Chapter Summaries

Feng An reassured Hinata that the future she hoped for, with her loved ones safe, would come to pass, then headed to the training ground to teach Neji. At the same time, Fifth Raikage Yugito learned the Chunin exam’s second test would take place in Sunagakure and ordered Cloud Ninja to ambush the route and kill Konoha and Sand shinobi.

• Feng An told Xiao Ling that the technique he had used was the Eight Gates: Gate of Death, leaving Xiao Ling shaken by its cost and power.
• Hinata said she hoped her friends and family would be safe, and Feng An promised her that the future would turn out that way.
• Feng An and his companions finished eating and went to the training ground so he could assess Neji’s techniques.
• Yugito learned that the Cloud Ninja assigned to the Chunin exam had been eliminated in the first test and that the next test would be held in Sunagakure’s Desert of Demons.
• Yugito ordered Darui and Karui to ambush the exam route and kill anyone wearing a Konoha or Sand forehead protector.

Tsunade prepared Konoha for threats from Cloud Village and a possible assassination attempt against the Fifth Kazekage as the Chunin exam’s second stage began. Feng An and Hinata scouted the route to the Desert of Demons, discovered Cloud Ninja and a massive chakra signature ahead, and prepared to alert the Anbu.

• Tsunade assigned Konoha’s Jonin to monitor C and guard against Cloud Village’s plans while also keeping the Fifth Kazekage’s safety in mind.
• Shikamaru announced that examinees had to reach the Desert of Demons, with the last ten teams eliminated, and the teams set off.
• Feng An and Hinata ran ahead, using their sensory abilities to search for an ambush, while Choji slowed down and continued with Neji’s team.
• Hinata detected many chakra signatures near the Land of Fire’s border, and Feng An sensed a massive signature that he believed belonged to a Tailed Beast.
• Feng An concluded Cloud Village was likely preparing an ambush and asked Hinata to make noise so the Konoha Anbu behind them would know they had found the enemy.
• Hinata told Feng An she would be nervous if he were not there.

Feng An and Hinata confronted a Cloud Ninja group near the Land of Fire border after Feng An’s Wood Release nearly struck Karui. When Karui demanded revenge for the Fourth Raikage and Samui’s deaths, Feng An said the Cloud Village had sought Hinata’s eyes and gave them a choice: surrender their eyes or die.

• Darui and Karui discussed the Raikage’s deployment and suspected that Red might be among the Chunin Exam examinees.
• Darui pulled Karui away as Wood Release branches erupted from the ground and grazed her back.
• Feng An and Hinata appeared before the Cloud Ninja, while Hinata told Feng An that Anbu were responding to the disturbance.
• Karui accused Feng An of killing the Fourth Raikage and Samui, and Feng An said the Cloud Village should apologize for coveting Hinata’s eyes.
• Feng An threatened the Cloud Ninja, demanding their eyes in exchange for their lives.

Feng An slaughtered Darui and most of the Cloud Ninja after demanding they gouge out their eyes in revenge for threatening Hinata. As Karui refused to surrender her remaining eye, the Raikage arrived, and Feng An challenged him over what the Cloud Ninja had demanded of his wife.

• Feng An killed Darui with trees that pierced him from behind, despite Darui evading the first attack.
• Feng An gave the Cloud Ninja a final chance to gouge out both eyes, while Hinata stood beside him and covered her own.
• Feng An sent trees through the Cloud Ninja when they hesitated, and many died before Karui and the survivors began removing their eyes.
• Feng An killed those who removed only one eye, sparing only two who quickly gouged out both.
• Feng An ordered the trees to attack Karui, who refused to surrender her remaining eye, as the Raikage arrived and Feng An defended Hinata.

Feng An killed Karui and confronted the Fifth Raikage, Yugito Nii, as she swore Cloud Village would feud with Konoha. Kakashi arrived to negotiate, and Yugito demanded that Konoha show sincerity, leaving the next move undecided.

• Feng An killed Karui with Wood Release, and Yugito Nii rescued Karui's body before declaring an undying feud with Konoha.
• Yugito released the Two-Tails' Chakra as the Cloud Ninja rallied behind her, while Feng An and Hinata remained calm and waited for Konoha's Anbu.
• Elephant arrived with the Anbu, and Feng An told him that Yugito had threatened war before stepping back with Hinata.
• Elephant put Kakashi Hatake forward as Konoha's most authoritative representative, and Kakashi offered to talk with Yugito.
• Yugito silenced the Cloud Ninja and told Kakashi that Konoha needed to show sincerity before negotiations could begin.

Yugito Nii tried to negotiate with Kakashi by demanding Yi and then Hinata’s Byakugan, provoking Feng An and putting Konoha on the verge of a fight. The tension was interrupted when Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, Tenten, and Choji Akimichi arrived to help, while Elephant learned that several other examinees had slipped past the Anbu.

• Yugito Nii demanded that Konoha hand over Yi, but Kakashi refused and said the Hokage would not surrender him.
• Yugito Nii proposed taking Hinata’s Byakugan as compensation, and Feng An’s presence made the Cloud Ninja uneasy as Kakashi prepared for battle.
• Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, Tenten, and Choji Akimichi arrived and said they had come to help Feng An.
• Elephant confronted an Anbu member, who admitted that the barrier had been dropped so some examinees could reach the group.
• The Anbu revealed that a flying, dark-skinned girl from Takigakure and two jonin-level examinees had also gotten through, leaving Elephant worried about their whereabouts.

Feng An realized Yugito Nii had been stalling during negotiations and confronted her, prompting her to transform into the full form of Two-Tails Matatabi. He stood before Kakashi as the tailed beast appeared, leaving the failed negotiation on the brink of a fight.

• Feng An asked Kakashi whether Might Guy was in the village, and Kakashi confirmed that he was.
• Feng An recognized Yugito Nii was stalling, and Yugito suspected he had seen through her plan.
• Yugito silently called on Matatabi and transformed into the complete form of Two-Tails Matatabi.
• Kakashi reacted to the enormous tailed beast as Feng An stepped in front of him and joked that Two-Tails looked malnourished.

Feng An overwhelmed Matatabi with a towering Wood Golem, leaving Yugito Nii stunned by how much stronger he had become. As the others reacted to the display, Yugito asked Matatabi if she was too weak.

• Matatabi attacked Feng An, but his Wood Golem rose over a hundred meters tall and withstood her claw.
• Kakashi, Rock Lee, Neji, Tenten, and Hinata watched in awe as Feng An’s power eased the tension of the war.
• Elephant and Kakashi discussed their sense of security and Red’s failed Fifth Hokage election bid.
• Yugito Nii compared Feng An’s current strength with what she had seen a year earlier and realized he had grown far beyond her expectations.
• Yugito asked Matatabi whether she was too weak.

Feng An confronted Yugito Nii and Matatabi while they relied on Killer B to attack Konoha, but he revealed he had seen through their plan and seized Matatabi with his wooden giant. As Matatabi launched a huge fireball at him, Feng An calmly began forming a hand seal.

• Yugito Nii and Matatabi reasoned that Killer B could destroy Konoha while the village's strongest fighters were occupied.
• Feng An called their plan childish and said he still intended to take the Chunin exam with Hinata after dealing with Yugito.
• Feng An's wooden giant grabbed Matatabi by the neck and lifted her, while he confirmed that Killer B would not destroy Konoha.
• Yugito refocused as Matatabi warned that Feng An was absorbing her Chakra.
• Matatabi formed and fired a massive fireball toward Feng An atop the wooden giant.
• Feng An watched the fireball approach and formed a tiger hand seal.

Feng An countered the Two-Tails Matatabi’s enormous fireball with his own Fire Release, leaving the Cloud Ninja stunned and questioning what they were seeing. Kaede flew to join him while the Takigakure ninja returned to report to Konoha’s Anbu.

• Feng An destroyed Matatabi’s fireball by colliding it with his own Fire Release Ninjutsu.
• Kaede watched Feng An’s fight from a treetop and decided she could leave the two Takigakure ninja behind.
• The Takigakure ninja returned to explain the situation to Konoha’s Anbu rather than risk involving their village in the conflict.
• Kaede formed transparent wings and flew toward Feng An.
• The Cloud Ninja froze after Feng An matched Matatabi’s attack and feared they had fallen under an illusion technique.

Feng An overwhelmed Yugito Nii and Matatabi with powerful Fire and Wood Release techniques, then taunted Hidden Cloud Village and suggested Kakashi become its Fifth Raikage. The chapter ended with Kakashi reacting in confusion to Feng An's proposal.

• Yugito Nii wondered how Feng An had performed such a powerful Fire Release technique with only one hand sign, and Matatabi compared his skill to the Sage of Six Paths.
• Feng An mocked Yugito and restrained the transformed Two-Tails with Wood Release trees.
• Yugito struggled to escape as Feng An's technique immobilized her and drained Matatabi's Chakra.
• Feng An told Yugito that Hidden Cloud Village could ask Konoha to make Kakashi its Fifth Raikage, and Kakashi reacted with confusion.

Feng An held the Two-Tails, Matatabi, captive while the Cloud Ninja lost hope of defeating him. As Yugito and Matatabi considered their last resort, Yugito recognized that her confidence had already collapsed.

• Kakashi pointed out that he would not become Raikage, and Feng An said the position might be possible after Cloud Village was destroyed.
• The Cloud Ninja despaired as Feng An held Matatabi, while one of them futilely threatened that the Land of Lightning's daimyo would send troops.
• Feng An explained that daimyo treated ninja villages as tools they could replace when broken.
• Yugito and Matatabi discussed using a Tailed Beast Bomb, but Yugito doubted it could harm Feng An and admitted she felt he was invincible.
• Matatabi asked Yugito to remember how she had been when they first met, and Yugito began to recall.

Feng An’s Wood Release suppressed Matatabi’s Chakra, and his body began showing signs that he might have awakened Adamantine Sealing Chains. As Feng An became distracted, Yugito and Matatabi lost their chance to escape, and Matatabi withdrew her trust after Yugito admitted defeat.

• Feng An felt a strange sensation and noticed a faint yellow glow on his body, suspecting he had awakened Adamantine Sealing Chains.
• Matatabi realized Feng An was distracted and urged Yugito to seize the chance to escape.
• Yugito wondered if Feng An was toying with them, and Matatabi scolded her for being slow-witted.
• Yugito asked Matatabi to take control and admitted she had already lost.
• Matatabi told Yugito that she could be reborn but Yugito could not, then closed off her heart while leaving her Tailed Beast Transformation intact.
• Yugito felt Matatabi withdraw from her and said with difficulty that she admitted defeat.

Yugito surrendered to Feng An after he overwhelmed the Cloud Village, prompting her own ninja to condemn her while Konoha’s forces watched in awe. Feng An challenged the Cloud Ninja’s talk of dignity as the defeated village’s humiliation continued.

• Yugito dispelled her Tailed Beast Transformation and surrendered to Feng An.
• The Cloud Ninja accused Yugito of disgrace and questioned her worth as Raikage.
• Kakashi and Elephant realized Feng An had defeated the Cloud Village’s full force without Konoha needing to intervene.
• Konoha’s ninja regretted not making Feng An the Fifth Hokage and recalled the village’s past conflict with him and the Hyuga Clan.
• Feng An frowned at the Cloud Ninja’s condemnations and asked when their village had ever had dignity.

Feng An intimidated the Cloud Ninja and walked with Hinata toward Yugito, ignoring the retreating enemy. He called on Matatabi to come out of Yugito and speak with him.

• Feng An challenged the Cloud Ninja to explain their conduct, but his presence silenced them.
• Feng An descended from the Wood Human and strolled toward Yugito, while the Cloud Ninja backed away.
• Hinata took Feng An's hand, and they teased each other about fighting side by side after their wedding.
• Feng An reached Yugito, looked through her toward Matatabi, and called for the tailed beast to come out and talk.

Feng An persuaded Matatabi to leave Yugito and follow him, promising to try to spare Yugito’s life. The Cloud Ninja feared that losing Matatabi would leave Cloud Village without its greatest weapon, while Feng An pointed out their sudden support for the dejected Yugito.

• Feng An told Matatabi that she should choose a new master, warning that rebirth might not preserve her memories.
• Matatabi asked what would happen to Yugito, and Feng An said Yugito had been as good as dead since she decided to start a war.
• Matatabi agreed to follow Feng An if he spared Yugito’s life, and Feng An accepted.
• Feng An planned to leave some of Matatabi’s Chakra inside Yugito, hoping she would survive the extraction.
• The Cloud Ninja urged Yugito to get up and resist becoming Konoha’s prisoner.
• Feng An asked the Cloud Ninja why they had begun supporting Yugito after cursing her, and said they feared losing Cloud Village’s greatest reliance.

Feng An returned to Konoha with Hinata after capturing the Raikage and sending a Wood Clone to retrieve Yugito Nii. He found Tsunade and the other defenders battered but alive, and the chapter ended as Tsunade anxiously asked Hinata what had happened to the Cloud forces.

• Feng An sent a Wood Clone to retrieve Yugito Nii while the Cloud Ninja wondered whether to flee or fight.
• Feng An left the Cloud forces to Kakashi and Elephant, then returned to Konoha with Hinata to check on Tsunade.
• Tsunade and the defenders regrouped at Konoha's ruined entrance after their battle with Killer B.
• Tsunade realized Feng An and Hinata were unharmed and asked whether they had defeated Yugito Nii and the Cloud troops.
• Hinata began to answer, leaving Tsunade anxiously wondering whether she and Feng An had fled the battle.

Hinata revealed that Feng An had defeated Yugito Nii and terrified the Cloud Ninja army. Feng An explained how he had forced the enemy advance force to gouge out their eyes, leaving Tsunade and the others stunned and asking why he had done it.

• Tsunade accused Feng An of leading Hinata astray, and Hinata revealed that he had defeated Yugito Nii and intimidated the Cloud Ninja army.
• The group reacted with disbelief when Feng An said he had intimidated the Cloud Ninja by killing only a dozen or so people.
• Hinata explained that Feng An had killed the first dozen or so Cloud Ninja and threatened the advance force with death unless they gouged out their own eyes.
• The group understood why the Cloud Ninja had been terrified and struggled to reconcile Feng An's easygoing appearance with his brutality.
• Tsunade and the others asked Feng An why he had made the Cloud Ninja gouge out their eyes.

Tsunade and the others watched Feng An and Hinata grow close, while Feng An teased Tsunade about her age. The Tree Spirit appeared and hinted that it had come with the Slug Sage’s help, leaving Feng An suspicious of the two spirits’ relationship.

• Tsunade and the others realized Feng An had gouged out the Cloud Ninja’s eyes as revenge for his kidnapping of Hinata.
• Tsunade told Hinata she had found a treasure, and Feng An replied that he was the one who had found a treasure in Hinata.
• Tsunade and the others coughed loudly to interrupt Feng An and Hinata as they drew close.
• Feng An called Tsunade a nearly fifty-year-old granny, prompting her to suspect Katsuyu had revealed her real age.
• The Tree Spirit appeared behind Feng An and hinted that it had come with the Slug Sage’s help.
• Feng An asked the Tree Spirit to tell him quietly what had happened, and the Tree Spirit wondered when Feng An had become its disciple.

Feng An learned that the Tree Spirit had signed a Summoning Contract with the Slug Sage, then returned to his residence to address the Two-Tails inside Yugito Nii. The chapter ended with Feng An preparing to deal with the Two-Tails Matatabi.

• Feng An teased the Tree Spirit until the Tree Spirit whispered that the Slug Sage was the one who had signed a Summoning Contract with him.
• The Slug Sage interrupted the Tree Spirit before he could reveal more about their private time in Slug Forest.
• Feng An told Tsunade he and Hinata were leaving, while Tsunade mistakenly assumed they were going to be intimate.
• Feng An called out to Might Guy, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to his residence with Hinata.
• Feng An's Wood Clone returned to his body, and he told the Two-Tails that it was time to deal with its problem.