Chapter Summaries

Feng An tried to understand his Wood Release by staying near the Tree Spirit, then discovered the Tree Spirit had feelings for the Slug Sage. The Slug Sage overheard their conversation and found herself unexpectedly flustered.

• Feng An told the Tree Spirit that he had gained a lead while contemplating its vitality.
• Feng An asked how long the Tree Spirit had lived and whether it felt lonely.
• Feng An asked what the Tree Spirit thought of the Slug Sage and offered to put in a good word.
• The Tree Spirit admitted loudly that it had feelings for Lord Katsuyu, startling Feng An and the Slug Sage’s split bodies.
• The Slug Sage wondered whether her own reaction had been influenced by Hinata and the others.

Feng An and the Slug Sage both avoided discussing the Tree Spirit’s feelings during dinner, while Hinata noticed their strange behavior. Later, Hinata told Feng An that she had heard a warning from Otsutsuki Hamura, leaving Feng An worried that Otsutsuki Toneri’s plan had begun early and determined to protect her.

• Feng An and the Slug Sage nervously ate through a day’s worth of food without bringing up the Tree Spirit’s feelings.
• Feng An took Hinata back to their home, where he admired her changed appearance and told her she was pretty.
• Hinata recalled that a strange voice had called her the Byakugan Princess and warned that the ninja world created by Hamura’s brother must not be destroyed.
• Feng An recognized the warning as Otsutsuki Hamura’s words and feared Otsutsuki Toneri had started his plan earlier than expected.
• Feng An resolved to stop Toneri from harming Hinata or abducting her.

Feng An told Hinata about Otsutsuki Hamura’s descendants on the moon, the Sage of Six Paths, and the ways to evolve the Tenseigan. Hinata struggled to stay awake through his explanation, and the next morning they realized the Slug Sage had not called them for breakfast after spending the night unable to rest.

• Feng An reassured Hinata, then explained that Otsutsuki Hamura had descendants on the moon who watched over the ninja world.
• Hinata questioned Feng An about the Sage of Six Paths, and Feng An told her he was Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Otsutsuki Hamura’s older brother.
• Feng An spent about two and a half hours explaining the moon clan’s war and the two methods of evolving the Tenseigan while Hinata grew drowsy.
• Feng An and Hinata woke after breakfast time and wondered why the Slug Sage had not called them to eat.
• The Slug Sage remained drowsy at her residence because Feng An’s words had kept her awake all night.

Feng An discussed the Tenseigan and Hinata’s senjutsu training before leaving to meet the Tree Spirit. He falsely told the Tree Spirit that the Slug Sage had a favorable impression of it, and hinted that the Tree Spirit would need to take the initiative.

• Hinata asked Feng An about the Tenseigan, and he described its possible colors and sizes while wondering why her Byakugan had not evolved.
• Hinata said her training had stalled, and Feng An told her she had reached the limit of natural energy cultivation and suggested learning the Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist.
• Feng An left Hinata to train with the Tree Spirit and told her to visit Lord Katsuyu later.
• Feng An found the Tree Spirit and lied that the Slug Sage had a favorable impression of it, then warned that their conversation could not be spoken of openly.

After mastering the origin of life and completing his Sage Arts training in Slug Forest, Feng An prepared to return to Konoha with Hinata. The Slug Sage’s reverse summoning sent them away, leaving the Tree Spirit behind with his hopes for romance.

• Feng An completed his enlightenment, and the Tree Spirit recounted how his awkward attempts to woo the Slug Sage had led to him vomiting on her and later apologizing.
• Feng An created and dispersed a great tree to demonstrate his newly awakened Wood Release, then gave the Tree Spirit two lines for a love poem.
• Feng An told the Tree Spirit he was leaving with Hinata because his training was complete and he needed to return the treasure he had borrowed.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to reach Hinata, and they decided to say goodbye to the Slug Sage before returning to Konoha.
• Hinata thanked the Slug Sage, while the Tree Spirit tried to emerge from her residence and was pulled back inside.
• Katsuyu began the reverse summoning in Konoha, and a cloud of white smoke appeared in Slug Forest as the pair departed.

Feng An and Hinata returned to Konoha, where Tsunade warned them that Cloud Village planned to attack and avenge the Fourth Raikage. After Feng An claimed he could defeat the two Tailed Beasts, the pair went home and encountered a child who called him Dad.

• Feng An and Hinata returned to the Hokage's office and told Tsunade they had both mastered senjutsu.
• Elephant revealed that Cloud Village's Killer Bee and Yugito Nii intended to attack Konoha during the Chūnin Exams, and Tsunade explained the village's dilemma.
• Feng An said the two Tailed Beasts were like little chicks to him, startling Tsunade, who then asked him to become her assistant.
• Feng An and Hinata used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return home, where a child walked out of the kitchen, called Feng An Dad, and dropped his bread.

Feng An returned to the Hyuga family with Hinata and Hanabi, where Hinata reunited with Hiashi as he supervised the rebuilding of his house. While Hinata and Hiashi talked, Hyuga Natsu asked Feng An about marriage, and he sensed Kiba and Akamaru training from afar.

• Hanabi arrived at Hinata and Feng An's home, teased them, and explained that she and Hiashi were staying there while the Hyuga house was renovated.
• Feng An used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Hinata and Hanabi to the Hyuga Estate, where Hinata reunited with Hiashi.
• Feng An greeted Hyuga Natsu, who asked whether he had returned to marry Hinata, while Hanabi objected to the idea.
• Feng An used the Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense Kiba and Akamaru training at Team 8's former training ground.

Hinata demonstrated her Sage-enhanced Gentle Step Twin Lion Fist to Hiashi, the Second Elder, and Neji, astonishing them with its immense power. Hiashi praised her as the Hyuga Clan’s future and ordered a celebratory feast, while Feng An was left without a chance to show his own training results.

• Hinata brought Feng An to meet Hiashi, who led them to the Hyuga training ground to see what they had learned during their year of training.
• The Second Elder and Neji arrived, and the group eagerly asked Hinata to demonstrate her Sage Arts.
• Hinata formed enormous pale-purple lion heads around her fists, and Hiashi and the Second Elder realized she had not been taught the technique by Hiashi.
• Hinata’s strikes destroyed the training targets and split the surrounding trees, prompting Hiashi to stop her before she damaged the entire training ground.
• Hiashi praised Hinata as his pride and the Hyuga Clan’s future, then ordered the clan to prepare a feast.
• Feng An protested that he had not yet shown anyone his own results.

Feng An demonstrated his senjutsu by restoring the broken trees, impressing Hyuga Hiashi and the Second Elder. After the Hyuga clan banquet and the formal announcement of Feng An and Hinata’s relationship, he reunited with Team 8 and used the Ghost Lantern Technique to stop Kiba and Akamaru from challenging him.

• Feng An used senjutsu to regrow the broken trees, leaving Hyuga Hiashi, the Second Elder, and Neji Hyuga astonished.
• Hyuga Hiashi hosted a clan banquet and formally announced Feng An and Hinata’s relationship, while clan members congratulated them.
• Feng An and Hinata returned home with Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Natsu, and Hanabi Hyuga, and Hanabi kept Feng An from sharing a room with Hinata.
• Feng An and Hinata visited Kurenai and reunited with Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame at Team 8’s training grounds.
• Kiba Inuzuka tried to spar with Feng An alongside Akamaru, so Feng An used the Ghost Lantern Technique to surround them with ghostfire and stop the challenge.

Feng An and Hinata rushed to qualify for the Chunin exam by completing missions, then searched for a third teammate. They invited Choji Akimichi to join them, and his concern about eating too much left Hinata embarrassed.

• Feng An told Kurenai that he and Hinata planned to enter the Chunin exam, and learned they needed to complete missions before registration closed.
• Feng An and Hinata took several D-rank and C-rank missions, using shadow clones and the Flying Thunder God Technique to finish eight each in less than a day.
• Feng An went to the registration site seeking a third teammate and ran into Choji Akimichi, who had withdrawn from Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno's team.
• Feng An invited Choji Akimichi to join them, and Choji worried that he ate too much before Feng An teased Hinata about eating even more.

Feng An, Hinata, and Choji formed a team and spent their training evening eating barbecue, where Hinata outate Choji. Two days later, Feng An and Hinata arrived at the Chunin Exam, where Cloud Ninja with a hidden agenda had also appeared and Shikamaru and Temari began the first examination.

• Feng An took Hinata and Choji to the Barbecue Restaurant to build team chemistry, and Hinata ate enough to leave Choji stunned and defeated.
• Feng An and Hinata said goodbye to the dispirited Choji after the meal, and Feng An tried to explain why Choji was upset.
• Two days later, Feng An and Hinata arrived at the Chunin Exam venue and noticed Cloud Village ninja, including C, among the candidates and staff.
• C and a dark-skinned Cloud Ninja recognized Feng An as the person who killed the Raikage and agreed not to alert him because they had another purpose.
• Sakura, Sasuke, and Ino greeted Feng An, Hinata, and Choji, and Sasuke challenged Feng An to pass the first exam.
• Shikamaru introduced himself as chief examiner, with Temari as assistant proctor.

Shikamaru and Temari announced the first exam, which required teams to split between two classrooms and coordinate their answers. Feng An sent Hinata and Choji to the opposite room while he stayed behind, confident that the three could pass.

• Temari silenced the noisy candidates by knocking over the classroom desks with a gust from her Three-Star Fan.
• Shikamaru ordered each team to leave one member in the room and send two members to the opposite classroom.
• Feng An stayed behind while Hinata and Choji went to the other room, reassuring them that they could work together to pass.
• Shikamaru explained that the teams needed a combined score of 100 points and could communicate by any method as long as they stayed in their classrooms.
• Shikamaru and Temari went to the monitoring room, and the first exam began.

During the written exam, Feng An and the others used their abilities to identify which questions to answer, while Shikamaru and Temari monitored the candidates. When Neji asked Feng An to quiet the noisy classroom, Feng An frightened the shouters into silence with controlled ghostly flames, drawing suspicion from a Cloud Village ninja.

• Candidates shouted across classrooms to exchange answers, while a Sunagakure ninja sent his teammates a message by forming words on the ground outside.
• Feng An finished a thirty-point question, and Hinata used her Byakugan to see his choice through the thick wall and guide Choji to answer thirty points while she answered forty.
• Shikamaru and Temari discussed the advantage the Byakugan gave Hinata, while other teams used insects, mind techniques, and sensory abilities to share answers.
• Neji asked Feng An to quiet the classroom, and Feng An conjured ghostly flames before the candidates who had been shouting.
• Feng An warned the candidates to stay quiet, and a Cloud Village ninja recognized him as Yi, the man who had killed the Fourth Raikage.

Neji Hyuga proposed a way for the examinees to coordinate their scores through the wall and pass the written exam together. After the class accepted his plan, a Sand Ninja volunteered to send the message, while Feng An watched him warily.

• Feng An dispelled his Lantern Ghost Jutsu and let Neji Hyuga explain his plan to the class.
• Neji calmly told the arguing examinees that he thought they could not pass, and a Sand ninja accidentally repeated the exam rules when challenged.
• Neji explained that striking the dividing wall four times would signal his teammates to take thirty, thirty, and forty points, bringing their total to one hundred.
• The examinees accepted Neji's proposal, and Shikamaru Nara applauded from the monitoring room.
• A Sand Ninja offered to carry out the plan, and Feng An stood up and watched him.

Neji Hyuga and the Sand ninja used signals through the wall to help the classrooms coordinate their answers, but the Sand ninja added a fifth strike to sabotage the others. Neji explained how the extra signal still revealed a way for everyone to pass, and Feng An intervened as the Sand ninja raised his arm again.

• Neji Hyuga and the Sand ninja struck the wall four times, and Hinata Hyuga used her Byakugan to recognize the sounds as a signal.
• The students in Hinata’s classroom interpreted the four strikes as instructions for a 30, 30, and 40 point split, while Shikamaru Nara concluded Neji had prevailed.
• The Sand ninja struck the wall a fifth time, then revealed that he had intended to sabotage the other students so fewer rivals would reach the next exam.
• Neji explained that five strikes indicated a 0, 50, and 50 point split, which let both classrooms pass.
• The Sand ninja raised his arm again in anger, and Feng An told him to step aside before tapping a finger through the air.

Feng An used Wood Release to subdue a Sand ninja during the written exam, drawing attention from the other candidates and Kaede. He befriended Neji Hyuga by agreeing to teach him, while the exam continued with a bonus question about choosing who would sacrifice themselves on a mission.

• Feng An immobilized a Sand ninja with Wood Release, then released him after warning the class not to call him Redhead.
• Kaede from Takigakure approached Feng An to offer friendship, and he told her his name was Feng An.
• Neji Hyuga asked Feng An to teach him training, and Feng An agreed; Neji decided Hinata would call him brother while he called her sister.
• Shikamaru announced the written exam's bonus question, asking which teammate should stay behind as bait if that person was guaranteed to die.

Feng An helped Neji Hyuga realize that the right response to the question of who should stay behind was to leave the answer blank. Hinata independently reached the same conclusion in her classroom, leaving her paper empty as time ran out.

• Neji Hyuga considered whether he, Rock Lee, or Tenten would volunteer to stay behind, then noticed Feng An had left his paper blank.
• Feng An asked Neji whether his teammates would sacrifice one another, leading Neji to realize that the question had no answer if everyone would volunteer themselves.
• Hinata told Choji Akimichi she would protect the team and explained that Feng An had taught her not to answer if she wanted to avoid making a mistake.
• Choji Akimichi swallowed his doubts as Hinata left her answer blank.

Shikamaru announced that teams passed the written exam only if they left the bonus question blank, explaining that choosing anyone—including oneself—to sacrifice meant abandoning a teammate. The exam ended with most contestants accepting the lesson, while the Sand ninja realized too late that his blank answer had been correct.

• Shikamaru stopped the examinees after three minutes and collected their papers, despite one Sand ninja begging to make a last-minute guess.
• Shikamaru and Temari announced that any team with a name written on its paper had failed, prompting protests from the examinees.
• Ibiki Morino silenced the protesting ninjas with his intimidating appearance and told them to accept the chief proctor's decision.
• Shikamaru explained that the bonus question tested whether squads would abandon a teammate, and that leaving the answer blank was the only way to pass.
• The examinees accepted the explanation and promised to work better as teams, while the Sand ninja finally realized his blank paper had passed.

After the first exam, Neji asked Feng An for cultivation guidance, but Feng An reunited with Hinata and teased her until she called him her husband and fainted. Feng An carried Hinata off to get food with Neji and Choji, while Neji still hoped to discuss cultivation.

• Neji called Feng An brother-in-law and asked him for cultivation guidance, confusing Hinata and Choji.
• Feng An embraced Hinata and encouraged her to overcome her shyness in front of the other examinees.
• Hinata finally called Feng An her husband, and he called her his lady, causing her to faint.
• Feng An assured Neji that Hinata was fine, while Choji struggled to make sense of their family titles.
• Feng An invited Neji and Choji to eat and suggested they call Tenten and Xiao Ling, and Hinata woke enough to vote for food.

Feng An told Team Guy he could glimpse the future and answered their questions about what lay ahead. He reassured Neji that the Hyuga Clan’s Caged Bird Seal and Main Family–Branch Family system would be abolished, then left Rock Lee stunned by revealing how powerful Might Guy would become.

• Feng An told Neji, Tenten, Rock Lee, and Choji Akimichi that senjutsu training had given him the ability to glimpse a corner of the future.
• Neji asked whether the Hyuga Clan would escape its system, and Feng An said the Caged Bird Seal would be lifted, the system abolished, and Neji would help make it happen.
• Feng An told Tenten she would play a crucial role in the Fourth Great Ninja War and defeat a Kage-level expert with the Basho Fan.
• Rock Lee asked whether he would become as strong as Might Guy, and Feng An said catching up would be difficult because Guy would kick space until it twisted.
• Rock Lee jumped up in shock at Feng An’s description of Guy’s future kick.