Chapter Summaries

Hanabi Hyuga rescued Genba Hyuga from Lightning Country ninja and led a counterattack against the Thunder Ridge Tribe. After wiping out the tribe, she faced Yugito Nii of Kumogakure, who arrived to confront her.

• Tsunade ordered ANBU to pursue unidentified Lightning Country ninja who were attacking Konoha's territory and abducted Genba Hyuga for his Byakugan.
• Hanabi Hyuga and Ye Fan rescued Genba, defeated the attackers and reinforcements, and Ye Fan reattached Genba's arms.
• The Hyuga Clan identified the attackers as members of the Thunder Ridge Tribe and planned a three-phase retaliation.
• Hanabi, Ye Fan, and Neji Hyuga flew to the Lightning Country, where Hanabi used her White Spirit Summoning to wipe out the Thunder Ridge Tribe's ninja.
• Yugito Nii of Kumogakure arrived in a cat-shaped chakra cloak, and Hanabi declared that those who offended her clan would be slain no matter how far away they were.

Ye Fan defeated Kumogakure’s Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii and Killer B, and used his divine technique to remove and seize the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails. He took the captives toward Konoha to demand ransom, while the Fourth Raikage ordered a rescue effort and sent Samui to investigate.

• Yugito Nii attacked Hanabi, and Killer B arrived with reinforcements while Ye Fan effortlessly subdued the two Kumogakure ninjas accompanying him.
• Killer B threw a chakra-enhanced brush at Ye Fan, who caught it and hurled it through Killer B’s body.
• Ye Fan took over the battle, stripped Yugito Nii and Killer B of their Tailed Beasts, sealed the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, and captured the powerless Jinchuriki.
• Killer B invoked the Peace Treaty, but Ye Fan refused to return the Tailed Beasts and said he would take the captives to Konoha as guests.
• The Fourth Raikage learned that Yugito Nii and Killer B had been captured, ordered ten ANBU squads to search for them, and sent Samui to Konoha to investigate.

After Ye Fan returned to Konoha with Yugito Nii and Killer B as captives, Tsunade learned that he had destroyed the Thunder Ridge Tribe and questioned the prisoners about the conflict. The next morning, Ye Fan called the two Jinchuriki out to challenge them to a two-against-one game, but Yugito Nii refused.

• Tsunade ordered ANBU to attack the Thunder Ridge Tribe, then postponed the mission after learning Ye Fan had destroyed it and captured Yugito Nii and Killer B.
• Ye Fan brought the two Jinchuriki to his residence and warned them that Kumogakure could pay ransom or risk being destroyed.
• Ye Fan told Yugito Nii that their Tailed Beasts no longer belonged to them and that he had not decided what to do with them.
• Tsunade visited Ye Fan's residence, and Yugito Nii learned the Thunder Ridge Tribe had violated the Peace Treaty by provoking Konoha.
• The next morning, Ye Fan summoned Yugito Nii and Killer B and proposed a two-against-one game, but Yugito Nii refused to fight.

Ye Fan taught Hanabi the Water Formation, then left Yugito Nii and Killer B in the courtyard with wooden figures that badly outmatched them. When Ye Fan returned, he told Yugito Nii that Kumogakure’s envoys had arrived and were negotiating with the Fifth Hokage.

• Ye Fan brought Hanabi into Limitless Space and taught her the Water Formation and its basic variations.
• Ye Fan asked Yugito Nii when Kumogakure’s envoys would arrive, then told her and Killer B to stay in the courtyard with several wooden figures.
• Killer B threw a pen at a wooden figure, which caught it and knocked him flying when he attacked; Yugito Nii also tried and was sent flying.
• Killer B and Yugito Nii repeatedly attacked the figures, but the figures countered them with powerful taijutsu and left them battered.
• Ye Fan returned and said the figures were Semi-Finished Wood Puppets, then told Yugito Nii that Kumogakure’s envoys were negotiating with the Fifth Hokage.

Yugito Nii left Kumogakure to work for Ye Fan while secretly intending to gather information, but Ye Fan saw through her plan and returned some of Two-Tails Matatabi’s chakra to her. The next morning, she served as his bodyguard, and after confronting Sasuke Uchiha, she asked Ye Fan how he gained his strength and heard his description of cultivating immortality.

• Tsunade brought Samui and two other Kumogakure envoys to collect Yugito Nii and Killer B, and Ye Fan allowed them to leave.
• Yugito Nii spoke privately with Samui, then declared that she was leaving Kumogakure to stay and work for Ye Fan; Killer B departed with the envoys.
• Killer B warned Samui and the other envoys that Ye Fan could destroy Kumogakure, while Yugito Nii settled into Ye Fan’s courtyard.
• Ye Fan revealed that he knew Yugito Nii intended to spy on him and returned some of Two-Tails Matatabi’s chakra, though the Tailed Beast’s primal soul remained with him.
• The next morning, Ye Fan took Yugito Nii into town as his bodyguard, where Sasuke Uchiha confronted him about the Uchiha Clan massacre and Yugito Nii twice knocked Sasuke back.
• After Kakashi stopped Sasuke, Yugito Nii asked Ye Fan how he had gained his power, and he described cultivating immortality.

Ye Fan healed Rock Lee and then confronted Orochimaru, bargaining for three of Orochimaru’s subordinates in exchange for the rest of the information implanted in his memories. He took the dying Kimimaro and left Orochimaru to deliver Hozuki Suigetsu and Guren to the Land of Waves within ten days, while Sasuke Uchiha stayed behind with Orochimaru.

• Ye Fan treated Rock Lee’s crushed legs with a painful one-hour procedure, restoring his ability to walk, and warned him to rest before resuming training.
• Kidomaru and Tayuya tried to bring Ye Fan to Orochimaru, but Ye Fan overwhelmed them with Heaven’s Might Surge and Dragon Puppet released them.
• Ye Fan and Dragon Puppet met Orochimaru, who agreed to exchange Kimimaro, Hozuki Suigetsu, and Guren for the remaining information in his memories.
• Ye Fan found Kimimaro near death, gave him a Qi-Blood Pill, and placed him in the Profound Purification Bottle’s space; Orochimaru agreed to deliver Hozuki Suigetsu and Guren to the Land of Waves within ten days.
• Ye Fan and Dragon Puppet encountered the Sound Four returning with Sasuke Uchiha, then flew away as Sasuke watched in shock.

Ye Fan treated the dying Kimimaro, who reunited with Hanabi and discovered how powerful she had become. After Sasuke disappeared and Uzuki Yugao resigned from ANBU, she joined Ye Fan’s group, and ten days later Ye Fan prepared to return to the Land of Waves.

• Ye Fan brought Kimimaro to the former Hyuga Clan residence and treated him with a medicinal bath and the Silver-Needle Acupoint Technique, while Dragon Puppet explained that Ye Fan had saved him.
• Kimimaro recognized the Hyuga totem, reunited with Hanabi, and recalled their childhood meeting; Hanabi challenged him and froze him with one exchange.
• Tsunade learned that Sasuke had disappeared and ordered an investigation, then heard that two unfamiliar people had appeared beside Ye Fan.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Tsunade to leave ANBU because she could no longer fight after Gekko Hayate’s death, and Tsunade assigned her to watch the people around Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan offered to help Yugao avenge Gekko Hayate and invited her to stay by his side; she accepted and admitted Tsunade had asked her to keep an eye on his associates.
• Ye Fan used Mind Theft and Divine Soul Domain to clear Yugao’s mental distress, and after ten days in Konoha he prepared to return to the Land of Waves.

Ye Fan brought Yugito Nii to the Land of Waves, where she saw his growing influence and the extraordinary progress of his contracted followers. After Yugito Nii chose to form a contract with him, Ye Fan transformed her chakra, gave her a cultivation method, and made Two-Tails Matatabi her contracted beast.

• Ye Fan returned to the Land of Waves with Yugito Nii and showed her the expanding port, Kirigakure’s cooperation, Zabuza’s allegiance, and the Wood Puppet construction crews.
• Ye Fan subdued Hozuki Suigetsu after he challenged him, while Guren submitted without resistance.
• Yugito Nii saw Uzuki Yugao and Hozuki Suigetsu using newly learned martial techniques and discovered that Ye Fan’s contracts had helped them grow stronger.
• Yugito Nii asked Ye Fan to form a contract, and Ye Fan warned her that it would bind her to put his interests first.
• Ye Fan promised not to attack Kumogakure unless it provoked him, transformed Yugito Nii’s chakra into Senjutsu Chakra, and gave her a cultivation method.
• Ye Fan returned Two-Tails Matatabi to Yugito Nii as her contracted beast, allowing her to practice the Beast Soul Technique.

Izumi Uchiha brought the blind Shisui Uchiha to Ye Fan, who restored Shisui’s eye; Shisui then awakened Itachi from an endless Genjutsu, and the two left to pursue Shimura Danzō. After receiving Mei Terumi’s clues about Isobu, Ye Fan took the Heavenly Origin Sect’s outer disciples to the Land of Water, where Hozuki Suigetsu lured the Tailed Beast from the water.

• Izumi Uchiha brought Shisui Uchiha to Ye Fan, who restored Shisui’s left eye.
• Shisui used Kotoamatsukami to help Itachi escape the endless Genjutsu and awaken Izanami.
• Itachi agreed to Ye Fan’s conditions and left with Shisui to find Sasuke Uchiha and pursue Shimura Danzō.
• Mei Terumi sent Ye Fan clues about Isobu and asked him to subdue the Tailed Beast.
• Ye Fan took the outer disciples to Isobu’s waters aboard a flying dragon boat pulled by Hanabi Hyuga’s white phoenix.
• Hozuki Suigetsu plunged into the water and drew Isobu out, frightening the children until Ye Fan urged them to face their fear.

Ye Fan defeated Isobu with overwhelming Water Manipulation Technique, then broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Beast-Taming Stage and transformed the Profound Purification Bottle into a Spirit Treasure. His new Contract Corridor ability redirected the excess Radiant Light Revelation to his contracted companions, triggering a powerful transformation in Laiyun and Dark Shadow in Konoha.

• Hozuki Suigetsu fought Isobu underwater until Ye Fan stepped in and used the Water Manipulation Technique to lift Isobu into the air and knock him unconscious.
• Ye Fan broke through to the Ninth Layer of the Beast-Taming Stage and absorbed the Radiant Light Revelation, using its energy to refine the Profound Purification Bottle into a Spirit Treasure.
• Ye Fan awakened the divine ability Contract Corridor and used it to channel the excess Radiant Light Revelation to his contracted companions.
• In Konoha, Hana Inuzuka saw Laiyun rise into the air amid glowing contract markings as the hound's immense chakra erupted and alarmed the village.
• At Team 8's training ground, Dark Shadow began emitting powerful chakra and grew rapidly while Kurenai Yuhi and Team 8 watched in shock.

Laiyun and other contracted beasts transformed after breaking through their bloodline limits, and Ye Fan’s allies underwent powerful awakenings. Nearly a year later, Ye Fan entered Kimimaro, Suigetsu Hozuki, and Haku Momochi in Konoha Village’s Chunin Ninja Exams to demonstrate Heavenly Origin Sect’s strength, where Kimimaro’s abilities drew Tsunade’s attention.

• Laiyun transformed into a woman resembling Aoi Inuzuka, then took Dark Shadow and Scarlet Blood to the Land of Waves.
• Ye Fan’s contracted allies completed secluded training as Heavenly Origin Sect grew into a powerful presence in the Land of Waves.
• After receiving an invitation from the Fifth Hokage, Ye Fan chose Kimimaro, Suigetsu Hozuki, and Haku Momochi to represent Heavenly Origin Sect in the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Kimimaro used his Spirit Familiar to coordinate answers with Suigetsu Hozuki and Haku Momochi during the written exam, catching Tsunade and Shikamaru Nara’s attention.
• After the exam, Kimimaro recognized Fū as a Jinchuriki, and Suigetsu Hozuki claimed that he was one too.

Kimimaro, Haku Momochi, and Suigetsu Hozuki reached the Demon Desert Watchtower ahead of the messenger hawk and fought their way into Sand Village after its guards mistook them for intruders. They confronted Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, and demanded an explanation while Kimimaro summoned a massive demon god behind him.

• Temari explained that the second exam was a three-day journey to the Demon Desert Watchtower, with the last thirty arrivals disqualified, and Kimimaro, Haku Momochi, and Suigetsu Hozuki set out last.
• Haku Momochi used Ice Manipulation Technique to carry the trio rapidly through the air, startling the other examinees and reaching the watchtower before the messenger hawk arrived.
• When the watchtower guards refused to accept Suigetsu Hozuki's registration forms, he kicked open the gate and defeated them, prompting Sand Village to send increasingly large groups of reinforcements.
• The trio fought their way into Sand Village, where Suigetsu Hozuki knocked out the ninjas who confronted them and Kimimaro stopped an older official who was not the Kazekage.
• Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, attacked with sand, but Kimimaro appeared beside him with a bone spike at his throat as Haku Momochi froze Kankuro in place.
• Kimimaro withdrew the bone spike and said Sand Village had been rude first, while Suigetsu Hozuki demanded an explanation and Kimimaro summoned a massive translucent demon god.

After Ye Fan confirmed that his sect's examinees had seized the Kazekage, the misunderstanding with Sand Village was settled and the trio passed the remaining exams. While Ye Fan left with Laiyun to hunt Aoi Inuzuka's murderer, Akatsuki attacked the Land of Waves to capture its Tailed Beasts, where Heavenly Origin Sect fighters began wiping them out.

• Ye Fan admitted that his three examinees had captured the Fifth Kazekage and several Sand Village elders, and Sand Village later canceled its request for reinforcements and passed them through the remaining assessments.
• Ye Fan and Hanabi returned to the Heavenly Origin Sect, and days later Ye Fan took Laiyun to find the murderer of Aoi Inuzuka.
• Akatsuki members arrived in the Land of Waves to capture its Tailed Beasts, while Gyuki warned dockworkers of an approaching storm.
• Kimimaro killed Hidan with the Wraith, and Suigetsu Hozuki shredded Kakuzu and his mask puppets inside a water sphere.
• Yuugao Uzuki beheaded Deidara, then struck at Sasori with her Rainbow-Cutting Sword.

Dragon Puppet and Hanabi Hyuga defeated the Six Paths of Pain, while a masked man killed Nagato and tried to kill Konan. After Hidden Rain Village was mysteriously destroyed, Ye Fan agreed to investigate, and Konan begged to go with him.

• Dragon Puppet subdued the summon beasts and destroyed the Animal Path, while Hanabi Hyuga defeated the other Pains and sealed Deva Path Pain.
• The masked man and Black Zetsu tried to reach Nagato, but Yugito Nii struck them, destroying Black Zetsu’s body and wounding the masked man.
• The masked man appeared at Nagato’s hideout, killed Nagato, and was driven off by Dragon Puppet before he could kill Konan.
• Three days later, Konan awoke as a prisoner and learned that Hidden Rain Village had been destroyed the day after Akatsuki attacked the Heavenly Origin Sect.
• Ye Fan said he would investigate Hidden Rain Village, and Konan begged him to take her along.

Ye Fan’s allies uncovered the Box of Bliss and faced a world war after Madara Uchiha declared war on the five great shinobi villages. Ye Fan returned from seclusion, defeated the empowered Danzo, and took Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu into the Profound Purification Bottle as the story ended.

• Konan joined the Heavenly Origin Sect after Dragon Puppet revealed that Nagato and Yahiko’s souls were preserved, while Ye Fan and his companions discovered traces of the Box of Bliss in Hidden Rain Village.
• Mysterious forces attacked the shinobi villages, and Madara Uchiha declared war at a Five Kage Summit before the Fourth Shinobi World War began.
• The Heavenly Origin Sect’s reinforcements joined the Allied Shinobi Forces, while Obito summoned the Ten-Tails and Madara used him to escape Impure World Reincarnation.
• Black Zetsu betrayed Madara, used the Box of Bliss to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki, and then Danzo seized the box and gained overwhelming power.
• Ye Fan returned after his breakthrough, killed Danzo, freed Kaguya Otsutsuki, and sent her and Black Zetsu into the Profound Purification Bottle.