Recaps

Tang Ping survived Danzo’s attempt to remove him, joined Team 3, and advanced his research while building ties with Uchiha Mei and Hinata Cang Yue. After Mei went blind, Tang Ping tested his Rebirth Potion on a prisoner, whose body exploded before his arm could fully regrow.

• Tang Ping summoned Taiyi during his graduation assessment and defeated Kakashi, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to block Danzo from taking him.
• Uchiha Mei brought Tang Ping back to the Uchiha district, helped him negotiate compensation for his Healing Potion, and provided a laboratory and research materials.
• Tang Ping joined Team 3 under Minato Namikaze with Kakashi and Yamaa Koji, then strengthened himself and Taiyi with Natural Power Potion.
• Team 3 completed a dangerous mission against bandits and Hidden Mist ninja, after which Tang Ping obtained materials and requested access to Medical Ninjutsu knowledge.
• Tang Ping studied medical fundamentals, met Hinata Cang Yue, and learned that Shuzaki Castle’s site had become Drowning Swamp.
• Uchiha Mei went blind, and Tang Ping brought her to his laboratory to show his Rebirth Potion and discuss obtaining a Summoning scroll and test subjects.
• Kakuzu accepted a thirty-million-ryo mission to retrieve a Summoning scroll from Drowning Swamp, while Tang Ping prepared more Rebirth Potion.
• Uchiha Shizuka took Tang Ping to Konoha Prison, where he injected the Rebirth Potion into a captured Genin whose severed arm began to regrow before his body exploded.

Tang Ping developed his summoning, fire techniques, and sealing skills while facing deadly attacks in the Chunin Exams. After restoring Hinata Cang Yue’s leg and preparing to treat Uchiha Mei, he won his first arena match and advanced to face Baki.

• Tang Ping summoned Chubingmaru, gave Uchiha Mei a place on its scroll, and prepared for the Joint Chunin Exams as village tensions rose.
• Tang Ping trained with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, developed Flame Garment and Flame Fist, and began learning sealing techniques.
• Tang Ping, Yamaa Koji, and Kakashi passed the written test and entered Death Forest, where they fought for the tower token alongside Baki’s team.
• Tang Ping and the others faced adult intruders in the forest, and Tang Ping was knocked unconscious before Anbu rescued the survivors.
• Tang Ping learned that Yamaa Koji’s injury had ended his ninja career, then secretly arranged an experiment to restore Hinata Cang Yue’s missing leg.
• Tang Ping successfully regrew Hinata Cang Yue’s leg and prepared to treat Uchiha Mei, while Kushina gave him specialized gloves for his fire techniques.
• Tang Ping defeated Juan in the third-round arena match, and Kakashi won his own fight as the contestants advanced.
• The draw paired Tang Ping against Baki and Kakashi against Yura, while a cloaked figure placed a large bet on Tang Ping before the next match began.

Tang Ping won the tournament, helped Yamaa Koji and Hinata Cang Yue undergo dangerous transformations, and was drawn into the war with Sunagakure. After Danzo framed him and Konoha abandoned his stranded escort force, Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue raided Root for Hashirama Cells before Tang Ping relocated the Fusang Tree to a hidden valley.

• Tang Ping defeated Gang Tu with Great Serpent Mower, won the championship, and returned to the Uchiha grounds, where Uchiha Mei divided the betting winnings before they learned Uchiha Tenzen had died.
• Uchiha Fugaku became clan head, while Tang Ping performed a Second Heart operation on Yamaa Koji and helped Hinata Cang Yue through a transformation that awakened signs of the Tenseigan.
• Danzo’s Root agents tried to seize Tang Ping on a false accusation, but Tang Ping defeated them and continued on to escort a supply convoy to the Fire-Wind Border Camp.
• Tang Ping rescued Honda Taka’s squad from Sunagakure forces, but Pakura captured the border camp and killed Utatane Noken while Konoha refused to rescue the stranded escort force.
• Danzo spread a rumor blaming Tang Ping for the camp’s fall, and Tang Ping left the injured convoy as a decoy while planning to lead Sunagakure away.
• Tang Ping and Hinata Cang Yue infiltrated Root’s underground base, seized Hashirama Cells and research records, killed the base’s defenders, and escaped as Danzo ordered a search for them.
• Tang Ping sent Hinata Cang Yue back to Konoha, then reached the Death Desert with Taiyi and planted the Fusang Tree in a valley he named Hot Spring Valley.

Tang Ping mastered Sage Mode, built Squad 404, and grew his influence through missions and logistics while confronting Danzo’s schemes and Sunagakure’s attacks. After Orochimaru was poisoned, Tang Ping became acting commander-in-chief and took charge of both the front and the Logistics Office.

• Tang Ping cultivated the Fusang Tree, discovered Natural Energy gathering at its roots, and later used Hot Spring Water to enter Sage Mode.
• Tang Ping survived Danzo’s ambush in the Land of Wind, defeated pursuing Sunagakure ninja, and returned to Orochimaru with evidence of a leak.
• Tang Ping formed Squad 404 with Hinata Cang Yue and Yamaa Koji, then led them against Rasa and forced him to withdraw.
• Tang Ping took over camp logistics, partnered with Honda Taka and Kobayashi Hei, and faced accusations from clan representatives over his profits.
• Tang Ping fought alongside Orochimaru against Sunagakure, using Fire Armor Avatar and Zhurong to hold off Pakura as Konoha retreated.
• Chiyo poisoned Orochimaru, and Danzo proposed Tang Ping as temporary commander-in-chief, a proposal Hiruzen Sarutobi approved.
• Tang Ping accepted command, learned he had been promoted to jonin, and told the jonin that he would oversee the Logistics Office as well.