Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha learned that the Plague God had poisoned Kushinadahime and killed him, gaining the power of pestilence but not the ability to cure her. As Kushinadahime weakened and begged him to spare the other gods, Madara realized he could not accept her death.

• Madara Uchiha recognized the natural energy attacking him, resisted it, and carried the feverish Kushinadahime to his room.
• Ashinazuchi pointed Madara toward the dead woods, where he caught the fleeing Plague God and killed him with the Amenonuhoko.
• Madara absorbed the power of pestilence, but discovered he had gained no knowledge of how to cure its plague.
• Madara prepared to kill Toyouke-no-Kami and the other gods, but Kushinadahime came out and asked him to stop and let them fall with Takamagahara.
• Kushinadahime grew weaker in Madara's arms, told him she should have met him sooner, and left him determined not to let her die.

Madara Uchiha carried the dying Kushinadahime toward Shinsei, hoping he would save her, while Shinsei finished subduing the Kusanagi Sword. The chapter ended with Kaguya telling Shinsei that Madara had arrived.

• Madara Uchiha carried Kushinadahime and followed a white snake from Ryūchi Cave toward Shinsei, desperate to get her treated.
• Kushinadahime gave Madara the Flower of Life and thanked him before her strength faded.
• Madara caught the Flower of Life and threatened to destroy Ryūchi Cave unless the snake took him to Shinjō immediately.
• Shinsei mastered the Kusanagi Sword and learned that its power could cut through anything, though its greatest strikes required immense chakra.
• Shinsei absorbed the Kusanagi Sword into his dantian, and Kaguya told him Madara Uchiha was there.

Madara Uchiha brought the poisoned Kushinadahime to Shinsei and begged him to save her. After Shinsei cured her and the Flower of Life bloomed, Kaguya revealed that the God Tree had been destroyed.

• Madara Uchiha arrived carrying a dying Kushinadahime and asked Shinsei to save her, offering any terms.
• Shinsei examined Kushinadahime, identified a toxin, and began extracting it with senjutsu chakra.
• Shinsei burned the extracted toxin to ash, and Kushinadahime woke up.
• Madara Uchiha rushed to Kushinadahime and embraced her, while the Flower of Life bloomed.
• Kaguya came from next door and told Shinsei that the God Tree had been destroyed.

Shinsei and Kaguya discovered that the God Tree had been destroyed, leaving Shinsei unable to return to his own spacetime until its energy settled. Back at the courtyard, Shinsei examined Kaguya after she became ill and realized she was pregnant.

• Shinsei and Kaguya found the God Tree reduced to a scorched crater, with traces of Amaterasu's black flames.
• Shinsei used Xiaobai's Dragon Vein energy and learned that the route to his home spacetime had been cut off by shattered spacetime energy.
• Kaguya admitted she feared Shinsei would leave her behind, and Shinsei promised to help her deal with the Ōtsutsuki Clan first.
• Shinsei and Kaguya returned to the courtyard and found Madara and Kushinadahime gone.
• Kaguya began retching after eating, and Shinsei checked her pulse and told her she was pregnant.

Shinsei told Kaguya that she was carrying twins, and chakra evidence suggested he was their father despite the two never having crossed that line. Far away, Madara learned that Kushinadahime was also pregnant.

• Shinsei told Kaguya she was pregnant and revealed that two embryos in her belly carried bloodline signatures close to his own.
• Kaguya confirmed the twins with her Byakugan and nearly struck her belly with chakra, but Shinsei stopped her.
• Kaguya said she did not want to bear someone else’s children, and Shinsei told her the twins were likely his.
• Kaguya and Shinsei admitted they did not know how the pregnancy had happened and wondered what to do next.
• Madara brought the recovering Kushinadahime to a small town and arranged for a physician to examine her.
• The physician told Madara that Kushinadahime was with child.

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.