Chapter Summaries

Tendo Xu Yue met with Naraku in Takigakure, while Xu Yue later left Team 7 to attend a Jonin Council meeting. In Konoha, Kankuro threatened Konohamaru before Gaara stopped him, and Xu Yue’s Wood Clone reunited with Naruto before heading off.

• Tendo Xu Yue questioned Naraku about how he learned of the village, and Naraku credited a Beiyang Army newcomer before raising the Konoha Collapse Plan.
• After Xu Yue left Team 7, Sasuke insulted Sakura, Konohamaru mistook her for Naruto’s girlfriend, and Naruto angered Kankuro while defending Konohamaru.
• Kankuro threatened Konohamaru and Sasuke, but Gaara appeared and ordered Kankuro to stop, frightening Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone greeted Naruto, reminded him of the ramen he had bought him, and revealed that he was a genin from Takigakure.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone said goodbye to Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke and walked toward his teammates.

Xu Yue recommended his students for the Chunin Exams while covertly preparing to meet the Japanese Reincarnators. Reincarnators from several factions formed a temporary alliance to target Konoha, and Xu Yue agreed to help Bao Ji’s group pursue their objective in exchange for rewards.

• Xu Yue recommended that his students take part in the Chunin Exams and asked Kakashi to counsel Sakura Haruno and to keep his disguised clone’s presence quiet.
• Xu Yue redirected Might Guy’s enthusiasm toward a friendly competition between their students.
• Reincarnators from several factions met in Konoha and agreed to cooperate on overthrowing the village, though they argued over how to divide the spoils.
• Xu Yue summoned Uchiha Yue and met Bao Ji and Naraku, blaming them for leaving without saying goodbye before accepting their apology.
• Uchiha Yue agreed to continue Bao Ji’s transfer into a Demon Slayer Ninja class and promised rewards if the group completed his objective.

Xu Yue joined the Chunin Exams under a switched identity while Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang briefed him on the examinees and their plan. The first round began as Mori Ibiki entered to oversee the test.

• Xu Yue completed Bao Ji’s initial transfer into a Demon Slayer Ninja, giving her an inferior, non-upgradable Sage Body, then left to prepare for the Chunin Exams.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang guided Xu Yue into the examination building and warned him about the initial Illusion Technique test.
• Xu Yue watched Rock Lee challenge Sasuke, then heard Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang identify Sasuke’s Chidori and assess the other examinees.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang shared their detailed intelligence on the Otogakure and Amegakure teams and dismissed Kabuto’s group as weak.
• Kabuto provoked the Otogakure examinees and was struck, while Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang confirmed their assessment of him.
• Mori Ibiki entered as chief examiner, and the first round of the Chunin Exams began.

Naruto’s defiance helped the remaining candidates pass the first Chunin Exam, and the second test began in the Death Forest. Xu Yue, Zhang Tao, and Huang Qiang hunted other teams until they encountered two disguised subordinates of Orochimaru.

• Naruto declared that he would take the exam and keep striving to become Hokage, encouraging hesitant Genin to stay.
• Mori Ibiki announced that everyone who remained had passed the first exam, and Anko Mitarashi warned that the Death Forest round would eliminate at least half the candidates.
• A Reincarnator challenged Anko’s threat, but she cut his cheek with a kunai and warned that the bold died first in the second round.
• Xu Yue, Zhang Tao, and Huang Qiang killed three Amegakure ninja and found a duplicate scroll.
• Huang Qiang located two Grass Ninja, and Xu Yue realized they were Orochimaru’s disguised subordinates rather than Karin’s teammates.

Xu Yue deployed Sunderland to rescue Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang from Orochimaru’s powerful subordinates, then overwhelmed the enemies with the mech’s unexpected agility and strength. Elsewhere, Kabuto killed three more exam contestants and continued searching for the person Orochimaru valued.

• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang clashed with two of Orochimaru’s subordinates, realized their opponents were exceptionally strong, and tried to retreat.
• Xu Yue activated Sunderland, startling both sides and drawing the enemies’ attention.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang followed Xu Yue, expecting the mech’s limitations to leave him vulnerable.
• Xu Yue maneuvered Sunderland with surprising agility and drove both opponents into a desperate fight.
• Kabuto wiped blood from his glasses after killing three contestants and wondered why so many groups kept targeting him.
• Kabuto decided to continue the exam so he could meet the person Orochimaru valued.

Xu Yue defeated two attackers and then intervened when Orochimaru threatened Naruto, while allowing Orochimaru to pursue Sasuke. The confrontation left Naruto alive and Sasuke’s future in Orochimaru’s hands.

• Xu Yue used his thrown sword and mech hand to kill two opponents, while Zhang Tao recognized his exceptional battlefield command.
• Sasuke surrendered his scroll, but Naruto snatched it back and punched Sasuke until he regained his resolve to fight.
• Orochimaru summoned a giant snake and ordered it to attack Naruto, who used a Nine-Tails-powered Rasengan to destroy its head.
• Orochimaru seized Naruto and began forming seals, but Xu Yue trapped him in a mental world and demanded that he spare the Fourth Hokage’s child.
• Xu Yue let Orochimaru decide what to do with Sasuke, warning him not to underestimate the risks.

Sasuke succumbed to the Cursed Seal’s influence and overwhelmed the Sound ninja, while Sakura and the others failed to stop him. Xu Yue intervened with an Illusion Technique that knocked out nearly everyone present, leaving Sasuke unconscious and Neji standing.

• Sasuke awakened in the Cursed Seal’s power and crushed Zaku Abumi, Dosu Kinata, and Kidomaru while Sakura could not reach him.
• Neji Hyuga watched Sasuke’s strength with interest but mistook the Cursed Seal’s effects for an unusual Uchiha power.
• Xu Yue arrived with Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang, realized Sasuke’s condition was worsening, and asked them to stop him.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang refused because they could not safely restrain Sasuke and feared provoking Neji.
• Xu Yue cast Nirvana Hall Technique, knocking out the Genin and Sasuke while Neji resisted with his Byakugan.

Xu Yue intervened in the Forest of Death, stopping Sasuke’s rampage and incapacitating the gathered genin with an Illusion Technique before helping them recover. Neji recognized Xu Yue from his father’s memories and cooperated, while Naruto reunited with Xu Yue and the group prepared to continue the exam.

• Xu Yue used an Illusion Technique to take down the genin, then Neji supported Tenten and confronted him.
• Neji recognized Xu Yue as the important guest his father had told him about and agreed to let him stay.
• Xu Yue dispelled the Illusion Technique and eased the strain the Nine-Tails’ Chakra had put on Naruto, but left Sasuke’s cursed seal untreated.
• The genin woke, and Shikamaru deduced that an Illusion Technique had incapacitated them.
• Naruto recognized Xu Yue, learned his name, and received instant noodles from him.
• Neji’s team left after Rock Lee promised Sakura he would become stronger.

Xu Yue’s group joined Team 7 after Sasuke’s fight with the Sound Ninja Trio, and Sasuke demanded their Scroll of Heaven. When the confrontation was interrupted by Kabuto, Xu Yue’s teammates exposed Kabuto’s strength, but Kabuto talked his way into the group while Xu Yue considered how to use him.

• Sasuke’s team and Xu Yue’s group were the only teams left in the Forest of Death after the others withdrew, and Xu Yue offered to escort Team 7 because his group had collected both scrolls.
• Sasuke demanded Xu Yue’s Scroll of Heaven, but Naruto refused to take it by force and argued with Sasuke.
• Xu Yue pointed out a lurking figure, and Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang attacked and forced Kabuto out of hiding.
• Kabuto claimed he wanted to cooperate because teams were gathering near the central tower to hunt other exam candidates, and he persuaded Sasuke’s team that his intentions were genuine.
• Xu Yue recognized Kabuto’s skill at manipulating others and considered how he might steer Kabuto away from Orochimaru’s influence.

Xu Yue’s group traveled with Kabuto through the Forest of Death, defeated several teams, and helped Naruto and Sasuke obtain a needed scroll. After the second round, the surviving contestants gathered at the tower to begin the preliminary matches.

• Kabuto questioned Sasuke and Xu Yue’s group while leading them through the forest, but Xu Yue noticed his scrutiny and warned him about his insincere smile.
• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang crushed several teams that intercepted them, and Zhang Tao gave Sasuke’s team a Scroll of Heaven.
• Sasuke tried to join a fight but his curse-mark wound flared, so Naruto accepted the scroll for their team.
• Kabuto left to rejoin his teammates, and Xu Yue remarked that Kabuto’s smile did not seem genuine.
• Only ten of the forty teams remained after the second round, including four Reincarnator teams, and Gekko Hayate explained the rules for the preliminary matches.

The Chunin Exam matches continued, with Naruto, Sakura, and several Reincarnators advancing before Shino Aburame forfeited against Xu Yue because his insects instinctively feared him. The chapter ended as Rock Lee removed his weights before facing Gaara, while Xu Yue watched beside Might Guy.

• Kakashi warned Sasuke that he would stop the match if Sasuke’s Curse Mark erupted, and Sasuke defeated Akado Yoroi before Kakashi took him away to seal it.
• Sakura defeated Ino, Naruto beat Kiba with a Rasengan, Neji defeated Hinata without hurting her, and Shikamaru beat Choji.
• Zhang Tao, Kankuro, Huang Qiang, and three other Reincarnators advanced from their matches, while Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang advised Xu Yue before his fight.
• Shino Aburame forfeited against Xu Yue after his Kikaichū stopped working and tried to flee, then warned Kiba to stay away from Xu Yue.
• Rock Lee entered the final match against Gaara and removed his weights as Xu Yue joined Might Guy in the stands.

Rock Lee unleashed the Eight Inner Gates and nearly defeated Gaara, but Gaara won after his sand protected him from Lee’s final attack. The preliminary round ended, and the fifteen remaining contestants were assigned to groups for the next stage, with Xu Yue placed in the group of death.

• Rock Lee opened four gates, overwhelmed Gaara’s defenses, and used the Reverse Lotus after opening the fifth gate.
• Gaara’s sand gourd absorbed Lee’s finishing attack, and both fighters collapsed; Donnie, Tsukishiro Jubei, and Might Guy intervened before Gaara’s sand could crush Lee.
• Gekko Hayate declared Gaara the winner, ending the third preliminary round with fifteen contestants advancing.
• The organizers announced that the next stage would use four groups, whose winners would advance to the semifinals; Gaara and Sasuke Uchiha joined the three-person group to form a group of death.
• The contestants were assigned to groups, with Zhang Tao, Huang Qiang, and Neji Hyuga seeded in the first three groups and Xu Yue placed in the group of death.
• Zhang Tao comforted Xu Yue about his previous Promotion Mission failure and said the legion would not abandon him even if he failed again.

Orochimaru sent Kabuto to separate Sasuke from Naruto, but Kabuto’s attempt to reach Sasuke in the hospital was interrupted by Kakashi and Xu Yue. Xu Yue killed Kabuto’s apparent body and exposed the disguised Kabuto, then revealed a connection to Orochimaru that left him frozen in fear.

• Orochimaru told Kabuto to bring Sasuke over quickly and warned him that stopping Orochimaru meant killing Sasuke.
• Kabuto entered Sasuke’s hospital room after the Anbu guards had fallen, but Kakashi confronted him and Xu Yue appeared behind him.
• Kabuto tried to slash Sasuke, and Xu Yue killed him with a kunai before Kakashi took the body away.
• Xu Yue exposed the surviving Kabuto’s disguise and identified the pollen and snake venom he had used.
• Xu Yue called Kabuto his junior brother and invoked Orochimaru, making Kabuto realize Xu Yue’s likely identity and freeze.

Xu Yue confronted Kabuto, planted doubts about Orochimaru and the hidden history of the Uchiha and Senju clans, then checked on Sasuke and offered Rock Lee two ways to recover. The chapter ended with Lee choosing the safe treatment, while Xu Yue quietly approved of his determination.

• Xu Yue confronted Kabuto over Sasuke and began steering him toward questioning his place as a pawn by promising to tell him about the Uchiha and Senju clans.
• Xu Yue let Kabuto leave, then checked Sasuke and found that the Sealing Evil Method was reducing the Curse Mark’s erosion.
• Xu Yue visited the recovering Rock Lee and offered him either a risk-free recovery or a dangerous treatment that might strengthen his body.
• Rock Lee chose the safe treatment, insisting that strength earned through hard work was what truly belonged to him.

Tsukishiro Jubei tried to win Might Guy over with rare healing ointment, but Xu Yue had already healed Rock Lee and accepted the ointment instead. As the Chunin Exams’ third round approached, Xu Yue left Konoha with Zhang Zuolin while his Wood Clone watched Reincarnators infiltrate the village and Naruto begin training.

• Tsukishiro Jubei offered Might Guy Black Jade Healing Ointment for Rock Lee, but Xu Yue appeared and revealed that Rock Lee had already been healed.
• Tsukishiro Jubei gave the ointment to Xu Yue, hoping to build favor with him, while Might Guy hurried to Rock Lee’s ward.
• Xu Yue arranged for Kakashi to train Sasuke in the Sharingan and Chidori after Sasuke woke up.
• Zhang Zuolin met Xu Yue on Hokage Rock and asked him to leave early for a secret realm, and Xu Yue agreed to go with him.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone noticed more Reincarnators entering Konoha under various identities as the third round approached.
• Naruto began training under Ebisu after Xu Yue had left him in Ebisu’s care.

Xu Yue and Zhang Zuolin explored a hidden realm filled with powerful puppets and reached the Moon Palace, where Xu Yue identified the Ten-Tails’ sealing ground. Meanwhile, Human Path Xu Yue took Ao’s Byakugan, and the chapter ended with a lunar Otsutsuki confronting Xu Yue and Zhang Zuolin.

• Zhang Zuolin brought Xu Yue into a hidden realm, where countless powerful puppets attacked them and Zhang Zuolin drew a spatial longsword to fight.
• In the Land of Water, Human Path Xu Yue confronted Ao and took his Byakugan before disappearing.
• Xu Yue and Zhang Zuolin reached the Moon Palace, and Xu Yue explained that it was where the Sage of Six Paths had sealed the Ten-Tails.
• An Otsutsuki Elder appeared and ordered Xu Yue and Zhang Zuolin to leave the sacred sealing ground.

Xu Yue and Zhang Zuolin fought the Otsutsuki Elder inside the moon’s sealed space, where spatial suppression hindered Zhang Zuolin’s abilities. Xu Yue overpowered the elder and seized him, leaving the group ready to negotiate on their own terms.

• Zhang Zuolin tested his Space Ability and found that the moon’s independent space greatly increased its cost and slowed his reactions.
• The Otsutsuki Elder attacked Zhang Zuolin and Xu Yue, and Zhang Zuolin countered with a spatial slash that the elder barely blocked.
• The elder surrounded them with puppets, but Xu Yue warned Zhang Zuolin that the elder’s glowing hands carried a sealing technique.
• The elder used Sealing Jutsu to erase Xu Yue’s Kamui rift, showing Zhang Zuolin that spatial attacks could be countered.
• Xu Yue struck the elder with overwhelming speed, broke through his defense, and sealed his acupoints with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Xu Yue grabbed the defeated elder and told him they could now talk.

As the Konoha Collapse Plan neared, Xu Yue’s Wood Clone agreed to spy for Shogunate Gate, while Bao Ji and Naraku believed his loyalty was secure. In Konoha, Jiraiya knocked Ebisu unconscious and met Naruto’s demand to train him just as Xu Yue’s clone arrived.

• Zhang Tao and Huang Qiang worried over news that threatened Beiyang’s position, and Xu Yue’s Wood Clone inferred that Zhang Zuolin might use them despite the danger.
• Bao Ji recruited Xu Yue as Shogunate Gate’s spy within the Beiyang Army, and he warned her indirectly about his confidentiality agreement before agreeing.
• Bao Ji assured Tsukishiro Jubei and Naraku that Xu Yue was trustworthy, while Naraku declared he would kill Xu Yue once he was no longer useful.
• The allied legions prepared to exploit the Konoha Collapse Plan during the third exam, while Xu Yue’s Wood Clone turned his attention elsewhere.
• Jiraiya was caught peeping at the hot spring and knocked Ebisu unconscious with a summoned toad, prompting Naruto to demand that Jiraiya train him.
• Xu Yue’s Wood Clone arrived on the water and greeted Jiraiya.

Xu Yue helped Jiraiya prepare for the looming threat to Konoha while Naruto learned the Summoning Technique and summoned Gamabunta. On the moon, Toneri awakened the Tenseigan, and Xu Yue whisked Zhang Zuolin away as Toneri and the Otsutsuki Elder attacked.

• Xu Yue met Naruto and Jiraiya, warned them that powerful Rogue Ninjas threatened Konoha, and promised to help if the village reached its most critical moment.
• Jiraiya taught Naruto the Summoning Technique; Naruto summoned Gamakichi and later successfully summoned Gamabunta.
• Toneri awakened the Tenseigan on the moon, and Zhang Zuolin realized how valuable the eye's power and the intelligence about it could be.
• Xu Yue warned Zhang Zuolin not to pursue the Tenseigan, then used Flying Thunder God to evade an attack from Toneri and the Otsutsuki Elder while carrying him away.

Xu Yue and Zhang Zuolin faced Otsutsuki Toneri and the Otsutsuki Elder on the moon after Toneri used his newly awakened Tenseigan to hurl Zhang Zuolin away. Xu Yue revealed his Rinnegan and fought Toneri, then opened the Seventh Gate as the battle continued.

• Otsutsuki Toneri used the Silver Rotation Rebirth Explosion to send Zhang Zuolin crashing onto the moon, where Zhang survived but was badly battered.
• Xu Yue appeared beside Zhang Zuolin, and the Otsutsuki Elder accused them of coming for the Tenseigan before attacking.
• Xu Yue activated his Six Paths Mode, revealed his Rinnegan, and clashed with Toneri while Zhang Zuolin fought the Otsutsuki Elder.
• Xu Yue pierced Toneri’s turquoise Chakra robe with a compressed AT Field, but the blow only wounded him lightly.
• Xu Yue opened the Seventh Gate, unleashing a surge of power that erased the surrounding rocks and terrain.