Chapter Summaries

Yang Xing finished the farmland mission with clones while Asuma grew angry and stormed into the woods, forcing Kurenai Yuhi and Yang Xing to follow. Asuma’s Wind Style exposed a masked figure, whom Kurenai Yuhi recognized as a subordinate of Danzo, the former Anbu member who had escaped.

• Yang Xing used Water Clone Technique to spray pesticide across the fields while Asuma made five clones to show off.
• Asuma grew angry when Kurenai Yuhi praised Yang Xing and left the assigned area for the woods, with Kurenai Yuhi and Yang Xing following him.
• Asuma ignored Kurenai Yuhi’s warnings and boasted that Rock Ninja could not defeat him, so Yang Xing challenged him to prove his strength.
• Asuma used Wind Style: Great Breakthrough Technique toward the bushes, and a masked figure rushed out of its path.
• Kurenai Yuhi recognized the figure as a subordinate of Danzo and shouted for Asuma to get away.

Yang Xing frightened Danzo's operative, Tsuchiya, into fleeing and confronted Asuma after he shoved Kurenai Yuhi. Asuma ended his relationship with Kurenai and told her to stay with Yang Xing.

• Asuma attacked Tsuchiya but was easily struck down, and Tsuchiya prepared to kill him.
• Yang Xing stopped Kurenai Yuhi from rushing to Asuma, then revealed his identity to Tsuchiya.
• Tsuchiya recognized Yang Xing and fled in fear, leaving Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi stunned.
• Asuma rejected Kurenai Yuhi's help and shoved her to the ground, angering Yang Xing.
• Yang Xing threatened Asuma for laying a hand on Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma told her they were strangers from then on.

After the field mission, Sanada Sarutobi invited Yang Xing and Kurenai Yuhi to dinner and apologized for Asuma’s behavior. The chapter left Yang Xing openly criticizing Asuma while Sanada tried to smooth things over and avoid provoking him.

• Asuma left Kurenai Yuhi behind, and Yang Xing led her away from the fields.
• After Sanada Sarutobi scolded Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi, he invited them and Yang Xing to talk, but Asuma went home alone.
• Sanada Sarutobi took Yang Xing and Kurenai Yuhi to a barbecue restaurant and thanked Yang Xing for protecting Asuma from the Anbu.
• Kurenai Yuhi learned that Yang Xing was the Fourth Hokage’s disciple and grew more curious about him.
• Yang Xing condemned Asuma’s manners, and Sanada Sarutobi apologized for Asuma while asking Yang Xing to be more forgiving.

After Asuma ran away from home, Yang Xing set off alone to find him while Sanada Sarutobi prepared to notify the Third Hokage. Kurenai Yuhi learned that Yang Xing was considered Konoha’s most outstanding young ninja and watched him leave with growing curiosity.

• Sanada Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi parted from Yang Xing after their meal, but Asuma’s private tutor rushed over and reported that Asuma had disappeared.
• The tutor handed Sanada Sarutobi Asuma’s letter, which said he was going to do something earth-shattering and goodbye.
• Sanada Sarutobi ordered the tutor to notify the Third Hokage and worried that Asuma might already have left the village.
• Yang Xing volunteered to pursue Asuma and hurried toward the village’s edge.
• Sanada Sarutobi told the anxious Kurenai Yuhi that Yang Xing was the Fourth Hokage’s favored disciple and Konoha’s most outstanding young ninja.

Yang Xing used his enhanced Wind Cutter to stop Asuma from fleeing toward the front lines and forced him to return to Konoha. On the way back, Yang Xing sensed powerful Chakra approaching and went to confront the intruders, leaving Asuma behind.

• Yang Xing spotted Asuma with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and caught up to him in the woods.
• Asuma refused to return to Konoha and charged at Yang Xing, who used an enhanced Wind Cutter to slice through several trees.
• Frightened by Yang Xing's power and his next set of seals, Asuma agreed to go back with him.
• Yang Xing sensed several powerful Chakra signatures approaching and said he would confront the people trying to break into Konoha.
• Asuma called after Yang Xing, asking him not to leave him behind.

Kurotsuchi and three Rock Ninja entered the Land of Fire to ambush Yang Xing, hoping to kill him and aid an attack on Konoha. Yang Xing confronted them alone, and the chapter ended as he effortlessly dodged Kurotsuchi’s attacks.

• Kurotsuchi led three Rock Ninja toward Konoha, planning to kill Yang Xing and help attack the village.
• Yang Xing and Asuma spotted the group, and Yang Xing assessed their strength while Asuma urged him to report to the Fourth Hokage.
• Yang Xing left Asuma behind and blocked the Rock Ninja’s path, revealing himself as their target.
• Yosuke recognized Yang Xing, and Kurotsuchi charged at him with a kunai.
• Yang Xing easily dodged Kurotsuchi’s repeated attacks.

Yang Xing overwhelmed Kurotsuchi and the Rock Ninja ambushing him, killing Doryū with a series of Chidori attacks. The fight continued with Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi facing Yang Xing’s five lightning-wielding clones.

• Kurotsuchi attacked Yang Xing, but he dodged her strikes and slapped her, prompting her to call Akatsuchi into the fight.
• Akatsuchi and two Jonin joined forces against Yang Xing, who caught their enormous Earth Style pot lid and hurled it back at them.
• Yang Xing used the chaos after the impact to strike Doryū with Chidori and knock him from a tree.
• Yang Xing created five Water Clones and sent them after the falling Doryū with Chidori Clone Technique, killing him.
• Akatsuchi tried to charge Yang Xing, but the five clones forced him to stop, leaving Kurotsuchi alone with him.

Yang Xing tested Tenzo’s determination to join the New Anbu by fighting him and discovered that he could use Wood Release. After promising to accept Tenzo’s request if he endured three minutes, Yang Xing overwhelmed him with a rapid clone-assisted attack, leaving Tenzo unable to move.

• Yang Xing offered Tenzo a chance to earn a place in the New Anbu by defeating him, while Asuma questioned the arrangement and Kurenai stepped back at Yang Xing’s warning.
• Tenzo attacked Yang Xing with Wood Release, shocking Asuma, but Yang Xing dodged his strikes and evaded his binding technique with Water Replacement.
• Yang Xing appeared behind Tenzo and knocked him into a tree with a powerful kick, but Tenzo stubbornly got back up.
• Yang Xing promised to accept Tenzo’s request if he endured three minutes of attacks, then used water clones and Clone Chain Kick to batter him for a full minute.
• Tenzo landed badly injured and motionless, and Yang Xing realized that he was not an ordinary human.

Yang Xing defeated Tenzo with his newly improvised Chidori Lightning Fist, then recruited him into the Starlight Group’s Twelfth Squad after witnessing his endurance. Asuma learned that Yang Xing led the group and insisted on joining, but Yang Xing rejected him.

• Yang Xing struck Tenzo with his Chidori Lightning Fist, leaving him badly burned but still determined to endure the trial.
• Tenzo insisted he could continue, and Yang Xing appointed him to the Starlight Group Twelfth Squad under his command.
• Tenzo collapsed after hearing the news, pleased that he had succeeded, while Yang Xing considered taking him away from Danzo’s control for his own purposes.
• Asuma asked whether Yang Xing could recruit others, and Kurenai Yuhi realized the Starlight Group was named after Yang Xing.
• Asuma eagerly asked to join the Starlight Group, but Yang Xing rejected him and Asuma vowed to keep trying.

Yang Xing took Tenzo to the New Anbu headquarters and encountered Shisui Uchiha, young Itachi, Asuma, and Kurenai. After Itachi attacked Asuma and Shisui learned Yang Xing had injured the Third Tsuchikage, several people challenged Yang Xing to spar, and he left without addressing Tenzo’s recruitment.

• Yang Xing brought Tenzo to the New Anbu headquarters and told Shisui Uchiha he wanted Kakashi to hear that someone was joining.
• Young Itachi asked to join the Starlight Group, then attacked Asuma with a controlled Fire Style technique after Asuma mocked him.
• Shisui admired Yang Xing for injuring the Third Tsuchikage and asked to spar with him.
• Asuma, Shisui, and Itachi each claimed Yang Xing as a training partner, so Yang Xing made an excuse and left.
• Yang Xing remembered Tenzo was still inside and decided to ask Kakashi to handle him, then departed the unfinished headquarters.

Yang Xing visited the Inuzuka clan to see Rin Nohara, but the clan treated him with exaggerated deference because of his rising status. He told Rin that Minato-sensei was preparing an all-out attack and ordered her to remain in Konoha, then wondered what Kakashi had been doing.

• Yang Xing found the Inuzuka clan head and elders waiting tensely for him and struggled to explain that he had come for tea and to see Rin Nohara.
• The clan head explained that he had kept Rin from visiting because he thought Yang Xing was busy establishing the Starlight Group, clearing up Yang Xing’s misunderstanding.
• Yang Xing asked the clan members to leave so he could speak with Rin alone.
• Yang Xing told Rin that Minato-sensei had gathered forces for an all-out attack on the Rock Ninja and insisted that Rin stay in Konoha.
• Rin agreed to follow Yang Xing’s advice, and Yang Xing asked whether she had seen Kakashi, who seemed to be training alone.

Minato Namikaze led a thousand-strong force from Konoha to counterattack the Rock Ninja, with Yang Xing joining the vanguard. The force continued toward the battlefield as Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi secretly followed behind, and Yang Xing chose not to expose them.

• Minato Namikaze ordered the force to depart, and Yang Xing joined him after pointing out a hole in his cloak.
• The vanguard traveled ahead of the main force, and Konoha ninja explained to a confused outsider that Yang Xing had injured the Third Tsuchikage.
• Yang Xing complained about the mission and fell back from the front of the vanguard.
• Yang Xing spotted Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi secretly struggling to keep up with the force.
• Asuma insisted that he and Kurenai continue toward the battlefield, and Yang Xing left without reporting their presence.

Yang Xing asked Minato Namikaze to let him act independently during the coming battle, while Asuma and Kurenai approached the front despite Kurenai’s concerns. Konoha’s surprise attack initially overwhelmed the Rock Ninja, but the Third Tsuchikage arrived and stopped Minato’s advance with Dust Release, leaving Asuma shaken by a Jonin’s death.

• Yang Xing told Minato Namikaze he wanted to act freely and asked him not to send anyone after him if he disappeared.
• Asuma declared he would prove his strength in battle, and Kurenai Yuhi quietly followed him toward the fighting.
• Minato Namikaze led Konoha’s force in a surprise attack that threw the Rock Ninja into chaos.
• The Third Tsuchikage appeared, rallied the Rock Ninja, and used Dust Release to kill a Jonin and block Konoha’s advance.
• Asuma was horrified by the Jonin’s death, and Kurenai urged him not to go closer.

Yang Xing rescued Kurenai Yuhi from Ōnoki and repeatedly broke his Dust Release barriers before fleeing with her as Ōnoki pursued them. He caught up to Asuma, who had abandoned Kurenai, and confronted him about running away.

• Asuma panicked when Ōnoki targeted him, then ran off and left Kurenai Yuhi behind.
• Yang Xing intercepted Ōnoki and split his Dust Release cube with Chidori to protect Kurenai Yuhi.
• Ōnoki trapped Yang Xing and Kurenai Yuhi in a strengthened cube, but Yang Xing destroyed it with Two-Handed Chidori.
• Yang Xing carried Kurenai Yuhi as he fled Ōnoki's relentless Dust Release attacks, which devastated the surrounding terrain.
• Yang Xing caught up to Asuma, stomped his head into the dirt, and scolded him for abandoning Kurenai.

Yang Xing rebuked Asuma for abandoning Kurenai and sent him away with her before facing Ōnoki alone. As Ōnoki prepared a powerful attack, Yang Xing pressed him with clones and Chidori, then began felling trees to disrupt his techniques.

• Yang Xing scolded Asuma for leaving Kurenai behind and told him he would never become a capable Starlight Group officer if he acted that way.
• Yang Xing ordered Asuma to carry Kurenai away, and Asuma accepted the task as a chance to make up for his mistake.
• Kurenai watched Yang Xing with gratitude and worry as Asuma carried her out of danger.
• Yang Xing reopened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and charged Ōnoki, interrupting the Tsuchikage's attack with Water Clone Technique and Clone Continuous Chidori Technique.
• Ōnoki evaded Yang Xing's Chidori attacks and destroyed his water clones with a cubic barrier, then taunted him from the air.
• Yang Xing used Chidori to cut down trees around Ōnoki, and a falling tree disrupted the Tsuchikage as the ground shook.

Yang Xing defeated Ōnoki by using falling trees to pursue him and striking him with a Rasengan, leaving the Tsuchikage badly hurt. Instead of killing him, Yang Xing let him return to his country, and Ōnoki flew away after their battle.

• Yang Xing felled the surrounding trees and ran along a falling trunk to close in on Ōnoki as he tried to fly away.
• Yang Xing dodged Ōnoki’s escape and struck him with a Rasengan, sending him crashing into a tree.
• Ōnoki recognized Yang Xing’s skill and admitted that he had misjudged the young ninja’s abilities.
• Ōnoki prepared to attack again, but Yang Xing told him he could return to his country with his troops.
• Yang Xing left Ōnoki alive because he had learned that the Tsuchikage had a granddaughter, and Ōnoki flew back while refusing to call it a favor.

After Ōnoki withdrew Iwagakure’s forces, Minato Namikaze negotiated a ceasefire with the Land of Earth and brought the war to an end. As Konoha celebrated, Yang Xing spotted someone and grew solemn.

• Minato Namikaze learned that the Rock Ninja were retreating and had offered to reconcile with the Land of Fire.
• Asuma tried to tell Minato what had happened, but Yang Xing kicked him down before he could finish.
• Ōnoki arrived to negotiate with Minato, accompanied by Kitsuchi and Kurotsuchi, and insisted he had not surrendered because of Minato.
• Minato proposed that the two countries put the conflict behind them, then required Ōnoki to sign a treaty barring further incursions into the Land of Fire.
• Minato said the treaty would prevent another war between the countries until Ōnoki died, and the gathered Konoha ninja cheered.
• Yang Xing spotted someone as the chapter ended and grew more solemn.

Yang Xing met Obito in the woods and learned that Madara had let him out under a Cursed Seal to visit someone one last time. Madara revealed that Yang Xing had ruined his plan and that he intended to change it, leaving Yang Xing to wonder who Obito now cared about.

• Kurenai Yuhi went looking for Yang Xing to thank him and spotted him meeting a masked stranger in the woods.
• Yang Xing recognized the stranger as Obito and asked why he had come; Obito said Madara had allowed him one final visit and placed a Cursed Seal on him.
• Obito asked after Kakashi, admitted he would not forgive him, and credited Yang Xing with showing him how powerful he was.
• Yang Xing called out Madara, who emerged and said he planned to change his scheme because Yang Xing had ruined it.
• Yang Xing challenged Madara's wisdom, then left because he could not safely fight while Obito remained in Madara's hands.

After returning from the war, Yang Xing was summoned with Minato Namikaze to a tense meeting of Konoha’s senior figures. Shisui Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha accused him of possessing the Uchiha Clan’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan, leaving Yang Xing silent as he sensed the matter was more complicated than it appeared.

• Kurenai Yuhi asked Yang Xing who the masked figures were, and he calmly called them old friends.
• The Third Ninja War ended after the Tsuchikage surrendered and signed a nonaggression agreement, and the troops returned to Konoha.
• Yang Xing noticed Konoha residents giving him strange looks, and a messenger told Minato Namikaze that the Council of Elders and clan leaders were waiting for them.
• Minato Namikaze brought Yang Xing to the elders’ meeting room, where Fugaku Uchiha watched him with anger.
• Shisui Uchiha demanded that Yang Xing reveal his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and Fugaku Uchiha asked where he had obtained both eyes.
• Minato Namikaze questioned Yang Xing about whether he had the Sharingan, but Yang Xing remained silent and suspected there was more behind the accusation.

Shisui Uchiha and Fugaku Uchiha accused Yang Xing of killing an Uchiha to obtain his Sharingan, and Fugaku’s Genjutsu exposed Yang Xing’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan before Konoha’s leaders. Minato Namikaze defended him, but the council turned against Yang Xing and demanded his arrest.

• Shisui Uchiha questioned Yang Xing about an Uchiha clan member who had died outside the village, arguing that Yang Xing must have obtained his Sharingan through transplantation.
• Yang Xing stayed silent about his phone system, while Fugaku Uchiha used Genjutsu to make his Three-Tomoe Sharingan appear.
• The leaders saw Yang Xing’s Sharingan and began accusing him of killing a villager for power.
• Minato Namikaze defended Yang Xing by citing his role in saving Konoha and defeating the Tsuchikage, but Fugaku Uchiha claimed Yang Xing was also connected to the conflict within the Anbu.
• Fugaku Uchiha and other leaders turned suspicion toward Yang Xing, and the room erupted in demands to arrest him despite Minato’s objections.