Chapter Summaries

Xu Fan crushed Danzo with Revolving Heaven, but Danzo survived by using Izanagi. Itachi identified Danzo’s stock of Sharingan and prepared to help Xu Fan kill him repeatedly, only for Xu Fan to reveal that Danzo’s Izanagi lasted one minute.

• Danzo charged Xu Fan with a Wind Release kunai, but Xu Fan blocked it with Revolving Heaven and shattered Danzo’s body.
• Yūki Neji and Itachi Uchiha were stunned by Xu Fan’s powerful technique and exposed Byakugan.
• Danzo reappeared unharmed after using Izanagi, revealing Hashirama Senju’s face and several Sharingan implanted in his right arm.
• Itachi deduced that Danzo had collected Sharingan from dead Uchiha and said they needed to kill him ten times.
• Itachi asked Xu Fan to help determine Izanagi’s duration, and Xu Fan said it lasted one minute.

Xu Fan used his knowledge and Wood Release to overpower Danzo and kill him once, while Itachi Uchiha observed Xu Fan’s abilities. Danzo revived through Izanagi, and Xu Fan prepared to kill him repeatedly.

• Itachi Uchiha asked how Xu Fan knew the duration, and Xu Fan said he had killed Danzo before.
• Danzo summoned the Baku and attacked Xu Fan with Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, but Xu Fan blocked the attacks with a Wood Human.
• The Wood Human pinned the Baku, allowing Xu Fan to rush Danzo and snap his neck.
• Danzo revived using Izanagi and criticized Xu Fan for supporting Hiruzen Sarutobi and focusing on Konoha.
• Xu Fan stabbed Danzo through the chest and told Itachi Uchiha that Danzo still needed to die eight more times.

Danzo ordered Yūki Neji to use the Aburame Clan’s Pot Poison Technique while he fought Xu Fan and Itachi Uchiha, hoping the poison would kill them before his remaining Izanagi ran out. Itachi struck Danzo, but Danzo survived with Izanagi and trapped him in a Wood Release attack just as Yūki Neji detonated the poisonous gas.

• Itachi Uchiha realized Xu Fan was forcing Danzo to exhaust the Sharingan on his arm by repeatedly making him use Izanagi.
• Danzo ordered Tenzō to prepare the Pot Poison Technique, and Yūki Neji began breeding poisonous insects inside the Root Shinobi beneath the platform.
• Xu Fan countered Danzo’s attacks while the insects killed Root Shinobi, and Danzo lost another Sharingan after Xu Fan cut off his head.
• Itachi Uchiha stabbed Danzo through the heart, but Danzo rewrote his death with Izanagi and appeared behind Itachi.
• Danzo used Wood Release: Root Burial Explosion to engulf himself and Itachi, while Yūki Neji detonated the poisonous gas across the area.

Xu Fan revealed that the one fighting Danzo was only a Wood Release Clone while his real body traveled to the Five Kage Summit. Trapped in Yūki Neji’s poison technique, Danzo faced Itachi Uchiha’s newly awakened Mangekyo Sharingan and prepared to attack before his remaining Izanagi time ran out.

• Yūki Neji unleashed the Aburame Clan’s Pot Poison Technique, trapping Xu Fan, Danzo, Itachi Uchiha, and some Root Shinobi in a toxic hemisphere.
• Xu Fan revealed that he was a Wood Release Clone and that his real body was traveling to the Land of Iron with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Fū Yamanaka.
• Danzo’s Wood Release crushed him, but Izanagi restored him, and he realized Xu Fan had sent only a clone.
• Itachi Uchiha used Susanoo to survive Danzo’s Root Burial Explosion and the poison, revealing his Mangekyo Sharingan.
• Danzo saw that nine eyes on his arm had gone dark and resolved to take Itachi Uchiha’s eyes before his remaining two minutes of Izanagi expired.

Danzo tried to steal Itachi’s Sharingan but could not break through Susanoo, and his repeated use of Izanagi left him near death. As Danzo attempted to flee, Xu Fan blocked his escape and directed Itachi to finish him.

• Danzo attacked Itachi’s Susanoo with Wind Release, but Itachi struck him down and the last Sharingan on Danzo’s arm went dark.
• Danzo used Izanagi to restore himself, while Yūki Neji and the Root Shinobi urged him to retreat from the lingering poison.
• Danzo abandoned his plan to take Itachi’s eyes and ran for the edge of the Pot Poison Technique, but Xu Fan raised a thick Earth Style Wall to block him.
• Danzo begged Xu Fan to spare him, promising to disband Root and stop pursuing the Sharingan and Hashirama’s Cells.
• Xu Fan focused his Byakugan on Danzo and called to Itachi, who launched Susanoo’s final attack.

Danzo used his final technique to seal himself, Itachi Uchiha, and Xu Fan’s Wood Human, but Itachi escaped and Danzo died. Xu Fan prepared to report back to his original body and asked Itachi to keep the Root Shinobi in check, warning that the Uchiha Clan might suffer the consequences.

• Danzo realized Xu Fan wanted Hashirama Senju’s Cells and feared he would use Kotoamatsukami to control Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Danzo activated Reverse Four Symbols Sealing and grabbed Itachi Uchiha’s Susanoo to keep him inside the sealing range.
• Itachi Uchiha used the Substitution Technique to escape, while Xu Fan’s Wood Human seized Danzo; the seal then engulfed Danzo, the poison, and the Wood Human.
• Yūki Neji and the Root Shinobi watched in shock as Danzo died, and Xu Fan confirmed with his Byakugan that he was dead.
• Xu Fan told Itachi Uchiha he would report the battle to his original body and asked Itachi to hold the Root Shinobi in check until the original body returned.

Xu Fan’s clone killed Danzo and warned Itachi Uchiha that a coup would bring greater bloodshed, then Xu Fan turned his attention to provoking war between Konoha and the Cloud Shinobi. Itachi returned home to find Fugaku waiting to discuss the Uchiha Clan’s coup plans.

• Xu Fan told Itachi Uchiha that a coup would fail once Hiruzen Sarutobi returned, and Itachi agreed to restrain the Uchiha Clan.
• Xu Fan dispelled his Wood Release Clone, and Itachi left after reflecting that the Uchiha Clan could not win the people’s support through a coup.
• Yūki Neji decided to report Danzo’s death and the incident to the Konoha leadership and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Xu Fan learned that Danzo had died, then planned to provoke a conflict between Konoha and the Cloud Shinobi in the Land of Iron.
• Itachi returned home and found Fugaku waiting to talk about the Uchiha Clan’s growing resolve to launch a coup.

Itachi told Fugaku that Xu Fan had killed Danzo and said he would try to resolve the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the village before the coup began. Meanwhile, Yūki Neji informed Koharu and Homura of Danzo’s death, and they ordered action to protect the Konoha leadership and surround the Uchiha Compound.

• Fugaku told Itachi that the Uchiha Clan planned to launch a coup within days and hoped they could deal with Danzo.
• Itachi said Danzo was already dead and revealed that Xu Fan had killed him, then asked Fugaku for time to prevent the coup and further bloodshed.
• Itachi explained that Xu Fan was from the Senju Clan and had worked with him to kill Danzo.
• Yūki Neji ordered the remaining Root ninjas to protect the Konoha leadership and went to inform Koharu and Homura of Danzo’s death.
• Homura ordered Yūki Neji to catch up with the Third Hokage and report the news, while Koharu ordered the Anbu to surround the Uchiha Compound.

Yūki Neji told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Danzo had been killed, and Xu Fan revealed that he and Itachi Uchiha had stopped Danzo from slaughtering the Uchiha Clan. Xu Fan announced that he would take over Root.

• Yūki Neji caught up with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Xu Fan on their way to the Land of Iron and reported that Danzo was dead.
• Yūki Neji drew his weapon to protect Hiruzen from Xu Fan, but Xu Fan said Hiruzen had agreed to let him deal with Danzo.
• Xu Fan explained that Itachi Uchiha had killed Danzo while Xu Fan's Wood Release Clone assisted him.
• Xu Fan told Hiruzen that Danzo had planned to slaughter the Uchiha Clan while Hiruzen was away, and Hiruzen recognized the account as true.
• Xu Fan said Konoha needed Root and announced that he would take it over.

After killing Danzo, Xu Fan persuaded Hiruzen Sarutobi to let him take control of Root by pointing to Danzo’s crimes and the threat of the Uchiha coup. Hiruzen appointed Xu Fan Root’s Captain Commander, and the group continued toward the Land of Iron.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Yūki Neji to return to Konoha and tell Koharu and Homura to take no action before he returned.
• Xu Fan told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Itachi Uchiha had gone to handle the Uchiha Clan.
• Xu Fan revealed that Danzo had implanted Hashirama's Cells and Sharingan, including Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, and that Danzo had sealed away the eyes and cells before dying.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Xu Fan Root’s Captain Commander until a more suitable candidate was found.
• Xu Fan accepted command of Root, and the group resumed its journey to the Land of Iron.

Xu Fan’s group reached the Land of Iron for the Five Kage Summit, and Xu Fan received an Asauchi and Swordsmanship Mastery from his check-in. Rikaku escorted the group toward Mifune through the Land of Iron’s shifting, trap-filled mountain routes.

• Xu Fan, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Fū Yamanaka arrived in the Land of Iron without further trouble.
• Xu Fan completed his check-in and received an Asauchi and Swordsmanship Mastery, then considered how he might use Chakra to awaken the blade.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called Xu Fan back to the present as Rikaku greeted them and offered to lead them to Mifune.
• Rikaku warned the group to follow closely because the safe route through the Land of Iron changed at regular intervals.
• Xu Fan observed that Rikaku’s armored companions carried swords and used Chakra despite not being shinobi.

Xu Fan tested whether he could use Chakra to transform his Asauchi, then visited a blacksmith in the Land of Iron to find it a scabbard. The blacksmith was astonished by the blade and asked to examine it.

• Rikaku escorted Hiruzen Sarutobi, Xu Fan, and Fū Yamanaka to their lodgings and told them the talks with Mifune would begin the next day.
• Xu Fan used his Byakugan to check that no one was watching before retrieving his Asauchi and trying to infuse it with Chakra, but it did not change.
• Xu Fan decided to find a scabbard and went to a nearby blacksmith shop.
• The blacksmith saw Xu Fan's Asauchi, called it perfect, and nervously asked to inspect it.

Xu Fan brought his Asauchi to Ikkaku, the Land of Iron’s chief blacksmith, to request a scabbard. Haku and Yugito Nii arrived, and Haku offered to buy the sword as the chapter ended.

• Xu Fan handed his Asauchi to Ikkaku and asked him to make a scabbard.
• Ikkaku and his apprentices were astonished by the blade, and Ikkaku promised to forge a scabbard worthy of it.
• Haku and Yugito Nii entered the shop, and Haku agreed that an ordinary scabbard would not suit the sword.
• Ikkaku refused payment, calling the chance to make the scabbard an honor.
• Haku mistook Xu Fan’s behavior for ignorance about swords and offered to buy the Asauchi, pulling out a money pouch.

Haku and Yugito Nii warned Xu Fan that carrying his Asauchi would invite danger, but Xu Fan refused to sell it and chose an ordinary scabbard instead. When ronin samurai tried to take the sword, Yugito Nii attacked one of them, and Haku drew his blade as the confrontation escalated.

• Haku offered to buy Xu Fan's Asauchi and warned that it could get him killed, while Yugito Nii invited him to seek protection in Kumogakure, but Xu Fan refused to sell or leave it.
• Xu Fan asked Ikkaku to make a scabbard, then declined to wait and picked one from the smithy himself.
• A group of ronin samurai surrounded Xu Fan and demanded his tachi, invoking the Land of Iron's neutrality to discourage Yugito Nii from intervening.
• Yugito Nii crushed the wrist of a samurai reaching for Xu Fan's sword and struck him into Ikkaku's shop.
• Haku complained that Yugito Nii had caused trouble, then drew his sword and guarded Xu Fan as the ronin closed in.

Xu Fan’s attempt to have a sheath made sparked a confrontation when rogue samurai tried to take his Asauchi, but Rikaku intervened and apologized after recognizing him as an honored guest and the Third Hokage’s guard. As Xu Fan left, Haku and Yugito Nii learned who he was and wondered at the overwhelming Chakra Haku had sensed.

• Yugito Nii and Haku protected Xu Fan and drove back the rogue samurai who demanded his weapon.
• Xu Fan prepared to use Wood Release, but Rikaku arrived and questioned Ikkaku about the clash.
• Rikaku recognized Xu Fan, bowed in apology, and cut off the leading rogue samurai’s left hand to make amends.
• Xu Fan accepted Rikaku’s response and left, while Haku recalled sensing an immense burst of Chakra during the fight.
• Rikaku told Haku and Yugito Nii that Xu Fan was the Third Hokage’s guard, leaving them stunned.

Xu Fan entered his Asauchi’s inner world and found it inhabited by hostile beings representing his abilities. After overwhelming an Earth Giant with Wood Release, he faced a Lightning Dragon and wondered whether his Zanpakuto held multiple elemental worlds.

• Xu Fan drew his Asauchi and found himself in an endless desert, which he recognized as his Zanpakuto’s inner world.
• The desert rose into an Earth Giant, which declared Xu Fan an intruder and attacked him.
• Xu Fan unleashed Tree World Descent, bound the Earth Giant with trees, and forced it to its knees.
• A Lightning Dragon descended from the sky, and Xu Fan challenged any other beings to attack him together.

Xu Fan fought the Lightning Dragon in his inner world, subdued it with his Wood Human, and freed the Earth Giant only to overwhelm them both with his Chakra. He realized his Zanpakuto might reflect his own power, but its other three incarnations had yet to appear, possibly because he had not reached Shikai or Bankai.

• Xu Fan summoned a towering Wood Human and used it to seize the Lightning Dragon, pinning it to the ground and sealing its lightning power.
• Xu Fan mocked the Lightning Dragon and released it, but it destroyed part of the sea of trees to free the Earth Giant.
• The Lightning Dragon and Earth Giant combined their efforts and charged at Xu Fan.
• Xu Fan theorized that his Zanpakuto manifested his own power and that his missing incarnations might be tied to Shikai and Bankai.
• Xu Fan unleashed a massive Chakra cloak and force that drove both the Lightning Dragon and Earth Giant to their knees.

Xu Fan and Hiruzen Sarutobi attended peace talks with A in the Land of Iron, where A demanded that Konoha surrender the person who killed Kumogakure’s shinobi chief. As Hiruzen faced pressure to yield, Xu Fan challenged A by bringing up Kumogakure’s kidnapping of Hinata.

• Xu Fan noticed his Asauchi had subtly changed after the Earth Giant and Lightning Dragon submitted to him, then rested for the talks.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Xu Fan met Mifune, who urged Konoha to show some humility so he could help secure an alliance and prevent war.
• A confronted Hiruzen at the meeting, demanding that Konoha hand over the culprit who killed Kumogakure’s shinobi chief.
• A pressed Konoha to surrender Hyuga Hiashi, while Mifune remained silent as the pressure mounted.
• Xu Fan asked why Kumogakure was not first held accountable for kidnapping Hinata.

Xu Fan confronted the Fourth Raikage over Kumogakure’s attempts to abduct Hinata Hyuga and Kushina Uzumaki, while Hiruzen Sarutobi let him press the accusation during alliance negotiations. The Fourth Raikage threatened war, and Xu Fan stood on the table and warned him in return.

• Xu Fan accused the Fourth Raikage of refusing to admit Kumogakure’s role in the incident, unsettling Mifune and the other negotiators.
• Xu Fan accused Kumogakure of sending the Fourth Raikage to abduct Hinata Hyuga during the alliance talks, and Yugito Nii rebuked him.
• Xu Fan recalled Kumogakure’s earlier attempt to abduct Kushina Uzumaki and questioned the village’s sincerity toward the Alliance Treaty.
• The Fourth Raikage stood, slammed his fist into the table, and demanded to know whether Konoha wanted war.
• Mifune urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to remove Xu Fan, but Xu Fan planted a foot on the table and warned the room not to say he had not given them fair warning.

At the Five Kage Summit, Xu Fan and Hiruzen Sarutobi stood firm against the Fourth Raikage over Kumogakure’s kidnapping of Hinata, and Xu Fan threatened all-out war. Danzo’s agent Fū Yamanaka then tried to assassinate A by taking control of Darui, but Darui resisted and Hiruzen intervened when A attacked Fū.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed with Xu Fan that Kumogakure should answer for kidnapping Hinata and breaking the Alliance Treaty.
• Xu Fan smashed the conference table and threatened to destroy nations and villages unless A provided an explanation.
• Fū Yamanaka used the Mind Transfer Jutsu on Darui and tried to stab A, but Darui’s will stopped the attack.
• Darui forced Fū Yamanaka out of his body, and Hiruzen realized Danzo had arranged the assassination attempt.
• A rushed to kill Fū Yamanaka, but Hiruzen kicked Fū into the wall, causing A’s strike to miss and shatter the floor.