Recaps

Xu Yue crushed Mermaid in France, then entered the Naruto mission to gather tailed-beast Chakra while monitoring Reincarnators and Konoha’s Uchiha crisis. After securing Chakra from Utakata and Gaara, he intervened when Danzo took Shisui’s eye, but Shisui doubted that his plan could prevent the coming conflict.

• Xu Yue placed Jiong Jiong in Dragon Soul’s assessment and joined the Beiyang Knights reserve regiment to secure an overseas study slot, then sailed with Sun Lin and other students to France.
• After discovering that Mermaid was attacking the Penguin Merchant Guild, Xu Yue initiated a Bloody Counterattack, killed Mermaid’s forces, and damaged the Rothschild family’s expansion plans.
• Xu Yue entered Konoha as Uchiha Yue, resisted Danzo’s pressure to support action against the Uchiha, and left the village to gather tailed-beast Chakra and investigate Reincarnators.
• In the Land of Water, Xu Yue arranged to travel with Utakata and the Taketori Clan, then confronted Ling’s Reincarnator group and learned that Power of the Era wanted the clan’s Kekkei Genkai.
• When Zabuza and Rogue Ninja attacked the convoy, Xu Yue revealed Boil Release and drove the attackers back, then continued with Utakata and the Taketori escorts toward the Land of Wind.
• Xu Yue secured Gaara as a hired escort in Sunagakure and secretly extracted some of the One-Tail’s Chakra during Gaara’s transformation, then arranged work for the Chinese Labor Corps.
• Back in Konoha, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone helped Shisui and Itachi prepare their decision and kept Kotoamatsukami from Danzo, while Reincarnators planned around the Uchiha Clan massacre.
• Danzo and Root attacked Shisui and took his right eye, but Xu Yue used a Flying Thunder God marker to sever Danzo’s hand and recover it, while Shisui concluded that his illusion could not prevent the conflict.

Xu Yue helped carry out the Uchiha massacre, captured and manipulated rival Reincarnators, and then intervened in Kirigakure’s rebellion while building his merchant guild. After the fighting, he spared Zabuza and Haku, made a deal with Orochimaru, and encountered Obito again.

• Xu Yue used Kotoamatsukami to make Shisui fake his death, then agreed with Danzo to join Itachi’s operation in exchange for Wood Style techniques.
• Xu Yue and Itachi began the Uchiha massacre as the Holy Saints of Heaven attacked the compound, while Root struck both sides and Xu Yue confronted Obito.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone fought De Gaulle and the other Reincarnators, then Xu Yue transformed the Uchiha compound into a forest and rescued young children for Shisui.
• Xu Yue returned to Konoha with Mei Terumi, recruited the laborers into his merchant guild, and captured Wang Taoming with Shisui’s help.
• Xu Yue killed the Holy Saints of Heaven who threatened the laborers, brought the group to Kirigakure, and intervened when the Fourth Mizukage was defeated and rescued.
• Xu Yue helped Mei Terumi suppress the Kirigakure rebellion, killed the Curse Priest, and earned Shikotsumyaku before advising Mei to become the Fifth Mizukage.
• Xu Yue spared Zabuza and Haku, arranged to obtain culture medium from Orochimaru, and left with Orochimaru and Kimimaro before Obito appeared.

Xu Yue secured the remaining tailed-beast chakra, defeated Kumogakure’s forces, and completed his Six Paths transformation. Back at Saint Hill Military Academy, he made Qi Xieyuan his first Deva Path and became involved in a dispute over the Chinese Labor Association’s future.

• Xu Yue secured a majority stake in Takigakure, took part of its Hero Water, and collected the Four-Tails’ chakra during the battle in Iwagakure.
• Xu Yue intervened in Konoha’s conflict with the Hidden Cloud delegation, exposed the false envoy, and killed the delegation’s second-in-command before escaping.
• Xu Yue and Kakuzu entered Kumogakure, where Xu Yue defeated A in a taijutsu duel and then fought A, Killer B, Yugito Nii, and the village’s forces.
• Xu Yue obtained the Two-Tails’ chakra, forced Kumogakure to surrender with the Daibutsu, and fused the collected tailed-beast chakra into a Ten-Tails that he absorbed.
• Xu Yue completed his Perfect Sage Body, tested his Six Paths abilities, and used the Meditation Room to refine his power while war erupted between Japan and France.
• Xu Yue secured cooperation with the Rothschild Family, returned to Saint Hill Military Academy, and turned Qi Xieyuan into his first Deva Path.
• Xu Yue defeated John in a mecha match, while Old Xue and the captains of the Chinese Labor Association argued over whether to join the Penguin Merchant Guild or a local Legion.

Xu Yue crushed French Credit’s counterattack, then entered Totsuki Academy and rapidly built his cooking skills through imitation, study, and the guidance of Polar Star Dormitory and Shiomi Jun. The stretch leaves him competing against Mito Ikumi in a meat donburi Food War, with the Donburi Research Society and Yukihira Soma’s place at Totsuki at stake.

• Xu Yue exposed Muto as a wanted criminal, defeated the invading Tenth Legion, and forced French Credit to withdraw after its Bloody Counterattack failed.
• Xu Yue entered a Harmony Above All mission in the world of Totsuki Academy and began learning cooking after meeting Minezaki Yaeko and Yukihira Soma.
• Xu Yue passed Erina Nakiri’s entrance assessment with egg tempura, then joined Totsuki Academy and earned an A for his Beef Bourguignon.
• Xu Yue joined Polar Star Dormitory, where he gained the residents’ help and used his sharp palate to identify flaws in Yukihira Soma’s cooking.
• Xu Yue entered Shiomi Jun’s spice research group after identifying 183 spice scents, while Hayama Akira became impressed by his ability.
• Xu Yue agreed to represent the Donburi Research Society against Mito Ikumi in a meat donburi Food War, with Yukihira Soma’s expulsion and the society’s disbandment at stake if he lost.
• Mito Ikumi began cooking A5-grade wagyu while Xu Yue used half-price beef and mirrored her method, leaving Yukihira Soma and Erina Nakiri doubtful that he could overcome her advantage.