Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu reassured his five wives that he would soon spend endless years at their sides, then went to Konoha as the Akatsuki began its plans. He arranged for Naruto to return and ordered Team 7 to rescue the One-Tail from Sunagakure.

• Kangetsu comforted Fire Phoenix and told his five wives that his goal was nearly within reach and he would soon stay with them for endless years.
• White Zetsu reported that the Akatsuki had begun acting and Naruto would soon return to Konoha, so Kangetsu traveled there with him.
• Kangetsu praised White Fang for his work in Konoha, and Jiraiya reported that Naruto had mastered his signature techniques, controlled the Nine-Tails' power, and grown disillusioned with the world.
• Kangetsu told Water Gate to reveal himself to Naruto and keep his son under control.
• Kangetsu ordered White Fang to have Kakashi reassemble Team 7 and send them to Sunagakure to rescue the One-Tail.

Naruto learned that Water Gate was his father and that he had survived by using the Life Seal. Water Gate and Naruto began testing each other’s skills, ending with Water Gate transforming his Rasengan with fire-nature chakra.

• Sakura asked Naruto whether Water Gate was his father, and Water Gate explained how the Life Seal had let him recover and return to life.
• Water Gate offered to teach Naruto the full Life Seal, and Naruto’s lonely expression softened at the chance to be with his father.
• Water Gate challenged Naruto and attacked with Flying Thunder God, throwing Kunai and teleporting between them.
• Naruto transformed and said he could not match Water Gate’s Flying Thunder God, then countered with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
• Water Gate praised Naruto’s Rasengan and infused his own with fire-nature chakra, turning it into a red fireball that became gold.

Kangetsu ordered White Fang to prepare to destroy Konoha and told Water Gate to let Naruto handle Gaara’s rescue as a test against Akatsuki members. He later visited Itachi and said Sasuke, after three years of training, was ready to appear.

• Kangetsu thanked Water Gate for his service and promised not to kill Naruto.
• Kangetsu told White Fang to destroy Konoha and directed him to target its population and ninja ranks when Nagato attacked.
• Kangetsu told Water Gate not to intervene in Gaara’s rescue, explaining that Naruto and Sasuke needed to gain battlefield experience against Akatsuki members.
• In a cave, Kisame and Itachi discussed capturing the Four-Tails after the One-Tail had been sealed.
• Kangetsu visited Itachi, restored some of his color with a green light, and said Sasuke was ready to make his appearance after three years of training.

Kangetsu discussed Orochimaru’s recovery and the Sky Clan’s preparations to reach the moon, hoping the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s power would help Itachi. Meanwhile, Sasuke’s strength had grown, and Kabuto wondered whether Orochimaru would succeed.

• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that Orochimaru’s soul had fused with his new body and was healing.
• Kangetsu anticipated Orochimaru Uchiha’s return and said it was time to prepare a way out for Sasuke’s older brother.
• Kangetsu asked White Zetsu about the Sky Clan’s preparations, and White Zetsu reported that the Aerial Fortress could now travel through outer space.
• Kangetsu said he hoped the Ōtsutsuki Clan would not disappoint him, while White Zetsu explained that their constitution could resolve Itachi’s hidden problems and strengthen him.
• Sasuke warned Kabuto not to approach him from behind, and Kabuto wondered whether Orochimaru would succeed.

Kangetsu led a hundred scarlet-eyed followers to the Aerial Fortress and began its journey to the moon to confront the Ōtsutsuki Clan. When Kūyoku warned that the fortress had enough energy for only one spatial journey, Kangetsu replenished its power with fiery-red chakra.

• A day and a night passed after Kabuto recognized Uchiha Madara's body and Orochimaru confirmed it was Madara.
• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that all preparations were complete, and Kangetsu set out with a hundred scarlet-eyed followers.
• Kangetsu arrived at the mountain castle, ordered everyone to move out, and heard Kūyoku report that the flight to the moon was ready.
• Kūyoku explained that the Aerial Fortress was powered by Rōran's Dragon Vein and Tailed Beast Chakra, and Kangetsu took his place on the throne.
• Kūyoku warned that the fortress's spatial travel could be used only once, so Kangetsu added fiery-red chakra to replenish its power.

Kangetsu challenged Otsutsuki Toneri and gave him fused Byakugan, hoping Toneri would awaken the Tenseigan. Toneri installed the eyes, leaving Kangetsu waiting to obtain the power he could not awaken himself.

• Otsutsuki Toneri questioned Kangetsu’s plan to become the Ten-Tails’ Jinchūriki, but Kangetsu insisted he needed the power to control the world.
• Kangetsu demanded Otsutsuki Toneri’s power and challenged him to fight despite his empty eye sockets.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to bring out a jar containing fused Byakugan and threw it to Otsutsuki Toneri.
• Otsutsuki Toneri placed the Byakugan into his eye sockets.
• Kangetsu told White Zetsu he needed Otsutsuki Toneri to awaken the Tenseigan because he could not obtain those eyes himself.

Kangetsu countered Otsutsuki Toneri’s Tenseigan attacks and challenged him to reveal the rest of his power. Toneri summoned Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s statue, which fought the Nine-Tails as Kangetsu faced Toneri again.

• Kangetsu crushed Toneri’s green orb of light and struck him with an attack that tore through space.
• Kangetsu challenged Toneri to show more of the Tenseigan’s power, and Toneri formed hand seals to summon a creature.
• Kangetsu summoned Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s statue while Toneri summoned a Nine-Tails-like guardian that could suppress Tailed Beasts.
• Kangetsu urged Kurama to test the statue, and the Nine-Tails charged at it.
• Kangetsu pressed Toneri to use his remaining power, and Toneri agreed to fight.

Kangetsu and Otsutsuki Toneri clashed in a battle powered by natural energy, destroying asteroids and meteoroids around them. As Toneri summoned a meteor shower, Kangetsu sent ten thousand scarlet dragons to meet it.

• Kangetsu gained control of all the natural energy on Heavenly Dragon Island and fired a scarlet beam at Toneri’s golden pillar of light.
• Otsutsuki Toneri claimed he commanded the natural energy of the entire solar system and attacked with the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
• Kangetsu and Otsutsuki Toneri clashed their enormous swords of light, unleashing blasts that destroyed countless celestial bodies.
• The Nine-Tails pinned the statue down and said Hamura had mastered the world’s natural energy, while Hagoromo had remained bound to the Ten-Tails’ essence.
• Otsutsuki Toneri summoned an interdimensional meteor shower, and Kangetsu answered with ten thousand scarlet divine dragons formed from the Divine Dragon Clan’s natural chakra.

Kangetsu bound Otsutsuki Toneri and claimed control over his Byakugan, but Ōtsutsuki Hamura intervened from within his stone statue. Hamura acknowledged Kangetsu’s role in ending an age of slaughter while warning that his current actions threatened to start another war.

• Kangetsu sealed Otsutsuki Toneri with scarlet chains that drained his chakra and replenished the seal with natural energy.
• Otsutsuki Toneri called for his ancestor, and Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s stone statue attacked Kangetsu.
• The Nine-Tails questioned how Hamura could still be alive, and Hamura explained that he had merged his body with the statue and left behind a fragment of his soul.
• Ōtsutsuki Hamura recognized Kangetsu and praised him for ending the age of slaughter, but warned that his actions were provoking war again.

Kangetsu used Heavenly Dragon Island to seal Ōtsutsuki Hamura and absorb his chakra. He then ordered Otsutsuki Toneri killed and sent Inoue and Watanabe to retrieve the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s documents and ninjutsu from the castle on the moon.

• Kangetsu revealed that Heavenly Dragon Island could absorb Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s power because it shared his energy’s origin.
• Kurama pinned down Hamura’s statue while Kangetsu bound it with scarlet chains and sealed it inside Heavenly Dragon Island.
• Hamura’s statue broke down, and its powerful chakra flowed into Heavenly Dragon Island.
• White Zetsu reported that Otsutsuki Toneri could produce only one pair of Tenseigan, so Kangetsu ordered Toneri killed.
• Kangetsu ordered Inoue and Watanabe to collect every document and ninjutsu from the castle on the moon.

Kangetsu learned that the rebuilt Heavenly Dragon Island was absorbing natural energy and received a powerful ninjutsu from the Ōtsutsuki records. He arranged new battles for Naruto and Sasuke as the Akatsuki pursued the Tailed Beasts, then looked toward the sun and declared that ultimate power would soon be his.

• White Zetsu told Kangetsu that Heavenly Dragon Island was on the moon replenishing his power and that the Sky Clan was building another one.
• White Zetsu gave Kangetsu a scroll containing a ninjutsu from the Ōtsutsuki records, and Kangetsu decided it would improve his plan.
• Kangetsu learned that Gaara had been revived, Chiyo and Sasori had died, Deidara was gravely wounded, and the One-Tail had been sealed.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to accelerate Deidara's recovery and prepare battles for Sasuke and Itachi, while sending Kakuzu and Hidan to fight Naruto.
• Kangetsu watched the sun and said that everything would soon end and ultimate power would be his.

Sasuke received Itachi’s location and set out to find him, while Naruto faced Kakuzu and mourned Neji. Kangetsu secretly arranged for White Zetsu to keep Neji alive and contacted Naruto, who asked him to save Neji.

• Jugo and Suigetsu gave Sasuke a scroll with Itachi’s location, and Sasuke dismissed Jugo’s concerns that the information was a trap.
• Sasuke burned the scroll, put on a white robe, and headed to Itachi’s location.
• Naruto laid Neji’s body down and vowed to avenge him and protect Hinata as he confronted Kakuzu.
• Hinata called for Kangetsu to save Neji, and Kangetsu told White Zetsu to keep Neji alive until Naruto unleashed Asura’s chakra.
• Kangetsu contacted Naruto telepathically, and Naruto begged him to save Neji.

Naruto killed Kakuzu with an earth-nature Rasengan and revived Neji, while embracing hatred and darkness as sources of power. The chapter left Naruto’s heart cold even as Neji’s heartbeat returned.

• Naruto punched through Kakuzu’s abdomen, then kicked him apart, destroying another of his lives.
• Kakuzu fused with his two remaining puppets and prepared to fight Naruto.
• Naruto launched an earth-nature Rasengan that trapped and ground Kakuzu to nothing.
• Kangetsu observed the Rasengan’s destructive power as Kakuzu died.
• Naruto channeled golden chakra into Neji’s chest and restored his heartbeat, but remained consumed by darkness.

Kangetsu learned that Kurama had transformed his chakra by combining the Ten-Tails’ power with natural energy and had absorbed Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s chakra. After examining Kurama’s chakra, Kangetsu understood Hamura’s method and saw a path forward.

• Kangetsu warned Kurama that the dense natural energy on Heavenly Dragon Island could change his chakra, but Kurama explained he had created a new kind of chakra.
• Kurama gave Kangetsu a scroll containing his original chakra for the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Kangetsu asked about Ōtsutsuki Hamura’s chakra, and Kurama admitted he had devoured it, which had contributed to his transformation.
• Kurama transferred some of his chakra to Kangetsu, who sensed that it was essentially the same as Hamura’s but differed in quality.
• Kangetsu deduced how Hamura had combined Ten-Tails power with natural energy, and Kurama agreed they now knew which direction to pursue.

Naruto’s group encountered Tobi, who used a genjutsu to block their path to Sasuke. After Kiba found Sasuke’s location, Naruto threatened to kill Tobi unless he moved aside.

• Sasuke told Jugo and Suigetsu to hold Naruto off if he caught up, then headed toward the killing ground.
• Naruto asked Kiba to track Sasuke, while Hinata detected that they were trapped in a genjutsu.
• Naruto released golden chakra streaked with black, shattered the genjutsu, and revealed Tobi in an Akatsuki cloak.
• Tobi identified himself and said he would keep Naruto’s group from reaching Sasuke while Itachi dealt with his younger brother.
• Kiba found Sasuke’s location, and Naruto threatened to kill Tobi if he did not get out of the way.

Sasuke and Itachi fought with substitution techniques and increasingly powerful fire-style jutsu while Kangetsu and White Zetsu watched. The battle escalated until their flames engulfed the chamber, melted the ground into lava, and filled the sky with black clouds.

• Itachi kicked Sasuke, but Sasuke used a log substitution and attacked from behind with his electrified sword.
• Sasuke realized Itachi had also escaped, and the two clashed with matching Great Fireball Techniques.
• White Zetsu said Sasuke and Itachi seemed evenly matched, but Kangetsu judged that Itachi was holding back.
• Itachi and Sasuke unleashed matching Great Fire Annihilation techniques, setting the chamber ablaze and causing its stone ceiling to collapse.
• The flames continued as the ground melted into lava and black clouds gathered overhead.

Uchiha Itachi used his complete-body Susanoo to fight Sasuke, but Orochimaru appeared and tried to claim Sasuke’s body. Itachi struck Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Itachi survived Sasuke’s powerful attack with his complete-body Susanoo and praised its strength.
• As Sasuke began forming his Susanoo, Orochimaru appeared and used the Nine-Headed Divine Dragon Technique.
• Itachi restored some of his strength with golden chakra and drew the Totsuka Blade.
• Itachi’s Susanoo blocked the dragon’s attack and cut off one of its heads with the Totsuka Blade.
• Itachi used nine tomoe to freeze time and pierced Orochimaru with the fiery red sword.

Itachi died after reaching Sasuke and touching his forehead, leaving Sasuke devastated and unaware of the truth behind their conflict. Kangetsu told Sasuke to seek the answers himself, then carried Itachi away and covered Sasuke with his robe.

• Itachi approached Sasuke, touched his forehead, and died with a smile as his Susanoo collapsed.
• Sasuke held Itachi and cried out for him to explain the truth, then collapsed unconscious in the rain.
• Kangetsu told Sasuke that he must discover the answers himself, while White Zetsu vanished.
• Kangetsu lifted Itachi's body, covered Sasuke with Itachi's robe, and disappeared.

Kangetsu revived Itachi by fusing Otsutsuki Toneri's arm with his body and transplanting Fugaku's Sharingan. Itachi awakened in confusion and asked Kangetsu whether he had brought him back to life.

• Kangetsu used the Human Body Seal to make Itachi absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra, then fused Otsutsuki Toneri's severed arm into him.
• Itachi's body grew strong, his hair turned silvery white, and he began absorbing natural energy.
• Kangetsu transplanted Byakugan into Itachi's empty eye sockets, but the eyes did not evolve into Tenseigan.
• Kangetsu removed the Byakugan and transplanted Fugaku's Sharingan, whose tomoe began to rotate.
• Kangetsu released the Soul Sealing, and Itachi opened his eyes, recognized Kangetsu, and asked if he had brought him back to life.
• Kangetsu confirmed that he had revived Itachi and told him to test his power.

Kangetsu ordered his followers to prepare for war against Konoha and the Land of Fire, planning to slaughter civilians to feed the Ten-Tails. The chapter ended with his forces mobilizing to cover the continent in blood.

• Kangetsu sent a White Zetsu clone to watch Itachi, who left the Blood Ninja Village to search for Sasuke.
• Kangetsu ordered White Zetsu to inform Obito, have Nagato act, and prepare Izuna's body for resurrection.
• Kangetsu declared that Konoha must be destroyed, sparing only the ninja intended for sacrifice to the Ten-Tails.
• Kangetsu ordered Isshin to mobilize the Crimson Country's army and work with Inoue's ninja to invade the Land of Fire and slaughter its people.
• Kangetsu explained that he wanted mortals turned into White Zetsu to nourish the Ten-Tails, then left as his followers set out to carry out his orders.