Recaps

Fang Xu learned to gather natural energy and achieved Basic Sage Mode on his first attempt, though he found that Shikkotsu Forest senjutsu strained his body and was slow to replenish. He tested its power with Sage Art: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, creating a vast forest with greatly enhanced binding strength and durability.

• Fang Xu sensed natural energy immediately and used his chakra control and Sage Body to fuse it into senjutsu chakra.
• Fang Xu activated Basic Sage Mode within half an hour, impressing Little Katsuyu and the Slug Sage.
• Fang Xu identified the limits of Shikkotsu Forest senjutsu: only a small portion of his chakra became senjutsu chakra, and the natural energy required protection of his body.
• Fang Xu followed Little Katsuyu to the western stone forest and activated Sage Mode again.
• Fang Xu used Sage Art: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, raising a huge forest and a Wood Human whose range, binding force, and durability surpassed ordinary Wood Release.

Fang Xu exchanged his complete Flying Thunder God scroll for an orthodox cultivation legacy, sending it to Han Li in the Mortal Cultivation World. Han Li received the scroll and found that his Golden-Silver Pages, Spirit Stones, and spirit plant seeds had disappeared.

• Fang Xu tested senjutsu-enhanced Wood Release in Shikkotsu Forest, then left a Shadow Clone to recover while he returned to the Spatial Ring World.
• Fang Xu offered his Flying Thunder God scroll to the Mortal Cultivation World, hoping to obtain an orthodox immortal cultivation technique.
• Han Li, wary of the worsening war between the Seven Sects and six demonic sects, considered preparing an escape route and took out the Golden-Silver Pages.
• A scroll appeared in Han Li's tent without triggering its restrictions, and he used the Object Control Technique to read its contents.
• Han Li learned that the scroll taught Flying Thunder God and could be used with magical power to teleport to prepared coordinates.
• Han Li discovered that his Golden-Silver Pages, tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, and spirit plant seeds were missing.

Han Li received a complete Flying Thunder God legacy through a mysterious trade and began studying it, while Fang Xu used the exchange’s rewards to enter Qi Refining and fuse spiritual power with chakra. Fang Xu recognized the promise of the new energy but also discovered that its cultivation system had a problem.

• Han Li examined the items taken from his Storage Pouch, secured the Heaven-Controlling Vial, and added restrictions to his tent.
• Han Li confirmed that the Flying Thunder God legacy was complete and began studying it as a possible escape route from the war.
• Fang Xu received Spirit Stones, Spirit Plant seeds, and four Jade Slips containing cultivation techniques and the sword-forging method.
• Fang Xu cultivated the Azure Essence Sword Art with a Spirit Stone and successfully entered Qi Refining.
• Fang Xu combined spiritual power with chakra to create a new energy that strengthened his body without harming his meridians.
• Fang Xu controlled the fusion steadily but soon noticed a problem with the new system.

Fang Xu tested the limits of the Azure Essence Sword Art and concluded that true essence mana still relied on chakra, risking depletion of the body and mind. He reached the tenth layer of qi refining, then resolved to find a way to convert spiritual energy directly into essence, qi, and spirit.

• Fang Xu stopped fusing spiritual power with chakra and recognized that the Azure Essence Sword Art increased qi without replenishing the body's and mind's reserves, so he named the new power true essence mana.
• Fang Xu tested refining natural energy in Shikkotsu Forest and found it worked, but was far less efficient than absorbing spirit stones.
• Fang Xu planted the spirit plant seeds in suitable areas of the Beast Taming Space, sorted the spirit stones, and read the remaining jade slips.
• Fang Xu cultivated with the Azure Essence Sword Art and Three-Turn Heavy Essence Art, advancing to the tenth layer of qi refining before his meridians reached their limit.
• Fang Xu examined how chakra was formed and consumed, then realized that prolonged cultivation could overdraw physical and mental reserves even when chakra recovered quickly.

After reaching Qi Refining, Tenth Layer, Fang Xu resolved to balance his body, mind, and soul with his mana and seek a complete cultivation system. When he returned to Shikkotsu Forest, the Slug Sage discovered that Fang Xu had refined natural energy into a stable power, surpassing the limitations of Senjutsu.

• Fang Xu decided to strengthen his body, mind, and soul alongside his true essence mana and considered developing a cultivation path that unified essence, qi, and spirit.
• Fang Xu left the Spatial Ring World, switched places with his Shadow Clone, and returned to the Stone Forest after a day of cultivation.
• The Slug Sage sensed that Fang Xu's aura had changed and found an unfamiliar energy within him.
• Fang Xu demonstrated that he could refine natural energy into stable true essence mana without suppressing it with chakra or risking Katsuyuification.
• The Slug Sage concluded that Fang Xu had surpassed the limitations of Senjutsu, and the little slugs were astonished that he had achieved what Hashirama Senju had not.

Fang Xu returned from Shikkotsu Forest with a stable new form of energy and explained his Complete Sage Art to Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi. He promised to teach them after further refining the method, then confirmed Kurenai Yuhi would be one of his new Genin students.

• The Slug Sage called Fang Xu the first true human sage and agreed to train Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi in Senjutsu.
• Fang Xu returned to his residence, received his Wood Clone Number Two’s memories, and learned that Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato had passed the early graduation assessment.
• Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, and Nazi examined Fang Xu and sensed that his body and energy had changed.
• Fang Xu explained that he had created the Complete Sage Art, which let him refine and store natural energy safely, and said it could nourish the body and extend lifespan.
• Fang Xu told the three women to master Basic Sage Mode before he taught them his improved method, then confirmed that Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato were assigned to his team.

Tsunade asked Fang Xu to look after Shizune and his other students, while Kurenai, Tsunade, and Nazi tacitly agreed to keep him from growing closer to more women. In the Hokage Office, Hiruzen assigned Kakashi, Obito, and Rin to Minato’s Team 7, and Minato suspected the move was intended to distance Kakashi from Fang Xu.

• Tsunade told Fang Xu that Shizune was Dan Katō’s niece and asked him to protect her on missions; Fang Xu promised to keep all three students safe.
• Kurenai, Tsunade, and Nazi exchanged glances and silently agreed to keep Fang Xu in check as more women joined his circle.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi appointed Minato Namikaze to lead Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara, explaining that Kakashi needed to learn teamwork.
• Minato questioned why Kakashi had been assigned to new graduates and asked what would happen to Fang Xu’s former team.
• Hiruzen said Fang Xu’s team had effectively disbanded and that Kakashi would join Minato’s team; Minato suspected the decision was meant to weaken Kakashi’s ties to Fang Xu and the Hatake faction.

Minato Namikaze accepted leadership of Team 7 after learning that Kakashi would be assigned to it, while Fang Xu was given a new team. Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kakashi about the finalized assignment, and Kakashi privately judged Obito Uchiha to be a danger to his teammates.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara would form Team 7, and Minato agreed to lead them.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Fang Xu had accepted a team leader position with Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato as his students.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi considered Minato Namikaze a suitable Fourth Hokage candidate and believed the village's power could remain under his own control.
• Kakashi trained late at the Hatake Residence, then let Hiruzen Sarutobi into the courtyard while concealing his distrust of him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi informed Kakashi that he would join Minato Namikaze's Team 7 with Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara.
• Kakashi considered Rin Nohara a suitable teammate but judged Obito Uchiha impulsive and likely to disrupt missions.

Hiruzen finalized Kakashi's assignment to Team 7, while Fang Xu prepared for Kurenai's team announcement and exchanged chakra materials with the Marvel world. The Ancient One studied the chakra system, then dismissed Stephen Strange from Kamar-Taj until he was ready.

• Hiruzen told Kakashi that he would join Team 7 with Obito and Rin under Minato, and Kakashi accepted the assignment.
• Kakashi suspected Fang Xu might have Kurenai as a student and believed that was why Fang Xu had agreed to lead a team.
• Kurenai left for the Ninja Academy as team assignments were to be announced, while Fang Xu sent a shadow clone home and entered the Spatial Ring World.
• Fang Xu exchanged Eight-Tails chakra, the Chakra Refinement Technique, and his own chakra with the Marvel world.
• The Ancient One examined the offerings and realized chakra might offer her a way to reduce her dependence on the Dark Dimension, though she believed it had come too late to reverse the damage.
• The Ancient One returned Stephen's soul to his body, then expelled him from Kamar-Taj and told him to come back when he was truly ready.

Fang Xu absorbed the Ancient One’s Mirror Dimension magic and tested how chakra and mental strength could use it to isolate destructive ninjutsu from the real world. Satisfied with its utility, he headed to the Hokage Office for his first formal appointment as a team leader, where Minato Namikaze joined him.

• Fang Xu received the Ancient One’s Mirror Dimension magic, which the exchange talent adapted to work with chakra and mental strength.
• Fang Xu integrated the spatial magic and its accumulated spellcasting knowledge into himself.
• Fang Xu opened the Mirror Dimension around his residence and confirmed that it isolated living things from the space inside it.
• Fang Xu tested the Great Fireball Technique in the Mirror Dimension, then dissolved it and found his real courtyard undamaged.
• Fang Xu left for the Hokage Office, and Minato Namikaze approached him near the Ninja Academy.

Fang Xu warned Minato Namikaze to avoid criticizing Hiruzen Sarutobi publicly and encouraged him to pursue the Fourth Hokage position, while making clear he had no interest in it himself. At a meeting in the Hokage Tower, Masaki Shimura objected to the team leader appointments.

• Fang Xu and Minato Namikaze discussed Minato’s new team of Kakashi, Obito, and Rin as they walked toward the Hokage Tower.
• Minato Namikaze criticized the decision to keep Fang Xu in the village, and Fang Xu sealed off their conversation and warned him that public complaints could hurt his chances of becoming Fourth Hokage.
• Fang Xu said he did not want the Hokage position and explained that Lady Tsunade and Teacher Sakumo were not competing for it either.
• Minato Namikaze pledged not to repeat Hiruzen Sarutobi’s mistakes if he became Hokage, then entered the Hokage Tower with Fang Xu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi addressed the newly appointed Jonin team leaders and stressed their responsibility to protect and train the young graduates.
• Masaki Shimura stepped forward and objected to the appointment of the team leaders.

Fang Xu attacked Masaki Shimura after Masaki insulted his parents and challenged his appointment as a team instructor. The meeting ended with Masaki rushed to the hospital, the Jonin assigned to meet their students the next day, and Fang Xu learning through Observation Haki that the Shimura Clan was deeply unpopular in Konoha.

• Masaki Shimura challenged Fang Xu's qualifications to lead a team and insulted his parents in the Hokage Office.
• Fang Xu struck Masaki through two floors, leaving him severely injured and barely conscious.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Anbu to take Masaki to the hospital, and no one else objected to Fang Xu's appointment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the meeting, told the Jonin they would meet their students the next day, and asked Fang Xu to stay.
• The departing Jonin criticized the Shimura Clan, and Fang Xu overheard their comments with his Observation Haki.

Fang Xu warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that he would kill anyone from the Shimura Clan who provoked or insulted him, while Hiruzen set out to rein in the clan. At the Ninja Academy, Minato Namikaze took charge of Team 7, while Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato waited for Team 10’s leader.

• Fang Xu told Hiruzen that Masaki Shimura had been spared only because they were in the Hokage Office, and warned he would kill future provocateurs.
• Hiruzen condemned Shimura Danzō’s continued infighting and went to the Shimura Clan compound to prevent further trouble.
• Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara speculated about their team leader before Minato Namikaze arrived and took charge of Team 7 with Kakashi Hatake.
• Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato waited anxiously for Team 10’s teacher, wondering whether a frontline mission had delayed him.

Fang Xu took charge of Team 10 and heard Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato introduce their skills and ambitions. He promised to teach them if they completed his training, leaving Shizune determined to earn his guidance and a chance to become Tsunade’s apprentice.

• Fang Xu entered the classroom and summoned Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato as Team 10, surprising the students.
• Fang Xu brought the three girls to his residence’s training ground and asked them to introduce themselves.
• Kurenai Yuhi said she specialized in genjutsu and taijutsu and hoped to marry Fang Xu when she grew up.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Fang Xu to teach her swordsmanship, and he promised advanced techniques if she completed her training.
• Shizune Kato described her goal of becoming a top medical ninja, and Fang Xu offered guidance and a chance to become Tsunade’s apprentice if she met his requirements.

Uzuki Yugao, Shizune Kato, and Kurenai Yuhi met Fang Xu as their supervising teacher, and he assigned their newly formed Team 10 a D-rank weeding mission. The girls began clearing a huge field outside Konoha, questioning why ninja had to do farmwork.

• Uzuki Yugao asked Fang Xu to teach her swordsmanship so she could revive Uzuki Kendo, and he promised her a self-created advanced technique if she met his training standards.
• Kurenai Yuhi said she wanted to grow up quickly and marry Fang Xu, prompting teasing from Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato and a gentle reminder from Haku to drink juice instead of alcohol.
• Fang Xu assigned Team 10 a D-rank weeding mission, explaining that basic farmwork would build the girls' mindset and chakra control before they undertook missions outside the village.
• Haku used a shadow clone and the Flying Thunder God Formula to return Tsunade and Nazi to the Sand Village Frontline, while Fang Xu took Kurenai Yuhi to meet Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato.
• Fang Xu led Team 10 to a vast field of knee-high weeds outside Konoha, where Uzuki Yugao questioned why ninja had to do farmwork.

Fang Xu turned a weeding mission into chakra-control and swordsmanship training for Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune Kato, and Uzuki Yugao, then assigned Shadow Clones to work in the Spatial Ring World. At Training Ground Three, Minato Namikaze introduced himself as Team 7’s supervising teacher and stopped Obito Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake from fighting.

• Fang Xu demonstrated how Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune Kato could pull weeds with Sole Chakra while Uzuki Yugao practiced precise sword cuts.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Shizune Kato, and Uzuki Yugao began training in the field, adjusting their techniques after mistakes.
• Fang Xu sat beneath a tree and sent Shadow Clones into the Spatial Ring World to cultivate, refine techniques, and research energy conversion and technology.
• Obito Uchiha waited at Training Ground Three, argued with Kakashi Hatake, and charged at him after learning Kakashi had been assigned to Team 7.
• Minato Namikaze stopped Obito with one hand, introduced himself as Team 7’s supervising teacher, and asked Kakashi to look after Obito and Rin Nohara.

Minato Namikaze tested Team 7 by challenging them to take two bells from him before noon, prompting Obito, Rin, and Kakashi to reveal their different approaches. Kakashi’s relentless attacks failed to reach Minato, and the chapter ended with Kakashi exhausted and conceding.

• Minato Namikaze announced that only two of the three students could pass his survival test by taking a bell before noon, and Kakashi recognized that the shortage tested teamwork.
• Rin proposed that Obito draw Minato’s attention while Kakashi attacked and she circled around, but Obito rejected the plan and charged alone.
• Minato effortlessly dodged Obito’s punch and sent him tumbling with a tap to the forehead.
• Kakashi attacked Minato with Thunder Breathing and his long sword, but Minato evaded every strike and pointed out Kakashi’s combat weaknesses.
• After more than ten minutes of attacking, Kakashi ran out of stamina, stopped fighting, and conceded.

Minato Namikaze defeated Kakashi, Obito, and Rin during their team test, then assessed the flaws each showed. After the Shimura Clan and Shimura Danzō backed away from direct retaliation against Fang Xu, Fang Xu ordered Kakuzu to investigate and infiltrate Akatsuki, whose recent upheaval made the mission dangerous.

• Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique to knock out Obito, Rin, and Kakashi, then criticized their teamwork.
• The Shimura Clan head forbade retaliation against Fang Xu, and the clan decided to leave the matter to Shimura Danzō.
• After learning of Shimura Yanming’s injuries, Shimura Danzō ordered his clan to lie low and planned to target Fang Xu’s associates while seeking contact with Akatsuki.
• Fang Xu learned that Hanzō of the Salamander and Yahiko had died and ordered Kakuzu to investigate Akatsuki and find a way to infiltrate it.
• Kakuzu warned that infiltrating Akatsuki after its victory over Hanzō carried great risks, and he was reluctant to leave the profitable Dawn Group business.

Fang Xu arranged for Kakuzu to publicly sever ties with the Dawn Group while Gato and Kado Taro managed its daily affairs, and revealed the truth behind the Akatsuki’s plan. The chapter left Kakuzu aware that Uchiha En and Nagato were being manipulated by Black Zetsu to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

• Fang Xu explained that Kakuzu could join the Akatsuki while Gato and Kado Taro ran the Dawn Group and communicated with him through the Akatsuki’s long-distance technique.
• Kakuzu agreed to publicly cut ties with the Dawn Group, leaving Gato in charge and Kado Taro as his assistant.
• Fang Xu told Kakuzu that Nagato’s Rinnegan had belonged to Madara Uchiha, who planned to resurrect himself through Nagato.
• Fang Xu revealed that Uchiha En had inherited Madara’s name and warned Kakuzu not to expose his identity.
• Fang Xu explained that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara, Uchiha En, and Nagato to use the Infinite Tsukuyomi to release Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and turn the world’s people into White Zetsu.

Fang Xu instructed Kakuzu on how to infiltrate Akatsuki without exposing the Dawn Group, then began a Cross-World Exchange to obtain long-distance communication technology. The exchange revealed Korin watching Son Goku defeat Tao Pai Pai.

• Fang Xu told Kakuzu to attract Akatsuki's attention through bounty work, gather intelligence, and conceal his connection to the Dawn Group.
• Kakuzu reviewed Akatsuki's secrets and agreed to infiltrate the organization without acting independently or revealing his wealth.
• Fang Xu left Kakuzu's office, and Kakuzu arranged to transfer the Dawn Group's affairs to Gato while publicly resuming bounty hunting.
• Fang Xu checked that Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato were safe, then went to the Cross-World Exchange to seek long-distance communication technology.
• Fang Xu offered the Chakra Refinement Technique and a Chakra Seed, and the exchange showed Korin watching Son Goku drive Tao Pai Pai away.

Korin exchanged a scroll of Chakra Refinement Technique and a Chakra Seed for his missing Senzu Beans, which Fang Xu cultivated and tested. Fang Xu then locked onto the Dragon Ball World again and exchanged for Bulma’s newly completed Gravity Training Room, leaving Bulma and Dr. Brief staring at its empty installation site.

• Korin discovered his Senzu Beans were gone and found a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and Chakra Seed in their place.
• Korin understood that the items had been exchanged across worlds and decided to study them.
• Fang Xu received the jar of Senzu Beans, planted some in his Beast Taming Space, and confirmed that eating one restored his depleted body and mental strength.
• Fang Xu spent two exchange attempts to target the Dragon Ball World and offered a Spatial Bracelet.
• Bulma and Dr. Brief completed and tested a Gravity Training Room capable of reaching one hundred times gravity.
• The exchange took Bulma’s Gravity Training Room from the laboratory, and Bulma asked where it had gone.

Bulma and Brief discovered that the vanished Gravity Training Room had left behind a Spatial Bracelet, which Brief successfully bound and began studying. In the Spatial Ring World, Fang Xu inspected the intact training room, then prepared three offerings for his next exchange.

• Bulma and Brief found a Spatial Bracelet where the Gravity Training Room had disappeared, and Bulma learned it contained a ten-cubic-meter space but could not bind it.
• Brief bound the bracelet with his blood and tested how it stored and retrieved tools, then decided to study its runes without damaging it.
• Bulma left to prepare materials for a replacement Gravity Training Room while Brief focused on scanning the bracelet.
• Fang Xu received the complete Gravity Training Room in the Spatial Ring World and confirmed its functions were intact.
• Fang Xu chose a Spatial Bracelet Manufacturing Manual, a Chakra Refinement Scroll, and concentrated chakra as three offerings.

Brief received a Spatial Bracelet Manufacturing Manual and chakra supplies through the cross-world exchange, resolving his research problems. Fang Xu obtained manufacturing technology for Gravity Training Rooms and Universal Capsules, then tested his new training room and found its effects became noticeable at five times gravity.

• Brief received a Spatial Bracelet Manufacturing Manual, a Chakra Refinement Scroll, and concentrated chakra in his laboratory.
• Brief studied the materials and learned how chakra could power the bracelet’s runes, completing the missing steps in his research.
• Fang Xu received Jade Slips containing the production technology for Gravity Training Rooms and Universal Capsules.
• Fang Xu planned to gather ore from the Lands of Earth, Wind, and Lightning to build production equipment.
• Fang Xu tested the Gravity Training Room at increasing settings and stopped at five times gravity, where he felt its effects on his body.

Fang Xu completed his first tenfold-gravity training session, recovered with a Senzu Bean, and began assigning Shadow Clones to study the technology needed to build gravity equipment and Universal Capsules. After meeting Might Guy and Might Duy, he gave them Flying Thunder God short swords to summon him if they faced mortal danger.

• Fang Xu increased the Gravity Room to ten times gravity while using Lightning Body-Tempering Technique, then stopped when his body reached its limit.
• Fang Xu ate a Senzu Bean, recovered from his training damage, and decided to adapt to the changes before training again.
• Fang Xu reviewed the gravity and capsule technologies, planned to mine resources in the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Lightning, and tasked Shadow Clones with studying the designs.
• Might Duy told Fang Xu that Might Guy had passed his graduation exam, and Might Guy challenged Fang Xu to a duel.
• Fang Xu suggested that Might Guy challenge Kakashi instead, then gave Might Guy and Might Duy Flying Thunder God short swords for emergencies.
• Might Guy and Might Duy accepted the short swords, and Might Guy vowed to remember Fang Xu's friendship for the rest of his life.

Fang Xu tested his students’ progress after a month of farmwork training and took Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi to try the Gravity Training Room. The chapter ended with Nazi removing her psychic protection and struggling under the room’s doubled gravity.

• Might Guy took Fang Xu’s Flying Thunder God short swords and rushed to the Hatake Residence to challenge Kakashi, while Might Duy left with Ebisu and Aoba Yamashiro.
• Fang Xu told Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato that Team 10 would leave on a C-rank mission the next morning, then tested their teamwork and saw how their month of farmwork had improved their abilities.
• Fang Xu sent the three girls back to weeding under the watch of a Shadow Clone and told Tsunade and Nazi about the Gravity Training Room after they returned from the front lines.
• Fang Xu brought Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi into the Spatial Ring World and activated onefold gravity, causing Kurenai Yuhi to drop to her knees while Tsunade managed to stay upright.
• Nazi initially resisted the gravity with psychic protection, but removed it at Fang Xu’s request and bent under the increased force.