Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao defeated Temari by trapping her in a cage and overcoming her attacks, then took her hostage to stop the Sand Ninjas from intervening. Gaara saw Su Xiao threaten Temari while fighting Deidara in the sky.

• Su Xiao deflected Temari’s Sickle Weasel vacuum blades and advanced until she trapped herself inside his Boundary Severing Thread cage.
• Temari attacked Su Xiao with Wind Sand Dust, but he wounded her and revealed that he had surrounded them with a cage and hidden Alchemy Bombs nearby.
• Kankuro and the Sand Ninjas tried to support Temari, but Su Xiao’s bombs and Shelter shield let him withstand their attacks and close in.
• Su Xiao broke Temari’s Large War Fan and slashed her collarbone, then grabbed her by the neck and pressed Dragon Slayer Flash to her throat.
• Gaara noticed Su Xiao holding Temari hostage as blood ran from the cut on her throat.

Su Xiao and Deidara attacked Gaara, with Su Xiao creating an opening for Deidara to severely injure the One-Tail Jinchuriki. Su Xiao then trapped Gaara and began absorbing Shukaku’s Chakra and source power, raising Blue Steel Shadow to Lv.13 as Shukaku tried to bargain for its survival.

• Su Xiao used Temari as bait to make Gaara rescue her, then escaped on Deidara’s Clay Bird while Deidara attacked Gaara.
• Deidara bombarded Gaara’s sand sphere as the Sand Shinobi fired ballistae at the attackers, and Su Xiao defended them from incoming bolts.
• Su Xiao broke into Gaara’s sand sphere, wounded him, and pressed his hand against Gaara’s face to activate Devour Core.
• Su Xiao absorbed Shukaku’s Chakra and source power, raising Blue Steel Shadow from Lv.10 to Lv.13.
• Shukaku struggled against the absorption and offered to share its Chakra if Su Xiao sealed it inside his body.

Su Xiao drained most of Shukaku’s essence, resisted the Blade Demon inheritance, and spared the weakened One-Tail. He and Deidara escaped Sunagakure with the unconscious Gaara after Deidara bombed the village, leaving the attackers certain to attract the attention of other ninja villages.

• Su Xiao absorbed Shukaku’s Chakra, repelled the Blade Demon phantom, and raised Blue Steel Shadow to Lv.20.
• After Shukaku begged for his life, Su Xiao entered the consciousness space and agreed to spare him for now.
• Su Xiao broke the sand sphere, took the unconscious Gaara, and flew away from Sunagakure with Deidara on the Clay Bird.
• Deidara dropped the Explosive Puppet Eighteen Techniques on Sunagakure, destroying two-fifths of its buildings as the Sand Shinobi sheltered.
• Su Xiao and Deidara escaped with Gaara while the damaged Sunagakure was left facing the consequences of the attack.

After Akatsuki attacked Sand Shinobi Village and captured Gaara, Tsunade decided Konoha would send Team 7 as an advance force while Jiraiya continued investigating Akatsuki. Team 7 set out for Sand Shinobi Village, though Tsunade believed Akatsuki would already have left the area.

• Temari learned from Kankuro that Akatsuki had captured Gaara, then urged Konoha to send reinforcements as her wounded friend died.
• Tsunade received Sand Shinobi Village's request for aid and learned that Sasori, Deidara, and Byakuya had attacked.
• Jiraiya revealed that Byakuya had given him a near-fatal sword wound and told Tsunade that Akatsuki's base might be in Rain Shinobi Village.
• Tsunade ordered Jiraiya to continue investigating Akatsuki and approved Team 7 as an advance force to support Sand Shinobi Village.
• Kakashi left the Hokage's Office with Naruto and Sakura, while Tsunade told Shizune that Akatsuki would likely have left the Land of Sand by the time they arrived.

Su Xiao captured Gaara and escaped the Sand Village with Deidara and Sasori, learning that the One-Tail Capture Battle was a plot event whose rewards depended on evading pursuit. The group reached an Akatsuki stronghold, then crossed a river to enter the sealing cavern.

• Su Xiao injected Gaara with low-grade Alchemy Secret Medicine, stabilizing him, then killed Yura and learned that the capture battle's rewards would be issued after they escaped their pursuers.
• Su Xiao anesthetized Gaara, and Sasori stayed behind to delay the Sand ninja while Su Xiao and Deidara carried on.
• Su Xiao and Deidara reached a temporary Akatsuki stronghold in River Country and waited for Sasori, who arrived after defeating the pursuers.
• The group continued to a river and found the sealed cavern entrance; Su Xiao and Bubu Wang leaped across while Sasori and Deidara walked over the water.

Su Xiao joined the Akatsuki as they began sealing the One-Tail from Gaara into the Outer Path Golem, while hiding how much Shukaku’s Chakra he had absorbed. As the three-day ritual continued, Su Xiao inspected Blue Steel Shadow’s new abilities and learned that its third form remained unawakened.

• Deva Path summoned the Outer Path Golem and gathered the Akatsuki members to begin sealing Gaara’s One-Tail.
• Deva Path noticed that Shukaku seemed unusually frail, and Su Xiao gave an abridged account of the capture to explain it.
• The Akatsuki began the three-day sealing ritual, while Su Xiao stood among the projections and watched the others endure the boredom.
• Bubu Wang amused himself by making faces with Hidan, while Kisame watched them nearly laugh.
• Su Xiao checked Blue Steel Shadow at Lv.20 and saw that it had gained the Controller ability, including the Arrogant Song defensive form and an unawakened Blue Shadow King form.

Su Xiao explored the abilities gained when Blue Steel Shadow reached Lv. 20, including a powerful, freely shaped Energy Shield that gave him a new defensive option. He learned that these abilities would consume mana rapidly and left the mysterious Blue Shadow King ability for the future.

• Su Xiao found that Blue Steel Shadow now dealt additional true damage based on an enemy's lost mana, though it consumed 50 mana per minute.
• Su Xiao tested the new Energy Shield, which he could shape and generate within one meter, and found that its strength depended on how much mana he spent.
• Su Xiao learned that Energy Shields weakened over time and could block attacks without being knocked away unless the blow also sent him flying.
• Su Xiao realized that intense combat could exhaust his mana quickly and resolved to find equipment that increased it.
• Su Xiao left Blue Shadow King unexplored, learning that it was an ultimate move that could not awaken until the Shadow of Law Destruction did.

Akatsuki waited in the cave after sealing the One-Tail, until Zetsu reported two pursuing teams of Konoha shinobi led by Might Guy. Kisame and Itachi went out to delay them, and Kisame returned defeated.

• Bubu Wang and Hidan played rock-paper-scissors in the cave while the other Akatsuki members waited.
• After two days, Zetsu reported that a Konoha squad led by Might Guy had pursued them into River Country, and Deva Path sent Kisame to intercept them.
• Zetsu then reported a second Konoha team, and Deva Path sent Itachi to stop them after Deidara and Sasori argued over their capture of the One-Tail.
• Kisame returned unconscious and admitted that Might Guy had defeated him while he delayed the pursuing team.

After the Akatsuki completed the extraction of the One-Tail, Gaara died, and the Konoha pursuit force reached the cave. Deidara lured Naruto away with Gaara’s body while Sasori stayed behind to face Chiyo, and Byakuya departed.

• The Akatsuki finished extracting the One-Tail, and Gaara died as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path vanished.
• Kakashi’s group broke through the cave’s defenses, but Guy Squad was held back by the Five-Seal Barrier.
• Naruto saw Gaara’s corpse and nearly lost control, but Kakashi stopped him from charging at Su Xiao.
• Deidara carried Gaara’s corpse away on a Clay Bird, and Kakashi and Naruto pursued him.
• Sasori chose to stay behind with Chiyo and Sakura, and Su Xiao said farewell before leaving the cave.

Su Xiao left Sasori to fight Sakura and Chiyo, then traded Shukaku’s blood to Black and White for information about a target in the Fire Country. He encountered Kakashi while pursuing the lead and blocked Kakashi from chasing Naruto, leaving them poised to fight.

• Su Xiao left the cave while Sakura and Chiyo fought Sasori, then met Black and White in the forest and traded Shukaku’s blood for information.
• Black and White revealed that one of three possible targets was near Tenchi Bridge, and Su Xiao suspected the person was watching Orochimaru’s laboratory.
• Su Xiao saw Deidara flying overhead as Naruto and Kakashi pursued him, and he attacked Kakashi with a Blade Glow to stop him.
• Kakashi tried to continue after Naruto, but Su Xiao’s sharp thread blocked his path, forcing Kakashi to face him.
• Kakashi used Shadow Clone Technique and attacked with Chidori while Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique emerged beneath Su Xiao.

Su Xiao and Kakashi exchanged attacks, with Kakashi using a lightning Shadow Clone trap to paralyze Su Xiao before activating Kamui. The chapter ended as Kamui began damaging Su Xiao’s chest, with the spatial attack still unfolding.

• Su Xiao destroyed Kakashi’s hidden Shadow Clone and blocked the real Kakashi’s Raikiri with an Energy Shield before wounding him with Dragon Slayer Flash.
• Kakashi used Lightning Shield: Lightning Transmission, grazing Su Xiao’s calf as Su Xiao kicked him away.
• Kakashi realized he had misjudged the fight, then revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan and sent two Shadow Clones to attack Su Xiao.
• The destroyed clones transformed into lightning and paralyzed Su Xiao, allowing Kakashi to activate Kamui.
• Kamui began twisting space around Su Xiao’s chest, damaging his clothing as he struggled to move.

Su Xiao nearly killed Kakashi but was driven off by Guy after he opened the Seventh Gate. After escaping with Deidara, Su Xiao received his rewards and considered trading Kakashi’s Sharingan with Obito.

• Su Xiao used a Mana Energy Shield and the Boundary Severing Thread to evade Kakashi’s Kamui, then attacked him with a Blade Glow.
• A White Snake and an Alchemy Bomb trapped Kakashi long enough for Su Xiao to stab him and tear out his Sharingan.
• Guy arrived in the Seventh Gate and kicked Su Xiao away, forcing him to abandon his attempt to kill Kakashi.
• Su Xiao escaped with Bubu Wang, picked up the injured Deidara, and rested in a village in the Land of Rivers.
• Reincarnation Paradise awarded Su Xiao 15% World Source, five Soul Crystals (Medium), and 600 Akatsuki Contribution Points.
• Su Xiao examined the Sharingan he had taken from Kakashi and considered what Obito would offer for it.

Kakashi’s team struggled to keep him alive after Su Xiao’s attack, while Su Xiao waited near Tenchi Bridge for the Violator. Kabuto Yakushi appeared before Su Xiao, who realized Orochimaru was likely nearby.

• Sakura told Naruto and Guy that Kakashi’s energy thorns could not be removed and that she could only keep him from bleeding to death on the journey to Konoha.
• Naruto blamed himself for Kakashi’s injuries and memorized Su Xiao’s face after Sakura warned Kakashi might never be able to continue as a ninja.
• Su Xiao decided to hunt the Violator before pursuing a trade with Obito, then left the River Country with Bubu Wang.
• A Wildcat that had been watching Su Xiao revealed herself as Catwoman, a Worker who avoided fighting and wandered through Derivative Worlds in cat form.
• After waiting three days near Tenchi Bridge, Su Xiao confronted Kabuto Yakushi, who mistakenly thought Su Xiao had come to meet him for Sasori.

Su Xiao confronted Orochimaru over the captured Violator and turned Orochimaru’s attempt to bargain for Kakashi’s Sharingan into a genuine hostage exchange. The two began negotiating, but Orochimaru questioned Su Xiao’s offer of Tailed Beast blood.

• Su Xiao threatened Kabuto and drew his blade, but sheathed it when Orochimaru appeared and asked about Kakashi’s Sharingan.
• Su Xiao explained that he was searching for a scarred man whose eye had been transplanted with a special organ, and Orochimaru revealed that he had captured the man five days earlier.
• Orochimaru proposed trading the captive for Su Xiao’s Sharingan, but Su Xiao bound Kabuto with Alchemy Bomb snakes and exposed Kabuto’s three days of surveillance.
• Orochimaru threw a Kunai at Kabuto to show he would not be pressured, and Su Xiao tightened Boundary Severing Thread in response.
• Orochimaru agreed to hand over the captive in exchange for something of equal value, and Su Xiao offered Tailed Beast blood, prompting Orochimaru to question whether Tailed Beasts had blood.

Su Xiao traded Tailed Beast blood with Orochimaru to secure the Violator’s location and found him being held in Orochimaru’s underground laboratory. Su Xiao killed the captured Violator, and a faintly glowing chip remained.

• Su Xiao offered Orochimaru Tailed Beast blood and proposed that studying the Tailed Beasts might help him achieve eternal life.
• Orochimaru agreed to hand over the Violator in exchange for Su Xiao’s help, then led him and Kabuto to an underground laboratory.
• Su Xiao demonstrated his Superior Alchemy Secret Medicine by using it on Kabuto’s ear, prompting Orochimaru to offer a technology exchange.
• Su Xiao found Violator No. 10001 bound to an operating table with his chest open and legs amputated.
• Violator No. 10001 recognized Su Xiao as a Hunter, and Su Xiao beheaded him before Reincarnation Paradise erased his body and left a glowing chip.

Su Xiao obtained half of the Ramil Apostle Core and negotiated with Orochimaru, who then tried to seize his potion and Sharingan. Itachi and Kisame arrived, Orochimaru and Suigetsu escaped, and Karin was left in their hands.

• Su Xiao examined the Ramil Apostle Core and agreed to trade with Orochimaru for similar knowledge.
• Orochimaru betrayed Su Xiao and surrounded him with test subjects, while Suigetsu and Karin entered the laboratory.
• Karin sensed Su Xiao's murderous aura, but Itachi secretly placed her under a genjutsu as Su Xiao revealed he was not Sasori and Deidara's regular partner.
• Itachi and Kisame confronted Orochimaru, who escaped with Suigetsu after Itachi restrained himself.
• Su Xiao killed Orochimaru's remaining test subjects and approached Karin, but Itachi stopped Kisame from killing her, saying she was useful.

Su Xiao recruited Karin to help locate the Four-Tails, looted Orochimaru's laboratory, and received a Gold Honor Medal for completing his hunt. He traveled to a prosperous town in the Fire Country, where he waited for someone and prepared to use the Ramil Apostle Core.

• Itachi kept Karin alive under genjutsu because her sensing ability could help the squad find the Four-Tails, and Su Xiao controlled her by making her swallow an Alchemy Bomb.
• Karin agreed to help in exchange for being released later, and Itachi set a meeting in Grass Country four days later.
• After Itachi and Kisame left, Su Xiao looted Orochimaru's laboratory and took research materials on Chakra and Hashirama Cells.
• Reincarnation Paradise notified Su Xiao that he had completed the Hunt Mission and awarded him a Gold Honor Medal.
• Su Xiao went to a large town in the Fire Country with Bubu Wang and rented a room to wait for someone.
• Su Xiao took out the Ramil Apostle Core and a Havana Eye as he prepared to use the core.

Su Xiao upgraded the Havana Eye into the powerful Apostle Eye and studied Orochimaru’s research on Hashirama Cells. Obito arrived to collect the Sharingan, but Su Xiao refused to hand it over without payment and threatened to destroy it.

• Su Xiao used the Ramil Apostle Core to transform the Havana Eye into the light-gold Apostle Eye, gaining life detection, threat analysis, and area surveillance.
• Su Xiao studied Orochimaru’s documents and realized they recorded experiments on Danzo involving Hashirama Cells, which might help improve his Alchemy Potions.
• The Apostle Eye detected Obito Uchiha arriving by dimensional space transmission, and Obito appeared disguised as Tobi.
• Obito claimed he had come on Pain’s behalf to collect the Sharingan, but Su Xiao demanded payment and said Pain could not control his personal property.
• Su Xiao cracked the Sharingan’s test tube and threatened to destroy the eye, prompting Obito to admit he had tried to embezzle it and ask to negotiate.

Obito tried to take Su Xiao's Sharingan, but their fight was disrupted when Obito's Wood Release failed and Su Xiao damaged the surrounding buildings. Obito withdrew to reassess the close-range fight as Fire Country samurai arrived and ordered them to surrender.

• Obito demanded Su Xiao hand over his Sharingan, and Su Xiao refused as he drew Dragon Slayer Flash.
• Obito attacked with his phasing ability, but Su Xiao used Boundary Severing Thread to force him to remain phased.
• Obito attempted Tree World Birth, but it produced only a few small trees because his Wood Release was limited.
• Su Xiao and Obito clashed again, and Su Xiao used Ring Break to slice through several nearby buildings.
• Obito tried to pull Su Xiao into an alternate space, but Su Xiao's Energy Shield and blade spikes stopped him from completing the attack.
• Obito acknowledged that close combat with Su Xiao was unwise, and Fire Country samurai arrived to demand their surrender as Su Xiao addressed him as Tobi.

Su Xiao negotiated with Obito to exchange the Rinnegan for Original Hashirama Cells and help Obito cultivate a pawn. Obito left after the trade, and Su Xiao considered modifying the dangerous cells to gain their vitality and regenerative ability.

• Su Xiao lured Obito to some Ruins near Daimyo City to negotiate over the Rinnegan.
• Su Xiao demanded Original Hashirama Cells, and Obito agreed to provide them in exchange for the Rinnegan and Su Xiao's help manipulating the younger of two brothers into a pawn.
• Su Xiao insisted on receiving the cells immediately, and Obito accepted the terms.
• Obito and Su Xiao exchanged the Rinnegan and a test tube of Hashirama Cells, which Reincarnation Paradise identified as having 95% activity and a high risk of killing the user.
• Obito fled after the exchange, while Su Xiao considered using his pharmacology knowledge and Orochimaru's research to retain the cells' vitality without their Wood Release power.