Recaps

Fang Xu awakened in the Naruto World with an exchange talent that could trade his possessions for random items from the Myriad Realms. Facing a likely future as expendable wartime fodder, he searched his parents’ keepsakes and decided to prepare a copy of the Chakra Refinement Technique for his first exchange.

• Fang Xu realized he had transmigrated into the body of a struggling Konoha orphan and discovered his Exchange Level 1 talent.
• Fang Xu considered the dangers of the approaching Third Shinobi World War and resolved to use his new talent to change his fate.
• Fang Xu opened his parents’ keepsake chest and found five scrolls, including Thousand Hands Swordsmanship Insights and several techniques.
• Fang Xu judged the Chakra Refinement Technique to be potentially valuable to people in worlds without chakra and decided to copy it and pair it with some of his own chakra for an exchange.

Fang Xu prepared a transcript of the Chakra Refinement Technique and a sample of his chakra for his first exchange, then witnessed a vision of Luffy striking Enel, who had lost his powers. The Golden Bell rang over Skypiea, leaving Wyper and the Shandians overwhelmed by the sound of their ancestors’ bell.

• Fang Xu used his awakened mental strength to write down the Chakra Refinement Technique and add notes about common training mistakes.
• Fang Xu refined a stable mass of chakra and exchanged it alongside the transcript using his Exchange Talent.
• Fang Xu’s consciousness entered a vision of Luffy attacking Enel near the Golden Bell.
• Enel found that he could no longer use his Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers and was struck by Luffy’s golden-ball attack.
• Enel crashed into the Golden Bell, whose toll moved the Shandians and Wyper as they heard their ancestors’ bell ring again.

Luffy struck Enel with the golden ball, and Enel fell without turning into lightning. Nami received a chakra training method and a crystal that gave her a seed of chakra, while Fang Xu's exchange brought him a weakness-free Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Enel's experience developing it; Fang Xu began eating the fruit.

• Luffy knocked Enel into the Golden Bell, and Enel fell to the ground injured and unable to evade the punch as lightning.
• A scroll and a blue crystal appeared beside Nami, and the scroll changed into writing she could understand.
• Nami absorbed the crystal's energy, received the Chakra Refinement Technique's knowledge, and realized it could help her become stronger.
• Fang Xu watched the exchange and suspected his talent had adapted the chakra and scroll for Nami's world.
• Fang Xu received the Rumble-Rumble Fruit with its original weaknesses removed and Enel's lifetime of development insights included.
• Fang Xu bit into the fruit and froze at its taste.

After eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Fang Xu gained Enel’s experience with its powers but discovered that his weak body could sustain them only briefly. He left the riverbank convinced that even his limited lightning abilities had greatly increased his strength.

• Fang Xu ate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and gained its lightning powers along with Enel’s extensive experience using them.
• Fang Xu turned half his body into lightning, but after ten seconds Elementalization collapsed and left him exhausted.
• Fang Xu went to a secluded riverbank and tested electrical discharge and Lightning Assault, finding that both were powerful but limited by his stamina and control.
• Fang Xu used a weakened Thunder Bird to blast a crater into a rock, while his attempts at Thunder Beast and Thunder Dragon failed from exhaustion.
• Fang Xu recognized that his body needed training but concluded that his new abilities had already dramatically increased his strength.

Fang Xu discovered that the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had awakened a lightning chakra affinity, giving him a way to connect his fruit powers with ninja techniques. He began cautiously tempering his body with lightning, but stopped after half an hour when the effort left him ravenously hungry.

• Fang Xu realized his fruit abilities drained his stamina and wondered whether chakra could help power them.
• Fang Xu tested Chakra Paper at home and awakened a lightning affinity alongside his existing water and earth affinities.
• Fang Xu decided to study Lightning Release: Lightning Ball Technique and explore using chakra to support his fruit abilities.
• Fang Xu cautiously used lightning to temper his body, gradually extending the current from one finger across his limbs while avoiding his internal organs and brain.
• Fang Xu stopped after half an hour, overcome by extreme hunger.

Fang Xu discovered that Lightning Body Tempering consumed large amounts of food and money, so he trained cautiously while seeking ways to earn more. After practicing Lightning Release and studying swordsmanship, he met Might Duy and Might Guy on a morning run and arranged to seek their taijutsu advice.

• Fang Xu ate three portions after Lightning Body Tempering and realized its nutritional demands would quickly deplete his savings.
• Fang Xu practiced Lightning Release: Lightning Ball Technique, gradually forming a stable lightning ball before stopping when his chakra ran low.
• Fang Xu studied the Thousand Hands Swordsmanship Insights while his chakra recovered.
• Fang Xu went for a morning run and encountered Might Duy and Might Guy, declining Guy's challenge because his stamina was too poor.
• Fang Xu asked Might Duy and Might Guy for future taijutsu advice, and both welcomed him.

Fang Xu began training because he believed war was approaching, then spoke with Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara about preparing to survive. Asuma Sarutobi, jealous of Fang Xu’s easy conversation with Kurenai, challenged him to a duel in the classroom.

• Fang Xu finished his morning run after meeting Might Duy and Might Guy, then ate a larger breakfast to support Lightning Body Tempering.
• Kakashi Hatate noticed Fang Xu in class and privately judged him an ordinary student but a near match in looks.
• Fang Xu told Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara that war might be coming and explained that he had started training to improve his chances of survival.
• Asuma Sarutobi saw Fang Xu talking with Kurenai and Rin, grew jealous, and challenged Fang Xu to a duel.

Fang Xu rejected Asuma’s challenge because Kurenai Yuhi should not be treated as a prize, leaving Asuma embarrassed and vowing to prove himself in the next assessment. Obito then mistook Fang Xu’s conversation with Rin Nohara for a threat and ended up conceding that Fang Xu was good-looking.

• Asuma challenged Fang Xu to a duel and demanded that he stay away from Kurenai Yuhi if he lost.
• Fang Xu refused to fight and told Asuma that Kurenai could choose her own friends, prompting Kurenai and Rin Nohara to ask Asuma to apologize.
• Asuma refused to apologize, threatened to prove his strength at the next assessment, and returned to his seat.
• Kurenai thanked Fang Xu, and Rin and Kurenai laughed with him while discussing how Obito would have reacted.
• Obito arrived, saw Rin laughing with Fang Xu, and nervously asked what Fang Xu had said to her.
• Fang Xu joked that his handsome face had caused both boys to feel threatened, and Obito accidentally admitted that Fang Xu was good-looking.

Fang Xu discovered that the merged souls had greatly improved his memory and comprehension, letting him learn and apply ninja theory far faster. As he committed to studying seriously, Kurenai Yuhi was inspired to keep pace with him, while Obito slept through much of class.

• Obito Uchiha admitted Fang Xu was handsome, then declared he would become Hokage and surpass him.
• Kakashi dismissed their argument as childish and privately decided women would only slow down his sword draw.
• Fang Xu found that he could memorize textbook pages instantly and connect ninja theory to his own training.
• Fang Xu realized his doubled mental strength had enhanced his learning, memory, and comprehension.
• Kurenai Yuhi noticed Fang Xu studying with unusual focus, heard his promise to keep it up, and decided not to fall behind.
• Obito slept through the lessons and barely answered a question after Rin Nohara prompted him.

After noticing three boys following him, Fang Xu lured them into an alley and used Lightning Activation to defeat them. The boys lay beaten, and the two still conscious realized he had attacked without forming Hand Seals.

• Fang Xu noticed three boys tailing him after he left the Ninja Academy and led them into a secluded alley.
• The boys confronted Fang Xu and threatened to break his leg, while he guessed they were trying to curry favor with Asuma.
• Fang Xu activated his lightning to strengthen his body and knocked the lead thug unconscious with one punch.
• The other two thugs charged, but Fang Xu dodged their attacks and struck them down with a Lightning Fist: Two-Strike Combo.
• The two conscious thugs stared at Fang Xu in terror and asked what kind of monster he was.

Fang Xu defeated three thugs, robbed them of 2,300 ryo, and drew the attention of Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi. Unaware that the village leaders had noticed him, he headed to Ichiraku Ramen to spend some of his money.

• Fang Xu used lightning to defeat three thugs, then demanded and took all 2,300 ryo from their money pouches.
• Kakashi watched the fight and suspected Fang Xu had a lightning-based body-tempering technique, deciding to test his strength later.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi observed Fang Xu through the Telescope Technique and ordered an Anbu to investigate the boys and warn them against using Asuma's name to bully classmates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Fang Xu's father, Naoto, and regretted overlooking his son.
• Fang Xu went to Ichiraku Ramen, eager to try a bowl for the first time.

Fang Xu ate three large bowls of ramen at Ichiraku, then trained his swordsmanship before preparing to practice a lightning technique. The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, visited Fang Xu at home and began explaining why he had come.

• Fang Xu ordered and ate three extra-large bowls of tonkotsu ramen at Ichiraku, and Kenta agreed to try offering chili sauce.
• Fang Xu returned home and practiced the basic movements from the Thousand Hands Swordsmanship Insights fifty times.
• Fang Xu prepared to practice Lightning Release: Lightning Ball Technique, but stopped when someone knocked at his door.
• Fang Xu recognized the visitor as the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and invited him inside.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi praised Fang Xu's training and said he had come to discuss two things.

Fang Xu spoke with Hiruzen Sarutobi about the trouble Asuma’s classmates caused, his late parents, and the Will of Fire. After raising Fang Xu’s compensation and finding his answers thoughtful, Hiruzen asked what he thought of Konoha, and Fang Xu began describing the people and support that made it a good place for him.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi apologized for Asuma’s classmates troubling Fang Xu and clarified that Asuma had not arranged it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Fang Xu’s father, Naoto, and admitted he had neglected to pay enough attention to Fang Xu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi raised Fang Xu’s compensation by one level, and Fang Xu thanked him.
• Fang Xu described the Will of Fire as accepting risks for others and said he would train hard before claiming he could sacrifice himself for the village.
• Fang Xu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Konoha was a good place for him because it provided a home, compensation, schooling, and kind classmates.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Fang Xu an incomplete Cloud Lightning Body Tempering Technique scroll as an investment in his potential, and Fang Xu accepted it. After Hiruzen left, Fang Xu sensed that someone was watching him and acted grateful to conceal his true thoughts.

• Fang Xu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he appreciated the safety and support Konoha had given him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Fang Xu an incomplete Cloud Lightning Body Tempering Technique scroll from the village collection.
• Fang Xu admitted he wanted the scroll but said he had not earned it.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi called the scroll an investment in Fang Xu's potential and urged him to grow into a shinobi who could protect the village.
• Fang Xu accepted the scroll and promised to work hard, and Hiruzen Sarutobi warned him to practice gradually to avoid bodily harm.
• After Hiruzen Sarutobi left, Fang Xu sensed someone watching him and performed gratitude for the hidden observer.

Fang Xu studied the incomplete Hidden Cloud lightning body-tempering scroll and found ways to combine its precise methods with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Enel’s experience. The next morning, he began building his endurance instead of rushing into more intense training.

• Fang Xu waited until he was sure the Third Hokage’s watcher had left, then checked the scroll for suspicious seals before opening it.
• Fang Xu learned the scroll’s guidance on controlling Lightning Release Chakra, tempering the body in stages, and activating specific muscles during combat.
• Fang Xu compared the scroll with his own techniques and Enel’s experience, then wrote down changes to make his lightning training more precise and efficient.
• Fang Xu read the scroll three times and recognized that his previous Lightning Activation consumed too much energy and put excessive strain on his body.
• Fang Xu left home at dawn and jogged steadily around Konoha’s outskirts, deciding to build endurance before adding localized lightning activation.
• Fang Xu heard a familiar shout as he rounded a small path.

During a morning run, Fang Xu was offered the green jumpsuit worn by Might Duy and Might Guy but diplomatically refused it, saying he had not yet earned the honor of wearing it. The two were moved by his words and accepted his decision, leaving Fang Xu relieved.

• Fang Xu met Might Duy and Might Guy during his morning run, and Guy praised him for continuing his training.
• Might Duy presented Fang Xu with a green, skintight training suit, which Fang Xu privately dreaded accepting.
• Fang Xu refused the suit, explaining that he respected what it represented but had not trained enough to deserve it.
• Might Duy and Guy were moved to tears by Fang Xu's explanation and praised his understanding of the suit's meaning.

Fang Xu refused Might Duy’s green training suit by moving Duy and Might Guy with an elaborate speech, earning the amused attention of Kakashi and Hiruzen Sarutobi. At the Ninja Academy, Asuma approached Fang Xu to address the previous day’s trouble and admitted that his father had reprimanded him.

• Fang Xu folded away Might Duy’s green bodysuit after persuading Might Duy and Might Guy that he would wear it only when he felt worthy.
• Kakashi watched from a tree and admired Fang Xu’s quick thinking, while Hiruzen Sarutobi watched through the Telescope Technique and was relieved Fang Xu had refused the suit.
• Fang Xu went to the Ninja Academy, where Kurenai Yuhi greeted him before Asuma approached and insisted he would not lose to Fang Xu.
• When Kurenai Yuhi and Rin Nohara asked whether Fang Xu had been hurt, Asuma denied sending the three troublemakers but admitted they had ties to him.
• Asuma told Fang Xu that the Third Hokage had scolded him the previous night because people had used his status to bully Fang Xu.

Asuma apologized to Fang Xu for the trouble his associates had caused, and the two agreed to compete fairly for Kurenai. Over the following week, Fang Xu steadily improved his ninja skills and physical conditioning, and the Exchange Talent’s cooldown finally ended.

• Asuma apologized to Fang Xu, who accepted, and Kurenai Yuhi relaxed after learning Fang Xu had already dealt with the troublemakers.
• Asuma admitted responsibility for what happened and told Fang Xu he would compete fairly for Kurenai in the next assessment.
• Fang Xu trained throughout the week, improving his Lightning Release, swordsmanship, body conditioning, elementalization, and ninja fundamentals.
• On the seventh night, Fang Xu saw that the Exchange Talent’s cooldown had ended.

Fang Xu tested his exchange talent by trading a tuft of Obito Uchiha’s hair and discovered it could affect a system in an apocalyptic world. The exchange removed Zhou Yang’s attribute panel but left his core leveling functions intact, and Fang Xu became interested in the world’s crystal cores as potential training resources.

• Fang Xu chose to exchange a tuft of Obito Uchiha’s hair to test whether his talent recognized it as a special item.
• The exchange transported the hair to Zhou Yang, a survivor in an apocalyptic world, and removed his attribute panel.
• Zhou Yang confirmed that killing zombies still granted experience and leveling still gave him attribute points, though he could no longer see the panel.
• Zhou Yang searched zombie corpses and collected grayish-white crystal cores while complaining about the missing panel and the mysterious hairs.
• Fang Xu observed Zhou Yang’s world and decided its crystal cores might help with his Lightning Body Tempering training.

Fang Xu obtained Zhou Yang’s Attribute Panel through an exchange and realized that world wills could influence trades between worlds. After opening the panel, he used its real-time feedback to confirm that his physique limited his Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities and that his Lightning Mode could still improve.

• Fang Xu received Zhou Yang’s Attribute Panel, which the Apocalypse World Will had helped transfer through Exchange Talent.
• Fang Xu suspected that world wills could intervene in exchanges and considered how their preferences might affect future trades.
• Fang Xu opened the Attribute Panel and saw that his physique was insufficient for his lightning abilities.
• Fang Xu used lightning to stimulate his fingertips and watched the Lightning Mode progress bar shift in real time.

Fang Xu used the Attribute Panel to track and refine his lightning training, then decided to collect more of Obito’s hair in hopes of obtaining other system plugins. Meanwhile, Kakashi described Fang Xu’s lightning-enhanced fighting style to Hatake Sakumo, who suspected it might derive from an incomplete Cloud technique.

• Fang Xu tested the Attribute Panel with the Lightning Ball Technique and realized it could measure his training progress and help him correct his methods.
• Fang Xu decided to collect more of Obito Uchiha’s hair and try exchanging it for additional plugins from Zhou Yang’s system.
• Obito helped an elderly woman on a Konoha street, mistakenly believing she needed to cross the road, then hurried away embarrassed and worried about his hair.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo that Fang Xu had used lightning to boost his body and paralyze opponents without hand seals.
• Hatake Sakumo suggested Fang Xu’s technique might be derived from the Cloud Lightning Body Tempering Technique, though he doubted Fang Xu’s family had inherited a genuine Hidden Cloud secret.

Kakashi confronted Fang Xu at the riverbank and challenged him to a spar after suspecting Fang Xu had hidden his strength. Fang Xu had been training to refine his Lightning Ball Technique, and the chapter ended with Kakashi drawing his short sword and asking to fight.

• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo he believed Fang Xu had recently developed his abilities and wanted to test him in a spar, and his father agreed while warning him to treat Fang Xu as a classmate.
• Fang Xu left the Ninja Academy for the riverbank, where he planned to train and catch fish to help pay for his meals.
• Fang Xu practiced reducing the Lightning Ball Technique from three hand seals to two and successfully formed a smaller, less stable lightning ball.
• Fang Xu noticed Kakashi hiding nearby and called him out for following him from school.
• Kakashi admitted he wanted to test Fang Xu's hidden strength, drew his short sword, and challenged him to a spar.

Fang Xu tested his Lightning Mode and Kendo against Kakashi in a riverbank spar, impressing both Kakashi and the hidden Hatake Sakumo with his speed and technique. The fight continued as Kakashi feinted toward Fang Xu’s shoulder and struck at him with a knee.

• Fang Xu activated Lightning Mode and charged Kakashi with his kunai.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi exchanged rapid sword attacks, with Fang Xu combining lightning-enhanced speed and Kendo fundamentals.
• Kakashi recognized that Fang Xu’s close combat relied on deliberate footwork and Kendo rather than raw lightning-fueled attacks.
• Hatake Sakumo watched from a tree and judged Fang Xu’s Kendo foundation and aptitude remarkable despite his limited experience.
• Kakashi feinted a strike at Fang Xu’s shoulder and landed a knee strike as he closed in.

Fang Xu and Kakashi fought an intense spar that ended in a draw after both used their techniques and reached their limits. The fight helped Fang Xu combine his abilities under pressure, while Kakashi questioned how quickly he had improved.

• Kakashi pressed Fang Xu with his short sword, and Fang Xu realized he could not rely on close combat alone.
• Fang Xu used clones and transformation to create openings, then escaped Kakashi's precise strike with the Substitution Technique.
• Fang Xu hit Kakashi's substitution log with the Lightning Ball Technique, and Kakashi agreed to call the exhausted fight a draw.
• Fang Xu assessed his strengths and weaknesses, deciding that the spar had helped him combine his techniques more effectively than training alone.
• Kakashi asked why Fang Xu had hidden his abilities, and Fang Xu said he had trained hard because war was coming.

Hatake Sakumo praised Fang Xu’s self-taught Kendo and took him as his disciple, giving Fang Xu the mentor and protection he had hoped to gain. Kakashi struggled with being outmatched in talent but accepted Fang Xu as a rival and vowed to defeat him.

• Hatake Sakumo arrived after Fang Xu and Kakashi’s spar and asked Fang Xu who had taught him Kendo.
• Fang Xu explained that he had studied swordsmanship insights on his own for seven or eight days, impressing Hatake Sakumo with his talent.
• Hatake Sakumo offered to take Fang Xu as his disciple, and Fang Xu accepted.
• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that Fang Xu might have greater Kendo talent, prompting Kakashi to vow to prove himself.
• Kakashi challenged Fang Xu to a rematch and objected to being treated as the junior disciple.