an ambush in the valley with Shadow Clones and hidden Explosive Tags as the pursuing enemy approached. When Jingxia and Watanabe reported that their clones had been destroyed, Kangetsu ordered everyone to detonate the tags.

• Kangetsu learned from Inoue that the enemy was pursuing them after finding Watanabe's traces.
• Kangetsu ordered Jingxia, Watanabe, and ten others to send Shadow Clones carrying controlled Explosive Tags into the valley.
• Kangetsu concealed more Explosive Tags along the valley and had Earth Style users make a sealed cave with a small air hole.
• Kangetsu told Inoue to stop scouting when the enemy reached the valley entrance and ordered everyone to hold their breath.
• Jingxia and Watanabe reported that their clones had been destroyed, and Kangetsu ordered them to detonate the Explosive Tags.

Kangetsu slaughtered the Hagoromo Clan reinforcements and confronted the young Genin they were protecting. The chapter ended as Kangetsu’s wind-coated Black Blade collided with the Genin’s Storm Release: Laser Circus.

• Kangetsu killed the Hagoromo Clan members defending the Genin and taunted the survivors.
• Kangetsu unleashed his killing intent and charged at the remaining fighters, targeting the elite Chunin.
• The Genin revealed that he could use Storm Release and cast Laser Circus at Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu dismissed the attack and met it head-on with his wind-coated Black Blade.

Uchiha Kangetsu killed the elite Chunin of the Hagoromo Clan after provoking him into losing his composure. Bloodied and carrying his Black Blade, Kangetsu faced the remaining fighters as they stopped to stare at him.

• The elite Chunin attacked Kangetsu after accusing him of killing the Hagoromo Clan’s young master.
• Kangetsu taunted the elite Chunin and crushed the dead Genin’s head, throwing his opponent into a rage.
• Kangetsu stabbed the elite Chunin through the chest and identified himself as Uchiha Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu cut off the elite Chunin’s head to ensure he was dead.
• Kangetsu walked forward bloodied as the fighters stopped and recoiled from his Mangekyo Sharingan and killing intent.

Kangetsu killed all twenty surrendered Hagoromo Clan Chunin despite Watanabe and Jingxia urging him to spare them. Afterward, the accumulated killing aura advanced him to the middle Ming-Jin stage.

• Watanabe told Kangetsu that twenty Hagoromo Clan members had surrendered and that the others had been killed.
• Kangetsu began executing the prisoners, ignoring their pleas and the attempts by Watanabe and Jingxia to stop him.
• Kangetsu warned Watanabe, Jingxia, and Inoue not to question his orders as he continued killing the prisoners.
• After Kangetsu killed the last prisoner, his killing aura surged and advanced him to the middle Ming-Jin stage.