Recaps

Fang Xu confronted the Third Raikage’s Three-Finger Nukite with a Haki-coated fist and the hidden power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. The impact shattered the air and battered both forces, and Fang Xu’s vibrations began destroying the Raikage’s arm and internal organs.

• The Third Raikage charged Fang Xu with Hell Stab: Three-Finger Nukite while Konoha and Cloud ninja watched.
• Fang Xu coated his right arm with Armament Haki and Conqueror’s Haki, then concealed the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s vibrations inside his fist.
• Fang Xu and the Third Raikage collided head-on, unleashing a shock wave that devastated the battlefield and forced Minato, Sakumo, Choza, and others to protect the ninja nearby.
• The Third Raikage realized Fang Xu’s fist had stopped his spear hand, but a sudden vibration traveled through his fingers and into his arm.
• Fang Xu drove his fist forward and unleashed the vibrations, breaking the Third Raikage’s arm and damaging his internal organs.

Fang Xu defeated the Third Raikage in a head-on clash, forcing the Hidden Cloud to admit defeat and offer to withdraw. The Third Raikage proposed peace talks, and Fang Xu agreed while warning that he would come to Kumogakure himself if negotiations failed.

• Fang Xu's Tremor-Tremor Fruit attack overwhelmed the Third Raikage's Three-Fingered Spear Hand, leaving the Raikage gravely injured and the Hidden Cloud stunned.
• Konoha's forces celebrated as Sakumo, Minato, Choza, Inoichi, and Shikaku recognized that Fang Xu had turned the battle around.
• Fang Xu realized that his Haki had suppressed most of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's recoil while its vibrations had damaged the Third Raikage from within.
• The Third Raikage abandoned his attempt to keep fighting, admitted defeat, and ordered the Hidden Cloud ninja to stand down.
• The Third Raikage offered to withdraw and cease hostilities, and Fang Xu agreed to negotiate while warning the Hidden Cloud not to play tricks.

After defeating the Third Raikage, Fang Xu returned to Konoha’s camp and revealed that his powerful vibration technique had injured him through its backlash. He left ceasefire talks to Sakumo and Minato, urging them to demand substantial reparations from Hidden Cloud.

• The Third Raikage honored his defeat and withdrew with the Hidden Cloud army, while Fang Xu returned to Konoha’s cheering ninja.
• Sakumo’s pat on Fang Xu’s shoulder triggered lingering backlash, and Fang Xu explained that his vibration power had damaged his internal organs, bones, and muscles.
• Sakumo and Minato warned Fang Xu against risking further injury, but he said he was developing a body-tempering technique to withstand the power.
• Fang Xu assigned the ceasefire negotiations to Sakumo and Minato and insisted that Hidden Cloud pay reparations for Konoha’s losses.
• Sakumo agreed to include Konoha’s battlefield losses in the demands, and Minato promised to help secure full compensation.

Fang Xu recovered from the backlash of his clash with the Third Raikage while Hidden Cloud prepared to stall Konoha and secretly attack Iwagakure. The Third Raikage then learned that A's wound was worsening because lingering Haki prevented it from healing, and he resolved that his son must survive.

• Fang Xu used the Viridian Force to heal his injuries and decided not to push the Tremor-Tremor Fruit beyond what his body could withstand.
• The Third Raikage ordered his Medical Ninjas to conceal his injuries and told Blue B to delay ceasefire negotiations with Konoha.
• The Third Raikage planned a secret nighttime naval attack on Iwagakure's vulnerable rear while Hidden Cloud stalled at the front.
• A Medical Ninja reported that A's wound was worsening because lingering Haki destroyed his flesh and meridians and resisted Medical Ninjutsu.
• The Third Raikage went to A's bedside and resolved that his son must not die.

After defeating the Hidden Cloud, Fang Xu agreed to treat the unconscious A in exchange for Eight-Tails chakra. The Hidden Cloud resisted the demand until Gyūki urged Killer B to accept, leaving the negotiations at a tense turning point.

• The Third Raikage ordered A taken to the Konoha camp and sent Blue B and Killer B to negotiate, while he returned to Kumogakure and secretly dispatched a fleet toward the Land of Earth.
• Hatake Sakumo confirmed Fang Xu had recovered and brought him to meet the Hidden Cloud delegation seeking treatment for A.
• Killer B insulted Fang Xu, but Blue B apologized and asked him to save A.
• Fang Xu demanded that Killer B fill his Energy Sealing Scroll with Eight-Tails chakra, and Blue B refused on the Hidden Cloud's behalf.
• Fang Xu threatened to resume the war, capture Killer B, and drain his chakra; Gyūki then told Killer B to agree to the demand.

Killer B and the Eight-Tails gave up nearly two-fifths of their chakra to fill Fang Xu’s scroll, leaving them severely weakened. Fang Xu began treating A’s Haki-ravaged wound, but the Hidden Cloud Medical Ninja warned him that the remaining power suppressed medical chakra.

• Killer B agreed to let Fang Xu extract the Eight-Tails’ chakra to save A.
• After the scroll remained only half full, Fang Xu demanded another fifth and promised to repair A’s internal injuries as well as remove the power in his wound.
• The Eight-Tails urged Killer B to continue because A was fading, and Blue B agreed to proceed.
• Killer B poured in chakra until the scroll was full, leaving himself and the Eight-Tails exhausted.
• Fang Xu examined A’s wound with Observation Haki as Hidden Cloud Medical Ninja removed the bandages, exposing the damage and warning him not to stimulate it with medical chakra.

Fang Xu absorbed the haki harming A and healed him with the Mystical Palm Technique, then left after declaring their deal complete. Konoha’s leaders received the victory report and struggled to believe Fang Xu had defeated the Third Raikage and routed Hidden Cloud’s army at such a young age.

• Fang Xu drew the lingering haki out of A and used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal his wounds and stabilize his internal injuries.
• The Hidden Cloud medical ninja confirmed A had recovered, while Fang Xu explained that he knew medical ninjutsu because he was Tsunade’s student.
• Fang Xu warned that A needed to rest, confirmed he had received the Eight-Tails chakra, and left the Commander’s Tent.
• Blue B and Sakumo continued ceasefire negotiations as Hidden Cloud delayed and disputed the compensation terms.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura read reports describing Fang Xu’s victory and questioned whether the intelligence was accurate.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo moved to recall Fang Xu from the front lines, wary of his growing power and influence. After learning about Fang Xu’s victory over the Third Raikage, Tsunade heard Orochimaru warn that rival villages and Konoha factions might target Fang Xu and his companions, leaving her considering whether he should return to the village.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Fang Xu should leave the front line and ordered Mitokado Homura to take over ceasefire negotiations with Hidden Cloud.
• Danzo wrote a secret letter recommending Fang Xu’s recall and ordered a Root ninja to obtain his tissue for Orochimaru.
• Orochimaru studied the report about Fang Xu’s victory, and Tsunade confronted him about his interest in her student.
• Orochimaru warned Tsunade that the major villages and Danzo might see Fang Xu as a threat and exploit his weaknesses or target his companions.
• Tsunade considered whether Fang Xu should return to the village.

Tsunade ordered Fang Xu to return to Konoha after peace negotiations stabilized, while Kakuzu decided to keep pursuing the bounty despite Fang Xu’s growing strength. At the Konoha camp, Minato asked Fang Xu to help improve the Rasengan, and Fang Xu began studying his training notes.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and told her to order Fang Xu to return to Konoha once negotiations stabilized and avoid traveling alone or accepting sudden missions.
• Kakuzu learned that Fang Xu had left the Hidden Mist Battlefield and defeated the Third Raikage, but chose to continue hunting him for the five-hundred-million-ryo bounty.
• Kakuzu obtained the location of Konoha’s camp on the Hidden Cloud Frontline and set out to find Fang Xu.
• Minato visited Fang Xu at the camp and gave him detailed Rasengan training notes, asking for help overcoming the technique’s difficulty against Lightning Release Armor.
• Fang Xu read Minato’s notes and recognized that the Rasengan still needed chakra nature transformation to be complete.

Fang Xu quickly mastered the Rasengan and added lightning nature transformation, using Armament Haki to stabilize a powerful, nearly invisible attack. After seeing its precision and learning how medical ninjutsu could improve chakra control and battlefield survival, Minato decided to study medical ninjutsu.

• Fang Xu formed a standard Rasengan on his second attempt and explained its three core elements to Minato.
• Fang Xu used Armament Haki to stabilize lightning chakra inside a Rasengan, creating a nearly invisible Lightning Release Rasengan.
• Fang Xu tested the attack in the woods, piercing five trees in a straight line while nearby Konoha Ninjas watched.
• Fang Xu explained the Lightning Release Rasengan's power, risks, and possible use of Shadow Clones to Minato.
• Minato recalled his own failed attempts at combining nature transformation with the Rasengan and decided to learn medical ninjutsu.

Fang Xu and Minato exchanged their Lightning Release Rasengan and Flying Thunder God knowledge, then discussed the risks of Fang Xu seeking sealing advice from Kushina. Minato resolved to become Hokage and change how Konoha treated jinchuriki, while agreeing to relay Fang Xu’s questions to Kushina.

• Minato named his new jutsu “Lightning Release: Super Spiral Screeching Annihilation Type Zero,” but Fang Xu shortened it to Lightning Release Rasengan.
• Fang Xu gave Minato a scroll detailing the Lightning Release Rasengan’s structure and training method, and Minato gave Fang Xu his complete Flying Thunder God notes.
• Minato warned Fang Xu that frequent contact with Kushina could draw suspicion from Konoha’s high command and Danzo because she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Minato explained that Kushina lived under surveillance and restrictions, and Fang Xu urged him to change the village’s treatment of jinchuriki by becoming Hokage.
• Minato vowed to give jinchuriki greater freedom if he became Hokage, and agreed to pass Fang Xu’s sealing technique questions to Kushina.

Fang Xu studied Minato's Flying Thunder God notes, forged his own marked short swords, and mastered both stages of the technique. He returned to the camp to reveal his progress to Minato, who was stunned to learn how quickly he had done it.

• Fang Xu read Minato's detailed Flying Thunder God notes through the night and forged two short swords inscribed with his own formulas.
• Fang Xu tested the short swords in a nearby valley, successfully teleporting between them and combining the technique with his other attacks.
• Fang Xu mastered the first stage using more than a dozen marked blades, then tested the second stage by placing a formula on a rock.
• Fang Xu planted Flying Thunder God coordinates throughout the area around the camp, marking important locations with formulas and concealed short swords.
• Fang Xu teleported into his tent and told Minato he had mastered both stages; Minato was astonished when Fang Xu said he had practiced the first stage for only half an hour.

Fang Xu taught Minato how to use Lightning Release to control metal weapons, and Minato accepted him as a younger brother. The next day, Konoha ordered Mitokado Homura to take over ceasefire negotiations and recalled Fang Xu, leaving Minato worried about the village’s motives and Fang Xu’s reaction.

• Fang Xu demonstrated his Flying Thunder God skill and used Lightning Release to control a ring of short swords through electromagnetic force.
• Fang Xu wrote out the secret technique’s training steps for Minato and warned him to begin with a single kunai.
• Minato thanked Fang Xu, called him his little brother, and promised to help him with training or trouble.
• Hatake Sakumo summoned Minato, Fang Xu, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and others to read new orders from Konoha.
• The orders sent Mitokado Homura to take over ceasefire negotiations with Hidden Cloud and recalled Fang Xu to Konoha.
• Minato realized Konoha was separating Fang Xu from Sakumo to limit their growing reputations and worried Fang Xu might react angrily.

Fang Xu accepted the order to return to Konoha, where he would rest, watch over Kakashi, and claim a promotion to Jonin and a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals. Before leaving, he joined Sakumo and the others in resolving to resist Hidden Cloud’s attempts to reduce its war reparations.

• Fang Xu agreed to return to Konoha, and Sakumo asked him to keep an eye on Kakashi’s training.
• Sakumo told Fang Xu he would be promoted to Jonin and could choose a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals.
• Shikaku and Inoichi reported that most reparations terms were settled, but Blue B was still disputing deliveries of ninja tools, ore, and special metals.
• Fang Xu predicted Mitokado Homura would use Konoha’s need to end the war to cut the reparations, and argued that Konoha should not make concessions first.
• Sakumo ordered the negotiators to secure the greatest possible reparations from Hidden Cloud and avoid repeating Konoha’s concessions after the Second Shinobi World War.

Konoha’s front-line leaders united to demand substantial reparations from the Hidden Cloud, while Fang Xu uncovered the Third Raikage’s secret raid on Iwagakure and used the intelligence to speed negotiations. Mitokado Homura arrived after the pact was finalized, condemned its terms, and Fang Xu challenged him over the cost of Konoha’s losses.

• Inoichi, Shikaku, Choza, Minato, Sakumo, and Fang Xu agreed that reparations should reflect Konoha’s losses, and Shikaku set a four-day deadline to finalize the terms before Mitokado Homura arrived.
• Fang Xu learned that the Third Raikage had taken an army and fleet toward Iwagakure’s rear, and Shikaku and Sakumo decided to keep the intelligence secret while pressing Blue B to accept Konoha’s terms.
• Over the next four days, Shikaku, Inoichi, Minato, Sakumo, and Fang Xu pressured the Hidden Cloud negotiators until both sides settled the reparations details.
• Mitokado Homura arrived and denounced the completed pact as excessive, despite Shikaku telling him that the Hidden Cloud had accepted the terms.
• Fang Xu challenged Homura for dismissing the supplies as a small matter when Konoha needed compensation for its dead, wounded, and damaged defenses.

Fang Xu challenged Mitokado Homura’s attempt to overturn Konoha’s war reparations, then used Conqueror’s Haki to force the advisor and his guards to their knees. Mitokado apologized under pressure, but Fang Xu sensed that he still resented and hated him.

• Fang Xu argued that waiving reparations after the Second Shinobi World War had not prevented Hidden Cloud from attacking Konoha again, and the frontline commanders sided with him.
• Mitokado Homura invoked his authority and threatened to have Fang Xu escorted back to Konoha for insubordination.
• Fang Xu focused his Conqueror’s Haki on Mitokado and his guards, forcing them to their knees and terrifying the other commanders with his power.
• Sakumo and Minato told Mitokado that he was in the wrong and demanded that he apologize to Fang Xu.
• Mitokado apologized and withdrew his threat, so Fang Xu released the pressure and let him and his guards collapse to the ground.
• Fang Xu read Mitokado’s thoughts and realized that the advisor still blamed and hated him despite apologizing.

Fang Xu confronted Mitokado Homura over his attempt to reduce the Hidden Cloud’s compensation and exposed the resentment hidden in Homura’s party. After Shikaku showed Homura the detailed, useful supply terms, Fang Xu insisted that Konoha sign the treaty the Hidden Cloud had already accepted.

• Fang Xu revealed that Mitokado Homura and his guards were planning to complain, report him, or seek revenge, then warned that anyone who failed in an attempt against him would die along with those who ordered it.
• Shikaku gave Mitokado Homura a compensation list worth more than five billion ryo, detailing how supplies and money would support the fronts, fallen ninja’s families, and Konoha’s reserves.
• Mitokado Homura acknowledged that the terms would ease Konoha’s supply shortages but objected that the compensation was too large and could deepen the Hidden Cloud’s hatred.
• Fang Xu argued that conflicts over land, resources, missions, and funding caused wars, and that the First Hokage’s concessions had not prevented later conflicts.
• Fang Xu told Mitokado Homura that the Hidden Cloud had accepted the treaty and ordered him to sign it on Konoha’s behalf.

Fang Xu secured the ceasefire with the Hidden Cloud and gave Sakumo, Minato, and Shikaku Flying Thunder God swords that could summon his aid. When Minato asked how wars could end permanently, Fang Xu outlined unification, economic interdependence, and overwhelming deterrent power, leaving the third approach unexplained.

• Mitokado Homura signed the ceasefire treaty after Shikaku reviewed it, and the Hidden Cloud's reparations shipment was due to arrive.
• Fang Xu prepared to leave the camp, while Sakumo received orders to return to the pressured Eastern Front.
• Fang Xu gave Sakumo, Minato, and Shikaku Flying Thunder God Short Swords with alarm seals that could summon him from any distance if their formulas remained intact.
• Minato analyzed the alarm seal and proposed improvements, which Fang Xu approved for him to refine.
• Fang Xu described unifying the shinobi world and linking nations' economies as ways to prevent war, and Shikaku expanded on how shared industries could discourage conflict.
• Fang Xu began explaining a third way to end wars: one person holding enough power to deter the entire shinobi world.

After discussing ways to secure peace, Fang Xu left for Konoha while Sakumo and Minato headed to other fronts. Madara Uchiha learned of Fang Xu’s extraordinary strength and considered how to deal with him, while White Zetsu’s bizarre question about relieving himself disrupted the report.

• Fang Xu, Minato, and Sakumo discussed unification, economic interdependence, and deterrence as ways to prevent future wars, and Minato vowed to pursue cooperation if he became Hokage.
• Fang Xu left for Konoha, Sakumo departed for the Eastern Front, and Minato headed to the Sand Village Battlefield.
• Black Zetsu told Madara Uchiha that Konoha’s forces had been reassigned, and Madara decided to advance plans on the Hidden Mist Battlefield.
• White Zetsu interrupted the report by asking Madara Uchiha what it felt like to relieve himself, prompting Madara to threaten him and drive him underground.
• Black Zetsu reported that Fang Xu had routed thousands of Cloud ninja, wounded A, defeated the Third Raikage, and mastered Flying Thunder God; Madara Uchiha recognized him as a growing threat.
• Black Zetsu urged Madara Uchiha to eliminate Fang Xu before he matured, but Madara said he would test him himself and clarified that his real body could not leave the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

Madara Uchiha transformed a White Zetsu Clone into a temporary young body and set out to intercept Fang Xu. Meanwhile, Fang Xu sent clones to gather bloodline-limit corpses for testing the Dark-Dark Fruit, then annihilated a bounty hunter ambush as Kakuzu fled.

• Madara Uchiha used the Shapeshifting Technique to take over a White Zetsu Clone, transplanted two Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and prepared for an hour of high-intensity combat.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique to take Madara Uchiha underground toward Fang Xu, who was returning to Konoha.
• Fang Xu created two shadow clones and sent them to the Hidden Mist Battlefield to collect bodies and bloodline abilities from the Uchiha, Kaguya, Yuki, and other clans.
• Fang Xu sensed Kakuzu and more than a hundred bounty hunters lying in wait, then struck their ambush with two Railgun attacks.
• Kakuzu escaped the blasts, but Fang Xu used Flying Thunder God to kill the remaining bounty hunters while Kakuzu fled several kilometers away.

Fang Xu offered Kakuzu a management role in a commercial network selling his exclusive products across the Five Great Nations. Kakuzu tested a Nutritional Agent and, impressed by its effects, asked how to test the Antidote Potion.

• Fang Xu stopped Kakuzu from fleeing and offered him work managing production, procurement, shipping, and sales for a commercial network.
• Fang Xu explained that exclusive formulas and Kakuzu’s Black Market connections could make the business highly profitable across the Five Great Nations.
• Kakuzu weighed the offer against the 500 million ryo bounty and asked to see proof that Fang Xu’s products worked.
• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu a Nutritional Agent, an Antidote Potion, two Recovery Potions, and spicy strips to test.
• Kakuzu drank the Nutritional Agent, found that it rapidly restored his stamina without the drawbacks of Military Ration Pills, and asked how to test the Antidote Potion.

Fang Xu showed Kakuzu the commercial value of his potions and food, then bound Kakuzu to him with a contract and placed him in charge of a new trade business. Kakuzu accepted the role of Boss’s subordinate and received formulas and instructions to begin production.

• Fang Xu demonstrated how the Antidote Potion neutralized poison and how the Recovery Potion rapidly treated Kakuzu’s wound.
• Kakuzu evaluated the potions, Nutritional Agent, and spicy strips, and planned to sell them through ninja villages, merchants, and trade routes.
• Kakuzu demanded control of all business funds, and Fang Xu agreed as long as Kakuzu submitted accounts on time.
• Kakuzu accepted Fang Xu’s contract, which dissolved into golden motes and bound him to Fang Xu; he knelt and called him Boss.
• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu the mass-production formulas and instructed him to build workshops, recruit workers and caravans, and sell the products.

Fang Xu sent Kakuzu to seize Gato’s wealth in the Land of Waves to fund their workshops, then encountered Madara Uchiha and fought him with powerful techniques. The clash drew the attention of shinobi hundreds of kilometers away, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Konoha’s sensory unit to locate the battle.

• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu a Flying Thunder God Short Sword for emergencies, and Kakuzu asked for startup funds to build workshops and caravans.
• Fang Xu directed Kakuzu to take the assets of the wealthy merchant Gato, and Kakuzu set off for the Land of Waves.
• Fang Xu detected a presence underground and confronted Madara Uchiha, who challenged him to prove his strength.
• Madara attacked with Fire Style, but Fang Xu evaded the flames and struck back with a Railgun and Lightning Release Rasengan, damaging Madara’s Susanoo.
• Madara expanded his Complete Susanoo and swung its longblade, while Fang Xu met the attack with a Haki-coated Chakra Longblade and a powerful slash.
• Minato, Hatake Sakumo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed the distant clash, and Hiruzen ordered the sensory unit to find its location.

Fang Xu defeated Madara Uchiha’s Shape-Shifting Clone with a single Thunder Breathing strike, prompting Madara to acknowledge him as the fastest in the Shinobi World. Madara’s consciousness then vanished, and Fang Xu confirmed the clone was dead before its body reverted to White Zetsu.

• Madara’s Complete Susanoo repeatedly attacked Fang Xu, but Flying Thunder God kept him out of reach.
• Fang Xu used Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash to cleave through the Susanoo and Madara’s White Zetsu body.
• Madara admitted defeat and praised Fang Xu’s speed, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched from underground.
• Fang Xu dismissed the clone as too weak to make him get serious, and Madara promised to return with greater power.
• Madara urged Fang Xu to keep growing before his consciousness dissipated, and Fang Xu verified the body was lifeless.
• Madara’s disguise faded from both halves of the corpse, revealing White Zetsu’s original appearance.

Fang Xu defeated Madara Uchiha's clone, collected White Zetsu's body and Sharingan, and failed to find Black Zetsu and White Zetsu underground. After returning to Konoha, he was summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi, who asked whether he planned to join another battlefield.

• Fang Xu sealed White Zetsu's corpse and confirmed that its eyes had reverted to Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Fang Xu searched underground for Black Zetsu and White Zetsu, but they concealed themselves by merging with the earth and escaped.
• Fang Xu reflected on Madara's strength and dispatched over a hundred Shadow Clones to plant hidden Flying Thunder God coordinates across several lands.
• Fang Xu returned to Konoha, where an Anbu summoned him to Hiruzen Sarutobi's office.
• Fang Xu told Hiruzen Sarutobi he had fought someone impersonating Madara Uchiha and wanted to rest instead of joining another battlefield.