Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan formed a contract with Izumi Uchiha, helping her evolve the Stellar Sharingan and awaken the Martial Soul Golden Body. Hanabi Hyuga then demanded a contract of her own, and after Ye Fan asked her to consult her father, Hiashi Hyuga agreed to it when Ye Fan visited to refine Neji Hyuga’s Cursed Seal.

• Ye Fan used the Heavenly Will Record to form a contract with Izumi Uchiha, who agreed to its lifelong bond without hesitation.
• With Ye Fan’s guidance, Izumi Uchiha evolved her Sharingan into the Stellar Sharingan and awakened the golden Martial Soul Golden Body.
• Izumi Uchiha defeated Hanabi Hyuga in a spar, and the contract later helped her cultivation advance until she could fight Hanabi to a draw.
• Hanabi Hyuga learned about Izumi Uchiha’s contract and insisted on forming one with Ye Fan, who told her to discuss it with her father first.
• Ye Fan visited the Hyuga Estate with Hanabi Hyuga and Izumi Uchiha, helped Neji Hyuga complete a second Cursed Seal refinement, and gave Hiashi Hyuga Chakra Recovery Pills.
• Hiashi Hyuga surprised Ye Fan by saying Hanabi Hyuga would be in his care and that he agreed to the contract.

Hyuga Hiashi entrusted Hanabi to Ye Fan and discussed ending the Hyuga Clan’s Main House and Branch House conflict, while Ye Fan completed Hanabi’s contract and evolved her Byakugan into the Pure Moon Eye. Hanabi then revealed White Spirit Summoning in a spar with Izumi Uchiha, leaving Izumi envious as Hanabi flew overhead.

• Hyuga Hiashi told Ye Fan he would train Neji as the clan’s successor and planned to abolish the Caged Bird Seal; Ye Fan offered to remove the seals after a breakthrough and suggested using them against traitors, including those influenced by Kotoamatsukami.
• After dinner, Hanabi asked Ye Fan to begin their contract, and he completed it when they returned to the courtyard, evolving her Byakugan into the Pure Moon Eye.
• Hanabi proposed that Ye Fan rename Izumi’s evolved Sharingan and asked Izumi to spar so she could test her newly awakened ability.
• Hanabi summoned a silver giant that could change shape and multiply, gaining the upper hand against Izumi’s Martial Soul Golden Body until Ye Fan stopped their escalating fight.
• Ye Fan named Hanabi’s ability White Spirit Summoning, which could form creatures, weapons, and puppets within her field of vision; Hanabi used it to make wings and fly.

Ye Fan prepared to take Izumi Uchiha and Hanabi Hyuga outside Konoha for training, while promising Hyuga Hiashi a cultivation guide to help the Hyuga Clan evolve their Byakugan. At Naka Shrine, Ye Fan uncovered that the Uchiha stone tablet’s message about Infinite Tsukuyomi had been altered to manipulate its readers, then he and Izumi Uchiha were confronted by Sasuke Uchiha.

• Ye Fan arranged a training trip with Izumi Uchiha and Hanabi Hyuga, and Hyuga Hiashi agreed to let Hanabi leave the village.
• Hanabi Hyuga revealed her Pure Moon Eye and White Spirit Summoning to Hyuga Hiashi and Neji Hyuga, and Ye Fan promised to prepare Hyuga Clan training methods.
• Izumi Uchiha took Ye Fan to Naka Shrine to investigate Uchiha secrets, where they found a stone tablet said to have been left by the Sage of Six Paths.
• Izumi Uchiha read the tablet’s claim that Infinite Tsukuyomi was the Uchiha Clan’s mission, but Ye Fan detected altered writing and a mind-influencing spiritual imprint.
• Ye Fan used the contract’s effect to help Izumi Uchiha see the tampering, then erased the tablet’s spiritual imprint.
• Sasuke Uchiha attacked Ye Fan and Izumi Uchiha with kunai as they emerged from Naka Shrine.

Ye Fan and Izumi Uchiha left Konoha with Hanabi Hyuga after Hanabi knocked out the gate guards who tried to stop her. Hiruzen Sarutobi investigated the incident and confronted Hyuga Hiashi, who defended Hanabi’s choice to learn from Ye Fan while hinting that the Hyuga Clan would stand firm.

• Izumi Uchiha nearly killed Sasuke Uchiha before Ye Fan stopped her, and Sasuke recognized her as his brother’s former visitor and headed to Naka Shrine seeking Uchiha secrets.
• Hanabi Hyuga left the Hyuga Estate with Ye Fan and Izumi Uchiha to train outside Konoha.
• At the village gate, Hanabi knocked out a Hyuga clansman and the guards who tried to prevent her departure.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Hanabi had incapacitated the guards and went to question Hyuga Hiashi.
• Hyuga Hiashi said he had allowed Hanabi to learn from Ye Fan and pushed back against Hiruzen’s questions, emphasizing the Hyuga Clan’s resolve.

Ye Fan, Izumi Uchiha, and Hanabi Hyuga defeated masked pursuers sent by Shimura Danzō, and Ye Fan sent the surviving leader back with a message. Later, the pursuer Wuhe led an attack on Shimura Danzō's base, leaving Danzō furious and determined to find the culprit.

• Ye Fan, Izumi Uchiha, and Hanabi Hyuga noticed six masked pursuers but continued into the wilderness, where the pursuers attacked them at a stream.
• Hanabi Hyuga defeated one attacker, while Izumi Uchiha killed three others after fighting them without using her Kekkei Genkai.
• Ye Fan stopped the remaining leader from escaping, burned his kunai with blue flame, and sent him back to Shimura Danzō with a threat.
• Shimura Danzō read a message from Sunagakure confirming that the Chunin Ninja Exams plan remained unchanged, then ordered his men to bring Ye Fan to the interrogation room.
• Wuhe attacked Shimura Danzō's base with Wood Puppets, killing or injuring more than half of Danzō's subordinates before he was killed.
• Wuhe's corpse exploded with the Blood Explosion Technique, spreading a blood mist that injured those nearby, and Shimura Danzō ordered an investigation.

Ye Fan endured a Minor Heavenly Tribulation, reached the Beast-Taming Stage, Eighth Layer, and awakened Divine Soul Domain, which let him train with Hanabi and Izumi in his time-dilated Mental Landscape. After establishing Heavenly Origin Pavilion and appointing Izumi its chief pavilion master, Ye Fan and Hanabi set off for the Land of Waves to make a major move.

• Hanabi and Izumi sensed Ye Fan’s tribulation, but his contract marks kept them from rushing to the mountain as he endured nine bolts of heavenly lightning.
• Ye Fan explained that he had broken through to the Beast-Taming Stage, Eighth Layer, awakened Divine Soul Domain, and used his Mindscape to reassure them.
• Hanabi, Izumi, and Laiyun fought in Limitless Space, then trained there with Ye Fan over the following days.
• Ye Fan met a Fire Country cabinet minister, established Heavenly Origin Pavilion from the minister’s shops and trade caravans, and appointed Izumi its chief pavilion master.
• Ye Fan supplied Heavenly Origin Pavilion with pills and assets, and then he and Hanabi departed for the Land of Waves.

Team 7 continued escorting Tazuna after defeating two ninja sent to assassinate him, and learned that Gato was threatening the Land of Waves to stop Tazuna's bridge. On the way to the unfinished bridge, they encountered Zabuza Momochi, and Sasuke discovered that Kakashi possessed a Three Tomoe Sharingan.

• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha subdued two Hidden Mist ninja who attacked Kakashi and Tazuna, while Sakura Haruno froze in fear.
• Kakashi exposed Tazuna's concealed danger, but Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno each chose to continue the mission.
• Tazuna revealed that Gato controlled the Land of Waves' shipping and wanted to stop the bridge that threatened his power.
• Kakashi and Team 7 traveled by boat to the Land of Waves, where Zabuza Momochi attacked them with his massive sword.
• Kakashi stopped Naruto Uzumaki from charging Zabuza, then revealed his Sharingan to the startled Sasuke Uchiha.

Ye Fan and his companions aided two starving siblings in the Land of Waves and recruited them into the Heavenly Origin Sect. Meanwhile, Kakashi’s team battled Zabuza, ending with Kakashi overpowering him and Sasuke launching a fire attack as Zabuza lay injured.

• Hanabi gave food to Chao Yang, then knocked away a man who stole it and returned the pastries to her.
• Ye Fan healed Chao Yang’s sick brother, Chao Hai, and invited both siblings to join the Heavenly Origin Sect as outer disciples.
• Zabuza and Kakashi fought while Naruto used shadow clones transformed into Tazuna to protect the client.
• Kakashi copied Zabuza’s Water Release techniques and defeated him with the Great Waterfall Technique, but nearly exhausted his chakra.
• Sasuke noticed Zabuza was unable to get up and attacked him with the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.

After Team 7 reached Tazuna’s home, Sasuke Uchiha discovered that Ye Fan and Hanabi Hyuga were behind the new Heavenly Origin Sect in the Land of Waves. Tazuna began considering joining the sect, and the chapter ended with Ye Fan suggesting he could help Kakashi as Hanabi Hyuga stepped forward.

• A masked figure rescued Zabuza Momochi from the battle, and Kakashi collapsed after exhausting his chakra as Team 7 continued to Tazuna’s home.
• Tazuna and Team 7 learned that the Heavenly Origin Sect was recruiting and protecting people in the Land of Waves, while Inari revealed his hatred of the Gato Group.
• Sasuke Uchiha visited the Heavenly Origin Sect and returned to report that Ye Fan and Hanabi Hyuga were leading it.
• Kichi urged Tazuna to join the sect, explaining that even a completed bridge could be destroyed and that the sect offered protection; Tazuna asked to meet its leaders.
• Ye Fan met the recovering Kakashi, and after Naruto Uzumaki asked whether he could help, Ye Fan said there might be a way and Hanabi Hyuga moved in front of Kakashi.

Hanabi restored Kakashi’s chakra and restrained Sasuke, while Ye Fan left Tazuna’s home with her as the Gato Group began terrorizing the village. When a boy invoked his Heavenly Origin Sect membership to protect his mother, a veiled woman appeared and killed one of the gangsters.

• Hanabi transferred chakra to Kakashi, immobilized Sasuke, and then released him when Ye Fan told her to stop.
• Kakashi questioned Sasuke about the strange paralysis as the Gato Group’s alarm sounded, and Naruto wanted to confront the gangsters, but Kakashi held him back.
• Hanabi criticized Sakura for hitting Naruto and said she wanted to protect her sister and the Hyuga Clan.
• Ye Fan took Hanabi to meet Pakura, who was registering new Heavenly Origin Sect members.
• Gato Group thugs looted homes, set buildings on fire, and dragged a woman toward their boat while her son pleaded for her release.
• The boy held up his Heavenly Origin Sect plaque, but the gangsters threatened him until a veiled woman appeared and killed one of them.

Ye Fan destroyed Gato's gang, recruited Zabuza Momochi and Haku, and helped rebuild the Land of Waves before taking them to the Hidden Mist Village. Their arrival triggered an alarm, and Mei Terumi saw their giant bird approaching her office.

• Ye Cang killed the bandits who had attacked a woman and her son, while Ye Fan decided to eliminate Gato's group.
• Ye Fan attacked Gato's banquet, killed his men, extracted Gato's memories, and left Ye Cang to oversee Gato's public execution.
• Ye Fan defeated Zabuza Momochi and Haku, then persuaded them to accompany him and promised to clear Zabuza's warrant.
• Ye Fan used Gato's wealth to support the Land of Waves' reconstruction, and the bridge was completed as the Heavenly Origin Sect grew in renown.
• Ye Fan took Hanabi, Zabuza, and Haku to the Hidden Mist Village, where ninja sounded the alarm and Mei Terumi spotted their approaching bird.

Ye Fan visited the Hidden Mist Village to have Zabuza Momochi and Haku Momochi removed from its kill list and discuss economic cooperation with Mei Terumi. After a Divine Elixir restored Mei Terumi’s youth, Ye Fan cleared the northern mountains to disperse the village’s mist, while suspicious elders ordered an attack and then sounded the highest-level alarm.

• Ye Fan asked Mei Terumi to remove Zabuza Momochi and Haku Momochi from the Hidden Mist ninja kill list, and she crossed out their names.
• Ye Fan gave Mei Terumi two Divine Elixirs, and she took one and regained her youthful appearance.
• Ye Fan and Mei Terumi began discussing port and shipping cooperation, then Ye Fan examined the terrain and proposed clearing the northern mountains to disperse the mist.
• The elders suspected Mei Terumi had been controlled and ordered their forces to capture Hanabi Hyuga and attack the outsiders.
• Ye Fan smashed all three northern mountains, allowing wind to clear the mist, and the elders panicked and sounded the highest-level alarm.

Ye Fan confronted Kirigakure’s elders, helped Mei Terumi reform the village, and traveled with her to the Land of Waves. When Sunagakure invaded Konoha during the Chunin Ninja Exams, Ye Fan returned and intervened in Hiruzen Sarutobi’s fight with Orochimaru, capturing the Wraith Hiruzen had summoned and leaving Orochimaru terrified.

• Mei Terumi returned to Kirigakure with Ye Fan and learned that its highest-level alarm had been triggered by faulty equipment.
• Ye Fan confronted the elders over their attempt to take Hanabi’s Byakugan, destroyed their meridians, and spared their lives at Mei Terumi’s request.
• Mei Terumi took control of Kirigakure’s forces, then traveled with Ye Fan to the Land of Waves and helped Pakura organize residents and plan development.
• After nearly a month in the Land of Waves, Mei Terumi returned to Kirigakure while Ye Fan and Hanabi rushed back to Konoha following Sunagakure’s invasion.
• Ye Fan entered the Four-Sided Barrier and found Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru locked in battle as Hiruzen tried to seal Orochimaru with a Wraith.
• Ye Fan used the Netherworld Spirit Flame to capture the Wraith, causing Hiruzen to collapse and leaving Orochimaru afraid.

Ye Fan intervened in the aftermath of Konoha’s battle, taking Orochimaru’s abandoned body, Enma, and Shukaku while defeating Gaara’s companions. After the war, he reassured Hyuga Hiashi about Shimura Danzō’s possible rise to power and discovered that the Wraith held the souls of three Hokage.

• Ye Fan restrained Orochimaru, sent the unconscious Hiruzen Sarutobi outside the barrier, tempered Orochimaru’s sword, and sealed Enma and Orochimaru’s abandoned body in the Profound Purification Bottle.
• As the rooftop collapsed, Orochimaru escaped in his parasitic form with his four subordinates, while Ye Fan left with his prizes.
• Ye Fan intercepted Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, defeated Kankuro, knocked out Temari and Gaara, and severed and sealed Shukaku’s connection to Gaara.
• Konoha ninja took the unconscious siblings into custody, and Konoha ended the invasion with a decisive victory and many Sunagakure prisoners.
• Ye Fan accepted Hyuga Hiashi’s offer of the Hyuga Clan’s old residence and encouraged him not to fear Shimura Danzō’s possible rise to power.
• Ye Fan examined the Wraith and found the souls of the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the Fourth Hokage sealed inside it.

Ye Fan restored the souls of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage in Wood Puppet bodies, awakened Orochimaru’s former host as Dragon Puppet, and claimed Sand Shukaku and the Wraith. After Ye Fan removed Neji Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal, Hiashi announced the end of the Main House and Branch House divide, but the elders resisted until Hanabi overwhelmed them.

• Ye Fan sealed Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze into Wood Puppets, then awakened Orochimaru’s former host and named her Dragon Puppet.
• Ye Fan sealed Sand Shukaku into a sword for Dragon Puppet and took the Wraith as a spirit attendant.
• Orochimaru received information about soul cultivation, became engrossed in it, and ordered Kabuto Yakushi to suspend the Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Ye Fan used his Divine Soul Domain to remove Neji Hyuga’s Caged Bird Seal, and Hiashi Hyuga confirmed the procedure worked.
• Hiashi announced that Branch House descendants would no longer receive the seal and that existing seals could be removed, then Neji demonstrated his freedom and shielded Branch House members from the elders’ tests.
• Hiashi confronted the elders over unifying the clan, and Hanabi activated her Pure Moon Eye to knock them down.

Ye Fan encountered Yamato while Konoha rebuilt after the war, then learned that Danzō was maneuvering to become Hokage while the village’s advisors sought Jiraiya’s help in bringing back Tsunade. After Ye Fan tracked down Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, he defeated Kisame and was caught in Itachi’s Tsukuyomi, which gave him a chance to read Itachi’s memories.

• Ye Fan watched Yamato use Wood Release to build houses and recognized him as a Root ninja.
• Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu asked Jiraiya to become Hokage, but he refused and offered to bring Tsunade back instead.
• Ye Fan sensed Jiraiya fighting Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, then chased the two rogue ninjas as they fled.
• Kisame attacked Ye Fan, but Ye Fan repelled his strikes, turned his Water Release against him, sealed his Chakra, and took Samehada.
• Itachi attacked Ye Fan with flames and then trapped him in Tsukuyomi, allowing Ye Fan to read his memories.

Ye Fan defeated Itachi Uchiha with a mental illusion, learned about Akatsuki and the Uchiha Incident, and brought Itachi to Izumi Uchiha. Meanwhile, Shimura Danzō took control of Konoha’s government and began plotting against the clans resisting him.

• Itachi Uchiha’s Tsukuyomi failed against Ye Fan, and Ye Fan trapped Itachi in an illusion that replayed the murder of his parents until he suffered a mental backlash.
• Ye Fan sealed Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, learned about Akatsuki’s plan to capture the Tailed Beasts, and later handed Kisame over to Kirigakure ninja in the Land of Waves.
• Ye Fan told Izumi Uchiha that Itachi was in his possession and revealed Shimura Danzō’s role in the Uchiha Incident, but urged her to wait rather than seek revenge immediately.
• Jiraiya brought Tsunade back to Konoha to treat Hiruzen Sarutobi, but Tsunade’s fear of blood prevented her from examining him at first, and she later judged that he would remain in a vegetative state.
• Shimura Danzō moved into the Hokage’s Office and took over official affairs as Tsume Inuzuka, the Hyuga Clan, and other major clans resisted his rise to power.
• Shimura Danzō decided to use a vicious scheme against the Inuzuka Clan.

Inuzuka Goya and his faction attacked Tsume Inuzuka’s clan under a Root barrier, but the Hyuga Clan intervened and Hanabi shattered the barrier and defeated the attackers. Hana Inuzuka appeared to die from her injuries until Ye Fan arrived and revived her, then treated Kiba and Akamaru; his fury signaled that the conflict was far from over.

• Inuzuka Goya led his followers in an assault on Tsume Inuzuka’s faction while Root blocked outsiders from interfering behind a barrier.
• Hyuga Hiashi ordered his clan to support Tsume, and Hyuga members fought Root while Kurenai Yuhi, Anko, Kakashi, Might Guy, and Asuma arrived.
• Hanabi Hyuga shattered the barrier with Senjutsu Chakra and defeated Inuzuka Goya’s faction, ending the clan battle.
• Tsume Inuzuka’s children were badly injured, and Shizune declared Hana Inuzuka dead while Tsunade froze at the sight of blood.
• Ye Fan arrived from the Land of Waves, restored Hana’s heartbeat, and began treating her, Kiba Inuzuka, and Akamaru.

Ye Fan executed Inuzuka Goya, captured a Shimura Danzō impostor, and broadcast accusations exposing Konoha’s hidden crimes while searching for the real Shimura Danzō. The chapter ended with Shimura Danzō defecting with Naruto Uzumaki, plunging Konoha into a crisis as its clans lost faith in the leadership.

• Ye Fan burned Inuzuka Goya’s soul and the sealed clan members and dogs, then sent Wood Puppets to capture Shimura Danzō.
• Ye Fan stopped Kurenai Yuhi and Tsume Inuzuka from intervening, and told Kakashi that Shimura Danzō had conspired against Sakumo Hatake.
• Ye Fan discovered that the captured Shimura Danzō was an impostor, then flew above Konoha and revealed the real Shimura Danzō’s alleged crimes.
• Tsunade demanded the truth about Dan Katō and Nawaki, and overcome by rage, pierced her own abdomen to face her fear of blood.
• Shimura Danzō escaped Konoha with a group of ninja, released imprisoned fugitives, and abducted Naruto Uzumaki, prompting turmoil and distrust among Konoha’s clans.

Ye Fan stopped Naruto Uzumaki’s Nine-Tails transformation, reunited the Nine-Tails’ two halves, and helped Konoha Village weather its political crisis as Tsunade became Hokage. Three days later, Lightning Country’s ninja leader threatened war unless Konoha handed over the real Hiashi Hyuga.

• Minato Namikaze rescued Naruto Uzumaki from Root members, but Naruto’s tampered seal triggered a violent Nine-Tails transformation.
• Ye Fan reached Naruto, purified and absorbed a Tailed Beast Bomb, calmed the Nine-Tails, reunited its remnant souls, and left its chakra with Naruto.
• Tsunade visited the clans, became Hokage, and accepted the resignation of Konoha Village’s older high-ranking officials.
• Tsunade appointed Inoichi Yamanaka and Shikaku Nara as advisors, and Konoha Village overcame its immediate crisis.
• Three days later, Tsunade received a threat from Lightning Country’s ninja leader demanding the real Hiashi Hyuga and threatening war.