Recaps

Orochimaru used genjutsu to frighten Anko and try to learn why she was there, but Yang Xing interrupted him with thrown weapons. Yang Xing faced Orochimaru while telling Rin Nohara to close her eyes and stay back.

• Orochimaru confronted Anko and used genjutsu to make her cower and start answering his questions.
• Yang Xing and Rin Nohara emerged from the bushes, and Yang Xing's weapons forced Orochimaru to dodge and release Anko.
• Rin Nohara tried to stop Yang Xing, but he pushed her hand away and warned her not to look into Orochimaru's eyes.
• Yang Xing told Rin Nohara to close her eyes and stay still, then used Water Style: Water Clone Technique.

Yang Xing pursued Orochimaru after Orochimaru took Anko hostage, and used his Evolution Fruit to gain an enhanced One-Tomoe Sharingan. Orochimaru revealed he was searching Konoha’s next generation for a future replacement, and Yang Xing arrived at the cave where he was waiting.

• Orochimaru escaped Yang Xing’s attack with genjutsu, kicked him away, and took Anko hostage as he fled.
• Rin Nohara tried to stop Yang Xing from chasing Orochimaru, but Yang Xing used Water Clone Technique to slip past her and pursue him alone.
• Yang Xing spent his last Evolution Fruit to enhance his achievement and select an enhanced One-Tomoe Sharingan.
• In the cave, Orochimaru told Anko he was choosing his future by seeking a promising child from Konoha.
• Yang Xing entered the cave, shocking Anko and drawing Orochimaru’s attention.

Yang Xing confronted Orochimaru to rescue Anko, tricked him with a feigned genjutsu, and struck back with the Sharingan. He blasted a hole through Orochimaru’s chest, leaving Anko stunned as Orochimaru fell.

• Yang Xing’s clone attacked Orochimaru with Earth Style: Earth Spear while Anko urged him to escape.
• Orochimaru feigned an attack on Anko to draw out the real Yang Xing and trapped him in a genjutsu.
• Yang Xing revealed he had not been caught, used his Sharingan to sever Orochimaru’s right arm, and prepared a close-range attack.
• Yang Xing unleashed an enhanced Water Wave that blasted through Orochimaru’s chest and the cave wall.
• Anko watched Orochimaru collapse, stunned by Yang Xing’s power.

Yang Xing rescued Anko after seriously injuring Orochimaru, who escaped and told a Konoha Anbu operative that he would postpone his plan. On the way back, Anko decided to join the Anbu and vowed to become strong enough to defeat Orochimaru.

• Yang Xing told Anko that Orochimaru had escaped underground but was badly injured, then freed her.
• Orochimaru met a masked Konoha Anbu Ninja, said he had been discovered, and ordered the operative to inform an important person that he would resume his plan later.
• The Anbu Ninja watched Orochimaru disappear and hurried away to warn his contact that someone powerful had injured him.
• On the journey back, Yang Xing suspected a spy had helped Orochimaru enter Konoha, and Anko agreed that it was possible.
• Anko declared that she would join the Anbu and eventually defeat Orochimaru, while Yang Xing mocked her for barely being able to walk.

Yang Xing and the Konoha team traveled toward a remote waterside village, where thickening mist concealed a genjutsu trap. The jōnin instructor identified the illusion, leaving the group stranded in the mist with an unknown enemy nearby.

• Yang Xing and Kakashi joined Anko and the others, then set out for the next village while wary of Orochimaru's arrival.
• The team traveled by a hidden forest route and then by boat toward an isolated village that appeared deserted.
• Kakashi sent a Water Clone ahead to scout, and it returned indicating the route was safe.
• As the boats entered the mist, the fog grew too thick for the team to see ahead or behind them.
• The jōnin instructor realized they were caught in a genjutsu cast by someone potentially as strong as she was.

Yang Xing faced deadly summoning beasts beneath an illusory lake while Obito’s resentment toward him erupted into an argument. After warning the others and attacking the creatures with a powerful Fire Style technique, Yang Xing left several beasts dead in the water.

• A shinobi reached toward the lake’s illusion and was seized by a tentacle and dragged underwater.
• Obito provoked the monsters, and a serpent-like beast attacked him while an eel-like beast seized Kakashi and pulled him into the lake.
• The female jōnin dove in to search for Kakashi, while Yang Xing spotted a huge shadow and urged Obito and Rin Nohara to leave their boat.
• Obito accused Yang Xing of being a weakling who owed his place on the team to his teacher, and Rin slapped Obito for his words.
• Yang Xing told Obito he disliked him but warned him that Rin would grieve if he died, then used a clone to launch himself into the air.
• Yang Xing unleashed a Great Fireball Technique that killed several summoning beasts, leaving Obito and Rin stunned and Anko cheering.

Yang Xing fought off the Land of Earth ninjas attacking his team and drew their forces onto himself. As three enemies charged him from around his Earth Flow Wall, he revealed his awakened Sharingan, leaving them stunned.

• Yang Xing killed Mai with a powerful Water Wave after she charged him to avenge her Summoning beast.
• The Land of Earth Jonin ordered his forces to target Yang Xing, while the exhausted Kakashi and Jonin woman defended themselves against summoned sea creatures.
• More than a hundred ninjas and illusions rushed Yang Xing, who created ten Water Clones and blocked the attackers' techniques with an Earth Flow Wall.
• Yang Xing confronted three ninjas who circled around the wall, then revealed his Sharingan as they attacked.
• The Land of Earth ninjas recognized Yang Xing as an Uchiha who had awakened the Sharingan and tried to retreat.

Yang Xing used his Sharingan to defeat the Earth Style ninja who had ambushed him and questioned the last survivor about their plans. He learned that the Land of Earth intended to attack Konoha, then set off to help Rin Nohara and the others.

• Yang Xing exposed three ninja with his Sharingan and burned them to ash with a Fireball Technique.
• Yang Xing ambushed two Chunin and a Genin near the city wall, killing the Genin and one Chunin in quick succession.
• Yang Xing questioned the last Chunin, who revealed that the Land of Earth had destroyed the village and planned to attack Konoha.
• The Chunin refused to give further information and proclaimed his loyalty to Lord Tsuchikage, so Yang Xing killed him with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Yang Xing considered becoming Hokage, rejected the idea because of Konoha's Council of Elders, and hurried back to Rin Nohara and the others.

Yang Xing returned to the boat during the battle with the Land of Earth ninjas and rescued Obito after he was knocked into the lake. He told the remaining Chunin that the other enemies were dead, and the furious man charged at him.

• Obito grew distracted by his inability to match Yang Xing, allowing a Land of Earth ninja to kick him into a massive wave.
• Yang Xing arrived in time to split the wave with Water Style and saved Rin from the attacking Chunin.
• Rin begged Yang Xing to rescue Obito, and he dived into the lake and brought the unconscious boy back to the boat.
• Obito woke up, thanked Yang Xing, and recovered on the boat.
• Yang Xing told a Land of Earth Chunin that his teammates were dead, and the Chunin charged at him in rage.

Yang Xing's team reached a village devastated by the war, then camped nearby and discussed their chances of surviving the mission. After accepting a new Rank A mission, Yang Xing received rewards and an unexpected agility boost for an achievement that accused him of running away.

• The Land of Earth's Jonin warned Fu that Yang Xing and the others were too dangerous, and both enemies retreated.
• The mist cleared to reveal a destroyed village and blood-red lake, and the Jonin sensei ordered the team ashore to look for survivors.
• The team camped several kilometers from the village, where Kakashi asked Yang Xing how likely he would have been to defeat the Jonin.
• Yang Xing estimated his chance at fifty percent and urged the others to conserve their strength for the mission ahead.
• Yang Xing accepted a Rank A mission and received an Evolution Fruit, the Undying Cockroach achievement, and an agility boost from Running Away Is My Specialty.

Yang Xing considered using an Evolution Fruit, accepted Obito’s apology, and teased Anko, who remained angry with him the next morning. After Rin Nohara gave him tea, Yang Xing checked their mission and discovered they had to kill a Jonin within a day.

• Yang Xing weighed using the Evolution Fruit to evolve his Sharingan, then put his phone away when Obito approached.
• Obito apologized for his earlier words and thanked Yang Xing for saving him, but Yang Xing kept his distance.
• Yang Xing startled Anko with a fake spider warning and hugged her; Anko ran off embarrassed and angry.
• The next morning, Anko told Yang Xing not to talk to her, while Rin Nohara asked if they had fought and gave him tea.
• Yang Xing checked their A-rank mission and learned they had to kill a Jonin within a day, making him wary and prompting him to move closer to Rin Nohara.

Yang Xing's group encountered Shibi Aburame while traveling through the forest and learned that enemies from the Land of Earth were nearby. Shibi hurried off to confront them, and Yang Xing, Kakashi, Rin, and Anko chased after him, leaving their jōnin teacher behind.

• Yang Xing noticed the unusual number of insects and moved Rin behind him as a figure emerged from the bushes.
• Yang Xing attacked the figure with a Great Fireball Technique, but the man dodged and the jōnin teacher stopped Yang Xing from attacking again.
• The man introduced himself as Shibi Aburame, and he told the group that enemies from the Land of Earth were pursuing him.
• Shibi sensed that the enemies had reached the area and left without explaining who they were.
• Yang Xing, Kakashi, Rin, and Anko ran after Shibi while the jōnin teacher told the remaining group to stay alert.

Yang Xing joined Shibi Aburame in tracking a group of disguised shinobi and persuaded Shibi to teach him the Aburame Clan’s concealment insect technique. The chapter ended with them discovering Kakashi, Rin, and Anko in danger near the group.

• Yang Xing surprised Shibi in his hidden position and accidentally killed several of Shibi’s insects.
• Yang Xing asked Shibi to teach him the Aburame Clan’s concealment technique, and Shibi agreed in exchange for the future benefit to his clan.
• Shibi and Yang Xing crept closer to a group of more than a dozen disguised shinobi, including at least three Jonin.
• Shibi spotted Kakashi, Rin, and Anko near the group and realized they were at risk of being captured.
• Shibi told Yang Xing that the group used insect techniques similar to the Aburame Clan’s, which could overwhelm ordinary Jonin.

Yang Xing and Shibi Aburame lost track of Kakashi, Rin, and Anko, who followed a bee into an enemy ambush. The three were surrounded by a swarm of bees as Yang Xing rushed to help them.

• Kakashi could not sense Yang Xing, and Anko and Rin argued over who was responsible for losing track of him.
• Kakashi, Rin, and Anko mistook a bee for a guide and followed it away from Yang Xing and Shibi Aburame.
• Shibi realized the others were heading toward danger, but Yang Xing stopped him and went ahead to help them.
• Kakashi, Rin, and Anko ran into Shunsuke Mizunagare, Yama Kaede, and their group, who unleashed a huge swarm of bees.
• Yama Kaede ordered the bees to kill Kakashi, Rin, and Anko as they stood surrounded.

Yang Xing intervened when the Water Flow Clan’s Bee King threatened Rin and blocked its poisoned stinger with his Earth Style. The clan summoned a second, faster Queen Bee, which struck Yang Xing despite his quick reflexes, leaving Kakashi worried he could not win.

• Kakashi, Anko, and Rin fought off the swarms, while the Water Flow Clan concentrated its bees on the exhausted Rin.
• Shuiriu Yamafede summoned the Bee King and sent it at Rin as she began to falter.
• Yang Xing appeared and stopped the Bee King’s stinger with his hardened fist, then dodged its sticky honey attacks.
• Shuiriu Yamafede urged Shunsuke Mizunagare to summon the faster Queen Bee.
• The Queen Bee charged Yang Xing, and he blocked its first strike despite being slower than it.

Yang Xing outmaneuvered Queen Bee and killed her with an enhanced Great Fireball Technique, then revealed that an unseen ally was destroying the Water Flow Clan’s bees. As he created four Water Clones to prepare a large-scale Earth Style technique, Kakashi warned Anko and Rin Nohara to retreat.

• Yang Xing evaded Queen Bee’s attacks with repeated Substitution Techniques until Shunsuke Mizunagare called for her to retreat.
• Yang Xing seized Queen Bee’s moment of hesitation and killed her with an enhanced Great Fireball Technique, enraging Shunsuke.
• Yang Xing called to an unseen ally in the woods, and tiny bugs began killing the Water Flow Clan’s swarming bees.
• Shunsuke realized Yang Xing had been distracting them while the hidden ally attacked, but Yang Xing said none of them would escape.
• Yang Xing created four Water Clones, and Kakashi recognized they were preparing a large-scale Earth Style technique and told Anko and Rin Nohara to back away.

Yang Xing defeated the trapped Land of Earth's ninja with a Great Fireball Technique, while Shibi Aburame's insects killed the three Jonin. After the mission was completed, Yang Xing and his companions headed back to Konoha as Shibi stayed behind to pursue the remaining Water Flow Clan members.

• Yang Xing trapped the Land of Earth's ninja behind four Earth Flow Walls and hit their advancing ranks with a Great Fireball Technique, killing several and badly injuring three Jonin.
• Shibi Aburame's insects swarmed and devoured the three Jonin, completing Yang Xing's A-rank mission with a five-star rating.
• Yang Xing released the earthen walls, and Shibi emerged from the woods and recalled his insects.
• Shibi told Yang Xing he would hunt down the remaining Water Flow Clan members, while Yang Xing and his companions returned toward Konoha.
• The group traveled back safely after deciding to notify the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage about the Water Flow Clan's bees.

Yang Xing’s team reported their successful mission to Minato Namikaze and the Lord Third, while Yang Xing downplayed his role and credited the Aburame Clan. Minato asked Yang Xing to meet him privately after the briefing, leaving Kakashi and Obito to speculate about their bond.

• Minato Namikaze praised Kakashi for the mission, but Kakashi credited Yang Xing with doing the work.
• The female Jonin reported that Yang Xing had helped eliminate enemy Chunin, Genin, and Jonin, and Shibi Aburame arrived to discuss the Aburame Clan’s contribution.
• Yang Xing interrupted Shibi Aburame and framed the victory as a joint effort, leading Minato Namikaze and the Lord Third to praise the Aburame Clan and the team.
• Minato Namikaze quietly told Yang Xing to meet him at the back of the Hokage Building after the briefing, and Yang Xing teased him about being lonely.
• Obito speculated that Kakashi was upset because Yang Xing had become Minato Namikaze’s favorite disciple, but Kakashi walked away before he could finish.

Yang Xing returned to Konoha and gained new abilities and achievements after killing an elite Jonin. Minato Namikaze tried to recruit him for Hokage training, but Yang Xing refused, leaving Minato surprised by his determination.

• Yang Xing reviewed the Earth Style abilities and unique achievement he had gained from killing an elite Jonin, but postponed testing them.
• Minato Namikaze met Yang Xing behind the Hokage building and asked what he thought of Konoha.
• Yang Xing received several ordinary achievements and a physical-attribute boost, then declined Minato's special S-rank cultivation mission.
• Minato asked whether Yang Xing wanted to become Hokage and revealed that he knew Yang Xing had defeated several elite Jonin.
• Minato offered Yang Xing the choice to serve Konoha and potentially become Hokage, or risk being blocked from advancing; Yang Xing still refused.

Yang Xing promised Rin Nohara and Anko that he would resolve their relationship troubles, then strengthened his Chidori Current technique as part of a larger plan. The next morning, he visited Fugaku Uchiha with Shibi Aburame and asked to speak privately.

• Yang Xing asked Anko and Rin Nohara to give him up to a week to prove his intentions, and both agreed to wait without promising to reconcile with each other.
• Yang Xing decided to address Konoha's gossip and the Inuzuka Clan's family problems, then evolved Chidori Current into its Final Version using an Evolution Fruit.
• Yang Xing visited the Uchiha Clan leader's home with Shibi Aburame and greeted Itachi Uchiha, who introduced his baby brother.
• Fugaku Uchiha asked why Yang Xing had come, and Yang Xing indicated they should talk somewhere private, so Fugaku invited him and Shibi inside.

Yang Xing proposed restructuring the Anbu under the Council of Elders and persuaded Fugaku Uchiha to test his strength in a spar. Fugaku underestimated him, but Yang Xing opened with a massive Fireball Technique and followed with a Water Clone Technique.

• Yang Xing told Fugaku Uchiha he wanted to restructure the Anbu and claimed to know of a traitor among its higher-ups.
• Fugaku Uchiha agreed to consider Yang Xing's proposal if Yang Xing won their spar, while Shibi Aburame also expressed interest in hearing his plans.
• Yang Xing and Fugaku Uchiha moved to the Uchiha Clan's training grounds, where Shibi Aburame warned Yang Xing about the Sharingan.
• Yang Xing unleashed a huge Fireball Technique that forced Fugaku Uchiha to dodge and scorched a trench through the ground.
• Yang Xing immediately followed with a Water Clone Technique.

Yang Xing tested his strength against Fugaku Uchiha, who revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and countered Yang Xing’s attacks with overwhelming speed. After Yang Xing blocked Fugaku’s Fire Dragon Flame Bullet with the Hardening Technique, he rushed back into close combat, setting up an opportunity to use Chidori Current.

• Yang Xing and his clones attacked Fugaku Uchiha with shuriken and kunai, impressing Little Itachi Uchiha with their speed.
• Fugaku Uchiha activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and destroyed Yang Xing’s three clones.
• Yang Xing unleashed Earth Spear across a wide area, but Fugaku dodged between the earthen spikes and charged toward him.
• Fugaku Uchiha struck Yang Xing with Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, but Yang Xing endured it with Earth Style: Hardening Technique.
• Yang Xing rushed at Fugaku, whose confidence in his Sharingan’s ability to counter close combat gave Yang Xing an opening to unleash Chidori Current.

Yang Xing unleashed Chidori Current, nearly killing Fugaku Uchiha before carrying him back to recover. After Fugaku woke, Yang Xing explained that he wanted to reform Konoha's Anbu, and Fugaku asked him to explain his plan.

• Yang Xing used Chidori Current, creating a vast storm of lightning that devastated the surrounding area and left Fugaku Uchiha barely alive.
• Shibi Aburame escaped with Itachi as the lightning spread, then Yang Xing carried the injured Fugaku away from the crater.
• Fugaku woke at his home less than six hours later, sent Itachi and his mother to another room, and asked Yang Xing whether Lord Fourth knew about his abilities.
• Yang Xing said Lord Fourth knew some of his abilities and wanted to groom him as the next Hokage, but he refused to join Konoha's clans or pursue anything beyond reforming the Anbu.
• Fugaku and Shibi showed interest in Yang Xing's proposal, and Fugaku asked him to explain it properly.

Yang Xing pretended to consider joining Danzo’s faction and used Ta to draw two approaching Anbu ninja into an ambush. The chapter ended with Ta rushing to attack them while Yang Xing watched.

• Yang Xing asked Minato Namikaze to send Anbu ninja to search for a supposedly lost keepsake from his parents.
• Yang Xing secretly met Ta in an abandoned village and pretended he might accept Danzo’s offer.
• Ta promised Yang Xing that Danzo would help him gain recognition and a place to belong.
• Yang Xing spotted two Anbu ninja approaching and accused Ta of setting a trap.
• Ta rushed toward the two Anbu ninja, and blood sprayed into the air as Yang Xing watched.

Yang Xing arranged for Anbu investigators to vanish, using the disappearances to stir suspicion and keep his larger plan moving. Minato Namikaze sent a stronger team to investigate, unaware that Yang Xing was orchestrating the events.

• Ta killed two Anbu ninja who had followed him and Yang Xing, while Yang Xing demanded that the hidden lord meet him in person.
• Minato Namikaze ordered an Anbu investigation into two missing members and worried that Yang Xing might be involved.
• Yang Xing, Shibi Aburame, and Fugaku Uchiha ambushed three Anbu investigators near an abandoned village, where Shibi's bugs put them to sleep.
• Yang Xing said the three investigators would remain asleep for about three days and preferred not to kill Minato Namikaze's people.
• After all three investigators went missing, Minato Namikaze sent another team, this time including a jonin.