Chapter Summaries

Team 8 returned safely to Konoha, where Kurenai Yuhi reported that Ye Fan had killed the rogue Kirigakure ninja and urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to promote him to Chunin. Back at his courtyard, Ye Fan reunited with Hanabi and examined a Sealing Scroll before Uzuki Yugao arrived at his gate.

• Team 8 reached Konoha, and Ye Fan took Kurenai Yuhi to the hospital with Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame.
• Asuma Sarutobi learned from Kurenai Yuhi that Ye Fan had killed all the rogue Kirigakure ninja with poison and helped save her.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Hiruzen Sarutobi about the mission and recommended promoting Ye Fan to Chunin, but Hiruzen deferred the decision and planned to observe him.
• Ye Fan returned to his courtyard, checked his medicinal herbs, and guided Hanabi Hyuga through her training questions.
• Ye Fan tried to work out how to open the Sealing Scroll using a Ninja Hound's chakra, but Uzuki Yugao arrived at his courtyard before he could test the idea.

Ye Fan helped Yuugao Uzuki unseal his collected items and sold her Nourishing Spirit Tea to improve Gekko Hayate’s vitality. Meanwhile, Anko Mitarashi visited Kurenai Yuhi and grew curious about Ye Fan, and the chapter ended with Ye Fan arriving at Kurenai’s home just as Anko came out to meet him.

• Yuugao Uzuki asked Ye Fan to examine Gekko Hayate again, and Ye Fan agreed while asking her to help release the seals on his stored goods.
• Yuugao Uzuki unsealed Ye Fan’s strange collection, and he gave her Nourishing Spirit Tea that he said could restore Hayate’s vitality; she ordered a batch.
• Asuma Sarutobi tried to prepare medicinal cuisine for Kurenai Yuhi, but he overturned the pot when Anko Mitarashi arrived, so the three ate the food Anko had brought.
• After Asuma left, Anko stayed the night and questioned Kurenai about her relationship with Asuma before asking to meet Ye Fan.
• Kurenai Yuhi answered the morning doorbell and found Ye Fan outside just as Anko Mitarashi came out of the bedroom.

Ye Fan visited Kurenai Yuhi with ingredients and cooked a delicious medicinal meal for her and Mitaraishi Anko. Anko became eager to test Ye Fan after breakfast, but the meal distracted her, and she planned to pursue him later.

• Ye Fan met Mitaraishi Anko at Kurenai Yuhi’s home and offered to cook nourishing food for his recovering teacher.
• Mitaraishi Anko hinted that she wanted to test Ye Fan, while Laiyun’s presence and Ye Fan’s warning made her back down.
• Ye Fan served medicinal dishes that captivated Kurenai Yuhi and Mitaraishi Anko, who ate everything he prepared.
• Ye Fan left digestive soup for Kurenai Yuhi and departed with Laiyun, while Anko resolved to taste the soup and test Ye Fan later.

Ye Fan checked Gekko Hayate’s recovery and gained him as a potential customer for his pills. Later, Ye Fan told Ino Yamanaka the truth about Sasuke Uchiha’s family and warned her to stay away, just before two kunai flew toward them.

• Ye Fan confirmed that Gekko Hayate’s old ailment had nearly healed, and Gekko offered to buy Ye Fan’s pills in the future.
• Ino Yamanaka saw Sasuke Uchiha in the street, but he coldly told her to get lost.
• Ye Fan gave Ino a ride on Laiyun, and she asked him what he knew about Sasuke.
• Ye Fan told Ino that Itachi Uchiha had slaughtered the Uchiha Clan, including his parents, and warned her about Sasuke’s growing desire for revenge.
• Two kunai suddenly flew toward Ye Fan and Ino.

Ye Fan and Ino Yamanaka were ambushed by Mitaraishi Anko, who was testing them in disguise, but Ye Fan stayed calm and revealed her identity. Anko summoned a giant serpent, which bonded with Ye Fan instead; he named it Scarlet Blood and rode it with Ino to watch the fight.

• A disguised Mitaraishi Anko ambushed Ye Fan and Ino Yamanaka, while Laiyun knocked away her kunai and fought her.
• Ye Fan told Ino that their attacker was a senior in disguise, then called out Mitaraishi Anko by name.
• Mitaraishi Anko revealed herself and challenged Ye Fan after he joked that she could work for him.
• Anko summoned a giant serpent, but it ignored her and lowered its head for Ye Fan to pet.
• Ye Fan named the serpent Scarlet Blood, fed it a Beast Food Pill, and climbed onto its back with Ino to watch the battle.

Mitaraishi Anko challenged Ye Fan and his Ninja Hound, Laiyun, but was overwhelmed after she threatened Ye Fan and Scarlet Blood. After Anko collapsed and a Cursed Seal spread across her face, Ye Fan immobilized her with a silver needle and prepared to treat her.

• Mitaraishi Anko ended her spar with Laiyun, but Ye Fan refused to let her take Scarlet Blood back, and their argument escalated into a fight.
• Laiyun defeated Anko and tossed her to the ground, leaving her injured and shaken; Anko demanded that Ye Fan and Ino Yamanaka keep the defeat secret.
• As Anko walked away, she collapsed, and Ye Fan noticed a Cursed Seal spreading from her neck across her face.
• Anko warned Ye Fan and Ino to leave as she lost control, but Ye Fan offered to treat her and stopped her with a silver needle to the neck.

Ye Fan took Anko Mitarashi away after her Cursed Seal erupted, then used needles and medicine while she was immobilized. He extracted most of the seal into a piece of jade, leaving the three-tomoe mark on her neck as he began investigating the remnant soul inside it.

• Anko Mitarashi lost control as her Cursed Seal erupted, so Ye Fan sealed her acupoints and carried her away on the Giant Serpent while Ino Yamanaka stayed behind with Laiyun.
• Anko Mitarashi began regaining movement as the seal stabilized, but Ye Fan needled it and triggered another violent eruption before taking her to his courtyard.
• Ye Fan placed Anko Mitarashi on a table, gave her a pill that soothed her pain and put her to sleep, then set up a barrier around the room.
• Ye Fan discovered that the Cursed Seal contained part of a remnant soul and suspected it could be used for body possession.
• Ye Fan used the Nine-Character Mantra to draw most of the Cursed Seal into a piece of jade, leaving a faint three-tomoe mark on Anko Mitarashi's neck.

Mitaraishi Anko woke at Ye Fan’s home with her injuries healed and her Cursed Seal weakened, then confronted him about what he had done. Ye Fan charged her for treatment and offered pills to further suppress the seal, while Anko remained suspicious and the chapter ended when Ye Fan sensed something unexpected.

• Mitaraishi Anko woke after several hours and found her injuries healed and the effects of her Cursed Seal diminished.
• Mitaraishi Anko confronted Ye Fan, but Dark Shadow blocked her attack and Laiyun stopped her from reaching him.
• Ye Fan demanded one hundred thousand ryo for her treatment, and Mitaraishi Anko paid after he suggested he could help remove her Cursed Seal.
• Ye Fan claimed special pills could neutralize the Cursed Seal and offered to sell them to Mitaraishi Anko at half price.
• Ye Fan suddenly stood up with a startled expression after sensing something, leaving Mitaraishi Anko confused.

Ye Fan sold pills to Gekko Hayate and Mitaraishi Anko, who bought Curse-Dispelling Pills after seeing Hayate’s improvement. Anko took one that night, but its effects began as severe diarrhea before midnight.

• Ye Fan quoted Mitaraishi Anko one hundred thousand ryo per pill, then Gekko Hayate arrived to buy medicine for his old injuries.
• Ye Fan sold Hayate two bottles of pills for more than one million ryo and promoted a Dragon-Phoenix Pill, leaving Hayate embarrassed.
• After hearing about Hayate’s recovery, Anko bought two Curse-Dispelling Pills from Ye Fan for two hundred thousand ryo.
• Anko visited Kurenai Yuhi and complained that Ye Fan had tricked her, while Kurenai explained he had once paid more than a million ryo for a medicinal herb.
• Anko took a Curse-Dispelling Pill before bed, but its effects caused repeated bouts of diarrhea, and she angrily vowed to confront Ye Fan.

Ye Fan mastered sealing objects and techniques into scrolls and talismans, then successfully used one contracted beast to summon another across distance. In the morning, Mitaraishi Anko confronted him over the pill that had caused her a night of diarrhea, but Ye Fan explained that it had weakened her Cursed Seal and won her over with breakfast.

• After completing a Soul Contract with Scarlet Blood, Ye Fan learned the principles of spatial summoning and used Dark Shadow to store and retrieve a food box with a Sealing Scroll.
• Ye Fan made Wind Blade and Lightning Strike Talismans, tested their attacks, and found that ordinary paper could not hold stronger energy.
• Ye Fan used Dark Shadow to summon Scarlet Blood across distance and considered how to improve the technique for his contracted beasts.
• Mitaraishi Anko confronted Ye Fan the next morning, accusing him of giving her fake medicine, while Kurenai Yuhi tried to keep them from fighting.
• Ye Fan pointed out that Anko's Cursed Seal had weakened and explained that her diarrhea was a normal reaction to the treatment.
• Ye Fan cooked breakfast, and Anko's hunger and enjoyment of the food ended her anger as Kurenai Yuhi wondered if she should view him differently.

Ye Fan discovered Ino Yamanaka’s talent for spiritual power and offered to teach her immortal cultivation. After demonstrating his abilities, he began guiding Ino, and Hanabi Hyuga arrived to learn that she had gained a junior sister.

• Ino asked Ye Fan to guide her, and he took her to his secluded home to discuss her cultivation.
• Ye Fan asked Ino to use the Mind Body Switch Technique on him, then read her memories and learned about her past friendship with Sakura Haruno.
• Ye Fan revived Ino after her technique failed and revealed that she had unusual spiritual and soul potential.
• Ye Fan demonstrated telekinesis and used Psychic Force to make Ino’s kunai fly around the pavilion, then asked her to cultivate with him.
• Ino began meditating under Ye Fan’s instruction, and Hanabi arrived as Ye Fan introduced Ino as her junior sister.

Ino Yamanaka began training with Ye Fan and learned how formidable Hanabi Hyuga had become, while Ye Fan continued guiding both girls. The next morning, Ye Fan joined a joint training exercise where Asuma Sarutobi challenged both teams to take a wooden box from him, and Ye Fan approached with a new tactic.

• Ino Yamanaka struggled to meditate, and Hanabi Hyuga explained that she had trained with Ye Fan for seventy-five days and was nearly as strong as a Special Jonin.
• Ye Fan taught Ino basic Psychic Force knowledge and warned both girls against rushing their cultivation.
• Ino Yamanaka sparred with Hanabi Hyuga, who twice threw her to the ground with the New Gentle Fist and left her eager to improve.
• Hanabi Hyuga went home, and Ino Yamanaka stayed until evening before Ye Fan gave her incense blocks to aid her cultivation.
• Kiba Inuzuka told Ye Fan that Team 8 would train jointly with Team 10, and Asuma Sarutobi announced a practical test to take a wooden box from him.
• As the teams spread out to plan their attack, Ye Fan rode Laiyun straight toward Asuma Sarutobi and said he had something more interesting than poison.

Ye Fan used lightning and wind talismans to overwhelm Asuma Sarutobi during a practical assessment while Dark Shadow stole the wooden box. After revealing that his Ninja Hounds had made the talismans, Ye Fan had Dark Shadow summon a giant python called Scarlet Blood, which Mitaraishi Anko recognized as different from her former summoned beast.

• Ye Fan attacked Asuma Sarutobi with lightning talismans, then used a delayed trap that Asuma cut apart with his chakra blade.
• Ye Fan switched to wind talismans and combined them with lightning while riding the Ninja Hound around Asuma.
• Dark Shadow knocked the wooden box from Asuma and carried it out of the battle zone, while Ye Fan's talismans kept Asuma pinned down.
• Ye Fan opened the box and found it empty; Mitaraishi Anko said she had eaten the snacks inside.
• Ye Fan claimed his two Ninja Hounds had made the talismans and revealed that he had also taken in a Ninja Snake.
• Dark Shadow summoned a huge python named Scarlet Blood, and Mitaraishi Anko said it was not her former summoned beast.

Ye Fan sold Antidote Pills to Uzuki Yugao and Mitaraishi Anko, while Hiruzen Sarutobi grew wary of Ye Fan’s abilities and sent Asuma to take him on a mission. Ye Fan left with Ino Yamanaka to deliver invitations in Fire Country, as Kurenai Yuhi and Team 8 sensed the mission carried a hidden purpose.

• Ye Fan told Mitaraishi Anko she would receive further pills for free if twenty pills failed to remove her Cursed Seal, then refused to lower the price of Antidote Pills for Hiruzen Sarutobi’s messenger.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Uzuki Yugao to buy pills, and she paid one hundred and fifty thousand ryo each for two; Mitaraishi Anko also bought pills at the original price.
• Asuma Sarutobi told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Ye Fan showed Chunin-level qualifications and demonstrated unusual talismans, while the Research Division failed to replicate the Antidote Pills.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Asuma and Team 10 to deliver Chunin Exam invitations in Fire Country and ordered Asuma to take Ye Fan along and watch him secretly.
• Ino Yamanaka summoned Ye Fan, who departed with her for the mission after telling Kurenai Yuhi and Team 8 he would bring them gifts.
• Kurenai Yuhi left to speak with Asuma, while Shino Aburame and Hinata Hyuga worried that Ye Fan might not return.

Kurenai Yuhi questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi about sending Ye Fan on Team 10’s mission, then anxiously warned Ye Fan to return safely. As the team traveled, Ye Fan exposed Asuma Sarutobi’s surveillance assignment and charged into a dispute between merchant caravans, where he displayed Laiyun’s terrifying power and challenged Asuma to complete the Hokage’s mission.

• Kurenai Yuhi asked Hiruzen Sarutobi whether he considered Ye Fan a threat, and he said he had asked Asuma to watch Ye Fan’s potential without making special arrangements for the mission.
• Ye Fan packed supplies with Ino Yamanaka, and Kurenai Yuhi instructed him to stay safe and keep his guard up before he left Konoha with Team 10.
• Shikamaru Nara told Asuma Sarutobi that Ino Yamanaka had grown unusually close to Ye Fan and wondered how Ye Fan understood ninjutsu and taijutsu despite having no chakra.
• During a roadside lunch, Ye Fan guessed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had assigned Asuma to monitor him, then remarked that he should keep a lower profile.
• When two merchant caravans quarreled and blocked the road, Ye Fan rode Laiyun toward them despite Asuma Sarutobi’s order to wait.
• Ye Fan intimidated the merchants by unleashing Laiyun’s powerful chakra and lightning, then told Asuma Sarutobi that the situation was the perfect chance to complete Hiruzen Sarutobi’s mission.

Ye Fan intimidated two merchant caravans, settled their dispute by buying their scattered goods, and sold them talismans before showcasing his other products. The caravans became eager to do business with him, and one leader sought him out after seeing the scar-removal ointment work within hours.

• Asuma Sarutobi and his students felt Laiyun's overwhelming chakra, and Ye Fan made the caravans send representatives to speak with him.
• Ye Fan silenced the merchants' argument, bought the overturned goods after spotting Void Spirit Jade among them, and sold talismans to both caravans.
• Ino Yamanaka helped Ye Fan count the money as the caravan leaders invited his group to travel with them and arranged for more cash to be brought ahead.
• Ye Fan showed the caravan leaders his pills and beauty ointments, then applied scar-removal ointment to a guard ninja's cheek.
• Less than four hours later, a caravan leader saw that the treated half of the guard's scar had faded and hurried to discuss the ointment with Ye Fan.

Ye Fan persuaded two merchant caravan heads to submit to him, made eighteen Spirit Pendants overnight, and traveled with Team 10 to the capital of the Fire Country. While Asuma Sarutobi entered the Daimyo’s hall without him, Ye Fan caught the noblewoman’s runaway cat, Little Tiger, after apparently controlling its jump.

• Ye Fan agreed to work with the two caravan heads only if they submitted to him, and they accepted after considering his offer overnight.
• Ye Fan made eighteen jade pendants during the night and assigned the two caravans simple tasks before continuing toward the capital with Team 10.
• Asuma Sarutobi warned Ye Fan against building a future outside Konoha, and Ye Fan said he was only joking while making clear he would defend himself if targeted.
• At the Daimyo’s residence, guards refused to let Ye Fan’s Ninja Hounds enter the hall, so Asuma Sarutobi went inside with Team 10 while Ye Fan stayed outside.
• Ye Fan saw attendants chasing a noblewoman’s cat, Little Tiger, and caught it after the cat’s leap seemed to change direction under his control.

Ye Fan used a Beast Food Pill to win Madam Shijimi’s trust and sold her a year’s supply, then persuaded her that he could train her cat, Little Tiger. Madam Shijimi arranged for him to stay at her residence for a few days, leaving Asuma Sarutobi worried about what trouble Ye Fan might cause.

• Ye Fan recognized that Madam Shijimi’s cat, Little Tiger, had a minor digestive problem and used a Beast Food Pill to lure it back and earn its affection.
• Madam Shijimi bought a year’s supply of Beast Food Pills from Ye Fan for 3,650,000 ryo.
• Ye Fan introduced himself as a beast tamer and convinced Madam Shijimi that he could train Little Tiger, promising results within five days.
• Madam Shijimi offered to let Ye Fan stay for a few days and said she had already sent a letter to the Hokage.
• Asuma Sarutobi found Ye Fan chatting with Madam Shijimi and objected to leaving him there, but Shijimi insisted.

Asuma Sarutobi and Team 10 waited for Ye Fan, while Shikamaru Nara suspected he was seeking influence through the daimyo and Madam Shijimi. After discovering rare spiritual plants in Madam Shijimi's hidden garden, Ye Fan began a ritual to help her communicate with Little Tiger, secretly using her blood to form a contract with the cat.

• Shikamaru Nara told Asuma Sarutobi that Ye Fan might be building power through merchant caravans and the daimyo's favor.
• Ye Fan reached his courtyard, used his Detection Ability to find barriers in the residence, and was summoned to Madam Shijimi's garden.
• Ye Fan discovered rare spiritual plants and dense spiritual energy in the garden, and wondered whether a Spirit Vein lay there.
• Madam Shijimi asked Ye Fan to demonstrate his beast-taming skills, and he spoke with Little Tiger before telling her the cat wanted to leave.
• Ye Fan offered to help Madam Shijimi understand Little Tiger and secretly drew her blood while guiding her through the ritual.
• Ye Fan told everyone to close their eyes and repeat Little Tiger's name, then pressed Madam Shijimi's blood onto the cat to begin the Blood Contract.

Ye Fan found a low-grade Spirit Vein beneath Madam Shijimi’s garden, secretly modified it, and used a formation to draw its spiritual energy into his room. He broke through his bottleneck as his Earth Spirit Flame transformed, and a pillar of light burst through his barrier, startling everyone in the Daimyo's Residence.

• Ye Fan helped Madam Shijimi form a contract with Little Tiger, allowing her to sense the cat’s emotions and understand what it wanted to do.
• Ye Fan searched Madam Shijimi’s garden, located a low-grade Spirit Vein beneath a rockery, and secretly arranged formation seals to use it.
• Madam Shijimi offered Ye Fan some of the garden’s rare plants, then left to meet a guest while Ye Fan returned to his courtyard.
• Ye Fan used his Spirit Pendants to set up a formation that drew and purified Spirit Power from the garden’s Spirit Vein.
• Ye Fan cultivated within the formation, broke through his bottleneck, and watched his Earth Spirit Flame turn deep blue as the Spirit Pendants shattered.
• A pillar of light burst through Ye Fan’s barrier and became visible across the Daimyo's Residence.