Chapter Summaries

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.

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.