Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue’s arrival and wealth eased tensions in Kirigakure, disrupting plans to provoke conflict as he pursued the Shikotsumyaku. The chapter ended with a mysterious figure ordering five subordinates to kill Xu Yue and reignite the village’s infighting.

• Xu Yue planned to give the French Laborer Group Reincarnators Sharingan, though they would need to pay for the costly enhancements themselves.
• Mei Terumi returned with news that Utakata had defected, and her relationship with Xu Yue grew awkward as she considered the village’s worsening situation.
• Xu Yue’s valuable cargo made him a wealthy patron, and his arrival in Kirigakure drew the village and ninja clans together in a temporary peace.
• Zabuza greeted Mei Terumi and Xu Yue as a village representative, while Xu Yue suspected that his interference had altered the events leading to Kirigakure’s rebellions.
• A black-robed figure learned that Xu Yue had disrupted the ritual preparations and ordered five subordinates to kill him and blame one another.

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone and main body confronted a group of assassins who had entered Kirigakure to kill the merchant. The assassins fused their strength through a ritual array, but their attacks struck an invisible barrier, leaving them trapped as Xu Yue prepared to turn the incident into further conflict.

• Xu Yue noticed five Jonin-level assassins entering after they had eliminated the Hidden Mist guards, and he used genjutsu to incapacitate the first attacker.
• The remaining four entered and found Xu Yue’s Wood Clone seated in the room while his masked main body inspected their unconscious companion.
• The assassins activated a ritual array that fused their strength through soul armor and coordinated their weapons for a combined attack.
• The four redirected their attacks toward Xu Yue’s Wood Clone, but all slammed into an invisible barrier and flattened against it.

Xu Yue secured compensation from Kirigakure after an assassination attempt, then followed the trail to a confrontation between Kisame and Itachi and the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura. He prepared to intervene to keep Yagura from being killed.

• Xu Yue accused Hidden Mist of failing to protect him, and Mei Terumi promised compensation and a personal investigation.
• Xu Yue learned that the Fourth Mizukage was away on official business and decided to interfere with the trouble Akatsuki would encounter there.
• Kisame and Itachi tried to escape pursuit by spreading mist, but an unknown force dispersed it.
• Karatachi Yagura and Hidden Mist Anbu surrounded Kisame and Itachi, and Kisame prepared to fight.
• Xu Yue arrived nearby, judged that Kisame and Itachi had the advantage, and resolved to protect Yagura.

Xu Yue intervened after Itachi defeated the Fourth Mizukage, then used the name Madara to deepen his ties with Itachi and Kisame. He later approached the Curse Priest through a disguised Shadow Clone to propose joining forces against Kirigakure, leaving the plan to disrupt the village’s conflict underway.

• Itachi defeated the Fourth Mizukage with Amaterasu, and Kisame prepared to kill the badly burned Yagura.
• Xu Yue stopped Kisame, claimed Madara had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, and told Itachi to have Madara meet him after he finished his business.
• Itachi and Kisame departed after Itachi agreed to pass along Xu Yue’s message.
• The Curse Priest rejected a proposal to attack Kirigakure before the Taketori Clan rebelled, fearing the village’s retaliation.
• Xu Yue appeared as a disguised Shadow Clone of Muto and proposed that the Curse Priest’s group work with him to help the Taketori Clan fight Kirigakure.

Power of the Era planned to exploit the Fourth Mizukage’s injuries and launch a coup, while Mei Terumi learned of the threat and recruited Xu Yue to help Kirigakure. Xu Yue obtained a Lava Release bloodline scroll, and the Suppress Rebellion mission began.

• Power of the Era members learned that the Fourth Mizukage had been rescued and decided to ally with dissatisfied ninja clans and jonin to seize Kirigakure.
• Mei Terumi received Xu Yue’s intelligence about the rebellion and learned that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled by an Illusion Technique.
• Mei Terumi negotiated with Xu Yue’s masked real body, offering him a personal reward in exchange for helping Kirigakure.
• Xu Yue acquired the Lava Release bloodline scroll through his agreement with Mei Terumi.
• Three days later, the space issued the Suppress Rebellion mission to Xu Yue and the laborers, and Xu Yue planned to raise his score by claiming more kills.

The Taketori Clan joined a planned rebellion in Kirigakure, but Xu Yue quickly suppressed most of the rebel forces before they could act. The Curse Priest changed the mission to helping the Taketori Clan escape, as Mei Terumi led Hidden Mist Anbu toward the clan's territory.

• The Taketori Clan Head agreed to take part in the rebellion and ordered Kimimaro locked up before an opportunity to let him escape.
• The Curse Priest learned that several clans and dissatisfied jōnin were prepared to rebel, but kept his intelligence unit and Fourth Combat Unit in reserve because he feared interference from Japan's Reincarnators.
• A bloodied messenger reported that Kirigakure had already suppressed two clans, and a second report said the remaining clans and rebel jōnin had also been defeated.
• The Curse Priest blamed Muto and the Reincarnators from Japan, then ordered his forces to join the Taketori Clan and help it retreat.
• Xu Yue used Wood Style to suppress three small ninja clans, while his laborers harvested the defeated members for evaluations.
• Mei Terumi led Hidden Mist Anbu to the Taketori Clan's territory and sensed danger from the black-robed figure there.

Mei Terumi fought Curse, whose soul magic and prepared battlefield gave his forces the advantage. Xu Yue arrived with a group, rescued Mei from the Demon Spirit, and effortlessly crushed Curse’s attack, leaving the priest stunned.

• Mei Terumi battled Curse as his black mist weakened the Hidden Mist forces and empowered the Reincarnators from Power of the Era.
• Curse lured Mei into his prepared domain, where a mass of wraiths swallowed her and began overwhelming her defenses.
• Xu Yue and more than a dozen figures appeared inside the Demon Spirit, destroying over half the wraiths and freeing Mei.
• Curse attacked Xu Yue with five merged Shadow Arrows, but Xu Yue crushed the resulting crimson lightning with his AT Field.
• Xu Yue dismissed Curse’s power as unworthy of a specific counter, leaving the Curse Priest bewildered.

Xu Yue overwhelmed Curse, a priest with powerful attacks and multiple soul-based defenses, and sealed him before destroying his body and soul. Curse escaped the Mission Space with only fragments of his essence, leaving Xu Yue without answers about the Space.

• Curse was stunned when Xu Yue survived his Death Finger and recognized the attack's power.
• Xu Yue used C World-enhanced Tsukuyomi, but Curse split his soul and escaped with its main portion.
• Xu Yue sliced Curse in half with his AT Field, then bound him with Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Xu Yue let the laborers stab the helpless Curse for points before using Mangekyo to destroy his soul.
• Curse escaped the Mission Space with fragments of his essence, and Xu Yue realized he had failed to interrogate him.

Xu Yue helped Mei Terumi suppress the Hidden Mist rebellion, earned Shikotsumyaku, and rejected her offer to join Kirigakure. He later encountered Orochimaru trying to recruit Kimimaro, and the chapter ended with Xu Yue interrupting him from a treetop.

• After the Curse Priest died, the battlefield buff vanished and the Reincarnators suffered a severe backlash, while Mei Terumi and Xu Yue crushed the remaining rebels.
• Xu Yue completed the rebellion and Taketori Clan missions, earning plot points and Shikotsumyaku, while the thirteen laborers received smaller rewards.
• Mei Terumi thanked Xu Yue and offered him a place in Kirigakure, but he refused and advised her to become the Fifth Mizukage.
• Haku encountered Kimimaro near the Land of Water and began discussing purpose with him, but Orochimaru arrived and claimed he had chosen Kimimaro first.
• Zabuza arrived as a rogue ninja, and Orochimaru began trying to give Kimimaro a purpose before Xu Yue appeared in a Cat Face Mask and interrupted him.

Xu Yue traded with Orochimaru for a promised set of culture medium made from diluted First Hokage's Cells, then spared Zabuza and Haku before leaving with Orochimaru and Kimimaro. Elsewhere, Obito appeared before Xu Yue to check that he was still alive, and Xu Yue greeted him teasingly.

• Zabuza confronted Xu Yue, then realized the masked stranger was Orochimaru's disciple and grew wary of them both.
• Xu Yue asked Orochimaru for culture medium made from diluted First Hokage's Cells and paid favorability and an A-Rank Plot for a promise of one set.
• Orochimaru asked Xu Yue what to do with Zabuza and Haku, and Xu Yue chose to spare them.
• Xu Yue, Orochimaru, and Kimimaro vanished, leaving Zabuza to warn Haku to stay away from them.
• Obito appeared before Xu Yue and remarked that he was still alive, while Xu Yue greeted him with a teasing smile.

Xu Yue provoked Obito over the Fourth Mizukage’s death and Rin, while Akatsuki discussed Kakuzu killing his former partner and assigned Xu Yue to team up with him. Xu Yue arrived at the meeting and greeted Kakuzu, who realized the newcomer was someone he had reason to fear.

• Xu Yue mocked Obito about the Fourth Mizukage and Kyusuke and Daibutsu, then provoked him by bringing up Rin.
• Pain and the Akatsuki members reviewed how Kakuzu killed his former partner, and Kakuzu defended his actions.
• Pain decided that Kakuzu would be paired with the newcomer, while Orochimaru declined a team with him and Kisame objected.
• Xu Yue joined the meeting, recognized several Akatsuki members, and noticed that Hanzo of the Salamander had become Deva Path Pain.
• Konan warned Xu Yue about Kakuzu’s temper, and Xu Yue said he would find a way to please him, leaving Kakuzu dumbfounded.

Xu Yue traveled to the Land of Waterfalls with Kakuzu and learned about Takigakure’s Jinchuriki, Earth Grudge Fear, and Hero Water. After deciding the village’s resources might be valuable, he asked its leader, Shibuki, whether he wanted to sell Takigakure.

• Xu Yue continued his trade mission to the Land of Earth with six Hidden Mist Jonin escorting his caravan.
• Kakuzu joined Xu Yue near the Land of Waterfalls, where Xu Yue asked about Takigakure and its Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Kakuzu told Xu Yue about Takigakure’s Hero Water and suggested Xu Yue could buy the village or take its resources by force.
• Xu Yue considered Takigakure’s weak military and valuable assets, including Hero Water, and thought about wearing the village down.
• Shibuki welcomed Xu Yue, hoping to secure business for Takigakure, but Xu Yue asked him directly whether he would sell the village.

Xu Yue acquired control of Takigakure through a deal with the Land of Waterfalls and took half of its Hero Water, then turned his attention toward collecting the remaining tailed-beast chakra. Meanwhile, Iwagakure's succession troubles drew the Reincarnators into a plan to exploit Roshi and steal a Dust Release reward.

• Shibuki agreed to negotiate Xu Yue's offer, and after three days Xu Yue secured sixty percent ownership of Takigakure while leaving twenty percent each to the Land of Waterfalls and the village's residents and ninja.
• Xu Yue left half of the Hero Water in Takigakure and took the rest, intending to study it and use it in his future Ten-Tails imitation.
• Xu Yue had already collected chakra from the One-Tails, Three-Tails, Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails, leaving only the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and Two-Tails.
• Ōnoki favored Deidara as a possible successor but rejected Roshi as a candidate, while Iwagakure's succession problems triggered a chain of missions for the Reincarnators.
• Muto told Wang Zhaoming and Qi Xieyuan that Rothschild's people had started provoking Roshi, and the three planned to help Deidara and Kurotsuchi defeat him at the crucial moment to claim the reward.

Deidara fought Roshi after Roshi provoked him over his art, while rival groups of Reincarnators hid nearby and planned to intervene. Edward Rothschild and Germain Alice Halphen waited for the Four-Tails to transform, as Muto, Wang Zhaoming, and Qi Xieyuan prepared to counter them and attack.

• Roshi taunted Deidara about his art, prompting Deidara to accept the fight and promise to show him its true essence.
• Deidara struck Roshi with an explosion, but Roshi survived inside his Tailed Beast Cloak.
• Edward Rothschild and Germain Alice Halphen watched from hiding and planned to wait until Roshi fully transformed before attempting to obtain Dust Release.
• Muto worried that the battle might end before the enemy acted, but Wang Zhaoming and Qi Xieyuan urged him not to reveal their position.
• Muto concluded that the enemy would intervene to save Deidara and ordered his group to restrain them and attack the Four-Tails when they did.

Deidara’s test against Roshi escalated when Roshi transformed into the Four-Tails, and several fighters attacked the rampaging beast. Xu Yue secretly used Wang Zhaoming to land the decisive wound and earned Dust Release, while Muto remained confused about the missing reward.

• Roshi praised Deidara and promised him the position of Fourth Tsuchikage if he survived Roshi’s next move.
• Roshi began a complete Four-Tails transformation as Deidara ran low on Chakra, and Edward Rothschild appeared to protect him.
• Edward and Alice fought Qi Xieyuan while Roshi unleashed the Four-Tails, and Muto struck the beast with a powerful sword slash.
• Wang Zhaoming’s Sharingan released Xu Yue’s sealed Kamui attack, gouging a large section from the Four-Tails’ back.
• Xu Yue received the Rampaging Four-Tails achievement reward of Dust Release, while Muto wondered why the system had not given him a reward.

Qi Xieyuan and Muto’s group clashed with Edward and his allies over a failed mission, while Xu Yue manipulated their misunderstanding to keep the teams fighting. After Edward and Alice drove off Muto, Xu Yue revealed himself and trapped them in his Tsukuyomi.

• Qi Xieyuan confronted Edward, while Muto realized Edward had hidden reinforcements and accused the bankers of stealing the mission’s rewards.
• Deidara and Roshi questioned the conflict, and Wang Zhaoming urged Muto to leave after their agreement had ended.
• Edward attacked as Muto’s group withdrew, but Wang Zhaoming broke through the encirclement and helped the three escape.
• Edward and Alice wondered why Wang Zhaoming had aided the Japanese, and Xu Yue emerged and revealed his connection to the Penguin Merchant Guild.
• Xu Yue used his Three Tomoe to trap Edward and Alice in Tsukuyomi, where Edward found himself bound to a chair.

Xu Yue defeated Edward and implanted a hidden control seed in Alice before she escaped, then helped Deidara and Roshi defect while Kurotsuchi returned to Iwagakure unconscious. Meanwhile, his Wood Clone negotiated an investment in Iwagakure with Ōnoki, whose talks were interrupted by alarming news about a Jinchuriki.

• Xu Yue defeated Edward through an illusion, incapacitated the five Elite Reincarnators, and planted a hidden behavioral command in Alice.
• Alice regained her senses, declared that the Penguin Merchant Guild had won, and used a return item to flee.
• Roshi and Deidara defected, Kurotsuchi was sent back to Iwagakure unconscious, and Xu Yue completed his collection of the Four-Tails.
• Xu Yue's Wood Clone met Ōnoki, who proposed that Xu Yue invest in Iwagakure and establish an escort department.
• Xu Yue proposed buying shares in Iwagakure, but an Anbu brought Ōnoki news that made him condemn the Jinchuriki.

Xu Yue accompanied Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, before receiving a message from his Wood Clone in Konoha. There, the clone helped oversee the Land of Lightning’s envoy and stopped Naruto from pulling a prank, leaving him to offer the lonely child ramen as an apology.

• Xu Yue took Han into a small room and secured the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, leaving only the Two-Tails Jinchuriki for him to meet.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone joined Kakashi in watching the Land of Lightning’s envoy arrive in Konoha for peace talks.
• Xu Yue noticed young Naruto preparing to prank the crowd and dumped red paint over him before he could act.
• Naruto took the paint incident as a sign that he was annoying and walked away from the crowd feeling lonely.
• Xu Yue put the empty bucket back over Naruto’s head and offered to buy him ramen after they washed him up.

Xu Yue gave Naruto a happy birthday by sharing ramen and gifting him new goggles, then learned that the Hidden Cloud delegation had deceived Konoha during peace negotiations. After an envoy abducted Hinata, Xu Yue and Hyuga Hiashi discovered the banquet guest was an impostor and the real envoy had been killed.

• Xu Yue ate ramen with Naruto, gave him shrimp, and presented him with goggles as a birthday gift before vanishing.
• Xu Yue learned that the Hidden Cloud had signed a peace treaty without making extra demands, though Konoha kept watch on the delegation.
• A masked figure fled the Hyuga Clan compound carrying Hinata, but Hyuga Hiashi struck him down and rescued her unharmed.
• Xu Yue arrived and warned Hyuga Hiashi that something was wrong with the intruder’s body.
• Hyuga Hiashi unmasked the dead intruder and recognized him as a Hidden Cloud envoy, revealing that the envoy at the banquet was an impostor.

After the Hidden Cloud delegation blamed Konoha for their envoy’s death and demanded a culprit, Xu Yue killed their second-in-command with the Gentle Fist and posed as a rogue ninja. His staged escape left the delegation unable to challenge Konoha’s version of events, while the Third Hokage claimed there had been nothing he could do.

• The Hidden Cloud delegation publicized their envoy’s death and demanded that Konoha hand over the Hyuga Clan’s murderer.
• The Third Hokage agreed to hand over the culprit, but the delegation’s second-in-command rejected the masked Anbu as a scapegoat and accused Hyuga Hiashi of killing the envoy.
• Xu Yue demonstrated his Gentle Fist by killing the second-in-command with an Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm.
• Xu Yue revealed his Sharingan, and the delegation realized he was Uchiha Yue, the rogue ninja they had thought was absent from Konoha.
• Xu Yue claimed the Hidden Cloud delegation had uncovered his scheme to frame Konoha, then escaped with the Flying Thunder God.
• The Third Hokage told the delegation that Uchiha Yue had been too fast to stop and promised to increase the bounty on him.