Chapter Summaries

Tsunade returned to Konoha, learned that the Fourth Hokage and his wife had died, and rushed to check on Yang Xing. At the hospital, Yang Xing began sealing the Nine-Tails into an infant and demonstrated chakra control powerful enough to suppress the beast without leakage.

• Tsunade arrived in ruined Konoha and learned from a Medical Division ninja that the Fourth Hokage and his wife had died.
• Tsunade learned that Yang Xing was at Konoha's hospital and hurried there, leaving the injured to wait for Shizune.
• In a guarded neonatal ward, Yang Xing prepared to seal the Nine-Tails into the infant while Hiruzen Sarutobi left him to handle other matters.
• Tsunade barged into the ward and questioned Yang Xing, but he opened the sealing scroll and continued with the procedure.
• Yang Xing used his Mangekyō to suppress the Nine-Tails' chakra without any leakage, stunning Tsunade with the scale of his power.

Yang Xing and Tsunade sealed the Nine-Tails inside Minato’s baby son, and Yang Xing arranged to leave an image that would teach the child the Soul Sealing Jutsu. After Konoha mourned its dead, Yang Xing announced he would go to the Land of Rain to uncover the truth behind Minato’s death, and Tsunade agreed to accompany him.

• Yang Xing transferred the Nine-Tails into the baby, and Tsunade completed the Five Elements Seal Jutsu.
• Yang Xing asked Tsunade to help place an image inside the child that would teach him the Soul Sealing Jutsu, and she used her Strength of a Hundred Seal to sustain it.
• Konoha held a funeral for the Fourth Hokage, his wife, and the many ninja killed during the Nine-Tails’ attack.
• Yang Xing told Jiraiya and Tsunade he planned to go to the Land of Rain to find answers about Minato’s death.
• Tsunade agreed to travel with Yang Xing despite Jiraiya’s objections.

Yang Xing traveled with Tsunade and Jiraiya to the Land of Rain, determined to find Obito and establish his own intelligence organization. They arrived to find the country transformed by the Akatsuki, and Yang Xing hurried ahead as Tsunade called after him.

• Tsunade supported Yang Xing's decision to go to the Land of Rain, and Jiraiya joined them to help.
• Yang Xing and his companions left Konoha before the Third Hokage could stop them; the Third Hokage decided to remain in office and keep the Hokage's seat open for Yang Xing.
• On the journey, Yang Xing asked Jiraiya about the Akatsuki, and Jiraiya explained that his former students, including a Rinnegan wielder, were members.
• Yang Xing revealed that he intended to find Obito, question him, and recruit people from outside Konoha for an intelligence organization of his own.
• The group reached the Land of Rain and saw that the Akatsuki had brought the war-torn country new hope and prosperity.
• Yang Xing rushed ahead, and Tsunade hurried after him while Jiraiya watched them go.

Yang Xing asked the Akatsuki to help build an intelligence organization, but Nagato and Konan questioned his intentions. Jiraiya introduced Yang Xing’s claimed achievements, which the Akatsuki doubted, before Nagato invited the group to the Akatsuki base.

• Yang Xing asked a passing ninja where Amegakure’s leader was, and Tsunade punched the man after he insulted Yang Xing.
• Amegakure’s residents reported the disturbance, and Nagato, Konan, and other Akatsuki members arrived.
• Jiraiya greeted Nagato and Konan, while Yang Xing took Konan’s hands and asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Yang Xing asked the Akatsuki to lend their strength to building an intelligence organization, prompting Konan to question why they should help him and Nagato to confront Jiraiya.
• Jiraiya introduced Yang Xing as a Konoha ninja who had defeated the Tsuchikage and sealed the Nine-Tails, but Nagato did not believe the claims.
• Nagato invited Jiraiya, Yang Xing, and Tsunade to the Akatsuki base, and they went with him.

Yang Xing met Nagato and Konan at the Akatsuki headquarters and said he wanted their help establishing an intelligence department, but he kept his reasons secret. After Tsunade doubted he could persuade Nagato, Yang Xing challenged her to a bet and told her to watch what happened over the next few days.

• Jiraiya praised Nagato for building the Akatsuki, while Konan credited Nagato’s Rinnegan and Yang Xing dismissed it.
• Jiraiya revealed that Yang Xing possessed a special Mangekyō, making Nagato look at him more seriously.
• Yang Xing clarified to Tsunade that he wanted an intelligence department, not the Akatsuki itself, but refused to explain why.
• Nagato invited Jiraiya and the others to stay until Yahiko returned, and Jiraiya disappeared after learning the Akatsuki would cover their expenses.
• Tsunade confronted Yang Xing about his plan, and he insisted she watch the next few days before challenging her to a bet.

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.