Recaps

Tsunade tried to persuade Yang Xing to return to Konoha and become Hokage, while he teased her and Shizune as he surveyed the Land of Rain’s streets. Orochimaru arrived with Guren to find and recruit Yang Xing, and Tsunade recognized the pair as they approached.

• Tsunade bet that Yang Xing would return to Konoha and become Hokage if he lost, while agreeing to kiss him if she lost; she then sent Shizune to watch over him and went to investigate nearby.
• Orochimaru told Guren that Yang Xing had the Rinnegan and superior ninjutsu, but said he wanted to recruit him rather than kill him.
• Yang Xing joked with Shizune as they explored the streets, explaining that he was learning the terrain in case he had to fight there.
• Tsunade spotted Orochimaru and Guren nearby and recognized Orochimaru’s chakra as the pair headed toward them.

Orochimaru came to the Land of Rain looking for Yang Xing, and Tsunade tried to keep him away. After Nagato challenged Orochimaru, he summoned the former leader of the Land of Rain with Impure World Reincarnation and sent Nagato crashing into a building.

• Tsunade followed Orochimaru and confronted him, insisting the person he sought was not there.
• Orochimaru attacked Tsunade, then revealed he would cause trouble until his target appeared.
• Nagato and Konan arrived, and Tsunade warned Nagato that Orochimaru's strange ninjutsu made him dangerous even against the Rinnegan.
• Nagato charged Orochimaru, who summoned the former leader of the Land of Rain with Impure World Reincarnation.
• The revived man struck Nagato into a nearby building, leaving Konan shocked.

Yang Xing arrived as Orochimaru and the former leader of the Land of Rain overwhelmed Nagato, then destroyed the corpse in three seconds. Orochimaru declared that he would trade everything to make Yang Xing his vessel, leaving the others stunned.

• The former leader of the Land of Rain beat Nagato while Konan prepared to seek Jiraiya, but Yang Xing arrived and stopped her.
• Orochimaru recognized Yang Xing as the vessel he had been searching for, while Yang Xing dismissed Nagato's Rinnegan as weak without the Six Paths.
• Yang Xing moved in front of Nagato and challenged the former leader of the Land of Rain to a three-second fight.
• Yang Xing pierced and destroyed the corpse with his Chidori Lightning Fist in three seconds.
• Orochimaru praised Yang Xing's Dōjutsu and offered to give everything in exchange for him, stunning Konan, Nagato, and the others.

Yang Xing rejected Orochimaru’s offer and fought him while protecting Guren. After overwhelming Orochimaru with Chidori Current, Yang Xing honored his promise to let him go, leaving Guren behind.

• Orochimaru offered Yang Xing his personnel and members in exchange for his life, but Yang Xing demanded Guren and told him to leave.
• Yang Xing rescued Guren from Orochimaru’s attacks and entrusted her to Tsunade.
• Yang Xing unleashed his ultimate Chidori Current, destroying Orochimaru’s Fivefold Rashomon and leaving him exhausted.
• Orochimaru begged Yang Xing for his life and offered Guren, and Yang Xing let him go as promised.

Yang Xing joined Nagato and Konan as they rushed to find Yahiko and Hanzō, who had been missing for three days after a mission near the Land of Fire. The group was ambushed on the way, and the attackers claimed Yahiko was close to death.

• Orochimaru fled, and Yang Xing told Little Guren she would be his subordinate.
• An Akatsuki ninja reported that Yahiko and Hanzō had encountered danger near the Land of Fire, so Nagato, Konan, Yang Xing, Tsunade, and Guren set out to find them.
• Nagato explained that Yahiko and Hanzō had gone to deal with troublesome ninja, but their three-day absence made Yang Xing suspect something was wrong.
• The group stopped by a stream to rest, where Yang Xing sensed approaching enemies and pulled Guren behind him.
• A group of hostile ninja ambushed them, and one claimed Yahiko was near death.

Yang Xing told Konan that powerful enemies had targeted the Land of Rain and agreed to rescue Nagato and Yahiko in exchange for her help establishing an intelligence organization. After Konan accepted, Yang Xing charged through the ambush.

• Nagato rushed past the ambushers after they called out about Yahiko, while the remaining ninja stalled Yang Xing's group and fought Konan.
• Yang Xing and Tsunade realized the ambushers were holding them back, and Yang Xing warned Konan that two enemies as strong as he was had targeted the Land of Rain.
• Konan tried to force her way through to save the injured Nagato and Yahiko, but Yang Xing and Guren stopped her and warned she would only become a hostage.
• Tsunade urged Konan to ask Yang Xing for help, and Yang Xing offered to rescue Nagato and Yahiko if Konan helped him establish the largest intelligence organization in the five nations.
• Konan agreed, and Yang Xing charged at the surrounding ninja as they moved to stop him.

Yang Xing caught up with Nagato and accompanied him to a ruined village, where they found the dying Yahiko and discovered that Hanzō had ambushed him with Konoha ninja. Nagato confronted Hanzō over the betrayal as Yang Xing denied any connection to the attackers.

• Yang Xing used Special Tsukuyomi to incapacitate many of the ninja blocking his pursuit, then continued after Nagato.
• Yang Xing caught up with Nagato and urged him to watch his surroundings as they traveled toward their destination.
• They reached a destroyed village, where Nagato mourned the devastation and explained that he and Yahiko had used it as a refuge.
• Hanzō's group arrived with the dying Yahiko, who warned Nagato to run.
• Nagato accused Hanzō of betraying them, and Yang Xing recognized Konoha ninja among Hanzō's forces.
• Hanzō claimed that Konoha wanted to eliminate the Land of Rain and seize its territory.

Nagato lost control and summoned the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, which consumed Hanzō and the surrounding ninja. As Yahiko begged Yang Xing to stop Nagato and look after Konan, Yang Xing approached the statue and agreed to take Konan for himself.

• Nagato's rage caused him to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The statue opened its eyes, absorbed the nearby ninja, and stripped Hanzō of his soul.
• With Nagato unconscious and still under the statue's control, Yahiko begged Yang Xing to stop him before the Land of Rain was destroyed.
• Yang Xing reluctantly moved toward the statue, warning Yahiko that it was more powerful than ten Three-Tails put together.
• Yahiko asked Yang Xing to take care of Konan, and Yang Xing agreed while saying he intended to have her.

After Yahiko died, Yang Xing fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path while trying to protect Yahiko’s body and recover Nagato. He summoned his enhanced Susanoo to face the statue, while Tsunade and the others felt the chakra waves from the battle.

• Yahiko closed his eyes and died, and Yang Xing lifted his body to keep it intact for Konan.
• Yang Xing caught the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path’s punch, shattered its arm with Earth Style, Hardening Technique, and watched it regenerate.
• Yang Xing’s Amaterasu had no effect, and his Void Realm swallowed half the statue before running short of chakra; the statue tore free and charged again.
• Yang Xing activated his enhanced Susanoo Third Form, causing the statue to stop and face him.
• The battle’s chakra waves drove nearby creatures away and unsettled Tsunade, Shizune, Guren, Konan, and the surviving bounty-hunter ninja.

Yang Xing fought the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with Susanoo while Tsunade and the others recognized him and rushed toward the battle. After Yang Xing kicked the statue hundreds of meters away, Masked Madara abandoned Nagato and fled.

• The bounty hunters saw two enormous figures clashing and fled as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path hurtled toward them.
• Tsunade recognized Yang Xing inside the dark blue Susanoo, then rushed toward him with Shizune, Guren, and Konan following.
• Yang Xing struggled against the statue as it repeatedly regenerated, and he realized that killing Nagato might stop it but would ruin his deal.
• Masked Madara revealed that he had taken control of Nagato and planned to use the statue to kill Yang Xing.
• Yang Xing kicked the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path hundreds of meters, frightening Madara into retreating and leaving Nagato behind.

Yang Xing destroyed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with Chidori Current Slash, then entered the burning forest to rescue Nagato and Yahiko. He returned carrying both of them, exhausted, while Tsunade and the others waited outside the flames.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and prepared to intervene, but Katsuyu feared the destructive chakra of Yang Xing and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• The out-of-control Demonic Statue of the Outer Path kept regenerating and attacked Yang Xing, who warned Nagato before deciding to end the battle.
• Yang Xing cloaked Susanoo in Chidori Current and destroyed the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path with Chidori Current Slash, igniting the forest.
• Yang Xing dispelled Susanoo and rushed into the blaze to find Nagato and keep Yahiko's body from burning.
• Yang Xing found Nagato barely breathing, carried him to Yahiko, and returned from the forest carrying both of them.

Yang Xing helped Tsunade save Nagato, but he collapsed from the strain and Shizune treated him. Tsunade confronted Nagato and Konan over Yang Xing’s injuries and the destruction caused by Nagato’s summon, while Nagato accused Konoha of killing Yahiko.

• Tsunade treated Nagato, restoring his vitality, and Konan embraced him when he regained consciousness.
• Yang Xing collapsed from chakra exhaustion and internal injuries, and Shizune used Medical Ninjutsu to treat him.
• Tsunade angrily slapped Konan and accused her and Nagato of failing to repay Yang Xing, who had nearly died rescuing them.
• Nagato defended Konan and blamed Konoha for Yahiko’s death, prompting Tsunade to prepare to strike him before someone restrained her.

After Yahiko's death, Nagato took his body and disappeared, leaving Akatsuki without a leader. Yang Xing chose not to pursue him and prepared to leave the Land of Rain with Guren and Konan to build an intelligence organization in the Land of Fire.

• Nagato learned that people from Konoha had been involved in Yahiko's death, then took Yahiko's body and fled despite Jiraiya and Tsunade trying to stop him.
• Yang Xing returned to Akatsuki's headquarters, brushed off Nagato's disappearance, and went to train with Guren.
• After three days without news of Nagato, Akatsuki appeared close to disbanding, and Yang Xing decided to leave the Land of Rain.
• Yang Xing planned to establish an intelligence organization across the Land of Fire, with Guren and Konan as key members.
• Guren lamented the Land of Rain's uncertain future, and Yang Xing promised to protect her.

Yang Xing agreed to help Guren grow strong enough to surpass Orochimaru, then prepared to leave the Land of Rain with Tsunade, Shizune, and Konan. The group set out for the Land of Earth, where Yang Xing received a powerful new achievement bonus.

• Guren told Yang Xing she wanted to surpass Orochimaru and gain the power to destroy everything, and he accepted her offer of loyalty and kissed her.
• Jiraiya told Yang Xing and Tsunade he was leaving to search for Nagato and gather information in Konoha, then departed alone.
• Yang Xing told Tsunade he planned to travel to the Land of Earth instead of returning to Konoha, and Tsunade introduced Konan as his subordinate.
• Yang Xing received the Peak Hokage Level achievement, which reduced the consumption of his selected Release technique category by fifty percent, and welcomed Konan into his group.
• Yang Xing and the others traveled into the rugged, resource-poor Land of Earth, where he noted how barren its hills were compared with the Land of Fire.

Yang Xing traveled to Iwagakure with Tsunade and the others to recruit talent, drawing the attention of the Land of Earth's ninja. At a training ground in the village, Kurotsuchi recognized him and attacked, while Yang Xing claimed she still had a crush on him.

• Yang Xing told Tsunade he was heading to Iwagakure to find talent, but refused to explain further without a favor in return.
• Kitsuchi and other Rock Ninja intercepted Yang Xing's group near Iwagakure, then escorted them into the village to meet the Tsuchikage.
• The group was taken to a training-ground annex and asked to wait while Kitsuchi informed the Tsuchikage.
• Kurotsuchi arrived with a boy, recognized Yang Xing, and charged at him with a kunai.
• Guren stopped Kurotsuchi with Crystal Release, and Yang Xing recognized her and teased her about secretly crushing on him.

Yang Xing asked Ōnoki to help establish an intelligence organization that would find and recruit Jinchūriki rather than collect Tailed Beasts. Ōnoki remained hesitant as Guren learned what Jinchūriki were and heard that Yang Xing had sealed the Nine-Tails.

• Ōnoki arrived and stopped Kurotsuchi from attacking Yang Xing, then demanded to know why he had come to the Land of Earth.
• Tsunade warned Ōnoki not to underestimate Yang Xing, and Ōnoki admitted Yang Xing had defeated him and let him go.
• Yang Xing asked Ōnoki to establish an organization to gather information on the Tailed Beasts and their movements.
• Yang Xing clarified that he wanted to locate and recruit Jinchūriki, not collect the Tailed Beasts, and Ōnoki hesitated over the request.
• Guren asked Shizune what Tailed Beasts and Jinchūriki were, and Tsunade told her Yang Xing had sealed the Nine-Tails himself.

Yang Xing explained his ability to seal tailed beasts to the Tsuchikage, who recognized his immense strength and treated him as an honored guest. Yang Xing then challenged Deidara to become his servant, and the chapter ended with Yang Xing striking him through a courtyard wall.

• Tsunade told the Tsuchikage that Yang Xing had sealed the Nine-Tails alone, and the Tsuchikage explained how much chakra such a feat required.
• Yang Xing postponed discussing tailed-beast sealing until the next day, and the Tsuchikage ordered Kurotsuchi and Deidara to treat him as an honored guest.
• Yang Xing walked up to Deidara and declared that he would make him one of his servants.
• Deidara attacked Yang Xing with an explosive technique, but Yang Xing emerged unharmed and immobilized him with his gaze.
• Yang Xing hit Deidara with a restrained punch, sending him through the courtyard wall, while Shizune asked Tsunade whether they should intervene.

Yang Xing offered Deidara a chance to defeat him by using his strongest Ninjutsu, and Deidara unleashed a series of massive explosions. The flames vanished after Yang Xing countered with Lightning Release: Chidori Current and Dōjutsu: Void Realm, leaving Deidara pale.

• Tsunade and Shizune left while Guren and Konan watched as Guren blocked Kurotsuchi from helping Deidara.
• Guren used Crystal Release to turn Kurotsuchi's attacks and surrounding stones into crystal.
• Deidara detonated clay spiders beneath Yang Xing, but Yang Xing emerged unharmed and said Deidara had passed.
• Yang Xing invited Deidara to attack with his strongest Ninjutsu, and Deidara launched a giant clay bird packed with more explosive spiders.
• Deidara's repeated explosions engulfed the clearing in fire, prompting Guren, Konan, and Kurotsuchi to retreat.
• Yang Xing used Lightning Release: Chidori Current and Dōjutsu: Void Realm to split and absorb the flames, leaving Deidara pale.

Yang Xing defeated Deidara with his Mangekyō and met with Ōnoki, who introduced the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki. When Rōshi challenged him, Yang Xing used his Sharingan to force the Four-Tails’ chakra out of control, beginning a Tailed Beast Transformation.

• Yang Xing used Tsukuyomi to incapacitate Deidara, then began activating a soul-affecting Mangekyō ability until Kurotsuchi stopped him.
• Yang Xing told Deidara to consider his offer and give an answer after his meeting with the Tsuchikage.
• Yang Xing entered Ōnoki’s meeting alone and identified Rōshi and Han as the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchūriki.
• Rōshi dismissed Yang Xing’s claim that he had sealed the Nine-Tails and swung at him.
• Yang Xing stopped Rōshi with his Mangekyō and made the Four-Tails’ chakra surge uncontrollably, prompting Ōnoki to call for him to stop.

Yang Xing forced the Four-Tails back into Rōshi, then demanded Ōnoki help establish the Sunshine Group to gather intelligence on Tailed Beasts. He gave Ōnoki until that night to decide and left, while Ōnoki concluded Iwagakure might be destroyed if it refused.

• Yang Xing suppressed the Four-Tails chakra and left Rōshi exhausted and terrified.
• Yang Xing asked Ōnoki to use his authority to establish the Sunshine Group, explaining that he distrusted Konoha's leadership.
• Ōnoki asked Yang Xing to remain in the Land of Earth while he investigated, but Yang Xing refused and warned that he could unleash both the Four-Tails and Five-Tails.
• Yang Xing told Ōnoki he could destroy the Land of Earth and build the organization himself, then gave him until that night to answer.
• After Yang Xing left, Rōshi and Han questioned Ōnoki, who feared Iwagakure would be destroyed if it refused to help.

Yang Xing accidentally hugged Kurotsuchi after mistaking her for Shizune, provoking a fight that ended when he used Tsukuyomi. After Shizune stopped him from harming Kurotsuchi further, she examined Yang Xing, who declined her offer to teach him medical ninjutsu and called her his personal nurse.

• Yang Xing realized he had hugged Kurotsuchi by mistake and fled when she attacked him.
• Yang Xing hid behind Shizune, but Kurotsuchi charged after him and struck Shizune with rubble when she tried to intervene.
• Yang Xing appeared to protect Shizune and used Tsukuyomi on Kurotsuchi, but Shizune stopped him before the technique could continue.
• Kurotsuchi, weakened by the genjutsu, rejected Yang Xing's explanation and left while Shizune urged him not to threaten Iwagakure.
• Yang Xing forgot why he had come to see Shizune and hugged her, then let her examine him.
• Yang Xing refused to learn medical ninjutsu and told Shizune she could be his personal nurse, making her blush.

Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, came to Yang Xing and begged him to release the tailed beast sealed inside him. Yang Xing agreed to help if Han wrote and signed a blood statement accepting responsibility for the release and its consequences.

• Guren told Yang Xing that a visitor was waiting, and Yang Xing discovered the visitor was Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Yang Xing let Han into the house with Guren and warned her to stay close to him.
• Han knelt before Yang Xing and asked him to release the Five-Tails from his body, explaining that he could no longer bear being a Jinchuriki.
• Yang Xing warned that the freed beast might seek revenge on the Land of Earth, but Han insisted that he did not care what happened to its people.
• Yang Xing agreed to help Han on the condition that Han write a statement in blood confirming that he had freely requested the release and accepted the consequences.

Yang Xing agreed to free Han from the Five-Tails after Han accepted his conditions, while arranging warnings about an impending calamity in the village. Yang Xing activated his Mangekyō and brought Han into the seal inside his body, where they saw the chained Five-Tails.

• Yang Xing and Guren challenged Han for expecting Yang Xing to help him and take the blame without conditions, so Han agreed to write a blood letter promising to accept the terms.
• Yang Xing confirmed the letter, then told Han to meet him ten li outside the village.
• Yang Xing asked Guren to warn Konan, Tsunade, and the others about a coming calamity and to have Tsunade inform the Tsuchikage that Yang Xing would release Han's tailed beast.
• Yang Xing met Han outside the village and explained that his dōjutsu alone could free him from the tailed beast.
• Yang Xing activated his Mangekyō and brought Han into the seal inside his body, where Han saw the chained Five-Tails.

Yang Xing began breaking the seals binding Five-Tails Kokuō after Han chose freedom over Iwagakure’s safety. Ōnoki and the others arrived too late, and Kokuō emerged as the sky darkened.

• Han asked Yang Xing to free him from the Five-Tails, and Yang Xing warned him about the consequences for Iwagakure.
• Han confirmed he did not care what happened to the village, so Yang Xing began breaking Kokuō’s seals.
• Yang Xing used his Susanoo to shatter the first of the four chains binding Kokuō.
• Ōnoki, Tsunade, Konan, Guren, and Iwagakure’s Jonin rushed to stop the release, but Yang Xing broke all four seals before they arrived.
• Ōnoki and the others saw Five-Tails Kokuō emerge beneath a dark, storm-filled sky.

Yang Xing freed Five-Tails Kokuō with Han’s help, and the Third Tsuchikage arrived to confront them. Kokuō attacked the Tsuchikage, leaving a fight between them underway.

• Ōnoki rushed to the scene after Five-Tails Kokuō’s seal was undone.
• Yang Xing told Ōnoki that he had released Kokuō at someone’s request.
• Ōnoki demanded an explanation from Han, but Yang Xing warned him to flee, and Han ran.
• Kokuō pounced at Ōnoki, who dodged the attack.
• Kokuō mocked Ōnoki, declared his intention to eat him, and lunged forward.