Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan found a petal from a Night Moon Flower and rode a mottled snake through the forest to locate the rare herb before it withered. He encountered a female ANBU ninja on the snake’s route and prepared to use a special item to get past her.

• Ye Fan subdued a mottled snake with his aura and discovered a Night Moon Flower petal stuck to its body.
• Ye Fan realized the flower would bloom for only one night and ordered the snake to retrace its path to where it had seen the flower.
• Ye Fan searched with his Detection Ability as the snake carried him through the forest, and he memorized the locations of other medicinal herbs.
• Ye Fan spotted a female ANBU ninja practicing swordsmanship in a clearing along the snake’s route.
• Ye Fan decided to use a small red porcelain bottle on the female ANBU ninja so he could continue searching without alerting her.

Yuugao Uzuki trained in the Forest of Death, was poisoned by a strange fragrance, and pursued its source after recovering. Ye Fan used medicinal powder and a decoy snake to evade her and found dozens of Night Moon Flowers, which he planned to use to make Body-Tempering Liquid.

• Yuugao Uzuki practiced her Leaf Style Swordsmanship and tested her unfinished technique, Hazy Moonlit Night.
• Yuugao Uzuki smelled a strange fragrance, suffered itching and weakness, then fled into the forest as her chakra became chaotic.
• Yuugao Uzuki recovered, returned to investigate, and followed the trail of a large snake.
• Ye Fan used medicinal powder to lead Yuugao Uzuki away, but she caught up while he rode the mottled giant snake toward the Night Moon Flower.
• Ye Fan found the Night Moon Flower, sent the mottled giant snake in the opposite direction, and watched Yuugao Uzuki follow its trail away.
• Ye Fan found dozens of Night Moon Flowers and planned to use them to refine Body-Tempering Liquid.

Ye Fan refined low-grade Body-Tempering Liquid and used a bottle to greatly improve his physical abilities. He gave the remaining bottles to Dark Shadow and Laiyun, but an unexpected mutation occurred as he helped them absorb the medicine.

• Ye Fan returned from the Forest of Death with Moonlit Flower and other medicinal herbs, then prepared three bottles of low-grade Body-Tempering Liquid overnight.
• Ye Fan drank one bottle, endured its intense effects, and emerged with greatly improved strength, speed, reflexes, and physical toughness.
• Ye Fan offered the other two bottles to Dark Shadow and Laiyun, warning them that absorbing the medicine would be painful.
• Dark Shadow and Laiyun drank the liquid, and Ye Fan used his power to help restrain the surging medicinal effects in their bodies.
• An unexpected mutation occurred as the Ninja Hounds absorbed the Body-Tempering Liquid.

Ye Fan helped Dark Shadow and Laiyun complete body tempering and discovered that Laiyun had awakened a Beast Mark, giving it the potential to cultivate demonic arts. After sending the newly strengthened Ninja Hounds to wash, Ye Fan sensed Sasuke Uchiha approaching his home.

• Ye Fan noticed that Laiyun needed twice as much True Qi as Dark Shadow and continued helping both Ninja Hounds absorb the Body-Tempering Liquid.
• Dark red markings appeared on Laiyun, and Ye Fan recognized them as a Beast Mark that signaled its potential to cultivate demonic arts.
• Ye Fan infused Laiyun with more True Qi until its Beast Mark stabilized and it underwent a transformation that greatly increased its strength and chakra.
• Laiyun accidentally crushed a stone tile, so Ye Fan warned it and Dark Shadow not to test their new strength inside the house and sent them to wash in the river.
• Ye Fan considered improving the Body-Tempering Liquid for ordinary people and sensed Sasuke Uchiha approaching.

Ye Fan confronted Sasuke Uchiha after he arrived to summon him for Kakashi’s test, but Sasuke’s arrogance and attacks on Ye Fan’s courtyard provoked Ye Fan’s Ninja Hounds. The chapter left Sasuke being battered back and forth by Dark Shadow and Laiyun.

• Sasuke Uchiha arrived at Ye Fan’s home and insulted him, refusing to get down from a tree.
• Dark Shadow scratched Sasuke Uchiha, but Sasuke attacked the hound and damaged a branch in Ye Fan’s courtyard.
• Ye Fan ordered Laiyun to knock Sasuke Uchiha out of the courtyard, and Laiyun sent him flying and injured him.
• Sasuke Uchiha threw shuriken at Ye Fan, but Dark Shadow deflected them and attacked him.
• Ye Fan allowed Laiyun to join the fight, and the two Ninja Hounds began kicking Sasuke Uchiha back and forth.

Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno waited for Sasuke Uchiha to return from looking for Ye Fan, then saw Ye Fan bring Sasuke back badly injured on a Ninja Hound. Ye Fan claimed Sasuke had fallen from a tree, and Sasuke stayed silent while Kakashi suspected Ye Fan was responsible.

• Naruto Uzumaki struggled to correct his kunai-throwing habit while Sakura Haruno worried about Sasuke Uchiha's long absence.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno spotted Ye Fan returning with Sasuke Uchiha lying injured on the back of a white Ninja Hound.
• Ye Fan said Sasuke had fallen from a tree, and Sasuke avoided contradicting him rather than admit he had lost to two Ninja Hounds.
• Kakashi examined Sasuke's claw-marked injuries, suspected Ye Fan was behind them, and sternly asked Sasuke what had happened.
• Sasuke refused Kakashi's help, while Ye Fan continued to mockingly insist that Sasuke had been injured in a fall.

Kakashi put Ye Fan under his supervision and challenged him to take a bell within three hours to prove he could join Team 7. After giving Ye Fan a three-minute head start, Kakashi began searching for him while reading Make-Out Paradise.

• Kakashi told Ye Fan that he disliked him, and Ye Fan answered with insults that provoked Kakashi's killing intent.
• Kakashi withdrew his killing intent and announced that Ye Fan had to take a bell from him or lose his Genin status and return to the Ninja Academy.
• Ye Fan questioned Kakashi's authority and learned that the test would start immediately, with no restrictions and three hours to finish.
• Kakashi gave Ye Fan a three-minute head start and began reading Make-Out Paradise as Ye Fan rode Laiyun into the bushes while Dark Shadow went another way.
• After the three minutes passed, Kakashi walked toward the direction Ye Fan had gone, still holding his book.

Ye Fan left Kakashi’s bell test after his Ninja Hound smashed the alarm clock, then went to find the Third Hokage for an explanation. At the Ninja Academy, Konohamaru challenged Hanabi Hyuga, and she spotted Ye Fan arriving.

• Kakashi hid while his Shadow Clone acted as bait, but Ye Fan stayed out of sight and his Ninja Hounds disappeared.
• Ye Fan’s black Ninja Hound smashed Kakashi’s alarm clock, and Kakashi sent out countless Shadow Clones to search the area.
• Ye Fan went to the Hokage’s Office to confront the Third Hokage, learned Hiruzen Sarutobi was at the Ninja Academy, and headed there.
• At the Ninja Academy, Konohamaru challenged Hanabi Hyuga, who accepted and said she had grown stronger too.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at the training field, and Hanabi smiled when she saw Ye Fan and called out to him.

Ye Fan confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi about his revoked ninja qualifications while Hanabi Hyuga prepared to spar with Konohamaru. Hanabi defeated Konohamaru in one move, leaving him stunned and injured.

• Ye Fan arrived at the training ground and told Hiruzen Sarutobi that his ninja qualifications had been revoked and he had been sent back to the Ninja Academy.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Iruka to resume the students' combat training after Konohamaru insisted on continuing his challenge against Hanabi Hyuga.
• Hanabi Hyuga accepted Konohamaru's challenge, and Iruka declared the sparring match begun.
• Konohamaru rushed Hanabi Hyuga and tried to prepare his new Fire Release technique, but she pulled him off balance and struck his chest with both palms.
• Iruka hurried to check on Konohamaru as he lay on the ground, wondering how he had lost before using his new ninjutsu.

After Hanabi Hyuga defeated Konohamaru, Ye Fan praised and coached her, then refused Hiruzen Sarutobi’s offer to teach at the Ninja Academy and rejected becoming a support-type ninja. When Hiruzen reminded Hanabi of her clan’s duties, Ye Fan urged her to choose her own fate, leaving her inspired to pursue a life beyond others’ expectations.

• Hanabi Hyuga defeated Konohamaru, and Ye Fan praised her technique while advising her to improve her strike.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Ye Fan a position teaching at the Ninja Academy, but Ye Fan refused and rejected the idea of serving as a support-type ninja.
• Ye Fan suggested that he and Hanabi Hyuga travel outside Konoha Village, and Hanabi admitted she wanted to go but feared her father’s restrictions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reminded Hanabi Hyuga that her actions represented the Hyuga Clan, prompting Ye Fan to challenge the pressure placed on her.
• Ye Fan told Hanabi Hyuga that her fate was hers to decide, and she repeated his words as a desire for independence took root in her heart.

Kakashi confronted Ye Fan at the Ninja Academy, but Hanabi Hyuga awakened a powerful state of the New Gentle Fist while protecting him. As the Third Hokage watched, Laiyun released a terrifying surge of chakra, leaving everyone stunned.

• Kakashi rushed to seize Ye Fan, but Laiyun blocked his hand and stood between them.
• Kakashi sent another Shadow Clone at Ye Fan while Hiruzen Sarutobi watched without intervening.
• Hanabi Hyuga activated her Byakugan and stepped in to protect Ye Fan, then entered a mysterious state and used the New Gentle Fist to destroy Kakashi's Shadow Clone.
• Ye Fan recognized that Hanabi had reached the first realm of the New Gentle Fist and guided her as she remained immersed in it.
• Laiyun roared and released powerful chakra that reminded Hiruzen Sarutobi of a Tailed Beast.

Laiyun's frightening display at the Ninja Academy forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to stop Kakashi and Ye Fan's confrontation. Hiruzen grew curious about Ye Fan and Laiyun, while Ye Fan focused on helping Hanabi Hyuga understand the combat state she had reached.

• Laiyun released powerful chakra and threatened to lose control, so Ye Fan warned Kakashi that their fight could damage the school.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the confrontation to stop, and Ye Fan told Hanabi Hyuga to recall and comprehend her recent experience.
• Hiruzen offered to find a Jonin to guide Ye Fan and asked about Laiyun, but Ye Fan gave only a dismissive explanation.
• Hiruzen and Kakashi left, while Iruka checked on Hanabi and Ye Fan explained that she was reviewing her combat experience.
• Ye Fan told Iruka that Hanabi would become stronger than a Jonin within two years.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi discussed Ye Fan’s unusual Ninja Hound and Hanabi Hyuga’s powerful New Gentle Fist, while Hanabi continued learning from Ye Fan at the Ninja Academy. The chapter ended with Hanabi promising to keep Ye Fan’s role in teaching her secret as he urged her to train under him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Kakashi about Ye Fan, and Kakashi said Ye Fan was arrogant and unfit to become a ninja.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected Ye Fan’s Ninja Hound might be connected to Inuzuka Goya’s experiments and decided to have ANBU investigate.
• Kakashi described feeling an invisible pulling force during Hanabi Hyuga’s attack, and Hiruzen Sarutobi suspected her fist technique drew on Nature Force.
• Hanabi Hyuga asked Ye Fan questions about his teachings, and he invited her to seek him out whenever she had more.
• Hanabi Hyuga asked how to explain the New Gentle Fist, and Ye Fan suggested she claim she had created it herself.
• Hanabi Hyuga vowed not to reveal that Ye Fan taught her the technique, and Ye Fan promised he had many stronger cultivation methods to teach her.

Ye Fan considered leaving the ninja path and searched for a way to earn money, while sensing that an ANBU member was keeping watch on him. At Ichiraku Ramen, he met Naruto Uzumaki and showed him a way to correct his kunai-throwing habit, leaving Naruto determined to keep the training brace on.

• Ye Fan used his Detection Ability to spot an ANBU member tailing him through the streets, then entered Ichiraku Ramen without trying to lose the observer.
• The ANBU member disappeared, and Ye Fan met Naruto Uzumaki, who said Sasuke Uchiha was injured and Kakashi had gone elsewhere.
• Naruto asked Ye Fan for help with his kunai throwing, and Ye Fan tied chopsticks to Naruto's wrist with a strap to correct his form.
• Naruto carefully examined the brace and decided not to untie it, even when his ramen arrived, eating with his left hand instead.

Ye Fan planned to open a beauty and skincare shop and prepared to return to the Forest of Death, but he realized an ANBU member was watching his home. Uzuki Yugao followed him when he left at night, and Ye Fan confronted her from below her hiding place.

• Ye Fan decided to sell beauty and skincare products and searched Konoha for a suitable shop, but found none.
• Ye Fan gave Dark Shadow a special Ration Pill and prepared a backpack for a nighttime trip to the Forest of Death.
• Ye Fan sensed an ANBU observer and identified her as Uzuki Yugao, the woman he had met in the Forest of Death.
• Uzuki Yugao watched Ye Fan leave his courtyard on Dark Shadow and followed them through the night.
• Ye Fan stopped beneath Uzuki Yugao’s tree, looked up at her, and asked whether she liked the view.

Ye Fan discovered that Uzuki Yugao had been sent by the Third Hokage to watch him, then told her that the Hokage suspected his Ninja Hound after its fight with Kakashi. Ye Fan tried to learn Uzuki Yugao’s identity by asking her to use Genjutsu, then rode off on Laiyun while she remained assigned to follow him.

• Ye Fan’s Ninja Hound alerted him to Uzuki Yugao, and he confronted her about being sent by the Hokage.
• Uzuki Yugao questioned Ye Fan about his nighttime outing, and he explained that the Hokage was suspicious because his Ninja Hound had fought Kakashi.
• Ye Fan asked Uzuki Yugao for her name, but she refused and challenged him to discover it himself.
• Ye Fan asked Uzuki Yugao to use Genjutsu on him so he could experience it, but she declined.
• Ye Fan invited Uzuki Yugao to ride with him on Laiyun, then sped away into the darkness before she could react.

Uzuki Yugao pursued Ye Fan and his Ninja Hound, Laiyun, all night but was led in circles back to Ye Fan’s residence. After she left, Ye Fan revealed that he had visited the Forest of Death to gather valuable herbs and planned to use them to begin earning money.

• Uzuki Yugao chased Ye Fan and Laiyun, but Laiyun accelerated out of sight and left her to follow their tracks.
• Uzuki Yugao spent the night following tracks that led her in circles until she returned to Ye Fan’s residence at dawn.
• Ye Fan greeted the exhausted Uzuki Yugao and claimed he had taken a stroll and gone to sleep.
• Uzuki Yugao warned Ye Fan that he could not do whatever he pleased in Konoha, then left after noting Laiyun’s abilities.
• Ye Fan confirmed Uzuki Yugao had gone and unpacked herbs he had collected in the Forest of Death, planning to use them to make skincare pills and pursue financial independence.

Uzuki Yugao reported that Ye Fan and Laiyun had evaded ANBU tracking, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi speculated about Laiyun’s sudden strength. Ye Fan used his Mist Formation on Yugao, who awoke in an unfamiliar room beside him.

• Uzuki Yugao told Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi that Ye Fan had left with a large backpack and that Laiyun had evaded her tracking.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi discussed whether Laiyun’s strength came from a life-and-death transformation or from Ye Fan, and Hiruzen asked Yugao to keep watching him.
• Ye Fan detected Yugao’s hidden surveillance and decided to test his Mist Formation on her.
• Yugao became drowsy while watching Ye Fan, then saw illusions of Gekko Hayate and Kakashi and heard a false order from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Yugao broke free of the illusions and woke on an unfamiliar bed as Ye Fan greeted her.

Uzuki Yugao awoke in Ye Fan’s home after fainting, unsure whether she had experienced a Genjutsu or a nightmare. When Hana Inuzuka arrived as the summoned doctor, Yugao realized Ye Fan had brought her a veterinarian.

• Ye Fan told Uzuki Yugao that his Ninja Hound had found her unconscious in the bushes and brought her to his home.
• Uzuki Yugao tested whether she was still under Genjutsu, questioned Ye Fan, and checked that her clothes and equipment had not been touched.
• Ye Fan said Yugao had been unconscious for about an hour, and she wondered whether someone had targeted her after recalling a strange incident in the Forest of Death.
• Ye Fan announced that the doctor had arrived, and Hana Inuzuka entered after her Ninja Hounds alerted her to Yugao’s presence.
• Uzuki Yugao learned Hana was the doctor Ye Fan had called and realized he had summoned a veterinarian.

Hana Inuzuka confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over the ANBU surveillance of Ye Fan and defended his efforts to become a ninja. Hiruzen agreed to withdraw the ANBU and look for a Jonin willing to lead Ye Fan, while warning that he might intervene if Ye Fan’s Ninja Hound became uncontrollable.

• Uzuki Yugao refused Hana Inuzuka’s offer of an examination and left after Ye Fan hinted that she had fainted; Hana had her Ninja Hound follow her out.
• After confirming Uzuki Yugao had departed, Hana pressed Ye Fan for an explanation, then promised to seek justice for him.
• The next morning, Hana confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi about sending ANBU to monitor Ye Fan and returning him to the Ninja Academy.
• Hiruzen explained that Ye Fan’s Ninja Hound had unusually powerful chakra and said no Jonin had agreed to lead Ye Fan; Hana immediately offered to do it herself.
• Hiruzen promised to withdraw the ANBU and ask the team-leading Jonin about taking Ye Fan, but warned he might act if the Ninja Hound showed uncontrollable violent tendencies.
• Hana defended Ye Fan as an orphan who kept fighting his strange illness and fate despite how others judged him.