Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye exhausted his chakra attacking Tsunade with Wind Release before relying on Tai Chi Palm to fight her in close combat. His redirection techniques let him withstand her at first, but Tsunade increased her strength and left him in danger of being knocked down by a single hit.

• Tsunade shattered Xuan Ye's Half-Moon Slash with her chakra-coated fist.
• Xuan Ye created a Shadow Clone and repeatedly attacked Tsunade with Half-Moon Slashes until his chakra ran out.
• Xuan Ye activated Tai Chi Palm's Slow Mode and charged into a taijutsu exchange with Tsunade.
• Xuan Ye used Tai Chi Palm to redirect much of Tsunade's force, while his attempt to use Hidden Strength backfired.
• Tsunade raised her attacks to one-tenth of her strength, and Xuan Ye narrowly avoided several punches that could have left him unable to move.

Xuan Ye fought Tsunade to demonstrate his strength, then agreed to undergo her training. After only ten minutes of rest, Tsunade ordered him to begin with twenty thousand push-ups.

• Xuan Ye switched Tai Chi Palm to fast mode, but Tsunade continued to dominate their fight and nearly struck him.
• Tsunade stopped the attack before seriously injuring Xuan Ye, praised his strength, and asked whether he was determined to train.
• Xuan Ye said he could endure the hardship, and Tsunade agreed to help him grow stronger.
• After Xuan Ye rested for ten minutes, Tsunade told him to start with twenty thousand push-ups.
• Though exhausted from the fight, Xuan Ye put on a brave face and began the push-ups.

Xuan Ye endured Tsunade’s punishing training, completing twenty thousand push-ups, practicing ninjutsu, and running until he collapsed. After healing him, Tsunade asked about the unfamiliar taijutsu he had used, and Xuan Ye explained Tai Chi Palm’s slow and fast modes.

• Xuan Ye completed twenty thousand push-ups and then used Half-Moon Slash until his Chakra was depleted.
• Tsunade sent Xuan Ye running through the forest, and he continued until he collapsed from exhaustion.
• Tsunade treated Xuan Ye with Medical Ninjutsu, and he recovered enough to talk with her.
• Tsunade asked about the taijutsu Xuan Ye had used, and he explained Tai Chi Palm’s slow mode, which weakened attacks and built Hidden Strength.
• Xuan Ye explained that Tai Chi Palm’s fast mode boosted speed and strength and could seal an opponent’s Chakra acupoints, leaving Tsunade eager to learn about it.

Xuan Ye explained the Tai Chi Palm to Tsunade, covering its fast and slow modes while Shizune listened nearby. After five hours of instruction, they realized the sun had descended to the foot of the mountains.

• Xuan Ye spent an hour explaining the basics of the Tai Chi Palm to Tsunade until his throat became dry.
• Tsunade hurried to fetch water for Xuan Ye, while Shizune said she had understood about half of his explanation.
• Xuan Ye drank the water, then deliberately dawdled until Tsunade impatiently asked him to continue.
• Xuan Ye explained that the fast mode focused on speed, power, and sealing chakra points, while the slow mode used an opponent's force and sent Hidden Strength into their body.
• Xuan Ye stopped explaining after five hours, and Tsunade and Shizune noticed that afternoon had arrived.

Tsunade taught Xuan Ye how to use Monster Strength, and after observing her demonstration through the night, he mastered the technique well enough to split a huge tree with one punch. Tsunade praised him at dawn, while Xuan Ye wondered how she had approached without him noticing.

• Tsunade explained Monster Strength to Xuan Ye, who tried it on a large tree but only made the trunk shake.
• Tsunade pointed out that Xuan Ye had distributed his chakra unevenly and demonstrated the technique step by step.
• Xuan Ye stayed awake through the night reflecting on Tsunade’s instructions.
• At dawn, Xuan Ye focused chakra over his fists and broke a large tree trunk with one punch.
• Tsunade praised Xuan Ye for mastering Monster Strength quickly, and he asked when she had arrived beside him.
• Tsunade told Xuan Ye that he had failed to notice her because she was far stronger than him.

Xuan Ye left Tsunade and Shizune’s unappealing breakfast to hunt rabbits with Little White, then returned to roast them. The rabbits were cooked, and Little White eagerly waited beside him.

• Tsunade praised Xuan Ye for learning Superhuman Strength quickly but warned him that his technique still needed work.
• Shizune brought out a breakfast of soup and biscuits, and Xuan Ye decided to find better food with Little White.
• Xuan Ye and Little White found rabbits in the forest, and Xuan Ye caught eight of them.
• Xuan Ye cleaned and skewered the rabbits, then roasted them until they were cooked while Little White drooled beside him.

Xuan Ye roasted rabbits for himself and Little White, but Tsunade and Shizune appeared and joined the meal. Tsunade ate several rabbits while Xuan Ye reluctantly let her take them, and the chapter ended with him caught staring at her beauty.

• Xuan Ye roasted nine rabbits and celebrated his good fortune, unaware that Tsunade and Shizune were watching behind him.
• Tsunade confronted Xuan Ye about how he had caught the rabbits, and he nervously invited her to eat them.
• Tsunade gave rabbits to Shizune and Little White, then praised Xuan Ye's cooking as she ate.
• Tsunade took three more rabbits for herself, Shizune, and Little White, while Xuan Ye forced himself to say he did not mind.
• Tsunade laughed at Xuan Ye's reluctance, and he stared at her until she asked whether he thought she was beautiful.

Xuan Ye finished breakfast and endured Tsunade’s hellish training, during which she taught him to create Medical Chakra. He quickly produced it and learned how to improve it, while Tsunade asked him to demonstrate again.

• Tsunade let Xuan Ye eat the remaining roasted rabbits and told him he would be responsible for future meals.
• After breakfast, Xuan Ye cleaned up and began Tsunade’s punishing training, resting only when he collapsed as she treated him with Medical Chakra.
• Tsunade taught Xuan Ye Medical Ninjutsu and how to create Medical Chakra, startling her when he produced it immediately.
• Tsunade showed Xuan Ye her own more powerful Medical Chakra and explained the flaws in his.
• As evening approached, Xuan Ye said he understood and Tsunade asked him to create Medical Chakra again so she could assess his progress.

Xuan Ye greatly improved his Medical Chakra, then taught Tsunade and Shizune Tai Chi Palm and demonstrated its destructive Hidden Strength. Tsunade and Shizune were left stunned by the technique’s power.

• Xuan Ye converted Chakra into Medical Chakra, and Tsunade was astonished by how much his life force had improved.
• Tsunade falsely downplayed Xuan Ye’s progress, while Xuan Ye believed his talent was poor and promised to keep working.
• Xuan Ye explained that he had developed Tai Chi Palm himself after Tsunade asked where he had learned it.
• Xuan Ye demonstrated Tai Chi Palm’s slow mode and explained how its Hidden Strength was formed and used.
• Xuan Ye struck a tree five times and detonated the Hidden Strength, blasting the tree into powder and shocking Tsunade and Shizune.

Xuan Ye demonstrated the fast mode of Tai Chi Palm and taught Tsunade and Shizune its techniques, including chakra-point sealing. After they practiced, the three rested and agreed to travel without a set destination the next day.

• Xuan Ye demonstrated the fast mode of Tai Chi Palm, explaining how it boosted speed and strength and could seal an opponent’s chakra points.
• Tsunade compared the technique with the Hyuga Clan’s Gentle Fist, and Xuan Ye learned about the clan from her.
• After two hours of instruction, Tsunade and Shizune practiced Tai Chi Palm but struggled with its stances and techniques.
• Tsunade said the three would leave the forest the next day and travel wherever they pleased, though she had no destination in mind.
• Xuan Ye prepared dinner with Little White, then gazed at the moon and stars as Tsunade noticed him staring at the sky.

Xuan Ye admired the night sky before continuing his journey with Tsunade and Shizune, where Tsunade put him through punishing training. After several days, his strength had improved, and Tsunade and Shizune had learned the Tai Chi Palm stances.

• Xuan Ye told Tsunade he found the starry sky beautiful, then stayed up looking at it before turning in.
• Xuan Ye trained at dawn, made breakfast, and traveled through the forest with Tsunade and Shizune.
• Tsunade chased and struck Xuan Ye during training to improve his evasive reactions, stamina, and ability to withstand blows, while helping him heal with Medical Chakra.
• Xuan Ye noticed gains in his strength, endurance, speed, and Chakra after several days of training.
• Xuan Ye taught Tsunade and Shizune Tai Chi Palm each night, and both learned all its stances, though they remained awkward.

After revealing that the White Tiger Fang could unleash uncontrollable bloodlust when his emotions became too intense, Xuan Ye reassured Tsunade that the Great Sealing Technique kept it suppressed. Tsunade taught him the Shadow Seal Technique in hopes of helping him, and the chapter ended with her asking whether he had mastered it.

• After training, Tsunade asked Xuan Ye about the White Tiger Fang on his forehead.
• Xuan Ye explained that if the fang faded, its baleful energy would overwhelm him, multiplying his strength while robbing him of control and consciousness.
• Xuan Ye said the Great Sealing Technique suppressed the fang as long as he kept his emotions steady.
• Tsunade decided to teach Xuan Ye the Shadow Seal Technique, which she had learned as an S-rank sealing technique.
• Xuan Ye mentally studied and practiced the technique for an hour while Tsunade stayed beside him, then she asked whether he had learned it and felt confident.

Xuan Ye successfully performed the Yin Seal, strengthening the seal on the white tiger fang on his forehead. He discovered that the seal stored its baleful aura, which could make an eventual eruption more dangerous, but he accepted the risk as he no longer needed to suppress his emotions.

• Xuan Ye sat down while Tsunade promised to protect him as he performed the Yin Seal.
• Xuan Ye completed the technique after half an hour and found a diamond-shaped mark surrounding the white tiger fang on his forehead.
• Xuan Ye sensed that the seal had grown several times stronger and that ordinary emotional changes would no longer easily affect the fang.
• Xuan Ye realized that the mark absorbed baleful aura and could release an increased amount if the seal failed during intense emotions.
• Xuan Ye explained the drawback to Tsunade, then said he valued being able to express his emotions despite the risk.
• Tsunade felt heartache for Xuan Ye and found the feeling strangely welcome.

After three years of Tsunade’s harsh training, Xuan Ye had grown far stronger, while the murderous aura in his white tiger fang remained sealed but continued to intensify. He sparred with Tsunade using Tai Chi Palm’s fast mode, but she still easily dodged his attacks and outmatched him.

• Three years of training raised Xuan Ye’s chakra to Chunin level and his physical strength to Jonin level, while he also improved his ninjutsu, taijutsu, and Medical Ninjutsu.
• Xuan Ye sensed that the white tiger fang’s sealed murderous aura had grown much stronger, though it had not caused him to lose control.
• Tsunade and Shizune became proficient with both fast and slow modes of Tai Chi Palm, which doubled their attributes or weakened an opponent through Hidden Strength.
• Xuan Ye activated Divine Eye and Tai Chi Palm’s fast mode before sparring with Tsunade, increasing his attributes fivefold.
• Xuan Ye threw Kunai to distract Tsunade, then sent a Shadow Clone to attack from behind, but Tsunade dodged both attacks and countered with a palm strike.

After Tsunade easily defeated Xuan Ye, he reflected on how much he and those around him had grown over three years of training. He calmed his worries about the dangerous baleful aura sealed in his forehead, but the threat remained unresolved.

• Tsunade defeated Xuan Ye with little effort and teased him about still being too weak to fight her.
• Xuan Ye acknowledged that his chakra had reached Chunin level and his physical strength Jonin level, while Tsunade's repeated beatings had made his training miserable.
• Xuan Ye sensed the violent baleful aura sealed in his forehead and worried that an eruption could make him lose control and devastate his surroundings.
• Tsunade tried to comfort Xuan Ye, and he calmed himself after closing his eyes for a minute.
• Xuan Ye recalled that Tsunade and his sealing techniques had failed to eliminate the baleful aura, while Little White had grown to Jonin level and Shizune had become an elite Chunin skilled in Tai Chi Palm.

Tsunade woke Xuan Ye before dawn to begin the real hellish training she had promised, explaining that she wanted him strong enough to survive without her. Xuan Ye accepted the training, then asked why she had waited three years to intensify it.

• Tsunade told Xuan Ye that his progress had made his current training ineffective and promised harder training starting the next day.
• Tsunade dragged Xuan Ye out of bed before dawn, and he tried to bargain for another hour of sleep.
• Tsunade threatened Xuan Ye with her fists, prompting him to get up immediately.
• Tsunade explained that her training was meant to help Xuan Ye survive in the dangerous ninja world when she could not protect him.
• Xuan Ye accepted the need for harder training and asked Tsunade why she had used a weakened version for the past three years.
• Tsunade replied that Xuan Ye would not have endured the real training three years earlier.

Xuan Ye agreed to begin the true hellish training Tsunade had designed to help him survive in the dangerous Naruto world. Tsunade started by making him wear a twenty-thousand-kilogram Weight Training Suit, and Xuan Ye began his grueling routine before dawn.

• Xuan Ye told Tsunade that his strength and resolve had grown after three years of training.
• Tsunade warned Xuan Ye that his new training would be several times harder and asked if he could persevere.
• Xuan Ye insisted that he wanted to gain the strength to protect himself, and Tsunade agreed to begin the training.
• Tsunade made Xuan Ye put on a twenty-thousand-kilogram Weight Training Suit, far heavier than the suits he had used before.
• Tsunade woke Xuan Ye before dawn, gave him his routine, and went back to sleep while he began training under the suit's crushing weight.

Xuan Ye began Tsunade’s punishing strength regimen, completing a twenty-thousand-meter run in a twenty-thousand-kilogram Weight Training Suit before continuing his training under her supervision. Tsunade also trained his taijutsu and Medical Chakra techniques, leaving him repeatedly beaten but able to recover with Medical Chakra.

• Xuan Ye put on the twenty-thousand-kilogram Weight Training Suit and set out to complete Tsunade’s twenty-thousand-meter running assignment.
• Xuan Ye pushed through exhaustion and finished the run, then collapsed to rest.
• Tsunade and Shizune woke and went hunting with Little White, which found a wild boar for breakfast.
• After eating, Xuan Ye resumed his training while Tsunade watched and corrected his shortcomings.
• Tsunade taught Xuan Ye taijutsu and Medical Chakra techniques, beating him in taijutsu practice while forbidding ninjutsu and Tai Chi Palm.

Over a year of Tsunade’s hellish training, Xuan Ye grew stronger, mastered taijutsu and Medical Chakra, and increased Tai Chi Palm’s power. At ten, he could exchange blows with Tsunade, though she still defeated him.

• Xuan Ye endured Tsunade’s grueling training, including weighted long-distance runs, sparring, and exercises to improve his speed and combat skills.
• A year passed, and ten-year-old Xuan Ye had grown sturdier and increased his strength fivefold, reaching peak Jonin-level physical strength and peak Chunin-level Chakra.
• Tsunade taught Xuan Ye taijutsu through guided practice, and his talent let him learn quickly enough to challenge her more seriously in sparring, though she still crushed him.
• Xuan Ye’s Medical Chakra improved until it was nearly equal to Tsunade’s, giving him a powerful way to recover from injuries.
• Xuan Ye deepened his understanding of taijutsu and increased Tai Chi Palm’s ability to amplify or weaken something from fivefold to sevenfold.

Xuan Ye reflected on his and his companions’ training, then tested an improved Half-Moon Slash. The technique cut through a vast stretch of trees, though its power still fell short of S-rank.

• Xuan Ye noted that his power could increase or weaken a target’s strength sevenfold, while Tsunade and Shizune had also improved through training.
• Xuan Ye assessed his Half-Moon Slash and suspected that stabilizing its structure and increasing its sharpness and chakra could make it much stronger.
• Xuan Ye gathered wind-nature chakra and unleashed Half-Moon Slash in an open area.
• Xuan Ye sent the crescent-shaped wind blade through the forest, where it cut down the trees in its path.
• Xuan Ye realized the improved technique surpassed its previous strength but still did not reach S-rank power.