Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan searched for a suitable pet beast to give Hanabi Hyuga but found only medicinal herbs, then joined Kurenai Yuhi and his teammates at training. A ninja summoned Ye Fan and Kurenai Yuhi to meet the Hokage.

• Ye Fan sent Dark Shadow and Laiyun home to rest after assessing their weaknesses, then searched the forest for a flying pet beast for Hanabi Hyuga.
• Ye Fan found no suitable pet beast but gathered useful medicinal herbs during his night search.
• Kurenai Yuhi worried when Ye Fan failed to arrive at training, and she told Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga about the previous day's incident.
• Kiba Inuzuka prepared to search for Ye Fan, but Ye Fan arrived on a white Ninja Hound and reassured Kurenai Yuhi that they were in the right.
• Ye Fan shared his improved medicinal liquid with Kiba Inuzuka while the others trained.
• A ninja summoned Ye Fan and Kurenai Yuhi to meet the Hokage, and Ye Fan agreed to go.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned Ye Fan about Naruto Uzumaki’s strange condition and suspected that Naruto had been overwhelmed by the fear and memories from releasing over a thousand Shadow Clones. Before Ye Fan could assess Naruto, Konohamaru burst into the office and challenged him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi warned Ye Fan and Kurenai Yuhi that Naruto Uzumaki appeared to be under a Genjutsu and asked Ye Fan what he had done.
• Ye Fan recounted the incident and suggested Naruto’s use of the forbidden Multi Shadow Clone Technique had left him unable to bear the returned memories and fear.
• Ye Fan questioned how Naruto, a Genin, had learned the forbidden technique, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi unable to explain that Naruto had stolen the Book of Seals.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Ye Fan how he would treat Naruto, but Konohamaru burst into the office and challenged Ye Fan for hurting Naruto.
• Ye Fan mocked Konohamaru by recalling Hanabi’s easy victory over him, then questioned why children were allowed into the Hokage’s Office.

Ye Fan and Kurenai Yuhi visited Naruto Uzumaki in the hospital, where ANBU guards and his worsening condition suggested he was more important than Kurenai admitted. After Kurenai’s Genjutsu failed and intensified Naruto’s distress, Ye Fan calmed him with an unexpected incantation, leaving everyone stunned.

• Ye Fan noticed ANBU watching Naruto Uzumaki’s ward and asked Kurenai Yuhi why the Hokage cared so much about Naruto, but she offered only a vague explanation.
• Kurenai and Ye Fan found Naruto unresponsive and emotionally unstable, and a medical ninja asked Kurenai to use Genjutsu to put him to sleep.
• Kurenai’s Genjutsu briefly affected Naruto before triggering a violent backlash, while Ye Fan discovered he could not read memories unless the Genjutsu acted directly on him.
• Ye Fan criticized the repeated tranquilizer injections, placed his hand on Naruto’s head, and muttered an incantation.
• Naruto gradually stopped trembling, stunning Kurenai and the two medical ninja.

Ye Fan used the Calm-Heart Mantra to settle Naruto Uzumaki, then discovered the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed inside him. Ye Fan entered the barrier and restrained the fox, leaving it unable to speak or move.

• Ye Fan calmed Naruto Uzumaki with the Calm-Heart Mantra, allowing him to fall asleep.
• Ye Fan sensed a magical beast sealed inside Naruto Uzumaki and found the Nine-Tailed Fox in its cage-like barrier.
• Ye Fan provoked the Nine-Tailed Fox, then stepped through the barrier into its confines.
• Ye Fan froze the Nine-Tailed Fox’s claw and bound its body with his power.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox tried to break free, but Ye Fan silenced it and continued examining it.

Ye Fan discovered that the sealed Nine-Tailed Fox had part of its soul missing and tried to force it to explain what happened. After driving Naruto Uzumaki out of the Mental Landscape, Ye Fan left and told Kurenai Yuhi that Naruto would recover, while secretly planning to return and exploit the Nine-Tailed Fox.

• Ye Fan freed the Nine-Tailed Fox and demanded to know why its soul was incomplete, but it refused to answer and questioned who he was.
• Naruto Uzumaki entered the Mental Landscape, and Ye Fan used a technique to blow him back out before he could discover them.
• Ye Fan left the Nine-Tailed Fox, which realized he was dangerous and feared what he would do when they met again.
• Ye Fan told Kurenai Yuhi and the medical ninja that Naruto had been badly frightened and would recover after a few more visits.
• Kurenai Yuhi suggested checking on Sasuke Uchiha, but Ye Fan refused and said he had no interest in seeing him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi questioned the medical ninja about how Ye Fan had calmed Naruto Uzumaki, but learned she had no explanation. Back at the training ground, Ye Fan decided he might use the Demon Fox’s chakra to help Laiyun evolve and asked Kurenai Yuhi to let him visit Naruto again.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the medical ninja who had treated Naruto and questioned her about Ye Fan’s actions and chakra.
• The medical ninja reported that Naruto’s condition had stabilized, but she could not explain how Ye Fan’s calming words had helped him.
• Ye Fan reassured Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga that Naruto was stable after returning to the training ground with Kurenai Yuhi.
• Ye Fan considered extracting the Demon Fox from Naruto, then rejected the plan because it could provoke Konoha and risk the seal.
• Ye Fan decided the Demon Fox’s chakra might help Laiyun master the Beast Mark or evolve, and told Kurenai Yuhi he wanted to visit Naruto again.
• Kurenai Yuhi questioned how Ye Fan had calmed Naruto, and Ye Fan replied that the one who tied the bell must untie it.

Ye Fan visited Naruto at the hospital, where he found him in Sasuke's room and privately offered to explain why Naruto had lost control. Naruto agreed to go with him, despite Sasuke's warnings and the medical staff member's concern.

• Ye Fan arrived at the hospital and persuaded the staff to let him visit Naruto, who had awakened and was stable.
• A Jonin-like medical staff member accompanied Ye Fan, but Naruto was missing from his room and had gone to visit Sasuke.
• Ye Fan and the medical staff member found Naruto teasing the injured Sasuke in his room.
• Naruto froze when he saw Ye Fan and his large ninja hound, but relaxed after Ye Fan touched his shoulder.
• Ye Fan whispered to Naruto about why he had lost control, and Naruto agreed to leave with him.
• Sasuke warned Naruto that Ye Fan was dangerous, while the medical staff member asked what they had discussed.

Ye Fan calmed Naruto Uzumaki and warned him that the Multi Shadow Clone Technique could magnify mental attacks, offering to help him overcome the flaw. Naruto trusted Ye Fan and agreed to follow his guidance, while the medic secretly listened in.

• Ye Fan left Sasuke Uchiha's ward with Naruto Uzumaki and returned with him to the hospital room, where he used the Calm-Heart Mantra to ease Naruto's fear of the Ninja Hound.
• Ye Fan sent the medic and nurse out, then noticed the medic had left chakra traces behind to secretly eavesdrop.
• Ye Fan explained that mental attacks could multiply through the Multi Shadow Clone Technique and cause severe damage to its user's mind.
• Ye Fan warned Naruto that he might not withstand another mental attack, then offered to help him overcome the technique's flaw.
• Naruto trusted Ye Fan and eagerly agreed to follow his instructions, while the medic listened secretly and recognized Ye Fan's ability to persuade him.

Ye Fan questioned Naruto Uzumaki about the dangers of the Multi Shadow Clone Technique and used Naruto’s jutsu as an opportunity to enter his mind. There, Ye Fan forcibly extracted chakra from the Nine-Tailed Fox before disappearing.

• Ye Fan explained that he had inferred the Multi Shadow Clone Technique’s flaw from Naruto Uzumaki’s condition, and Naruto believed him because he remembered the terrifying experience.
• Ye Fan asked Naruto whether he felt pain when his clones were defeated and how the clones behaved, then asked him to create a few Multi Shadow Clones.
• As Naruto formed the hand seals, Ye Fan used Mind Multiplexing to enter Naruto’s body and approach the sealed Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Ye Fan entered the cage, restrained the Nine-Tailed Fox, and summoned a magic circle that sent chains into its body and drained its chakra.
• Ye Fan absorbed the extracted chakra into a totem on his palm and vanished, leaving the Nine-Tailed Fox furious and frustrated.

Ye Fan explained how Naruto Uzumaki could overcome the Multi Shadow Clone Technique’s flaws and planned a willpower training regimen for him. At home, Ye Fan used moonlight, an array, and the Dragonbreath Mystic Crystal Jade to purify and enhance the Nine-Tailed Fox chakra, then gathered the resulting energy in his palm.

• Ye Fan told Naruto Uzumaki that Shadow Clone damage could transfer to the caster and recommended training willpower and resistance to mental intimidation.
• Ye Fan offered to devise a specialized training regimen for Naruto Uzumaki and exchanged home addresses with him before leaving with the Ninja Hound.
• Ye Fan examined the Nine-Tailed Fox chakra and found that Laiyun could not absorb it until it had been purified.
• Ye Fan prepared a Mist Formation and a barrier, then used the Dragonbreath Mystic Crystal Jade and a magic array to draw down moonlight and purify the chakra.
• Laiyun protected Dark Shadow from the evil aura while the moonlight purified and enhanced the chakra, and Ye Fan gathered the resulting energy in his palm.

Ye Fan prepared Spirit-Transforming Pills to help Laiyun absorb purified chakra and began planning to teach him Demon Cultivation. After working through the night, Ye Fan arrived at Team 8’s training ground riding Laiyun, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Ye Fan gave Laiyun and Dark Shadow purified chakra and explained that Laiyun would need Spirit-Transforming Pills to absorb it properly.
• Ye Fan promised to teach Laiyun Demon Cultivation techniques to help him draw in energy and control his Beast Marks.
• Ye Fan refined substitute-herb pills and placed them in a bamboo tube inside the courtyard tree, where a Spirit-Gathering Formation would enrich them for two or three days.
• Ye Fan wondered whether Spirit Stones existed beyond Konoha and considered the possibility of finding them outside the village.
• Team 8 gathered at its training ground, and Hinata Hyuga appeared troubled while Kiba Inuzuka asked after Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan arrived late, riding Laiyun, and the members of Team 8 fixed their gazes on the Ninja Hound.

Ye Fan explained Laiyun’s sensory training and entered Laiyun’s Mindscape through their contract to share his experience. He left Laiyun in the vast, unfamiliar space to begin learning how to use it.

• Ye Fan arrived with Laiyun, whose eyes were covered for sensory training, and told Kiba Inuzuka that the training aimed to awaken its sixth sense.
• Ye Fan sat by the flat rock while Team 8 trained, and Ko Hyuga watched him with irritation as Hinata Hyuga practiced taijutsu.
• Ye Fan told Laiyun that developing sensory perception alone could take years and explained that a beastmaster could help a contracted beast evolve.
• Ye Fan instructed Laiyun to relax as he entered its Mindscape, then took control of its body while Laiyun followed his directions.
• Ye Fan appeared beside Laiyun in a vast white space and explained that their contract let him share experiences and insights through the Mindscape.
• Ye Fan told Laiyun to familiarize itself with the Mindscape before exploring its other abilities.

Ye Fan taught Laiyun the basic Demon Cultivation Technique Three-Breath Refinement inside its Mental Landscape and helped its body practice it. Meanwhile, Hinata Hyuga asked Ye Fan for guidance after losing to Hanabi, and he surprised her by guessing what had happened.

• Laiyun explored Ye Fan's Mental Landscape and learned that entering Dark Shadow's unstable Mindscape could be dangerous.
• Ye Fan taught Laiyun Three-Breath Refinement and helped it understand the technique through images and instruction in the Mental Landscape.
• Ye Fan used Mind Multiplexing to guide Laiyun's first physical practice while continuing to answer its questions.
• Hinata Hyuga approached Ye Fan and asked him for guidance, drawing a wary look from Ko Hyuga.
• Ye Fan guessed that Hinata Hyuga wanted help with Gentle Fist after losing a spar to Hanabi, leaving Hinata astonished and eager to know how he knew.

Ye Fan comforted Hinata Hyuga by deducing why she was upset, then advised her to adapt the Gentle Fist to her own needs. He offered to check her flexibility, while Ko Hyuga watched from afar and mistook the examination for molestation.

• Ye Fan explained how he inferred that Hinata Hyuga had sparred with Hanabi and that her father's attitude had upset her.
• Ye Fan reassured Hinata Hyuga that her father still cared about her, and she felt better and asked him for guidance.
• Ye Fan suggested the Gentle Fist's forceful style might not suit women and encouraged Hinata Hyuga to change it to fit herself.
• Hinata Hyuga eagerly accepted Ye Fan's offer to check her flexibility.
• Ko Hyuga saw Ye Fan touching Hinata Hyuga and decided to cripple him for molesting her.

Ko Hyuga interrupted Ye Fan as he guided Hinata Hyuga and nearly struck her while attacking him. Hinata defended Ye Fan and ordered Ko to leave, but when Ko refused, Ye Fan offered him a chance to help Hinata instead.

• Ko Hyuga rushed at Ye Fan and attacked, but Ye Fan pulled Hinata in front of himself, forcing Ko to stop his palm short.
• Ye Fan accused Ko of nearly harming Hinata through carelessness, provoking Ko to activate his Byakugan.
• Kiba Inuzuka rushed to defend Ye Fan, but Ye Fan ordered him to return to training.
• Hinata stepped between Ye Fan and Ko, defended Ye Fan, and sternly told Ko not to act rudely toward him.
• Hinata asked Ko to leave, but Ko stayed, so Ye Fan invited him to help with Hinata's training.

Ye Fan tested Ko Hyuga’s flexibility to show Hinata Hyuga how she could use her natural flexibility and defensive strengths to develop a Gentle Fist suited to her. He then challenged Ko’s belief that the Gentle Fist was complete, and asked Hinata to strike an acupoint on Ko’s waist with chakra.

• Ko Hyuga agreed to undergo Ye Fan’s tests for Hinata’s sake, despite doubting Ye Fan’s plan.
• Ye Fan asked Ko to move his clasped hands from in front of his body over his head and behind his back, but Ko could not manage it.
• Hinata easily completed the movement, and Ye Fan urged her to build on her flexibility and defensive strengths.
• Ko challenged Ye Fan’s knowledge of the Gentle Fist, while Ye Fan criticized its reliance on the Byakugan and its limitations in combat.
• Ye Fan pointed to an acupoint on Ko’s waist and told Hinata to strike it with chakra.

Ye Fan demonstrated that Hinata Hyuga could use a chakra-infused finger strike to make Ko Hyuga lose control of his body without sealing his chakra. After Ko repeatedly tested the effect, Ye Fan directed Hinata to strike a different acupoint called the Crying Point.

• Hinata Hyuga tapped Ko Hyuga's waist at Ye Fan's instruction, and Ye Fan pushed him over after the strike left him temporarily unable to move.
• Ye Fan explained that the strike had disrupted Ko's bodily control even though it had not sealed his chakra.
• Ko asked Hinata to strike the same point again with greater force, but the repeated taps caused only pain and no numbness.
• Ko activated his Byakugan and urged Hinata to strike another point Ye Fan indicated.
• Hinata tapped the Crying Point, leaving Ko Hyuga in for a miserable time.

Ye Fan explained that Ko Hyuga’s uncontrollable crying came from pressure on special acupoints, then urged Hinata Hyuga to develop a Gentle Fist suited to herself. The group was startled when Ye Fan’s white Ninja Hound, Laiyun, unleashed a powerful roar.

• Ko Hyuga began crying and whimpering uncontrollably after Ye Fan stimulated special acupoints, leaving Hinata Hyuga and the others bewildered.
• Kurenai Yuhi arrived, and Ye Fan first joked that Hinata had poked Ko into tears before explaining what had actually happened.
• Ye Fan told Ko that his condition would ease on its own, then encouraged Hinata to trust herself and discover her own version of the Gentle Fist.
• Ko’s crying subsided, though his eyes remained red, and he declined Kurenai’s offer to rest so he could ask Ye Fan about what had happened.
• Laiyun suddenly released a tremendous roar, and Kurenai Yuhi sensed that the blindfolded Ninja Hound had undergone an astonishing internal change.

Laiyun awakened its sensory ability and showed off its speed, while Ye Fan concealed how he had helped it. At lunchtime, Ye Fan left the training ground to visit Naruto Uzumaki after promising Kurenai Yuhi he would not cause trouble.

• Laiyun emerged from the Mindscape state with its sensory ability awakened, and Ye Fan told Kiba Inuzuka that it had grown stronger through its own efforts.
• Laiyun raced through the trees while blindfolded, avoiding obstacles with its new perception, and Ye Fan called it back to rest.
• Kiba Inuzuka learned that Laiyun had mastered the ability he longed for and went off to train; Ko Hyuga decided to ask Hanabi about Ye Fan later.
• As lunchtime approached, Ye Fan told Kurenai Yuhi he was going to visit Naruto Uzumaki and get a meal.
• Kurenai Yuhi made Ye Fan promise not to cause trouble, and he assured her he would behave.

Ye Fan went to the Ninja Hospital to visit Naruto Uzumaki, but learned that Naruto had already been discharged. Outside, Sakura Haruno confronted Ye Fan over Sasuke Uchiha’s injuries, and Ye Fan left her badly hurt after she blocked his way.

• Ye Fan learned from the receptionist that Naruto Uzumaki had been discharged and decided to visit him at home later.
• Ye Fan ran into Sakura Haruno as he left the hospital, and she angrily demanded to know why he had injured Sasuke Uchiha.
• Sakura accused Ye Fan of being a chakra-less waste and demanded that he apologize to Sasuke.
• Sakura blocked Ye Fan again and threatened to report him if he attacked her.
• Ye Fan struck Sakura, sending her into a wall and leaving her seriously injured as he walked away with Laiyun.