Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu declared that he intended to end the Warring States Period, and his followers pledged their loyalty to him. He vowed to make every clan fear the Crimson Village and wondered how the change from five Kage to six would alter the original story.

• Kangetsu confirmed that he wanted to end the Warring States Period.
• The people in the meeting room felt the force of Kangetsu’s ambition and pledged their loyalty to him.
• Kangetsu declared that the Crimson Village would make every clan tremble at its name.
• Kangetsu reflected that the Five Kage had become six and wondered how that change would affect the original story.

Black Zetsu created people who awakened different kekkei genkai, including members of the Balance and Suigetsu Clans. Back home, Kangetsu promised to marry Mito and Delia within two years.

• Black Zetsu named the clan of two chakra-absorbing, shape-shifting men the Balance Clan and put them to sleep.
• A man whose body turned to sludge awoke, and Black Zetsu named him Suigetsu and his people the Suigetsu Clan.
• More of Black Zetsu's creations awoke with different abilities.
• Uchiha Eiko urged Kangetsu to officially marry Mito and Delia.
• Kangetsu promised to marry Mito and Delia within two years before the clans of the Warring States Period.

Kangetsu ordered Akimichi Cho and Onmyo Realm to build twelve powerful barriers using materials gathered from across the continent. He gave them two years to finish, threatening to hold them responsible if they failed.

• Akimichi Cho presented Kangetsu with a scroll listing the gathered metals, minerals, jade, and medicinal herbs.
• Kangetsu praised Akimichi Cho and assigned him and Onmyo Realm to build twelve structures based on the plans in a second scroll.
• Akimichi Cho warned that the project was too large and that the materials were insufficient, while Onmyo Realm noted the barrier's immense strength and cost.
• Kangetsu ordered them to complete all twelve structures within two years and promised supplies from allied clans and the Land of Fire's daimyo.
• Kangetsu ordered Inoue to help Onmyo Realm gather more materials by sending troops to conquer small countries.
• Akimichi Cho and Onmyo Realm accepted the assignment and vowed to complete it.

Nara Yiku reported to Kangetsu that his long-term operation had weakened the Hyuga Main Family and built a loyal faction among the Branch Family. He had found no sign that Hyuga Tianguang planned to rebel.

• Nara Isshin brought his younger brother Yijiu to Kangetsu's residence.
• Kangetsu welcomed Yijiu and asked about the Hyuga Clan operation.
• Nara Yiku reported that secret techniques from Kangetsu had greatly strengthened the Hyuga Branch Family.
• Nara Yiku said the Branch Family had used assassinations to kill many promising Hyuga Main Family fighters, leaving the Main Family weakened.
• Nara Yiku reported that some gifted Branch Family members had faked their deaths and joined a secret faction loyal to Kangetsu.
• Nara Yiku said he had found no sign that Hyuga Tianguang intended to rebel.

Kangetsu learned that Uzumaki Ziyan had gathered five tailed beasts and was pursuing Seven-Tails while provoking clans across the continent. He agreed to let Uzumaki Suien try to save clan members when the conflict came, but said they would be divided among other clans.

• Kangetsu assured Inoue and the other two that internal strife would not break out while he remained in Crimson Village, and insisted that the power of the ninja stay in his hands.
• Yamanaka Ino reported that the Uzumaki Clan had captured Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails, and that Uzumaki Ziyan was pursuing Seven-Tails in the Mystery Forest.
• Yamanaka Ino told Kangetsu that Uzumaki Ziyan had attacked clans that refused to submit, prompting many clans to appeal to Crimson Village for help and others to join forces against the Uzumaki Clan.
• Uzumaki Suien asked Kangetsu to spare the Uzumaki Clan for Mito's sake.
• Kangetsu told Uzumaki Suien he could help win clan members over, but they would be divided among the various clans.

Kangetsu ordered Isshin to seek Uchiha Madara’s help and keep the Senju Clan at bay while he pursued plans to counter a possible Senju-Uzumaki alliance. The chapter ended with Akimichi Cho revealing that he and Onmyo Realm were building a dragon-shaped wall and twelve statues outside the Crimson Village.

• Kangetsu ordered Isshin to ask Uchiha Madara to hold off the Senju Clan for two months.
• Kangetsu instructed Isshin to keep the clans under his command out of the conflict and told Inoue to assist him.
• Kangetsu ordered Akimichi Cho and Onmyo Realm to finish their urgent assignment as soon as possible.
• After Kangetsu left with Uzumaki Mito, Isshin asked Akimichi Cho about the assignment.
• Akimichi Cho explained that Kangetsu had ordered a giant dragon-shaped wall and twelve statues built outside the Crimson Village.

Black Zetsu ordered four clan leaders to join the assault on the Uzumaki Clan after Kaguya Makura reported that the Crimson Village had used the Sharingan to manipulate the Tailed Beasts. He gave Kisame Hoshigaki a chakra-absorbing greatsword and asked Kaguya Makura how many clans he had gathered.

• Black Zetsu questioned Kaguya Makura, who said the Crimson Village had manipulated the Tailed Beasts and engineered attacks against its enemies.
• Black Zetsu praised Kaguya Makura and said he was eager to see what would come of his connection to Uzumaki Mito.
• Black Zetsu ordered Kaguya Makura, Suigetsu Hozuki, Tenzin Heise, and Kisame Hoshigaki to bring their clans into the slaughter of the Uzumaki Clan.
• Black Zetsu gave Kisame Hoshigaki a chakra-absorbing greatsword called Shark Crucian, and Kisame thanked him.
• Black Zetsu asked Kaguya Makura how many clans he had gathered.

Yijiu learned that Kangetsu's personal Anbu unit consisted of a hundred elite members, split between groups led by Inoue and Uchiha Huofeng. Uncle An explained that Huofeng was reportedly chosen as Kangetsu's future wife, leaving Yijiu puzzled about Mito and Delia.

• Inoue summoned fifty black-clad Anbu, and Yijiu recognized them as Kangetsu's personal unit.
• Uncle An told Yijiu that the unit had a hundred members divided into groups led by Inoue and Uchiha Huofeng.
• Uncle An explained that every member had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and could replace their eyes with those of a blood relative.
• Yijiu asked why Huofeng commanded a group, and Uncle An said she was likely the wife Uchiha Eiko had chosen for Kangetsu.
• Yijiu asked about Mito and Delia, and Uncle An argued that Kangetsu needed a Uchiha wife to pass on his ability to develop the clan's Sharingan.

Uchiha Inoue arrived to meet Hyuga Tianguang and the others, then exposed the bandaged Hyuga Hirono as Hyuga Tianyi, the Hyuga Clan head. The chapter ended with Inoue confronting Tianyi after using his Sharingan to put Hirono under his control.

• Yijiu welcomed Inoue and asked Hirono whether Tianguang had arrived.
• Tianguang thanked Inoue for supporting his visit and explained that his uncle kept him at a distance.
• Inoue questioned the bandage on Hirono’s head, then revealed his Eternal Sharingan and placed a blade at Hirono’s throat.
• Inoue used his Sharingan to make Hirono’s eyes go blank, alarming Tianguang.
• Inoue addressed the disguised man as Hyuga Tianyi, head of the Hyuga Clan, and said he had found what he needed for his mission.

Hyuga Tianyi discovered that Kangetsu had manipulated the Hyuga Clan and taken control of its branch family. Surrounded by Kangetsu’s forces, Tianyi realized he and his two companions were trapped.

• Hyuga Tianyi followed Hyuga Tianguang to a mountain village and used the Hyuga Clan’s Sealing Jutsu to control a villager and learn about the settlement.
• Hyuga Tianyi assumed his nephew had secretly established the village and considered making its people members of the Hyuga Main Family.
• Uchiha Inoue revealed that Kangetsu had arranged the village, recruited Hyuga Tianguang, and weakened the Hyuga Main Family over several years.
• Uchiha Inoue said fifty thousand branch family members were loyal to Kangetsu, while the Hyuga Main Family had only thirty thousand members, many of them frail.
• Hyuga Tianyi saw that a barrier surrounded him and his two companions, maintained by four people while forty-six Anbu watched with scarlet eyes.

Hyuga Tianguang and Hyuga Tianyi clashed with opposing chakra techniques while Uchiha Inoue stopped Tianyi’s companions from joining the fight. The battle continued after Inoue severed one Hyuga clansman’s hands and blocked another’s attack.

• Hyuga Tianyi attacked Hyuga Tianguang with a taiji-shaped chakra technique, and Tianguang countered with an eight-trigram technique passed down by Lord Kangetsu.
• As Tianyi’s two companions began forming black-and-white chakra, Uchiha Inoue warned them not to move recklessly.
• Uchiha Inoue attacked one companion with Chidori enhanced by silver-white chakra and severed his wrists.
• The other Hyuga clansman formed black-and-white chakra and attacked Uchiha Inoue, but Inoue blocked the attack.

Uchiha Inoue rescued Hyuga Tianguang from Hyuga Tianyi’s chakra storm and handed him to Nara Yiku for treatment. Inoue then revealed his complete Susanoo and prepared to face Hyuga Tianyi.

• Uchiha Inoue judged Hyuga Tianguang’s assessment with Hyuga Tianyi successful and decided to keep watching Tianguang.
• Hyuga Tianyi’s gray chakra sphere broke through Hyuga Tianguang’s Rotation and threatened to engulf him.
• Uchiha Inoue used Susanoo to catch Hyuga Tianguang and mocked Hyuga Tianyi’s weakness.
• Uchiha Inoue cut through the chakra tornado, rescued Hyuga Tianguang, and told Nara Yiku to treat him.
• Uchiha Inoue summoned his complete Susanoo, armed with a shield and silver sword.

Hyuga Tianyi summoned the Hyuga Clan’s Onmyo Giant and attacked Uchiha Inoue’s Susanoo with Onmyo Palm. Uchiha Inoue countered with a powerful shield charge as the two techniques collided.

• Hyuga Tianyi formed an Onmyo Giant by sealing natural chakra together with his Onmyo chakra.
• Hyuga Tianyi declared the Onmyo Giant superior to the other clans’ giant techniques and sent its Onmyo Palm toward Uchiha Inoue.
• Uchiha Inoue swung Susanoo’s shield at the incoming yin-yang diagram, unleashing a powerful shock wave.

Uchiha Inoue defeated Hyuga Tianyi with his keen blade technique, then ordered that Tianyi’s body be preserved so the Yamanaka Clan could uncover the Hyuga Clan’s secret techniques. Inoue left with Anbu support as Yijiu stared at the corpse in shock.

• Uchiha Inoue used Keen blade-slay to split apart Hyuga Tianyi’s yin-yang chakra diagram.
• Uchiha Inoue pierced Hyuga Tianyi’s neck with a silver-white ray, killing him.
• Uchiha Inoue ordered his allies to preserve Hyuga Tianyi’s body and have the Yamanaka Clan uncover the Hyuga Clan’s secret techniques.
• Uchiha Inoue walked toward Yijiu with an Anbu supporting him, while Yijiu stared at Hyuga Tianyi’s corpse in shock.

Uchiha Huanyu used his Mangekyō genjutsu to disguise Hyuga Tianguang as Hyuga Tianyi for a month so he could infiltrate the Hyuga Clan. Hyuga Tianguang accepted Uchiha Inoue’s orders to weaken the Main Family and frame the Crimson Village, while a subordinate warned him never to question Lord Kangetsu.

• Uchiha Huanyu transformed Hyuga Tianguang into an exact likeness of Hyuga Tianyi using a genjutsu that would last about a month.
• Hyuga Tianguang agreed to involve the Hyuga Clan in the war, and Uchiha Inoue ordered him to weaken the Main Family while leaving survivors to blame the Crimson Village and seek refuge with the Senju Clan.
• Hyuga Tianguang questioned why they should leave members of the Main Family alive.
• An Uchiha clansman revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and threatened to kill Hyuga Tianguang for questioning Lord Kangetsu’s orders.
• Hyuga Tianguang felt the subordinate’s power overwhelm him and apologized.

Uchiha Inoue assigned surveillance and loyalty checks among the fifty thousand people, then arranged for intelligence to be sent to Crimson Village. There, Kangetsu oversaw construction of a bronze statue and ordered work on its blood pool and a golden image of himself, intending to strengthen himself against Senju Hashirama.

• Uchiha Inoue ordered Uchiha Dixin to watch Hyuga Tianguang and kill him if anything suspicious happened at the Hyuga Main Family.
• Uchiha Dixin used his Mangekyō Sharingan ability to sink into the ground, while Uchiha Inoue praised his Earth Transformation.
• Uchiha Inoue told Huanyu to search the fifty thousand people for disloyal elements and remove them.
• Uchiha Inoue instructed Uchiha Chuanxin to use his ability to send the latest intelligence to Crimson Village.
• Kangetsu praised Akimichi Cho and Onmyo Realm for building the bronze statue, then ordered them to complete its blood pool and make a golden image of him to suppress it.
• Kangetsu returned home, believing the twelve statues would help him face Senju Hashirama even if the Sage of Six Paths aided him.

Hyuga Tianguang impersonated Hyuga Tianyi and summoned the Hyuga Clan’s senior members to an ancestral hall meeting, claiming the clan faced a threat to its survival. He warned that the Uzumaki Clan’s growing power and interest in the Seven-Tails could endanger the Hyuga Clan.

• Hyuga Tianguang impersonated Hyuga Tianyi and told Hyuga Zongzheng to summon the Hyuga Clan’s senior members.
• Hyuga Tianguang addressed the assembled clan members in the ancestral hall and demanded that they stop arguing.
• Hyuga Tianguang said the Hyuga Clan could not risk provoking Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama, or Uchiha Kangetsu and their clans or village.
• Hyuga Tianguang warned that the Uzumaki Clan had obtained the Five-Tails, was expanding, and had set its sights on the Seven-Tails.

Hyuga Tianguang announced a plan to secure the Hyuga Clan’s future through marriage, war, and changes to Branch Family training. The clan accepted his proposals, while his hatred for the Main Family deepened.

• Hyuga Tianguang listened as Uchiha Huanyu secretly conveyed a plan to him.
• Hyuga Tianguang proposed sending Hyuga Naiko to marry Senju Hashirama and placing talented descendants with the Senju Clan.
• Hyuga Tianguang called for an offensive against the Uzumaki Clan and alliances with other clans that resented them.
• Hyuga Tianguang proposed teaching selected Branch Family members basic techniques and granting Main Family status to those who fought for the clan, while controlling disobedient members with the Caged Bird.
• The Hyuga Clan accepted the proposals, and Hyuga Tianguang grew more resentful of the Main Family.

Hyuga Tianguang arrived at the alliance gathering in Mystery Forest, where the members discussed their need to oppose the Uzumaki Clan. The meeting ended with a warning that Uzumaki Ziyan could target smaller families if he gained control of six Tailed Beasts.

• Hyuga Tianguang led the Hyuga Clan's forces to the alliance gathering in Mystery Forest.
• Hyuga Tianguang approached the seat of honor, but a speaker said it was reserved for Uchiha Kangetsu, so he sat beside it.
• A speaker addressed Hyuga Tianguang as the alliance's highest-ranking leader and argued that they had to fight the Uzumaki Clan.
• The speaker warned that Uzumaki Ziyan might target small families if the Uzumaki Clan gained control of a sixth Tailed Beast.

Kangetsu arranged for the Uzumaki Clan and the alliance gathering in the Mystery Forest to weaken each other, while using the Senju and Uchiha rivalry to oppose Uchiha Madara. He left the conflict between Senju Hashirama and Madara in motion, hoping it would follow the original story’s course.

• Yamanaka Ino reported that more than three hundred and eighty clans, nearly five hundred thousand people, were heading to the Mystery Forest against the smaller Uzumaki Clan.
• Kangetsu ordered Nara Isshin to direct the battle and leave both the Uzumaki Clan and the alliance badly hurt.
• Yamanaka Ino reported that a daughter of the late Hyuga Tianyi had entered the Senju Clan and that its elders had approved her marriage to Senju Hashirama.
• Yamanaka Ino told Kangetsu that Uchiha Madara was representing the Land of Wood against the Senju Clan, which had the Land of Fire’s support under Kangetsu’s orders.
• Kangetsu decided that Senju Hashirama was the right person to oppose Uchiha Madara and planned to leave Black Zetsu’s part in the original story for Madara to inherit.