Chapter Summaries

Kurenai’s genjutsu trapped Xiao Yun in visions of Samui and Tsunade betraying him, and he collapsed after his consciousness crumbled. Tsunade awakened him by confessing her love, but as they prepared to go home, sudden pain struck his eyes.

• In Kurenai’s illusion, Xiao Yun saw Samui marry Samueru, reject him, and help Samueru torment him.
• Xiao Yun then saw Kurenai claim him, threaten Tsunade and Samui, and reveal their dead bodies, until he fainted in the illusion.
• Kurenai carried the unconscious Xiao Yun from the Kurama Clan’s secret chamber, where the genjutsu pillars had dimmed.
• Tsunade panicked when Xiao Yun did not respond, and Kakashi’s Sharingan genjutsu release failed to wake him.
• Kurenai told Tsunade that Danzō had appeared in Xiao Yun’s illusion, prompting Tsunade to confess her love and promise to have children with him.
• Xiao Yun woke when he heard Tsunade, learned her pregnancy was stable, and felt a piercing pain in his eyes as they prepared to leave Kurenai’s house.

After his mind-training, Xiao Yun awakened powerful violet eyes and grew closer to Tsunade and Samui. A mysterious young man seized Samui and challenged Xiao Yun to defeat him, leaving Xiao Yun facing an opponent whose speed and strength overwhelmed him.

• Xiao Yun woke with glowing violet eyes, discovered they could fire destructive beams, and sensed his mind and spirit had greatly strengthened.
• Xiao Yun and Tsunade began kissing, but a messenger summoned him to Lord Hokage, interrupting them.
• Xiao Yun left with Samui, who expressed concern about his injury, and the two went into the forest together.
• A mysterious young man appeared, swiftly knocked Samui unconscious, and held her captive.
• Xiao Yun activated his violet eyes and demanded that the young man release Samui, but the man challenged him to a fight and charged at him at startling speed.

Xiao Yun fought a powerful young man, using the Eight Inner Gates and a series of ninjutsu before apparently killing him with his strongest Wood Release attack. The opponent survived and revealed herself as a woman, then taunted Xiao Yun by saying she had his woman in her hands.

• Xiao Yun opened the Third Gate and exchanged air blasts with the young man, but began tiring after fifteen minutes of fighting.
• Xiao Yun used Wood Release vines and a wire-assisted shuriken technique to restrain the young man.
• Xiao Yun trapped the young man in his Wood Release—Fire-Wood-Lightning Attack, engulfing him in flames and lightning.
• The young man emerged behind Xiao Yun and knocked him into a tree, making him spit blood.
• The young man peeled away his disguise and revealed herself as a woman in a white robe.
• The woman approached Xiao Yun and said his woman was in her hands.

A woman from Ryūchi Cave abducted Samui, attacked Xiao Yun, and left him with a Sage Chakra curse mark. Jiraiya sealed the mark and Xiao Yun awoke, telling the others where Samui had been taken as the Fourth Raikage demanded answers.

• The woman from Ryūchi Cave healed after Xiao Yun struck her with his purple beams, captured Samui, and bit Xiao Yun before disappearing into the earth.
• Tsunade and the others tried to revive Xiao Yun, while Kakashi and Jiraiya identified Sage Chakra in the curse mark on his neck.
• Jiraiya used the Seal of the Dragon to seal Xiao Yun's curse mark, and Xiao Yun's temperature returned to normal.
• Xiao Yun awoke shouting for the woman to release Samui, and the Third Hokage sent an Anbu to search for her.
• At the Hokage Office, Xiao Yun told the Fourth Raikage and the others that Samui's abductor seemed to be from Ryūchi Cave, shocking Jiraiya.

Xiao Yun reconciled with Tsunade after explaining how he became involved with Samui, while Orochimaru confronted Zhen for giving Xiao Yun the Heavenly Curse Mark. On the morning of Xiao Yun’s death-match duel with Samueru, the arena was packed and Tsunade worried about him.

• Xiao Yun rushed to Tsunade’s home after Might Guy told him she planned to abort her child, then explained what had happened with Samui and persuaded her to forgive him.
• Tsunade agreed to forgive Xiao Yun but demanded that she remain his principal wife and that he never meet Samui alone without her permission.
• Zhen dismissed Orochimaru’s objections to her giving Xiao Yun the Heavenly Curse Mark, then carried the unconscious Samui through the door to Ryūchi Cave.
• The next morning, Tsunade warned Xiao Yun to be careful in his duel with Samueru, and Xiao Yun promised he would win.
• Tickets for Xiao Yun and Samueru’s duel sold out immediately, while fans who could not attend gathered to watch the paid livestream.

Xiao Yun and Samueru prepared to fight their death match in Konoha’s arena as the Kage watched and argued over Xiao Yun’s ties to Samui. After both fighters displayed powerful auras, Samueru revealed he knew Xiao Yun had gained Lightning Release effects from the Yin Lightning within Samui and refused to back down.

• Mei Terumi teased Tsunade about her lover, while Tsunade snapped back and left the VIP section.
• The Tsuchikage accused the Fourth Raikage of making an alliance contingent on Xiao Yun winning, and the Raikage angrily denied it.
• The Third Hokage’s forces watched the disguised Orochimaru, who was posing as the Fourth Kazekage, while Kakashi warned Xiao Yun and Samueru that their signed death match could be canceled only by mutual agreement.
• Samueru refused to cancel the match, and the barrier team enclosed him and Xiao Yun inside the arena.
• Samueru mocked Xiao Yun over Samui and activated Lightning Release: Raging Lion; Xiao Yun opened the Third Gate of the Eight Inner Gates and overpowered him with his aura.
• Samueru identified the Lightning Release effects Xiao Yun gained from Samui’s Yin Lightning, and Xiao Yun offered him a chance to surrender.

Xiao Yun battled Samueru in a life-and-death duel, trading powerful Lightning Release attacks before Samueru trapped him in an illusion. The crowd believed Xiao Yun had been defeated, while Xiao Yun appeared to remain motionless under the genjutsu.

• Samueru attacked Xiao Yun with his speed and Lightning Release cloak, but Xiao Yun read his movement with his Violet Eyes and punched him away.
• Xiao Yun used Chidori: Raikiri, and Samueru countered with the fourth stage of Lightning Release: Raging Lion, whose defense resisted the strike.
• Samueru grabbed Xiao Yun and drove him toward a knee strike, but Xiao Yun fired purple lightning beams from his eyes, forcing Samueru to dodge.
• Samueru used Lightning Release: Lightning Pillar to put Xiao Yun inside an illusion of an endless sea of lava.
• Xiao Yun pretended the genjutsu had defeated him, and Samueru laughed as spectators declared him the likely winner and shouted for Xiao Yun to be killed.

Xiao Yun trapped Samueru in a powerful Genjutsu, but Samueru broke free and launched a lethal counterattack. As their battle escalated, Samueru used a dangerous technique that could kill them both, and Tsunade demanded the barrier be taken down so she could save Xiao Yun.

• Xiao Yun caught Samueru in Genjutsu—Mirroring World, making him believe Samui had left him and causing him to collapse in despair.
• Xiao Yun approached Samueru to dispel the Genjutsu, but Samueru broke free and attacked him with a Chakra sword; Xiao Yun dodged the strike.
• Xiao Yun used Wood Release—True Ten Thousand Hands, but his blows shattered Samueru's Lightning Release Armor without injuring him.
• Samueru unleashed Lightning Release—Earth Splitting Lightning, engulfing himself and Xiao Yun in lightning while both cried out in pain.
• The Fourth Raikage realized Samueru had used a potentially fatal secret technique, and Tsunade demanded that the barrier be lowered to save Xiao Yun.
• The Fourth Raikage agreed to let the barrier come down, hoping Xiao Yun would survive and remain a future ally to the Hidden Cloud Village.

Xiao Yun endured Samueru’s lightning while the system began absorbing the Thunder Yang Lightning, as the Third Hokage ordered Kakashi to open the barrier. Orochimaru revealed himself by taking the Hokage hostage, and the other villages debated whether to join the attack before choosing to withdraw or stay out of the conflict.

• Xiao Yun endured Samueru’s lightning and ordered the system to absorb the Thunder Yang Lightning, which it estimated would take an hour.
• The Third Hokage ordered Kakashi and the barrier squad to open the barrier and rescue Xiao Yun, but the squad instead raised a Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Orochimaru’s allies attacked the Hokage’s guards and used a genjutsu to incapacitate the arena crowd before Orochimaru seized the Third Hokage and revealed his identity.
• Ōnoki asked the Raikage and Mizukage to join Orochimaru against Konoha, but Killer B and Mei Terumi refused and began withdrawing their villages.
• Jiraiya and Tsunade confronted the Kage, and Ōnoki ultimately ordered his forces to withdraw while keeping Xiao Yun in his sights.

During the Konoha Crush, Xiao Yun absorbed all of Samueru’s Thunder Yang Lightning while Orochimaru killed Samueru and faced the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage trapped Xiao Yun behind an Earth Dragon Wall as he fought Orochimaru, leaving Xiao Yun terrified that he would die if the Hokage lost.

• Jiraiya summoned giant toads to fight the Sound Village’s giant snakes while Tsunade stayed back because she was carrying a child.
• Xiao Yun adapted to the lightning and absorbed all of Samueru’s Lightning Chakra in less than ten minutes.
• Orochimaru killed Samueru with a kunai, released the Third Hokage, and explained that he sought eternal truth and the power of gods.
• The Third Hokage protected Xiao Yun with an Earth Dragon Wall and attacked Orochimaru with Earth and Fire Release techniques.
• Xiao Yun woke inside the wall, realized the Third Hokage was fighting Orochimaru, and feared he would die if the Hokage lost.

Orochimaru used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Senju Hashirama and Tobirama Senju to fight the Third Hokage. As the Anbu prepared to help Xiao Yun escape, Hashirama bound the Third Hokage with Wood Release inside the barrier.

• Orochimaru summoned the First and Second Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation, while the Third coffin failed to rise.
• Orochimaru placed talismans on Hashirama and Tobirama, revived their bodies, and forced them to attack the Third Hokage.
• Outside the barrier, the Anbu captain explained the forbidden jutsu and agreed to protect Xiao Yun if the Third Hokage sent him out.
• Hashirama and Tobirama countered the Third Hokage's Fire Release, and Hashirama kicked him to the ground.
• Hashirama used Wood Release to fill the barrier with trees and vines, binding the Third Hokage.

Xiao Yun watched as the Third Hokage fought Orochimaru, whose Edo Tensei Hokage and Kusanagi Sword put him under pressure. The Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal to take the First and Second Hokage’s souls, while Orochimaru remained alive and the battle continued.

• Enma transformed into the Adamantine Staff and freed the Third Hokage from the First Hokage’s Wood Release.
• Orochimaru drew the Kusanagi Sword, and Xiao Yun used Purple Eyes to see the dangerous energy around it.
• The Third Hokage fought Orochimaru with Enma, crushed him into a bloody pulp, and watched him regenerate with a weakened aura.
• Orochimaru sent the First and Second Hokage to attack, so the Third Hokage made Shadow Clones and began the Reaper Death Seal.
• The Third Hokage’s clones seized the First and Second Hokage as the Reaper pulled out and devoured their souls, leaving their bodies to crumble into ash.

Xiao Yun unleashed the Nine-Tails Chakra and the Eight Inner Gates to help the Third Hokage capture Orochimaru. After Xiao Yun restrained Orochimaru at the cost of being pierced by the Kusanagi Sword, the Third Hokage seized him with the Reaper Death Seal, leaving Orochimaru facing a terrifying fate.

• The Third Hokage fought Orochimaru with Enma’s Adamantine Staff, but the Kusanagi Sword badly injured Enma and forced him to revert.
• Orochimaru wounded the Third Hokage, and Xiao Yun shattered the Earth Release barrier by activating the Master-Servant Symbiotic Life-Generating Technique and entering a four-tail state.
• Xiao Yun opened the Gate of Life, wounded Orochimaru with his attack, and cleared a swarm of snakes with a burst of Lightning Release.
• Xiao Yun let the Kusanagi Sword pierce his abdomen so he could grab and restrain Orochimaru with Nine-Tails Chakra and Lightning Release Chakra.
• The Third Hokage seized Orochimaru with the Reaper Death Seal as Xiao Yun collapsed, and Orochimaru sensed something terrifying binding his soul.

The Third Hokage used the Reaper Death Seal to take Orochimaru’s hands before dying, and Konoha defeated the invading forces. Seven days later, Xiao Yun went to the Third Hokage’s funeral with grieving Kurenai, who gave him a letter Asuma had left for him.

• The Third Hokage sealed Orochimaru’s hands and died, while Orochimaru escaped after ordering his forces to kill Xiao Yun.
• Tsunade rescued Xiao Yun, and Sunagakure turned against Orochimaru’s forces as Konoha won the battle.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yun recovered and headed to the Third Hokage’s funeral in the rain.
• Xiao Yun found Kurenai mourning Asuma and left after offering her comfort.
• Kurenai gave Xiao Yun a letter Asuma had left for him, and they went to the funeral, where Kakashi announced its beginning.

After the Third Hokage died, Xiao Yun rallied Konoha and was unexpectedly recommended as the Fifth Hokage. Danzo, furious that the village favored Xiao Yun over him, prepared to call an emergency meeting and purge Root supporters of the nomination.

• At the funeral, Xiao Yun urged Konoha to rebuild and choose a successor, restoring the crowd’s confidence.
• Shingo proposed Xiao Yun as Fifth Hokage and cited his strength, alliances, and relationships with Samui, the Hyuga Clan, and Tsunade.
• Choza Akimichi, Kiba’s Mother, and Hyuga Hiashi supported Xiao Yun’s nomination, and the crowd joined in approving it.
• At Ryūchi Cave, Samui begged Zhen to let her return to Xiao Yun for two days, and Zhen sent her away.
• In Root, Danzo tore up the recommendation letter, ordered Yamato to convene an emergency Konoha meeting, and commanded him to identify and deal with Root members who supported Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun consolidated his position as Fifth Hokage while Konoha began recovering and faced threats from the Hidden Mist and Hidden Stone villages. Samui returned after training in Ryūchi Cave, and her reunion with Xiao Yun ended with Tsunade confronting them.

• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu presented the Daimyo's decree stripping Danzo of Root, and Root members turned against him before he was taken away for investigation and execution.
• A month later, Xiao Yun led Konoha's recovery and considered visiting the Hidden Cloud Village to seek an alliance against the Hidden Mist and Hidden Stone villages.
• Kurenai told Xiao Yun that someone had returned, and Samui appeared in the Hokage Office.
• Samui told Xiao Yun that a mysterious woman had taken her to Ryūchi Cave, where she trained in Sage Jutsu under Sister Tei.
• Tsunade arrived, greeted Samui coldly, and pulled Xiao Yun to her side.

Tsunade secretly sent Samui to the Hidden Cloud Village using the Flying Thunder God technique, hoping to secure an alliance with Konoha. Xiao Yun and Tsunade reconciled, while Samui urged the Fourth Raikage to help Konoha and began thinking about having Xiao Yun’s child; the Raikage postponed his decision until the next day.

• Tsunade took Samui from the Hokage Office and used the Flying Thunder God guards to send her directly to the Hidden Cloud Village, avoiding possible ambushes on the road.
• Tsunade told Samui that Xiao Yun would marry her in the Hokage’s name if Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Village reached an alliance.
• Xiao Yun questioned Tsunade about Samui, then embraced and reconciled with her as they discussed Konoha’s opposition to his leadership.
• The Fourth Raikage welcomed Samui, and she asked him to aid Konoha in exchange for a marriage alliance with Xiao Yun.
• The Fourth Raikage said he would consider the request and answer the next day, and Samui began telling him about Ryūchi Cave.

Samui told the Fourth Raikage that Ryūchi Cave would support Xiao Yun, but Darui confronted her with Samueru’s death. In Konoha, Xiao Yun waited for a chance to deal with Danzo’s Root remnants until a message arrived confirming Hidden Cloud support for his next move.

• Samui urged the Fourth Raikage to invest in Xiao Yun, describing Ryūchi Cave’s powerful fighters and the White Snake Sage.
• Darui accused Samui of neglecting Samueru, then told her that Samueru had died sacrificing himself alongside Xiao Yun.
• Root remnants and their allies defied Xiao Yun’s reconstruction orders and spread rumors against him, while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu chose to observe rather than intervene.
• Xiao Yun explained that he was waiting for a defensible reason and the right moment to eliminate the Root remnants without destabilizing Konoha.
• A carrier pigeon brought word that the Raikage would send thirty Jonin and one hundred Chunin to help restrain the Hidden Stone Village.
• Xiao Yun ordered Kakashi to watch the Hidden Mist Village and told Tsunade to prepare reliable people and Hidden Stone disguises before he moved against Root.

Xiao Yun used a staged attack on Konoha to turn public anger against Root and justify arresting Danzo’s remaining forces. By the chapter’s end, most of Root had been captured and paraded through the streets as the villagers demanded their execution.

• Samui arrived in Konoha with Hidden Cloud Village ninjas, then told Xiao Yun that a Reverse Summoning Technique would take her to Ryūchi Cave and that he could retrieve her after reaching Kage-level strength and defeating Sister Tei.
• After Samui was summoned away, Kurenai told Xiao Yun that Tsunade would disguise herself as a Hidden Stone Village ninja and stage an attack on Konoha; Kurenai also read Asuma’s letter and hurried out of the Hokage Office.
• Tsunade and Xiao Yun staged a three-hour attack while Root stayed out of the fight, prompting Konoha’s residents to blame Root for abandoning the village.
• The next morning, Kakashi and Tsunade led Anbu arrests against Root members, while Konoha civilians reported others hiding throughout the village.
• Xiao Yun had the captured Root members paraded through the streets as villagers shouted slogans and called for them to be killed.

Xiao Yun staged a public reckoning for Danzo’s Root forces, executing one challenger to prove his strength and ordering the rest killed. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu arrived to urge him to spare the Konoha ninja.

• Xiao Yun accused the kneeling Root members of abandoning Konoha during the attack and declared that he would execute them under the Hokage’s wartime authority.
• Kai River Road Island challenged Xiao Yun to a duel, and Xiao Yun promised to pardon the Root members if he lost.
• Xiao Yun saw through Kai River Road Island’s attack, trapped him with vines and genjutsu, and killed him with his own sword.
• Xiao Yun ordered the Anbu to kill every remaining Root member despite their pleas for mercy.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu appeared and asked Xiao Yun to spare the Root members because Konoha needed its ninja.