Chapter Summaries

Ming Jing defeated Mabui by reading her hand seals, then escaped Kumogakure after the instructors tried to keep him there for his Dynamic Vision training method. The Fourth Raikage pursued him, and Ming Jing challenged him to a race that would decide whether Ming Jing joined Kumogakure or got to meet someone.

• Ming Jing used Dynamic Vision to predict Mabui’s attacks and sent her flying after a fast exchange of blows.
• Ming Jing explained that he had read Mabui’s hand seals, and the crowd mistook his ability for the Sharingan before he described a bean-cutting exercise to train Dynamic Vision.
• The chief instructor asked Ming Jing to stay and teach Kumogakure’s children, while the other instructors blocked the exits.
• Ming Jing blasted a hole through the roof with a gale and escaped, prompting the chief instructor to send word to the Fourth Raikage.
• The Fourth Raikage caught up with Ming Jing, who proposed a race to a river fifty li away: if the Raikage won, Ming Jing would join Kumogakure; if Ming Jing won, the Raikage would let him meet someone.

Ming Jing raced the Fourth Raikage across the Land of Lightning and won by a narrow margin, earning the Raikage’s agreement to take him to Yugito. The Fourth Raikage then questioned Ming Jing’s origins and listened as he described the Great Tang Empire of the East.

• The Fourth Raikage activated Lightning God Armor and surged ahead of Ming Jing, who responded by entering Sage Mode and using the wind to fly after him.
• Ming Jing caught up after the Fourth Raikage dismissed his armor, then cut through the boulder and trees the Raikage hurled in his path.
• Ming Jing overtook the Fourth Raikage and reached the agreed destination first, so the Raikage accepted his loss.
• Ming Jing asked the Fourth Raikage to take him to Yugito, explaining that she had helped him when he first arrived in this world.
• The Fourth Raikage suspected Ming Jing’s visit had another purpose and asked him to explain the Great Tang Empire of the East.
• Ming Jing described the empire’s ruler, armies, and political system, leaving the Fourth Raikage wondering whether he had truly crossed the sea from such a country.

The Fourth Raikage brought Ming Jing to meet Yugito, where he watched Killer B train her in the Seven-Sword Style. Ming Jing claimed he wanted to repay Yugito for saving his life by marrying her, leaving Yugito furious and embarrassed but the Fourth Raikage suggesting they spend time getting to know each other.

• The Fourth Raikage led Ming Jing to Killer B's training ground, where Yugito trained under Killer B using one tail of red Chakra.
• Ming Jing watched Killer B's Seven-Sword Style overwhelm Yugito and praised the style's strength.
• Killer B greeted the Fourth Raikage in rap, and the Fourth Raikage punched him flying before introducing Ming Jing to Yugito.
• Ming Jing told Yugito he wanted to repay her for saving his life by offering to marry her, shocking Yugito, the Fourth Raikage, and Killer B.
• Ming Jing proposed that he and Yugito spend time together to get to know each other, and the Fourth Raikage agreed.

Ming Jing walked through Kumogakure with Yugito, prompting Mabui to follow them and wonder whether Yugito had taken him hostage. Yugito confronted Ming Jing in the hills, where his admission that he wanted to study Matatabi enraged her, and their fight escalated as Ming Jing drew the Azure Luan Blade.

• Mabui spotted Ming Jing walking with Yugito and secretly followed them, suspecting he had kidnapped the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Ming Jing noticed the tail and asked Yugito whether someone was after her, but she warned him not to cause trouble in Kumogakure.
• Yugito dragged Ming Jing away from Mabui to a desolate stretch of hills and demanded to know why he had come to the village.
• Yugito attacked Ming Jing with a blood-red Tailed Beast Cloak, but he evaded her strikes and admitted he wanted to borrow Matatabi for research.
• Yugito accused Ming Jing of deceiving her and pressed her attack until he had nowhere left to hide.
• Ming Jing drew the Azure Luan Blade as Yugito pounced at him.

The Fourth Raikage sent Killer B and the Anbu to capture Ming Jing, but Ming Jing defeated Matatabi, put her to sleep with genjutsu, and escaped with Yugito. The Raikage’s force arrived at a genjutsu-created illusion of the battle site and realized Ming Jing had deceived them.

• The Fourth Raikage ordered Mabui to notify Killer B and dispatched Anbu to surround Barren Mountain Territory.
• Ming Jing fought Two-Tails Matatabi, broke through her Tailed Beast Bomb assault, and knocked her back with a tornado.
• Ming Jing used genjutsu to put Matatabi to sleep, after which she changed back into Yugito.
• Ming Jing carried Yugito away as the Fourth Raikage, Killer B, and the Anbu rushed toward the supposed battlefield.
• The Fourth Raikage’s party found Barren Mountain Territory undamaged, and Gyuki identified the scene as genjutsu.
• The Fourth Raikage ordered everyone to search the Land of Lightning for Ming Jing.

Ming Jing awakened Yugito to ask about how the Two-Tails Matatabi existed as an energy body, then negotiated a deal with Matatabi for its cooperation. Matatabi explained that its everlasting Black Flame supported its form like a skeleton, leaving Ming Jing wondering where he could find something similar.

• Ming Jing told Yugito he wanted to study the Two-Tails Matatabi, but she refused to help and tried to leave.
• Ming Jing revealed that Yugito had gone five days without eating and summoned Matatabi from her body.
• Ming Jing promised Matatabi that he would free it within ten years and disclosed that he was Akira Kurama, the Prime Minister of three lands.
• Matatabi accepted the deal and demonstrated how its Black Flame shaped Chakra into a cat-like form.
• Matatabi explained that the Black Flame supported its body like a skeleton, then returned to Yugito while Ming Jing wondered how to find a suitable substitute.

Ming Jing left Cloudy Thunder City by ship after disguising his escape, while Mabui's squad searched the inn for him. The Cloud Ninja found Yugito unconscious but safely sealed, and realized they had recovered Two-Tails Matatabi.

• Ming Jing paid his coachman, left a small ornament in the carriage, and headed for a cruise ship at Dock Seven.
• Cloud Ninja stopped and searched the coachman's carriage, found Ming Jing's button, and decided to report it to Mabui.
• Mabui persuaded the inn manager to reveal that a guest with a Matsushita Family token had rented the only luxury suite.
• Mabui and her squad entered the suite and found Yugito unconscious in a red gown.
• Mabui sent the men out, checked Yugito's abdomen, and confirmed that the sealing marks for Two-Tails Matatabi were intact.

Ming Jing left Kumogakure with the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and traveled toward the Land of Fire through the dangerous waters near the former Land of Whirlpools. Yuexi reached the Land of Lightning, found his wanted poster, and arranged a mass departure of ships to conceal his trail.

• The Fourth Raikage declared Ming Jing an S-rank wanted criminal and ordered his posters distributed around the world.
• Ming Jing learned about the waterspouts near the former Land of Whirlpools and bought two days' worth of food from his passenger ship.
• Ming Jing launched a lifeboat into the stormy sea and used Wind Release techniques to propel it toward the mainland.
• Yuexi found Ming Jing's wanted poster and learned that he had last been seen at the Matsushita Inn in Cloudy Thunder City.
• Yuexi chartered nearly two-thirds of the city's passenger ships and sent them out from Pier Seven to obscure Ming Jing's trail.

Ming Jing arrived on the Land of Whirlpools and destroyed the waterspouts with a powerful attack, then diverted the resulting tsunami before it could devastate the island. Three child survivors asked him to accept them as disciples, and he agreed to hear Shang Mei’s answer the next day before deciding to visit another waterspout site with them that afternoon.

• Ming Jing found shelter on the Land of Whirlpools, where Shang Mei secretly took food from his lifeboat while he slept.
• Ming Jing used Wind Release: White Tiger Strikes the Sky to destroy the waterspouts, then cut the resulting tsunami into rain with Wind Style: Thousand Blades.
• Shang Mei, Kōsuke, and Tamamura approached Ming Jing, and he told them to stay out of his sight.
• Shang Mei asked Ming Jing to take the children as disciples, and he told her to return the next day with her answer.
• Shang Mei offered to show Ming Jing a shortcut to more waterspouts, and he decided they would go that afternoon.

Ming Jing explored the Land of Whirlpools’ strange waterspouts while taking three children as disciples and teaching them Chakra. Unable to discover the source of the whirlpools, he left the children training by the sea and wished Yuexi were there to help him.

• Ming Jing examined the eighteen waterspouts, flew above the clouds, and found no sign of the mysterious force he suspected was controlling them.
• Ming Jing promised Shang Mei, Tamamura, and the third child that they could become his disciples, then accepted their offerings of water the next morning.
• Ming Jing taught the children about Chakra and guided Shang Mei through her first Chakra circulation.
• Ming Jing searched the storm clouds and sea for the source of the waterspouts, but the underwater whirlpool’s pull kept him from approaching it.
• Ming Jing had the children cultivate in the waves while he pondered how to modify his ninjutsu and found himself missing Yuexi.

Ming Jing realized he needed to fuse the Wind of Aging with White Tiger Strikes the Sky, but he could not use the Wind of Aging or deliberately enter Unity of Heaven and Man. After his attempt to induce the state with a genjutsu failed, he returned to training the children, while Yuexi searched for him in the Land of Fire.

• Ming Jing used Heavenly Court Mode to recall the Wind of Aging and wondered whether the cat had tricked him into trying to combine it with White Tiger Strikes the Sky.
• Ming Jing failed to figure out how to use the Wind of Aging and reasoned that he might enter Unity of Heaven and Man by releasing his natural instincts.
• Ming Jing tried to hypnotize himself with Beauty Guards the Boudoir, but fell asleep in the sea and woke at sunset.
• Ming Jing returned to his temporary base, dried his clothes over a fire, and guided the two boys in their training while Shang Mei prepared dinner.
• Yuexi reached the Land of Fire and learned that the patrol officers had not found Number One, but had detained everyone aboard the cruise ship for suspected infectious disease.

Yuexi found Ming Jing on the Land of Whirlpools after tracking him with her ice mirrors and reunited with him. After discussing the children’s safety, Ming Jing decided to investigate what lay inside the waterspouts.

• Yuexi landed on the island and questioned three children, who denied knowing where Ming Jing was.
• Shang Mei left Tamamura and Kōsuke gathering firewood and ran to warn Ming Jing about Yuexi.
• Yuexi used her Thousand Mile Mirrors to search the island and followed Shang Mei to Ming Jing.
• Ming Jing introduced Yuexi to Shang Mei and explained that he had chosen the children as disciples for their attitude rather than their talent.
• Yuexi warned Ming Jing that the island held hidden ninja and that the children might be in danger.
• Ming Jing decided to remove whatever was inside the waterspouts to make the area safer for the children.

Ming Jing entered the waterspout’s calm eye and discovered symbols carved into the seabed, memorizing them before escaping through the storm as it closed. He fell from the stratosphere toward Yuexi, who used Ice Mirrors to guide him away from the island and toward the sea.

• Ming Jing used Sage Mode and Wings of Air to match the waterspout’s rotation and force his way into its calm eye.
• Ming Jing searched the eye, spotted a beam of sunlight, and found symbols carved into the seabed nearly a hundred meters below.
• Ming Jing repeatedly dived to memorize the symbols, then rushed upward as the waterspout began closing around him.
• Ming Jing burst through the clouds and descended toward the coastline from the stratosphere.
• Yuexi used Ice Release: Multi-Layered Thousand Mile Mirror to send light signals, helping Ming Jing adjust his course toward the ocean.

After exhausting himself battling the sea, Ming Jing was dressed by Yuexi in a Saber costume and kissed by her. That evening, he reflected on the sea barriers and came up with an idea for combining barriers with ninjutsu, but Yuexi told him to rest and test it the next day.

• Ming Jing crashed into the ocean, and Yuexi blew away the mist to find him conscious but exhausted and without clothes.
• Yuexi brought out wardrobes of costumes and dressed Ming Jing in a Saber outfit despite his protests.
• Yuexi kissed Ming Jing and asked him to forgive her, leaving him surprised by his good fortune.
• That evening, Ming Jing told Shang Mei, Tamamura, and Kōsuke that the sea's waterspouts came from barriers with rotation, restoration, self-operation, and ascent.
• Ming Jing realized self-operating barriers might sustain ninjutsu like the White Tiger, but Yuexi urged him to rest and try the idea tomorrow.

Ming Jing watched Yuexi test the children’s Chakra affinities, then agreed to teach Shang Mei Genjutsu while assigning Tamamura and Kōsuke to Yuexi. He told the three children his decision to leave them in Yuexi’s care, leaving them visibly upset.

• Shang Mei’s testing paper dampened, revealing her Water affinity, but she knelt before Ming Jing and asked to learn Genjutsu from him, and he agreed.
• Tamamura showed Wind and Earth affinities, and Ming Jing dismissed his excitement over having two affinities.
• Kōsuke’s testing paper tore with wrinkled edges, and Ming Jing identified his rare Kekkei Genkai as Storm Release.
• Ming Jing decided to teach Shang Mei himself and leave Tamamura and Kōsuke’s instruction to Yuexi.
• Ming Jing announced his decision to the children, and Shang Mei hesitated, Tamamura’s eyes reddened, and Kōsuke clenched his fists.

Ming Jing taught Shang Mei about Genjutsu and let her choose deception as her specialty, while Yuexi trained Tamamura and Kōsuke in water walking. The chapter ended with Ming Jing agreeing to personally guide the boys if they persisted for a week or completed their assigned training.

• Ming Jing explained how to distinguish Genjutsu from reality and taught Shang Mei about deceptive, supportive, and offensive Genjutsu.
• Ming Jing cast the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique on Shang Mei, then dispelled it and explained how darkness could inspire fear.
• Shang Mei chose to specialize in deceptive Genjutsu, though Ming Jing left her unsure whether he had just tricked her.
• Yuexi froze Tamamura and Kōsuke to warn them against slacking, then promised to ask Ming Jing to train them if they worked hard.
• Yuexi had Tamamura and Kōsuke practice water walking on the sea, where waves repeatedly knocked them into the water.
• Ming Jing told Yuexi he would personally guide the boys if they persisted for a week or completed their training tasks.

Ming Jing discovered that Kyōmu Kurama’s S-rank ninjutsu was incomplete and set out to finish it. After an exhausting day of experiments, he returned certain he could complete the technique and began teaching Kōsuke about Lightning Release.

• Ming Jing struggled to understand why his S-rank ninjutsu drained all his Chakra, then caught Shang Mei when she collapsed from overtraining.
• Ming Jing realized he had only ever summoned the technique’s tiger head and claws, concluding that Kyōmu Kurama had left the ninjutsu unfinished.
• Ming Jing went to the other side of the island to test his theory, while Yuexi took over Shang Mei’s training after learning he had left.
• Ming Jing returned exhausted that night and told Yuexi he was certain he could complete the technique.
• The next morning, Kōsuke demonstrated his water-walking practice, and Ming Jing began teaching him about Lightning Release.

Ming Jing and Yuexi left the Land of Whirlpools after the three children chose to stay and rebuild their hometown. They sailed toward the Land of Fire while Shang Mei, Kōsuke, and Tamamura prepared to carry on without them.

• Ming Jing agreed to leave the Land of Whirlpools with Yuexi so they could return to Konoha for the Chunin Exam.
• Shang Mei refused Yuexi’s offer to leave, explaining that she wanted to rebuild her hometown, and Kōsuke and Tamamura also chose to stay.
• Ming Jing left Shang Mei two books about barrier techniques and illusion, along with a note advising patience and preparation.
• Shang Mei found the books after Ming Jing and Yuexi had departed, then told Kōsuke and Tamamura to act as if their Master were still on the island.
• Aboard a luxury cruise ship, Yuexi worried about the children, and Ming Jing comforted her by holding her.

Ming Jing returned to the Land of Fire and headed straight to Konoha for the approaching Chunin Exam. In the busy village, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji met a lost little girl, and Shikamaru worked out where she lived.

• Ming Jing reunited with Qing Yan, Asuma, and Yuexi, then ordered his approval documents sent to Konoha and continued there without stopping at the Royal Capital.
• Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji saw foreign ninja gathering in Konoha for the Chunin Exam.
• Naruto stepped in when he saw Inoue, a Kusagakure genin, standing before a crying little girl, and Inoue explained that he had only bumped into her.
• The little girl thanked Naruto and asked him to help find her mother, so Naruto enlisted Shikamaru and Choji.
• Shikamaru questioned the girl about her home and family, then said he roughly knew where she lived and led her there.

Ming Jing returned to Konoha with Asuma and reunited with Hinata and Yakumo at a snack shop. He learned that the girls had gone out hoping to meet foreign ninjas and sternly told them to focus on the Ninja Academy instead.

• Asuma brought Ming Jing, Tsukishiro Yuexi, and Qing Yan back to Konoha and reminded them that the Chunin Exam was three days away.
• Ming Jing entered a snack shop and found Hinata and Yakumo choosing treats.
• Ming Jing greeted the girls, shared cakes and milk tea with them, and remarked that Hinata’s hair had grown longer.
• Ming Jing asked why Hinata and Yakumo had come out without Shikouin, Karin, and Mai, and Hinata admitted they wanted to see ninjas from other villages.
• Ming Jing scolded Hinata and Yakumo for seeking out foreign ninjas and told them to stay focused on the Ninja Academy.