Recaps

Madara learned that Kushinadahime was carrying twins and discovered that the Flower of Life had conceived them from his and Kushinadahime’s life force. Overjoyed but newly worried about protecting his family, he ordered the white snake to take him to Ryūchi Cave.

• An old physician told Madara that Kushinadahime was pregnant with twins, and Madara suspected she had been with another man.
• Kushinadahime denied being with anyone else, and the white snake explained that the blooming Flower of Life could create children from the couple’s life force without physical contact.
• The white snake told Madara that he was the father of Kushinadahime’s children, and Madara rejoiced at becoming a father.
• Madara considered his new responsibility to Kushinadahime and their unborn children, then ordered the white snake to lead him to Ryūchi Cave.

Madara took the pregnant Kushinadahime and the Flower of Life to Ryūchi Cave, while Shinsei decided to take pregnant Kaguya to Shikkotsu Forest for safety. As dawn approached, Shinsei packed to leave with Kaguya and their unborn children.

• White Snake transformed into a giant serpent and carried Madara, Kushinadahime, and the Flower of Life toward Ryūchi Cave.
• Kaguya told Shinsei that pregnancy and childbirth would leave her with less than thirty percent of her strength for at least a year or two.
• Shinsei promised to protect Kaguya and their children, then chose Shikkotsu Forest as a safer place for her to rest.
• Kaguya thanked Shinsei, and he began packing for their journey while wondering whether Madara would seek refuge in one of the Three Great Sage Lands.

Gamamaru and Heipi brought food to Amaterasu and Kukurihime-no-Kami, who were hiding underground on Mount Myōboku. Kukurihime-no-Kami could not clearly see Madara and Shinsei or find Omoikane in the river of time, and Amaterasu ordered her to keep searching.

• Gamamaru and Heipi carried a bowl of insects through a hidden passage beneath a camphor tree to Amaterasu and Kukurihime-no-Kami.
• Amaterasu asked Gamamaru about prophetic dreams, then dismissed him and Heipi.
• Amaterasu ordered Kukurihime-no-Kami to search for Omoikane, but Kukurihime-no-Kami reported that Madara and Shinsei were obscured and Omoikane had vanished from the river of time.
• Amaterasu threatened Kukurihime-no-Kami with black flames, then withdrew them after Kukurihime-no-Kami explained that Omoikane could hide from prophecy.
• Amaterasu ordered Kukurihime-no-Kami to keep searching for Omoikane every day until she found him.

Shinsei brought pregnant Kaguya to Shikkotsu Forest, where he met the Katsuyu Sage and explained that he came from the future. The Katsuyu Sage believed him, welcomed them, and offered Kaguya a quiet place to rest during her pregnancy.

• Shinsei led Kaguya through the mountains and into the dense forest, taking care to protect her as they traveled.
• Shinsei and Kaguya squeezed through a narrow gorge and emerged into Shikkotsu Forest, where small slugs gathered around them.
• The Katsuyu Sage rose from the pool and sensed Shinsei’s connection to her and the presence of time and space on him.
• Shinsei told the Katsuyu Sage that he had come from the future and had been one of her contract holders there.
• The Katsuyu Sage believed Shinsei, welcomed him as her contract holder, and invited Kaguya to stay so she could rest during her pregnancy.

Shinsei and Kaguya settled into a cave with help from the Katsuyu Sage, who warned Shinsei that her other contractor, Omoikane-no-Kami, could manipulate people’s thoughts. Shinsei discovered and cleared Omoikane-no-Kami’s influence from his mind, but learned that the power he wanted to absorb also carried that god’s will, leaving the Katsuyu Sage offering to help.

• The Katsuyu Sage carried Shinsei and Kaguya to a cave, where Shinsei prepared their shelter and cooked a meal.
• The Katsuyu Sage revealed she had another contractor and warned Shinsei to beware of him.
• Shinsei guessed that the contractor was Omoikane-no-Kami, whose power could alter people’s thoughts and will.
• The Katsuyu Sage told Shinsei that Omoikane-no-Kami had already influenced him, and Shinsei meditated until he removed the implanted thoughts.
• Shinsei asked the Katsuyu Sage to examine the sealed ability in a black sphere, and she found Omoikane-no-Kami’s will inside it.
• The Katsuyu Sage offered to help Shinsei absorb the ability despite its dangerous influence.

Shinsei absorbed Takemikazuchi-no-Kami's lightning ability after the Katsuyu Sage helped remove Omoikane-no-Kami's hidden influence. He and Kaguya settled in Shikkotsu Forest while he refined his ninjutsu and waited anxiously for the Ōtsutsuki Clan, which had not yet appeared.

• Shinsei signed a contract with the Katsuyu Sage, who agreed to help him remove the will hidden inside Takemikazuchi-no-Kami's ability.
• Shinsei absorbed the lightning ability, and the Katsuyu Sage captured and destroyed a clone influenced by Omoikane-no-Kami's will.
• Shinsei discovered that he had gained lightning immunity, faster nerve-signal replacement, and precise control over lightning release chakra.
• The Katsuyu Sage left after Shinsei, Kaguya, and the slug shared a meal in the cave.
• Shinsei and Kaguya settled into a routine in Shikkotsu Forest as her twins grew and Shinsei continued developing Descent of the Thunder God.
• The Ōtsutsuki Clan did not arrive, but Shinsei remained vigilant and hoped they would stay away longer.

Yamahiko’s training under Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto was interrupted when Ame no Uzume no Mikoto came seeking Omoikane. After Takuhata revealed her true form and refused to betray her brother, Yamahiko stood between the two gods as they prepared to fight.

• Yamahiko practiced swordsmanship at the mountain temple until Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto told him to leave and not return.
• Ame no Uzume no Mikoto arrived and revealed that she had found Takuhata, who shed her disguise and refused to say where Omoikane was.
• Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto ordered Yamahiko to leave, but he stayed to protect her from Ame no Uzume no Mikoto.
• Takuhata accused Ame no Uzume no Mikoto of concealing her strength and tolerating Takamagahara’s corrupt order, provoking her anger.
• Yamahiko stepped in front of Takuhata as Ame no Uzume no Mikoto prepared to attack, and Takuhata agreed to fight if she would not believe her.

Yamahiko tried to protect Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto, but Ame no Uzume no Mikoto defeated him and revealed her Physical Body Control ability in their fight. Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto used Yamahiko to restrain Ame no Uzume no Mikoto, exposing the black flames around her heart, and Ame no Uzume no Mikoto demanded to know where Omoikane had gone, warning that Amaterasu had already gone mad.

• Yamahiko stood in Ame no Uzume no Mikoto’s way, but she paralyzed him and threw him aside before confronting Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto.
• Ame no Uzume no Mikoto attacked Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto, who defended herself with threads that could form sharp nets.
• Ame no Uzume no Mikoto revealed that her ability, Physical Body Control, let her alter her muscles, bones, and joints, then overwhelmed Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto and knocked her into a tree.
• Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto explained that she had taught Yamahiko to cultivate Natural Energy so mortals could grow strong without gods, then secretly sent threads into his joints to make him attack.
• Yamahiko charged Ame no Uzume no Mikoto and sliced open her chest, revealing a heart wrapped in black flame, but she broke free and her wound began to heal.
• Ame no Uzume no Mikoto identified the flames as Amaterasu’s and demanded Omoikane’s whereabouts, warning that Amaterasu had already gone mad.

Ame no Uzume no Mikoto followed Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto's lead to Akaruhime, and Kukurihime-no-Kami discovered that Omoikane had become Kushinadahime. Amaterasu realized Omoikane was pregnant with Madara Uchiha's child, but she could not understand what he was planning.

• Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto told Ame no Uzume no Mikoto that Omoikane might have sought Akaruhime, whose power could fundamentally change a person's form.
• Ame no Uzume no Mikoto returned to Mount Myōboku and reported the lead to Amaterasu and Kukurihime-no-Kami.
• Kukurihime-no-Kami used her prophetic ability and saw Akaruhime with Kushinadahime beside her.
• Kukurihime-no-Kami concluded that Akaruhime had transformed Omoikane into Kushinadahime, explaining why Omoikane had vanished from her prophecies.
• Amaterasu realized that Omoikane had become pregnant with Madara Uchiha's child and wondered what he hoped to accomplish.

Amaterasu found Akaruhime beside Kushinadahime’s preserved corpse and learned how Omoikane had once saved Akaruhime and later asked her to transform him into Kushinadahime. Akaruhime revealed that Omoikane planned to have Madara Uchiha’s child so he could take the child’s eyes and gain the power to absorb gods’ abilities, leaving Amaterasu to ask why she had shared this information.

• Amaterasu met Akaruhime, who led her to Kushinadahime’s lifeless but undecayed body.
• Akaruhime recounted how Omoikane rescued her from being sacrificed to Ninigi-no-Mikoto and how she chose to become a woman to try to help him.
• Akaruhime said Omoikane had asked her to transform him into Kushinadahime, and Amaterasu accused him of manipulating Akaruhime’s feelings.
• Akaruhime explained that Omoikane became a woman to bear Madara Uchiha’s child and obtain the child’s ability-bearing eyes.
• Amaterasu listened in silence, raised black flame in her palm, and asked Akaruhime why she had told her everything.

Amaterasu learned that Omoikane planned to take the eyes of his children with Madara to steal the gods’ abilities, while Akaruhime died beside Kushinadahime’s body. When Kushinadahime vanished from Ryūchi Cave, Madara began destroying the mountain in a furious search, but the oldest white snake persuaded him to stop and promised to find her.

• Akaruhime begged Amaterasu to stop Omoikane, then asked her to kill her and died in black flames while holding Kushinadahime’s body.
• Amaterasu realized Omoikane intended to seize his children’s eyes and use them to acquire the abilities of Takamagahara’s gods.
• Madara woke to find Kushinadahime missing and searched Ryūchi Cave, but the snakes could not tell him where she had gone.
• Madara used Susanoo and the Amenonuhoko to shatter Ryūchi Cave’s mountain and attack the snakes as he demanded Kushinadahime’s whereabouts.
• The oldest white snake promised to search for Kushinadahime, and Madara stopped his destruction and ordered it to lead the way.

Shinsei cared for pregnant Kaguya and brought her sour jujubes during a storm, while reflecting on his completed Thunderfire Celestial Venerable technique. He named their unborn twin sons Hagoromo Senju and Hamura Senju, and the chapter ended with Kushinadahime in labor pain far away at Yomi-tsu.

• Shinsei used his Thunderfire Celestial Venerable state to race through the rain, find sour jujubes, and catch a pheasant for Kaguya.
• Shinsei prepared sour porridge and roasted pheasant for Kaguya, who felt the twins move in her belly.
• Kaguya asked whether their sons might be Hagoromo and Hamura, and Shinsei agreed to name them Hagoromo Senju and Hamura Senju.
• Shinsei settled the sleeping Kaguya on the stone bed and watched the storm from the cave entrance.
• At Yomi-tsu, Kushinadahime curled up in a wooden hut as pain gripped her belly and she wondered whether labor had begun.

Kushinadahime gave birth to twins with exceptional cultivation aptitude and inherited outsider traits, but chose not to sacrifice them. After exchanging her eyes for her daughter’s ordinary eyes, she awakened the Sharingan and Mangekyō, killed Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto when he tried to murder the babies, and absorbed his knowledge and ability.

• Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto helped Kushinadahime deliver a boy and a girl during a storm.
• Kushinadahime discovered that both babies had extraordinary aptitude and prepared the Sacrificial Array to take it for herself.
• Kushinadahime abandoned the sacrifice and ordered Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto to replace her daughter’s eyes with ordinary eyes and give the girl’s eyes to her.
• Kushinadahime awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then provoked Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto into attacking the twins by making him believe she loved him.
• Kushinadahime stabbed Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto to protect her children, and her Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyō.
• Kushinadahime absorbed the white light from Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto’s body and gained his knowledge of the human body and his green-light ability.

Madara found Kushinadahime and their newborn twins in a hut at Yomi-tsu, where she revealed she had taken a pair of Uchiha eyes and admitted she had pursued him for his eyes. Kushinadahime vanished with their son, leaving Madara to take their daughter.

• Madara punished a Ryūchi Cave snake for leading him to a false hiding place, then followed White Snake's stronger signal east to Yomi-tsu.
• Madara found Kushinadahime with their newborn son and daughter and recognized the girl as his child.
• Madara realized Kushinadahime had replaced her own eyes with the girl's eyes, and Kushinadahime confirmed she had taken them to obtain Uchiha eyes.
• Kushinadahime suggested taking the boy's eyes to gain an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, then admitted she had approached Madara for his eyes.
• An invisible figure pierced Kushinadahime, who vanished with the boy and left the girl and the Flower of Life behind.
• Madara crushed the Flower of Life, picked up his daughter, and tried to soothe her when she began to cry.

Amaterasu confronted Omoikane-no-Kami in Yomi-tsu and urged her to help protect Takamagahara from the approaching Ōtsutsuki Clan. Omoikane refused, revealed that she had controlled Kukurihime-no-Kami and intercepted her prophecies, then seemed to vanish with the child as Amaterasu attacked.

• Amaterasu met Omoikane-no-Kami, who arrived carrying a child, in the depths of Yomi-tsu.
• Amaterasu accused Omoikane of manipulating gods and asked how many of her subordinates were under her control.
• Amaterasu offered to forgive Omoikane and even abdicate if she would help defend Takamagahara from the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Omoikane refused and revealed that she had long controlled Kukurihime-no-Kami, intercepted her prophecies, and learned the approaching clan's true power.
• Amaterasu challenged Omoikane to prove her strength, then struck with black flames, but Omoikane and the child dissolved into bubbles.

Kushinadahime took Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto’s ability and sent Ame no Uzume no Mikoto east with the sleeping boy before confronting Amaterasu. After a fierce battle, she trapped Amaterasu in Tsukuyomi Space, where Amaterasu challenged her confidence in winning.

• Kushinadahime absorbed Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto’s ability and sent Ame no Uzume no Mikoto away with the child.
• Kushinadahime entered the rift and faced Amaterasu, who held Amaterasu Tamanaka’s ability and attacked with black flames.
• Kushinadahime evaded Amaterasu’s flames with illusions and careful movement until she found an opening to use Tsukuyomi.
• Kushinadahime trapped Amaterasu in Tsukuyomi Space, where Amaterasu’s black flames dissipated.
• Amaterasu questioned whether Kushinadahime understood Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto’s obedience and warned her not to underestimate a god who had ruled Takamagahara for a thousand years.

Kushinadahime trapped Amaterasu in Tsukuyomi Space and tortured her, but Amaterasu revealed that years of self-inflicted training had made her pain and willpower difficult to overcome. Kushinadahime’s space collapsed, and she fled from Amaterasu’s black flames, leaving Amaterasu to lament Kukurihime-no-Kami.

• Kushinadahime used Tsukuyomi Space to chain Amaterasu and torture her with needles, saws, and other attacks.
• Amaterasu endured the torture without crying out and explained that she had trained her flames and willpower through years of burning herself.
• Kushinadahime intensified the torture, but Amaterasu said her stronger will would outlast the space and exhaust Kushinadahime’s Mangekyō.
• Kushinadahime shattered Tsukuyomi Space, revealing that Amaterasu had remained in the rift while Kushinadahime fell from the recess.
• Kushinadahime dodged Amaterasu’s spreading black flames and fled the battlefield as Amaterasu watched without pursuing her.
• Amaterasu sighed and apologized to Kukurihime-no-Kami.

Shinsei reassured the anxious Kaguya while waiting for the space-time turbulence to subside, then examined Madara Uchiha’s daughter when Madara brought her to Shikkotsu Forest. After confirming the girl was healthy and her will untouched, Shinsei asked Madara to stay out of their space-time until Shinsei returned.

• Shinsei comforted Kaguya, who feared he would leave her and their unborn children, and waited for the space-time turbulence to weaken.
• The Katsuyu Sage told Shinsei that Madara Uchiha had arrived carrying a child.
• Shinsei examined Madara’s daughter and explained that her replacement eyes were healthy but would not awaken the Sharingan.
• The Katsuyu Sage confirmed that no one had tampered with the girl’s will or consciousness.
• Shinsei asked Madara to give up unifying the Shinobi World, but Madara refused.
• Shinsei asked Madara not to return to their space-time before Shinsei did, and Madara agreed before leaving Shikkotsu Forest.

Kukurihime-no-Kami struggled against Omoikane-no-Kami’s control and learned that Amaterasu had left her in his hands. After Kukurihime-no-Kami wounded herself, Omoikane-no-Kami killed her and took her power of prophecy.

• Kukurihime-no-Kami fought Omoikane-no-Kami’s control as she tried to leave the temple and demanded that he release her.
• Omoikane-no-Kami said he wanted her prophetic power and claimed Amaterasu had knowingly traded her to him.
• Kukurihime-no-Kami called for Amaterasu to save her, then broke down when no one answered.
• Kukurihime-no-Kami questioned the meaning of Takamagahara’s survival if its gods were expendable, then stabbed herself and asked Omoikane-no-Kami for help.
• Omoikane-no-Kami beheaded Kukurihime-no-Kami with Futsunomitama and pressed the white light from her into his eyes.

Omoikane discovered how he had used false emotional loss to evolve the Sharingan and planned to advance his Mangekyō further. Meanwhile, Shinsei and Kaguya welcomed their sons Hagoromo Senju and Hamura Senju, leaving Shinsei to wonder what would become of them when he returned to his own time.

• Omoikane saw that he had implanted Sharingan in a nameless god and used manipulated grief to awaken its Three-Tomoe form, then Takuhata Chijihime no Mikoto's death had evolved it into Mangekyō.
• Omoikane learned that combining another pair of Mangekyō had given him the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and he left the temple to pursue another evolution.
• Shinsei helped Kaguya through labor in Shikkotsu Forest, and she gave birth to two boys.
• Shinsei named the pale-blue-eyed older boy Hagoromo Senju and the Byakugan-eyed younger boy Hamura Senju.
• Kaguya gathered both sons into her arms, thanked Shinsei, and rested with them as Shinsei realized he might soon return to his own time and wondered what would happen to his family.

Kushinadahime fought Takeminakata-no-Kami while holding her young son, wearing down his energy and testing his ability to neutralize energy attacks. After trapping him in a month-long illusion of pain, she took the defensive ability from him.

• Takeminakata-no-Kami stopped fleeing and attacked Kushinadahime, but she dodged his blows and evaded his earth-based attacks while carrying the boy.
• Kushinadahime used Takuhata Chichi no Mikoto's threads to restrain Takeminakata-no-Kami and discovered that his ability neutralized energy damage at the cost of extra energy.
• Kushinadahime used Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto's illusions to make Takeminakata-no-Kami waste his remaining Natural Energy until he collapsed.
• Kushinadahime trapped Takeminakata-no-Kami in a space where time and space were under her control, subjecting him to a month of pain in an instant.
• Kushinadahime took the faint white light representing Takeminakata-no-Kami's ability to neutralize all energy.

Shinsei prepared to take Kaguya and their twins back to his own space-time, but the arrival of Kinshiki and Urashiki forced him to leave Shikkotsu Forest and confront the threat. Meanwhile, Madara found his son Gen Uchiha and headed to Ryūchi Cave, while Amaterasu challenged Omoikane to defeat him for the power of Amenominaka.

• Shinsei asked Kaguya to return with him to his own space-time, and she agreed.
• Kinshiki and Urashiki arrived at the former God Tree site, discovered it had been burned, and set out to find Kaguya and investigate the planet.
• Katsuyu Sage promised to hide Kaguya and the twins, and Shinsei left to face the Ōtsutsuki.
• Madara found Gen Uchiha with Kushinadahime's note, took him and Izumiya, and flew toward Ryūchi Cave after spotting the meteors.
• Kushinadahime asked Amaterasu to let her obtain Amenominaka's power, and Amaterasu told Omoikane to defeat him first.

Omoikane fought Amaterasu, who drew strength from Takamagahara and wielded the Yasakani no Magatama and Totsuka Blade. Omoikane revealed the Yata Mirror at the decisive moment, disarmed Amaterasu, and held Futsunomitama to her throat, winning the fight.

• Amaterasu covered herself in black-flame armor and overwhelmed Omoikane with her enhanced speed, strength, and black flames.
• Omoikane used the abilities of other gods to defend herself, then drew Futsunomitama as Amaterasu summoned the Yasakani no Magatama and Totsuka Blade.
• Omoikane charged through Amaterasu's attacks and used threads and lightning to bind the Totsuka Blade, but Amaterasu broke free and forced her into a desperate defense.
• As her Natural Energy ran out, Omoikane blocked an emerald beam with her gray membrane and charged Amaterasu, who swung the Totsuka Blade at her neck.
• Omoikane revealed the Yata Mirror, reflected the Totsuka Blade's strike, and disarmed Amaterasu before placing Futsunomitama against her throat.
• Omoikane told Amaterasu that she had found the Yata Mirror through Kukurihime's prophecies, and Amaterasu acknowledged that Omoikane had won.

Omoikane defeated Amaterasu and claimed the power of Takamagahara, while Shinsei encountered the Ōtsutsuki Kinshiki and Urashiki. After escaping their coordinated attacks, Shinsei decided to seek out Madara Uchiha for help.

• Omoikane accepted the golden power of Takamagahara from Amaterasu, then spared her and declared himself its new lord.
• Shinsei spotted Kinshiki and Urashiki approaching and tried to retreat, but Urashiki tracked him with his fishing rod.
• Urashiki's fishing line restrained Shinsei and disrupted his Flying Thunder God, while Kinshiki attacked him with changing weapons.
• Shinsei fought the two Ōtsutsuki with Thunderfire Celestial Venerable, dodging their attacks but realizing he could not win a prolonged battle.
• Shinsei escaped when Urashiki's fishing line reached its limit, then decided to find Madara Uchiha.

After escaping Kinshiki and Urashiki, Shinsei sought Madara Uchiha and encountered Kushinadahime, who proposed an alliance against the Ōtsutsuki and revealed a prophecy of Kaguya and the children being killed by Isshiki. Shinsei remained wary but agreed to cooperate, and Kushinadahime said Madara would come to them because she was there.

• Shinsei escaped Kinshiki and Urashiki, confirmed Flying Thunder God worked again, and decided he needed Madara Uchiha's help.
• Shinsei questioned a white snake from Ryūchi Cave and learned Madara had gone west after returning from Takamagahara.
• Shinsei met Kushinadahime, who said she had used Kukurihime's ability to foresee his arrival and urged him to join forces against the Ōtsutsuki.
• Kushinadahime showed Shinsei a vision of Kaguya, Hagoromo, and Hamura dead, and identified Ōtsutsuki Isshiki as the greater threat behind Kinshiki and Urashiki.
• Shinsei had Katsuyu check that his will had not been rewritten, rejected Kushinadahime's offered ability, and asked how they would find Madara.
• Kushinadahime said Madara would come to them because she was there.