Chapter Summaries

Fugaku Uchiha planned to use Obito Uchiha to establish contact with Fang Xu, while Kakashi Hatake measured his progress against Hatake Sakumo and learned Fang Xu had surpassed him. Black Zetsu and White Zetsu spied on the Hidden Mist front before Fang Xu sensed their retreating auras.

• Fugaku Uchiha decided that Obito Uchiha could help the clan establish stable contact with Fang Xu, while setting aside the idea of making his unborn child Itachi Uchiha Fang Xu's disciple.
• Kakashi Hatake fought Hatake Sakumo and showed how much his strength had improved over the past year.
• Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that even he was no longer Fang Xu's match, and Kakashi vowed to catch up.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu learned that Fang Xu had arrived at the Hidden Mist Battlefield and withdrew to report to Madara.
• Fang Xu sensed two unusual auras retreating from the edge of his perception.

Fang Xu tracked Black and White Zetsu to Madara Uchiha's hidden base, where Madara chose Uchiha En as his successor and sent him away with the Zetsu and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Madara prepared to face Fang Xu as Fang Xu shattered the base's barrier with a colossal Lightning Strike Spear.

• Fang Xu followed Black and White Zetsu through the forest and discovered the location of their underground base.
• White Zetsu warned Madara Uchiha that Fang Xu had tracked them, while Black Zetsu confirmed Fang Xu had found the base despite its sensory barrier.
• Madara restored his youthful body with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and declared that Uchiha En would inherit the Eye of the Moon Plan and act under Madara's name.
• Madara ordered White Zetsu to take Uchiha En away with Black Zetsu and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, leaving Madara behind.
• Fang Xu used Milotic to summon a storm and Pikachu to charge its clouds with lightning, then formed a four-meter Lightning Strike Spear.
• Fang Xu launched the Lightning Strike Spear into the underground base's barrier, breaking it apart.

Fang Xu fought Madara Uchiha with a lightning-infused Wood Golem and shattered Majestic Attire: Susanoo’s blades. He appeared beneath Madara’s Susanoo and began a Rising Dragon Slash.

• Madara Uchiha used Majestic Attire: Susanoo to attack Fang Xu, who escaped with Milotic and Pikachu and summoned his own Wood Golem.
• Fang Xu combined Wood Release, lightning, Armament Haki, and Conqueror's Haki to form a powerful greatsword as Madara repaired his Susanoo armor.
• Fang Xu and Madara charged at each other, and Fang Xu’s greatsword broke both of Madara’s Susanoo blades.
• Fang Xu appeared beneath Majestic Attire: Susanoo and attacked with Myriad Transformations, calling out Thunder Breathing: Rising Dragon Slash.

Fang Xu overwhelmed Madara Uchiha with his spatial movement, swordsmanship, and ability to sense and destroy Limbo shadows. As Fang Xu kept attacking, Madara's vitality and ocular power dwindled, while the Konoha camp noticed the distant battle.

• Fang Xu cleaved Madara Uchiha's Majestic Attire: Susanoo in two, and Madara escaped with a Super Shinra Tensei but suffered further strain.
• Madara Uchiha unleashed four Limbo shadows, but Fang Xu sensed and destroyed them with Myriad Transformations, making Madara ask how he had detected them.
• Fang Xu and Madara Uchiha traded spatial attacks and Shinra Tensei, then Fang Xu split Madara's Majestic Destroyer Flame with a sword slash.
• Fang Xu relentlessly teleported around Madara Uchiha and severed his Susanoo defenses for more than ten minutes as Madara's vitality and ocular power waned.
• At the Hidden Mist Frontline, Hatake Sakumo, Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza noticed the distant battle, and Yamanaka Inoichi tried to sense the fighters.

Fang Xu evaded Madara Uchiha’s final attacks and escaped the devastated battlefield, while Black Zetsu and White Zetsu rescued the dying Madara. In the underground cavern, Uchiha En witnessed Madara’s defeat and questioned how Fang Xu could be so powerful at his age.

• Akimichi Choza, Nara Shikaku, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Orochimaru sensed the distant battle and wondered who was fighting Fang Xu.
• Madara Uchiha used Planetary Devastation, but Fang Xu sliced through its core and evaded Madara’s Super Shinra Tensei with repeated teleports.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu used Reverse Summoning to take Madara Uchiha away just before Fang Xu could reach him.
• Fang Xu sensed that Madara’s life force and eye power were nearly exhausted, then left as nearby ninja converged on the battlefield.
• Madara Uchiha collapsed in the underground cavern, and White Zetsu warned him against wasting his remaining strength.
• Uchiha En reflected on Madara’s defeat and questioned whether Fang Xu was really only eight or nine years old.

After Madara Uchiha’s defeat by Fang Xu, he ordered Uchiha En and Black Zetsu to hide and continue the Eye of the Moon Plan while seeking a way to revive him. Madara died in the backup base, and Black Zetsu resolved to wait for Fang Xu to reach the limits of his Senju Bloodline.

• Black Zetsu led the survivors to a backup base and told Uchiha En that Fang Xu had exposed their original cavern.
• Madara Uchiha admitted his defeat and warned Uchiha En not to provoke Fang Xu or target anyone close to him.
• Madara ordered Black Zetsu to continue gathering the Tailed Beasts and cultivating Nagato, while Uchiha En acted in his place.
• Madara instructed them to seize Konoha’s Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu and use it to prepare for his resurrection.
• Madara Uchiha died, and Black Zetsu sealed his body in the cavern.
• Black Zetsu considered Fang Xu a threat but decided to wait for his Senju Bloodline to reach a growth limit.

Uchiha En donned Madara Uchiha’s mask and vowed to inherit his name and complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Back in Konoha, Fang Xu hosted a dinner for his friends, where they learned that the Ninja Academy was preparing early graduation assessments and warned that becoming a ninja during wartime carried real danger.

• Uchiha En put on Madara Uchiha’s mask, declared Uchiha En dead, and vowed to complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi even if Fang Xu opposed him.
• Fang Xu returned to Konoha and found Kakashi angry that he had left him at the Hidden Mist Frontline while a Shadow Clone handled the trip back.
• Kakashi agreed to invite Fang Xu’s friends to dinner, and Fang Xu used the Gourmet Tablecloth to provide a large, replenishing feast.
• Asuma and Kurenai told the group that the Ninja Academy was preparing early graduation assessments because the front lines needed more ninja.
• Kakashi and Fang Xu warned the students that missions during wartime could become deadly even if they were not sent directly to the front lines.

Fang Xu urged his classmates to train seriously for the graduation assessment and warned them about the dangers of war. After seeing Kurenai Yuhi settle in at his estate, he traveled to the Land of Waves to inspect the growing Tianming Group.

• Fang Xu told Obito, Kurenai Yuhi, Rin, Yuugao, Asuma, and Guy to strengthen their skills, while Kakashi reminded them that surviving mattered more than completing a mission.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi watched Fang Xu's gathering with the Telescope Technique, and Fang Xu sensed the surveillance but chose not to interfere while his classmates were present.
• The classmates left Fang Xu's estate, and Kurenai Yuhi stayed overnight because her father was stationed at the front; Fang Xu cleaned the courtyard with Psychic Power and Fire Release before leaving to retrieve Tsunade and Nazi.
• Fang Xu appeared at Tianming Group headquarters in the Land of Waves, startling Kakuzu, and asked him to show how the business had developed.
• Kakuzu led Fang Xu through the industrial district, where busy workshops and growing trade had brought prosperity to the town and its residents.

Fang Xu reviewed the Dawn Group’s expanding businesses with Kakuzu and withdrew one billion in cash using his Spatial Ring. He then ordered Kakuzu to purchase medicinal herbs in bulk so he could refine them into potions for the group to sell.

• Fang Xu inspected the Dawn Group’s factories, town, and harbor, and praised Kakuzu’s management.
• Kakuzu described the group’s growing markets and profits, while Fang Xu advised him to slow expansion until the Third Shinobi World War ended.
• Kakuzu reported that the group could spare five point five billion, and Fang Xu requested one billion in cash.
• Fang Xu used spatial power to take the cash from a warehouse, astonishing the guards.
• Fang Xu gave Kakuzu a list of medicinal herbs and told him to buy as many as possible for Fang Xu to refine into potions.

Fang Xu addressed Dawn Group’s potion shortage by promising to supplement its Medicinal Herbs and delivering a large batch of potions. He then announced his departure for Shikkotsu Forest to practice Senjutsu, while Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi stayed behind, and his warning about flaws in the sacred lands’ Senjutsu left Tsunade concerned.

• Kakuzu showed Fang Xu that Dawn Group’s potion orders exceeded its supply because Medicinal Herbs were scarce, and Fang Xu promised to provide additional herbs alongside the group’s purchases.
• Kakuzu planned long-term contracts and priority purchasing for Medicinal Herbs, while Fang Xu supplied enough finished potions to fulfill some backlogged orders and reaffirmed that deliveries would follow contract order.
• Fang Xu reviewed Dawn Group’s operations and left after telling Kakuzu to notify him when a batch of herbs had been gathered.
• At breakfast, Fang Xu announced that he would go to Shikkotsu Forest to practice Senjutsu, but Tsunade stayed to treat the wounded, Nazi stayed to study Medical Ninjutsu, and Kurenai Yuhi stayed to prepare for her early graduation examination.
• Fang Xu said the Shinobi World’s three great sacred lands had flawed Senjutsu, prompting Tsunade to ask whether Shikkotsu Forest’s Senjutsu had flaws too.

Fang Xu explained why the three sacred lands’ senjutsu could alter human bodies and revealed his plan to create a safer method suited to humans. After he teleported Tsunade and Nazi to the Sand Village Frontline, Orochimaru warned that using the Flying Thunder God to transport them could anger shinobi who needed battlefield support, and Tsunade threatened him to keep it quiet.

• Fang Xu explained that the sacred lands’ senjutsu was shaped around Summoning Beast bodies and could cause humans to develop frog-like, snake-like, or slug-like traits.
• Fang Xu said he would study the underlying structure of senjutsu at Shikkotsu Forest and try to create a safer cultivation method suited to humans.
• Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi each said they planned to cultivate Fang Xu’s improved senjutsu when they were ready.
• Fang Xu used the Flying Thunder God to take Tsunade and Nazi to the Sand Village Frontline, where Orochimaru met them in a tent.
• Orochimaru warned that frontline shinobi might resent Fang Xu for using the Flying Thunder God to transport Tsunade and Nazi instead of supporting the war effort.
• Tsunade threatened Orochimaru and ordered him not to spread rumors about Fang Xu’s use of the technique.

Orochimaru warned Tsunade and Fang Xu that Chiyo had created a lethal poison while Sunagakure gathered for a decisive battle, so Tsunade and Nazi went to the temporary medical area to help the poisoned soldiers. Fang Xu returned to Konoha and was summoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi, whom he caught using the Telescope Technique to spy on a bathhouse.

• Orochimaru told Tsunade that Chiyo's new poison was killing wounded Konoha soldiers and that Sunagakure was massing for a decisive battle.
• Nazi confirmed the poison cases and Sunagakure's movements, then followed Tsunade to the temporary medical area while Fang Xu returned to Konoha.
• An Anbu summoned Fang Xu to the Hokage Office at Hiruzen Sarutobi's request.
• Fang Xu entered the office and caught Hiruzen Sarutobi watching Hot Bath Street through a Crystal Ball.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi cut off the Telescope Technique, ordered the Anbu to leave, and faced Fang Xu.

Fang Xu confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi over spying on the women's bathhouse and refused to lead a Genin squad so he could train in Senjutsu at Shikkotsu Forest. Hiruzen tried to persuade him by offering a team of Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato, but Fang Xu remained unconvinced.

• Fang Xu caught Hiruzen Sarutobi using the Telescope Technique to observe the bathhouse district, and Hiruzen asked him to keep it secret, especially from Tsunade.
• Fang Xu warned Hiruzen not to surveil his home again, and Hiruzen promised he would stop.
• Hiruzen asked Fang Xu to lead a new Genin squad after the early graduation examination, but Fang Xu refused because of his age and plans to train in Senjutsu at Shikkotsu Forest.
• Hiruzen warned Fang Xu about the dangers of Senjutsu and argued that leading a squad would connect him to Konoha's mission system, but Fang Xu rejected the offer again.
• Hiruzen offered Fang Xu Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato as his team, and Fang Xu questioned whether Hiruzen expected him to agree because they were all girls.

Fang Xu agreed to lead Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato's team after Hiruzen Sarutobi appealed to his concern for Kurenai's safety. He prepared Wood Clone Number Two to manage the team and Konoha while he went to Shikkotsu Forest, then asked Katsuyu to arrange his summoning there.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi persuaded Fang Xu to accept a team-leading assignment by warning that Kurenai Yuhi could face dangerous enemies under another Jonin.
• Fang Xu agreed to lead the three students and noted the dates for the early graduation assessment and team assignments.
• Fang Xu created Wood Clone Number Two, equipped it with supplies and a Chakra Sealing Scroll, and authorized it to handle Konoha matters and the team in his absence.
• Wood Clone Number Two proposed researching a Lightning-to-Chakra Conversion Technique, but Fang Xu told him to prioritize the students.
• Fang Xu summoned Katsuyu and asked her to have the Slug Sage use the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring him to Shikkotsu Forest.

Fang Xu traveled to Shikkotsu Forest to learn its Senjutsu from the Slug Sage. After sensing his complete Sage Body and strong foundations, she gave him the full cultivation method, leaving him ready to begin training.

• Fang Xu sent Little Katsuyu to Shikkotsu Forest while Wood Clone Number Two prepared to lead Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato.
• Fang Xu used Reverse Summoning to reach Shikkotsu Forest and followed Little Katsuyu to the Slug Sage.
• The Slug Sage sensed Fang Xu’s complete Sage Body and compared his talent with Hashirama Senju’s.
• The Slug Sage taught Fang Xu the complete Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu method, explaining that mastery depended on balancing three forms of energy.

Fang Xu learned to absorb Natural Energy and quickly mastered Basic Sage Mode, though he recognized its limits and slow preparation time. He tested Senjutsu Art: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence in the western stone forest, creating a vast, powerful forest and Wood Human.

• Fang Xu sensed Natural Energy, fused it with spiritual and cellular energy, and formed Senjutsu Chakra within minutes.
• Fang Xu activated Basic Sage Mode, while the Slug Sage and the little Katsuyu marveled at his speed and control.
• Fang Xu realized that only a fraction of his Chakra became Senjutsu Chakra and that the transformation did not permanently nourish his body, Meridians, or life essence.
• Fang Xu deactivated Sage Mode, followed the little Katsuyu to the western stone forest, and activated Sage Mode again more quickly.
• Fang Xu used Senjutsu Art: Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to raise a huge forest and Wood Human, whose vines and body proved far stronger than ordinary Wood Release.

Fang Xu exchanged his complete Flying Thunder God scroll for a cultivation-world trade and sent it to Han Li, who found the scroll in his tent during the war between Yue State’s Seven Sects and the six demonic sects. Han Li recognized the technique’s potential as an escape method, then discovered that his Golden-Silver Pages, Spirit Stones, and Spirit Plant seeds had disappeared in the exchange.

• Fang Xu tested Senjutsu-enhanced elemental techniques and Wood Release, while Little Katsuyu and the Slug Sage reacted to his plan for others to learn Wood Release.
• Fang Xu entered the Spatial Ring World and offered his complete Flying Thunder God scroll in a Cross-World Exchange, seeking an orthodox cultivation technique.
• Han Li, worried about the worsening war and dangerous missions, considered an escape route and studied his Golden-Silver Pages inside his protected tent.
• The exchange placed Fang Xu’s scroll in Han Li’s tent, where Han Li cautiously read its instructions for Flying Thunder God, Sealing Techniques, and Space Coordinates.
• Han Li saw that the technique could let him escape danger instantly, then discovered that his Golden-Silver Pages, Spirit Stones, and Spirit Plant seeds were gone.

Han Li accepted the mysterious trader’s Flying Thunder God inheritance and began studying it, while Fang Xu received the exchanged cultivation treasures and successfully cultivated Spiritual Power. Fang Xu fused Spiritual Power with Chakra into a new energy, then discovered a problem with the new system.

• Han Li examined the Flying Thunder God scroll and the items taken from his Storage Pouch, then added wards to his tent and began studying the inheritance.
• Fang Xu received Spirit Stones, Spirit Plant seeds, and four jade slips containing cultivation arts and crafting knowledge from the exchange.
• Fang Xu cultivated the Azure Essence Sword Art, entered Qi Refining, and felt Spiritual Power cleanse and nourish his body.
• Fang Xu combined Spiritual Power and Chakra into a new energy that strengthened his body more than Senjutsu Chakra.
• Fang Xu continued refining the fusion but soon discovered a problem with the new system.

Fang Xu identified that refining chakra into True Essence Mana still depleted the body and spirit, and resolved to develop a way to convert spiritual energy directly into Essence, Qi, and Spirit. After testing Natural Energy, planting Spirit Plant seeds, and studying his new techniques, he reached the Tenth Layer of Qi Refining but recognized the long-term danger of chakra cultivation.

• Fang Xu stopped fusing Spiritual Power with chakra after realizing that Essence, Qi, and Spirit grew at inconsistent rates, and named the resulting power True Essence Mana.
• Fang Xu tested the Azure Essence Sword Art on Natural Energy in Shikkotsu Forest and found that it could be refined into Spiritual Power, though far more slowly than Spirit Stones.
• Fang Xu planted the Spirit Plant seeds in the Beast Taming Space, organized his Spirit Stones, and studied the Three-Turn Heavy Essence Art and Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.
• 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 neared their limit.
• Fang Xu determined that chakra cultivation continually strained physical energy and Mental Energy, and that True Essence Mana could not replenish the body and spirit enough to prevent long-term harm.

After advancing to Qi Refining, Tenth Layer, Fang Xu resolved to strengthen his body, mind, and soul alongside his mana and to pursue a complete cultivation system. When he returned to Shikkotsu Forest, the Slug Sage discovered that he had refined Natural Energy into a stable power that surpassed the limitations of ordinary Senjutsu.

• Fang Xu decided to balance his cultivation by improving his body-tempering, mental, and soul techniques whenever his mana advanced.
• Fang Xu exchanged places with his Shadow Clone so it appeared he had spent the day cultivating in Shikkotsu Forest.
• The Slug Sage sensed Fang Xu's transformed aura and asked how he had changed so much in one day.
• Fang Xu demonstrated True Essence Mana and explained that he could refine and store Natural Energy without relying on Chakra to suppress it.
• The Slug Sage recognized Fang Xu's stable power as something Hashirama Senju had never achieved, and the Little Katsuyu questioned whether it was still Shikkotsu Forest Senjutsu.