Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan spent peaceful days caring for pregnant Kurenai while Hinata grew closer to their household. After Naruto’s team failed to bring Sasuke back, Chen Fan encouraged Naruto to keep pursuing him and faced questions about his past deal with Orochimaru.

• Chen Fan cared for Kurenai during her pregnancy, while Haku and Anko competed for his attention and Hinata often helped at his home.
• Naruto’s team found Sasuke, but Kiba and Shino forced him to retreat, and Sasuke injured Naruto before refusing to return.
• Chen Fan met Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, and the others at the Hokage’s Office and told Naruto that pursuing Sasuke was his choice.
• Chen Fan’s words renewed Naruto’s resolve to bring Sasuke back, and Naruto asked about Chen Fan’s deal with Orochimaru involving Sasuke’s curse mark and Anko’s curse mark.

Chen Fan explained why Naruto and Sasuke had needed protection and urged Naruto to grow strong enough to bring Sasuke back. As Naruto began training, Tsunade assigned Yamato to Kakashi's team because his Wood Release could suppress Naruto's Nine-Tails Chakra.

• Naruto asked Chen Fan why he and Sasuke had been treated as burdens, and Chen Fan told him that both had been targets who needed protection.
• Chen Fan said Naruto could bring Sasuke back by becoming strong enough to defeat him or kill Orochimaru, and Naruto identified Uchiha Itachi as the person who had driven Sasuke away.
• Naruto asked Kakashi to begin training so he could become stronger than Sasuke, while Tsunade noted that Naruto's uncontrolled Nine-Tails Chakra made training dangerous.
• Tsunade called in Yamato and assigned him to train Kakashi's team because his Wood Release could suppress the Nine-Tails Chakra.
• Kakashi recognized Yamato as Tenzo, but Yamato told him to use his new name.

Naruto trained to add Wind Release to the Rasengan, but after a month the Nine-Tails took control of him during a four-tailed transformation. Chen Fan arrived and frightened the beast, leaving Yamato to warn that the Nine-Tails might break free.

• Tsunade told Chen Fan that he did not have to bear every burden alone, and he reassured her that she gave him strength.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones to practice Wind Release nature transformation while Kakashi and Yamato supervised.
• Naruto's training progressed from cutting leaves to cutting a waterfall and shaping the Rasengan, while Yamato repeatedly restrained the Nine-Tails' Chakra.
• After a month, Naruto developed four tails and began approaching a fifth as Yamato pinned him down.
• Chen Fan ordered Naruto to quiet down, and the beast recoiled in fear of him.
• The Nine-Tails spoke through Naruto, tore free of Yamato's restraints, and prompted Yamato to warn Chen Fan that it might escape.

Chen Fan confronted the Nine-Tails as it took control of Naruto and tried to break through the seal. After asking about the God Tree and the Sage of Six Paths, Chen Fan fought the six-tailed Naruto and left him flying toward Yamato’s waterfall.

• Yamato warned that Naruto’s body could not endure the transformation, while Chen Fan said the Nine-Tails had only formed five tails and told Yamato to move away.
• The Nine-Tails asked why Chen Fan carried the aura and bloodline of a divine beast, and Chen Fan questioned it about the God Tree and the Sage of Six Paths.
• The Nine-Tails refused to answer and charged Chen Fan, who dodged its attacks as Naruto’s sixth tail emerged.
• Chen Fan appeared before Naruto, forced his head into the ground, then dodged the Nine-Tails’ tails and kicked Naruto toward the waterfall.

Chen Fan fought Naruto in his Nine-Tails form, overpowering the beast with his unexplained strength as it grew more dangerous. After Naruto transformed to seven tails and dragged Chen Fan underground, Chen Fan emerged and sent him flying, leaving the Nine-Tails shocked that a human could match it.

• Chen Fan struck the six-tailed Naruto into a crater, while Yamato realized Chen Fan's power went beyond Taijutsu.
• The Nine-Tails charged Chen Fan, who split the ground with a kick and began collapsing the earth over it.
• The Nine-Tails broke free with seven tails and dragged Chen Fan underground, prompting Yamato to consider using a sealing technique.
• Chen Fan kicked the seven-tailed Nine-Tails out of the ground and pursued it into the air.
• Chen Fan appeared beside the Nine-Tails midair, and the beast angrily called him a mere human.

Chen Fan fought Naruto in his Seven-Tails form while Yamato watched from a distance. After Chen Fan’s attack reduced Naruto to Six-Tails, the Nine-Tails absorbed a Chakra Bomb and renewed its assault, leaving Naruto poised to fire at Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan’s killing intent transported the Nine-Tails into a vision of a blood-soaked world filled with corpses, then the vision vanished.
• The Nine-Tails attacked Chen Fan with its tails, but Chen Fan used Paper Arts to evade them and kicked Naruto in his Seven-Tails form.
• Naruto crashed into the ground, creating a vast crater, while Yamato protected himself with Wood Style: Wood Locking Wall.
• Naruto lost a tail and fell into his Six-Tails state, then swallowed the Chakra Bomb he had gathered and charged at Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan evaded Naruto’s attacks and appeared in the air as Naruto formed the Chakra Bomb in his mouth.

Chen Fan defeated the Nine-Tails after it took over Naruto’s body and unleashed seven tails. Kakashi, Sakura, and Yamato returned to find Naruto injured but alive, while the Nine-Tails’ consciousness had been forced back.

• Chen Fan caught the Nine-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb and hurled it into the ground, creating a destructive blast that swallowed Naruto’s seven-tailed form.
• Chen Fan struck Naruto until the Nine-Tails’ consciousness withdrew, leaving Naruto unconscious and stripped of the Demon Fox Cloak.
• Yamato returned with Kakashi and Sakura after the Nine-Tails’ Chakra disappeared, and Sakura treated Naruto’s burned skin.
• Yamato told Kakashi and Sakura that the Nine-Tails had formed its skeleton and might have broken free if Chen Fan had not stopped it.

Chen Fan defeated Naruto during his Seven-Tails transformation and helped him recover, while tensions across the ninja world continued to build. During a quiet rainy day, Chen Fan reassured Kurenai, Anko, and Haku that he would find tailed beasts for them, leaving them hopeful.

• Chen Fan told Yamato to rest after Naruto’s Nine-Tails outbreak and warned Kakashi to contact him if it happened again.
• Yamato described the events to Kakashi but kept the Nine-Tails’ comment about Chen Fan’s divine beast aura to himself.
• Three days later, Naruto resumed training with no memory of the fight, while Akatsuki activity continued and Orochimaru disappeared.
• Chen Fan sat with Kurenai, Haku, and Anko as rain fell, and Kurenai said she was happy despite her difficult pregnancy.
• Anko and Haku asked Chen Fan for tailed beasts, and he promised that each of them would get one.

Kurenai warned Chen Fan that collecting tailed beasts could trigger a war and turn Konoha and the other villages against him, but he dismissed the pressure and vowed there would be no war, only slaughter. At Orochimaru’s secret base, Sasuke attacked Orochimaru and declared that he had come to kill him.

• Kurenai worried that Chen Fan’s pursuit of tailed beasts would spark a war and put their unborn child at risk.
• Kurenai warned Chen Fan that Konoha, other villages, and even the countries might oppose him if he brought the tailed beasts back.
• Chen Fan reassured Kurenai and the others that he would ignore any opposition and prevent war through one-sided slaughter.
• Sasuke burst into Orochimaru’s room and pierced his shoulder with Chidori.
• Sasuke told Orochimaru he was stronger than him and no longer needed to become his vessel, while Orochimaru said he had expected Sasuke to turn against him.

Uchiha Sasuke fought Orochimaru to prevent him from taking over his body, using the Curse Mark and Lightning Chakra to overcome him. Sasuke cut Orochimaru in half, leaving the body-transfer ritual thwarted.

• Orochimaru attacked Sasuke with Shadow Snake Hands, but Sasuke used Soru and his Kusanagi Sword to sever the snakes.
• Orochimaru exploited Sasuke’s brief hesitation and blasted him through a doorway, injuring his arm.
• Orochimaru taunted Sasuke by comparing him unfavorably to Hinata, but Sasuke recognized his obsession with vessels and activated the Curse Mark.
• Sasuke blocked Orochimaru’s poisoned snakes with a transformed wing, then cut the wing away when it began to corrode.
• Sasuke struck Orochimaru with a Lightning Chakra blade, paralyzing him, and cut him in half with the Kusanagi Sword.

Uchiha Sasuke defeated Orochimaru in the body-switching ritual and left with Orochimaru’s powers. At Naruto’s Office, Tsunade received an urgent message, but its contents were not revealed.

• Orochimaru attacked Uchiha Sasuke in his true White Scale Serpent form and pulled him into the space inside his body to begin the ritual.
• Yakushi Kabuto found Sasuke standing motionless beside Orochimaru’s severed body and waited for the ritual to end.
• Sasuke awoke, told Kabuto that Orochimaru was dead and his power belonged to him, then released Kabuto and left.
• A toad surfaced from the river in Amegakure, while a messenger bird delivered an urgent note to Tsunade at Naruto’s Office.
• Tsunade read the note and frowned.

After Orochimaru and Jiraiya died, Tsunade and the others learned what had happened and received Jiraiya’s final message. Chen Fan comforted Tsunade as Naruto faced a decision about what to do next.

• Tsunade told Chen Fan that Sasuke had killed Orochimaru and that Jiraiya had died while gathering intelligence in Amegakure.
• Naruto grieved for Jiraiya, and Chen Fan gave him one day to decide whether to seek revenge or bring Sasuke back.
• Fukasaku relayed Jiraiya’s request for Chen Fan to take care of Tsunade and revealed the code Jiraiya had left on his back.
• After the others left to decipher the code, Tsunade broke down in Chen Fan’s arms.
• In Amegakure, Naruto wiped away his tears as rain and thunder covered the sound of Tsunade’s sobs.

After comforting Tsunade, Chen Fan left alone for Amegakure to confront Pain and protect the people targeted by Akatsuki. Pain sensed that someone was approaching the village, but the rain could not touch or detect him.

• Tsunade grieved over the people she had lost, and Chen Fan promised he would not leave her before announcing his plan to go to Amegakure.
• Chen Fan explained that he wanted to act before Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke's duel, while Tsunade urged him to take others and return safely.
• Three days later, Chen Fan departed alone while Konoha's others continued studying Jiraiya's code.
• Chen Fan reached the edge of Amegakure and walked through Pain's rain without a drop touching him.
• Pain told Konan that an intruder was advancing openly through the village, and she realized the guards who tried to stop him had likely been eliminated.

Chen Fan attacked Amegakure and demanded to know where Akatsuki’s leader was, defeating the rogue ninja who tried to stop him. The battered ninja hailed a female Six Paths body as their “god” when she arrived to face him.

• Pain told Konan that he had sent a body to investigate the lone attacker and ordered her not to act while recovering.
• Chen Fan revealed his Konoha forehead protector and told the rogue ninja he had come to find Akatsuki’s leader.
• Chen Fan wounded a rogue ninja who threatened him, then swiftly injured the group when they charged.
• A female Six Paths body wearing Akatsuki robes and bearing a Rinnegan appeared, and the rogue ninja called her their “god.”

Chen Fan confronted Pain in Amegakure after learning of Jiraiya’s death, and Pain summoned powerful beasts to fight him. The battle began with Chen Fan cutting off a giant crab’s pincer as a Three-headed Hellhound charged at him.

• Female Pain recognized Chen Fan of Konoha, and Chen Fan said he had come to take Pain out.
• Pain and Konan discussed Chen Fan’s arrival and his strength, while Pain said she planned to destroy Konoha.
• Pain ordered the nearby villagers to flee before facing Chen Fan alone.
• Pain summoned a giant crab, but Chen Fan dodged its attack and severed one of its pincers with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Pain summoned a Three-headed Hellhound, which charged at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan fought Animal Path Pain’s summoned beasts in Amegakure, destroying several while Pain brought out more creatures to attack him. The chapter ended as the remaining monsters surrounded Chen Fan and the Hellhound prepared Chakra Bombs.

• Animal Path Pain sent a bull and a fire-spewing bird after Chen Fan, but he survived their attacks.
• Chen Fan cut off the Three-headed Hellhound’s heads and stabbed the giant crab, then destroyed the crab’s nervous system with a concentrated impact.
• The Hellhound grew six new heads, and a Giant Centipede attacked Chen Fan with poisonous gas.
• Chen Fan used the crab’s shell to block the poison and knocked the Giant Centipede into a wall.
• Chen Fan noticed the Human Path had disappeared as a rhinoceros and panda joined the remaining monsters in attacking him.
• The Hellhound formed a Chakra Bomb in front of each of its mouths.

Chen Fan turned Pain’s summoned beasts against one another while searching for Animal Path Pain. He exposed Animal Path Pain by cutting apart the Giant Chameleon and prepared to attack him directly.

• Chen Fan used the Hellhound’s attacks to injure the Giant Bird, then forced the Bird to crash into the Giant Ox and finished both beasts with further attacks.
• Animal Path Pain realized the Hellhound’s savagery was destroying Pain’s own summoned creatures and sent the Giant Centipede and Giant Rhino after Chen Fan.
• Chen Fan lured the charging Giant Rhino into colliding with the Hellhound, and the two beasts began fighting and wrecking buildings in Amegakure.
• Animal Path Pain tried to regain control of the Hellhound, but Chen Fan spotted his hiding place and sliced open the Giant Chameleon with Tempest Kick.
• Chen Fan found Animal Path Pain, refused to reveal how he had located him, and stomped toward him.

Chen Fan confronted all six Paths of Pain in Amegakure and revealed that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted into him. The Paths attacked Chen Fan, and Human Path moved to read his memories.

• Chen Fan crushed the Giant Centipede beneath the ground, and Animal Path summoned the other five bodies of Pain to gather around him.
• Chen Fan told Deva Path that Nagato’s Rinnegan had been transplanted and linked its origins to Uchiha Madara, leaving Nagato stunned and questioning the masked man’s motives.
• Chen Fan taunted Pain about killing Jiraiya and said he intended to stop Pain from informing Uchiha Obito.
• The Paths attacked Chen Fan, who evaded them with Paper Arts as Deva Path used Universal Pull to draw him closer.
• Animal Path and Human Path appeared before Chen Fan, and Human Path attempted to read his memories.

Chen Fan fought Pain’s Six Paths and destroyed the Hell Path and Asura Path, preventing the clones from being restored or continuing their attacks. Four other Pain bodies remained as the battle continued.

• Chen Fan removed the Human Path and Animal Path’s control rods, but the Hell Path restored both clones with the King Yama.
• Chen Fan broke free of Deva Path Pain’s Universal Pull and cut down the Hell Path and its Yama Gate with his Kusanagi Sword.
• Asura Path Pain restrained Chen Fan and attacked him with a drill while Human Path Pain tried to take his soul.
• Chen Fan used his psychic power to eject Human Path Pain’s control rods and snap Asura Path’s drill, then cut Asura Path in two.

Chen Fan defeated Pain’s remaining clones and nullified Deva Path Pain’s Planetary Devastation, destroying Amegakure in the process. Nagato and Konan fled as the village was crushed, leaving Chen Fan facing the aftermath of Nagato’s attack.

• Nagato learned that Chen Fan had destroyed several of his bodies and decided to use a powerful technique, then left with Konan.
• Chen Fan defeated the Preta Path, killed the Hellhound and rhinoceros, and captured the Animal Path.
• Chen Fan revealed that he had noticed Deva Path Pain preparing an attack in the sky.
• Deva Path Pain used Planetary Devastation to pull Chen Fan and the surrounding land toward a sphere.
• Chen Fan touched the sphere and neutralized its gravitational force, causing the debris to fall and obliterate Amegakure.