Chapter Summaries

Killer B agreed to give Fang Xu nearly two-fifths of the Eight-Tails' Chakra in exchange for fully healing A. After the scroll was filled, Fang Xu began examining A's Haki-corroded wound and prepared to treat him.

• Killer B began transferring the Eight-Tails' Chakra into Fang Xu's Energy Sealing Scroll, but stopped when the scroll was only half full.
• Fang Xu said another fifth of the Eight-Tails' Chakra would let him repair A's internal organs, Chakra pathways, and flesh as well as remove the power corroding his wound.
• The Eight-Tails urged Killer B to continue, and Blue B agreed after seeing A's worsening condition.
• Killer B transferred Chakra until nearly two-fifths of the Eight-Tails' total Chakra filled the scroll, leaving both of them severely weakened.
• Fang Xu stored the full scroll and used Observation Haki to examine A's wound before the Hidden Cloud Medical Ninjas removed the bandages.

Fang Xu healed A after drawing out the lingering Haki, then completed his transaction with Hidden Cloud and left the ceasefire negotiations to continue. Days later, Konoha’s leaders received reports of his victories and confirmed that the intelligence was accurate.

• Fang Xu absorbed the remaining Haki from A’s wound and used the Mystical Palm Technique to heal him.
• Fang Xu said he knew Medical Ninjutsu because he was Tsunade’s disciple, then warned Killer B to keep A from fighting until he recovered.
• Fang Xu declared his exchange with Blue B complete and left the Commander’s Tent as Hidden Cloud and Konoha began ceasefire negotiations.
• Blue B and Sakumo continued haggling over compensation while Hidden Cloud deliberately delayed the negotiations.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura read the battle report and agreed that Fang Xu’s reported victories were accurate.

Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Fang Xu recalled from the front lines and sent Mitokado Homura to take over peace negotiations with Hidden Cloud. On the Sand Village battlefield, Tsunade learned that Fang Xu’s fame had made him a target for both rival villages and powerful figures in Konoha, and she considered whether he should return to the village.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi decided Fang Xu should leave the front lines and ordered Mitokado Homura to take over the Hidden Cloud ceasefire negotiations.
• Danzo wrote to recommend Fang Xu’s recall and separation from Hatake Sakumo, then ordered a Root ninja to obtain Fang Xu’s tissue and give it to Orochimaru.
• Tsunade read the report that Fang Xu had defeated the Third Raikage and warned Orochimaru not to experiment on her disciple.
• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Hidden Mist considered Fang Xu its greatest threat, Hidden Cloud had been defeated by him, and Iwagakure had placed a 500 Million Ryo bounty on him.
• Orochimaru warned that enemies could target Fang Xu with poison, Sealing, or attacks on his companions, prompting Tsunade to consider having him return to the village.

Tsunade ordered Fang Xu to return to Konoha after the Hidden Cloud peace negotiations stabilized, while Kakuzu decided to keep pursuing the bounty on him. At the Hidden Cloud Frontline, Minato gave Fang Xu his Rasengan training notes and asked him to help complete the technique.

• Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and instructed her to tell Fang Xu to return to Konoha once negotiations stabilized and avoid traveling alone or taking missions.
• Kakuzu learned that Fang Xu had left the Hidden Mist Frontline and defeated the Third Hokage Raikage, but chose to continue hunting him for the five-hundred-million-ryo bounty.
• Kakuzu obtained the location of the Konoha camp in the Land of Rivers and set out to pursue Fang Xu.
• Fang Xu remained at the Hidden Cloud Frontline while the ceasefire negotiations continued and studied Minato's Sealing Technique Manual.
• Minato gave Fang Xu his Rasengan training notes and asked him to advise on overcoming the technique's inability to break through powerful Lightning Release Armor.

Fang Xu mastered the Rasengan on his second attempt and used Armament Haki to stabilize a Lightning Release version, which pierced through five trees. Minato recognized the technique’s potential and decided to study Medical Ninjutsu to improve his Chakra Control.

• Fang Xu analyzed why his first Rasengan attempt exploded, then formed a stable Rasengan on his second try.
• Fang Xu added Lightning Release Chakra to the Rasengan and used Armament Haki to contain its unstable rotation.
• Fang Xu tested the Lightning Release Rasengan by silently piercing through five trees, impressing Minato and the watching Konoha ninja.
• Fang Xu explained the technique’s strengths, risks, and S-Rank potential, including using Shadow Clones to divide the work.
• Minato described his own failed attempts at adding nature transformation and said he wanted to learn Medical Ninjutsu to improve his Chakra Control.

Fang Xu and Minato exchanged their Lightning Release Rasengan and Flying Thunder God knowledge, then discussed the risks of Fang Xu asking Kushina about Sealing Techniques. Minato resolved to become Hokage and change how Konoha treated its Jinchuriki, while agreeing to pass Fang Xu’s questions to Kushina himself.

• Minato named his new ninjutsu Lightning Release: Ultra Spiral Screaming Annihilation Type Zero, but Fang Xu shortened the name to Lightning Release Rasengan.
• Fang Xu gave Minato a scroll detailing the Lightning Release Rasengan’s Chakra structure and training methods, and Minato gave Fang Xu his complete Flying Thunder God training notes.
• Minato warned that Fang Xu’s contacts with several Jinchuriki could draw suspicion from Konoha’s higher-ups and Danzo if he directly sought help from Kushina.
• Minato told Fang Xu that Kushina’s movements were restricted and she was watched because she was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Fang Xu urged Minato to change Konoha’s treatment of Jinchuriki if he became Hokage, and Minato promised to do so.
• Minato agreed to ask Kushina Fang Xu’s Sealing Technique questions on his behalf to avoid attracting suspicion or troubling her.

Fang Xu studied Minato’s Flying Thunder God notes and quickly mastered both stages, forging short swords and placing coordinates across the area around the Konoha Camp. He returned to the tent and stunned Minato by revealing that he had mastered the first stage after only half an hour of practice.

• Fang Xu read Minato’s detailed Flying Thunder God notes through the night and forged two short swords with his own Jutsu Formula.
• Fang Xu tested the swords in a valley, chaining Flying Thunder God transfers with sword strikes, Thunder Breathing, and Rasengan until he mastered the first stage.
• Fang Xu began marking rocks, trees, animals, and other objects with Flying Thunder God coordinates, while placing concealed short swords across a hundred-mile radius.
• Fang Xu returned to the tent and demonstrated that he could leave a Flying Thunder God Jutsu Formula on any object, confirming that he had mastered the second stage.
• Minato asked how long Fang Xu had practiced, and Fang Xu said he had spent about half an hour mastering the first stage, leaving Minato stunned.

Fang Xu demonstrated how his Lightning Release could control metal weapons and gave Minato the complete technique, strengthening their bond. A day later, orders arrived sending Mitokado Homura to take over Hidden Cloud ceasefire talks and recalling Fang Xu to Konoha, leaving the command unsettled and Minato worried about Fang Xu’s reaction.

• Fang Xu showed Minato how he used electromagnetic force from Lightning Release to control Flying Thunder God Short Swords.
• Fang Xu wrote out the full training method and gave it to Minato, who accepted him as his little brother.
• Hatake Sakumo received orders for Mitokado Homura to take over ceasefire negotiations with Hidden Cloud.
• Sakumo read the order recalling Fang Xu to Konoha, citing his military achievements and need for rest.
• Shikaku questioned the orders, while Minato realized the village was separating Fang Xu and Sakumo and worried Fang Xu would react badly.

Fang Xu agreed to return to Konoha for a period of rest and learned he would be promoted to Jonin and could choose a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals. Before leaving, he urged Konoha’s commanders to secure substantial reparations from Hidden Cloud before Mitokado Homura arrived to negotiate.

• Fang Xu accepted the order to return to Konoha, and Sakumo asked him to keep Kakashi focused on his fundamentals and training.
• Sakumo told Fang Xu he would be promoted to Jonin and could select one ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals after returning to the village.
• Shikaku and Inoichi reported that negotiations with Hidden Cloud were nearly complete, though Blue B continued to dispute several supply quantities.
• Fang Xu warned that Mitokado Homura would likely use Konoha’s need to end the war to reduce the reparations.
• Sakumo directed the commanders to demand the greatest possible gains from Hidden Cloud and avoid repeating Konoha’s concessions after the Second Shinobi World War.

Konoha’s front-line leaders pressed Hidden Cloud for reparations while Fang Xu uncovered the Third Hokage Raikage’s secret attack on Iwagakure. After securing Hidden Cloud’s agreement to the terms, they faced Mitokado Homura’s objections, and Fang Xu challenged him over the cost of Konoha’s losses.

• Inoichi, Shikaku, Choza, Minato, and the other front-line leaders united behind demanding reparations, and Sakumo asked Fang Xu to remain until the pact was signed.
• Fang Xu discovered that the Third Hokage Raikage had secretly sailed toward Iwagakure’s rear, and Sakumo decided to keep the intelligence sealed and use it to pressure Hidden Cloud.
• Over four days, Shikaku, Inoichi, Minato, Sakumo, and Fang Xu pushed Blue B through negotiations until Hidden Cloud accepted the final reparations clauses.
• Mitokado Homura arrived and condemned the pact’s terms, arguing that Konoha needed to end the war quickly.
• Fang Xu challenged Mitokado Homura to consider the dead, wounded, damaged defenses, and fallen ninja’s families before dismissing the reparations as a few supplies.

Fang Xu confronted Mitokado Homura over his attempt to weaken Konoha’s reparations demands and use his authority to silence him. Fang Xu forced Homura to apologize, leaving the advisor and his guards collapsed in the Commander's Tent.

• Fang Xu argued that giving up reparations would encourage Konoha’s enemies to attack again, and the frontline leaders sided with him.
• Mitokado Homura threatened to have Fang Xu escorted back to Konoha, prompting Fang Xu to unleash Conqueror's Haki against him and his guards.
• Sakumo and Minato rebuked Mitokado Homura and told him to apologize to Fang Xu.
• Mitokado Homura apologized and withdrew his threat, while Fang Xu sensed that Homura still resented him.
• Fang Xu withdrew his Haki, and Mitokado Homura and his guards collapsed from the strain.

Fang Xu exposed Mitokado Homura and his guards’ hidden hostility, threatened them against retaliation, and had Shikaku present Konoha’s detailed compensation terms. Mitokado Homura acknowledged the supplies would help Konoha but objected to the cost and the risk of future hatred, while Fang Xu insisted he sign the treaty Hidden Cloud had accepted.

• Fang Xu revealed that Mitokado Homura and his guards planned to complain, report him, or retaliate, then warned that anyone who acted against him and the people behind them would die if they failed.
• Fang Xu ordered Shikaku to give Mitokado Homura the complete compensation list, which detailed over five billion ryo in supplies and their uses for Konoha’s battlefronts and families.
• Mitokado Homura admitted the terms would ease Konoha’s supply shortages but argued that the amount was excessive and could deepen Hidden Cloud’s hatred.
• Fang Xu argued that conflicts over land, resources, missions, and funding—not insufficient politeness—caused wars, and cited the wars that followed the First’s failed concessions.
• Fang Xu pointed out that Hidden Cloud had accepted every condition and ordered Mitokado Homura to sign the alliance treaty on Konoha’s behalf.

Mitokado Homura signed the ceasefire treaty with Hidden Cloud, and Fang Xu prepared to leave the front lines after arranging Flying Thunder God alarm short swords for Sakumo, Minato, and Shikaku. When Minato asked whether wars could ever end, Fang Xu outlined three possible approaches and began explaining how economic interdependence could make war too costly.

• Mitokado Homura signed the treaty after Shikaku reviewed it and Blue B signed for Hidden Cloud, officially bringing the ceasefire into effect.
• Fang Xu prepared to depart while Sakumo received orders to take command on the Eastern Front, and Fang Xu gave Sakumo, Minato, and Shikaku short swords linked to his Flying Thunder God coordinates.
• Minato examined Fang Xu's alarm Sealing and deduced how its coordinate fluctuations could signal danger, then discussed ways to refine the design.
• Minato asked whether the Shinobi World's wars could end, and Fang Xu described unification, economic interdependence, and overwhelming deterrent strength as three possible ways.
• Fang Xu explained how trade among the Five Great Nations could make the losses of war outweigh its gains, while Shikaku elaborated on dividing industries across nations.

Fang Xu left the battlefield after discussing ways to secure peace, while Konoha's leadership redeployed its strongest fighters. Madara Uchiha learned of Fang Xu's growing strength and decided to test him using a proxy rather than risk his frail body.

• Fang Xu, Minato, and Sakumo discussed economic ties, military deterrence, and unification as approaches to peace, and Minato vowed to promote cooperation if he became Hokage.
• Fang Xu returned to Konoha, Sakumo headed to the Eastern Front, and Minato rushed to the Sand Village Battlefield.
• Black Zetsu reported Konoha's redeployments to Madara Uchiha, while White Zetsu interrupted with questions about human defecation and angered Madara.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Fang Xu had defeated thousands of Hidden Cloud ninja, wounded A, beaten the Third Raikage, and mastered the Flying Thunder God.
• Madara Uchiha considered Fang Xu a serious threat but said he would test him through a proxy because his real body could not leave the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for long.

Madara Uchiha used a White Zetsu clone to create a temporary young body with artificially empowered Mangekyō eyes, then set out to confront Fang Xu. On his way back to Konoha, Fang Xu sent Shadow Clones to gather bloodline-limit corpses for Dark-Dark Fruit experiments and annihilated a bounty-hunter ambush, while Kakuzu escaped.

• Madara Uchiha transformed a White Zetsu clone into a temporary young body, transplanted Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and limited his high-intensity combat to an hour.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu used the Mayfly Technique to take Madara Uchiha underground toward Fang Xu.
• Fang Xu sent two Shadow Clones to the Hidden Mist Battlefield to collect Uchiha, Kaguya, Yuki, and other bloodline-limit corpses for Dark-Dark Fruit tests.
• Fang Xu detected Kakuzu and more than a hundred bounty hunters waiting in ambush, then destroyed much of their force with two Railgun shots.
• Fang Xu used Flying Thunder God and electromagnetic force to kill the surviving ambushers, while Kakuzu fled several kilometers away.

Fang Xu offered Kakuzu a role managing a commercial network for his exclusive products, and Kakuzu tested a Nutritional Agent that quickly restored stamina. The chapter left Kakuzu preparing to test the Antidote Potion before deciding whether to accept the offer.

• Fang Xu stopped Kakuzu from pursuing the bounty and offered him the chance to manage a Shinobi World-wide trade network instead of paying him off.
• Fang Xu described a business built around mass-producing exclusive foods, Nutritional Agents, Recovery Potions, and medical formulations, with Kakuzu overseeing production, procurement, transport, and sales.
• Kakuzu weighed the prospect of earning a steady fortune against the 500 Million Ryo Bounty, but demanded proof before agreeing.
• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu several products to test, and Kakuzu drank a Nutritional Agent that rapidly restored his stamina without the drawbacks of Military Ration Pills.
• Kakuzu picked up the Antidote Potion and asked Fang Xu how to test it.

Fang Xu tested his potions and spicy strips with Kakuzu, who recognized their commercial potential and agreed to manage their production and trade. After accepting Fang Xu’s magical contract and pledging loyalty as his subordinate, Kakuzu received the mass-production formulas and was tasked with building workshops and recruiting workers and merchant caravans.

• Fang Xu had Kakuzu test the Antidote Potions and Recovery Potions, and Kakuzu saw their value to shinobi and ninja villages.
• Kakuzu tasted Fang Xu’s spicy strips and calculated how ordinary food could establish profitable trade routes for their other products.
• Kakuzu demanded control of the enterprise’s funds, and Fang Xu agreed on the condition that Kakuzu submit accounts on time.
• Kakuzu accepted Fang Xu’s contract, which bound him to Fang Xu and filled him with loyalty; he agreed to call Fang Xu Boss.
• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu the formulas for mass-produced goods and instructed him to build workshops, recruit workers and merchant caravans, and arrange sales.

Fang Xu sent Kakuzu to the Land of Waves to seize Gato’s wealth as startup capital, then encountered Madara Uchiha and fought him in the mountains. Their clash split the clouds, drawing the attention of Minato, Hatake Sakumo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu a Flying Thunder God Short Sword and instructed him to channel Chakra into it if he needed help.
• Fang Xu told Kakuzu to take Gato’s assets in the Land of Waves to fund the workshop, and Kakuzu left to carry out the plan.
• Fang Xu detected a powerful presence underground and met Madara Uchiha, who challenged him to a fight.
• Madara Uchiha attacked Fang Xu with Fire Release, but Fang Xu dodged and struck back with a Railgun and Lightning Release Rasengan.
• Madara Uchiha expanded his Susanoo and swung its longblade, while Fang Xu met the attack with a Haki-coated Chakra Longblade.
• Minato and Hatake Sakumo sensed the battle from the Land of Rivers front line, and Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered a sensory unit to find its location.

Fang Xu defeated Madara Uchiha’s Shape-Shifting Clone with a lightning-fast sword strike, and Madara acknowledged his speed before his consciousness faded. Fang Xu confirmed the clone was dead and watched its disguise revert to White Zetsu.

• Fang Xu used Flying Thunder God to evade Susanoo’s attacks, then split Susanoo and Madara’s White Zetsu host with Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash.
• Madara admitted that his damaged body could no longer fight and praised Fang Xu as the fastest in the Shinobi World.
• Fang Xu dismissed the victory because Madara had fought through a weak temporary body and challenged him to return with his real body.
• Madara told Fang Xu to keep growing, then his consciousness dissipated as Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched from underground.
• Fang Xu checked the corpses with three forms of perception and saw Madara’s disguise fade, 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 laying plans to spread Flying Thunder God coordinates across the Shinobi World, he returned to Konoha, where Hiruzen Sarutobi asked about his next assignment.

• Fang Xu sealed White Zetsu's body and kept its two Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then searched unsuccessfully for Black Zetsu and White Zetsu.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu fled deep underground and decided to return to Madara's true body, while Black Zetsu resolved to revise his plans around Fang Xu.
• Fang Xu flew toward Konoha, assessed Madara's clone as a serious future threat, and sent more than a hundred Shadow Clones to plant concealed Flying Thunder God coordinates across the Shinobi World.
• Fang Xu returned to Konoha and registered at the gate before an Anbu escorted him to Hiruzen Sarutobi's office.
• Fang Xu told Hiruzen Sarutobi he had fought and dealt with someone impersonating Madara Uchiha, then said he planned to rest rather than go to another battlefield.