Chapter Summaries

Kangetsu and Uchiha Madara transformed their Susanoo into complete-body forms and fought a devastating sword battle. Black Zetsu and the Sage of Six Paths intervened from afar, turning the clash into a battle between them as well.

• Kangetsu evolved his Susanoo into its complete-body form, and Uchiha Madara matched him with his own complete-body Susanoo.
• Kangetsu and Uchiha Madara clashed their Black Blade and sword, ravaging the forest and shattering the surrounding land.
• Black Zetsu declared that he would help Kangetsu and fight Otsutsuki Hagoromo from afar.
• The Sage of Six Paths, within Uchiha Madara, resolved to stop Kangetsu, and the battle expanded to include him and Black Zetsu.

Kangetsu realized an unknown force was involved in his clash with Uchiha Madara and found that chakra from the God Tree was strengthening his Ice Style and Scorch Style. He attacked Madara, who answered with Susanoo and transformed Amenonuhoko as winter rain filled the sky.

• Kangetsu saw that Masamune and Amenonuhoko were undamaged and suspected a hidden power was aiding him and Uchiha Madara.
• Kangetsu sensed God Tree chakra flowing into and strengthening his Ice Style and Scorch Style chakra.
• Kangetsu charged Uchiha Madara and brought Masamune down in a powerful slash that split the clouds.
• Uchiha Madara formed hand seals as his Susanoo released a tremendous aura and scattered the clouds.
• Uchiha Madara's Amenonuhoko darkened as corrupted-looking sealing formulas spread across it, filling the sky with dreary rain.

Kangetsu drew on Black Zetsu’s power to unleash devastating killing techniques against Uchiha Madara, while the Sage of Six Paths controlled Madara’s attacks. Black Zetsu claimed Kangetsu had the advantage as the sky turned blood-red.

• Uchiha Madara used the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra to transform the remains of Amenonuhoko into beasts and attack Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu answered with Earth-Slaying and struck at Madara’s black dragon.
• Kangetsu unleashed Killing Extinction, shattering the battlefield and flooding the crater into a vast lake.
• Kangetsu used Dao-Slaying, spreading immense killing intent and turning the sky blood-red.
• Black Zetsu mocked the Sage of Six Paths for helping one half of his son fight the other and declared Kangetsu would defeat Madara.

Kangetsu and Uchiha Madara clashed as the Sage of Six Paths empowered Madara and Black Zetsu gave chakra to Kangetsu. The battle continued as Madara unleashed a black fire dragon and Kangetsu opened the Gate of Opening to counter with an ice dragon.

• Kangetsu's red dragon shattered Uchiha Madara's black dragon and continued toward him.
• Uchiha Madara drew on chakra from the Sage of Six Paths, prompting Kangetsu to realize Hagoromo had intervened.
• Black Zetsu sent his chakra into Kangetsu, whose God Tree absorbed it and returned its power to him.
• Uchiha Madara and his Susanoo launched a black-flamed dragon at Kangetsu.
• Kangetsu opened the Gate of Opening and formed an Ice Style Ice Dragon to fight back.

After exhausting his chakra in the battle with Uchiha Madara, Kangetsu passed out, unaware that their clash had devastated the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth. The chapter ended with Ishikawa grieving his clan’s ruined crops and urging revenge, while his chief warned him they could not challenge such powerful opponents.

• Kangetsu passed out after using all his chakra in his battle with Uchiha Madara.
• The battle’s flames and ice turned the Land of Wind into a desert and the Land of Earth into barren wasteland, creating a hellish region where their attacks collided.
• Witnesses remembered Kangetsu and Uchiha Madara as terrifying giants, though many people did not know who had caused the destruction.
• Ishikawa wept over his clan’s dying wheat and demanded that his chief seek revenge against the two Susanoo users.
• The chief gave food to a child, cautioned Ishikawa against acting rashly, and advised trading information about the battle for food.

Five years after the battle, Kangetsu learned that the Crimson Village was secure and self-sufficient, while Isshin reported that plans had placed the Hyuga Branch Family under Kangetsu’s influence and prepared the Uzumaki Clan for a possible attack. The village’s allies and Kangetsu’s betrothals left him positioned to benefit from upheaval in both clans.

• Uchiha Inoue told Kangetsu that the Land of Fire supplied the Crimson Village in exchange for protection, and that his reputation deterred other clans from approaching.
• Kangetsu asked Isshin about the preparations, and Isshin said Yijiu had helped Hyuga Tianguang gain control of the Hyuga Branch Family.
• Isshin reported that most Hyuga Branch members had faked their deaths and gathered elsewhere, weakening the Main Family, and that Hyuga Tianguang had agreed to Kangetsu’s marriage to Hyuga Kyoko.
• Isshin said they had helped Uzumaki Ziyan capture the Four-Tails and spread information that made other clans covet the Uzumaki Clan’s resources.
• Isshin explained that Uzumaki Ziyan had pushed Uzumaki Suien’s small but loyal branch out of the clan’s political center, and that it could join the Crimson Village if Ziyan’s branch fell.

Kangetsu learned that the Uchiha and Senju Clans had become evenly matched, then ordered a campaign to establish the Crimson Country and claim half the Land of Fire. He left Isshin to plan the campaign and Inoue to lead the fighting, while threatening the Land of Fire's daimyo into submission.

• Isshin reported that Uchiha Tajima had died two years earlier and that Uchiha Izuna's request to Eiko had been rejected while Kangetsu was in seclusion.
• Isshin explained that Senju Hashirama led the Senju Clan, with Senju Butsuma and Tobirama Senju supporting its affairs and military strength.
• Isshin said the Uchiha and Senju Clans were now evenly matched, though the Uchiha held an advantage because the Senju feared Kangetsu might aid Madara or Izuna.
• Kangetsu ordered Isshin to plan and Inoue to lead the conquest of nearby small countries and clans, taking in those who surrendered.
• Kangetsu declared that he would establish the Crimson Country and claim half the Land of Fire, threatening to destroy the Land of Fire if its daimyo refused to comply.

Kangetsu decided to capture Nine-Tails and ordered Yamanaka Ino to give the relevant information to Uchiha Inoue. He recruited Inoue for the dangerous mission and urged him to move beyond his grief.

• Kangetsu considered how his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and other powers could control Nine-Tails.
• Kangetsu ordered Yamanaka Ino to hand all information on Nine-Tails to Inoue, and Ino agreed before leaving.
• Kangetsu told Inoue that he would take him to capture Nine-Tails and asked whether he dared face the risk of heavy casualties.
• Inoue vowed to follow and protect Kangetsu with his life.
• Kangetsu told Inoue he hoped to see the real Inoue next time rather than someone consumed by grief, then dismissed him.

Uzumaki Suien and Uzumaki Mito traveled with Yamanaka Ino toward the Crimson Village, where Ino explained Kangetsu’s plans and revealed that he intended to subdue the Nine-Tails. Suien and Mito reacted with concern as the group faced the prospect of Kangetsu confronting the beast.

• Uzumaki Ziyan let Uzumaki Suien take five thousand people and copy the Uzumaki Clan’s ninjutsu.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Yamanaka Ino how Kangetsu was doing, and Ino said Kangetsu had mastered the power he gained five years earlier and planned to punish Uzumaki Ziyan for mistreating her.
• Uzumaki Suien asked Yamanaka Ino to spare innocent members of the Uzumaki Clan when Kangetsu took revenge.
• Yamanaka Ino asked whether Uzumaki Suien could face the Nine-Tails alone, then revealed that Kangetsu intended to subdue it.
• Uzumaki Suien was shocked by the news, and Uzumaki Mito grew anxious about the Nine-Tails.

Kangetsu reunited with Uzumaki Mito and departed the Crimson Village with its elite to capture the Nine-Tails. He was confident that his Sharingan and black Ice Style would let him subdue the tailed beast.

• Kangetsu reunited with Uzumaki Mito, his fiancée, after five years apart.
• The Uzumaki Clan joined the Crimson Village alongside its other clans.
• Kangetsu left the village with Uzumaki Suien, Inoue, Mito, and other elites to pursue the Nine-Tails.
• Kangetsu set out confident that his Sharingan and chakra-freezing black Ice Style could defeat and capture the Nine-Tails.

Kangetsu unleashed his Black Dragon Roar against the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb, and their attacks collided in a world-shaking explosion. Kangetsu remained standing at a distance, meeting the Nine-Tails’ scarlet gaze with his Sharingan.

• Kangetsu summoned a destructive black hurricane and formed it into a massive black dragon with his Wind Style-Black Dragon Roar.
• The Nine-Tails recognized Kangetsu as Indra’s reincarnation and complained about being dragged into the brothers’ fights.
• The Nine-Tails fired an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb at the black dragon.
• The black dragon and Tailed Beast Bomb collided, unleashing an explosion that darkened the world and sent tremendous force in every direction.
• Kangetsu stood nearby and locked eyes with the Nine-Tails.

Kangetsu met the Nine-Tails’ powerful claw head-on, using his martial arts and Susanoo to counter it with a giant blood-red fist. Their attacks closed in on each other, and the chapter ended as the gales from their blows collided.

• The Nine-Tails swung its right claw at Kangetsu with tremendous force.
• Kangetsu raised his fighting spirit and took a Three-Body Stance.
• Kangetsu gathered his strength, killing intent, and chakra into his right fist.
• Kangetsu manifested Susanoo armor over his fist and unleashed the giant punch he called “Killing Extinction!”
• The winds generated by Kangetsu’s punch and the Nine-Tails’ claw slammed into each other.

Kangetsu's Susanoo shattered the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb without being harmed, then unleashed his strongest Killing Fist strike. The Nine-Tails was left stunned and unable to understand how Indra had gained such power.

• Kangetsu formed his armored Susanoo and struck the Tailed Beast Bomb, breaking it apart without injury.
• Kangetsu declared that the Nine-Tails was no match for him and released a surge of blood-red chakra.
• Kangetsu unleashed Killing Path Reincarnation, sending a colossal blood-red fist projection crashing toward the Nine-Tails.
• The Nine-Tails stared in disbelief and wondered what Indra had experienced to gain such tremendous power.

Kangetsu recognized that the Nine-Tails’ immense chakra and ability to repeatedly unleash powerful attacks gave him the advantage in a prolonged battle. The Nine-Tails challenged Kangetsu to continue fighting, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• The Nine-Tails swept away the lingering force of the explosion with his claw.
• The Nine-Tails told Kangetsu that he could repeat his attacks while Kangetsu could use his only once, and asked whether he still wanted to fight.
• Kangetsu acknowledged that the Nine-Tails was right about their difference in endurance.
• Kangetsu considered how Tailed Beasts could only be captured through overwhelming human force, sealing techniques, or abilities such as the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Kangetsu recalled that Deidara captured the Three-Tails with help from Tobi, who was Uchiha Obito.

Kangetsu stopped the Nine-Tails from firing another Tailed Beast Bomb by forcing its jaws shut and making the bomb explode. After the clash, he appeared before Uzumaki Mito and ordered Uzumaki Suien to bind the Nine-Tails while he prepared to make a contract with it.

• The Nine-Tails formed another Tailed Beast Bomb, and Kangetsu attacked its head with Killing Path Reincarnation.
• Kangetsu forced the Nine-Tails' jaws shut, causing the Tailed Beast Bomb to explode.
• Uzumaki Suien and the others watched helplessly as the battle raged.
• Uzumaki Mito asked whether Kangetsu was all right, and he appeared before her.
• Kangetsu told Uncle Shui Yan to bind the Nine-Tails with Sealing Chakra Chains while he went to sign a contract with it.

Kangetsu completed a contract sealing the Nine-Tails, Kurama, into a summoning scroll and bound the fox to his bloodline. The scroll turned fiery red as Kurama entered the space within it.

• Kangetsu used his ocular power and Uzumaki sealing chains to immobilize the Nine-Tails.
• Kangetsu performed a summoning technique that began forming a seal around the Nine-Tails.
• Kangetsu cut Kurama’s paw with the Black Blade, Masamune, and added both Kurama’s blood and his own to the scroll.
• Kangetsu explained that the contract gave his bloodline power over Kurama, then declared the contract complete.
• The red seal pulled Kurama into the scroll, which turned fiery red and gained an enormous fox design.

Kangetsu ended his fight with the Nine-Tails and headed back with Inoue, Uzumaki Suien, and Uzumaki Mito. Though his chakra pathways had been damaged, the God Tree was healing them, but he expected to be unable to use chakra for a while.

• Kangetsu released his control over the Nine-Tails, put on a black robe, and set off with Inoue and the others.
• Uzumaki Mito asked Kangetsu if he had been hurt, and he told her he had not been hurt much.
• Uzumaki Suien watched Kangetsu warily, knowing the fight had left him with serious internal injuries.
• Kangetsu's God Tree began repairing his damaged chakra pathways, though he expected to be unable to use chakra for a while.

Kangetsu learned that the Senju and Uchiha Clans had resumed their war after the Land of Fire backed the Senju. He reacted furiously to the Fire daimyo’s betrayal, and Isshin explained that the daimyo had sought Senju protection after Kangetsu claimed land on the plains.

• Kangetsu asked his council whether anything significant had happened while he was away.
• Isshin reported that the Senju and Uchiha Clans had gone to war over the Land of Fire and the Land of Wood.
• Isshin explained that Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had joined forces to drive the Land of Water from the inland plains.
• Kangetsu demanded to know why the Land of Fire supported the Senju and accused its daimyo of betraying him.
• Isshin told Kangetsu that the daimyo had turned to the Senju after feeling humiliated by Kangetsu’s claim to part of the plains.

Kangetsu learned that Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had grown much weaker despite their battles still ending in draws. While Kangetsu wondered what had drained their remaining power, a shadowy figure in the Crimson Village revealed it had seized half of Asura’s chakra.

• Inoue promised Kangetsu that he would complete his mission.
• Kangetsu asked Nara Isshin how the battles between Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama had gone.
• Nara Isshin reported that Uchiha Madara’s strength had gradually declined while Senju Hashirama had grown stronger, and that their recent battles caused far less destruction.
• Kangetsu reasoned that the Sage of Six Paths’ chakra had faded from Uchiha Madara and that the Sage had secretly strengthened Senju Hashirama, but he could not explain why both had lost more than half their power.
• A shadowy figure in the Crimson Village laughed and claimed to have seized half of Asura’s chakra despite Otsutsuki Hagoromo noticing it.

Black Zetsu secretly infused Uzumaki Mito with a vast amount of Asura’s chakra, then discovered Kangetsu’s scroll for summoning the Nine-Tails. He took the scroll and sank back into the ground, leaving Mito unconscious as she adapted to her new power.

• Black Zetsu watched Uzumaki Mito writing jutsu formulas and decided to make her stronger.
• Black Zetsu poured half of Asura’s chakra into Uzumaki Mito, who fell unconscious while absorbing it.
• Black Zetsu examined the scrolls and recognized one as a single-use Summoning Scroll containing Kangetsu’s chakra and blood.
• Black Zetsu discovered that the scroll could summon the Nine-Tails and took it for himself.
• Black Zetsu finished the other scrolls for Uzumaki Mito and disappeared into the ground.