Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue joined the Beiyang Army’s mission alongside Japanese Reincarnators to recover their losses in the Ninja War, while Zhang Xueyou received the foreign corps at Shenyang North Barracks. The group entered the Mission Space as the Third Shinobi World War ended, with the story poised to begin the Chunin Exams.

• Zhang Xueyou slapped Tsukishiro Jubei after he mocked the Beiyang Army’s mechs, and Fujiwara Kensei made him apologize.
• Zhang Xueyou introduced Fujiwara Kensei, Bao Ji, and Naraku among the Japanese mission participants, while Bao Ji glared at Xu Yue.
• Two Beiyang Army Veteran Reincarnators complained that they had to help Xu Yue pass his Chunin Exams promotion despite his failed assessment.
• Xu Yue explained that the team’s starting locations might differ and that they should meet at Konoha, where Tsukishiro Jubei would assist them.
• The group activated their corps privileges and entered the Mission Space as the Third Shinobi World War ended.

Xu Yue learned that unexpected figures in Konoha, the Land of Water, and the Land of Earth might be other Reincarnators, then considered how to enter Konoha and take the Chunin Exams. After Zhang Yulin contacted him and ordered him to come to Konoha, Xu Yue headed there with plans to use the encounter to advance his own objectives.

• Xu Yue reviewed his marginal status in Akatsuki and Konoha and learned of several unexpected power players who might be Reincarnators.
• Xu Yue received the Promotion Mission to pass the Chunin Exams selection and obtain the title of Chunin, but recognized that entering the exam would be difficult with a new member on Konoha's Elder Council.
• Zhang Xueyou's communicator rang, and Zhang Yulin asked Xu Yue where he was.
• Xu Yue told Zhang Yulin he was in Floating Leaf Town, and Zhang Yulin ordered him to reach Konoha and report when he arrived.
• Xu Yue set out for Konoha, thinking about using Zhang Yulin's valuable items and intelligence to further his plans.

Xu Yue entered Takigakure under a legitimate genin identity and met with Zhang Zuolin and Tsukishiro Jubei, each of whom wanted him to connect them with Uchiha Yue. He settled into the residence prepared for Promotion Mission examinees, already planning to exploit the people who had brought him there.

• Xu Yue used his Takigakure ties to obtain a legitimate genin identity before returning to Konoha.
• Zhang Zuolin contacted Xu Yue, questioned his Takigakure affiliation, and asked him to arrange a private meeting with Uchiha Yue.
• Xu Yue contacted Tsukishiro Jubei, who arranged his residence and tried to recruit him while asking him to connect Konoha with Uchiha Yue.
• Tsukishiro Jubei warned Xu Yue to choose only Reincarnators as Promotion Mission teammates and left him at the examinees' residential district.
• Xu Yue recognized Tsukishiro Jubei as a recorded spy and anticipated exploiting him and the other visitors.

Xu Yue visited Orochimaru in the Land of Fields, obtained the technique he sought, and agreed not to interfere with Orochimaru’s plans. Back in Konoha, he warned Hiruzen that Orochimaru might act against the village, then waited for dawn as the story began.

• Xu Yue traveled to Otogakure and collected a scroll from Orochimaru in exchange for promising not to interfere with his plans.
• Orochimaru offered to help Xu Yue become Naruto, but Xu Yue declined to promise that Orochimaru’s plan would succeed.
• Xu Yue visited Hiruzen in Konoha and warned him that Orochimaru might be planning something against the village.
• Hiruzen said he would confront Orochimaru himself, and Xu Yue left without responding.
• Xu Yue stood on Hokage Rock and watched Konoha await the sunrise.

Xu Yue met with Zhang Zuolin, who offered intelligence about a hidden lunar secret realm and proposed exploring it together. Later, Tsukishiro Jubei shared information about Akatsuki and wrongly claimed the Fourth Hokage led it, leaving Xu Yue to dismiss him and depart.

• Xu Yue watched Naruto flee from Konoha ninjas after vandalizing Hokage Rock, then confronted Zhang Zuolin, who had appeared through a projection.
• Zhang Zuolin told Xu Yue about a secret realm containing spatial traps, barriers, and powerful puppets, and proposed teaming up to explore it after the Chunin Exams.
• Xu Yue agreed to meet Zhang Zuolin later and then met Tsukishiro Jubei, who asked to become a Demon Slayer Ninja and was refused.
• Tsukishiro Jubei reported that Akatsuki included Uchiha Itachi, Orochimaru, and other S-rank rogue ninjas, and claimed the Fourth Hokage was its leader.
• Xu Yue told Tsukishiro Jubei that he might suit a profession called Ninja Killer and left to attend to other matters.

Tsukishiro Jubei and Zhang Zuolin each believed their first meeting with Uchiha Yue had put them in a strong position to build a relationship with him. In Konoha, Xu Yue joined a gathering of Reincarnators to exchange intelligence and concluded that the top ten legions were likely preparing a major move connected to the Konoha Collapse Plan.

• Zhang Zuolin felt satisfied with securing an agreement to cooperate with Uchiha Yue after the Chunin Exams, while Tsukishiro Jubei planned to use his revealed information to win Uchiha Yue's trust.
• Xu Yue returned to the lodging area and found himself subtly isolated as the only Takigakure genin among fifteen Konoha Reincarnators.
• Blood Bun organized an intelligence exchange, and a member of Richest Under Heaven shared information about the Chunin Exams' schedule and format.
• The Reincarnators noticed that none of the top ten legions had sent anyone to Konoha for the Promotion Mission and speculated about why.
• Xu Yue suggested that the Mission Space had stopped matching Promotion Mission participants together because other Reincarnators had entered, and he suspected the major legions were preparing for the Konoha Collapse Plan.

Xu Yue offered Beiyang intelligence about the Scroll of Seals to recruit help, while Konoha’s planned theft drew Reincarnators from several Legions into the forest. As Naruto confronted Mizuki, Xu Yue detected three hidden big-shot Reincarnators and considered arresting them.

• Xu Yue revealed that he was from Beiyang and offered intelligence about the Scroll of Seals in exchange for a contract to share the item and keep the deal confidential.
• Mizuki tried to persuade Naruto to steal the Scroll of Seals, while the Third Hokage watched and allowed events to unfold as special training for Naruto.
• Tsukishiro Jubei instructed Bao Ji and other Shogunate Gate members to pursue the mission without taking the scroll, which he said would trigger another Chain Mission.
• Bao Ji spotted more than a dozen Reincarnators searching the forest and questioned why so many had appeared despite her group finding no signs of other major Legions.
• Naruto threatened Mizuki after Iruka's words stirred him, and Xu Yue watched from nearby while detecting three powerful hidden Reincarnator auras.

Xu Yue captured Blood Bun and Dark Sickle to learn why they had entered Konoha, then questioned Dark Sickle while the Reincarnator mistakenly assumed Xu Yue was a native ninja using an Illusion Technique. Dark Sickle believed he had worked out Xu Yue’s motives and prepared to manipulate him.

• A shadowy figure chose Blood Bun as a quiet target and knocked him unconscious, but Xu Yue had already captured the other Reincarnator, Dark Sickle.
• Xu Yue carried Dark Sickle away and left Blood Bun to wake in the forest, where he feared an undetectable method had been planted on him.
• Dark Sickle examined himself and realized his captor had learned secrets from his mind, but could not understand how.
• Xu Yue told Dark Sickle he had nerve to enter Konoha, and Dark Sickle tested whether Xu Yue knew about the Reincarnation Space.
• After receiving a penalty for revealing information to a native, Dark Sickle concluded Xu Yue was a Konoha figure who had used an Illusion Technique to interrogate him.
• Dark Sickle devised plans to exploit what he thought was an information advantage and decided intelligence could make up for his weakness.

Xu Yue learned that Dark Sickle’s Legion might be targeting Zhang Zuolin, then accepted the assignment to lead Team 7 while arranging for Kakashi to substitute when needed. After meeting Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, Xu Yue joked about Sasuke’s ambitions and promised to train them and begin missions the next day.

• Xu Yue learned that Dark Sickle was Tongjia Erqi of the Eight Banners Valiant Legion and suspected the Qing Court planned to target Zhang Zuolin.
• Xu Yue decided to steer the Legion operatives toward interfering with the Konoha Collapse Plan.
• The Third Hokage assigned Xu Yue to lead Team 7, and Xu Yue added Kakashi as their backup instructor.
• Xu Yue met Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno, then teased Sasuke about restoring his clan.
• Xu Yue told Team 7 to meet at the Hokage Building the next morning for training and missions.

Xu Yue took Team 7 on a C-rank wolf-extermination mission to test their teamwork and readiness for combat, but the mission was interrupted by an ambush. After he deflected a barrage of senbon, several attackers emerged from the forest and surrounded the team.

• Naruto, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke questioned whether Xu Yue was a reliable jonin instructor as they waited outside the Hokage Building.
• Xu Yue mentioned Itachi to provoke Sasuke, then obtained a C-rank mission to clear out a wolf pack near Floating Leaf Town.
• Team 7 struggled to locate and fight the wolves, and Sasuke used the Great Fireball to drive many of them away.
• Xu Yue criticized Naruto and Sasuke for their hesitation and prepared to demonstrate a training exercise.
• Attackers rained senbon on the group, but Xu Yue deflected them all, and several figures leaped from the forest to surround Team 7.

Xu Yue defeated the Wings of Freedom Reincarnators who ambushed his team, then inspired Sasuke and Naruto to ask him to teach them his powerful fire technique. The team prepared to continue their mission while Xu Yue considered giving the two students harsher training.

• Wings of Freedom Reincarnators identified Naruto as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and attacked Xu Yue's team, hoping to seize him before he bonded with his teacher.
• Xu Yue shielded Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura and fought off the attackers while explaining the ninja code to his students.
• Xu Yue used Tsukuyomi to interrogate one attacker, then unleashed Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song and burned the remaining enemies and the surrounding forest.
• Sasuke and Naruto asked Xu Yue to teach them Dragon Flame Song, but Xu Yue said their foundations were too weak to use it.
• Xu Yue considered putting Sasuke and Naruto through a harsher training regimen.

Xu Yue trained Team 7 through punishing C-rank missions and planned to use the Land of Waves mission to strengthen their resolve, but Reincarnators took the assignment first. Xu Yue followed their group out of Konoha, considering how to persuade them to return.

• Xu Yue taught Sakura Haruno Healing Jutsu and pushed Naruto and Sasuke through intense training, using his healing abilities to keep them going.
• Xu Yue received word that Tazuna had arrived and brought Team 7 to the Hokage Building to accept the Land of Waves mission.
• Xu Yue discovered that someone had already taken the mission and suspected Reincarnators had intercepted it.
• Donnie led Tazuna out of Konoha with three genin, expecting the mission to unlock an achievement and valuable rewards.
• Xu Yue's Wood Clone followed Donnie's group and pondered how to peacefully persuade them to turn back.

Donnie led the Genin Reincarnators on a mission to the Land of Waves, warning them that enemies would attack and revealing his strength as a newly promoted big shot. When he unleashed a powerful strike against the Ghost Brothers, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone stopped his blade just in time, intending to leave the brothers for Sasuke to fight.

• Donnie warned the Genin Reincarnators that two Chunin and two Jonin-level opponents would attack during the mission.
• Donnie told the group that the suspicious puddle ahead could hide an ambush, and he promised to help the sharp-eyed Genin join his legion on probation.
• Donnie identified the attackers as the Ghost Brothers and prepared to demonstrate his power as the group approached the puddle.
• Donnie unleashed his Divine Flash Strike—Four-Light Consecutive Slash at the figure concealed by the puddle.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone caught Donnie’s blade between two fingers and stopped the attack, intending to save the Ghost Brothers for Sasuke.

Xu Yue stopped Donnie’s attack with ease, then let Donnie and the Genin escort Tazuna back to Konoha. After Donnie reported the encounter, the Third Hokage assigned Xu Yue to take over the mission as a precaution.

• Xu Yue caught Donnie’s blade between his fingers, leaving Donnie convinced he could not win.
• Xu Yue let Donnie flee and allowed the three Genin to escort Tazuna toward Konoha.
• Xu Yue dispelled the Illusion Technique on the Ghost Brothers and made his Wood Clone vanish.
• Donnie reported to the Third Hokage’s Shadow Clone that the enemy was too powerful for any Jonin to handle.
• The three Genin and Tazuna returned to the Hokage’s office, surprising Donnie.
• Xu Yue accepted the mission from the Third Hokage, saying he could use the Flying Thunder God to bring the group back if necessary.

Xu Yue and Team 7 continued escorting Tazuna through the Land of Waves, where Xu Yue caught Zabuza’s Kubikiribōchō and faced the Mist swordsman. Haku appeared unexpectedly and recognized Xu Yue as someone they had encountered when they left Kirigakure, leaving Zabuza and Xu Yue stunned.

• Tazuna insulted Team 7, and the Ghost Brothers ambushed Xu Yue before he defeated them and Naruto swore to protect Tazuna.
• Tazuna explained the Land of Waves situation as Xu Yue warned that their next enemy might be a Jonin.
• Naruto mistook a snow rabbit for a threat, and Zabuza hurled the Kubikiribōchō at Xu Yue, who caught it with one hand.
• Zabuza asked Xu Yue to hand over Tazuna and then return his sword, but Xu Yue refused the first request and agreed to the second.
• Haku appeared before Zabuza could receive his sword and recognized Xu Yue as someone they had met after leaving Kirigakure.

Xu Yue manipulated the fight with Zabuza and Haku into a staged battle, then taught Naruto and Sasuke the Rasengan and Chidori while they guarded Tazuna in the Land of Waves. As bridge construction continued, Xu Yue prepared further training intended to push Naruto and Sasuke toward awakening their hidden abilities.

• Haku recognized Xu Yue as a dangerous figure, but Xu Yue denied his identity and used Tsukuyomi on Zabuza to explain the situation.
• Xu Yue carefully staged a battle in which Zabuza trapped him, Naruto and Sasuke rescued him, and he drove Zabuza and Haku away.
• After Sasuke questioned whether they should continue the mission, Xu Yue insisted they stay and offered to teach the team new techniques.
• Xu Yue taught Naruto the Rasengan and Sasuke Chidori, and both gained a basic grasp of their techniques within ten days.
• Xu Yue planned practical combat training to expose Naruto to the Nine-Tails' power and trigger Sasuke's Sharingan, then sent a Summoning Snake underground.

Zabuza and Haku staged a battle against Xu Yue and the three youngsters while two Reincarnators from the Far East Governor's Mansion waited to intervene. After Naruto unleashed the Nine-Tails Power, the observers rushed into the fight, leaving the battle poised to turn against the group.

• Zabuza tried to kill Gato, but a blond Reincarnator blocked his attack while another stopped Haku from acting.
• The two Reincarnators revealed that they belonged to the Far East Governor's Mansion and planned to claim the bridge mission's final reward after watching the battle.
• Xu Yue fought Zabuza while Haku battled Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura on the fog-covered bridge.
• Haku used Demonic Ice Mirrors and senbon needles to incapacitate the three youngsters, but Naruto unleashed the Nine-Tails Power after seeing Sasuke and Sakura fall.
• The two Reincarnators rushed toward the battlefield, intending to attack while Naruto's Nine-Tails Chakra was exposed.

Naruto lost control of the Nine-Tails’ power and fought the samurai Reincarnators while Xu Yue defeated one of them during his clash with Zabuza. The remaining samurai activated two Spirit Talismans against Naruto, believing he had secured victory.

• Naruto broke Haku’s ice mirror, struck him, and hesitated when Haku’s mask shattered to reveal his face.
• A blond, blue-eyed Reincarnator attacked Naruto, but Naruto’s Tailed Beast tail blocked the strike and his cloak emerged.
• Xu Yue received a mission to kill the samurai spying on Naruto, then killed the burly Reincarnator while overpowering Zabuza.
• Xu Yue told Zabuza to withdraw according to their agreement and left to check on Naruto’s fight.
• The blond, blue-eyed Reincarnator placed two specialized Spirit Talismans on Naruto and believed they would defeat him.

Xu Yue saved Naruto from a Reincarnator, but the Spirit Talismans loosened Naruto’s seal and allowed the Nine-Tails’ Chakra to emerge. Xu Yue’s Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan made the Nine-Tails retreat, and the Land of Waves mission ended with Haku and Zabuza alive and Xu Yue earning an Ice Release Bloodline Scroll.

• The Reincarnator attacked Naruto with Secret Technique—Swallow Reversal, but Xu Yue intercepted the strike and cut him down.
• The Spirit Talismans burst apart, and the Nine-Tails’ Chakra surged out of Naruto as the seal loosened.
• The Nine-Tails’ will emerged in a fox-shaped Chakra cloud, but it recognized Xu Yue’s Eternal Mangekyo and withdrew into Naruto.
• Xu Yue spared Haku and Zabuza after they cooperated with him, and the Land of Waves mission ended.
• Xu Yue received an Ice Release Bloodline Scroll for the Land of Waves achievement mission.

After leaving the Land of Waves, Naruto and Sasuke headed for Konoha and the upcoming Chunin Exams. Meanwhile, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone met his two veteran Reincarnator teammates and helped organize an alliance, which received warnings about dangerous examinees and the exam’s first round.

• Xu Yue told Naruto and Sasuke that Haku had died saving Zabuza, then departed with them for Konoha and the Chunin Exams.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang met Xu Yue and warned him that they would only help him reach the third round, not risk their lives to secure his promotion.
• Xu Yue and the other Konoha Genin formed a loose alliance with incoming Reincarnators to help everyone reach the third round.
• Reincarnators who had encountered Donnie warned the newcomers about him, and Zhang Tao reacted with disbelief at Donnie’s pursuit of their points.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang advised the Reincarnators to avoid the sand-user carrying a gourd, beware the unusually capable rookies, and expect everyone to pass the first round unless they cheated or quit.