Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu used Great Fire Annihilation to devastate the coastline and badly injure Hagoromo Takemitsu and his companions. As his forbidden technique began to take its toll, Kangetsu refused Takemitsu’s offer to withdraw and prepared to continue the fight beneath the rain clouds.

• Kangetsu poured half his chakra into Great Fire Annihilation, creating an enormous fireball that scorched the coastline.
• The flames cleared to reveal Hagoromo Takemitsu and several companions alive but weakened and badly burned.
• Kangetsu began bleeding heavily as his forbidden technique neared its end, and Takemitsu proposed that they part ways peacefully.
• Kangetsu rejected Takemitsu’s offer and vowed to kill him despite his failing body.
• Kangetsu looked toward the dark clouds formed by the fire’s vapor, his killing intent still strong.

Inoue took the injured Kangetsu to a deserted island, where the group struggled to heal him. They discovered that killing strengthened the heart of slaughter within Kangetsu, and after a long sleep, he awoke and met Minazuki.

• Inoue ordered the Uchiha clansmen to hide Kangetsu's injuries and say he had gone to sea to recuperate, then led a group away with him.
• Yamanaka and Akimichi members said they could treat Kangetsu's external wounds but that his severe internal injuries were difficult to heal.
• Inoue realized the power healing Kangetsu came from his heart of slaughter and decided the group needed to keep killing.
• The group killed animals on the island to sustain Kangetsu's healing power.
• Kangetsu awoke from a long sleep, saw a girl, and heard her introduce herself as Minazuki.

Kangetsu woke after nearly half a year unconscious and met Minazuki Hanako, whose name surprised him. Inoue reassured him that the Uchiha Clan knew he was safe and had sent supplies.

• Kangetsu woke and asked the silver-haired woman her name.
• Minazuki Hanako introduced herself and said she would call him Brother Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu was shocked to hear Hanako's Minazuki surname, since he knew no Yuki Clan existed in the Warring States Period.
• Inoue told Kangetsu he had been unconscious for nearly half a year and had spent his sixteenth birthday asleep.
• Inoue explained that Uchiha Rei and ten later messengers had returned to the Uchiha Clan with news, and the clan had sent supplies while continuing to fight.

Kangetsu thanked Delia after waking and examined the changes to his body, discovering that his injuries had healed and his bones and chakra pathways had become stronger. He left the chapter investigating how his body might safely hold more chakra.

• Inoue told Kangetsu how Delia had given him the Heart of Ice and Snow, which entered his body as cold moonlight and froze him except for his head.
• Kangetsu thanked Delia, then closed his eyes to inspect his body and reassured Inoue and the others that he was awake.
• Inoue and the others left the room, while Delia stayed to watch over Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu used his mental energy to find that his bones had become crystal-like and cold, his injuries had healed, and his chakra pathways were stronger than before.
• Kangetsu considered strengthening his chakra pathways so his body could withstand and store more chakra.

Kangetsu discovered that the gray wood in his heart was harmless and had transformed his body, strengthening him and widening his chakra pathways. After extracting chakra and breaking free from the ice, he prepared to take revenge on the Hagoromo Clan.

• Kangetsu sensed the gray wood pulsing with his heartbeat and releasing vitality, then realized his body had grown several times stronger and his chakra pathways had widened.
• Kangetsu told Minazuki Hanako to fetch clothes because his injuries had healed, and he cracked the ice around him with his hand.
• After Minazuki Hanako left, Kangetsu vowed revenge on the Hagoromo Clan.
• Kangetsu extracted chakra, unleashed a powerful surge that shattered the ice, and tested his transformed strength with a punch.

Kangetsu discovered that silver-white chakra inside him consumed and strengthened his ordinary chakra, then shaped itself into ice. He recognized the technique as the Minazuki's Ice Style but could not explain how he used it without water affinity or Yuki Clan blood.

• Kangetsu examined the chakra in his abdomen and saw silver-white chakra devouring his blue chakra and increasing its concentration.
• Kangetsu guided the silver-white chakra into his palm, where it formed ice crystals that he shaped into a flower.
• Kangetsu recognized the ice as the Minazuki's Ice Style and wondered how he could use it without water-nature chakra.
• Kangetsu considered chakra affinities and inherited kekkei genkai, then questioned why he possessed Ice Style despite having no Yuki Clan ancestry.

Minazuki Hanako told Kangetsu how she was born with an Ice Crystal Stone, rejected by the Yuki Clan, and eventually reached the island. Hearing her story, Kangetsu realized the stone had given him Ice Style, leaving him grateful to her.

• The Yuki Clan leader gave a powerful herb to his pregnant wife, unaware that their unborn child needed nourishment to develop chakra.
• Minazuki Hanako was born with silver hair and an ice crystal in her mouth, and the clan regarded her as a monster.
• At eight years old, Minazuki Hanako revealed she could create ice, so the Yuki Clan tried to drive her out and she left.
• Minazuki Hanako crossed the sea using her ice ability, reached the snowy island, and used her Ice Crystal Stone to save Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu realized that the stone's chakra had given him Ice Style and felt grateful to Minazuki Hanako.

Kangetsu learned from Inoue that the Uchiha Clan remained in good condition and that Nara Isshin had secured alliances to hasten the war against the Hagoromo Clan. Kangetsu approved Isshin’s strategy and discussed the Uzumaki Clan’s risks as it grew wealthy and powerful.

• Kangetsu asked Inoue how the Uchiha Clan was faring.
• Inoue reported that Uchiha casualties remained low, while the Senju Clan suffered heavier losses despite receiving Military Ration Pills.
• Inoue said other clans had reverse-engineered the pills, and Nara Isshin had secured the Uchiha Clan an eighty-percent share of the spoils after the Hagoromo Clan’s defeat.
• Nara Isshin gave half of that share to the Uzumaki and Hyuga clans, bringing them into the war against the Hagoromo Clan and shortening the expected conflict.
• Kangetsu approved Isshin’s strategy and explained that the alliances would leave the Senju Clan vulnerable if it broke the agreement.
• Kangetsu noted that the Uzumaki Clan’s wealth and powerful sealing techniques made it a target for other clans.

Kangetsu trained with his followers on a secluded island, where they hunted wild beasts to strengthen themselves with his Killing Aura Art. He remained there with his people, preparing to return to the Uchiha Clan and take revenge on the Hagoromo Clan.

• Kangetsu told Inoue to preserve Jingxia's Sharingan and, when his Mangekyo Sharingan lost its sight, replace his eyes with his younger brother's.
• Kangetsu ordered the group to stay on the safe island, train, and seek revenge on the Hagoromo Clan after returning to the Uchiha Clan.
• Minazuki Hanako helped Kangetsu reach an ice house, where he lay down to rest.
• Kangetsu watched his fifty-odd subordinates slaughter wild beasts as they trained on the island.
• Kangetsu explained that he had revised his Killing Fist into the Killing Aura Art, which absorbed killing aura directly into flesh and blood to build strength quickly.

After a month of training in the frozen wilderness, Kangetsu and his companions returned to land, intent on avenging the Uchiha who had been killed. Kangetsu led them toward the Uchiha Clan with their hatred and killing intent rising.

• Kangetsu decided their training was over and declared it was time to return and take revenge.
• Inoue trembled as his Mangekyo Sharingan stirred and his killing intent surged.
• Kangetsu led his companions across the sea, with Minazuki Hanako walking beside him.
• Kangetsu stepped onto land, surveyed his subordinates, and ordered them back to the Uchiha Clan.

Kangetsu returned to the Uchiha Clan and received visitors from several clans, praising Isshin for his work. His reunion with his parents was joyful until Eiko grew alarmed by his silver-white hair, which the Uchiha believed signaled a loss of life force.

• Kangetsu changed into his black outfit and went to the rear courtyard to meet the people who had come to see him.
• Kangetsu greeted the four clan representatives and praised Isshin for his dealings with the Uzumaki and Hyuga clans.
• Uchiha Eiko hurried to Kangetsu, tearfully embraced him, and was joined by Uchiha Tajima and the others.
• Eiko asked why Kangetsu's hair had turned silver-white, and Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Izuna, and Uchiha Meigetsu grew worried.

Kangetsu learned why his hair had turned silver and kept the secret of the gray wood inside his heart. Isshin reported that the Uchiha Clan’s mission scheme had weakened the Hagoromo and Senju clans, while warning that the Hagoromo’s surviving fighters could still threaten the Uchiha.

• Uchiha Hanako and her companions understood why Kangetsu’s hair had turned silver and stopped questioning him.
• Kangetsu concealed the gray piece of wood inside his heart and, after seeing Uchiha Madara, became certain of its identity.
• Kangetsu asked Isshin for the current situation, and the gathered people quieted to hear his report.
• Isshin explained that the Uchiha had used genjutsu to send missions to the Hagoromo Clan and ambush its members, leaving its middle and lower ranks depleted.
• Isshin said that the Uchiha had secretly directed difficult missions into Senju territory, provoking repeated battles between the Senju and Hagoromo clans.
• Isshin warned that the Hagoromo’s strongest fighters remained alive and could inflict heavy casualties on the weakened Senju and the Uchiha.

Kangetsu left the clan members to their apologies and withdrew to the garden, where he shared tea with his mother, Uchiha Eiko. She asked whether his injuries had healed, leaving him unable to taste the sweetness in his tea.

• Kangetsu's words made the clan members feel guilty, while Nara Isshin and the other three were moved by the chance to join the Uchiha Clan and take its surname.
• Kangetsu went to the backyard pavilion with Minazuki Hanako, Uchiha Madara, and the other two brats.
• Kangetsu reflected on the bleak autumn scenery and savored tea made from leaves settled in a wooden cup.
• Uchiha Eiko joined Kangetsu, and he poured her tea and passed her the cup.
• Uchiha Eiko asked Kangetsu whether his injuries had healed, and he turned toward his visibly thinner mother with a reassuring look.

Kangetsu tested his newly formed ice abilities in the rain after recovering at the Uchiha Clan. A month later, he gathered his subordinates to resume the war against the nearly defeated Hagoromo Clan, treating their next mission as revenge.

• Kangetsu put away the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll because it lacked key components.
• Kangetsu woke in the rain and discovered that his wind-nature chakra made his ice sharper as he walked across ice blocks without touching the muddy ground.
• Kangetsu went to the dining room, where his mother, Uchiha Eiko, had prepared a lavish meal.
• After nearly a month of recuperation, Kangetsu gathered his subordinates and prepared to leave on another mission.
• Kangetsu noted that the Hagoromo Clan had lost its strongholds and most of its middle and lower ranks, leaving mainly its leaders and strongest fighters.

Kangetsu fought Hagoromo Shinko, whose Storm Release beams clashed with Kangetsu’s Ice Style technique. The chapter ended as their ninjutsu collided in midair.

• Hagoromo Shinko attacked Kangetsu to avenge his younger brother, but Kangetsu countered with his Black Blade and forced him back.
• Hagoromo Shinko challenged Kangetsu to a ninjutsu battle and fired dozens of Storm Release-Laser Circus beams.
• Kangetsu used Ice Style-Ice Pillar to send more than a dozen ice pillars at the beams.
• Kangetsu’s ice pillars and Hagoromo Shinko’s Storm Release beams collided in midair.

Kangetsu used his unfinished Flying Thunder God Technique to absorb Hagoromo Shinko’s laser dragon, then killed him with the Black Blade. He ordered his allies to kill every remaining enemy.

• Hagoromo Shinko’s laser dragon shattered Kangetsu’s ice swords, but Kangetsu trapped it in a space-time hole formed on an ice wall.
• Kangetsu saw that Hagoromo Shinko had exhausted his chakra and charged him with the Black Blade while Inoue and the others held off approaching enemies.
• Kangetsu cut Hagoromo Shinko in two, and the Black Blade froze the wound as Hagoromo Shinko asked about Kangetsu’s ninjutsu and Kekkei Genkai.
• Kangetsu identified his abilities as Ice Style and Space-Time Ninjutsu, then severed Hagoromo Shinko’s head with the Black Blade.
• Kangetsu ordered his allies to leave no one alive and kill the remaining enemies.

Kangetsu raced back to the Uchiha Clan after receiving a tear-stained letter from his mother, fearing that disaster had struck his home. He arrived to find bloodied water and hear someone cry out Meigetsu’s name, and his rage and killing intent surged.

• Kangetsu read his mother’s urgent letter and ordered everyone to return to the clan at full speed.
• Kangetsu questioned the messenger, who said Lady Eiko had told him Kangetsu would understand upon reaching the clan.
• Kangetsu reached the Uchiha Clan and ran past the guards to his home.
• Kangetsu saw a maid carrying blood-tinged water and heard a cry of “Meigetsu!”
• Kangetsu’s chakra unleashed fierce winds and freezing ground as he approached the voice with murderous intent.

Kangetsu took Uchiha Meigetsu’s eyes and awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan as he vowed to avenge him. He left Meigetsu encased in blood-red ice, grieving over the loss.

• Kangetsu promised to use Meigetsu’s eyes to see the world and avenge him.
• Kangetsu used his Mangekyō Sharingan to encase Meigetsu’s body in blood-red ice.
• Kangetsu placed Meigetsu’s eyes in saline solution, revealing Meigetsu’s empty, bloodied eye sockets.
• Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Eiko, Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Izuna watched without stopping Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu put away Meigetsu’s Sharingan, and a tear from his eye turned into a blood-red ice crystal.

Kangetsu absorbed Indra’s chakra from Uchiha Madara using the Ten-Tails remnant inside him, then decided to attack the Hagoromo Clan. As his Mangekyō Sharingan spun and his killing intent spread, more than a hundred people gathered and hailed him.

• Kangetsu absorbed the Indra chakra that had erupted from Uchiha Madara’s body.
• Kangetsu recognized the gray piece of wood as a living remnant of the Ten-Tails that had given Minazuki Hanako Ice Style and later taken up residence in his body.
• Kangetsu moved the wood from his heart to his dantian, where it purified Indra’s chakra and removed Indra’s presence so Kangetsu could control it.
• Kangetsu decided to attack the Hagoromo Clan, and his scarlet Mangekyō Sharingan formed spinning snowflake patterns as his killing intent spread.
• More than a hundred people gathered around Kangetsu and called out, “Lord Kangetsu!”

Kangetsu unleashed his Mangekyo Sharingan ability, Lunar Fire, on the Hagoromo Clan. His blood-red flames overwhelmed their Water Style defenses and left hundreds of clan members dead, while the battlefield watched.

• Kangetsu revealed that his Mangekyo Sharingan flames carried extreme cold and named the ability Lunar Fire.
• Kangetsu used Fire Style-Great Fire Annihilation against the densely packed Hagoromo Clan members.
• A Hagoromo Clan member dismissed the attack and urged ten fighters to block it with Water Style.
• Kangetsu's flames turned the Hagoromo Clan members' water into red ice and engulfed hundreds of them.
• The flames froze the victims into red blocks that shattered and vanished along with their bodies.