Chapter Summaries

Tsunade, Kurenai, and Nazi cultivated the Great Expansion Art and used Wood Clones to manage their duties, while Tsunade agreed to visit the Pokémon World after the wars ended. The group discussed Danzo’s efforts to rebuild Root, and Fang Xu decided to wait before exposing all of Danzo’s schemes at once.

• Haku explained how Wood Clones differed from Shadow Clones, and Tsunade, Kurenai, and Nazi demonstrated their Wood Release, Genjutsu, and Psychic control.
• Fang Xu gave the three women the Great Expansion Art, and they cultivated it to strengthen their Mental Strength and control.
• Tsunade stayed in Konoha while her Wood Clones handled the Sand Village Frontline, and Kurenai and Nazi teased her about liking Fang Xu.
• Fang Xu promised to take Tsunade to the Pokémon World after the wars ended, and she agreed to go.
• The group discussed Danzo’s attempts to rebuild his intelligence network, and Tsunade vowed to confront him if he targeted Fang Xu again.
• Fang Xu said most of Root’s ninja were already under his control and explained that he planned to expose all of Danzo’s schemes when the time was right.

Fang Xu assigned Tsunade, Kurenai, Nazi, Owl, and Dove to gather intelligence and evidence against Danzo while planning how to develop the Beast Taming Space. He and the women visited the expanding space, where Pikachu cared for the Palkia Pokémon Egg and Ralts formed a psychic connection with Kurenai.

• Fang Xu ordered Owl to gather Root ninja and Dove to organize Root documents, while Tsunade, Kurenai, and Nazi took charge of evidence, rumors, and surveillance of Danzo.
• Fang Xu arranged Team Rocket’s equipment and planned separate cultivation zones for Pokémon and Berries in the Beast Taming Space.
• Tsunade volunteered to operate the medical instruments, Kurenai went to check on Pikachu and Ralts, and Nazi planned activity ranges for Alakazam and Gardevoir.
• Fang Xu found Pikachu watching over the Palkia Pokémon Egg and praised the Berries Pikachu had arranged nearby.
• Kurenai connected with Ralts through their compatible Genjutsu and Psychic abilities, while Nazi observed that the Beast Taming Space’s life force was helping the Pokémon grow.

Fang Xu developed a safer method for summoning Pokémon across spaces while the women settled into the villa and continued their training. After Owl revealed Danzo’s plan to capture Fang Xu’s allies, Fang Xu stopped Tsunade from attacking him, warning that killing Danzo now would harm them first.

• Fang Xu, Nazi, and Tsunade worked out a summoning formula that used Poké Balls as relay coordinates and Beast Taming Contracts as the stable core, while Fang Xu postponed testing until it could be proven safe.
• Tsunade, Kurenai, and Nazi continued training Pokémon, cultivating their abilities, and expanding the Berry garden as they settled into rooms at Fang Xu’s villa.
• Danzo gathered his remaining Root confidants and planned to capture Kurenai, Nazi, Kakashi, or another ally to draw Fang Xu into a trap at the Root Stronghold.
• Owl relayed Danzo’s assassination plan to Fang Xu, who told Tsunade, Kurenai, and Nazi about it.
• Tsunade prepared to kill Danzo, but Fang Xu stopped her and said they could not kill him yet because they would be the first to suffer the consequences.

Fang Xu organized a covert effort to weaken Danzo, gather evidence against him, and avoid a direct confrontation with Konoha’s leadership. He gave Owl and the other Root ninja an improved Jutsu Formula that could free them from Danzo’s Cursed Tongue Eradication Jutsu, and Owl began applying it.

• Fang Xu ordered Owl and the others to monitor Danzo, recruit Root ninja, and preserve evidence of his activities while gradually dismantling his network.
• Tsunade, Kurenai, and Nazi each took on investigations or surveillance as Fang Xu returned to training and strengthening his abilities.
• Owl, Dove, and two other Root ninja met Fang Xu, who placed them under Owl’s command and gave Owl a scroll containing an improved Cursed Tongue Eradication Jutsu.
• Fang Xu explained that the new Jutsu Formula could remove the original Cursed Seal without alerting Danzo, and Owl accepted the scroll and began learning it.
• Owl started replacing his Cursed Seal with the new formula, enduring the seal’s resistance as Fang Xu told him to steady his Chakra and mind.

Fang Xu learned that Danzo planned to capture his friends and study his powers, then ordered four Root ninjas to infiltrate Root from within. The next morning, Tsunade proposed taking Kurenai Yuhi and Nazi to the Sand Village Frontline, but Fang Xu refused.

• Fang Xu and the four Root ninjas removed their Cursed Seals, allowing them to speak Danzo's name freely.
• Owl and the others revealed Danzo's plans to capture Fang Xu's friends and send them to Orochimaru for experiments.
• Fang Xu ordered the four Root ninjas to secretly recruit Root members, track Danzo's resources, and take control of Root within a month.
• Tsunade told Fang Xu that she planned to take Kurenai Yuhi and Nazi to the Sand Village Frontline.
• Fang Xu refused to let Kurenai go, and she asked him why.

Fang Xu escorted Tsunade and Nazi to the Sunagakure front line, then visited Orochimaru to deliver Tsunade’s warning and propose a research partnership. Orochimaru weighed Fang Xu’s offer and asked what would happen if he refused.

• Fang Xu told Kurenai to remain at the Ninja Academy until she graduated early and proved she was ready for the battlefield, with Tsunade agreeing to take her as a disciple.
• Tsunade said she was leaving for the front line, and Nazi joined her to learn about the battlefield while Fang Xu promised to escort them.
• Fang Xu used spatial power to bring Tsunade and Nazi to the Konoha camp near the Sunagakure battlefield and warned Nazi to contact him through their mental link if anything happened.
• Fang Xu appeared inside Orochimaru’s guarded tent and relayed Tsunade’s warning not to target him.
• Fang Xu offered Orochimaru information and materials for normal research in exchange for Orochimaru leaving Fang Xu and his people alone, and Orochimaru asked what would happen if he refused.

Fang Xu forced Orochimaru to accept strict boundaries before agreeing to cooperate, then gave him research on life extension and a way to contact him. Orochimaru began studying the materials as Fang Xu vanished, leaving his origins a mystery.

• Fang Xu used Conqueror's Haki to warn Orochimaru not to experiment on him or those around him, and Orochimaru agreed to cooperate.
• Fang Xu gave Orochimaru a scroll containing part of Dr. Kureha's Longevity Secret Formula, which fascinated the researcher.
• Fang Xu gave Orochimaru a Flying Thunder God Short Sword as a means of contacting him and warned that misuse would end their cooperation.
• Orochimaru asked where Fang Xu really came from, but Fang Xu said he would explain when Orochimaru was qualified to know and then disappeared.
• Orochimaru opened the scroll and began studying its unfamiliar knowledge about maintaining vitality and delaying aging.

Fang Xu received a year's worth of memories from his Wood Clone and learned that Madara had chosen a new agent, while Danzo discovered the Hashirama Cells were missing from Root's secret chamber. After Fang Xu recovered from the memories, Kurenai prepared breakfast for him and apologized for worrying unnecessarily about Pikachu and Ralts.

• Nazi sensed a brief clash of mental power between Fang Xu and Orochimaru, then confirmed Fang Xu had left unharmed.
• Fang Xu received the Spatial Bracelet and memories from Wood Clone No. 1, learning that a new agent had replaced Hatake Obito and that Madara might come after him.
• Danzo found the Hashirama Cells missing from Root's secret chamber and ordered his shinobi to move classified supplies and change transport routes.
• Root shinobi secretly relayed Danzo's transfer routes to Fang Xu through the Soul Contract.
• Kurenai made breakfast while Fang Xu slept off the strain of absorbing the memories, then apologized after learning the Beast Taming Space automatically cared for Pikachu and Ralts.

Kurenai apologized to Fang Xu for not understanding how to care for her Pokémon, and he reassured her before sending her to Ninja Academy. After taking Tsunade and Nazi to the Sand Village Battlefield, Fang Xu prepared to meet Orochimaru.

• Fang Xu reassured Kurenai that Pikachu and Ralts would remain her companions and that the Beast Taming Space could care for them.
• Kurenai served breakfast, and Tsunade and Nazi prepared to return to the front line to treat the wounded.
• Fang Xu told Kurenai to stay in Konoha and finish her studies before joining the battlefield, while Tsunade promised to take her as a disciple after early graduation.
• Fang Xu told Kurenai he might meet Orochimaru, promised not to endanger himself, and sent her into Ninja Academy.
• Fang Xu used spatial power to take Tsunade and Nazi to the Sand Village Battlefield, where they headed for the medical tent.

Fang Xu used four world exchange opportunities to observe the Soul Reaper world and saw Sosuke Aizen combine Chakra with Spiritual Pressure to overwhelm the Soul Society. As Aizen and Yhwach prepared to clash, an invisible force took Retsu Unohana’s Spiritual Pressure cultivation notebook.

• Fang Xu returned to Konoha, spoke with Kurenai Yuhi, and reviewed the resources he had collected.
• Fang Xu spent four world exchange opportunities to enter the Soul Reaper world and offered three Kendo manuals as sacrifices.
• Fang Xu witnessed Sosuke Aizen use a Chakra-infused Tailed Beast Ball to defeat the Soul Society’s punitive force.
• Aizen and Yhwach’s forces confronted each other as the Soul Society faced enemies on both fronts.
• Retsu Unohana considered fighting Kenpachi Zaraki to the death, but an invisible force suddenly took her Spiritual Pressure cultivation notebook.

Retsu Unohana received three swordsmanship manuals through the Exchange and convinced Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto to have the Gotei 13 train with them instead of investigating the Exchange. The vision ended with Fang Xu receiving four items from the Soul Reaper world, while the Soul Society prepared for war with its future already altered.

• Retsu Unohana studied the Hawk-Eye Swordsmanship Compendium, Thunder Breathing Manual, and Hatake Swordsmanship Essentials, then decided their teachings could help Kenpachi Zaraki and the other Soul Reapers grow stronger.
• A teacher at Shin'ō Academy discovered that an ownerless Asauchi, the Complete Guide to Kido, and the Fist, Cut, Ghost, Walk teaching materials had vanished.
• Retsu Unohana brought the three manuals to Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and the captains of the Gotei 13 saw how the techniques could improve their combat abilities.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto ordered the Gotei 13 to cultivate the manuals in batches and set aside the investigation into the one behind the Exchange.
• Fang Xu returned from the Exchange vision and received Retsu Unohana's cultivation notes, an enhanced Asauchi, the four fundamentals teaching materials, and the Complete Guide to Kido.

Fang Xu cultivated Retsu Unohana's Spiritual Pressure method, strengthening his soul and suppressing every living creature in the Spatial Ring World. He awakened the spirit of the ownerless Asauchi, named it Myriad Transformations, and received its Shikai release command.

• Fang Xu sent two Shadow Clones to study the Soul Reaper fundamentals and Kido while he began cultivating Spiritual Pressure in the Spatial Ring World.
• Fang Xu's Spiritual Pressure erupted across the space, forcing the Pokémon and Shadow Clones to the ground before he quickly withdrew it.
• Fang Xu sensed that his soul had grown more condensed and discovered that his Shadow Clones could share his Spiritual Pressure.
• Fang Xu poured Spiritual Pressure into the Asauchi until its sword spirit awakened and took shape.
• Fang Xu named the sword spirit Myriad Transformations, which accepted the name and gave him its Shikai release command.

Fang Xu tested Myriad Transformations’ Shikai, then used the Dark-Dark Fruit to absorb Uchiha bloodline origins and awaken a Three-Tomoe Sharingan. He began opening the remaining sealed corpses, leaving the Mizunashi origins yet to be absorbed.

• Fang Xu awakened Myriad Transformations and learned it could copy the Shikai abilities of Zanpakuto he knew, while Bankai required at least two years of nurturing.
• Fang Xu tested Illusion, Ryūjin Jakka, and Senbonzakura, then stored Myriad Transformations in his Sea of Consciousness to nurture it.
• Fang Xu released the Uchiha corpses from a Sealing scroll and absorbed their bloodline origins with the Dark-Dark Fruit, awakening a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Fang Xu tried to nurture the Sharingan toward Mangekyō but ran out of Mental Strength, then inspected its heightened perception and stopped to recover.
• Fang Xu opened the Mizunashi Sealing scroll and detected bloodline origins in the corpses inside the Spatial Ring World.

Fang Xu absorbed the Yuki Clan’s Ice Release and the Kaguya Clan’s Shikotsumyaku, then confirmed that the Hōzuki Clan’s Hydrification Technique could not be extracted as a bloodline ability. He tested how his new powers worked alongside his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and began reconsidering his body-tempering methods.

• Fang Xu absorbed the Yuki Clan’s bloodline origins, gained Ice Release, and found that the change only made his skin fairer and smoother.
• Fang Xu tested Ice Release and planned to develop it with his large Chakra reserves rather than simply copy the Yuki Clan’s techniques.
• Fang Xu absorbed the Kaguya Clan’s origins and found that Shikotsumyaku strengthened his bones, bone marrow, blood production, and vitality.
• Fang Xu refined the Hōzuki Clan’s corpses but failed to gain the ability to liquefy his body, concluding that Hydrification was a secret technique.
• Fang Xu combined Ice Release, Shikotsumyaku, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan in combat and reorganized his body-tempering methods.

Fang Xu created a six-realm body-refinement system and decided to visit Hatake Sakumo at the Hidden Mist Frontline with Kakashi. Back in Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and his advisers considered whether to graduate capable Ninja Academy students early to address wartime shortages.

• Fang Xu assembled six body-refinement realms and considered simplifying the method for Konoha, while planning to collect Shikotsumyaku resources from the Hidden Mist Battlefield.
• Fang Xu appeared beside Kakashi Hatake, discussed his long absences, and invited Kakashi to visit Hatake Sakumo at the front.
• Fang Xu used the Flying Thunder God to take Kakashi away, and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched them vanish through the Telescope Technique.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi reviewed Shimura Danzō's proposal to graduate capable Ninja Academy students early and summoned Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura to discuss it.
• Utatane Koharu warned that the students lacked combat experience, and Hiruzen Sarutobi asked what she meant.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu planned to graduate qualified students early while shielding Konoha’s new generation from the front lines. They considered asking Fang Xu to lead a Genin team, leaving his appointment dependent on whether he agreed.

• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura proposed giving early graduates low-risk missions within the Land of Fire to build combat experience and teamwork while avoiding heavy losses.
• Mitokado Homura suggested Minato Namikaze and Fang Xu as possible team instructors, and argued that Fang Xu’s role could strengthen his ties to Konoha.
• Utatane Koharu questioned whether Fang Xu would accept the job or suit the role, and Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed that any appointment would need to allow him freedom.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said Asuma would graduate through the normal process and receive an instructor suited to his abilities, without special treatment.
• The three agreed that early graduates must pass strict assessments before receiving bandit-suppression missions, and instructors must take over if Chunin-level or stronger enemies appeared.

Fang Xu and Kakashi arrived at the Hidden Mist Frontline Camp, where Fang Xu learned that the Third Raikage had died and the Fourth Mizukage was preparing to restart a full-scale war. Hatake Sakumo briefed the assembled Konoha leaders on the threat of Kirigakure infiltrators.

• Mitokado Homura and Hiruzen Sarutobi finalized plans for the early graduates’ missions, training, and support.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi appeared at the Hidden Mist Frontline Camp, and Fang Xu used his space-time technique to reach Hatake Sakumo’s Commander's Tent.
• Akimichi Choza and Nara Shikaku told Fang Xu that the Third Raikage had died fighting Iwagakure and that Hidden Cloud had withdrawn from the war.
• Hatake Sakumo explained that the Fourth Mizukage had taken control of Kirigakure and was preparing a full-scale offensive using covert teams against Konoha’s supply routes and command posts.

Fugaku Uchiha and Hizashi Hyuga received orders to strengthen reconnaissance, while the Ino–Shika–Cho leaders thanked Fang Xu for saving them and invited him to visit their clans after the war. Hatake Sakumo asked why Fang Xu and Kakashi had come to the Hidden Mist Frontline, and Fang Xu and Kakashi immediately argued over whose idea the visit had been.

• Hatake Sakumo ordered Fugaku Uchiha and Hizashi Hyuga to lead perimeter reconnaissance and intercept any Kirigakure infiltration squad before it reached the Camp.
• Yashiro Uchiha complained that Konoha's leaders had sent the Uchiha to a battlefield that suppressed their strengths, but Fugaku Uchiha told him to complete the mission first.
• Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza thanked Fang Xu for saving them from Hidden Cloud ninja and invited him to visit their clans after the war.
• Fang Xu accepted the Ino–Shika–Cho clans' invitation, and Akimichi Choza joked about hosting him with plenty of food.
• Hatake Sakumo asked why Fang Xu and Kakashi had come to the Hidden Mist Frontline, and Fang Xu blamed Kakashi's longing for his father.
• Kakashi denied Fang Xu's explanation and said Fang Xu had invited him to visit Hatake Sakumo.

Fang Xu gave Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi the completed Bone Tempering and Organ Refining methods, then revealed that he was deriving the final two realms of the Lightning Body-Tempering Technique. The Commander's Tent was left silent as Kakashi realized how far Fang Xu had advanced in perfecting the technique.

• Kakashi argued with Fang Xu over whether he had begged him to lead the way to the Hidden Mist Frontline, and Hatake Sakumo welcomed them both.
• Fang Xu reported that Konoha was stable, while Kakashi described his Kendo progress, body-tempering training, and continued practice in ninjutsu and Chakra control.
• Hatake Sakumo praised Kakashi's progress and promised to test his combat ability.
• Fang Xu presented scrolls containing the perfected Bone Tempering and Organ Refining methods, the stages following Body Quenching and Tendon Tempering.
• Fang Xu explained that Blood Exchange and Marrow Transmutation were the final realms and said he expected to perfect all six realms within a year.

Fang Xu explained how the Six Body-Refinement Realms could transform the body and extend lifespan, then sent a Wood Clone to collect Kekkei Genkai clan members’ bodies on the Hidden Mist Battlefield. Meanwhile, Fugaku Uchiha and Yashiro Uchiha discussed Konoha’s treatment of the Uchiha and whether they could recruit Fang Xu, leaving their plan uncertain.

• Fang Xu told Hatake Sakumo and Kakashi that completing all six realms would strengthen the body, increase Chakra capacity, and extend lifespan, and they stored their scrolls in Spatial Bracelets.
• Hatake Sakumo took Kakashi outside the camp to test his progress, while Fang Xu created a Wood Clone and sent it to collect bodies, especially those of the Kaguya clan.
• Fugaku Uchiha and Yashiro Uchiha worried that Fang Xu, Hatake Sakumo, and Tsunade could become a powerful alliance that threatened the Uchiha Clan’s position in Konoha.
• Fugaku Uchiha argued that Hiruzen Sarutobi was keeping Fang Xu away from the battlefield because he feared Fang Xu’s growing strength and influence.
• Yashiro Uchiha proposed winning Fang Xu over to support Fugaku’s bid to become Fourth Hokage, but Fugaku warned that Fang Xu was too clever to be swayed by simple promises.