Chapter Summaries

Kiyoshi found the Dragon Vein in the ancient desert and defeated the settlement’s giant scorpion guardian, drawing Kaguya Otsutsuki to him. After they exchanged attacks, he revealed his Karma and Byakugan, and Kaguya sensed the unusually high quality of his Chakra.

• Kiyoshi traveled across the ancient landscape and located the active Dragon Vein beneath a desert basin.
• A girl tried to warn Kiyoshi away from the settlement’s sacred beast, but he destroyed the giant scorpion Summoning Beast with Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
• The settlement’s people bowed to Kiyoshi and called him Amaterasu Ōkami, while Kaguya Otsutsuki arrived after sensing his Chakra.
• Kaguya attacked Kiyoshi with a Chakra wave and Rabbit Hair Needles, but he blocked them with Susanoo, Wood Style, and Ice Release.
• Kiyoshi activated Karma and revealed his Byakugan, convincing Kaguya that he possessed Otsutsuki blood as he claimed to have arrived through a space-time storm.
• Kaguya sensed the exceptional quality of Kiyoshi’s Chakra and felt an instinctive craving for it.

Kiyoshi tried to persuade Kaguya Otsutsuki to cooperate by explaining his method of gathering Natural Energy from the universe to grow God Trees without draining planets, leaving her curious but unconvinced. He established control over the Dragon Vein region by defeating and contracting its powerful beasts, while Kaguya concealed their encounter from Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Kiyoshi told Kaguya Otsutsuki he could grow multiple God Trees using Natural Energy gathered from the universe, and she left without agreeing to cooperate.
• Kiyoshi chose to claim the Dragon Vein basin as his territory when powerful Summoning Beasts gathered around him and the human settlement.
• Kiyoshi defeated the attacking beasts with Sage Art: Inorganic Reincarnation, Lightning Release: Kirin, and Susanoo, then forced the survivors to submit and formed Summoning contracts with them.
• Kiyoshi told the primitive humans that no gods there could threaten them, and the settlement knelt in submission to him.
• Kaguya returned to the God Tree and told Ōtsutsuki Isshiki that she had dealt with unknown Chakra creatures, concealing her meeting with Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi traveled to Mount Myoboku to obtain the Sage’s Charm and defeated the young Gamamaru and the toads who tried to stop him. After returning to the desert settlement with the charm, he sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki’s Chakra through his Karma.

• Kiyoshi studied the Dragon Vein, the settlement, and its subdued Summoning Beasts before setting out west to find Mount Myoboku.
• Kiyoshi entered Mount Myoboku and demanded the Sage’s Charm from Gamamaru, who refused and ordered the toads to drive him away.
• Kiyoshi overcame the toads’ attacks and defeated Gamamaru, forcing him to hand over the Sage’s Charm.
• Kiyoshi returned to the desert settlement seven days later and confirmed that Saya and the people were safe.
• Kiyoshi began preparing to study the Sage’s Charm, but his Karma heated as he sensed Kaguya Otsutsuki nearby.

Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki formed a pact to stop Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, with Kiyoshi providing a Fuinjutsu Cursed Seal and promising to help claim the God Tree Fruit. When Kaguya attacked Isshiki as the fruit began to bloom, Kiyoshi joined the battle and prepared to fight him.

• Kiyoshi offered Kaguya a Cursed Seal to restrain Isshiki and negotiated for a share of the God Tree Fruit and knowledge of the Otsutsuki Clan.
• Kaguya accepted the deal and promised to contact Kiyoshi before the God Tree bore fruit.
• Kiyoshi built three layers of barriers around the God Tree to conceal its activity, contain the battle, and restrict Space-Time entry.
• As the God Tree's flower opened, Kaguya activated the seal against Isshiki and attacked him with the Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and Rabbit Hair Needles.
• Isshiki began breaking the seal and launched Chakra Black Rods at Kaguya, but Kiyoshi appeared and blocked them with Rashomon.
• Kiyoshi revealed himself to Isshiki and activated his golden Sage Art Cloak as the fight began.

Kiyoshi and Kaguya fought Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who fled after Kiyoshi crippled him with a massive lightning attack. Kiyoshi kept his promise to split the God Tree fruit evenly with Kaguya, and they each received half.

• Kiyoshi struck Ōtsutsuki Isshiki with a planet-empowered punch, worsening his injuries and planting sealing seeds in his chest.
• Kaguya attacked Isshiki with All-Killing Ash Bones, Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, and Rabbit Hair Needles, forcing him to expend more Chakra and lose a hand.
• Kiyoshi summoned a nine-hundred-meter Perfect Susanoo and used Sage Art: Lightning Release: Heavenly Summoning Thunder to devastate Isshiki and leave him barely alive.
• Kaguya severed Isshiki's lower body, but he escaped by shrinking himself, and Kiyoshi chose not to kill him.
• Kiyoshi divided the God Tree fruit exactly in half and gave one portion to Kaguya, who accepted it after asking why he honored their agreement.

Kaguya Otsutsuki struggled to absorb her half of the Chakra Fruit until Kiyoshi guided its energy and helped her create three children through Yin-Yang Release. After naming them Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and Otsutsuki Habuko, Kiyoshi consumed his own half and underwent a dramatic transformation, though he had not yet awakened the Rinnegan.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki consumed half the Chakra Fruit, awakened the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, and struggled to contain the overwhelming energy.
• Kiyoshi guided the rampaging Chakra through Kaguya Otsutsuki and used Yin-Yang Release with her to shape and animate three infants.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki named the boys Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, and named the girl Otsutsuki Habuko.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked whether the children counted as descendants she had borne for Kiyoshi, and he said they were jointly created rather than conventionally born, though she could be considered their mother.
• Kiyoshi consumed his half of the Chakra Fruit, gained a sixfold increase in several abilities and an Otsutsuki physique, but did not awaken the Rinnegan.

After consuming the Chakra Fruit, Kiyoshi established Rōran as a Dragon Vein guardian kingdom and discovered Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had parasitized Jigen. He returned to Kaguya and proposed cultivating chakra users as a source of power for future God Tree fruits, then chose titles for their plan.

• Kiyoshi left Kaguya Otsutsuki with a protective barrier and the three babies while he went to secure an anchor point for his return.
• Kiyoshi named the girl Rōran the Dragon Vein guardian, gave her a Chakra Seed, and taught her and the settlement’s youths chakra basics and the Three-Body Technique.
• Kiyoshi departed, and the settlement declared itself the Ancient Kingdom of Roran, while Ōtsutsuki Isshiki entered the monk Jigen’s ear and began parasitizing him.
• Kiyoshi returned to Kaguya Otsutsuki and explained that the rapidly growing Hagoromo, Hamura, and Habuko were lives they had created, not tools.
• Kiyoshi proposed spreading chakra and cultivating ninjas whose souls could nourish the God Tree, and Kaguya Otsutsuki praised his idea.
• Kiyoshi chose the title Chakra Progenitor for himself and named Kaguya Otsutsuki the Rabbit Goddess.

Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki introduced Chakra to the Land of Ancestors, demonstrating ninjutsu and giving its people a Chakra Inheritance Seal before returning home. As their children grew, Kiyoshi gave Kaguya a cheongsam and asked her to kiss him, and she followed his instructions.

• Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki arrived in the Land of Ancestors and impressed its guards with a display of Chakra.
• Kiyoshi demonstrated five nature transformations to the Daimyo of the Land of Ancestors and created a Chakra Inheritance Seal for anyone willing to learn.
• Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki left after the Daimyo and the people accepted them as the Chakra Progenitor and the Rabbit Goddess.
• Back at the wooden house, Kiyoshi greeted Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and Hahago Otsutsuki and gave them fruit candies.
• Kiyoshi gave Kaguya Otsutsuki a crimson cheongsam, then asked her to kiss him; she pressed her lips to his and asked whether that was enough.

Kiyoshi trained Kaguya Otsutsuki in taijutsu, then returned with her and Hahago Otsutsuki to the Land of Ancestors to assess its growing chakra users. After establishing a chakra-ranking system and recognizing Enjirō’s talent, he returned to God Tree Valley and asked Kaguya to help create an alternate dimension for collecting souls and chakra.

• Kiyoshi taught Kaguya basic taijutsu, sparred with her, and defeated her after fifty exchanges; she asked him to teach her more.
• Several months later, Kiyoshi left Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki to guard the God Tree while he, Kaguya, and Hahago traveled to the Land of Ancestors.
• Kiyoshi found that chakra cultivation had spread and created a Chakra Quantity Monument to measure cultivators’ chakra levels and organize their training.
• Enjirō reached Stage Three, the highest result so far, and Kiyoshi gave him a Fire Release scroll after recognizing his talent.
• Back in God Tree Valley, Kiyoshi told Kaguya he needed her help creating an alternate dimension to hold souls and chakra and nourish the God Tree.

Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki created a prototype dimension, and he taught her ninjutsu before checking the spread of Chakra cultivation in the Land of Ancestors. He began sage arts training for Hahago and ended up finding Kaguya wearing a camisole when he went to call her to lunch.

• Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki used their Chakra to create a stable, roughly thousand-meter-wide pocket dimension that he planned to develop into a Pure Land.
• Kiyoshi kissed Kaguya, then offered her a scroll of modern clothes and taught her the five basic nature transformations and the Rasengan.
• Kiyoshi visited the Land of Ancestors, where the Daimyo reported widespread Chakra training and envoys from neighboring countries asked to learn; Kiyoshi proposed exchanges and competitions.
• Hahago told Kiyoshi she feared she could not match her mother at ninjutsu, so he offered to teach her sage arts and brought her to a place rich in Natural Energy.
• Kiyoshi prepared lunch and found Kaguya in her room wearing only a black camisole, which she did not realize was revealing.

Kiyoshi introduced Kaguya Otsutsuki to ordinary food and then taught her Sage Technique. After overcoming a dangerous imbalance between Natural Energy and Chakra, Kaguya achieved Sage Mode and recognized its potential.

• Kiyoshi cooked for Kaguya Otsutsuki, who enjoyed the meal and began responding to his intimate advances.
• Kiyoshi summoned the Unicorn Behemoth and used its Chakra-enhancing effects during their cultivation together.
• Habuko returned after mastering Sage Mode, and Kiyoshi explained Sage Technique to her and Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki trained to sense and balance Natural Energy with her physical and spiritual energies, while Kiyoshi monitored her progress.
• When Kaguya’s Chakra destabilized her training, Kiyoshi steadied her and guided her through the imbalance.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki successfully entered Sage Mode and discovered that she could sense her surroundings more clearly.

Kiyoshi and Kaguya rescued the Land of Ancestors from rampaging Summoning Beasts, then investigated signs of a wider threat near the God Tree. Gamamaru led Hamura and Hagoromo to the Toad Country and claimed the Otsutsuki Clan’s God Trees drained planets to produce Chakra Fruits.

• Kiyoshi sensed trouble in the Land of Ancestors and went there with Kaguya and Hahago.
• Kiyoshi defeated two Summoning Beasts and healed Enjirō, while Kaguya killed a giant ape Summoning Beast with Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Kiyoshi left to investigate the cause of the attacks after warning the residents to guard the village and treat the injured.
• Hamura discovered signs that the God Tree had drained the soil’s vitality and confronted Gamamaru, a toad from Mount Myoboku.
• Gamamaru warned Hamura and Hagoromo that the God Tree would drain the planet, then persuaded them to visit the Toad Country.
• Gamamaru and Gamamaru told the brothers that the Otsutsuki Clan planted God Trees across planets to harvest Chakra Fruits and leave worlds withered.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki learned from Gamamaru that the God Tree could drain a planet’s life, then confronted Kiyoshi, who confirmed the danger but defended the tree’s purpose. The brothers left unsettled, while Kiyoshi considered visiting Mount Myoboku.

• Gamamaru showed Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki a vision of the God Tree draining a planet and urged them to question their parents’ plans.
• Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki visited the Sage Temple in the Land of Ancestors, where humans worshipped statues of them, and stayed in a palace prepared by the Daimyo.
• Kiyoshi used Sage Art: Lightning Release to teach Kaguya Otsutsuki, and she later admitted that she had begun caring about him.
• Hahago Otsutsuki returned with Kiyoshi, Kaguya Otsutsuki, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and Hamura Otsutsuki for a family meal near the God Tree.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki asked Kiyoshi about the God Tree after meeting Gamamaru, and Kiyoshi confirmed that it drew on a planet’s life force.
• Kiyoshi defended the God Tree’s purpose, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki left with their doubts unresolved.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki continued guarding the God Tree while wrestling with doubts about their parents’ actions. Meanwhile, Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki grew closer as he taught her taijutsu and explained love, before a mortal named Haori approached seeking help for her grandmother.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki decided that he and Hamura Otsutsuki would keep guarding the God Tree while they observed and verified the truth, leaving an unspoken rift between them.
• Kiyoshi woke beside Kaguya Otsutsuki, shared kisses and an embrace with her, and watched her begin to explore affection.
• Kiyoshi taught Kaguya Otsutsuki taijutsu, and she rapidly copied and adapted his techniques during their sparring.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked Kiyoshi whether their acts of care and closeness were love, then initiated a kiss and rested against him.
• Hahago Otsutsuki interrupted their affectionate moment, joined them for a hug, and placed a wildflower in Kaguya Otsutsuki’s hair.
• Kiyoshi told Kaguya Otsutsuki that Haori was approaching to seek help for her grandmother, and the two prepared to meet her.

Kiyoshi saved Haori’s grandmother and observed how Chakra helped Haori reach him, then used the Shinigami Mask to study and defeat the Death God. He created a system for guiding souls, gained the Lord of Pure Land trait, and began transforming the Pure Land into a living landscape.

• Haori reached Kiyoshi and asked him to save her grandmother, explaining that she had learned Chakra from an Inheritance Seal.
• Kiyoshi flew Haori, Kaguya Otsutsuki, and Hahago Otsutsuki to her village, where he healed her grandmother with Medical Chakra.
• On the journey home, Kiyoshi explained to Kaguya Otsutsuki that Haori’s Chakra had helped her reach the barrier and that he wanted to observe its effects on ordinary people.
• Kiyoshi summoned the Death God with the Shinigami Mask, destroyed it, and used Yin-Yang Release to create a new Death God and several others to guide souls.
• Kiyoshi gained the Lord of Pure Land trait and took Kaguya Otsutsuki into the Pure Land, where they saw Death Gods escorting souls.
• Kiyoshi used Yin-Yang Release to replace the barren ground with fertile soil, streams, grass, trees, and hills, and said the souls could supply the God Tree without being used up all at once.

Kiyoshi established the Pure Land as a cycle that supplied the God Tree with Chakra, while his relationship with Kaguya Otsutsuki grew closer. Hagoromo Otsutsuki’s doubts about Kiyoshi’s plans deepened after he saw humans use Chakra to kill, and Kaguya Otsutsuki arrived as he argued with Hamura Otsutsuki.

• Kiyoshi explained to Kaguya Otsutsuki that the Pure Land filtered Chakra from souls and returned the souls to the cycle of life, greatly accelerating the God Tree’s growth.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki told Kiyoshi she did not want their relationship to change, kissed him, and later began helping him dress after reading a storybook about married life.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki visited Haori’s village, where Hagoromo Otsutsuki struggled with doubts about Kiyoshi and the God Tree.
• Kiyoshi taught villagers offensive ninjutsu, and Haori later used Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to kill a wolf threatening the village.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned Haori’s use of Chakra to kill and argued with Hamura Otsutsuki about whether Chakra should be used for violence.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki appeared beside the God Tree and asked Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki what they were arguing about.

Kaguya Otsutsuki confronted Hagoromo Otsutsuki for questioning Kiyoshi’s decision to teach offensive ninjutsu, while Hamura Otsutsuki urged his brother to trust their parents. Hagoromo Otsutsuki later visited a village to judge Chakra’s effects for himself, and Kiyoshi grew closer to Kaguya Otsutsuki as he helped replace her torn stockings and began asking about the Otsutsuki Clan.

• Kaguya Otsutsuki reprimanded Hagoromo Otsutsuki for doubting Kiyoshi and warned him not to cross a line, while Hamura Otsutsuki defended his brother and urged him to trust their parents.
• Kiyoshi comforted Kaguya Otsutsuki and said Hagoromo Otsutsuki should be given time to understand his choices.
• After meditating for three days, Hagoromo Otsutsuki decided to see Chakra’s effects for himself rather than rely only on Kiyoshi or Gamamaru.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki watched Haori carve a statue of Kiyoshi and learned that villagers were using Chakra to improve their lives, but he remained troubled by the dangers of power.
• Kiyoshi replaced Kaguya Otsutsuki’s torn stockings with a black pair, and she kissed him before he began asking about the Otsutsuki Clan.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki questioned the effects of Chakra as he witnessed its uses and the destruction it brought. Kiyoshi empowered Haori to spread Chakra, soothed Kaguya Otsutsuki’s jealousy, and learned that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was forming Kara while Kaguya feared other Otsutsuki would come.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki traveled among human villages, saw Chakra used for healing and construction as well as conflict, and wondered what its spread would lead to.
• Haori gave Kiyoshi a carved likeness and asked to become stronger, so Kiyoshi gave her a Cursed Seal and taught her a Wind Release flying technique to help spread Chakra.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki confronted Kiyoshi over Haori’s admiration, and Kiyoshi comforted her as Haori saw them embrace and continued on her mission.
• Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, hiding inside Jigen, decided to establish an organization called Kara and began planning its recruitment and cultivation.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki warned Kiyoshi that her clansmen would investigate, but he said he was ready to face them and study their Rinnegan.
• Hahago Otsutsuki joined Kiyoshi and Kaguya, declared her faith in her father, and brought a genuine smile to Kaguya’s face.

Kiyoshi founded the Ninja Sect to systematize Chakra training, while Hagoromo Otsutsuki grew troubled by the violence ninjutsu enabled and formed his own Ninshin Sect to resolve disputes through understanding. The chapter leaves Kiyoshi discovering Kaguya Otsutsuki reading a book titled The Art of Managing Husbands.

• Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki spoke quietly about studying the divine arts before their family slept together.
• Kiyoshi established the Ninja Sect, appointed Haori its first elder, named Enjirō, Maki, Ryuichi, and Aoi leading inner disciples, and taught the crowd the Ninja Sect Seal.
• After witnessing ninjutsu used for both good and violence, Hagoromo Otsutsuki argued with Hamura Otsutsuki about whether spreading Chakra brought disaster.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki intervened in a dispute between two villages, founded the Ninshin Sect, and helped them reach an agreement by communicating through Chakra.
• Kiyoshi entered his residence and found Kaguya Otsutsuki reading The Art of Managing Husbands.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki founded the Ninshin Sect and clashed with Hamura Otsutsuki over whether Chakra caused humanity’s violence, awakening the Sharingan before leaving to pursue his own path. Kiyoshi accepted Hagoromo’s decision and let him go, while Hamura returned home injured and reported what had happened.

• Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki discussed a book about marriage before Kiyoshi dismissed its advice as unnecessary for their relationship.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki asked Hamura Otsutsuki to join the Ninshin Sect, but Hamura refused to oppose their parents and fought him to stop him leaving.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki defeated Hamura Otsutsuki by sealing his Chakra points, awakened the Sharingan, and left to spread his beliefs.
• Hamura Otsutsuki returned home and told Kiyoshi and Kaguya Otsutsuki that Hagoromo had founded the Ninshin Sect and awakened crimson eyes with three tomoe.
• Kiyoshi treated Hamura’s injuries and said Hagoromo could follow his own path, then declined to pursue him.