Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue traded an A-Rank Plot for information from Jiong Jiong, who invited him to undergo Dragon Soul’s entry assessment. He then learned that an old European banking family was undermining the Penguin Merchant Guild’s expansion in France and decided to respond.

• Xu Yue gave Jiong Jiong an A-Rank Plot for a secret about the Heavenly Demon Secret, and she put him in Dragon Soul’s entry assessment period.
• Jiong Jiong explained that Dragon Soul had distinct authority and might seek Xu Yue out if he passed the assessment.
• Xu Yue’s Penguin Merchant Guild continued to dominate the district, while its elders reported that entrenched powers were obstructing its growth overseas.
• An ancient banking family began imitating the guild’s model and drove the Penguin Merchant Guild’s French branch out of operation.
• Xu Yue asked for information about reachable French agents and ordered the guild to prevent monopolies from forming elsewhere.
• After the meeting, Xu Yue resolved to demonstrate his strength using one of his legion’s basic authorities.

Xu Yue joined the Beiyang Knights reserve regiment and asked for an overseas study slot to catch up on military knowledge. After Huang Kang objected, the instructor awarded the slot to Xu Yue, who left with the metal plate.

• Xu Yue joined the Beiyang Knights reserve regiment, while Sun Lin joined without hesitation.
• The Knights recruiter explained that members had to attend daily drills and military courses.
• After struggling with the military classes, Xu Yue requested an overseas study slot from the reserve regiment instructor.
• Huang Kang objected to Xu Yue receiving the slot, but the instructor decided to award it to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue thanked the instructor, took the metal plate, and left the tent.

Xu Yue joined a group of Beiyang Army Reincarnators traveling aboard the Jingyuan to study at Saint-Cyr Military Academy, where he encountered the powerful Qi Xieyuan. After Qi Xieyuan demanded that Xu Yue and Sun Lin apologize, Xu Yue considered using force against him.

• Xu Yue boarded the Jingyuan with Sun Lin and other Beiyang Army members bound for overseas military academies.
• Qi Xieyuan introduced himself to Xu Yue and invoked his brother, while Xu Yue sensed that Qi possessed extraordinary strength.
• Xu Yue suspected Qi Xieyuan was targeting Sun Lin because of her brother Sun Chuanfang and considered whether Qi had aligned himself with Japan.
• Qi Xieyuan demanded that Xu Yue and Sun Lin apologize, and Xu Yue asked the Space how many points it would deduct if he killed Qi.

Xu Yue avoided a confrontation with Qi Xieyuan aboard the Jingyuan, then arrived in France with Sun Lin and the other exchange students. At Saint-Cyr Military Academy, he used a brief gap in its spatial barrier to leave, while a surveillance array over Paris detected Qi Xieyuan’s earlier switch.

• Xu Yue warned Qi Xieyuan that Sun Lin’s brother would retaliate if Qi harmed them, and Qi agreed not to act aboard the ship.
• Xu Yue continued refining Chakra and studying the Longevity Art, Flying Thunder God, and Sealing Jutsu during the voyage to France.
• Xu Yue and the other students arrived at Saint-Cyr Military Academy, where a professor told them to assemble at Training Ground Three the next day and display their mech units.
• Xu Yue used Sealing Jutsu to briefly disable part of the academy’s spatial lockdown, switched places with his Wood Clone, and used a Flying Thunder God mark to leave for the Paris suburbs.
• The surveillance array over Paris detected Qi Xieyuan’s earlier switch using an item similar to a substitute doll.

Xu Yue traced the attack on the Penguin Merchant Guild to the Rothschild family and the Mermaid mercenary group, then confronted Mermaid at its Paris headquarters. He invoked a Bloody Counterattack on behalf of the Guild, and Reincarnation Space approved the battle.

• Xu Yue cornered a frightened comprador in a Paris slum and learned that Mermaid had targeted the Penguin Merchant Guild.
• Xu Yue entered the France Zone of Reincarnation Space to gather intelligence about Mermaid and Rothschild.
• At Mermaid's hotel, guards attacked Xu Yue, and he struck one so hard that the man smashed through a fountain and into a wall.
• Xu Yue told the lobby manager that the Rothschild family had hired Mermaid to crush the Guild and declared he would not negotiate.
• Xu Yue applied for a Bloody Counterattack against Mermaid on behalf of the Penguin Merchant Guild, and Reincarnation Space approved it.

Xu Yue initiated a Bloody Counterattack against the Mermaid mercenary group and fought its elite members in a desolate wasteland. After he killed three powerful Reincarnators with taijutsu, Mermaid's leader believed he had discovered Xu Yue's weakness and could counter him.

• Xu Yue's Bloody Counterattack transported the hotel lobby and every Mermaid member into a desolate wasteland.
• Mermaid's leader and its former leader confronted Xu Yue, revealing their powerful Japanese-style abilities and elite force.
• Xu Yue charged into the attacking group and killed an exorcist, a werewolf, and a paladin in rapid succession.
• Mermaid's leader was shocked by Xu Yue's strength, then decided he had identified a way to counter him.

Xu Yue tested his abilities against the Mermaid mercenary group, defeating its captain and exposing the strengths and weaknesses of the captain’s defenses. He trapped the group in a barrier and made clear that no one would be allowed to surrender or escape.

• Xu Yue shattered the Mermaid captain’s thorn-chain Zanpakuto with a punch and killed another Elite Reincarnator despite being restrained by Kidō #61: Six Light Prison.
• The Mermaid captain transformed his Zanpakuto into Iron Maiden armor and struck Xu Yue, but Xu Yue’s AT Field blasted him away and protected him from most of the transferred damage.
• Xu Yue sensed the concealed big-headed old man and struck him with a chain, revealing his stealth and inflicting superficial wounds.
• Xu Yue pierced Iron Maiden with an AT Field attack compressed by Shinra Tensei, breaching the captain’s armor and revealing his ability to delay and distribute damage.
• Xu Yue extended eight chains and raised a barrier around everyone, preventing the Mermaid mercenary group from surrendering or escaping.

Xu Yue defeated the 'Mermaid' corps' captain and the old man of the Nura Clan, then refused the captain's offer to negotiate and prepared to wipe out the remaining members. The slaughter began inside Xu Yue's shrinking barrier.

• The 'Mermaid' corps' captain questioned Xu Yue after Xu Yue pierced his defense and explained that he was the president of the Penguin Merchant Guild, codename 'Penguin.'
• Xu Yue used repulsive and attractive forces to intercept the old man of the Nura Clan's attack and seize him, but the old man escaped as smoke.
• Xu Yue used a Flying Thunder God mark and Black Rods to catch and immobilize the old man of the Nura Clan, stunning the 'Mermaid' members.
• After assessing his abilities against both opponents, Xu Yue decided to stop testing and clear the battlefield.
• The 'Mermaid' corps' captain offered money and a contract in exchange for the corps' withdrawal, but Xu Yue refused and summoned a gigantic purple figure to begin slaughtering them.

After the 'Penguin' Chamber of Commerce annihilated the 'Mermaid' Mercenary Corps in France, Xu Yue used a Designation Card to enter the Ninja War Mission Space. He arrived in Konoha five years after the Nine-Tails Incident, where his identity as Uchiha Yue had faded during years of Anbu service.

• The French Reincarnator community learned that the 'Penguin' Chamber of Commerce had wiped out the 'Mermaid' Mercenary Corps, and the massacre left rival corps wary of the chamber of commerce.
• The Rothschild Family’s expansion plans slowed after the attack, while the 'Penguin' Chamber of Commerce’s reputation and standing rose.
• Xu Yue gathered information in the French Reincarnation Space, noticed Qi Xieyuan targeting someone other than Sun Lin, and decided to postpone dealing with him.
• Xu Yue used a Designation Card to select the Ninja War Mission Space, accepting that his next mission would be a Punishment mission.
• Xu Yue arrived in Konoha five years after the Nine-Tails Incident, where he had spent those years serving as an Anbu and his name, Uchiha Yue, had largely faded from village awareness.

Xu Yue considered his uncertain bond with Nagato and received Danzo’s demand that he help suppress the Uchiha Clan. He avoided taking sides by requesting leave to travel outside the village, then planned to gather Flying Thunder God research and intelligence on Tailed Beast Jinchuriki before departing.

• Xu Yue judged that Akatsuki had likely returned to its intended path and resolved to preserve the plot’s overall direction while pursuing his own goals.
• A coded scroll summoned Xu Yue to Danzo, who pressed him to support suppressing the Uchiha Clan and offered to help him change his surname to Senju.
• Xu Yue neither agreed nor refused, instead telling Danzo he wanted to leave the village to clear his head.
• Xu Yue went directly to the Third Hokage and received approval to travel outside the village.
• Xu Yue planned to obtain the Second and Fourth Hokage’s Flying Thunder God research notes and copy intelligence about Tailed Beast Jinchuriki before leaving.

Xu Yue told Itachi he was leaving Konoha and offered to bear future trouble with him, then spotted a group of Reincarnators in the village and suspected they planned to exploit the Uchiha Clan massacre. He ordered the Anbu to watch them while remaining wary that stronger Reincarnators might also have entered alone.

• Xu Yue told Itachi he was leaving Konoha, urged him to smile, and promised to bear any trouble with him.
• Xu Yue walked through Konoha and noticed several Reincarnators blending into the crowd.
• Xu Yue asked two Anbu members about the group and learned they were unofficial recruits brought in after the Third Ninja War.
• Xu Yue concluded the Reincarnators might be seeking Sharingan during the Uchiha Clan massacre and ordered the Anbu to keep them under close watch.
• Xu Yue considered the possibility that powerful Reincarnators had entered alone and decided to monitor the group with Anbu and, if needed, a Wood Clone.

Xu Yue traveled to the Land of Water to obtain Chakra from Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, while posing as a wealthy merchant seeking trade escorts. After discreetly contacting Kirigakure’s dissatisfied clans and gathering intelligence on Utakata, he found the Taketori Clan willing to take private jobs.

• Xu Yue decided to collect Chakra from the remaining tailed beasts so he could create an inferior Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
• He learned that Utakata had not yet become a rogue ninja and that Kirigakure was suppressing its bloodline clans under the Fourth Mizukage’s rule.
• Xu Yue entered the isolated Land of Water and confirmed that Akatsuki was known as an efficient but still obscure underground organization.
• He posed as a merchant, surveyed local coral and pearl prices, and approached Kirigakure to hire inexpensive escort ninjas.
• Xu Yue secretly contacted Kirigakure’s ninja clans and began gathering information about Utakata’s movements.
• Several clans offered to take private jobs outside Kirigakure’s name, including the Taketori Clan.

Xu Yue partnered with the Taketori Clan while waiting for Utakata to return, but a group of Reincarnators ambushed his convoy on the road. The attackers blocked the Taketori Chunin’s distress signal and prepared to eliminate everyone as their leader transformed himself with a strange orb of light.

• Xu Yue questioned the Taketori patriarch about the Fourth Mizukage and learned that Utakata had left Kirigakure on a mission after arguing with him.
• Xu Yue decided to delay his plans until Utakata returned and used gathering his purchased goods as an excuse to wait.
• Xu Yue and two elite Chunin from the Taketori Clan encountered a group of Reincarnators blocking their convoy.
• The Reincarnator leader ordered his group to kill the Taketori Chunin and silence the others.
• One Taketori Chunin tried to send a distress signal, but an invisible owl swallowed it.
• The Reincarnator leader pressed a strange orb of light into his chest and underwent a dramatic transformation.

Xu Yue used genjutsu to turn an attack on the Taketori Clan into a retreat, then exploited the aftermath to renegotiate his contract and seek out Utakata. He successfully met the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

• Two elite Taketori Clan Chunin attacked an armored knight, but the twin-sworded leader and his knights trapped them in a formation.
• Xu Yue used genjutsu to make two armored knights attack their own leader, breaking the formation and allowing the battle to reach a stalemate.
• The twin-sworded leader ordered a retreat, and Xu Yue killed the two frenzied knights and the two Taketori Clan Chunin with his illusion technique.
• The Taketori Clan investigated the attack, and Xu Yue used the incident to lower the price of his agreement while keeping the contract in place.
• Xu Yue quietly asked around for news of Utakata and successfully arranged to meet the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.

Xu Yue recruited Utakata to protect him as he and the Taketori Clan prepared to escort valuable coral and pearls to the Land of Wind. Meanwhile, Reincarnator Ling took charge of a team planning to attack the escort, unaware that Xu Yue was among its protectors.

• Xu Yue persuaded Utakata to accept a private commission protecting him on his travels, using subtle Illusion Technique to reinforce Utakata’s interest in leaving Kirigakure.
• Xu Yue arranged for Utakata to guard him while two Taketori Clan jonin, two chunin squads, and a genin trainee squad escorted the cargo to the Land of Wind.
• A group of Reincarnators discussed their failed operation against the Taketori Clan and welcomed Ling, who had obtained the identity of one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
• Ling learned that the Taketori Clan was escorting cargo on a private job and decided to attack the same team as before, confident that he could handle its ordinary jonin.

Xu Yue secretly extracted some of Utakata’s Six-Tails Chakra while traveling with the Taketori Clan’s merchant caravan. At sea, coordinated pirate forces attacked the ship, and Momochi Zabuza appeared as the Taketori Clan’s defenders fought back.

• Xu Yue used an enhanced Tsukuyomi to extract a small portion of Utakata’s Chakra, bringing his total to four tailed beasts’ Chakra.
• The caravan left the Land of Water by ship, and suspicious vessels began gathering around it as the convoy crossed ungoverned waters.
• Utakata and the Taketori Clan’s Jonin suspected that someone had leaked intelligence about the convoy and its valuable cargo.
• The Taketori Clan’s Jonin attacked approaching enemies with Ten Finger Bullet, triggering a coordinated assault by boats and Rogue Ninja.
• A hidden attacker used Great Waterfall Technique, and a Taketori Clan Jonin intercepted it with Karamattsu no Mai but was badly battered.
• Momochi Zabuza emerged from the sea, and a Taketori Clan Jonin recognized him and wondered why he was targeting the clan.

Zabuza used the mist to trap the Taketori Clan ninjas while Utakata refused to join the fight, and Xu Yue secretly sent a Wood Clone into the fog. Xu Yue confronted Ling and the Reincarnators, and the chapter ended with him stopping Ling’s Kubikiribōchō strike with one finger.

• Zabuza crippled one Taketori Clan jonin and used the Mist Technique to conceal the battlefield as he fought both jonin.
• Utakata refused to interfere in the conflict, while Xu Yue returned to his room and sent a Wood Clone through a window into the mist.
• Ling and the Reincarnators planned to capture the Taketori Clan jonin, but Xu Yue appeared before them.
• Ling attacked Xu Yue with the Kubikiribōchō, and Xu Yue stopped the blade with one finger.

Xu Yue interrogated Ling and uncovered Power of the Era’s plans to target the Taketori Clan, along with intelligence about other France Reincarnator legions. He used a controlled Clever Mist Technique to halt the battle and returned to the room, better informed about the forces operating in the region.

• Xu Yue stopped Ling’s Kubikiribōchō with one finger, broke the sword, and severed Ling’s arm.
• Xu Yue used Tsukuyomi to make Ling reveal that Power of the Era sought the Taketori Clan’s Kekkei Genkai and planned to weaken the clan before its massacre.
• Ling identified Lord Curse Sacrifice as Power of the Era’s solo entrant and described the activities of Holy Saints of Heaven and Rothschild France Bank.
• Xu Yue fed Ling’s squad to the sharks, then used Boil Release: Clever Mist Technique to spread corrosive fog over the battlefield.
• Zabuza and the Taketori Clan ninjas recognized the fog’s danger and ordered their forces back to the ships.
• Xu Yue received his Wood Clone’s memories and concluded that Japan Reincarnators had sold plot secrets to France’s legions.

After Zabuza’s attack was repelled, Mei Terumi investigated the battle and concluded that someone else had used Boil Release, while a hidden figure learned the attackers had encountered Utakata. The caravan reached the Land of Fire, where Root stopped it to question Utakata and recognized Xu Yue.

• The surviving Taketori Clan Jonin decided to continue escorting the goods toward the Land of Fire despite their losses.
• A hooded figure learned that the failed attackers had likely provoked Utakata and considered using the information for personal gain.
• Mei Terumi examined the corroded reef and determined that the attacker had used Boil Release, not Utakata’s techniques.
• Xu Yue’s caravan crossed into the Land of Fire, where ordinary bandits posed little threat and the escort prepared for trouble near the border.
• Root members stopped the caravan and questioned Utakata, then recognized Xu Yue and stiffened.

Xu Yue and Utakata encountered Root members sent to find the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, but Mei Terumi intervened and helped defeat them. Mei blamed Xu Yue for the trouble surrounding the caravan, while the group was left to continue on with Konoha's pursuit still a concern.

• Xu Yue recognized that the Root squad was trying to stall Utakata and presented his legitimate merchant documents without revealing his identity.
• The Root members questioned Xu Yue as Utakata began explaining his mission, but Mei Terumi attacked them with Lava Release and warned that more squads were searching for Utakata.
• Mei Terumi used Boil Release to weaken the Root members, allowing Utakata and the other jonin to join the fight.
• Mei Terumi and Utakata quickly defeated the Root squad, while Xu Yue urged them to protect his cargo.
• Mei Terumi accused Xu Yue of attracting trouble through his greed and the Jinchuriki he had abducted.