Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu controlled the Nine-Tails, armored it with Susanoo, and confronted Uzumaki Ziyan after he transformed into an eight-headed monster. As Ziyan’s eight elemental attacks surged toward them, Kangetsu charged forward with golden and black flames forming dragons around a blade.

• Kangetsu took complete control of the Nine-Tails and covered its body with Susanoo armor.
• Kangetsu summoned golden and black fire dragons that coiled around the Nine-Tails.
• Uzumaki Ziyan, transformed into an eight-headed monster, gathered attacks of eight different powers and fired them at Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu charged the eight-headed monster and formed golden and black fire dragons around a blade with True Solar Fire and True Lunar Fire.

Uzumaki Ziyan attempted to fuse the chakra of seven Tailed Beasts with the Uzumaki Clan’s sealing chakra while Kangetsu fought him from the air. The Nine-Tails warned Kangetsu that Ziyan’s unstable transformation was beginning to break apart, leaving Kangetsu to endure the battle until it failed.

• Uzumaki Ziyan attacked Kangetsu with chakra pillars as blood-red blades collided with them overhead.
• Uzumaki Ziyan declared he would kill Kangetsu and began fusing the chakra of seven Tailed Beasts with his sealing chakra.
• The Nine-Tails told Kangetsu that Ziyan was losing control and would soon break apart.
• Kangetsu recognized that his Sharingan and chakra suppression could not control Ziyan’s fused form, so he chose to outlast it.
• Uzumaki Ziyan continued attempting to combine the Tailed Beasts’ different chakra natures.

After the battle destroyed the Mystery Forest and killed two million people, Kangetsu explained to the Nine-Tails that he had fought to end war and the era, despite being hated as a demon. As the blood moon faded and sunlight returned, Kangetsu laughed at the heavens and himself before becoming cold and indifferent.

• Kangetsu and the Nine-Tails saw a vast crater and a blood-red pillar rise from its depths after the battle.
• The Nine-Tails said the Uzumaki brat had exploded and criticized the short-lived power of seven Tailed Beasts.
• Kangetsu surveyed the ruined Mystery Forest and declared the battle and the era over.
• The Nine-Tails asked whether killing two million people had been worth the hatred and the name of demon.
• Kangetsu told the Nine-Tails that he had killed to end war, slaughter, and the era, and said he needed only to understand himself.
• As the blood moon faded and sunlight emerged, Kangetsu laughed toward the heavens, then fell silent and cold.

Kangetsu faced Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, announced his coming wedding, and threatened to wipe out the Senju Clan before it. As Madara backed his younger brother, Kangetsu turned to the Nine-Tails and condemned Otsutsuki Hagoromo for failing to prevent endless war.

• Kangetsu warned the Nine-Tails not to attack and told it to take him back to Crimson Village if his first strike failed.
• Uchiha Madara greeted Kangetsu after six years apart and asked if he still refused to forgive his older brother.
• Kangetsu announced that he would marry in Crimson Village one year later.
• Senju Hashirama condemned Kangetsu for killing two million people, and Kangetsu threatened to use the Senju Clan's blood to celebrate his wedding.
• Uchiha Madara declared that his will was Kangetsu's and that the Uchiha Clan would support him.
• Kangetsu mocked Otsutsuki Hagoromo's ideals of ninshu, blaming him for leaving the world plagued by war.

Kangetsu was badly injured while blocking Senju Hashirama and the Sage of Six Paths’ attack, then absorbed the Nine-Tails’ nature chakra and the Blood Sea to strengthen himself. He launched a final punch at Hashirama’s descending Buddha palm, and their attacks collided.

• Kangetsu’s punch clashed with the Sage of Six Paths’ golden hand, injuring him and forcing the Nine-Tails to stagger backward.
• Senju Hashirama formed an enormous Buddha statue and sent its palm crashing down toward Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu asked the Nine-Tails to give him the nature chakra it had gathered, and the Nine-Tails poured it into him.
• Kangetsu called the Blood Sea to merge with him, absorbing its blood energy as the people watching stared in shock.
• Kangetsu gathered his remaining strength and punched toward Senju Hashirama’s descending palm, and the two attacks collided.

Kangetsu and Senju Hashirama both survived their battle but suffered grave injuries, and their allies carried them away. Kangetsu realized he had exhausted the power of the two million dead and ordered Watanabe to hurry him to the Crimson Village for treatment.

• Uchiha Izuna worried about Kangetsu, and Uchiha Madara assured him that Kangetsu's injuries were severe but not life-threatening.
• Senju Hashirama landed and vomited blood, then told Tobirama Senju that Kangetsu had drawn on the power of two million dead to fight him to a standstill.
• Tobirama Senju supported Senju Hashirama and left, grieving that Hyuga Tianyi had also died on the battlefield.
• An Anbu stretcher team and Watanabe's combat squad carried the unconscious Kangetsu toward the Crimson Village under the protection of fifty-one Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kangetsu woke and ordered Watanabe to move at full speed so he could receive treatment, and Watanabe agreed.

Kangetsu assigned the Uzumaki children to Watanabe for training, arranged for the Uzumaki women, and planned to bring allied clans into the Crimson Village and Crimson Country at his wedding. After sending others away to prepare a barrier, he summoned Uchiha Huofeng and Hyuga Kyoko before using Creation Divine Lightning to heal his internal injuries.

• Kangetsu put the Uzumaki children under Watanabe's command and told Nara Isshin to arrange the Uzumaki women as he had the Hyuga Clan members.
• Kangetsu ordered Yamanaka Ding to contact allied clans about joining the Crimson Village and Crimson Country at his wedding a year later and to announce the ceremony across the Shinobi World.
• Kangetsu told Onmyo Yu and three others to set up a barrier so he could draw on Creation Divine Lightning to treat his damaged chakra pathways and internal injuries.
• Uchiha Huofeng and Hyuga Kyoko appeared, and both confirmed they understood what Kangetsu's summons meant.

Kangetsu asked Hyuga Kyoko and Uchiha Huofeng about the changes to their bodies and abilities. He learned that Kyoko’s Byakugan had improved and Huofeng had awakened the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Scorch Release.

• Kangetsu learned that Hyuga Kyoko could see more chakra pathways and use her Byakugan without difficulty, and he suggested she study Medical Ninjutsu.
• Uchiha Huofeng told Kangetsu that her newly received eyes felt comfortable and that her fire and wind chakra had fused.
• Kangetsu identified Huofeng’s eyes as the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, the second pair after his own.
• Uchiha Huofeng produced yellow flames, and Kangetsu recognized her new ability as Scorch Release.

Kangetsu reconvened the meeting and checked on preparations for his wedding. The work was nearing completion, invitations had brought warring clans to a halt, and he asked how those clans were being handled.

• Kangetsu entered the meeting room and was greeted by everyone as Lord Kangetsu.
• Akimichi Cho and Onmyo Realm reported that the city walls and twelve statues were nearly finished, including Kangetsu's twelve golden figures.
• Kangetsu gave Akimichi Cho and Onmyo Realm green energy of creation and told them to finish everything by his wedding day.
• Yamanaka Ino reported that invitations had reached clans across the nations and overseas, and that many clans had stopped fighting after receiving them.
• Kangetsu asked Yamanaka Ino how matters concerning those clans were being handled.

Kangetsu assigned Watanabe and Inoue to manage the incoming recruits and asked about the Uchiha and Kurama Clans. After learning that the Kurama Clan had joined the Crimson Village, he ordered them to be properly settled in and ended the meeting.

• Kangetsu assigned Watanabe to train the children joining the village, put Inoue in charge of the older men, and told them to handle the women according to the usual rules.
• Nara Isshin reported that the Uchiha and Senju Clans had stopped fighting while consolidating their forces, and that Senju Hashirama had secretly met Uchiha Madara about an alliance.
• Nara Isshin told Kangetsu that the Kurama Clan had joined the Crimson Village but had weak bodies despite their powerful genjutsu.
• Kangetsu ordered the Kurama Clan to be properly settled in, then left for his office as the meeting ended.

Uchiha Huqi delivered Uchiha Izuna’s final letter to Kangetsu and died after reporting that he had failed to protect Izuna. Kangetsu learned that Tobirama Senju had killed his older brother and vowed to kill him.

• Uchiha Huqi told Uchiha Inoue that Uchiha Izuna had died and asked him to deliver Izuna’s letter to Kangetsu before succumbing to his injuries.
• Uchiha Inoue ordered Huqi buried and sent Uchiha Huanyu to inform Watanabe that Kangetsu might seek revenge.
• Jinli arrived to summon Kangetsu, then told Mito and the others that Izuna had died.
• Kangetsu rushed to the hall, where Eiko wept and told him that Tobirama Senju had killed Izuna.
• Kangetsu swore to kill Tobirama Senju.

Kangetsu ordered Watanabe to eradicate the Land of Wood and its records within a month, then demanded to see Izuna one last time. Tobirama Senju regretted killing Uchiha Izuna, fearing that his death at the Senju Clan’s hands would provoke serious trouble.

• Kangetsu ordered Watanabe to kill the Land of Wood’s nobles, destroy its records, and prevent anyone from escaping or speaking of it.
• Watanabe accepted Kangetsu’s orders and disappeared to carry them out.
• Kangetsu ordered that he be taken to the Uchiha Clan to see Izuna one last time.
• Tobirama Senju told Hyuga Naiko that he had not expected his ordinary Flying Thunder God attack to kill Izuna and regretted what happened.
• Tobirama told Hyuga Naiko that Izuna should not have died at the Senju Clan’s hands and warned that his death would cause trouble.

Kangetsu used Impure World Reincarnation on Uzumaki Ziyan with Uchiha Izuna’s body, bringing Izuna back to life. Izuna awakened and asked Kangetsu why he was there, confused about having died.

• Kangetsu ordered everyone out of the mourning hall and revealed the living but soulless Uzumaki Ziyan.
• Kangetsu sprinkled blood from Uchiha Izuna’s body onto Uzumaki Ziyan while Uchiha Madara demanded to know what he was doing.
• Kangetsu performed Impure World Reincarnation, causing Izuna’s body to become earth and flow into Uzumaki Ziyan.
• Uzumaki Ziyan transformed into Uchiha Izuna, who then stood up and asked Kangetsu why he was there and whether he had not already died.

Kangetsu’s modified Impure World Reincarnation fused Uchiha Izuna with Uzumaki Ziyan and revived him with a Ten-Tails-like constitution. Izuna retained his original strength, gained Uzumaki abilities, and became stronger than before.

• Kangetsu modified Impure World Reincarnation by combining the Human Body Seal and Tsunade’s Yin Seal with its original principles.
• The new jutsu altered a person’s constitution, fused them with another body, and revived them with their original strength or greater.
• Kangetsu resurrected Uchiha Izuna inside Uzumaki Ziyan after altering Izuna’s constitution to resemble that of the Ten-Tails.
• Uchiha Izuna gained the Uzumaki Clan’s constitution and abilities, along with the lingering chakra of seven tailed beasts within Uzumaki Ziyan.
• Uchiha Izuna became more powerful than he had been in life and gained an undying body sustained by chakra.

Kangetsu identified Black Zetsu as the likely cause of Uchiha Izuna's condition and promised to seal him away until he could revive him. He told Uchiha Madara that the Rinnegan might grant the power to bring Izuna back, and said Madara had briefly awakened those eyes during their battle.

• Kangetsu suspected Black Zetsu was responsible for controlling Uchiha Izuna.
• Kangetsu told Uchiha Madara he would seal Izuna in the space within his eyes until he could revive him.
• Uchiha Madara asked Kangetsu how Izuna could be brought back to life.
• Kangetsu explained that the Rinnegan was a possible evolution beyond the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and might have a resurrection technique.
• Kangetsu said Uchiha Madara had briefly possessed the Rinnegan during their battle and advised him to investigate the influence of the being inside his body.

After Izuna's death, Kangetsu blamed Tobirama Senju and set out to attack the Senju Clan, while his forces massacred people across the Land of Wood. Madara chose to join the assault, and the Senju prepared for Kangetsu's arrival.

• Black Zetsu laughed that Kangetsu's actions had helped him create more Kekkei Genkai and taunted him over Izuna's death.
• Kangetsu left the mourning hall, declared that Tobirama Senju must die, and headed toward the Senju Clan.
• Madara ordered the Uchiha forces to assemble and attack the Senju Clan, dismissing a plea for aid from the Land of Wood.
• A pineapple-haired boy reported that Kangetsu's subordinates were killing nobles and commoners throughout the Land of Wood under orders to leave no targets alive.
• Tobirama Senju told the Senju Clan that Kangetsu was approaching to attack, after describing the slaughter and the Crimson Village's threats.

Uchiha Kangetsu’s Flame Dragon and Ice Dragon overwhelmed Senju Hashirama’s Wood Release, revealing the destructive power of Kangetsu’s fused chakra. Hashirama called forth a Wood Human to stop the dragons, and Kangetsu ordered them to explode.

• Senju Hashirama dismissed the Flame Dragon and Ice Dragon as ordinary Scorch Style and Ice Style, then summoned two Wood Dragons to coil around them.
• Kangetsu’s golden flames and black ice reduced Hashirama’s Wood Dragons to ash, and both dragons continued toward the Senju Clan.
• Senju Hashirama summoned a Wood Human and reached for the incoming dragons with its golden-lit hands.
• Kangetsu mocked Hashirama for relying on the old man’s power and ordered the dragons to explode.

Kangetsu fought Senju Hashirama, countering Hashirama’s Sage of Six Paths-enhanced Wood Release with a fusion of Scorch Style and Ice Style. He seized Hashirama in midair and wounded both his shoulders, leaving Hashirama at Kangetsu’s mercy.

• Kangetsu launched golden Scorch Style shuriken at Senju Hashirama, who answered with Wood Release-Cutting Technique.
• Kangetsu’s Great Fire Annihilation burned away most of Hashirama’s golden wooden spikes, but the surviving spikes broke through his flames.
• Kangetsu used Ice Style-Ice Crystal Bone-Piercing to trigger an explosion that destroyed the remaining attack, then claimed his fused chakra surpassed Otsutsuki Hagoromo’s.
• Kangetsu appeared before the stunned Senju Hashirama, grabbed him by the neck, and told him not to use ninjutsu in front of him.
• Kangetsu formed a golden Scorch Style blade and slashed Senju Hashirama across both shoulders, drawing blood.

Kangetsu attacked Tobirama Senju after Tobirama threw a kunai at him, using Senju Hashirama as a weapon to strike Tobirama. Kangetsu remained airborne with Hashirama captured and Tobirama gravely wounded.

• Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique and threw a kunai toward Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu seized Senju Hashirama, whose body he had encased in hard black ice, and swung him into Tobirama Senju.
• The blow sent Tobirama Senju crashing toward the ground with a black ice spike through his abdomen.
• Kangetsu hovered in midair with a golden Scorch Style wing behind him, still holding Hashirama.

Kangetsu shattered Senju Hashirama’s black barrier with a devastating punch and warned the old man possessing Hashirama not to interfere again. He left Hashirama and the injured Tobirama recovering in a crater as his threat against the Senju Clan hung over the battlefield.

• Hashirama’s wooden substitute shattered as Kangetsu struck the black barrier with a powerful punch.
• The barrier broke, and the blast devastated the surrounding forest and carved out a huge crater.
• Hashirama restored his severed arm while Tobirama’s abdominal wound healed.
• Kangetsu warned the old man inside Hashirama not to interrupt their fight or he would slaughter the Senju Clan on the other side.
• Tobirama’s companion urged him to retreat as Kangetsu faced Hashirama with blood-red chakra and killing intent.