Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama fought after Madara stole a piece of Hashirama’s flesh and used its chakra in his eyes. Madara died, leaving Kangetsu grieving and looking at Hashirama with hostility.

• Uchiha Madara bit off a piece of Senju Hashirama’s shoulder and used the chakra that emerged to place a jutsu in his eyes.
• Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara clashed, and Hashirama’s Wood Clone was cut in two before the real Hashirama stabbed Madara from behind.
• Senju Hashirama declared his resolve to kill anyone who threatened Konoha, even a friend or family member.
• Uchiha Madara urged Kangetsu to carry on the convictions of their brothers and live, then closed his eyes and died.
• Senju Hashirama pulled out his blade and knelt beside Madara’s body as Kangetsu watched in silence and mourned him.

Kangetsu attacked Senju Hashirama at the Valley of the End, unleashing successive Fire Style techniques as he sought revenge for Uchiha Madara. Hashirama answered with a Wood Dragon and a torrent of water while Kangetsu began another technique.

• Kangetsu ignored everyone else and rushed at Senju Hashirama, striking him in the abdomen and sending him flying.
• Kangetsu used Fire Style-Flame First Form and raised countless pillars of fire around the forest.
• Kangetsu used Fire Style-Flame Second Form, spreading flames across the Valley of the End.
• Kangetsu unleashed his third, fourth, and fifth forms, turning the ground to lava that rolled toward Hashirama.
• Hashirama summoned a Wood Dragon that flooded the flames with water as Kangetsu began Fire Style-Fire Phoenix Shines Upon Heaven.

Uchiha Kangetsu killed Senju Hashirama in the Valley of the End, burning him to ash as the world mourned. With Hashirama dead and Madara gone, the world stood on the brink of a new century.

• Kangetsu vowed to kill Senju Hashirama and unleashed a towering sea of flames against him.
• The Wood Dragons failed to save Hashirama as the fire consumed them and their master.
• Senju Hashirama slumped and dissolved into ash beneath the flames.
• Crimson clouds and fiery rain spread across the world as people sensed the tragedy.
• The villagers of Konoha watched Kangetsu amid the flames and realized that Hashirama had fallen.
• With Hashirama dead and Madara gone, the world faced a new century.

After Senju Hashirama's death, Tobirama Senju became the Second Hokage as Konoha mourned and tensions rose between its factions. Kangetsu prepared Blood Ninja Village for war and learned that Konoha's power was divided among Uzumaki Zixin, Tobirama Senju, and Hyuga Naiko.

• Tobirama Senju rebuked Shimura Danzō for proposing action against the Uchiha Clan and grieved over Senju Hashirama's death.
• Kangetsu ordered Inoue, Watanabe, and Isshin to prepare Blood Ninja Village's defenses for the coming war.
• Kangetsu summoned White Zetsu and asked for news about Konoha and the Nine-Tails.
• White Zetsu reported that Tobirama Senju had become Second Hokage, Uzumaki Zixin had sealed a Nine-Tails clone and gathered Hashirama's remaining forces, and Hyuga Naiko had a faction of her own.
• Kangetsu anticipated that Konoha's factions would begin infighting and reflected that his earlier plans were ready to unfold.

Uchiha Madara revived beneath the black ice and used Hashirama's flesh to merge their powers, setting his eyes on awakening the Rinnegan. Black Zetsu sensed Madara's chakra and moved toward him.

• Black Zetsu searched the forest for Uchiha Madara's body and questioned whether he was truly dead.
• Uchiha Madara awakened beneath the black ice and realized Uchiha Kangetsu had hidden his body there.
• Uchiha Madara spat out a piece of golden, living flesh and placed it over the wound on his abdomen.
• Black Zetsu sensed chakra and headed toward Uchiha Madara, believing he had revived with Izanagi.
• Uchiha Madara felt his vitality and chakra changing as Hashirama's flesh began to merge with him, and he expected his eyes to become the Rinnegan.

Uchiha Madara revived White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Tobi from the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and discovered a hidden space behind the Fire God Fan. He recognized the figure within as Izuna.

• Black Zetsu secretly used a strand of chakra to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and bring out White Zetsu, Black Zetsu, and Tobi.
• Uchiha Madara named them and ordered them to address him as Lord Madara.
• Uchiha Madara found the Fire God Fan on the ice wall and realized something was hidden behind it.
• Uchiha Madara shattered the black ice with the Fire God Fan and saw a dim glow in the space beyond.
• Uchiha Madara peered into the space with his Rinnegan and shouted that Izuna was there.

Uchiha Izuna was resurrected before Uchiha Madara and agreed to help pursue the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. Madara and Izuna decided to target Kirigakure while waiting for the right time to act against Kangetsu.

• Uchiha Izuna revived before Uchiha Madara and recognized that Madara had awakened the Rinnegan.
• Uchiha Madara welcomed Izuna back and explained the plan to him.
• Uchiha Izuna agreed to help Madara pursue the Infinite Tsukuyomi despite his doubts.
• Uchiha Madara told Izuna to secretly take control of a ninja village while they waited for the right opportunity.
• Uchiha Izuna chose Kirigakure as their target, and Black Zetsu accepted the decision while planning to use the takeover to begin the battle plan.

Kangetsu heard Nara Isshin’s proposal to add battlefield strategy lessons to the schools and approved it, while allowing ordinary civilians to enroll as well. Nara Isshin recognized that Kangetsu had limited the Nara Clan’s potential monopoly on strategic influence.

• Kangetsu silenced the arguing gathering and asked Nara Isshin what had caused the dispute.
• Nara Isshin proposed adding a course in battlefield strategy and tactics to the schools.
• Kangetsu approved the course but ruled that it must teach strength alongside strategy and accept ordinary civilians as students.
• Nara Isshin gave a wry smile, realizing Kangetsu had anticipated his scheme.

Kangetsu explained how he planned to use modified infants placed in major ninja villages to create loyal insiders for the Blood Ninja Village. He claimed the Box of Ultimate Bliss could control their emotions and ensure their loyalty, while White Zetsu continued overseeing the plan.

• Kangetsu examined infants cultivated from different clans and read labels describing their abilities and mutations.
• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that the first batch of infants had been sent to every major ninja village.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to monitor the children and nurture any who gained important roles or the villages' favor.
• White Zetsu asked whether the Box of Ultimate Bliss could control the children.
• Kangetsu said his modifications would let the box control their emotions and create loyal personalities, even in people with strong wills.

Kangetsu visited his frozen younger brother Meigetsu, while in Konoha Hyuga Naiko confronted Tobirama about her fears for the Hyuga Clan’s future. She revealed that their sister-in-law had become the Nine-Tails’ jinchūriki, leaving Tobirama speechless.

• Kangetsu silently gazed at his younger brother Meigetsu, encased in ice, before leaving the ancestral shrine.
• Tobirama accused his wife, Hyuga Naiko, of keeping a secret plan from him.
• Naiko explained that she had acted to protect the Hyuga Clan and her children because she feared being left without support.
• Naiko told Tobirama that their sister-in-law had sealed the wounded Nine-Tails inside herself after Uchiha Madara died.
• Tobirama was shocked by the revelation and fell silent.

Izuna arrived in Kirigakure and placed Mizukage White Lotus under his control. Kangetsu learned of Izuna’s move but ordered his own plans for Kirigakure to continue, leaving the village’s future contested behind the scenes.

• Black Zetsu erased the clan leaders’ memories of his existence and waited for Izuna to arrive.
• Izuna reached Kirigakure and used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to control White Lotus, the Mizukage.
• White Zetsu reported to Kangetsu that Izuna had taken control of Kirigakure.
• Kangetsu told White Zetsu to continue their plans for Kirigakure and suggest that Izuna control someone from the Nara Clan.
• Kangetsu approved the strategist team plan, signed the document, and sent it to Isshin for implementation.

Kangetsu asked Kurama about Ōtsutsuki Along and showed him an ancient Dragon Clan scroll bearing Along’s name. Kurama explained Along’s role in caring for the tailed beasts and stopping Asura and Indra, while the scroll’s purpose remained tied to their conflict.

• Kurama admitted he might not be able to defeat his duplicate, and Kangetsu offered to help capture it so Kurama could absorb it and grow stronger.
• Kangetsu asked Kurama whether he knew the Sage of Six Paths’ servant, Along, also called Ōtsutsuki Along.
• Kurama recalled that Along had cared for the tailed beasts and had been like family to them.
• Kangetsu showed Kurama an ancient scroll listing six Dragon Clan members, with Ōtsutsuki Along named first.
• Kurama explained that the Sage had given Along the scroll to keep Asura and Indra in check, and that Along had once stopped their fighting.
• Kurama said Along eventually passed away, leaving war between Indra and Asura poised to erupt again.

Kangetsu explored the Divine Dragon Immortal Realm and encountered a fire dragon with no chakra, who eagerly asked him to summon it outside. A commanding voice called him to Divine Dragon Mountain, where Kangetsu headed with growing ideas about the clan.

• Kangetsu walked toward a mountain peak and met a red-flamed divine dragon that asked who he was and how he had entered the realm.
• Kangetsu explained that he was a human contracted to the Dragon Clan and had come to look around.
• The fire dragon excitedly asked Kangetsu to summon it to the outside world because it had never left the immortal realm.
• A commanding voice invited Kangetsu to Divine Dragon Mountain, and he flew toward the peak on golden wings.
• The fire dragon followed Kangetsu and grumbled that the old man might drive him away again.
• As he flew, Kangetsu considered the clan and concluded that the Divine Dragon Clan was both the strongest and the weakest.

Silver Dragon explained why the Dragon Clan had remained secluded and warned Kangetsu that they were vulnerable to those who could use natural chakra. Recognizing Kangetsu as a descendant of the Sage of Six Paths, Silver Dragon agreed to show him the Sage’s final measure.

• Silver Dragon said the Dragon Clan could not fight back against ninja who used natural chakra and had stayed hidden while guarding the Sage of Six Paths’ secret.
• Kangetsu acknowledged the clan’s limitations and said he might find a way to help them leave in another form.
• Kangetsu noted that Asura and Indra had fought several times and asked Silver Dragon about the Sage’s final measure.
• Silver Dragon recognized Kangetsu’s Rinnegan as proof of his connection to the Sage and invited him onto his head.
• Kangetsu climbed onto Silver Dragon and felt the dragon’s natural chakra pouring into his sage body.

Elder Silver Dragon explained the Sage of Six Paths’ plan to use the Heaven Realm’s natural chakra to free the tailed beasts from the Ten-Tails’ essence and prepare them to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki. Kangetsu warned that empowered tailed beasts could become impossible to control and insisted that the Heaven Realm remain untouched.

• Elder Silver Dragon explained that the Heaven Realm gathered most of the continent’s natural chakra in a lake divided into seven elemental sections.
• Elder Silver Dragon said the Sage of Six Paths and Ōtsutsuki Hamura created the place so the tailed beasts could learn to absorb natural chakra and separate their power from the Ten-Tails.
• Elder Silver Dragon explained that the freed tailed beasts could defeat the Ten-Tails if it revived after the Sage of Six Paths died.
• Kangetsu argued that the Four Clans could restrain tailed beasts only while they remained connected to the Ten-Tails’ power.
• Kangetsu warned Silver Dragon that the tailed beasts might run wild if they gained this power and said the Heaven Realm had to remain completely preserved.

Kangetsu ordered a hunt for the Dragon Clan and the elimination of anyone who knew about the Dragon Summoning Scroll, determined to protect the Heaven Realm’s natural chakra crystals. After Inoue, Watanabe, and Nara Isshin accepted the mission, Kangetsu secretly asked White Zetsu to monitor them, especially Isshin.

• Kangetsu ordered Inoue, Watanabe, and Nara Isshin to search the Shinobi World for the Dragon Clan and kill its members and anyone connected to the Dragon Summoning Scroll.
• Nara Isshin suspected the scroll concealed a major secret, while Inoue, Watanabe, and Isshin pledged to carry out Kangetsu’s orders.
• Kangetsu reflected that the natural chakra crystals in the Heaven Realm had once threatened him, so he wanted to eliminate the Dragon Clan before it could expose his secret.
• Kangetsu summoned White Zetsu and ordered him to watch the three and record their actions.
• Kangetsu told White Zetsu he trusted Inoue and Watanabe but remained wary of Isshin because the mission involved power that could threaten him.

Tobirama Senju stripped Uzumaki Zixin of her power and ordered her confined for life after she tried to overthrow Konoha. Before the guards took her away, Zixin revealed that she had sealed Ziyan’s daughter’s memories and abandoned her, and that Ziyan’s wife had disappeared.

• Kangetsu reflected that he could not use the Sage of Six Paths’ trump card without all nine tailed beasts, and considered using the Divine Dragon Clan instead.
• Tobirama Senju told Uzumaki Zixin that he had nearly wiped out the Uzumaki Clan and ordered her to live under guard at his elder brother’s house.
• Uzumaki Zixin blamed Ziyan for destroying their clan, but Tobirama Senju defended Ziyan and explained that he had stripped Zixin of her power to protect Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju ordered guards to confine Uzumaki Zixin for the rest of her life.
• Uzumaki Zixin cursed Ziyan and revealed that she had sealed his daughter’s memories and abandoned her, while his wife had disappeared.

Tobirama Senju planned to convene a Five Kage Summit after the other villages arrived for Senju Hashirama’s memorial, hoping to challenge Uchiha Kangetsu and Blood Ninja Village. The Mizukage and Tsuchikage considered attending, each weighing the opportunity against the risks.

• Shimura Danzō urged Tobirama Senju to kill the Blood Ninja Village envoys, but Tobirama told him he was too young to understand the situation.
• Tobirama Senju announced that he would convene a Five Kage Summit when the other four great shinobi villages arrived, and vowed to confront Uchiha Kangetsu with the continent’s combined strength.
• White Lotus learned that Konoha had invited Kirigakure to Senju Hashirama’s memorial and planned to depart within a day or two, seeing the gathering as an opportunity for Kirigakure.
• Ishikawa celebrated the deaths of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara and said Iwagakure would attend the memorial to vent its anger.
• Mū warned Ishikawa that Tobirama Senju and Konoha’s bloodline clans remained formidable, and that Uchiha Kangetsu’s intervention could make matters dangerous.

Kangetsu learned that Tobirama Senju had gathered ninja villages across the continent in Konoha and prepared the Blood Ninja Village for war. He presented the gathering to his senior officials as a possible threat, while Inoue questioned whether Tobirama could truly unite them against the Blood Ninja Village.

• Black Thunder told Idamu they would leave in the next day or two, after dealing with the year's lightning rain.
• White Zetsu informed Kangetsu that the Kage of the four great ninja villages and many smaller villages were heading to Konoha for a memorial arranged by Tobirama Senju.
• Kangetsu declared that he would answer any attack with war and summoned the Blood Ninja Village's senior officials.
• Nara Isshin said many people knew of the gathering and understood it as attendance at Senju Hashirama's memorial.
• Inoue warned that the gathering seemed suspicious but questioned whether Tobirama Senju could unite the villages against the Blood Ninja Village.
• Kangetsu approved of Inoue's vigilance as he addressed the assembly.

Tobirama Senju convened representatives of the four great ninja villages to discuss resisting the Blood Ninja Village and Uchiha Kangetsu. The leaders recalled the devastation caused by Kangetsu and Uchiha Madara as they pressed Tobirama to explain his plan.

• Tobirama Senju feared the Blood Ninja Village’s growing number of powerful Kekkei Genkai users and went to meet the other villages’ representatives.
• Tobirama Senju opened the meeting with the Kazekage of Sunagakure, the Raikage of Kumogakure, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, and the Mizukage of Kirigakure.
• Black Thunder urged Tobirama Senju to get to the point and warned that the meteor and Kangetsu’s strength made the threat difficult to face.
• Ishikawa and Reto recalled how Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Kangetsu had devastated Iwagakure and turned the Land of Wind into a desert.
• White Lotus asked Tobirama Senju what plan he had to deal with Uchiha Kangetsu and the Blood Ninja Village.