Chapter Summaries

Tsunade told Xiao Yun that she was pregnant with his child and forced him into an intense training regimen. She planned to keep the baby and considered a future with Xiao Yun, hoping he would become strong enough to protect their child.

• Tsunade confronted Xiao Yun and told him she was pregnant after their one-night stand.
• Xiao Yun questioned whether the child was his, and Tsunade beat him before ordering him to keep the pregnancy secret and follow an extreme training schedule.
• Tsunade took Xiao Yun to a wasteland and made him practice sensing chakra without moving.
• Shizune asked Tsunade whether she intended to keep the child, and Tsunade admitted she planned to because Xiao Yun resembled Dan.
• Tsunade told Shizune she might be with Xiao Yun and hoped he would grow strong so their child would not lack a father's love.

Xiao Yun awakened the Chakra Evolution System and gained the ability to communicate with Chakra, then chose to absorb Wood Chakra. Tsunade and Shizune recognized his unusually pure Wood Chakra as Wood Release and saw him as a major hope for Konoha.

• Xiao Yun struggled to sense Chakra while Tsunade watched and Shizune suggested he learn the Eight Inner Gates if he lacked cultivation talent.
• A storm broke out, and Xiao Yun awakened the Chakra Evolution System, which granted him Basic Chakra Communication.
• Xiao Yun met the personified elemental Chakras and learned that absorbing one would grant him affinity with that nature.
• After the system limited him to one choice, Xiao Yun chose Wood Chakra, and the other Chakras departed as the green lights entered his body.
• Tsunade and Shizune saw Xiao Yun's pure Wood Chakra and celebrated his emergence as a Wood Release ninja.
• The system told Xiao Yun to focus on wood-style ninjutsu, and he traded insults with it.

Xiao Yun feigned possession by Senju Hashirama and invented a dangerous Ghost Fire that Tsunade could supposedly dispel by sleeping with him. Tsunade believed him and took him back to his dormitory, where she began preparing to follow his instructions.

• After absorbing Wood Chakra, Xiao Yun pretended to suffer a violent reaction, alarming Tsunade and Shizune.
• Xiao Yun claimed Senju Hashirama had possessed him and revealed secrets about Naruto, Tsunade’s necklace, and his own Wood Release talent to convince Tsunade.
• Xiao Yun told Tsunade that Ghost Fire would damage or kill him unless she used her Byakugou Seal’s Yin Chakra by sleeping with him.
• Xiao Yun pretended to collapse, and Tsunade carried him back to his dormitory as rain fell.
• Shizune warned Tsunade against sleeping with Xiao Yun because she was pregnant, so Tsunade sent her to fetch clothes.

After Tsunade beat Xiao Yun for trying to take advantage of her, she sent him to Konoha’s Genin Training Class with a one-year deadline to become a Chunin. Xiao Yun met Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke in class as Iruka began a lesson on Chakra and prepared to test the students.

• Tsunade caught Xiao Yun trying to kiss her and beat him so badly that he was hospitalized with severe injuries.
• Five days later, Xiao Yun pretended to remain bedridden, but Tsunade ordered him to attend Genin class and become a Chunin within a year or face castration.
• Xiao Yun joined Iruka’s class, where the students admired his looks and he recognized Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sasuke.
• Ino and Sakura explained Chakra and Kekkei Genkai during Iruka’s lesson, then argued with each other.
• Iruka began a Chakra detection session and called the students to come to him.

Iruka used a Chakra Detector to test the students’ attributes and purity, revealing Sakura Haruno’s five sounds and Sasuke Uchiha’s seven while Naruto Uzumaki produced none. Xiao Yun was the last to be tested, and Iruka secretly adjusted the detector to guarantee him at least a Level 2 evaluation.

• Iruka explained that the Chakra Detector measured attributes and purity, and Sasuke Uchiha asked what would happen if it sounded nine times.
• Naruto Uzumaki declared himself a genius, but his test produced no sounds, and Iruka let him return to his seat.
• Sakura Haruno’s test produced five sounds for Water and Wind Chakra, while Sasuke Uchiha’s produced seven for Lightning Chakra.
• Iruka dismissed the class before Xiao Yun pointed out that he had not been tested.
• Iruka called Xiao Yun to the podium and secretly adjusted the detector so it would give him at least a Level 2 purity evaluation.

Xiao Yun’s chakra test revealed unprecedented Wood Chakra talent, drawing the attention of Konoha’s leaders. After the detector confirmed nine sounds, Hiruzen Sarutobi declared Xiao Yun Konoha’s Number One Genius and gave him status equal to Konoha’s Second Master.

• Xiao Yun’s Chakra Detector test produced escalating sounds and revealed fifth-, sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-level purity Wood Chakra, while Konoha’s leaders rushed to recruit him.
• The Chakra Detector burned out, and Naruto and Sasuke suspected it was broken; Iruka tested Sasuke’s sixth-level Lightning Chakra and then confirmed Xiao Yun’s eighth-level result with a spare detector.
• Xiao Yun said he was not finished, and the detector produced a ninth sound, a level of talent no one in the Ninja World had seen before.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived and declared Xiao Yun Konoha’s Number One Genius, with status equal to Konoha’s Second Master.

After Xiao Yun was named Konoha's Holy Son, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Shimura Danzō, and Hyuga Hiashi argued over who would train him, while Tsunade struck him for his lecherous reaction to Hiashi's proposal. As Xiao Yun struggled to choose between the Anbu and the Hyuga Clan, an unknown voice suddenly called for him to train with them.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi named Xiao Yun Konoha's Holy Son and offered to personally guide his training.
• Shimura Danzō and Hyuga Hiashi arrived and each argued that their faction should train Xiao Yun.
• Tsunade punched Xiao Yun after he praised Hiashi's proposal that the Hyuga Clan help him sire future generations.
• Hyuga Yumi defended Xiao Yun and argued with Tsunade until Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped them and asked Xiao Yun to choose his trainer.
• Shimura Danzō and Hyuga Hiashi continued competing to recruit Xiao Yun, until an unknown speaker said Xiao Yun should cultivate with them.

Xiao Yun faced pressure to choose a clan, but Might Guy urged Konoha’s leaders to let him train in the Eight Inner Gates, which he claimed was originally the Chaos Heaven Gate. After the system revealed the technique’s power and begged Xiao Yun to learn it, Xiao Yun agreed to train under Might Guy.

• Xiao Yun considered joining the Hyuga Clan, but Tsunade glared at him as he tried to make his choice.
• Might Guy interrupted the clan leaders and asked to train Xiao Yun in the Eight Inner Gates.
• Might Guy claimed the Eight Inner Gates was the first level of the Chaos Heaven Gate, a secret technique his father had learned from an immortal auntie.
• Xiao Yun rejected the system’s demand to learn the technique because it required him to abstain from women, but the system promised he could touch them after opening the Fifth Gate.
• Xiao Yun agreed to cultivate the Eight Inner Gates under Teacher Might Guy.

Xiao Yun chose to train in the Eight Inner Gates under Might Guy, avoiding an immediate decision about his ninjutsu training and affiliation. After Tsunade warned him against pursuing other women, Guy took him to a forest training camp, where Xiao Yun met Rock Lee.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi proposed that Xiao Yun train under Guy while he discussed Xiao Yun's future ninjutsu training with the Daimyo, and Danzo objected.
• Hyuga Hiashi supported Hiruzen's proposal on the condition that Xiao Yun marry into the Hyuga Clan, but Xiao Yun refused and declared that he would focus on training.
• Xiao Yun chose to learn the Eight Inner Gates, which he called the Chaos Heaven Gate, and Hiruzen assigned Guy to train him.
• At Xiao Yun's residence, Tsunade ordered him to train, warned him not to pursue other women, and gave him a book of her portraits.
• Guy brought Xiao Yun to a remote forest camp and told him his Eight Inner Gates training would begin the next day.
• Rock Lee arrived at the camp carrying something he had caught, and Xiao Yun recognized him.

Might Guy and Rock Lee began Xiao Yun’s first intense training session, carrying rice that suppressed Chakra up a mountain with increasing gravity. Xiao Yun kept pace with Rock Lee and remained calm as Might Guy looked back at him in surprise.

• Rock Lee woke Xiao Yun at one in the morning and demonstrated his extreme physical training.
• Might Guy arrived carrying three bags of rice and told Xiao Yun that his first exercise was Carrying a Bag of Rice Up Several Floors.
• Might Guy explained that the special rice broke down Chakra after three minutes and that each ten meters of climbing counted as one floor.
• Xiao Yun, Might Guy, and Rock Lee shouldered bags of rice and started climbing the mountain as the rice suppressed their Chakra and gravity grew stronger.
• Might Guy climbed about twenty meters and Rock Lee about ten, then Might Guy turned back and saw Xiao Yun climbing calmly at roughly Rock Lee’s pace.

Xiao Yun climbed Jier Mountain carrying rice that absorbed Chakra, impressing the watchers with his strength while deliberately showing off. He reached the second level and continued climbing as the others reacted to his display.

• Kakashi Hatake and the Third Hokage watched Xiao Yun climb and marveled at his apparent strength.
• Danzo canceled his plan to seize Xiao Yun after learning Hiruzen Sarutobi had taken the matter to the Daimyo.
• Rock Lee reached the first level, refused Xiao Yun’s cigarette, and opened the “Back Gate” of the Eight Inner Gates to catch up.
• Xiao Yun sang loudly and climbed to the second level, where the increasing gravity left him drenched in sweat.
• Xiao Yun took off his shirt and posed, prompting Hyuga Yumi to secretly admire him and Hyuga Hiashi to decide to propose marriage.
• Tsunade angrily accused Xiao Yun of showing off, while Kakashi Hatake and the Third Hokage admitted they wanted to beat him up.

Xiao Yun struggled up Jier Mountain under crushing gravity with a rice bag that drained his Chakra, while the system forced him to reach the fifth level or lose his Wood Release. After using a healing technique to keep climbing, he reached Might Guy near the fourth level but refused to turn back.

• The system assigned Xiao Yun a mandatory mission to reach Jier Mountain’s fifth level, with the loss of his Wood Release as punishment for failure.
• As Rock Lee caught up, the system taught Xiao Yun Wood Release—Spring Returns to Earth, which healed his injuries and eased his pain.
• Xiao Yun reached the third level and continued climbing while Rock Lee opened the Second Gate but eventually stopped rather than risk injury.
• Xiao Yun climbed to within three meters of the fourth level, where Might Guy praised his strength and urged him to go down.
• Xiao Yun told Might Guy he wanted to challenge his limits and kept pushing upward.

Xiao Yun pushed past the fourth level of Jier Mountain and collapsed after reaching the fifth, completing his mission and evolving his Wood Release Chakra. In Konoha Hospital, the Hokage, Danzo, and Hyuga Hiashi argued over his future as two visitors entered the room.

• Xiao Yun insisted on challenging Jier Mountain’s fifth level despite warnings from Might Guy, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Tsunade.
• Xiao Yun and Might Guy discarded their rice sacks, and Xiao Yun endured crushing gravity by repeatedly using Spring Returns to Earth until he collapsed.
• Xiao Yun woke in Konoha Hospital and learned that he had completed the mission, evolved his Wood Release Chakra, and gained the option to absorb another Chakra attribute.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Anbu had weakened the mountain’s gravity field to save Xiao Yun, while Danzo and Hyuga Hiashi argued over his guardianship and marriage prospects.
• An old man and an old woman entered Xiao Yun’s hospital room.

After the Daimyo decreed that the Third Hokage would oversee Xiao Yun’s training, Xiao Yun recovered and began learning the Eight Inner Gates from Might Guy. Three days later, he opened the first gate and planned to visit Tsunade.

• Mitokado Homura read the Daimyo’s decree assigning Xiao Yun’s training to the Third Hokage, overruling Danzo’s objection.
• Xiao Yun returned to Might Guy’s training ground fully recovered, and Might Guy began teaching him the Eight Inner Gates.
• Might Guy put Xiao Yun through intense physical training for several days, while Xiao Yun refused to wear his green jumpsuit.
• Xiao Yun opened the first gate in just three days, astonishing Might Guy and Rock Lee.
• Xiao Yun asked Might Guy for time off to visit Tsunade, and Might Guy gave him money to buy her a gift.

After visiting the hospitalized Tsunade, Xiao Yun kissed her but was punched away when he tried to touch her. He left the hospital and was about to enter an izakaya when Uchiha Sasuke confronted him with a challenge.

• Shizune scolded Xiao Yun for supposedly agreeing to an engagement with the Hyuga Clan, but he denied knowing about it and went to see Tsunade.
• Tsunade questioned Xiao Yun about the rumored engagement, and he vowed he would not marry anyone else while she carried his child.
• Xiao Yun and Tsunade shared a kiss, but Tsunade punched him away when his hands began to wander.
• Shizune announced that Kurenai had arrived, so Tsunade ordered Xiao Yun to leave through the window.
• Xiao Yun wandered through Konoha and was pulled toward Fengyuexia Izakaya by its madam before Uchiha Sasuke appeared and challenged him.

Xiao Yun accepted Sasuke’s challenge after proposing a wager on their monthly Ninja stipends, and their duel drew a huge crowd and heavy betting. With Sasuke favored to win, Xiao Yun placed his last nine hundred dollars on the highest-odds bet: defeating Sasuke within ten seconds.

• Sasuke challenged Xiao Yun in public and demanded that he become Sasuke’s follower if he refused.
• Xiao Yun agreed to fight Sasuke and proposed that the loser hand over his monthly Ninja stipend.
• Word of the duel spread, and spectators and betting houses gathered at Konoha Arena Plaza, where Sasuke was heavily favored.
• Might Guy admitted he thought Xiao Yun would lose, while Rock Lee revealed he had already bet all his money on Sasuke.
• Xiao Yun wagered his last nine hundred dollars on the highest-odds Flower Bet, which required him to defeat Sasuke within ten seconds.

Xiao Yun faced Sasuke in a heavily bet-on arena match, shocking the crowd by using the Eight Inner Gates and healing his burned hands with Wood Release. He defeated Sasuke with a single punch before ten seconds had passed.

• Moonlight Izakaya's proprietress sent Kameda to recall the girls on leave, expecting the arena's gamblers to bring in business.
• Sakura and Hyuga Yumi worried Sasuke might seriously hurt Xiao Yun, while Kakashi and Hyuga Hiashi said they would intervene if needed.
• Sasuke bet that he could make Xiao Yun cry within ten seconds, and the referee began their match after warning them to stop if either surrendered or could no longer fight.
• Sasuke attacked Xiao Yun, who opened the Eight Inner Gates and blocked his punch with a Wing Chun move.
• Sasuke used Great Fireball Technique, and Xiao Yun caught the fireball with a Tai Chi motion, burned his hands, then healed them with Wood Release—Spring Returns to Earth.
• Xiao Yun struck Sasuke in the abdomen with Wing Chun Third Form—Release, knocking him down before ten seconds had passed.

Xiao Yun defeated Sasuke, healed him, and talked him out of suicide by urging him to pursue revenge. After collecting his winnings and lending money to Might Guy and Rock Lee, Xiao Yun was summoned by someone claiming the future Hokage wanted to see him.

• Sasuke fainted after Xiao Yun defeated him, and Xiao Yun used a Wood Release healing technique while Kakashi stopped Sakura from interfering.
• When Sasuke woke and tried to stab himself, Xiao Yun took away his kunai and urged him to live for his revenge, prompting Sasuke to vow to defeat Xiao Yun someday.
• Xiao Yun shouted after Sasuke that he would collect Sasuke's salary starting next month, then handed the dealer his bank card to collect his winnings.
• Might Guy and Rock Lee asked Xiao Yun for money after losing their bets, and he gave each of them twenty thousand.
• An arrogant voice called Xiao Yun out, saying the future Hokage wanted to see him.

Naruto Uzumaki asked Xiao Yun to take him on as a disciple so he could learn Wing Chun and become strong enough to protect Konoha. Xiao Yun accepted, and later Tsunade called him over under the pretext of severe pregnancy symptoms to demand money for her gambling debts.

• Naruto Uzumaki declared that Xiao Yun should become his master, then fought Rock Lee and was knocked down.
• Naruto used the Harem Jutsu to try to persuade Xiao Yun, then admitted that he wanted to learn Wing Chun because he lacked talent for ninjutsu.
• Naruto knelt and begged to train so he could become stronger, earn others’ recognition, and protect Konoha.
• Xiao Yun agreed to teach Naruto Wing Chun and warned him that mastering the Eight Inner Gates would require hard work.
• Might Guy warned Xiao Yun that taking Kakashi Hatake’s assigned student could cause trouble, but Xiao Yun said he would handle it.
• Shizune brought Xiao Yun to Tsunade, who asked him to pay off her gambling debts after hearing that he had won money.

Tsunade revealed that her gambling debt had reached one hundred million and pressured Xiao Yun to compete in underground matches to repay it. With a dangerous bout against Samueru approaching, Xiao Yun decided to train in Wood Release ninjutsu as well as taijutsu.

• Xiao Yun gave Tsunade the million he had won, but she told him she still owed one hundred million and had entered him in several matches.
• Tsunade explained that her debt came from a high-interest loan at the Fourth Raikage's casino and that she would have to marry the Raikage's younger brother if she could not repay it.
• Xiao Yun agreed to fight after hearing about Tsunade's predicament and received a list of several hundred matches.
• In the forest, Xiao Yun complained to Might Guy that he could not open the Second Gate after five days of training.
• Xiao Yun learned that Tsunade had scheduled him to fight Samueru in a month, then asked the system how to grow stronger quickly.
• After the system recommended waiting to train Wood Release until his Wood Chakra reached Level 3, Xiao Yun asked Might Guy to arrange Wood Release training with the Third Hokage.