Chapter Summaries

Nanfeng identified Obito Uchiha as the one controlling Shukaku and told Temari he would free the tailed beast by force. After Temari contacted Grandma Chiyo, Nanfeng appeared before Shukaku and received a system prompt that its chakra was available to absorb.

• Shukaku rampaged through Sunagakure, and Temari worried about Gaara and his future as Kazekage.
• Nanfeng pointed out that Shukaku's Sharingan-shaped eyes showed that someone was controlling it and told Temari the culprit was another Uchiha.
• Temari agreed to keep the culprit's identity secret, and Nanfeng said he would break the control by force.
• Nanfeng asked Temari to contact Grandma Chiyo and search for Kankuro, then vanished to confront Shukaku.
• Temari contacted Grandma Chiyo, while Nanfeng appeared before Shukaku and received a prompt that he could absorb its chakra.

Nanfeng freed Shukaku from Obito’s control and began absorbing some of the One-Tail’s chakra. Obito recognized Nanfeng as a threat and considered hunting down Orochimaru, while Shukaku watched Nanfeng in fear.

• Obito controlled Shukaku as the tailed beast rampaged through Sunagakure and spotted Nanfeng standing before him.
• Nanfeng challenged Obito, then used his purple Sharingan eyes to disrupt Obito’s control of Shukaku.
• Obito suspected Nanfeng had a powerful ocular technique and blamed Orochimaru for creating a threat to the Akatsuki Organization.
• Nanfeng attacked Shukaku with Lightning Current and Falling Lightning until Shukaku regained control of himself.
• Nanfeng placed a hand on Shukaku and absorbed a portion of the One-Tail’s chakra.

After gaining some of Shukaku’s chakra, Nanfeng confronted Obito Uchiha to test his strength. Obito escaped into the Kamui dimension, leaving Nanfeng to wonder what was wrong with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

• Nanfeng absorbed one-tenth of Shukaku’s chakra and discovered it carried a powerful Magnet Release nature.
• Nanfeng threatened Shukaku, who returned to Gaara’s body and agreed to get along with him.
• Nanfeng tracked down Obito Uchiha, whose mind was weakened by the backlash from his failed Genjutsu.
• Obito avoided Nanfeng’s lightning attack, while Nanfeng used Space Slash to strike at him inside the Kamui dimension.
• Obito deflected the Space Slash with Uchiha Reflection, then escaped through Kamui after Nanfeng’s attack rhythm faltered.

Obito told Black Zetsu that Nanfeng’s bloodline power had overwhelmed him during their fight in Sunagakure, prompting them to seek more information through Itachi. On his way back to Konoha, Nanfeng met Itachi for treatment and began persuading him that Nanfeng’s power and position were far more significant than they appeared.

• Obito reported his humiliating defeat by Nanfeng to Black Zetsu and described sensing a bloodline power more advanced than his own.
• Black Zetsu told Obito to use Itachi to learn more about Nanfeng, believing Itachi would disclose what he knew to protect his standing in the Akatsuki Organization.
• Grandma Chiyo decided to conceal the truth about Gaara’s loss of control, and the commotion in Sunagakure soon died down as Danzo’s plan failed.
• Nanfeng met Itachi on his way back to Konoha, and Itachi arrived with the items needed for the next stage of treatment and thanked Nanfeng for looking after Sasuke.
• Itachi warned Nanfeng that the Akatsuki Organization, especially Madara Uchiha, was watching him and had sent Itachi to investigate.
• Nanfeng told Itachi about his ability to restore bloodlines and questioned whether he was truly an ordinary shinobi, then began persuading him further.

After the operation against Konoha was stopped, Nanfeng spent three years growing stronger and studying souls with Orochimaru. The chapter left Orochimaru waiting for Nanfeng to gain the power to cleanse his contaminated soul, while asking when Nanfeng would take Sasuke away.

• Itachi Uchiha reported Nanfeng's abilities to Obito and Zetsu, leaving them wary and prompting Black Zetsu to consider whether Nanfeng could serve his plans.
• Nanfeng and his allies dismantled Naimi Luo Village and the spy alliance, and Danzo disappeared for three years.
• Naruto and Sasuke stayed in touch with Nanfeng through Secret Techniques and continued competing to become stronger.
• Nanfeng rose to prominence in Anbu and reached Kage Level in every stat while advancing his bloodline and system missions.
• Orochimaru restored the use of his arms by finding the Shinigami mask and releasing the souls consumed by the Reaper Death Seal.
• Nanfeng discovered that Orochimaru's soul was contaminated by remnants from his body transfers, but said only the Rinnegan could address it; Orochimaru then asked when Nanfeng would take Sasuke away.

Nanfeng brought Naruto back to Konoha, where the returning Naruto, Nanfeng, and Sakura Haruno formed a new Team 7 under Kakashi. Meanwhile, Jiraiya invited Orochimaru to reunite with him and Tsunade for drinks, and Naruto looked forward to seeing his old friends again.

• Nanfeng explained that Sasuke continued to wreak havoc in Orochimaru's laboratory while studying research, and said Sasuke would return to his side after fighting his brother.
• Kabuto told Nanfeng that Naruto had arrived and Jiraiya was waiting at the entrance, so Nanfeng prepared to take Naruto back to Konoha.
• Jiraiya asked Orochimaru to meet him and Tsunade for drinks, and Orochimaru agreed.
• Nanfeng returned to Konoha with Naruto, where Hinata welcomed them and Kakashi prepared to lead a new Team 7 with Nanfeng, Naruto, and Sakura Haruno.
• Hinata told Nanfeng and Naruto that Sakura Haruno would join Team 7, and Naruto said he was glad to see her again.

Naruto returned to Konoha after three years of training, and Tsunade assigned Nanfeng, Naruto, Sakura, and the others an S-rank mission to protect the Miko in the Land of Demons from the undead army. As the team prepared to leave, Sakura admitted to Nanfeng that she was nervous.

• Naruto's former classmates congratulated him and discussed how his training with Jiraiya had made him stronger and more worldly.
• Neji asked Nanfeng about working with Sakura, and Nanfeng said he was confident their new team would adapt quickly.
• The Hokage's messenger hawk summoned the ninjas to Tsunade's office, where she announced that the undead army had awakened.
• Nanfeng explained that the Miko could briefly see the future and had survived assassination attempts, and Tsunade ordered the team to protect her while avoiding harm to the Land of Demons' people.
• As Nanfeng was leaving to prepare, Sakura Haruno approached him and said she was nervous.

Nanfeng’s team reached the Land of Demons and helped escort Miko Shion away from the burning shrine as Moryo’s forces attacked. Shion’s guards explained that her abrasive behavior was meant to keep people from growing close to her, since those near her tended to die.

• Sakura Haruno admitted she was nervous about the mission, and Nanfeng reassured her before she packed to leave.
• Nanfeng’s team traveled to the Land of Demons and found the shrine engulfed in flames.
• After the enemy retreated, Nanfeng agreed to follow Shion’s guards as they evacuated her from the shrine.
• Shion climbed onto a guard’s back and complained during the journey, then went into a tent to rest at camp.
• A guard told Naruto and Sakura that Shion had once been kind and pushed people away because those close to her tended to die.

Nanfeng explained that Shion’s prophecies could reveal possible futures rather than unchangeable fate, and her visions showed Naruto dying before later fighting beside Nanfeng in a distant war. Shion asked how to save everyone, and Nanfeng urged her to stay with Naruto and seek a way to defy fate.

• Nanfeng described how Shion’s choices could shift the Worldline and change the outcomes she foresaw.
• Shion saw a future in which Naruto died and a black-haired ninja with six-pointed-star eyes destroyed the ninja world in revenge.
• After Nanfeng offered Shion hot water, she saw another future where Naruto and the black-haired ninja fought beside Nanfeng in a war against an enemy more dangerous than Moryo.
• Shion told Nanfeng about her conflicting visions, including how he seemed to notice her watching him.
• Nanfeng suggested that Shion’s foresight came from Moryo and said it could help her change fate rather than mark her as a harbinger of death.
• Shion asked how to keep everyone alive, and Nanfeng told her to find Naruto and stay with him.

Shikamaru’s team encountered three inhuman fighters empowered by Moryo near the volcano and fought to contain them. The team gained the upper hand, while Nanfeng prepared to reunite with them.

• Shion became more interested in Naruto, while Nanfeng worried about his other teammates and hurried to pack up so he could meet them.
• Near Moryo’s volcano, Hinata and Neji spotted three strange fighters whose bodies lacked meridians but could still channel chakra.
• Ino’s Mind Transfer Jutsu failed, and one of the fighters shrugged off Rock Lee’s kick before grabbing him and slamming him into the ground.
• The fighters absorbed purple chakra that strengthened them, and Lee drank erguotou to launch into a fast, drunken fight against one of them.
• Neji and Hinata overwhelmed one opponent, while Tenten, Shikamaru, Kiba, and the others used their techniques and the terrain to restrain and suppress the remaining fighters.

Nanfeng joined Naruto and the others after they defeated Moryo’s chakra puppets, then led the group toward the cave where Moryo was sealed. They reached the cave as Nanfeng sensed the resurrected undead army rising nearby and felt Moryo’s overwhelming power within.

• Neji, Hinata, and Kiba watched their defeated enemies wither into mummified corpses, and Nanfeng explained that they had been chakra-powered puppets consumed by Moryo.
• Nanfeng summoned his Anbu squad, revealing to the others that he had joined the Anbu and served as a squad leader.
• Nanfeng warned the group that a vast undead army was rising beneath them and set out with them to escort Shion to Moryo’s sealed cave.
• Shion sensed Moryo’s presence and guided the group through a forest where signs of life faded as they approached the cave.
• Nanfeng encouraged the group by reminding them that earlier witches and shinobi had sealed Moryo before, and the party reached the cave, where he sensed a power greater than Nagato Uzumaki’s.

Nanfeng and his allies crossed a passage guarded by elite undead to reach Moryo’s vessel, who was preparing for Moryo’s revival. They opened the sealed chamber and confronted the vessel, whose body held countless entangled souls.

• Nanfeng warned the group that Moryo’s presence felt unlike anything he had encountered, and the team found an elite undead army blocking the passage to a Sealing Scroll.
• Nanfeng used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach the scroll and retrieve it while Shikamaru prepared to control the undead.
• With Nanfeng’s flashlight extending Shikamaru’s shadow, Shikamaru immobilized the army long enough for Naruto and the others to cross, then collapsed from chakra exhaustion.
• Nanfeng used the Sealing Scroll to open the door, revealing Moryo’s vessel inside the cave.
• Moryo’s vessel addressed Shion, and Nanfeng accused him of becoming undead and sacrificing his former companions; Nanfeng sensed countless souls entangled within the man.

Nanfeng explained how Moryo's undead power bound souls to a transformed body, then rejected Moryo's offer. Moryo rattled Shion with memories of her mother's death and claims about the source of her power, but Naruto comforted her and insisted that power did not define who she was.

• Nanfeng realized the souls within Moryo's vessel had clung to hatred to avoid disappearing, and that Moryo's power had transformed the man into an undead being.
• Moryo offered Nanfeng similar power, but Nanfeng rejected it with disgust.
• Moryo reminded Shion of her mother's death and claimed that her power came from him.
• Shion became unresponsive, and Naruto restored her awareness by enveloping her in gentle chakra.
• Naruto reassured Shion that the source of her power did not determine who she was.

Naruto, Shion, Nanfeng, and Sakura fought Moryo, while Shion used the Miko's power to defy the fate she had foreseen for Naruto. Nanfeng prepared a dangerous explosive attack against Moryo, whose outcome remained uncertain.

• Shion learned about Naruto's lonely childhood, then comforted him by saying they were both treated as monsters.
• Nanfeng, Naruto, Shion, and Sakura launched a coordinated attack on Moryo, but Moryo stopped Naruto's Rasengan and immobilized him.
• Shion saw Moryo about to strike Naruto and used the Miko's power to free him, allowing Naruto to dodge the attack.
• Nanfeng prepared two chakra-sealed kunai containing oxygen and hydrogen, planning to ignite them with fire and lightning.
• Moryo dismissed Nanfeng's two kunai as incapable of killing him.

Nanfeng nearly destroyed Moryo with an explosive kunai attack, then Naruto and Shion sealed him with a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken. Nanfeng spotted Moryo’s surviving spirit and used Tsukuyomi against it.

• Nanfeng detonated his compressed oxygen kunai and lightning, badly destroying Moryo’s body before it regenerated.
• Moryo went berserk, and Nanfeng asked Naruto and Shion to handle the sealing while he helped restrain him.
• Shion joined her power with Naruto’s, helping him sense Senjutsu Chakra and form a Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
• Naruto struck Moryo with the Rasenshuriken, causing the remaining active undead to collapse.
• Nanfeng spotted Moryo’s surviving spirit and cast Tsukuyomi on it.

Nanfeng subdued Moryo with Tsukuyomi, captured his spirit in his Sharingan, and completed the mission. Shion decided to travel to Konoha with Naruto and the others, who set out for home.

• Nanfeng used Tsukuyomi to weaken Moryo and examined his spirit before storing it inside his Sharingan.
• Nanfeng reflected that Orochimaru's influence had shaped how he handled unusual creatures and wondered whether his eye might gain Kotoamatsukami.
• The ninja alliance grew wary of Nanfeng after sensing his chakra, while Naruto's Wind Style: Rasenshuriken impressed even the Kumogakure ninjas and Fourth Raikage, A.
• Shion told Nanfeng she had decided to leave the Land of Demons and accompany the group to Konoha to experience ninja life and observe Naruto.
• Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka criticized Naruto's oblivious response to Shion's feelings, while Shikamaru suggested that feelings were complicated.
• Nanfeng led Naruto, Shion, Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Shikamaru toward Konoha.

Nanfeng returned to Konoha with Naruto and Shion, then learned that his responsibilities leading the Anbu prevented him from taking time off with Hinata. After leaving a Shadow Clone to handle his work, he departed with Hinata and agreed to meet Tsunade at the training ground the next morning.

• Nanfeng and the others reached Konoha, where Naruto took Shion to explore the village.
• Nanfeng and Hinata reported to Tsunade, who praised Nanfeng and Naruto for their mission and battlefield performance.
• Tsunade revealed to Hinata that Nanfeng was in charge of the entire Anbu and had to approve much of its work.
• Nanfeng's plans for an outing with Hinata were interrupted by his backlog of Anbu paperwork, so he created a Shadow Clone to handle it.
• Tsunade accidentally smothered Nanfeng's Shadow Clone while stopping him from revealing something, then told him to come to the training ground the next morning.

Nanfeng discussed the dangers of his Ninjutsu with Tsunade before learning that the Akatsuki had captured Gaara. Temari arrived to brief the Konoha shinobi on the attackers as they prepared to help Sunagakure.

• Nanfeng absorbed his Shadow Clone’s memories and noted that Danzo and Root had gone quiet, while Shion had been placed next door to Naruto.
• Tsunade visited Nanfeng, questioned him about the risks of his Ninjutsu, and heard him say she was his most important reason to keep growing.
• The next morning, Tsunade told the assembled shinobi that the Akatsuki had captured Gaara, prompting Naruto to insist on helping his friend.
• Temari arrived and identified Deidara and Scorpion of the Red Sand as the two shinobi involved in the attack on Sunagakure.

Nanfeng joined the Konoha team traveling to Sunagakure to help rescue Gaara, while questioning whether Temari and Grandma Chiyo could remain objective about Scorpion of the Red Sand. The team reached Sunagakure and learned that Kankuro had been poisoned, leaving Sakura Haruno as their hope for an antidote.

• Nanfeng questioned Temari about whether personal feelings would interfere with the mission to pursue Scorpion of the Red Sand, and Tsunade told him to stop delaying.
• Nanfeng led the Konoha team toward Sunagakure, and Temari revealed that he had visited the village three years earlier on an Anbu mission.
• The team reached Sunagakure and entered without inspection, where Grandma Chiyo welcomed them.
• Grandma Chiyo told the visitors that Scorpion of the Red Sand's poison had left Kankuro gravely ill and asked Sakura Haruno to treat him.

Sakura treated Kankuro’s poison while Nanfeng and Chiyo learned what he knew about Gaara’s capture. After Kankuro revealed the attackers’ location and hidden allies, Nanfeng sensed that the One-Tail had been extracted from Gaara and considered becoming its jinchuriki.

• Sakura accepted Chiyo’s request and used her medical skills to draw the poison from Kankuro’s body.
• Chiyo asked Nanfeng why he kept his apprenticeship to Tsunade secret, and he explained that revealing it could put him in danger.
• Kankuro awakened and told Temari and Nanfeng that the Scorpion of the Red Sand and Deidara had attacked him, along with two powerful chakra signatures hidden nearby.
• Kankuro placed Gaara near Fuma Cave, and Nanfeng hurried to plan a rescue.
• Nanfeng felt the One-Tail’s chakra react inside him and realized it had been extracted from Gaara, then considered accepting the system’s help to become its jinchuriki.