Chapter Summaries

Tobirama Senju offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to revive powerful shinobi and help defeat the Blood Ninja Village and Uchiha Kangetsu. Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure agreed to join the war in exchange for jutsu, revived fighters, supplies, or funds, while White Lotus remained silent.

• Tobirama Senju explained that he had developed the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and planned to revive Senju Hashirama and other powerful shinobi to help obtain the tailed beasts and fight Uchiha Kangetsu.
• Ishikawa offered to have Iwagakure join the war if Konoha shared the Human Body Seal jutsu and revived Senju Hashirama and powerful Iwagakure shinobi.
• Black Thunder said Kumogakure would join if Konoha provided the Human Body Seal jutsu and revived some of its people.
• Reto agreed that Sunagakure would participate in exchange for supplies, funds, and ordinary jutsu from Konoha.
• Tobirama Senju turned to the silent White Lotus, while Uchiha Izuna contacted Uchiha Madara and reported what had happened.

Kangetsu dismissed the united shinobi forces as no threat and ordered White Zetsu to prepare a secret plan against them. White Zetsu began preparing powerful fighters hidden beneath the Scarlet City Wall to turn against their allies in battle.

• White Zetsu warned Kangetsu that the Five Great Shinobi Villages and many smaller villages had united to attack the Blood Ninja Village.
• Kangetsu boasted that no one could rival him and believed the Nine Tailed Beasts would not threaten him after he obtained the Dragon Clan's treasure.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to use a secret technique on the powerful fighters stored beneath the Scarlet City Wall so they would attack their own side.
• White Zetsu said the fighters had regained their strength in the blood pool and that the Box of Ultimate Bliss would make them easy to control.
• White Zetsu sank into the ground as Kangetsu reflected that the force beneath the village's golden walls could overturn the Shinobi World.

The allied forces planned how to fight the Blood Ninja Village, relying on their numerical advantage and resurrected warriors. They prepared to keep Uchiha Kangetsu trapped while raising enough fighters to face two exceptionally powerful squads.

• The speaker estimated the Blood Ninja Village’s forces and warned that its ninja and ninjutsu surpassed those of the allied clans.
• The speaker divided the allied forces’ three million ninja among the Blood Ninja Village’s different fighter ranks and stressed that they had to keep Uchiha Kangetsu trapped.
• The speaker warned that the Bloody Squad, led by Uchiha Inoue, and the Killing Squad, led by Uchiha Watanabe, could overpower nearly everyone present.
• The speaker told the Second to resurrect more than a hundred powerful clan fighters, whose remains were still available, to oppose the two squads.

Tobirama Senju persuaded the Kage to attack the Blood Ninja Village before their generation died, and they agreed to carry out their battle plan. Kangetsu learned of the plan and prepared to use the invading forces to replenish his blood pool.

• Tobirama Senju argued that the Kage had to fight now or their descendants would eventually be destroyed by the Blood Ninja Village.
• Ishikawa and Black Thunder urged the Kage to commit to the battle, and the others agreed to press on.
• Tobirama Senju ordered the Kage to put their battle plan into action and bring him the remains they had brought so he could revive them.
• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that Uchiha Izuna had passed the Five Kage's battle plan to Uchiha Madara, allowing White Zetsu to learn it as well.
• Kangetsu dismissed the report, claimed the Blood Ninja Village had more than a million combatants, and welcomed the coming attack as fresh blood for his blood pool.

Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to use three hundred thousand clones to resurrect the trained fighters beneath the Scarlet City Wall after their deaths. He visited the imprisoned Uzumaki Zixin and met her granddaughter Tsunade, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Watanabe withdrew after finishing his report, and Kangetsu noticed the moon turning red again.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to attach reserve clones to three hundred thousand fighters and resurrect them after they died.
• Kangetsu said the war was about to begin and vanished to visit a newly born being.
• Kangetsu confronted the imprisoned Uzumaki Zixin, recalling that Senju Hashirama had died by his hand and Tobirama Senju had confined her.
• Kangetsu learned that the little girl in Uzumaki Zixin's arms was her granddaughter, Tsunade, and felt a faint sense of familiarity with her.

Uzumaki Mito revealed to Uchiha Kangetsu that she conceived their child with the Life Seal, made Senju Hashirama believe the child was his, and later used the Human Body Seal to impregnate her daughter-in-law. She explained that the birth of Kangetsu’s child and the child’s joy had led to his Sharingan awakening.

• Uzumaki Mito told Uchiha Kangetsu that she used the Life Seal on his blood and her own cells to conceive their child.
• Mito said she married Senju Hashirama to fuel her revenge against Kangetsu and used the Yang-Sealing Technique to make Hashirama impotent.
• Mito explained that she later took Hashirama’s cells so he would believe the child was his.
• Mito said their child was born and that Kangetsu’s vitality meant he was unlikely to have another child.
• Mito said she arranged for the child to marry at sixteen, then used the Human Body Seal to make her daughter-in-law pregnant.
• Mito revealed that the child’s joy at the pregnancy awakened his Sharingan.

Kangetsu declared Tsunade his granddaughter and vowed to destroy the Senju Clan, while ordering White Zetsu to verify her lineage. He then used the Reverse Seal and Creation Divine Lightning on Uzumaki Zixin, leaving her under his control and infused with new power.

• Kangetsu told Tsunade that she was his granddaughter, an Uchiha, and inherited his power of creation.
• Tsunade rejected Kangetsu's claim and cried as he said he would wipe out the Senju Clan.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to investigate Tsunade's lineage thoroughly.
• Di Xin returned with Uzumaki Zixin, a woman rejected by Lord Watanabe.
• Kangetsu controlled Uzumaki Zixin with his Mangekyō Sharingan, used the Reverse Seal to pour the Nine-Tails' chakra into her, then infused her with Creation Divine Lightning.

Kangetsu arranged for Jiraiya to sign a Mount Myoboku Summoning Scroll and ordered White Zetsu to continue creating a more promising child from Meigetsu’s cells. After returning home, he learned that Uzumaki Zixin had given birth despite still being a virgin, strengthening his belief that Tsunade was his granddaughter and his son was dead.

• Kangetsu had White Zetsu identify a successful experiment named Jiraiya, then made Jiraiya sign a Mount Myoboku Summoning Scroll and left him cultivation notes.
• Kangetsu visited the Uchiha Clan compound and learned that the unstable boy created from Meigetsu’s cells appeared to be an idiot.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to keep making experiments until one succeeded.
• Kangetsu asked Eiko to examine Uzumaki Zixin, and Eiko found that Zixin was still a virgin but had given birth.
• Kangetsu concluded that Tsunade was his granddaughter and his son was dead, then clenched his fists as killing intent flickered in his eyes.

Chapter Summary: “Second Pillar is Also My Grandson”

• Kangetsu learns about the future: After discovering the identities and relationships of future figures, Kangetsu realizes that Uchiha Fugaku will be connected to him through marriage and that both Uchiha Sasuke—referred to as the “Second Pillar”—and Uchiha Itachi will become his grandsons. Amused and intrigued, he decides to act on this knowledge.
• Message to the Uchiha clan: Kangetsu writes a letter addressed to the leader of Konoha’s Uchiha clan, presumably Fugaku, and gives it to White Zetsu for delivery. He believes the recipient will understand how to respond to the information.
• Kangetsu investigates Zixin’s sealing techniques: Kangetsu reflects on several extraordinary techniques, including the Yang-Sealing Forbidden Technique, the Life Seal, and a seal capable of transforming an adult into a child. He realizes that these techniques are not part of the ordinary Uzumaki teachings and may exist only in Uzumaki Zixin’s possession.
• Confrontation with Uzumaki Zixin: Kangetsu visits Zixin, who is unsurprised by his arrival and suggests that she knew he would eventually uncover the truth. Kangetsu acknowledges that he now understands her schemes and accuses her of manipulating even Senju Hashirama and Tobirama. Zixin dismisses the accusation as irrelevant and confirms that their son is still alive.
• A powerful inheritance: Kangetsu admits that he came mainly to obtain Zixin’s sealing techniques. She explains that, when she was young, she discovered an ancient scroll in the Uzumaki treasure vault. The scroll had belonged to Asura’s wife and contained numerous powerful and unusual sealing arts. Zixin gives the scroll to Kangetsu, claiming its techniques are even more valuable than those previously given to him by Uzumaki Mito.

Character developments and interactions

• Kangetsu becomes more calculating and future-oriented, using his knowledge of future family connections to influence the Uchiha clan. He is also impressed by Zixin’s schemes and the rarity of her techniques.
• Uzumaki Zixin is revealed as highly intelligent, secretive, and politically manipulative. Despite her schemes, she is willing to share an immensely valuable inheritance with Kangetsu.
• White Zetsu functions as Kangetsu’s discreet messenger.
• Kangetsu and Zixin’s relationship combines suspicion, familiarity, and cooperation: Kangetsu criticizes her manipulation, while Zixin responds confidently and assists him.
• Major themes: The chapter emphasizes manipulation and hidden agendas, the importance of bloodline and future family ties, the inheritance of ancient power, and the tension between uncovering the truth and continuing to exploit it. It also highlights Kangetsu’s growing influence over both the Uzumaki and Uchiha lineages.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages and smaller villages prepared to destroy the Blood Ninja Village, while Kangetsu revealed that his forces had encircled their three million troops. The chapter ended with Watanabe pledging to kill at least one million of the allied soldiers.

• Tobirama Senju told the assembled Kage that their three million troops had seized the initiative and urged them to destroy the Blood Ninja Village’s fighting forces.
• The allied Kage agreed with Tobirama Senju and steeled themselves to fight for the future.
• Kangetsu asked Nara Isshin whether everyone had assembled, and Nara Isshin confirmed that their forces had surrounded the allied army.
• Kangetsu asked Watanabe if his three hundred thousand death-sworn warriors were ready, and Watanabe vowed to kill at least one million allied troops.

Uchiha Kangetsu summoned thirteen enormous blood pools and golden men over the battlefield, revealing his plan to use the allied army’s dead as nourishment. As Tobirama Senju protested, Kangetsu declared that he would feed three million people to the pools.

• Tobirama Senju recognized Uchiha Kangetsu on the battlefield and warned the allied army as Kangetsu began forming hand seals.
• Kangetsu summoned thirteen enormous blood pools and thirteen golden men into the sky.
• Black Zetsu realized Kangetsu was combining natural chakra with the Ten-Tails’ chakra to create a new, purer power.
• A corpse flew into one of the blood pools and dissolved into blood.
• Tobirama Senju condemned Kangetsu for using the dead, and Kangetsu said he would turn three million people into nourishment for the pools.

Kangetsu attacked the Five Kage with the Futsunushi Sword, unleashing a blood-red slash infused with Susanoo's chakra. The devastating strike tore through space as the Five Kage recognized his strength, and a sharper crimson sword light emerged from the attack.

• Tobirama Senju claimed the Nine Tailed Beasts and the Uzumaki Clan's 'Human Body Seal' would defeat Kangetsu, and the other four Kage agreed.
• Kangetsu summoned the Futsunushi Sword, whose killing intent and baleful energy filled the clearing.
• Kangetsu swung the sword at the Five Kage, sending a blood-red slash that tore open a spatial rift.
• Tobirama Senju and the other four Kage realized the immense extent of Kangetsu's power.
• Kangetsu's Susanoo-infused slash shook the surrounding blood and corpses, and a razor-sharp crimson sword light burst from its river of blood.

Kangetsu overwhelmed the Nine Tailed Beasts’ combined Tailed Beast Bombs with his Killing Calamity Sword and boasted that no one could challenge him. Tobirama Senju concluded that the Five Kage and tailed beasts had few remaining means to oppose him.

• Kangetsu shattered the tailed beasts’ attacks with his sword strikes and cut a planet-sized Tailed Beast Bomb in half.
• Kangetsu mocked the Nine Tailed Beasts and the Five Kage, calling them ants and declaring that no one could make him afraid.
• The Five Kage watched in stunned silence as the battlefield fell quiet beneath a blood-red haze.
• Tobirama Senju said the Nine Tailed Beasts could not match Kangetsu and explained that his theft of clan techniques had weakened the clans’ ability to restrain them.

Uzumaki Ziyan sealed all nine tailed beasts inside himself and asked Tobirama Senju to find his two daughters before losing consciousness. As Kangetsu prepared to fight Tobirama, Ziyan began transforming, and a dragon's head emerged from his swelling body.

• Uzumaki Ziyan used nine golden chains to draw the tailed beasts into his body, and the Eight-Tails said they all wanted to kill Uchiha Kangetsu.
• Uzumaki Ziyan begged Tobirama Senju to find his two daughters, the last family he had left.
• Ishikawa and Black Thunder promised to search for Ziyan's daughters, while Tobirama Senju remained silent.
• Kangetsu condemned Tobirama Senju and declared that he would kill him that day.
• Uzumaki Ziyan's body swelled into a white sphere, which burst open as a dragon's head emerged.

Kangetsu unleashed the fifth tribulation of his Nine Swords, Nine Tribulations technique against the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon. His slash pierced all nine Tailed Beast Bombs, leaving the battle amid a chain of explosions in the shattered void.

• Kangetsu coated the Futsunushi Sword in blood-red energy and raised his killing intent.
• Kangetsu unleashed a simple slash that cut through space toward the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon.
• The Nine-Headed Divine Dragon fired nine powerful Tailed Beast Bombs at Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu named his strike the fifth tribulation and sent its sword light against the incoming attacks.
• Kangetsu's sword light pierced all nine Tailed Beast Bombs, which exploded and filled the void with light and thunder.

Kangetsu and Susanoo fought the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon as their attacks shattered space, while the Five Kage watched in horror. Kangetsu realized the dragon’s growing power surpassed his own, then prepared to reveal another trick.

• Kangetsu advanced in Susanoo and thrust his silver-white longsword at the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon.
• The Nine-Headed Divine Dragon attacked with its nine heads, and their collision shattered the surrounding space and created black holes.
• Tobirama Senju and the other Five Kage watched in astonishment as Kangetsu battled the combined Nine Tailed Beasts.
• Kangetsu admitted that the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon’s power exceeded his current strength and was still growing.
• The Nine-Headed Divine Dragon gathered scarlet light in its mouths as Kangetsu smiled and challenged it to show its greatest power.

Uchiha Kangetsu's Susanoo opened a spatial rift as the Five Kage tried to stop him and protect the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon while it gathered a Tailed Beast Bomb. Kangetsu's Susanoo crushed their combined water-and-lightning dragon attack, leaving the Kage stunned.

• Uchiha Kangetsu's Susanoo tore open space and thrust an arm into the rift.
• Tobirama Senju urged the Five Kage to hold Kangetsu back while the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon gathered its Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Tobirama Senju summoned a giant water dragon, and Yueye Heilei wrapped it in black lightning to create a combined attack.
• Kangetsu's Susanoo swept down its palm and shattered the black-and-blue divine dragon.
• Tobirama Senju and the other Kage were shocked by the power of Kangetsu's Susanoo.

Kangetsu unleashed the Futsunushi Sword’s power and repelled the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon’s Tailed Beast Bomb without suffering harm. The Five Kage watched in shock as the battle continued.

• Kangetsu declared that the Futsunushi Sword could cut down and kill all living things.
• Kangetsu absorbed the natural-energy dragons into the Futsunushi Sword, unleashing sword energy that devastated the battlefield and shattered meteors and stars.
• The Nine-Headed Divine Dragon attacked Kangetsu with a Tailed Beast Bomb formed from the power of all nine heads.
• Kangetsu’s sword energy clashed with the Tailed Beast Bomb, but Kangetsu and his Susanoo emerged unharmed.
• Tobirama Senju exclaimed in shock that the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon’s strongest attack had failed to defeat Uchiha Kangetsu.

Kangetsu faced Black Zetsu, whose Nine-Headed Divine Dragon unleashed three powerful attacks formed from the combined chakra of the nine tailed beasts. As the Five Kage waited for a chance to help, Kangetsu prepared to use the power of the Thirteen Blood Pools.

• The Nine-Headed Divine Dragon split the nine tailed beasts' chakra into three attacks and launched them at Kangetsu's Susanoo.
• Kangetsu realized Black Zetsu had become much more powerful and prepared to draw on the chakra between heaven and earth.
• Tobirama Senju urged everyone to wait for the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon to weaken, while Ishikawa and Black Thunder acknowledged they could not join the fight.
• Kangetsu decided to use the power of the Thirteen Blood Pools against Black Zetsu.

Kangetsu destroyed the fused attacks of the tailed beasts and faced Black Zetsu, who had taken control of the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon. Kangetsu unleashed his Killing Sword, sending a blood-red blade toward his opponent as the void and stars shattered.

• Kangetsu fused the five elements into a sword attack that reduced the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Six-Tails’ power to ashes.
• Kangetsu countered the combined attack of the Seven-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails with his Emperor Sword, shattering space.
• Kangetsu recognized that Black Zetsu had taken control of the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon and vowed to make him pay for forcing him to use two trump cards.
• Kangetsu raised his Susanoo’s Futsunushi Sword and unleashed the Killing Sword, destroying stars as its blood-red blade surged toward the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon.