Chapter Summaries

After converting all the chakra in his body into True Essence Power, Ye Fan broke through to the first layer of the Beast-Taming Stage and awakened his ability to communicate with and command Dark Shadow through a soul contract. He headed to the Ninja Academy with Dark Shadow to ask about his makeup exam.

• Ye Fan completed his five-year conversion of chakra into True Essence Power and told Hua he would soon stand on his own.
• Ye Fan tested Dark Shadow's Single Heaven Charge and decided to train the ninja hound himself.
• Ye Fan broke through to the first layer of the Beast-Taming Stage and tested his new abilities.
• Hua left Ye Fan breakfast and a note of encouragement before going on patrol.
• Ye Fan formed a soul contract with Dark Shadow and took him to the Ninja Academy to ask about the makeup exam.

Ye Fan visited the Ninja Academy to ask Iruka about taking a make-up exam, despite village residents mocking him for failing to graduate and losing chakra. He found Iruka teaching Konohamaru and interrupted the lesson to ask about the exam.

• Ye Fan overheard villagers and an Inuzuka Clan ninja disparaging him and learned that the clan head had considered expelling him.
• Ye Fan went to the Academy library, read basic material about the Hokage and ninja ranks, and decided to seek access to the specialized Ninja Library after passing his assessment.
• Iruka taught a class about chakra while Konohamaru disrupted it by demonstrating the Sexy Technique he had learned from Naruto.
• Ye Fan arrived with his small ninja hound, greeted Iruka, and asked about taking the make-up exam instead of attending class.

Ye Fan watched practical combat training at the Ninja Academy and learned that the new student, Hanabi Hyuga, was a powerful Hyuga heir with the Byakugan. After she defeated Konohamaru and then noticed the strange energy inside Ye Fan, he concealed it, leaving Hanabi baffled by her eyes’ failure to detect it.

• Iruka told Ye Fan to wait while he taught the class, and Ye Fan noticed Hanabi Hyuga standing without a sparring partner.
• Iruka explained that Hanabi was a Hyuga clan heir whose Byakugan and skill made her stronger than ordinary Genin.
• Hanabi challenged Konohamaru and defeated him in one exchange after he boastfully offered to fight with one hand.
• The other children avoided Hanabi, who found their chakra unimpressive until she spotted Ye Fan’s unusual energy.
• Hanabi questioned Ye Fan about the energy she saw inside him, and Ye Fan tapped points on his body to make it disappear from her Byakugan.

Ye Fan accepted Hanabi Hyuga’s challenge and sent his Ninja Hound, Dark Shadow, to fight her. As the battle reached a stalemate, Ye Fan said he had figured out Hanabi’s palm techniques and no longer needed to waste time.

• Iruka introduced Ye Fan to Hanabi Hyuga, who challenged him after her Byakugan failed to see through him.
• Ye Fan accepted Hanabi’s challenge and said Dark Shadow would fight in his place, despite Iruka warning that he could not use chakra.
• Hanabi charged at Ye Fan, but Dark Shadow intercepted her with astonishing speed.
• Hanabi used the Gentle Fist to keep Dark Shadow at bay, while the Byakugan revealed the dog’s powerful chakra and precise control.
• Iruka asked why Ye Fan had failed his make-up exams, and Ye Fan replied that some things mattered more than passing an assessment.
• Ye Fan said he had figured out Hanabi’s palm techniques and that the fight no longer needed to continue.

Ye Fan used Dark Shadow to defeat Hanabi Hyuga repeatedly, then taught her to stay clear-headed and accept defeat. He learned that his make-up exam would be a five-minute match against a randomly selected Genin, while Hanabi approached her estranged sister Hinata to ask about someone.

• Dark Shadow defeated Hanabi Hyuga in their practice match, and Ye Fan provoked her into recognizing her impulsiveness before giving her advice.
• Iruka told Ye Fan that his make-up exam would be a sealed-room battle against a Genin, which he could pass by remaining undefeated for five minutes or winning.
• Ye Fan became interested in facing Sasuke Uchiha and recalled rescuing an unnamed Uchiha girl five years earlier.
• Hinata Hyuga returned to the Hyuga estate, where her father ignored her.
• Hanabi Hyuga surprised Hinata by initiating a conversation and saying she wanted to ask about someone.

Hanabi Hyuga asked Hinata Hyuga to learn about Inuzuka Ye Fan, while Kiba Inuzuka praised Ye Fan to Hinata and Shino Aburame. Their conflicting accounts led Kiba and Shino to prepare for a fight, which Ye Fan interrupted by calling out to Kiba.

• Hanabi Hyuga asked Hinata Hyuga whether she knew Inuzuka Ye Fan, and Hinata offered to ask her teammate Kiba Inuzuka about him.
• Kiba Inuzuka returned home from a mission, praised Ye Fan, and asked him for more fighting instruction; that night Ye Fan cultivated on the roof and felt his progress accelerate.
• The next day, Hinata Hyuga asked Kiba about Ye Fan, explaining that her younger sister had asked her to find out about him.
• Kiba praised Ye Fan's talents, but Shino Aburame described rumors that Ye Fan was fourteen, had failed the Ninja Academy examination, and was considered a piece of trash.
• Kiba grabbed Shino by the collar as Shino's insects emerged, and Ye Fan called out to Kiba before they could fight.

Ye Fan reunited Kiba Inuzuka with Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga, then returned home to make six black spheres from scavenged materials. He invited Kiba to help test them, leaving their effects unknown.

• Ye Fan arrived as Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga were arguing, apologized for Kiba, and warned Shino not to bully his little brother.
• Ye Fan reminded Kiba Inuzuka to cherish his companions, then surprised Hinata Hyuga by mentioning her younger sister Hanabi Hyuga had challenged him.
• After Ye Fan left, Shino Aburame admitted that Ye Fan was dangerous and apologized to Kiba Inuzuka, and the two reconciled.
• Ye Fan returned home and crafted six black spheres from the materials he had gathered.
• Kiba Inuzuka visited Ye Fan, saw the spheres, and carried them into the yard so Ye Fan could test them.

Ye Fan tested a smoke-producing ball with Kiba Inuzuka, then set out to earn money by taking E-rank missions. At the Ninja Academy, Iruka told Hanabi Hyuga that Ye Fan lacked chakra, but she insisted she had sensed powerful energy within him and followed him as he searched for the mission board.

• Ye Fan showed Kiba Inuzuka how to use his smoke ball, and Kiba praised its usefulness for concealment.
• Ye Fan decided to earn startup money by taking E-rank missions and left with Dark Shadow.
• Hanabi Hyuga asked Iruka why Ye Fan was absent, and Iruka explained that Ye Fan's chakra was steadily decreasing and the Academy might revoke his chance to take the ninja assessment.
• Hanabi told Iruka she had seen a vast amount of energy inside Ye Fan, then spotted him at the Academy and hurried after him.
• Ye Fan asked Hanabi where E-rank missions were posted, but she did not know and offered him money instead.

Ye Fan trained Hanabi Hyuga and identified flaws in her Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, teaching her standing postures to improve the transitions. Neji Hyuga spotted Hanabi practicing with Ye Fan and wondered why she was there.

• Ye Fan agreed to train Hanabi Hyuga directly, and Iruka watched in disbelief as she practiced under him.
• Ye Fan pointed out Hanabi's combat flaws and noticed three awkward transitions in her Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms.
• Ye Fan taught Hanabi three standing postures to strengthen her fundamentals and improve the transitions.
• Ye Fan corrected Hanabi's form by hand as she struggled to hold the first posture.
• Neji Hyuga and a girl saw Hanabi training with Ye Fan, and Neji questioned why she was there.

Neji Hyuga was assigned as Ye Fan’s opponent for his final make-up exam, alarming Hanabi and Kiba. Ye Fan remained confident as Hinata and Hanabi went to visit him.

• Neji Hyuga learned that Hanabi was being trained by Ye Fan and was angered that Shadow had defeated her.
• Ye Fan ended Hanabi’s training and warned her not to practice the unfamiliar stance without him; she later noticed her Eight Trigrams Palms had improved.
• Hinata told Hanabi that Ye Fan’s final make-up exam would require him to last five minutes against Neji, and Hanabi asked her sister to take her to see Ye Fan.
• Kiba warned Ye Fan that Neji was close to Chunin strength and seemed determined to make him fail, but Ye Fan said there were many ways to fight.
• Someone knocked at Ye Fan’s door.

Hinata and Hanabi visited Ye Fan, where he challenged Hanabi to look beyond the Hyuga Clan’s inherited techniques and explained that many forms of energy might exist beyond Chakra. After learning how the Byakugan was inherited, Ye Fan wondered whether the Beast-Taming Sect’s methods could strengthen it, but he left its possible stages and evolution unresolved.

• Kiba answered the door and found Hinata and Hanabi, who came to see Ye Fan.
• Hanabi questioned Ye Fan about his lack of Chakra, and he explained that Chakra was only one of many possible forms of energy.
• Ye Fan urged Hanabi not to limit herself to the Hyuga Clan’s traditional techniques and to broaden her knowledge.
• Hanabi explained that the Byakugan was a Bloodline Limit inherited through blood relations and genes.
• Ye Fan wondered whether the Beast-Taming Sect’s methods could strengthen the Byakugan and asked whether it could evolve, but Hinata and Hanabi did not know.

Ye Fan discussed Neji Hyuga’s Byakugan and hinted that he had a way to limit its abilities in their upcoming exam. After Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga visited and left, Ye Fan asked Hana Inuzuka about practicing the taijutsu he had taught her.

• Hanabi Hyuga warned Ye Fan that Neji Hyuga was strong, while Kiba Inuzuka urged Ye Fan to prepare for the exam.
• Ye Fan said the Byakugan had weaknesses and that the enclosed training hall could help him limit its abilities, but he kept his method secret.
• Hana Inuzuka returned from patrol and met Hinata Hyuga and Hanabi Hyuga, who left after Hanabi asked Ye Fan to keep guiding her.
• Ye Fan asked Hana Inuzuka whether she had practiced the Fierce Wind Twin-Joining Hands, and she admitted she had been too busy to try it.
• Kiba Inuzuka eagerly asked to learn the taijutsu Ye Fan had created.

Ye Fan promised to create a taijutsu suited to Kiba Inuzuka, then secretly followed Hana Inuzuka after ANBU summoned her. At Konoha's gate, a badly wounded Ninja Hound arrived with a secret letter that had already been delivered to the Hokage.

• Ye Fan told Kiba Inuzuka that Fierce Wind Twin-Joining Hands was created for Hana Inuzuka and promised to devise a taijutsu for Kiba.
• Two ANBU members arrived and took Hana Inuzuka away, leaving Ye Fan and Kiba worried about what had happened.
• Ye Fan picked up the little Dark Shadow Ninja Hound and followed Hana, while Kiba remained behind.
• At Konoha's gate, ninja tried to save a critically wounded Ninja Hound that had carried a secret letter to the village.
• Hana Inuzuka arrived with ANBU and a veterinarian after the letter had alerted the Hokage.

Hana Inuzuka mourned Laiyun, Aoi Inuzuka’s dying Ninja Hound, until Ye Fan revived it with his technique. Meanwhile, the Third Hokage learned that Orochimaru was plotting against Konoha and sent ANBU Team 8 to investigate and find Aoi.

• Hana Inuzuka examined Laiyun and watched it die after it returned to Konoha gravely wounded.
• Ye Fan used the Beast-Taming Sect’s technique to revive Laiyun, and Hana carried it to the veterinary operating room for a blood transfusion.
• The Third Hokage reviewed a secret letter reporting Orochimaru’s return and plans against Konoha.
• The Third Hokage ordered ANBU Team 8 to investigate Orochimaru and recover the missing Aoi Inuzuka under the codename Snake Hunt.

Ye Fan learned the Five Spirits Gold-Seeking Formula so he could identify herbs and make medicine. Hua returned exhausted and told him Laiyun had survived, then questioned how Ye Fan had treated her; the chapter left Hua puzzled by Ye Fan’s knowledge and abilities.

• Ye Fan told Kiba Inuzuka that Hua was safe and that Aoi Inuzuka might be in grave danger after her Ninja Hound was attacked.
• Ye Fan resolved to grow stronger and, while pondering how to find medicinal herbs, remembered the Five Spirits Gold-Seeking Formula.
• Ye Fan learned to identify the properties of wild grasses and realized he could use them to make healing medicine and potentially earn money by selling it.
• Hua returned after a sleepless night and told Ye Fan that Laiyun had passed the critical stage but remained unconscious.
• Hua pressed Ye Fan about his treatment method, and he explained that Laiyun had been in suspended death rather than truly dead.

Hana Inuzuka reported that Laiyun was recovering but Aoi Inuzuka was still missing, prompting Ye Fan to consider teaching Kiba Inuzuka survival skills. At the Ninja Academy, Ye Fan trained Hanabi Hyuga in a new stance and then ran into Rock Lee while heading to find Kiba.

• Hana Inuzuka told Ye Fan and Kiba Inuzuka that Laiyun would recover, while ANBU and her mother searched for Aoi Inuzuka.
• Ye Fan decided to give Kiba special training to help him survive missions, then went to the Ninja Academy with Dark Shadow.
• Iruka told Ye Fan that Neji Hyuga would be his assessment opponent, but Ye Fan said he was not worried.
• Ye Fan guided Hanabi Hyuga through a difficult standing-posture stance until she was exhausted, then left the Academy.
• Ye Fan encountered Rock Lee on the streets of Konoha while thinking about what to teach Kiba.

Ye Fan clashed verbally with Neji Hyuga, who threatened him before their upcoming examination match. Might Guy stopped their fight, and Neji and Ye Fan left the encounter even more determined to face each other.

• Neji Hyuga insulted Ye Fan and warned him to withdraw from the examination, but Ye Fan mocked Neji's reputation as a genius.
• Neji activated his Byakugan and threatened Ye Fan, while Rock Lee stepped between them to protect Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan urged Rock Lee to stand by his youthful spirit, and the tension escalated until Might Guy appeared and stopped the confrontation.
• Might Guy asked Ye Fan whether he felt pressured about facing Neji, and Ye Fan dismissed Neji as unworthy of his attention.
• Neji vowed to prove his strength in the examination, and Ye Fan said he looked forward to seeing Konoha Village's genius perform.

Ye Fan recalled the night five years ago when he used a soul-damaging technique to drive off a masked attacker and save a girl. After inspecting weapons he could not afford in a Konoha shop, he went with Dark Shadow to a Genin training ground and found Kiba Inuzuka training.

• Neji Hyuga watched Ye Fan leave and vowed to show him no mercy during the assessment.
• Ye Fan entered Regulars' Store, where two ninjas discussed his reputation and the top-secret incident five years earlier.
• Ye Fan remembered arriving in Inuzuka Ye Fan's body and driving away a masked man who had attacked a chained girl calling for Itachi.
• Ye Fan examined shuriken, blades, and an Explosive Tag, but found the affordable tools crude and the costly ones beyond his budget.
• Ye Fan left the shop empty-handed and went with Dark Shadow to a Genin training ground, where he found Kiba Inuzuka training.

Ye Fan observed Team 8 training and startled Shino Aburame by approaching without the boy’s insects detecting him. After Kiba Inuzuka asked for taijutsu guidance, Ye Fan agreed to assess him and showed interest in Shino’s abilities, leaving Shino’s insects warning of danger.

• Ye Fan watched Kiba Inuzuka train with Akamaru and Hinata Hyuga practice Gentle Fist, then observed Shino Aburame controlling his insects.
• Ye Fan appeared behind Shino Aburame, startling him when his insects had failed to sense Ye Fan or his Ninja Hound.
• Ye Fan withdrew the concealed True Qi, allowing Shino Aburame’s insects to detect his approach and leaving Shino wondering what Ye Fan had done.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga approached Ye Fan, and Kiba asked for help developing a taijutsu style suited to him.
• Ye Fan agreed to assess Kiba Inuzuka, learned that Kurenai Yuhi was unavailable, and remarked that Shino Aburame was interesting as Shino’s insects signaled danger.

Ye Fan tested Kiba Inuzuka’s abilities to assess what training to teach him, then watched Kiba spar with Hinata Hyuga. Hinata was knocked down by Kiba’s Fang Over Fang but got back up apologizing, while Ye Fan noted that Kiba had held back.

• Shino Aburame recoiled from Ye Fan’s aura and remained wary of him.
• Ye Fan tested Kiba Inuzuka’s strength, speed, reactions, and coordination with Akamaru before asking to see his combat ability.
• Ye Fan questioned Hinata Hyuga’s lack of confidence, and his words left her staring at him in thought.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru attacked Hinata, who barely blocked their opening strikes with the Sixteen Palms of the Eight Trigrams.
• Kiba used Fang Over Fang and sent Hinata flying, but Ye Fan saw that Kiba had held back.
• Hinata got up and apologized to Kiba for her weakness, and Kiba told her not to push herself too hard.