Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue and Mei Terumi reached Sunagakure with their cargo, where Xu Yue negotiated with the Fourth Kazekage to sell goods and hire escorts. He left the meeting demanding that a Jinchuriki protect him.

• Utakata left early, and Mei Terumi took over his promise to escort Xu Yue while secretly investigating whether he was connected to the hidden Boil Release user.
• Xu Yue's caravan crossed the desert, dealt with several groups of Rogue Ninja, and delivered its goods to Sand Village.
• The Taketori Clan escort team departed after completing its mission and reminded Xu Yue to visit the clan when he returned to the Land of Water.
• The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, met Xu Yue and offered to help sell and store his coral and pearls while providing ninja escorts.
• Xu Yue accepted Rasa's proposal on the condition that Sunagakure assign a Jinchuriki to protect him.

Xu Yue hired Gaara as a laborer from the Land of Wind, but tight security kept him from extracting the One-Tail's Chakra. At his final trading stop, he encountered a group of Chinese-descended Reincarnators from the Labor Corps, who were then confronted by men demanding protection money.

• The Fourth Kazekage agreed to Xu Yue's request to hire Gaara, and Yashamaru and Baki escorted the young Jinchuriki.
• Xu Yue protested that the employment contract had not revealed Gaara was a child, but Yashamaru insisted the agreement was binding and promised protection.
• Xu Yue struggled to find an opportunity to extract the One-Tail's Chakra because Baki, Yashamaru, and Anbu guarded Gaara closely.
• At the final town, Xu Yue recognized a group of Reincarnators who were trading goods to earn Reincarnation Points and suspected they belonged to the Chinese Labor Corps.
• Xu Yue offered the Labor Corps members a discount, but several roguish men surrounded them and demanded protection money.

Xu Yue used the confrontation between the Laborer Group and Captain Warner’s ronin to provoke Gaara’s loss of control and secretly take a portion of Shukaku’s Chakra. Sunagakure took Gaara back to the village, while Xu Yue arranged to hire the Laborer Group to transport his goods.

• Captain Warner demanded another fee from the Laborer Group, but Xu Yue intervened and demanded that they buy his goods.
• Yashamaru ordered the Chunin escorts to punish the ronin, and Xu Yue’s illusion drove Warner to attack Gaara.
• A Sunagakure Anbu struck Warner down, and Gaara lost control after seeing his death.
• Baki and Yashamaru responded to Gaara’s Partial Tailed Beast Transformation while Mei Terumi pulled Xu Yue to safety.
• Xu Yue secretly used Kamui to seal away part of the One-Tail’s Chakra, and Sunagakure took Gaara back to the village.
• Xu Yue requested that Sunagakure wipe out the ronin and offered the Laborer Group work transporting his purchases to the Land of Fire.

Xu Yue escorted Mei Terumi into the Land of Fire while covert Reincarnators in Konoha prepared to exploit the expected Uchiha Clan massacre. In Konoha, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone supported Shisui’s plan and arranged to keep Kotoamatsukami out of Danzo’s hands.

• Xu Yue continued questioning Mei Terumi discreetly, and her favorability toward him rose despite her dislike of his stinginess.
• Xu Yue reassured Mei Terumi that she could enter Konoha as his guard and removed her conspicuous Anbu mask.
• Two groups of Reincarnators in Konoha discussed their suspicions and planned to seize an opportunity connected to the Uchiha Clan massacre and Itachi’s Four-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone obtained Fire Release scrolls from Fugaku and learned Illusion Technique skills from Shisui.
• Shisui told Xu Yue’s Wood Clone that he and Itachi had made their decision, and Xu Yue agreed to help carry it out.
• After Shisui left, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone sent a scroll away by snake to prevent Kotoamatsukami from falling into Danzo’s hands.

Uchiha Shisui tried to use Kotoamatsukami to preserve peace in the Uchiha Clan, but Danzo ambushed him and took his right eye. Xu Yue intervened and recovered the eye, while Shisui realized that Danzo would never allow a peaceful resolution.

• Uchiha Shisui watched the isolated Uchiha Clan compound and resolved to use Kotoamatsukami to keep his clansmen living peacefully in an illusion.
• Five Root jonin attacked Shisui, and Danzo revealed that he intended to erase the Uchiha Clan rather than resolve the conflict.
• Danzo and the Root jonin overwhelmed Shisui, allowing Danzo to take his right eye.
• Xu Yue appeared using a Flying Thunder God marker on Shisui's Sharingan, severed Danzo's hand, and recovered the eye.
• Shisui refused to take back the eye and concluded that his illusion could not stop Danzo or the wider conflict between the village and the Uchiha.

Xu Yue used Kotoamatsukami to keep Shisui from giving up, then arranged his escape and pushed Itachi toward awakening the Mangekyo. He later offered Danzo a deal: Xu Yue would join the massacre operation in exchange for the complete set of Wood Style ninjutsu.

• Xu Yue interrupted Shisui at the cliff and used Kotoamatsukami to make him obey his suggestions.
• Xu Yue arranged for Shisui to fake his death and escape, while provoking Itachi into awakening the Mangekyo.
• Shisui's reported death heightened tensions in Konoha, and Danzo avoided meeting Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue tracked Danzo down in Root and offered to cooperate with Itachi in the massacre operation in exchange for complete Wood Style ninjutsu.
• Danzo warned Xu Yue that joining the operation would make him a rogue ninja, but Xu Yue insisted on the deal.

Xu Yue agreed to help with the Uchiha massacre while keeping his identity hidden, and said goodbye to Fugaku before the clan's fate was sealed. As the massacre approached, rival reincarnator factions prepared to enter the fray, with Qi Xieyuan warning that De Gaulle would be difficult to face.

• Danzo was delighted that Xu Yue would remain hidden and loyal to Konoha, and began viewing him as a potential Root successor.
• Xu Yue realized Danzo was grooming him and reflected on the Uchiha Clan's impending destruction.
• Xu Yue met Fugaku, who insisted on facing Itachi at the end and asked Xu Yue to look after Itachi and Sasuke.
• The external members learned that the Uchiha massacre would begin that night and planned to join in, hoping to obtain Sharingan and evolve them for their army.
• Qi Xieyuan told his allies that he was likely weaker than De Gaulle but had invited an assistant to help him and Mr. Muto confront their opponents.

Xu Yue and Itachi began the attack on the Uchiha Clan while Konoha allowed the Holy Saints of Heaven Reincarnators to join the slaughter. Xu Yue then confronted Obito at the Konoha Police Force headquarters, revealing that he knew about the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan and had let Akatsuki advance.

• Xu Yue watched the Holy Saints of Heaven’s movements and concluded that Konoha was letting them act temporarily so it could later make an example of them.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone joined Itachi above the Uchiha compound, and the two began the attack as the clan remained unaware of the danger.
• The Holy Saints of Heaven Reincarnators stormed the compound and inflicted devastating losses while Fugaku did not resist and Root observed the fighting.
• Xu Yue found the Second Elder nailed to the Konoha Police Force headquarters and called Obito out.
• Obito recognized Xu Yue’s Wood Clone and argued that the Reincarnation of Heavenly Life Technique had left Xu Yue close to death.
• Xu Yue revealed that he knew about the Infinite Tsukuyomi and had allowed Akatsuki’s progress, unsettling Obito.

The Uchiha Clan and Root devastated the French Reincarnators until De Gaulle intervened with overwhelming power. Japan’s swordsman Muto challenged him, but De Gaulle trapped him with the Force and prepared a follow-up attack.

• The Uchiha Clan’s elites counterattacked the Reincarnators, while Root members struck both sides and inflicted severe losses.
• De Gaulle gathered the battlefield’s weapons and flames into molten metal, then used it to attack the Uchiha Clan and rally the Reincarnators.
• Root members withdrew to avoid confronting the unknown Kage-level De Gaulle, leaving the Uchiha Clan and Reincarnators to fight.
• Observers decided to confront De Gaulle before he could finish off the Uchiha Clan, and one of them charged from the shadows.
• De Gaulle recognized the attacker as Muto and used the Force to restrain him, setting up another attack.

De Gaulle fought Muto and Qi Xieyuan at the Uchiha Clan compound until Qi Xieyuan summoned Wang Taoming, whose strike forced De Gaulle back. As Wang Taoming offered De Gaulle a chance to withdraw, a Konoha Anbu appeared and reminded them they were in Konoha.

• Qi Xieyuan attacked De Gaulle from concealment, but De Gaulle severed his tentacles and recognized the threat of his toxins and regeneration.
• Muto and Qi Xieyuan teamed up against De Gaulle, who wielded a double-bladed Lightsaber and overwhelmed them with the Force.
• De Gaulle nearly finished Muto and pinned Qi Xieyuan, prompting Qi Xieyuan to call for Ji Xinzhu's help.
• Wang Taoming arrived and struck De Gaulle with a gigantic blue blade, driving him back.
• Wang Taoming told De Gaulle he owed someone a favor and offered to let him withdraw, but a Cat Face Mask-wearing Konoha Anbu appeared and declared that they were in Konoha.

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone used Tsukuyomi to destroy De Gaulle’s mind, but De Gaulle escaped with a powerful rebirth skill and the backlash damaged the clone. The surviving Reincarnators identified Xu Yue as the hidden figure tied to a Beiyang Army newbie, while Wang Taoming spotted the clone’s weakened state and urged an attack.

• De Gaulle ignored Xu Yue until Xu Yue appeared beside him, suppressed his Force Sense, and trapped him in Tsukuyomi.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone crushed De Gaulle’s mental defense, but De Gaulle triggered a rebirth-type escape skill and vanished as light fragments.
• Xu Yue realized the mental defense’s destruction had badly damaged his Wood Clone and prevented him from interrogating De Gaulle.
• Muto and Qi Xieyuan recognized Xu Yue as the figure tied to the hidden mission intelligence and discussed how a Beiyang Army newbie might have reached the Uchiha Clan.
• Wang Taoming warned the others not to meet Xu Yue’s eyes and pointed out that the Wood Clone had suffered backlash, suggesting they attack while it was weakened.

Xu Yue's Wood Clone fought Wang Taoming, Qi Xieyuan, and Muto, revealing powerful abilities before running out of Chakra and being destroyed. Qi Xieyuan learned that Xu Yue appeared connected to the Beiyang Army, while Xu Yue's main body continued traveling toward Konoha with Mei Terumi's quest.

• Qi Xieyuan persuaded Wang Taoming to attack Xu Yue's Wood Clone, and Wang Taoming struck with the Wind God Leg while the clone blocked him with an AT Field.
• Qi Xieyuan attacked the clone from the flank, but Kamui tore away his upper body; he regenerated and realized Xu Yue was a Reincarnator linked to the Beiyang Army.
• Xu Yue's Wood Clone used Sage Susanoo Mode and Flying Thunder God Slash, but Qi Xieyuan survived by switching places with Muto, who took the slash's aftermath.
• Wang Taoming struck the Susanoo with Three Feet of Ice and restrained it, while Xu Yue's Wood Clone admitted it had no Chakra left and burned away in purple flames.
• Xu Yue's main body, traveling with a merchant caravan nearing Konoha, sensed that his clone had been destroyed.

Xu Yue intervened in the battle between the Uchiha Clan and the Holy Saints of Heaven Reincarnators, then helped Shisui preserve the youngest Uchiha children. Meanwhile, the injured Qi Xieyuan questioned Muto for information and learned that Muto’s army had intelligence about the final boss, Zewu Shen.

• Xu Yue found that Wang Taoming, Qi Xieyuan, and Muto had fled the battlefield, then used Sage Art: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to transform the Uchiha compound into a forest.
• Xu Yue brought sleeping or unconscious children under three to Shisui, who thanked him for helping preserve the next generation and let the Uchiha clan’s hatred fade with the older generation.
• Qi Xieyuan apologized to Muto for failing to withstand Xu Yue’s attack, then asked Muto for more information about Xu Yue.
• Muto told Qi Xieyuan that he could seek information from a newcomer in the Beiyang Army, and Qi Xieyuan suspected Zhang Yulin was impersonating him.
• Wang Taoming refused to keep helping Qi Xieyuan, while Muto offered him a transaction involving information about the final boss, Zewu Shen.

After the Uchiha massacre, Xu Yue protected Itachi from Root pursuers and revealed himself to Kakashi and Guy, while Konoha’s leaders debated how to handle the tragedy. Xu Yue returned to Konoha with Mei Terumi and encountered Qi Xieyuan, whom he planned to recruit by removing his official ninja status.

• At the jonin council, Kakashi and Might Guy defended Yue, and Hiruzen sent them to pursue him and Itachi while Danzo insisted the massacre’s evidence proved Yue’s guilt.
• Two Root members attacked Itachi, but Itachi’s Illusion Technique made them kill each other, and Xu Yue arrived to warn Itachi about Orochimaru and his teacher.
• Xu Yue removed his mask and greeted Kakashi and Guy, who had reached the forest to find him.
• Xu Yue returned to Konoha with the merchant caravan and Mei Terumi, who learned that the Uchiha Clan had been massacred.
• Qi Xieyuan recognized Xu Yue in Konoha and approached him, prompting Xu Yue to consider stripping away his official ninja identity.

Xu Yue arrived in Konoha with a merchant caravan and was confronted by Qi Xieyuan, whom Mei Terumi quickly subdued. After meeting the Third Hokage, Xu Yue warned him about a possible threat to the Uchiha Clan and suggested Mei Terumi could become the future Fifth Mizukage.

• Qi Xieyuan attempted to inspect Xu Yue's caravan but mocked Mei Terumi, who threw him to the ground with taijutsu.
• Xu Yue showed Konoha's ninjas his official permits, accepted their apology, and criticized Qi Xieyuan for trying to sow discord between Konoha and its allies.
• The Third Hokage told Xu Yue that S-rank missing-nin warrants had been issued for him and Itachi, and Xu Yue explained that he was gathering information about an organization interested in Jinchuriki.
• Xu Yue warned that the man who stopped him at Konoha's gate seemed powerful and might be connected to the force targeting the Uchiha Clan, prompting the Third Hokage to order an investigation.
• Xu Yue told the Third Hokage that the Fourth Mizukage might soon lose power and suggested that Mei Terumi had the potential to become the Fifth Mizukage.

Xu Yue prepared to leave Konoha after arranging to sell goods in the Land of Fire and planning a trade route to the Land of Earth. Meanwhile, four Holy Saints of Heaven Reincarnators tried to recruit a group of Chinese laborers as bait to escape Konoha, but Xu Yue arrived as they were pressuring them to help.

• Mei Terumi questioned Xu Yue about meeting the Third Hokage, and he said he had entrusted his goods to Konoha and planned to sell Land of Water specialties in the Land of Earth.
• Four Holy Saints of Heaven members hiding in Konoha feared capture after their elite team and safehouse were lost.
• One member recognized a one-eyed boy from the China Labor Corps and persuaded the others to use the laborers as bait for their escape.
• The Holy Saints member pressured the laborers to help, while the headscarf-wearing man realized the request threatened their lives.
• Xu Yue arrived and told his companions to pack up because their goods were ready and they were leaving.

Xu Yue tested the four Holy Saints of Heaven Reincarnators by making them crawl beneath a laborer, then forced them to perform the caravan’s hardest chores as they traveled toward the Land of Water. As Xu Yue’s caravan departed Konoha, Qi Xieyuan and two others fled the village in a wretched state.

• Xu Yue decided to recruit the laborers into his Penguin Merchant Guild and use the four newcomers to send a message back to the Reincarnation Space.
• Xu Yue demanded that the four crawl beneath a laborer to prove they could endure hardship, and they complied despite their humiliation.
• Xu Yue praised the laborer for his loyalty and told him that he ranked above the four men.
• Xu Yue’s caravan loaded its goods and departed Konoha for the Land of Water under ninja escort.
• Xu Yue assigned the four newcomers dirty, exhausting work while the caravan traveled, and they obeyed without resisting.
• Qi Xieyuan and two others fled Konoha in a wretched state as Xu Yue’s caravan left.

Xu Yue ambushed the fleeing Qi Xieyuan, Muto, and Wang Zhaoming, then used Kotoamatsukami to enlist Uchiha Shisui’s help. He overwhelmed and sealed Wang Zhaoming, leaving the other two still on the run.

• Muto, Qi Xieyuan, and Wang Zhaoming fled Konoha, with Muto worsening his injuries from the battle.
• Xu Yue appeared ahead of them, prompting Muto and Qi Xieyuan to use escape abilities and split up.
• Xu Yue pursued Wang Zhaoming and trapped him inside a barrier formed by Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Xu Yue revealed that he had used Kotoamatsukami on Uchiha Shisui and asked him to help capture Wang Zhaoming.
• Wang Zhaoming unleashed his blood-red power, but Xu Yue struck him with Shinra Tensei and pinned him against the barrier.
• Xu Yue pierced Wang Zhaoming with Black Rods, sealed his power, and announced that the capture was complete.

Xu Yue sealed the force influencing Wang Taoming, used Kotoamatsukami to secure his control, and learned that Qi Xieyuan and Muto planned to pursue Dust Release in the Land of Earth. Meanwhile, the four Holy Saints of Heaven attacked the laborers aboard the merchant ship after the guards left, but Xu Yue appeared as they prepared to fight back.

• Xu Yue sealed the vengeful spirit influencing Wang Taoming, allowing Kotoamatsukami to overwrite the existing authority.
• Xu Yue questioned Wang Taoming about Qi Xieyuan and Muto's plans and learned they intended to pursue Dust Release in the Land of Earth.
• Xu Yue told Wang Taoming to go along with their plans, while his Wood Clone continued with the caravan to the Three-No Sea.
• Mei Terumi left the ship to notify a nearby outpost after Asuma's escort team departed.
• The four Holy Saints of Heaven revealed themselves and moved to attack the laborers, prompting Old Xue to gather everyone and block the exit.
• As the laborers prepared to fight, Xu Yue descended from the upper deck.

Xu Yue revealed that he was a Reincarnator, killed three Holy Saints of Heaven, and used the last survivor to send a warning about the Laborer Group and Penguin Merchant Guild. The Laborer Group eagerly joined Xu Yue, signing exceptionally strict confidentiality agreements that showed how desperately its members wanted a chance at a normal life.

• Xu Yue revealed his identity to the four Holy Saints of Heaven and offered to spare one of them to deliver a message.
• One Holy Saint charged Xu Yue and was cut in half, while the other three held back and agreed to carry his warning that the Laborer Group belonged to the Penguin Merchant Guild.
• Xu Yue stitched the chosen survivor back together, then used his Mangekyo to kill the remaining three and learned they were bound by a confidentiality agreement about a major operation.
• The Laborer Group joined Xu Yue, and its members voluntarily signed confidentiality agreements stricter than the ones he had planned to require.
• Xu Yue resolved not to disappoint the laborers, who had placed their hopes for a normal life in him.