Chapter Summaries

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.

Gaara woke in confinement and, after Rasa forbade him from seeing Yang Xing, lost control of the One-Tail and attacked the officials. Rasa ordered Gaara killed and charged at his transformed son, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Gaara woke in his cell, saw Rasa, and begged to return to Yang Xing, but Rasa refused and accused Yang Xing of trying to steal the One-Tail.
• Gaara rejected Rasa as his father and erupted into a Tailed Beast rampage, breaking out of his cell as his body began to transform.
• Gaara attacked the gathered officials, killed an elite Jonin, and badly injured another Jonin who charged him.
• Rasa ordered the Jonin to kill Gaara before his transformation was complete, then said he would act himself when they hesitated.
• Rasa and Gaara charged at each other and clashed.

Yang Xing rescued Gaara from Rasa just as Gaara fully transformed into the One-Tail, then fought the beast to protect his prospective disciple. The One-Tail fell to Yang Xing’s attacks, but his battle continued with Susanoo as Temari and Kankuro watched.

• Rasa cornered Gaara and tried to stab him, but Yang Xing interrupted with an Ultra-Big Ball Spiraling Sphere.
• Gaara fully manifested the One-Tail, and Yang Xing drove the panicking Sunagakure higher-ups away with his Lightning Blade.
• Yang Xing carried the injured Rasa out of the collapsing basement and promised to take care of Gaara after Rasa begged him to.
• Yang Xing struck the One-Tail with an Ultra-Big Ball Spiraling Sphere, then summoned Susanoo and continued fighting it.
• Temari and Kankuro watched the battle, and Temari said she believed Yang Xing would be fine.

Yang Xing used his Susanoo to kill the One-Tail with a single strike while leaving Gaara alive, then ordered Rasa to have him treated because he wanted a Jinchūriki. The next day, Temari and Kankuro discussed Yang Xing’s strength as Gaara remained hospitalized.

• Yang Xing manifested his Susanoo, and the One-Tail tried to flee from its chakra.
• Yang Xing struck the One-Tail with a lightning-charged sword, killing it instantly without harming Gaara.
• Yang Xing told Rasa to have Gaara treated because he wanted a Jinchūriki, and Rasa sent Gaara to the hospital.
• The next day, Temari and Kankuro discussed how Yang Xing had defeated the One-Tail with one strike.

Yang Xing refused Temari’s request to become his disciple, teasing that she would be better suited as his wife, but accepted Gaara after the boy confirmed he wanted to learn from him. After training Gaara in a canyon, Yang Xing left Kankuro and Temari to watch him while he went to look for a way to complete an S-rank mission.

• Temari and Kankuro asked Yang Xing to accept them as disciples, but he refused Temari and joked that he would rather make her his wife.
• Yang Xing confronted Gaara, who admitted he had heard their conversation and said he wanted to become Yang Xing’s disciple.
• Two days after Gaara recovered, Yang Xing began training him to control his chakra and promised to suppress the One-Tail if it emerged.
• Yang Xing told Kankuro that Gaara would not show major signs of losing control for the next few days, then asked Kankuro and Temari to watch him.
• Yang Xing left the canyon to look for a shortcut to completing his S-rank mission, and Temari openly followed him.

After leaving Sunagakure, Yang Xing headed back to Konoha with Guren and Konan. In Konoha, Tsunade pressed the Third Hokage to make her Hokage, but rushed out as soon as she heard Yang Xing had returned.

• Yang Xing left Sunagakure after finishing his training with Kankuro, while a small figure watched him depart without following.
• Yang Xing told Guren and Konan he was returning to Konoha instead of going to the Land of Earth.
• Tsunade demanded that the Third Hokage hand the Hokage position over to her, and they discussed rumors about Yang Xing and the Uchiha Clan matter.
• Hyuga Hiashi reported that the Uchiha Clan’s connections in the village had been cleared away and that a child remained unconscious in Konoha’s hospital.
• A Starlight Group ninja announced Yang Xing’s return, and Tsunade immediately rushed out to find him.