Recaps

As the Five-Tails ran rampant, Ōnoki decided to seal it inside Kurotsuchi, his granddaughter, because she could withstand its chakra. Yang Xing intervened, condemned Ōnoki’s decision, and carried Kurotsuchi away.

• The Five-Tails overwhelmed the Rock Ninja, and Ōnoki realized he needed to seal it again using someone with enough chakra to serve as its vessel.
• Ōnoki chose Kurotsuchi, who agreed to become the Five-Tails’ Jinchūriki for the sake of Iwagakure.
• Yang Xing confronted Ōnoki and accused him of forcing his granddaughter into a life of suffering as a vessel.
• Ōnoki attacked Yang Xing with Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique, but Yang Xing escaped using a Substitution Technique.
• Yang Xing scooped up Kurotsuchi and fled, leaving Ōnoki furious.

Yang Xing took Kurotsuchi away to prevent her from becoming a Jinchūriki, then turned back to subdue Five-Tails Kokuō and save the Land of Earth. He returned to the battle as Ōnoki prepared to become the beast’s vessel, and unleashed a Great Fireball Technique.

• Yang Xing carried Kurotsuchi away while Five-Tails Kokuō charged Ōnoki and held him off.
• Yang Xing explained to Kurotsuchi that becoming a Jinchūriki would bring her a tragic life, then set her down and headed back to fight the beast.
• Kurotsuchi followed Yang Xing, while Tsunade tried to stop him before deciding to help the injured Iwagakure ninja instead.
• As Five-Tails Kokuō overwhelmed Ōnoki and the Iwagakure Jonin, Ōnoki considered making himself its vessel.
• Yang Xing returned to the battle, ordered Ōnoki aside, and used Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique.

Yang Xing subdued Five-Tails Kokuō by overwhelming it with Susanoo and forcing it to agree to become his summoned beast. He began sealing Kokuō’s soul as collateral for its obedience.

• Yang Xing attacked Five-Tails Kokuō with his first-form Susanoo, wounding it and shocking Ōnoki and the Iwagakure Jonin.
• When Kokuō charged again, Yang Xing transformed Susanoo into its third form and terrified the Tailed Beast by destroying a nearby mountain with a deliberately diverted strike.
• Five-Tails Kokuō agreed to become Yang Xing’s summoned beast, and Ōnoki intervened to prevent further destruction from endangering his subordinates.
• Yang Xing withdrew Susanoo and used his Mangekyō to begin placing a Soul Seal on Kokuō, keeping its soul as collateral.

Yang Xing made the Five-Tails Kokuō his summoning beast after defeating it, while Tsunade secured Ōnoki’s agreement to Yang Xing’s earlier request. The group left the matter of Kurotsuchi’s future unresolved as Tsunade urged Yang Xing to pursue her and recruit her for Konoha.

• Ōnoki gave Yang Xing the summoning beast scroll, and Yang Xing contracted the half-unconscious Five-Tails Kokuō and sent it to the summoning beasts’ spirit realm.
• Tsunade challenged Yang Xing for making the tailed beast a summoning beast, but he said his dōjutsu would keep it under control.
• Tsunade confronted Ōnoki about the blood letter and pressed him for an answer to Yang Xing’s earlier request, and Ōnoki agreed.
• Tsunade began to suggest that Ōnoki should let Kurotsuchi leave with Yang Xing, but Yang Xing stopped her and told Ōnoki to focus on their earlier agreement.
• Tsunade teased Yang Xing about Kurotsuchi and urged him to pursue her so she could join Konoha, while Yang Xing walked away and declined to rush.

Yang Xing met with the Tsuchikage and the Land of Earth's daimyo to discuss creating a Tailed Beast intelligence organization. The daimyo demanded control over its foundations and key appointments, but Yang Xing refused, leaving the meeting tense and the Tsuchikage humiliated.

• Tsunade coached Kurotsuchi to pursue Yang Xing, while Yang Xing trained Konan and Guren during the delay.
• The Tsuchikage summoned Yang Xing to a meeting with about ten Land of Earth daimyo.
• Kurotsuchi blushed when Yang Xing asked about Deidara, then privately asked Tsunade whether their plan would work.
• A bearded daimyo proposed that the Land of Earth choose the organization's foundations and key members in exchange for letting Yang Xing manage it.
• Yang Xing rejected the proposal twice, and an angry daimyo stood up and challenged the Land of Earth's willingness to deal with him.

Yang Xing silenced the Land of Earth’s daimyo and demonstrated that he had mastered the Five-Tails’ chakra in just ten days. He left Ōnoki and the assembled nobles shaken after firing a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb through a wall.

• Several daimyo accused Yang Xing of exploiting the Land of Earth, and he used his Mangekyō to silence everyone in the room.
• Yang Xing warned the daimyo not to oppose him and forced one who challenged him to his knees with a command.
• Yang Xing revealed his incomplete Tailed Beast Transformation, showing that he could control the Five-Tails’ chakra.
• Ōnoki examined Yang Xing’s transformation and realized he had mastered the Tailed Beast’s power in only ten days.
• Yang Xing formed and fired a miniature Tailed Beast Bomb through the wall, terrifying the daimyo and demonstrating his control over its power.

Yang Xing secured the Land of Earth's support for his Tailed Beast intelligence organization and recruited Deidara by assigning him to destroy Orochimaru's bases. Months later, Orochimaru met with the masked Danzo and questioned whether he had defected from Konoha.

• Ōnoki and the Land of Earth's daimyo agreed to fund Yang Xing's organization in exchange for his promise not to harm their people unless they threatened him.
• Yang Xing decided to keep the organization small and elite, then encountered Deidara, who asked to join its intelligence work.
• Deidara agreed to serve Yang Xing if he could fight and destroy, and Yang Xing assigned him to attack Orochimaru's bases.
• Yang Xing went to the training ground and called Guren over while she sparred with Konan.
• Months after the Nine-Tails was sealed, Orochimaru met a masked visitor and recognized him as Danzo, asking whether he had defected from Konoha.

Danzo revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan to Orochimaru while pressing him to keep Yang Xing away from a plan to destabilize the Uchiha Clan. After Orochimaru learned that his base had been destroyed, the story shifted to Yang Xing establishing the Sunshine Group in the Land of Earth and considering an offer of noble status.

• Danzo told Orochimaru that Yang Xing had gone to the Land of Earth and urged him to help prevent Yang Xing from disrupting his plan against the Uchiha Clan.
• Danzo revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, and Orochimaru challenged his attempt to order him around.
• Kabuto reported that Orochimaru's base had been destroyed and its subordinates killed, so Orochimaru sent him to identify and deal with the attacker.
• Yang Xing established the Sunshine Group with nearly a hundred elite Chunin and Genin, funded by the daimyo, who had also paid Tsunade's debts.
• A messenger told Yang Xing that the Tsuchikage might offer him a vacant daimyo position and noble status, and Yang Xing said he would consider it if he was not required to stay in the Land of Earth.

Yang Xing forced Tsunade to choose between staying with him and returning to Konoha, and she left for Konoha with Shizune. He later explained to Konan and Guren that he wanted Tsunade to become Hokage and was keeping her away from the danger of his next journey to find Jinchūriki.

• Tsunade eagerly celebrated the gold, but Yang Xing refused her request to join the Sunshine Group.
• Yang Xing told Tsunade she had to give up Konoha if she wanted to stay with him, and Tsunade chose to return there.
• On the way out of the Land of Earth, Tsunade told Shizune that Konoha was her home and decided she would help keep an eye on it.
• Tsunade teased Shizune about becoming Yang Xing’s wife, then looked back toward Iwagakure with a frown.
• Yang Xing told Konan and Guren that Konoha needed Tsunade as a future Hokage and that he had sent her away because he planned to seek Jinchūriki.

Yang Xing, Konan, and Guren reached a village in the Land of Wind while traveling toward Sunagakure to meet the Kazekage. After Guren defeated a gang of bandits, rumors spread through the village, drawing the attention of a young girl and a boy with a puppet.

• Yang Xing crossed the desert with Konan and Guren and entered an oasis village to rest.
• Yang Xing asked the innkeeper for directions to Sunagakure and said he wanted to meet the Kazekage.
• Bandits mistook the travelers for easy targets and demanded their money.
• Guren used Crystal Release to kill one bandit and turn three fleeing men into crystal.
• A young girl and a boy carrying a puppet heard villagers claim that a terrifying Land of Fire ninja was causing trouble.

Yang Xing stopped Guren and Temari from turning the inn into a battlefield, then revealed that he was heading to Sunagakure to see the Kazekage. He claimed Temari was his fiancée, and the chapter ended with him using his Mangekyō on Kankuro.

• Temari and Kankuro entered the inn and found Guren tormenting the bandits with her Crystal Release.
• Temari interrupted Guren's attack, but Yang Xing stopped Guren and Konan before the fight escalated.
• Temari challenged Yang Xing, who easily caught her kunai and dodged her attacks.
• Yang Xing asked Temari for directions to Sunagakure and said he wanted to see the Kazekage.
• Yang Xing told Temari they had been betrothed since childhood, then appeared before Kankuro and immobilized him with his Mangekyō.

Yang Xing questioned Kankuro about the Kazekage and Shukaku, then continued toward Sunagakure with Konan and Guren. Temari and Kankuro followed them and, after struggling through the cold desert night, joined Yang Xing’s camp for shelter.

• Yang Xing used his ability to make Kankuro reveal that the Kazekage and Shukaku were in Sunagakure, then left with Konan and Guren to buy supplies.
• Temari and Kankuro secretly followed Yang Xing’s group toward Sunagakure despite Kankuro’s fear of Yang Xing.
• Temari and Kankuro failed to start a fire in the freezing desert and ran out of food and water.
• Yang Xing gave them dry rations and warned them that giant lizards roamed the area, prompting Kankuro and Temari to join his camp.
• Yang Xing introduced Temari and Kankuro to Konan and Guren, while Temari eyed the rabbit roasting over the fire.

Yang Xing and Temari joked around the fire while waiting for dawn, and Kankuro recognized Yang Xing as a renowned shinobi from Konoha. When they reached Sunagakure, its guards treated Yang Xing as a dangerous and honored guest, and he asked Temari and Kankuro to show him around before he met the Kazekage.

• Temari ate rabbit meat offered by Yang Xing, who teased her about asking the Kazekage to give her to him in marriage.
• Kankuro recognized Yang Xing and asked him to become his instructor, but Yang Xing refused to stay in the Land of Wind even if Temari were offered to him.
• Sunagakure guards rushed out to greet Yang Xing, knelt before him, and explained that the Kazekage had been warned of his arrival by the Tsuchikage.
• A Wind ninja warned Temari and Kankuro that Yang Xing had subdued the Five-Tails and cautioned them not to provoke him or Gaara.
• Yang Xing declined an immediate audience with the Kazekage and entered Sunagakure with Temari and Kankuro as his guides.

Yang Xing arrived in Sunagakure with Temari and Kankuro, who had failed their mission again, and asked to meet the Fourth Kazekage. At the Kazekage's residence, Gaara faced accusations after crippling a boy, while Temari told her father that Yang Xing had come looking for him.

• Yang Xing reassured Temari after she apologized for threatening him, and she and Kankuro learned that Gaara had caused trouble again.
• Yashamaru discovered Temari and Kankuro had failed their mission for the eleventh time and led them and Yang Xing to meet the Fourth Kazekage.
• An elder accused Gaara of severely injuring a daimyo's son, and Gaara said the boy had thrown stones at him.
• The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, scolded Temari and Kankuro for failing their mission again.
• Temari told Rasa that they had met someone who had come looking for him.

Yang Xing arrived at the Land of Wind and was welcomed by Rasa, who hoped to recruit him but agreed to let him stay with his household for a few days. Rasa ordered Yashamaru to keep Yang Xing away from Gaara, while Temari and Kankuro showed Yang Xing, Guren, and Konan to their rooms.

• Temari brought Yang Xing to meet Rasa, who greeted him warmly and praised Temari and Kankuro for bringing him.
• Rasa ordered Gaara to stay inside for ten days, and Yang Xing noticed the cold look in the young boy's eyes.
• Yang Xing declined Rasa's offer to stay in the Land of Wind and asked only for permission to visit for a few days; Rasa assigned Temari and Kankuro to show him around.
• Rasa told Yashamaru to keep Gaara away from Yang Xing, insisting that Gaara and the One-Tail belonged to the Land of Wind.
• Yang Xing asked why Gaara had been confined, but Temari stopped Kankuro from explaining and led Yang Xing, Guren, and Konan to their rooms.

Yang Xing arrived in the Land of Wind and searched for the One-Tail Jinchuriki, while Temari and Kankuro tried to hide Gaara’s identity from him. In the basement, Gaara feared that his father would kill him if he lost control, and Yashamaru promised to protect him.

• Temari warned Kankuro that Yang Xing had sealed the Five-Tails and might take Gaara’s One-Tail, killing him in the process.
• Yang Xing said he might stay in the Land of Wind for years, and Temari hurried Kankuro away when he nearly revealed something about Gaara.
• Guren and Konan asked Yang Xing why he had come, and he explained that he wanted to help the One-Tail Jinchuriki realize his potential.
• Yang Xing said the One-Tail was somewhere in the building but chose to rest for a few days before searching further.
• Yashamaru brought food to Gaara in the basement and urged him to accept and suppress the One-Tail.
• Gaara asked whether the Fourth Kazekage would kill him if he lost control, and Yashamaru promised not to let him die.

Yang Xing asked the Fourth Kazekage to let him meet the One-Tail Jinchūriki and offered to teach him for three years, but the Kazekage denied that the Land of Wind had a Jinchūriki. Temari warned Yashamaru that Yang Xing might be targeting Gaara, while Yashamaru began to consider whether extracting the One-Tail could endanger him.

• Yashamaru tried to speak with Yang Xing, but Temari interrupted and warned him not to reveal where Gaara was.
• The Fourth Kazekage invited Yang Xing to stay and join the Land of Wind, but Yang Xing declined any affiliation.
• Yang Xing asked to meet the One-Tail Jinchūriki and offered to stay for three years to train him; the Fourth Kazekage insisted the One-Tail and its host were gone.
• Kankuro nearly revealed that Gaara was the Jinchūriki, then left breakfast after the Fourth Kazekage silenced him and Yang Xing suggested he might leave.
• Temari told Yashamaru she suspected Yang Xing wanted to take the One-Tail from Gaara, and Yashamaru considered whether extracting it could kill Gaara.

Temari, Yashamaru, and Kankuro learned that the Kazekage opposed Yang Xing becoming Gaara's teacher, and the Kazekage ordered them to keep Gaara away from him. Meanwhile, Yang Xing taught Konan and Guren about chakra natures and helped Konan produce a Rasengan before an unexpected boy appeared nearby.

• Kankuro told Temari and Yashamaru that Yang Xing had offered to stay in the Land of Wind for three years and help Gaara control the One-Tail.
• The Kazekage warned that Yang Xing was a Konoha ninja with hidden motives and ordered Yashamaru to prevent Gaara from meeting him.
• Temari agreed with her father, while Yashamaru felt helpless about their decision.
• Yang Xing explained chakra natures and kekkei genkai to Konan and Guren, demonstrating Wind Style and Lightning Release techniques.
• Yang Xing guided Konan in sensing chakra and helped her form a small Rasengan.
• A little boy appeared behind Yang Xing and excitedly called the demonstration amazing.

Yang Xing demonstrated how chakra could amplify ninjutsu beyond its usual limits, then showed Guren, Konan, and young Gaara a release technique powerful enough to darken the sky over the Land of Wind. The chapter ended with Gaara deeply impressed by Yang Xing as lightning clouds gathered overhead.

• Yang Xing let young Gaara watch his lesson and demonstrated a standard Rasengan and an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan for Guren and Konan.
• Yang Xing enlarged the Rasengan into an Ultra-Big Ball Spiraling Sphere, blasting a ten-meter crater into the ground.
• Yang Xing explained that powerful release techniques could surpass their limits and create miracles.
• Yang Xing combined his Susanoo with Tailed Beast Transformation, then released Lightning Release chakra to spread dark clouds across the Land of Wind.
• Yang Xing told the stunned group he could summon lightning from the clouds for three minutes, while Gaara fixed his admiration on him.

Yang Xing demonstrated his enormous chakra by changing the weather over the Land of Wind, alarming Rasa and impressing Gaara. Temari then began following Yang Xing and took him on a suspicious tour of Sunagakure’s gates.

• Rasa recognized the dark clouds as the result of a person’s chakra and angrily lamented that Konoha had such a powerful young genius.
• After the clouds vanished, Yang Xing dismissed his Susanoo and told Gaara and the others that his demonstration was over.
• Gaara eagerly praised Yang Xing and asked him to teach him, but abruptly turned cold and left when he sensed someone approaching.
• Temari confronted Yang Xing about the weather-changing display, then said she would follow him because she did not trust him.
• Temari claimed to show Yang Xing around Sunagakure but led him to its main and rear gates, prompting him to ask what grudge she had against him.

Yang Xing discovered that Gaara was nearby and agreed to accompany him at dawn, postponing his plans with Guren and Konan. Gaara led him to a hill overlooking the desert to watch the sunrise.

• Temari tried to drive Yang Xing out of the Land of Wind, but accidentally hinted that the One-Tail Jinchuriki was close by.
• That night, Yang Xing entered Guren and Konan's room and found Gaara waiting there; Gaara asked him to go somewhere early the next morning.
• Yang Xing agreed, and Gaara politely said goodbye to Guren and Konan before leaving.
• At dawn, Gaara and Yang Xing sneaked out, avoided Temari, and climbed over the residence wall.
• Gaara brought Yang Xing to a high hill overlooking the desert as the sun rose.

Temari, Guren, and Konan searched for the missing Gaara and Yang Xing, then found Yang Xing training Gaara in a canyon. Yang Xing had Gaara catch a bird with Sand Release, and Gaara crushed it with the sand.

• Temari discovered that Gaara and Yang Xing were both missing and set out with Guren and Konan to find them.
• Guren guessed that Yang Xing might be training in a quiet, deserted place, and the three headed toward the canyons outside the village.
• They found Yang Xing with Gaara, and Guren stopped Temari from interrupting their training.
• Yang Xing told Gaara to catch a bird using Sand Release rather than his hands.
• Gaara seized the bird in a giant hand of sand, crushed it, and proudly showed Yang Xing what he had caught.

Yang Xing tried to teach Gaara empathy and control by making him catch birds without killing them, but Gaara killed more than a hundred animals and began to lose control. Yang Xing subdued the One-Tail, while Temari concluded he might be able to save Gaara and her village; he then resumed the lesson by asking Gaara what he felt about a dead bird.

• Yang Xing told Gaara to imagine the birds as family and use his Sand Release to protect them, invoking Gaara's dead mother.
• Gaara repeatedly failed to control his strength and killed more than a hundred birds and small animals.
• Yang Xing confronted Gaara with the deaths, and Gaara trembled, cried, and began undergoing a Tailed Beast Transformation.
• Guren stopped Temari from intervening, while Yang Xing's shout made the One-Tail retreat before it could emerge.
• Temari was shocked by Yang Xing's power and thought he might save Gaara and her village.
• Yang Xing returned to the dead bird and asked Gaara whether he could feel anything.

Yang Xing forced Gaara into harsh training, demanding that he catch a live bird using only Sand Release before sunset. When Gaara had not returned by nightfall, Temari came to fetch Yang Xing, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Yang Xing confronted Gaara about his love of slaughter and threatened him with a nightmare unless he changed.
• Yang Xing ordered Gaara to catch a live bird with Sand Release before sunset and warned he might replace him as the One-Tail's Jinchūriki if he failed.
• Yang Xing discovered Temari, Guren, and Konan watching; Temari thanked him for giving Gaara a chance to change.
• Yang Xing left Guren and Konan to watch Gaara and report whether he succeeded or ran away.
• After Gaara failed to return by nightfall, Temari arrived and pulled Yang Xing up, telling him to come with her.

Rasa imprisoned Gaara and barred Yang Xing from seeing him, while Yang Xing vowed to rescue his new student. The chapter ended with Rasa and Land of Wind officials discussing how to keep Gaara confined until Yang Xing left the village.

• Rasa ordered Yang Xing to leave the Land of Wind and said he would not let him see Gaara again.
• Yang Xing questioned Temari about Gaara, then promised he would act because Gaara had become his student.
• Temari and Kankuro learned Gaara was missing, but feared Rasa too much to look for him.
• Rasa visited Gaara in a guarded prison basement and ordered more guards to hold him for several days.
• Land of Wind officials urged Rasa to deal with the situation quickly because they feared losing the One-Tail.