Chapter Summaries

The Raikage A opened the Eighth Gate and unleashed overwhelming power against Uchiha Izuna, shattering his black-flame sword and forcing him onto the defensive. As the Raikage pressed his attack, Izuna’s Sharingan spun and he appeared to make a ruthless decision.

• The Raikage A told Izuna that his power would last only an instant and opened the Eighth Gate by pressing blood-red lightning against his heart.
• The Raikage’s blood-red aura exploded outward, crushing the surrounding void, and his punch shattered Izuna’s black-flame longsword.
• The Raikage drove Izuna onto the defensive with the combined strength of the Eight Gates and Lightning Armor.
• Izuna’s Sharingan spun as he appeared to make a ruthless decision.

Kangetsu took complete control of the Raikage’s body and transformed it into his Asura Path avatar to confront Izuna. He used his new Thirteen Gates taijutsu and Thunder God Armor, unleashing tremendous power as Izuna adjusted to Madara’s Rinnegan.

• Izuna gouged out his right eye, preserved it in a sealing scroll, and implanted Madara’s Rinnegan.
• Kangetsu revealed his own Rinnegan and ordered White Zetsu to protect his original body while he fought through the Raikage.
• Kangetsu took complete control of the Raikage’s body, turning him into his Asura Path avatar and drawing chakra and Creation Divine Lightning through the black rods.
• Kangetsu opened the first five gates of his Thirteen Heaven-Ascending Steps technique and used the Raikage’s body to unleash its power.
• Kangetsu adapted the Lightning Armor ninjutsu and activated Thunder God Armor, surrounding the body in powerful blood-red lightning.

Kangetsu’s blood-red lightning spear overwhelmed Black Zetsu’s defense and carved through the Land of Lightning. Kangetsu observed that one-sixth of the territory had been cut off and turned into a small island.

• Black Zetsu angrily summoned Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s black Yang Scepter and used its chakra to form a barrier.
• Kangetsu’s lightning spear struck the barrier, unleashing a massive explosion across the Land of Lightning.
• The barrier shattered, and the spear’s lightning tore through the land.
• Kangetsu looked with his Rinnegan and said that one-sixth of the Land of Lightning had become a small island.

Kangetsu explained the Asura Path clone’s overwhelming taijutsu power and its short duration. Black Zetsu, hiding nearby, broke down in humiliation and vowed revenge as he watched the clone.

• Kangetsu explained that the Asura Path clone’s strength came from the Eight Inner Gates and the Thirteen Heaven-Ascending Steps, and that Creation Divine Lightning had helped it recover.
• Kangetsu resumed control of the Asura Path clone, which taunted Black Zetsu for hiding.
• Black Zetsu, furious that he could not reveal himself, clenched his fists and crushed a rock.
• Black Zetsu pounded the rocks, cursed Kangetsu, and swore to kill him and avenge his humiliation.
• Black Zetsu watched the Asura Path clone through the ground.

Uchiha Izuna attacked Kangetsu with two Limbo shadows, but Kangetsu fought through his Asura Path clone and struck back with a devastating blow of blood-red lightning. The shadows survived the attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Uchiha Izuna revealed that his evolved Rinnegan’s Limbo shadows were stronger than Uchiha Madara’s and sent them after Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu told White Zetsu to watch his body, then took control of his Asura Path clone, the Second Raikage.
• Kangetsu sensed the approaching shadows through the lightning filling the space and leaped into the sky.
• Kangetsu punched downward, sending a blood-red lightning fist through space toward the shadows.
• The fist struck both shadows and created a distorted black hole, but the shadows flew out still retaining their forms.

Uchiha Izuna unleashed his Rinnegan ability, Avici Hell, against Kangetsu, whose Asura Path clone was nearing its limits. Kangetsu broke free of the hell’s painful illusions and prepared to face Izuna’s final, accelerating sword strike.

• The Tsuchikage realized that Lord Blood Shadow controlled the Raikage as the three Kage resumed their battle.
• Uchiha Izuna summoned Avici Hell, filling the battlefield with black flames, cutting force, and visions of endless suffering.
• Kangetsu felt the Asura Path clone reaching its limit and gathered its remaining power for one final strike.
• Izuna charged Kangetsu with a swift sword attack that carried Avici Hell’s illusions, including the memory of Meigetsu’s death.
• Kangetsu broke free of the illusions, and Izuna accelerated again to continue his attack.

Kangetsu transformed the Asura Path clone’s disintegrating body into a vast mass of chakra and surrounded its skeleton with a blood-red lightning dragon. The dragon swallowed a lightning strike from the sky, leaving the battlefield beneath a cold, dazzling light.

• Kangetsu felt the Asura Path clone’s flesh disappear as its body became chakra, leaving only its Rinnegan-bearing skeleton.
• Kangetsu controlled the Asura Path clone as it roared, and blood-red lightning formed an enormous dragon around it.
• Uchiha Izuna sensed the oppressive force and questioned whether the Raikage was still himself, while the Tsuchikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage struggled under the pressure.
• A lightning bolt struck toward the Asura Path clone, but its blood-red dragon swallowed it.
• The dragon devoured the blood-red lightning in the sky, and sunlight returned without warmth.

Kangetsu declared the Second War over after the Tsuchikage sacrificed himself with a powerful Dust Release technique. Izuna collapsed after the black flames vanished, and Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to take him back to Madara and keep him alive.

• Kangetsu told White Zetsu that the Second Raikage could not be revived because his soul had shattered.
• Uchiha Izuna recognized Kangetsu as the one who had acted against him, then collapsed as the black flames disappeared.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to take Izuna to Madara and said Black Zetsu had fled.
• The Tsuchikage emerged with the Mizukage and Kazekage, then used Ultimate Dust Release-Endless Void and sacrificed himself to destroy everything nearby.
• Kangetsu turned intangible, repeated his orders to White Zetsu, and declared the Second War over.

Kangetsu learned that Uchiha Fugaku’s first son, Itachi, was about to be born and decided to restore Fugaku’s memories. He also ordered Uchiha White Fang to become the Second Blood Shadow and merge with his former body to increase his power.

• White Zetsu reported that Izuna controlled Kirigakure, Danzo held greater authority than Hiruzen in Konoha, and Fugaku’s son Itachi was about to be born.
• Kangetsu decided that it was time to restore Fugaku’s memories.
• White Zetsu explained that Hatake Sakumo’s soul had been transferred into a new body made with Uchiha cells, creating Uchiha White Fang.
• Kangetsu named Uchiha White Fang the Second Blood Shadow of the Blood Ninja Village.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to use a ninjutsu adapted from the Human Body Seal to merge White Fang with his former body and strengthen him.

Uchiha Madara explained why he believed Uchiha Obito was an exceptional descendant and learned that Izuna had taken control of the Fourth Mizukage. White Zetsu then reported to Kangetsu that Madara’s plan was nearing completion, while Kangetsu reflected on Izuna’s choice to stay between him and Madara.

• Uchiha Madara said Obito’s spatial Sharingan abilities and vitality made him a genius, and guessed that he was related to Madara’s family.
• White Zetsu told Uchiha Madara that Izuna had taken control of the Fourth Mizukage and started the Blood Dance Plan.
• White Zetsu met Kangetsu and said Madara’s plan was almost ready and Obito would likely awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan soon.
• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that Madara still did not know about him, though Izuna had seen the Rinnegan in the Raikage’s eyes during the Second War.
• Kangetsu concluded that Izuna had kept his secret but still believed the conflict was between Kangetsu and Madara, not Kangetsu and Black Zetsu.

Uchiha Fugaku removed the Soul Sealing that had bound his memories and learned that Kangetsu was his father, not Senju Hashirama. Overwhelmed by the revelation, Fugaku fled the ancestral hall while Kangetsu agreed to wait until he calmed down.

• Uchiha Fugaku examined the sealing jutsu in the scroll, and Kangetsu explained that the Life Seal had already unraveled and Fugaku could undo the Soul Sealing himself.
• Uchiha Fugaku released the seal, and the golden chains binding a red soul emerged and broke apart.
• Uchiha Fugaku's memories revealed that Kangetsu was his father, causing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to become the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Uchiha Fugaku cried out and rushed from the ancestral hall, and Uchiha Zongye offered to speak with him.
• Kangetsu agreed to wait until Fugaku calmed down and said he would remain in Konoha for a few more days before his first grandson was born.

Kangetsu instructed Jiraiya to help Minato Namikaze become the Fourth Hokage, investigate Mount Myoboku, and find a chance to kill Senju Nawaki. Kangetsu then visited Minato and praised him for mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique and sensing his arrival.

• Kangetsu told Jiraiya to rally support for Minato Namikaze's bid to become the Fourth Hokage, including asking Tsunade's faction to support him if she agreed.
• Kangetsu ordered Jiraiya to leave Konoha under the pretext of writing a book while continuing to investigate the Mount Myoboku clan.
• Kangetsu told Jiraiya to find an opportunity to kill Senju Nawaki, and Jiraiya agreed.
• Kangetsu left Jiraiya and appeared in a room where Minato greeted him as his master.
• Kangetsu praised Minato for mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique and sensing his arrival with Space Ninjutsu.

Kangetsu confronted Orochimaru in an underground base and ordered him to withdraw from the race for Fourth Hokage and secretly support Minato Namikaze. Orochimaru accepted the order and discovered that the scroll Kangetsu left him contained something he believed would grant him immortality.

• Kangetsu appeared in Orochimaru's underground base and challenged him, but Orochimaru recognized him as Lord Blood Shadow.
• Kangetsu ordered Orochimaru to leave the Fourth Hokage race and secretly support Minato Namikaze, warning him to keep the matter secret.
• Kangetsu gave Orochimaru a scroll as a reward and vanished.
• Orochimaru, shaken by Kangetsu's power, picked up the scroll and opened it.
• Orochimaru laughed, believing the scroll held the immortality he had sought.

Uchiha Itachi was born, and Kangetsu sensed the mixed bloodlines inside the infant fighting. Kangetsu took his grandson into his arms and praised the battle he believed Itachi’s Uchiha bloodline was winning.

• Kangetsu sensed a new life connected to him by blood as a baby cried.
• Kangetsu explained that Itachi’s body contained Uchiha, Uzumaki, Senju, and Hyuga cells that were fighting one another.
• Uchiha Fugaku entered the ancestral hall carrying his newborn son and announced the birth to Uchiha Zongye, while ignoring Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu took Uchiha Itachi into his arms and praised him for defeating the Senju and overcoming the Hyuga and Uzumaki bloodlines.

Kangetsu healed newborn Uchiha Itachi, gave him life-saving protections and the Yasaka Magatama, then warned that he would punish anyone who threatened his grandson. Uchiha Fugaku left with Itachi as Uchiha Zongye cautioned Kangetsu about the attention the child’s birth would draw.

• Green light healed Uchiha Itachi, who grew into a plump, healthy-looking infant and fell asleep.
• Kangetsu placed pure chakra in Itachi and marked him with three strands of life-saving chakra tied to his body, soul, and life force.
• Kangetsu gave Itachi the Yasaka Magatama as a necklace despite Uchiha Zongye’s concern that it was risky.
• Kangetsu told Uchiha Fugaku to care for Itachi, and Fugaku left with the newborn.
• Uchiha Zongye warned that Itachi’s birth as Fugaku’s heir would attract schemers, and Kangetsu declared that he dared anyone to threaten the child.

Kangetsu visited Uchiha Fugaku’s estate and saw young Itachi caring for baby Sasuke. He sealed Sasuke, gave Itachi a bow and arrows for his little brother, and warned them to stay home because danger was coming.

• Kangetsu arrived at the estate where Uchiha Fugaku and his family lived.
• Itachi greeted Kangetsu while holding baby Sasuke, and Kangetsu praised him for caring for his brother.
• Kangetsu examined Sasuke and placed on him the same seal he had once placed on Itachi.
• Kangetsu gave Itachi a bow and arrows to pass on to Sasuke when he grew up.
• Kangetsu warned Itachi to keep himself and Sasuke at home because danger would come that day.

Kangetsu confirmed that the captive Nine-Tails was only a clone and prepared to use it to attack Konoha. He also ordered Hanzo to kill Yahiko, hoping Yahiko’s death would make Nagato easier to manipulate.

• Kangetsu confronted the Nine-Tails clone, which blamed him and Uchiha Madara for its imprisonment.
• Kangetsu left the clone caged and told it that it would be released in a few years.
• White Zetsu reported that Konoha’s defenses were mostly deployed outside the village and that fighting had begun in Amegakure.
• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that Hanzo had allied with Danzo to ambush the Akatsuki and asked whom to kill.
• Kangetsu ordered Hanzo to kill Yahiko so Nagato’s grief and desire to protect Konan would make him easier to manipulate.

Minato Namikaze arranged for his loyal subordinates to protect and guide Naruto, leaving him support in Konoha. He then prepared to awaken his other self, accepting that the process would kill him and make him Minato Uchiha.

• Minato told Genma Shiranui and three others to keep serving Konoha and secretly protect Naruto if his suspicions proved true.
• Minato asked Kakashi to teach Naruto a jutsu from a scroll and help him grow into a cheerful shinobi like Obito.
• Minato asked Might Guy to teach Naruto to embrace youth, and Guy enthusiastically agreed.
• Minato finished making arrangements for his loyal subordinates and began awakening his other self, declaring he would become Minato Uchiha.

Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Yukimi welcomed their son Naruto before Uchiha Obito attacked and abducted Yukimi. Minato placed Naruto safely in his crib and set out to rescue his wife and kill Obito.

• Minato Namikaze awoke from Kangetsu's genjutsu and celebrated Naruto's birth with Uzumaki Yukimi.
• Uchiha Obito appeared in the room, killed the birth attendants, and seized Naruto.
• Obito threw Naruto to Minato, then vanished with Uzumaki Yukimi.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God to take Naruto home and place him in his crib.
• Minato vowed to rescue Yukimi and kill Obito.

Minato Namikaze left Uzumaki Yukimi and Naruto in a secluded house before setting out to kill those who had harmed his family. Kangetsu used genjutsu to replace Yukimi’s right eye with a Sharingan containing Izanagi and injected golden blood into her heart to halt her declining life.

• Minato Namikaze brought Uzumaki Yukimi and Naruto to a secluded house, then left in a murderous rage to confront their attackers.
• Kangetsu revealed that he had placed Uzumaki Yukimi under genjutsu and removed her right eye.
• Kangetsu implanted a three-tomoe Sharingan containing Izanagi into Uzumaki Yukimi’s empty eye socket using Medical Ninjutsu.
• Kangetsu injected a drop of golden blood into Uzumaki Yukimi’s chest, slowing the loss of her life.