Chapter Summaries

Hinata and Feng An staged a match in which she appeared to defeat him, and Hiruzen explained the result to the skeptical crowd. The next match stalled when Sasuke failed to arrive, and just as Hiruzen prepared to declare Gaara the winner, Orochimaru disguised as the Kazekage stopped him.

• Feng An pretended that Hinata’s uncharged palm strike had severed his heart meridians, giving her the victory.
• Hiruzen claimed Hinata had used a powerful Hyuga secret technique, persuading most spectators despite Hiashi and Hiruzen knowing the match was fixed.
• Shiranui Genma announced the match between Second Pillar and Gaara, but Sasuke did not appear.
• The crowd and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire grew angry over the delay, and Hiruzen ordered that Gaara be declared the winner.
• Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, stopped Hiruzen from ending the match because Sunagakure’s plan depended on Sasuke and Gaara fighting.

Hiruzen postponed Sasuke and Gaara’s match amid repeated disruptions, while Temari defeated Shikamaru after he finally fought back. Feng An sensed suspicious shinobi nearby and prepared for the coming chaos as Sasuke and Kakashi arrived for the next match.

• Hiruzen postponed Sasuke and Gaara’s match, Kankuro forfeited to Shino, and Shino was declared the winner.
• Naruto shoved Shikamaru into the arena, where he avoided Temari’s attacks before restraining her with the Shadow Binding Jutsu and forfeiting.
• Temari was declared the winner, and Feng An sensed figures moving around the outskirts while anticipating an attempt to hypnotize the spectators and abduct Hinata.
• Sasuke and Kakashi appeared together in the arena just as the next match was set to begin.

Gaara and Second Pillar fought in the Chunin Exam arena, where Sasuke pierced Gaara’s Absolute Defense with Chidori. Gaara’s strange transformation began, and Second Pillar escaped the sand sphere after seeing a swollen brown arm seize him.

• Gaara entered the arena as Hiruzen Sarutobi smoked and Shiranui Genma started the match.
• Gaara’s sand blocked Second Pillar’s attacks, but Sasuke’s speed let him kick Gaara away.
• Gaara enclosed himself in a sand sphere, and Sasuke’s attempt to punch through it left him wounded by its spikes.
• Sasuke used Chidori to pierce the sphere, provoking Gaara’s panicked screams and trapping Sasuke’s arm inside.
• Sasuke used Chidori again and pulled free, seeing a strange brown arm withdraw into the sphere instead of sand.

Kabuto Yakushi’s illusion launched an attack on Konoha during the Chunin Exams, while Orochimaru trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi inside a barrier and Sand and Sound ninja struck the village. Feng An helped Hinata reach safety, then used his sensory ability to locate allies and headed for Kiba Inuzuka.

• Kabuto Yakushi used the Nirvana Corpse Rebirth Technique to put spectators and ninja to sleep, but Feng An dispelled the illusion for himself and Hinata.
• Orochimaru seized Hiruzen Sarutobi as Sand Village ninja attacked the Hokage’s guards and summoned a three-headed snake to smash through Konoha’s walls.
• Jirobo, Tayuya, Kidomaru, and Sakon Ukon trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, while Elephant and the Anbu failed to break through.
• Danzō Shimura kept Root in its base and chose to let the attack weaken Konoha rather than intervene.
• Feng An met Hyuga Hiashi, sent him to escort Hinata home, and killed a Sound Ninja who attacked him.
• Feng An used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to locate his allies, realized Shino Aburame had gone after Sasuke, and headed toward the unconscious Kiba Inuzuka.

Feng An reunited with Kiba, Fūka, and Yudzuki, then helped escort a group of civilians toward safety during the attack on Konoha. After killing a Sand Ninja who ambushed them, Feng An left to search for two Cloud Village ninja and spotted a bald head in the spectator stands.

• Feng An woke Kiba and took him to find Fūka and Yudzuki, while Kiba used his sense of smell to locate them.
• Feng An and Kiba found Fūka and Yudzuki escorting four civilians, including Yudzuki's grandmother, and joined them.
• A Sand Ninja threw kunai at the group, but Feng An deflected them and killed the attacker.
• Feng An told Yudzuki and the others to head to the shelter, sent Kiba with them, and left to search for two Cloud Village ninja.
• Feng An reached the spectator stands and spotted a shiny bald head behind unconscious villagers.

Feng An killed two Cloud Ninja he said had tried to kidnap him, then faced Omoi and Shimura Shunta, who accused him of attacking them without cause. As Shunta launched a Water Release attack, Feng An countered with Water Severing Wave.

• Feng An opened the Gate of Life and killed a bald Cloud Ninja with a punch, then stabbed the monkey-faced Cloud Ninja who warned him about a war between villages.
• Omoi attacked Feng An, but Feng An blocked his sword strike and claimed the two dead Cloud Ninja had tried to kidnap him.
• Shimura Shunta accused Feng An of killing the Cloud Ninja without provocation and offered to hand him over to Cloud Village.
• Shunta attacked Feng An with Water Release: Raging Waves, and Feng An countered with Water Release: Water Severing Wave.

Feng An confronted Shimura Shunta after Shunta tried to blame him for the deaths of two Cloud Village ninja. Feng An pinned Shunta down and questioned him about Taimeng’s assassination attempts, while Elephant remained focused on the battle between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru.

• Shimura Shunta attacked Feng An with Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but Elephant blocked it with Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall.
• Shunta accused Feng An of being a spy and urged Elephant to hand him over to Cloud Village, invoking the Third Hokage’s actions eight years earlier.
• Feng An opened the Fourth Gate and smashed Shunta face-first into the arena floor before Omoi could react.
• Feng An questioned Shunta about Taimeng’s assassination attempts, and Shunta denied involvement while claiming Taimeng had acted on his own.
• Feng An stabbed Shunta’s left hand with a kunai, then asked whether Danzō Shimura was involved; Shunta cried out for help and named Danzō as his uncle, while Elephant watched the battle between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru.

Feng An confronted Shimura Shunta over his connection to Danzō Shimura and tried to kill him, but Elephant intervened. Danzō arrived as Shunta accused Feng An and Elephant of conspiring against him, leaving Danzō poised to use the confrontation against Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• A Konoha Military Police Force member fled to the underground Root Base and alerted Danzō Shimura that Shimura Shunta was in danger.
• Feng An saw through Shunta's lies and prepared to kill him, but Elephant stopped the blow and warned that Danzō would retaliate.
• Elephant argued that Shunta's fate should wait until the village crisis ended, while Feng An insisted that he himself was evidence of Shunta's crimes.
• Danzō ordered Tenzo to prepare an attack on the Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja, then rushed to Shunta's location.
• Feng An knocked out Omoi as he tried to flee, and Shunta freed himself and accused Feng An and Elephant of attacking him instead of the village's enemies.
• Danzō recognized that Shunta's accusation could help him impeach Hiruzen Sarutobi and challenged Elephant over the attack.

Feng An killed Shimura Shunta in front of Danzō Shimura and then fought Danzō and two Root members. After Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune fled, Danzō continued attacking Feng An with Wind Style.

• Feng An admitted that he had killed Shimura Shunta and then stabbed him with the Kusanagi Sword, killing him in front of Danzō Shimura and Elephant.
• Elephant warned Feng An that he had left himself no way back, then vanished without helping Danzō arrest him.
• Feng An questioned Danzō about Taimeng, and Danzō summoned Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune to attack him.
• Feng An used Shadow Clones, the Darkness Technique, and Fire Release against Danzō and the Root members; Danzō survived the flames by activating Izanagi.
• Torune fled with the poisoned Fu, while Danzō kept fighting and hurled wind-enhanced shuriken at Feng An.

Feng An used sensory ability and Earth Release to repeatedly kill Danzō Shimura before he could set up Izanagi, forcing Danzō to expend his Sharingan. Danzō survived long enough to counterattack with a powerful Wind Style technique, and the chapter ended with him discovering Feng An's healing Hashirama Cells.

• Feng An blocked Danzō Shimura's Wind Style attacks and sensed that only one Sharingan on Danzō's arm had closed.
• Feng An tracked Danzō's revival points and repeatedly trapped and killed him with Earth Release, shuriken, kunai, and the Kusanagi Sword.
• Danzō used a fourth Sharingan to activate Izanagi, then escaped Feng An's attack with Wind Style and launched a Vacuum Great Ball.
• Feng An opened the fifth gate to withstand the blast, but the attack wounded him and destabilized his Cell Activation.
• Danzō saw Feng An's wound healing with white cells and recognized him as a perfect fusion subject.

Feng An fought Danzō Shimura, repeatedly killing him with the sixth gate before Danzō restrained him with a binding seal. Feng An forced open the seventh gate and defeated Danzō with Daytime Tiger, then collapsed as the blast alarmed the fighters across the battlefield.

• Feng An opened the sixth gate and used Morning Peacock to overwhelm Danzō Shimura, killing him repeatedly as Izanagi revived him.
• As Izanagi neared its end, Danzō revealed his Mangekyo Sharingan, but Feng An gouged out the eye before Danzō immobilized him with Self-Cursing Binding Seal.
• Danzō wounded Feng An and prepared to take him to the Root laboratory, while Feng An forced open the seventh gate despite the danger to his body.
• Feng An used Daytime Tiger to shatter Danzō’s ribs and bury him beneath the ruined stands.
• The seventh gate closed and Feng An collapsed, while Orochimaru, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the Sand, Sound, and Konoha ninja reacted to the explosion.

Feng An survived Danzō Shimura’s Reverse Four Symbols Sealing and left the battlefield with Shisui Uchiha’s Sharingan. After returning home, he put the eye away and prepared to sneak into the archives.

• Danzō Shimura’s sealing jutsu erupted, destroying the surrounding area and sealing his corpse away while Feng An escaped its range.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Danzō Shimura had died, then resumed fighting Orochimaru after narrowly dodging his Kusanagi Sword.
• Feng An told Aburame Torune that Danzō Shimura was dead and bluffed his way past him; Torune concluded Root would soon be absorbed into the Anbu or destroyed.
• Feng An used the Mind’s Eye of the Kagura to avoid the fighting and returned home, where he examined Shisui Uchiha’s crimson Sharingan but decided not to implant it.
• Feng An changed into a black robe and Anbu mask and set out to sneak a look through the archives.

Feng An broke into the Hokage Building archives during the battle between Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru and stole several scrolls. After he escaped, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discovered the theft and suspected a spy had taken the Forbidden Jutsu.

• Feng An searched the archives and found the Scroll of Seals, which contained the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Impure World Reincarnation, Mutual Explosion Tag Technique, and Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Feng An read a scroll of Wood Release techniques and successfully used the Four Pillar Prison Technique, confirming that he could still use his Hashirama Cells.
• Feng An found and took a scroll containing the Mystical Palm Technique, then collected the Scroll of Seals, the Wood Release scroll, and several other scrolls.
• Feng An sensed someone approaching, transformed into a grain of sand, and hid as Utatane Koharu entered the archives.
• Feng An fled the Hokage Building while Utatane Koharu discovered the scattered scrolls and empty Forbidden Jutsu shelf; Mitokado Homura arrived and wondered whether Kabuto had stolen the scrolls on Orochimaru's orders.

Feng An mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and placed marks around the village, where he encountered a group of Sunagakure ninjas. After he killed their leader and Yugao Uzuki dispatched the rest, she mistook Feng An for a child in need of shelter and carried him away.

• Feng An studied the Scroll of Seals, mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, and marked his home before teleporting to it.
• Feng An sealed the scrolls for easier transport and placed Flying Thunder God Marks at familiar locations around the village.
• A group of Sunagakure ninjas confronted Feng An, and he killed one with a single slap.
• Yugao Uzuki attacked the Sunagakure ninjas with kunai, then killed those who fled.
• Feng An showed Yugao Uzuki his Konoha forehead protector, but she still treated him like a child and carried him toward a shelter.

Feng An tested the range of his sensing and Flying Thunder God Technique before discovering Yugao Uzuki had followed Yamanaka Fu into Root Organization’s underground base. Yugao Uzuki was captured when an unseen attacker struck with Wood Release.

• Feng An expanded the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to ten kilometers, sensed several people around Konoha, and teleported home with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Feng An detected Yamanaka Fu underground and then sensed Yugao Uzuki follow him, leaving him unsure whether to intervene.
• Hinata Hyuga worried about Feng An while Hanabi Hyuga teased her about her feelings and threatened to reveal her romance book.
• Yamanaka Fu caught Yugao Uzuki inside Root Organization's base and demanded to know why she had followed him.
• Yugao Uzuki attacked with Crescent Moon Dance, but a hidden assailant pierced her Shadow Clones and bound her with Wood Release pillars.

After Danzō’s death, the remaining Root members struggled to decide their future as Feng An entered their underground base. Feng An fought them and demanded that they release Yugao Uzuki, but Yamanaka Fu’s Mind Transfer Puppet Curse Seal Technique pulled Feng An’s consciousness away.

• Tenzo, Yamanaka Fu, and the Root members learned that Danzō had died and that his body had been sealed away by the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing Technique.
• The Root members debated whether to kill Yugao Uzuki, but Tenzo decided they could not risk killing an Anbu member.
• Feng An entered the underground base, and a Root member attacked him, only for the target to turn out to be a Shadow Clone.
• Tenzo restrained two Root members with Wood Release as Feng An defeated Hyo and demanded that Yugao Uzuki be released.
• Yamanaka Fu threw a Mind Transfer Puppet Curse Seal Technique at Feng An, and it pulled his consciousness inside.

Feng An used a Shadow Clone and Yamanaka Fu’s possession technique to confront Root, persuading its members not to avenge Danzō Shimura. After Tenzo released Yugao Uzuki, Feng An helped her escape and vanished with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

• Yamanaka Fu possessed Feng An’s body while Feng An’s consciousness entered a scarecrow, but Fu refused to kill him and argued that Root should move on after Danzō’s death.
• Feng An appeared and revealed that Yamanaka Fu had possessed a Shadow Clone; he demanded that Tenzo release Yugao Uzuki in exchange for leaving Root alone.
• Tenzo freed Yugao Uzuki, who emerged from the iron gate and saw cultivation tanks that showed Danzō Shimura’s experiments had continued.
• Yugao Uzuki carried Feng An toward the surface, where the Shadow Clone exploded and the real Feng An appeared.
• Feng An told Yugao Uzuki he had repaid her for saving him, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear, leaving her wondering who he was.

Hiruzen Sarutobi died after sealing away part of Orochimaru’s soul, ending the Konoha Crush Plan in Sunagakure’s defeat. As Konoha began rebuilding, Jiraiya refused the Fifth Hokage position and set out to find Tsunade, while the Hyuga clan gathered to hear an announcement about its heir.

• Tenzo told the Root members to follow Danzō’s final order, and Yamanaka Fu realized he was being urged to return to his family.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal to take part of Orochimaru’s soul, crippling his arms before dying; Orochimaru fled as the Anbu pursued him.
• Naruto woke Gaara, causing Shukaku to fall asleep, while Baki and Kabuto Yakushi escaped and Sunagakure’s invasion ended in defeat.
• The Konoha elders offered Jiraiya the Fifth Hokage position, but he declined and promised to find Tsunade instead.
• The Hyuga clan assembled to discuss reconstruction work and hear Hiashi Hyuga announce the Main Family’s heir.

Hyuga Hiashi faced questions about Hinata’s absence at the clan meeting, while Feng An finished rebuilding his home and visited the Hyuga Residence to look for Hinata. Hanabi answered the door, slammed it shut, and insisted that her sister was not there.

• The Elder called for volunteers to serve Konoha Village, while the clan members wondered why Hinata was absent and whether she would inherit the clan.
• Feng An admired the spacious two-story house he had built with Wood Release, then met Tian Hui and her neighbors outside.
• The women learned Feng An owned the house and left, newly motivated to push their own children.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel to the Hyuga Residence and knocked on the gate.
• Hanabi opened the door, mistook Feng An for someone else, shut it, and told him Hinata was not there.

Feng An realized that Hyuga Hiashi had taken Hinata to a clan meeting and feared the clan might place the Caged Bird Seal on her. At the meeting, Neji’s words fueled Branch Family resentment over the succession and their treatment, leaving Hiashi under pressure as he tried to protect his daughters.

• Feng An learned from Hyuga Natsu that Hiashi and Hinata were at a clan meeting, then rushed to find Hinata; Hanabi ran after them.
• Elder ordered Hyuga Kō to choose four Branch Family members for the village’s reconstruction work.
• Hiashi announced that he would not choose a Main Family successor yet because both daughters were outstanding, angering Elder.
• Neji reminded the clan that Hiashi had once sent Hinata to the Ninja Academy instead of naming her successor, stirring Branch Family grievances.
• Elder allowed the murmurs to build while Hiashi worried that he could not protect his daughters from the Caged Bird Seal, then shouted for silence.