Recaps

Tsunade and Orochimaru suspected the Third Hokage had withheld sealing manuals to keep Fang Xu dependent, but Minato and Kushina gave him comprehensive materials and notes to help him learn Flying Thunder God. Fang Xu resolved to prevent their deaths in the Nine-Tails' Rebellion, then learned that Kirigakure was preparing a major assault and was assigned to train Kakashi with a shadow clone while Sakumo scouted.

• Tsunade and Orochimaru discussed how the Third Hokage had given Fang Xu the Flying Thunder God scroll without the sealing fundamentals needed to learn it.
• Minato returned with complete sealing manuals and his Flying Thunder God notes, including messages of encouragement from himself and Kushina.
• Fang Xu resolved to protect Minato and Kushina from the Nine-Tails' Rebellion and stored the manuals before beginning his study.
• Sakumo told Fang Xu and Kakashi that the Third Mizukage, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki had gathered on the Hidden Mist Frontline ahead of a likely assault.
• Sakumo prepared to scout Kirigakure's forces and ordered Fang Xu to leave a shadow clone to spar with Kakashi while the original studied sealing techniques.

Fang Xu studied sealing techniques while Kakuzu waited for a chance to assassinate him amid the approaching battle with Kirigakure. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo clashed over wartime deployments and the Ninja Academy, and Uchiha reinforcements departed for the Eastern Front.

• Fang Xu began studying sealing techniques as Kakuzu continued waiting for the battlefield to become chaotic enough to attack him.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi received word that the Third Mizukage and the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchuriki had reached the Eastern Front, prompting a discussion about reinforcements.
• Danzo argued for sending the Uchiha to the Hidden Mist Battlefield and the Hyuga to the Hidden Stone Battlefield, and Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted the plan after Danzo cited Iwagakure's stealth Explosion Corps.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's proposal to graduate Ninja Academy students early on a large scale, refusing to let Root recruit them through wartime assignments.
• Danzo left for the Iwagakure front, while Konoha dispatched reinforcements to three battlefronts and Fugaku Uchiha led Uchiha ninja toward the Eastern Front.

Fang Xu and Kakashi fought to hold Konoha’s Eastern Front against a massive Kirigakure invasion led by the Third Mizukage. After tearing through the enemy vanguard, Fang Xu rose above an eight-jonin ambush and prepared to strike back.

• The Third Mizukage led fifty thousand Kirigakure ninja in a surprise assault before the Uchiha reinforcements could arrive.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi joined Konoha’s defenders as Kirigakure’s water attacks broke through the first defensive line.
• Fang Xu rescued a Konoha jonin, then charged into the vanguard with Kakashi and killed nearly a hundred Mist ninja, rallying Konoha’s forces.
• Eight Kirigakure jonin combined Water Release, Ice Release, and Shikotsumyaku attacks to surround Fang Xu.
• Fang Xu evaded their attacks by levitating with electromagnetic force and charged his Electricity-Storage Bracelet, declaring that none of the eight would escape.

Fang Xu annihilated Kirigakure’s forces with overwhelming attacks, killing eight Jonin and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki in single strikes. As Hatake Sakumo battled the Third Mizukage, Fang Xu continued firing Railguns into the Mist Ninja ranks.

• Fang Xu used his Thunder Dragon to kill eight Kirigakure Jonin, while the blast also knocked Kakashi into the mud.
• Kakashi watched Fang Xu’s strength and resolved to train harder so he would not keep falling behind.
• The Three-Tails Jinchuriki charged Fang Xu, but Fang Xu killed him with a Railgun before his transformation could fully unfold.
• Hatake Sakumo ambushed the distracted Third Mizukage and pressed him with relentless attacks enhanced by the Lightning Body-Tempering Technique.
• Hozuki Blood Moon remained hidden beneath the sea as Fang Xu fired two more Railguns into Kirigakure’s formation, blasting dozens of Mist Ninja away.

Fang Xu routed Kirigakure’s invasion with his Railgun bombardment, forcing the Third Mizukage to retreat and plan an ambush against him. His victory restored Konoha’s hope, while Fang Xu escaped the camp’s celebrations and questions to share a meal with Kakashi and Sakumo.

• Fang Xu’s Railgun attacks shattered Kirigakure’s formation, and the Third Mizukage ordered a full retreat after the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the Three-Tails had died.
• Sakumo halted Konoha’s pursuit, while the Third Mizukage and Hozuki Blood Moon discussed ambushing Fang Xu by restricting his flight and long-range attacks.
• Konoha’s ninja celebrated Fang Xu as the Shinobi World Thunder God, and Kakashi resolved to train harder so the gap between them would not keep growing.
• Fang Xu escaped the crowd’s praise and questions by taking Kakashi to Sakumo’s tent, where he began preparing food after saying he had barely eaten at the victory feast.

Fang Xu shared a hot pot meal with Sakumo and Kakashi after driving back Kirigakure’s army, while Sakumo urged him to consider the responsibilities his strength brought. Black Zetsu reported Fang Xu’s battlefield feats to Madara Uchiha, including the Three-Tails Jinchuriki’s death.

• Fang Xu prepared a hot pot meal, and Sakumo and Kakashi eagerly ate with him.
• Sakumo praised Fang Xu for saving Konoha ninja and urged him to think about his future, but Fang Xu said he wanted to live well, train, and survive.
• Black and White Zetsu watched from outside the camp and discussed Fang Xu’s defeat of Kirigakure’s forces.
• Black Zetsu traveled to Madara Uchiha and reported that Kirigakure had lost nearly a thousand ninja and the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, along with the Three-Tails.

After Fang Xu routed Kirigakure, Madara decided to manipulate him to keep the Eastern Front war going, while rival villages considered ways to kill him. In Sunagakure, Chiyo concealed evidence that her grandson Sasori had killed the Third Kazekage to prevent the scandal from destabilizing the village.

• Black Zetsu reported that Fang Xu had routed Kirigakure and suggested eliminating him, but Madara ordered him to observe and manipulate Fang Xu to prolong the Eastern Front war.
• The Third Raikage learned of Fang Xu's victory and ordered Hidden Cloud to find his weaknesses and kill him at the first opportunity.
• Ōnoki blamed the bounty hunters who had failed to kill Fang Xu and ordered Kitsuchi to contact the Akatsuki.
• Chiyo learned that evidence pointed to Sasori killing the Third Kazekage, but she ordered Sunagakure to keep declaring him missing and suppress the truth until the war ended.

Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi reacted to Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo’s growing prestige by transferring them from the Eastern Front to face Hidden Cloud’s invasion, while Minato Namikaze rushed to reinforce the collapsing Land of Rivers front. As Konoha’s retreating troops struggled against A, Choza was badly injured and A charged toward Shikaku.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to transfer Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo, warning that their growing prestige could affect stability in the village.
• After learning that the Third Raikage, A, Killer B, and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had invaded the Land of Rivers, Hiruzen ordered Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo to redeploy there and summoned Minato.
• Minato accepted the mission to hold off Hidden Cloud and used Flying Thunder God to travel directly to the Land of Rivers front.
• Shikaku coordinated the retreat with Inoichi and Choza, whose actions briefly disrupted the pursuing Hidden Cloud ninja.
• A broke through the defenders, struck Choza hard enough to end his Multi-Size Technique, and sent him crashing into a rock wall.
• A identified Shikaku as the force behind Konoha’s resistance and charged at him.

Minato Namikaze arrived as A was about to kill Shikaku, then ordered the wounded Konoha troops to retreat while he held off the Hidden Cloud pursuit. He faced A alone, using Flying Thunder God and Rasengan to keep the Raikage occupied as the Konoha forces withdrew.

• Minato appeared between A and Shikaku, struck A with a Rasengan, and teleported Shikaku to safety.
• Minato assessed the wounded Konoha troops and told Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza to lead their retreat while he stayed behind.
• Shikaku organized the withdrawal, and Minato intercepted A when he tried to chase the fleeing Konoha troops.
• Minato used Flying Thunder God and Rasengan to drive A back and repeatedly evade his attacks.
• Minato and A exchanged a series of rapid attacks as the Hidden Cloud ninjas watched and the Konoha troops retreated.

Minato used Flying Thunder God to devastate the Hidden Cloud pursuit force and force A to retreat, though he recognized that his attacks could not reliably penetrate A’s defenses. Back at Konoha’s temporary camp, he learned the survivors faced severe losses and confirmed that reinforcements, including Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu, were on the way.

• Minato judged that he could not easily break through A’s Lightning Release Armor and began targeting the Hidden Cloud troops instead of fighting A directly.
• Minato used his Flying Thunder God Coordinates to kill dozens of Hidden Cloud ninja, causing their formation and morale to collapse.
• A failed to catch Minato and ordered the Hidden Cloud troops to retreat after Minato threatened to keep killing them if they pursued Konoha’s forces.
• Minato reflected that his speed could keep him safe from the Third Raikage but that he needed stronger offensive ninjutsu to defeat such durable opponents.
• Minato returned to Konoha’s temporary camp, where Shikaku reported heavy casualties, fallen defensive lines, and shortages of medical personnel and medicine.
• Minato told the camp that a large force from Konoha headquarters was coming, along with Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu from the Eastern Front.

Minato and Shikaku discussed the threat posed by Hidden Cloud and the Hokage’s decision to transfer Sakumo and Fang Xu from the Eastern Front. Fang Xu warned that the order would expose the Uchiha to Kirigakure and leave Konoha vulnerable, while Sakumo agreed with his judgment; Kakashi asked what would happen to the Eastern Front.

• Minato took responsibility for confronting A, Killer B, and the other elite Hidden Cloud fighters while Shikaku managed the camp’s defenses, and Shikaku learned that the Uchiha would take over the Eastern Front.
• An Anbu messenger delivered orders for Sakumo and Fang Xu to reinforce the Hidden Cloud battlefield and for Fugaku Uchiha to assume command of the Eastern Front.
• Fang Xu argued that the Third Hokage and Danzo were using the transfer to limit Sakumo’s and Fang Xu’s influence while exposing the Uchiha to Kirigakure’s retaliation.
• Sakumo warned Fang Xu to speak carefully but admitted that Fang Xu’s judgment matched his own.
• Sakumo said the orders had to be followed because a Hidden Cloud breakthrough could expose Konoha’s heartland, and Kakashi asked what would happen to the Eastern Front.

Fang Xu and Sakumo arranged to leave the Eastern Front for a classified mission while shadow clones concealed their departure. Kakashi agreed to return to Konoha with an Anbu escort, determined to grow strong enough to fight alongside them in the future.

• Fang Xu proposed using shadow clones to make Kirigakure uncertain about whether he and Sakumo had left the Eastern Front, and Sakumo agreed.
• Kakashi asked to join them on the Hidden Cloud Battlefield, but Sakumo and Fang Xu explained that he was not strong enough to survive the coming fights.
• Kakashi accepted that he should return to Konoha and promised to train until he could fight alongside them; Sakumo arranged an Anbu escort because of the active 500 million ryo bounty.
• Sakumo announced that he and Fang Xu were leaving on a classified mission and handed command of the Eastern Front to Fugaku Uchiha.
• Fang Xu and Sakumo created shadow clones that stayed in camp to preserve the impression that they had not departed.

Sakumo and Fang Xu secretly left the Eastern Front and traveled toward the Land of Rivers to reinforce Minato at the Hidden Cloud Battlefield. They stopped to rest for the night, where Fang Xu’s unusually well-stocked Spatial Ring left Sakumo impressed and curious.

• Sakumo and Fang Xu slipped out of the Camp during a patrol shift change, while Kakashi returned to Konoha with two Anbu and warned Fang Xu that Tsunade had asked him to keep watch.
• Sakumo and Fang Xu raced toward the Land of Rivers, then stopped outside a valley to rest before reaching the Hidden Cloud Battlefield.
• Fang Xu served a hot meal from his Spatial Ring, and Sakumo asked him to upgrade his Spatial Bracelet with more storage and permanent freshness.
• Fang Xu summoned Pikachu and gave it Energy Cubes and Berry salad while Sakumo remarked that the mission looked more like a trip than an urgent deployment.
• Fang Xu set out ready-made tents for himself and Sakumo, and Sakumo went to sleep while Fang Xu took the next watch.

Fang Xu used ten exchange uses to send two sets of swordsmanship insights to the One Piece World, then witnessed the climax of the Battle of Marineford. Luffy freed Ace, and Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat while he stayed behind.

• Fang Xu selected the One Piece World for a targeted exchange and sent it the Thousand Hands and Hatake Style swordsmanship insights.
• Luffy fought through the Marines and declared that he had come to save his older brother Ace.
• Luffy's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the executioners, and Garp let Luffy strike him aside.
• Luffy reached the execution platform with Ivankov's help and freed Ace from his Seastone Handcuffs.
• Ace and Luffy fought back-to-back through the Marines as Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat and make it back to the New World alive.

Whitebeard avenged Thatch by killing Blackbeard, then stayed behind to hold off the Marines and protect the retreating pirates. He ordered Marco to carry Ace and Luffy away as Akainu attacked, leaving Whitebeard facing the Marines alone.

• Blackbeard arrived at Marineford with his Impel Down recruits and taunted the gravely wounded Whitebeard.
• An unknown Exchange power stripped Blackbeard of his Haki and Devil Fruit, allowing Whitebeard to kill him with one punch.
• Whitebeard turned to face the pursuing Marines, and Akainu charged at Ace and Luffy.
• Whitebeard ordered Ace to return to the ship and struck Akainu with two powerful attacks, burying him beneath the shattered ground.
• Whitebeard told Marco to take Ace and Luffy away, and Marco carried them toward the retreating pirates despite Ace's protests.

Whitebeard held off Aokiji, Kizaru, and the Marines so the Whitebeard Pirates could escape. After taking another devastating blow, he remained standing as the chapter ended.

• Aokiji froze the bay and attacked Marco, Ace, and Luffy, but Whitebeard and Jozu intervened.
• Whitebeard split the frozen sea to open a passage, then fought Aokiji and Kizaru while the pirate ships escaped.
• Marco brought Ace and Luffy aboard a ship, and Ace stopped Marco from returning to help Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard blocked the Marines' advance and fought Aokiji and Kizaru alone.
• Kizaru struck Whitebeard with a Light-Speed Kick, but Whitebeard remained standing.

Whitebeard held off the Admirals until the Whitebeard Pirates escaped, then died standing after declaring that the One Piece existed. The war ended when Shanks intervened, while Fang Xu received a haul of flawless Devil Fruits and Haki experience crystals from his Exchange.

• Whitebeard defeated Aokiji and injured Kizaru while continuing to hold off the Marines.
• The Whitebeard Pirates escaped through the Gates of Justice, and Whitebeard told Ace he was his son.
• Whitebeard declared that the One Piece existed, then died standing amid Marineford's ruins.
• Two otherworldly swordsmanship scrolls appeared and went to Hawk-Eye, who left to study them.
• Shanks arrived with the Red Hair Pirates and persuaded Sengoku to end the war.
• Fang Xu received flawless Dark-Dark and Tremor-Tremor Fruits, along with three Haki Experience Crystals.

Fang Xu absorbed Whitebeard’s Three-Color Haki and Hawk-Eye’s Kendo experience, awakening powerful abilities that his young body could not yet fully sustain. He then ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit together without suffering their usual drawbacks.

• Fang Xu absorbed Whitebeard’s Three-Color Haki Crystal and extended his Observation Haki across the valley and surrounding wilderness by combining it with electromagnetic perception and Mantra.
• Fang Xu awakened Conqueror’s Haki and infused it into his Chakra Longblade, then tested his Armament Haki before stopping when advanced techniques strained his arm.
• Fang Xu absorbed Hawk-Eye’s Complete Kendo Experience Crystal and demonstrated his swordsmanship by cutting iron cleanly and splitting a distant rock formation with a Flying Slash.
• The Shadow Clone told startled Hatake Sakumo that Fang Xu was testing his swordsmanship inside the Spatial Ring.
• Fang Xu kept Blackbeard’s Two-Color Haki Crystal and ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit together, gaining both powers without conflict or physical harm.

Fang Xu tested the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Dark-Dark Fruit, discovering ways to temper his body and counter ninjutsu and psychic attacks. He confirmed that the Flawless Dark-Dark Fruit lacked its usual weaknesses, leaving him ready to develop its power further.

• Fang Xu used the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and realized he could temper his bones and organs with tremors, then repair and strengthen them with lightning.
• Fang Xu used Black Vortex to devour lightning, fire, and water ninjutsu, then suppressed a shadow clone’s chakra when he grabbed it.
• Fang Xu found that the Dark-Dark Fruit could absorb psychic energy, though it did so less efficiently against stronger mental power.
• Fang Xu tested whether the Dark-Dark Fruit amplified pain and confirmed that a Flawless Dark-Dark Fruit removed that drawback along with its other weaknesses.

Fang Xu discovered that the Dark-Dark Fruit could strip, devour, and bestow bloodline powers, then planned to exploit Root to acquire Kekkei Genkai while hiding his actions behind Danzo. He continued training, combining three Devil Fruit abilities with Haki and Thunder Breathing without any visible strain.

• Fang Xu extracted a wisp of Senju bloodline essence from a Shadow Clone and confirmed that the darkness could distinguish and strip specific powers.
• Fang Xu devoured the essence and successfully bestowed it on another Shadow Clone, confirming that the Dark-Dark Fruit could transfer bloodline powers.
• Fang Xu decided to use Root's personnel and resources to gather bloodline materials, secretly controlling Root members and blaming Danzo for any disappearances.
• Fang Xu planned to watch Root's efforts to collect Sharingan from Uchiha casualties rather than risk acting against the clan himself.
• Fang Xu expanded the darkness's range and combined the Dark-Dark Fruit, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and tremor powers without bodily abnormalities.
• Fang Xu used Observation Haki, Armament Haki, Conqueror's Haki, and Thunder Breathing in a sword strike that made distant rocks erupt after a delay.

Fang Xu tempered his body with lightning, vibrations, and healing, then trained his new abilities and studied sealing techniques through Shadow Clones. At dawn, he traveled with Hatake Sakumo toward the Land of Rivers battlefield, while Sakumo noticed Fang Xu’s newly transformed Kendo and growing pressure.

• Fang Xu began combining vibrations, Lightning Release Chakra, Viridian Force, and Heal Pulse to strengthen his body.
• Fang Xu assigned Shadow Clones to practice combining the Tremor-Tremor Fruit with body tempering, refine Dark-Dark Fruit bloodline extraction, and study sealing techniques for Flying Thunder God.
• Fang Xu left the pocket world and met Hatake Sakumo beside the campfire at dawn.
• Hatake Sakumo detected Fang Xu’s sharper, more restrained Kendo aura, and Fang Xu said he had integrated his swordsmanship styles during the night.
• Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo set off without further stops toward the Land of Rivers defensive line, where Minato was facing Hidden Cloud forces.

Konoha’s defensive line in the Land of Rivers nearly collapsed under the Hidden Cloud’s overwhelming assault, and Minato was trapped between A and a Tailed Beast Ball aimed at the camp. Fang Xu intervened with a Railgun that detonated the attack in midair, and he and Sakumo descended toward the stunned battlefield.

• Shikaku struggled to hold Konoha’s dwindling forces together as the Hidden Cloud broke through their defenses and pressed toward the camp of wounded ninja.
• Minato fought A and Killer B while Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza tried to contain the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails and launched a Tailed Beast Ball at Konoha’s camp, while A attacked Minato and prevented him from escaping.
• Minato prepared to face the Tailed Beast Ball head-on, but Fang Xu told him to duck and fired a Railgun from above.
• Fang Xu’s Railgun struck the Tailed Beast Ball and made it explode before reaching the camp, sending ninja on both sides flying.
• Fang Xu and Sakumo descended through the thunderclouds as the shaken survivors looked up.

Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo arrived to reinforce Konoha, turning the battle against the Hidden Cloud. Fang Xu defeated A with a single sword slash that broke through his Lightning Release Armor, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu arrived, lifting Konoha's spirits and alarming the Hidden Cloud forces.
• Sakumo cut through the Hidden Cloud vanguard with Thunder Breathing and forced Konoha's collapsing defense back into position.
• A charged at Sakumo, but Fang Xu intercepted him with an orange-red beam that blasted him aside.
• A attacked Fang Xu with Lightning Straight, but Fang Xu evaded the punch and slashed through his Lightning Release Armor.
• A crashed into a crater with a deep chest wound, and both armies stared in shock at Fang Xu's power.

Fang Xu used his swordsmanship and physical attacks to defeat A, forcing Blue B to order the Hidden Cloud army to retreat. As the retreat began, Fang Xu fired Railguns into the fleeing ranks while Konoha's troops pursued them.

• Fang Xu used Soru and Geppo to reach A and knock him unconscious with an Armament Haki-coated punch, sending him crashing into the Eight-Tails.
• Killer B tried to retaliate, but Blue B ordered the Hidden Cloud forces to retreat after assessing their losses and the danger to A and Killer B.
• Gyuki warned Killer B to prioritize saving A, and Killer B withdrew his chakra and carried his unconscious brother as the Hidden Cloud army pulled back.
• Fang Xu fired repeated Railguns into the retreating Hidden Cloud ranks, while Konoha ninja charged after them to reclaim their lost defensive lines.

Fang Xu routed Hidden Cloud’s retreating forces, then faced the returning Third Raikage alone. The Third Raikage blocked Fang Xu’s Railgun without injury, and Hidden Cloud’s troops cheered as the fight began.

• Konoha’s forces pursued the fleeing Cloud ninja while Minato and Sakumo recognized the threat posed by the Third Raikage’s return.
• Blue B struggled to protect Hidden Cloud’s retreating troops as Fang Xu attacked from the sky, then Fang Xu sensed the Third Raikage arriving with the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
• The Third Raikage found A gravely wounded and learned from Killer B that Fang Xu had done it.
• Sakumo stopped Minato from joining the fight, and Fang Xu told Konoha’s forces to hold the defensive line while he confronted the Third Raikage alone.
• Fang Xu fired a Railgun at the Third Raikage, who blocked it head-on with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite and emerged uninjured.