Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie used Tsunade’s hemophobia to defeat her, then cured it by altering her memories of Kato Dan and restoring her vitality. Tsunade woke furious but learned from his note that he had restored her youth, while Xiao Xie continued onward, confident they would meet again.

• Xiao Xie exploited Tsunade’s hemophobia and set up a soundproof barrier to keep Shizune from entering.
• Tsunade woke the next morning and threatened to tear Xiao Xie apart for leaving.
• Tsunade read Xiao Xie’s note and learned he had restored her youth, which eased her anger.
• Xiao Xie explained that he had used the Mangekyō Sharingan to blur Tsunade’s memories of Kato Dan and had given her pills to replenish her vitality.
• Xiao Xie continued traveling, knowing Tsunade would become the Fifth Hokage and that his Space Aura let him reach her whenever he wished.

Xiao Xie arrived as Mei Terumi and the Hidden Mist ninja tried to capture the Three Tails, then used Kotoamatsukami to subdue it and claimed it as his pet. He confronted Mei Terumi over the attack, leaving her blushing at his appearance.

• Xiao Xie sensed a powerful Chakra fluctuation and hurried toward it.
• Mei Terumi led more than thirty Hidden Mist ninja in attacking the Three Tails and ordered Chojuro to prepare the sealing team.
• Mei Terumi's Lava Release and Boil Release injured the Three Tails, leaving it unable to fight back effectively.
• Xiao Xie appeared before the Three Tails and used Kotoamatsukami to tame it.
• Xiao Xie absorbed the Hidden Mist ninja's attacks, and the Three Tails called him its master and asked him to avenge it.
• Xiao Xie confronted Mei Terumi and demanded compensation, while Mei Terumi blushed after seeing his face.

Xiao Xie proposed to Mei Terumi, gave her the Three Tails as a Summoning Beast, and promised to marry her in the Hidden Mist Village. As he headed for his next destination, the Six Paths of Pain appeared, and Nagato Uzumaki realized Xiao Xie knew his identity.

• Xiao Xie proposed to Mei Terumi, and she eagerly agreed while Ao and Chojuro watched.
• Xiao Xie kissed Mei Terumi and had the Three Tails form a Summoning Beast contract with her.
• Xiao Xie left Mei Terumi, promising to visit the Hidden Mist Village and marry her.
• Xiao Xiao congratulated Xiao Xie, but he warned that trouble had arrived.
• The Six Paths of Pain confronted Xiao Xie, who identified Nagato Uzumaki as their controller.
• Nagato made Deva Path Pain ask Xiao Xie who he was.

Xiao Xie found Nagato and revealed that Uchiha Madara had transplanted the Rinnegan into him to use him as a vessel for Madara’s resurrection. He also exposed the manipulation behind Nagato’s parents’ deaths, leaving Nagato furious at Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito.

• Xiao Xie provoked Deva Path Pain by claiming that Yahiko’s death had been caused by others, then located Nagato’s hiding place.
• Xiao Xie told Nagato that his inability to deactivate the Rinnegan suggested the eyes had been transplanted, and demonstrated that he could control his own Rinnegan freely.
• Xiao Xie explained that Uchiha Madara had survived his fight with Hashirama Senju and had recruited Uchiha Obito to continue his plan.
• Xiao Xie revealed that Uchiha Madara had transplanted the Rinnegan into Nagato so Nagato could revive him with the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.
• Xiao Xie said that two Konoha shinobi had been manipulated into killing Nagato’s parents, triggering Nagato’s first use of the Rinnegan.
• Nagato raged against Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito after learning how they had used him.

Xiao Xie revealed that Uchiha Obito had manipulated Nagato’s life and then used Kotoamatsukami to control Nagato and Konan. He traveled to the Loulan Ruins to absorb the Dragon Vein’s power and released the seal on it.

• Xiao Xie told Nagato that Uchiha Obito had orchestrated his parents’ deaths and Yahiko’s fate, leaving Nagato devastated.
• Xiao Xie rejected Konan’s doubts about cooperating and used Kotoamatsukami to control her and Nagato.
• Xiao Xie ordered Konan and Nagato to conceal their knowledge of Uchiha Obito’s plans and accelerate the capture of the tailed beasts.
• Xiao Xie traveled to the Loulan Ruins, found the altar sealed by the Fourth Hokage, and released its spatial seal.

Xiao Xie devoured the Dragon Vein and reached the initial Soul Division stage, but learned that more than half a year had passed outside and Kaguya might soon be resurrected. Meanwhile, the Five Kage gathered in Konoha to protect Naruto and plan against the Akatsuki, which had captured Killer Bee and the other tailed beasts.

• Xiao Xie absorbed the Dragon Vein's power, reached the initial Soul Division stage, and learned that one-third of the Time-Space Power had fused into his soul.
• Xiao Xiao told Xiao Xie that more than half a year had passed outside during his half-month of absorption and warned that Kaguya might be resurrected if he did not hurry.
• Xiao Xie decided to find Nagato and learn what had happened before choosing his next move.
• The Five Kage assembled in Konoha to protect Naruto after the Akatsuki accelerated its plans and captured the tailed beasts from One-Tail through Eight-Tails, including Killer Bee.
• The Fourth Raikage smashed another table in anger over Killer Bee's capture, and the Third Tsuchikage urged him to share intelligence and discuss how to deal with the Akatsuki.

Xiao Xie guided Nagato and Akatsuki’s plans as the group gathered the tailed beasts and began the Fourth Shinobi World War. The Five Great Nations formed a Ninja Alliance to face Akatsuki and Orochimaru’s Impure World Reincarnation army, which included Uchiha Madara and other resurrected shinobi.

• Granny Chiyo explained that Akatsuki had captured Gaara and that she had become the Fifth Kazekage, while Mei Terumi complained that Kisame and Uchiha Itachi had taken the Three Tails Xiao Xie gave her as a betrothal gift.
• Xiao Xie appeared before Nagato and told him to have Orochimaru release the Fourth Hokage’s soul from Bleach’s stomach so they could extract the Nine-Tails half sealed within it.
• Nagato confirmed that Orochimaru was already cooperating with Akatsuki, and Xiao Xie decided they would play along with Obito’s plan while keeping their own aims concealed.
• Orochimaru helped Nagato’s group extract the Fourth Hokage’s half of the Nine-Tails, leaving Obito’s group with eight tailed beasts and half of the Nine-Tails.
• The Five Great Nations formed a forty-thousand-shinobi Ninja Alliance, while Orochimaru summoned Uchiha Madara, Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Minato Namikaze through Impure World Reincarnation.

The Impure World Reincarnation army faced the Ninja Alliance, and Uchiha Madara attacked the troops despite the lack of orders. After Tsunade struck him with a powerful punch, Madara returned to Hashirama Senju and formed a colossal Susanoo to clear the battlefield.

• Kushina regretted that she could not see Naruto, while Minato Namikaze said it was better for Naruto not to be there.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Granny Chiyo, and Ōnoki reacted with alarm to the powerful reanimated fighters summoned by Orochimaru.
• Uchiha Madara charged the Ninja Alliance alone and threw its shinobi into disarray with his taijutsu.
• Tsunade used the Monster Strength Fist to blast half of Madara's face away, but he recovered and praised her strength.
• Tobirama Senju recognized Tsunade as the Fifth Hokage, and Hashirama Senju reacted with dismay before boasting about spoiling his granddaughter.
• Madara returned to Hashirama Senju and formed a three-hundred-meter-tall, two-headed, four-armed Susanoo.

Uchiha Madara summoned two enormous meteorites to attack the Ninja Alliance, but Xiao Xie arrived and destroyed both with a single punch. The alliance hailed Xiao Xie as the God of Strength, while he accepted the title because it could earn him Worship Points.

• Uchiha Madara summoned a meteorite that sent the Ninja Alliance into a panicked retreat, and Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage tried to stop it.
• Xiao Xie arrived beside Mei Terumi, threw Ōnoki and the Fourth Raikage clear, and used Rising Dragon Fist to destroy the first meteorite and a hidden second one.
• The Five Kage and the Ninja Alliance were astonished by Xiao Xie's strength, and Mei Terumi praised him while Tsunade admitted he was handsome.
• Kisame, Deidara, and Sasori reacted to Xiao Xie's power, and the Ninja Alliance began chanting his title, the God of Strength.
• Xiao Xie accepted the nickname reluctantly because it could earn him Worship Points.

Xiao Xie easily defeated Uchiha Madara, then faced Madara and Hashirama Senju after they joined forces in an armored giant. Xiao Xie summoned his own armored giant and launched a spatial slash, which the enemy evaded.

• Uchiha Madara attacked Xiao Xie with his Susanoo, but Xiao Xie shattered it and punched Madara into a huge crater.
• Xiao Xie taunted the Akatsuki, while Black Zetsu wondered why such a powerful figure had appeared without warning.
• Orochimaru ordered Hashirama Senju and the other reanimated fighters to attack Xiao Xie.
• Hashirama Senju summoned the Thousand-Handed Giant Buddha and joined forces with Uchiha Madara, who covered it in Susanoo armor.
• Mei Terumi confidently told the Fourth Raikage that Xiao Xie would win because he was her husband.
• Xiao Xie summoned an armored blue giant and sent a spatial blade slash at the Armored Giant Buddha, which evaded the attack.

Xiao Xie let Black Zetsu carry out his plan to resurrect Uchiha Madara while secretly pursuing his own scheme to take Kaguya Otsutsuki’s power. After Nagato died and Madara was restored, Xiao Xie waited to see what Trump Cards his enemies would reveal.

• Xiao Xie’s spatial slashes destroyed the Armored Giant Buddha, but Tobirama Senju rescued Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju with the Flying Thunder God.
• Zetsu summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and used Nagato to perform the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, fully resurrecting Uchiha Madara.
• Nagato died after exhausting his life force, and Black Zetsu took his Rinnegan to Uchiha Madara.
• Konan revealed that she and Nagato had obeyed Xiao Xie’s orders because Kotoamatsukami had made them regard him as their master.
• Xiao Xie watched Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu from atop the Armored Giant, while Ōnoki wondered why he was letting them use their Trump Cards.

Xiao Xie faced Six Paths Madara after Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, but Madara cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and trapped the Ninja Alliance. As the Divine Tree absorbed the shinobi’s chakra, Black Zetsu betrayed Madara by stabbing him through the heart.

• Mei Terumi defended Xiao Xie against Ōnoki and praised his strength and appearance.
• Madara became the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and Xiao Xie’s giant’s sword strike failed to harm him.
• Xiao Xie gathered natural energy and challenged Madara, who summoned the Divine Tree’s roots and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi.
• The Divine Tree’s roots bound the Alliance shinobi, while Xiao Xie sent Mei Terumi, Tsunade, and Yuhi Kurenai into the Kamui Space.
• Black Zetsu pierced Madara’s heart and told him he no longer had any value.

Black Zetsu revived Kaguya Otsutsuki through Uchiha Madara, unaware that Xiao Xie had helped him so he could confront and devour her. Xiao Xie opened the Gate of Death and sent his Wood Clones charging at Kaguya, who prepared to defend herself.

• Black Zetsu poured the Divine Tree’s Chakra into Uchiha Madara and enveloped his body, reviving Kaguya Otsutsuki.
• Xiao Xie revealed that he had secretly helped Black Zetsu bring Kaguya back so he could devour her.
• Black Zetsu warned Kaguya that Xiao Xie was extremely powerful, and she took a guarded stance.
• Xiao Xie opened the Gate of Death, unleashing an aura that made Kaguya and Black Zetsu recognize him as a threat.
• Xiao Xie created more than a dozen Wood Clones and sent them charging toward Kaguya.

Xiao Xie used the Eight Gates Formation to overwhelm Kaguya, then drained her Chakra and killed her. After Kaguya's death released the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Xiao Xie reached the Mahayana Late Stage.

• Black Zetsu warned Kaguya about the Eight Gates Formation's strength and short duration.
• Xiao Xie used the Reverse Harem Technique to distract Kaguya, then pierced her heart with a claw.
• Xiao Xie devoured Kaguya's Chakra while resisting her All-Killing Ash Bones and Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack.
• Black Zetsu tried to control Xiao Xie, but Xiao Xie sliced him in half with a blade of Soul Power.
• Xiao Xie spent more than half a day devouring Kaguya until she turned to ashes, releasing the Infinite Tsukuyomi and raising his cultivation to the Mahayana Late Stage.

After defeating Kaguya and ending the Fourth Shinobi World War, Xiao Xie became the ninja world's celebrated protector and married Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Yuhi Kurenai. Three months later, he relaxed with his wives in a Konoha hot spring while Tsunade and Mei Terumi bet on how long Kurenai's massage would last.

• Xiao Xie devoured Kaguya, reached Mahayana Late Stage, and gained the Rinne Sharingan and powerful Byakugan abilities.
• Xiao Xie secretly controlled Orochimaru and Konan, allowed Orochimaru and the Akatsuki to escape, and used the threat they posed to strengthen people's reliance on him.
• Three months after the war, Xiao Xie married Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Yuhi Kurenai in Konoha, with the five great nations' daimyo and village Kage attending.
• Half a month later, Mei Terumi told Tsunade she had appointed Chojuro as Sixth Mizukage, prompting Tsunade to consider finding a successor as Hokage.
• Yuhi Kurenai massaged Xiao Xie in the hot spring while Tsunade and Mei Terumi bet on how long he would last; after ten minutes, Mei Terumi claimed her winnings from Tsunade.

Toneri Otsutsuki began his plan to awaken the Tenseigan and destroy the world, while his agents abducted Hanabi Hyuga and he used a clone to capture Hinata Hyuga. Tsunade and Xiao Xie learned that both Hyuga sisters had been kidnapped.

• Toneri Otsutsuki resolved to destroy the world created by the Sage of Six Paths and awaken the Tenseigan.
• Black-clad men abducted Hanabi Hyuga from the Hyuga Clan compound and escaped on giant birds.
• Toneri Otsutsuki’s clone confronted Hinata Hyuga, incapacitated her with a green light, and ordered a puppet to take her to the moon.
• Shizune told Tsunade and Xiao Xie that both the eldest and second young misses of the Hyuga Clan had been abducted.

Xiao Xie went to the Moon after Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga were abducted, rescued Hinata, and found Hanabi unconscious with her Byakugan removed. He confronted Toneri Otsutsuki, who had awakened the Tenseigan, and sent him crashing through half the Moon with a single punch.

• Tsunade learned that Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga had been abducted, and Xiao Xie assured her it was not Orochimaru before leaving to investigate.
• Xiao Xie used the mark he had placed on Hinata to reach her on the Moon, where she told him that Hanabi had been taken elsewhere.
• Xiao Xie sensed Hanabi's location and brought Hinata to the hall where Hanabi lay unconscious with her eyes removed.
• Xiao Xie left Hinata with Hanabi and confronted Toneri Otsutsuki, who admired the Tenseigan awakened from Hanabi's Byakugan.
• Toneri Otsutsuki boasted about the Tenseigan's power, but Xiao Xie struck him so hard that he smashed through palaces and was blasted through half the Moon.

Xiao Xie defeated Toneri, retrieved Hanabi’s eyes, and restored them to her. Hanabi woke safely beside Xiao Xie and Hinata, unaware of what had happened.

• Xiao Xie attacked Toneri with two punches, then charged through Toneri’s Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion and crushed the chakra sword with his bare hand.
• Xiao Xie pierced Toneri’s chest and explained that Toneri relied too heavily on the Tenseigan instead of his own strength.
• Xiao Xie removed Toneri’s Tenseigan, which reverted to a Byakugan without the Otsutsuki Clan bloodline, and stored Toneri’s corpse in the Worship Space.
• Xiao Xie returned to Hinata and showed her Hanabi’s Byakugan, then reinstalled them and healed Hanabi with Yang Release.
• Hanabi woke up and asked why Xiao Xie and Hinata were in her room, and Hinata embraced her as Xiao Xie told her to treat everything as a dream.

After bringing Hinata and Hanabi home, Xiao Xie returned to the moon and absorbed the giant Tenseigan, awakening a complete Tenseigan of his own. He left considering turning the moon into a secluded paradise.

• Xiao Xie used the Instantaneous Technique to bring Hinata and Hanabi to the Hyuga Clan, where Hanabi teased Hinata about her feelings for him.
• Xiao Xie returned to the moon to find the giant Tenseigan formed from the Byakugan of Hamura Otsutsuki's descendants.
• Xiao Xie ignored the Tenseigan's curse mark and used the Devouring Heaven and Earth Art to absorb its energy.
• Xiao Xie's Byakugan transformed into a complete Tenseigan with distinct snowflake patterns.
• Xiao Xie considered using Wood Release to turn the moon into a hidden paradise.

Xiao Xie transformed the moon into a forested retreat with a mountain, lake, desert, and wildlife, then returned to Earth. The next day, after failing to obtain an Otsutsuki bloodline crystal from Toneri Otsutsuki’s corpse, he learned that the Five Kage were concerned about the moon’s strange changes.

• Xiao Xie used Wood Release to cover the moon in trees, alarming observers on Earth, including the Five Kage.
• Xiao Xie brought a mountain, lake, and desert to the moon and arranged them into a vacation spot populated by animals.
• Xiao Xie returned to Tsunade, reassured her that Hinata and Hanabi were safe, and spent the night with Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Yuhi Kurenai.
• Xiao Xie decomposed Toneri Otsutsuki’s corpse and received a Longevity Pearl that could add ten years to a person’s lifespan.
• Tsunade told Xiao Xie that the Tsuchikage and the other leaders wanted to discuss the strange changes observed on the moon.