Chapter Summaries

Fang Xu returned from Shikkotsu Forest with a new cultivation method called the Complete Sage Art, which could stably refine Natural Energy and strengthen the body. He promised to teach Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi after they mastered Basic Sage Mode, then confirmed Kurenai Yuhi would join his Genin team with Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato.

• The Slug Sage recognized Fang Xu as the first true human sage, and Fang Xu asked her to train Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi in Senjutsu.
• Fang Xu returned home, received Wood Clone Number Two's memories about the early graduation exams and team assignments, and dispelled the clone.
• Tsunade, Kurenai Yuhi, and Nazi examined Fang Xu and sensed that his body and energy had changed.
• Fang Xu explained that he had developed the Complete Sage Art, which let him refine and store Natural Energy without maintaining Sage Mode temporarily.
• Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi asked to learn the method, and Fang Xu told them to master Basic Sage Mode first.
• Fang Xu confirmed that Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato had been assigned to his Genin team.

Tsunade discussed Fang Xu’s new team and urged him to protect Shizune Kato, while Kurenai Yuhi, Tsunade, and Nazi formed an unspoken alliance to restrain his relationships. In the Hokage Office, Minato Namikaze accepted Team 7’s assignment and recognized that Hiruzen Sarutobi was separating Kakashi from Fang Xu’s influence.

• Tsunade told Fang Xu that Shizune Kato was Dan Katō’s niece and asked him to protect all three students on missions.
• Kurenai Yuhi, Tsunade, and Nazi silently agreed to keep Fang Xu from growing closer to other women.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Hatake Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara to Minato Namikaze’s new Team 7.
• Minato Namikaze questioned why Kakashi had been placed with newly graduated Genin, and Hiruzen Sarutobi said Kakashi needed to learn teamwork.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi explained that Fang Xu’s original squad had dissolved, while Minato Namikaze suspected the reassignment was meant to weaken Kakashi’s connection to Fang Xu.

Minato Namikaze accepted Team 7’s finalized roster after learning Fang Xu would lead a team of his own. Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Kakashi to Minato’s team, but Kakashi privately doubted Obito Uchiha would make a reliable teammate.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Minato Namikaze that Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara had been assigned to Team 7, and Minato accepted the roster after hearing Fang Xu would instruct Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi privately considered Minato Namikaze a suitable candidate for Fourth Hokage because he believed Minato lacked a powerful clan foundation and could be kept within the existing power structure.
• Kakashi trained alone at the Hatake Residence and remained suspicious of Hiruzen Sarutobi because he believed Hiruzen had allowed Shimura Danzō’s actions against Hatake Sakumo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi visited Kakashi and informed him that he would join Minato Namikaze’s Team 7 with Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara.
• Kakashi silently judged Obito Uchiha impulsive and unreliable, while considering Rin Nohara a manageable teammate.

Kakashi accepted his assignment to Team 7 while suspecting Fang Xu had agreed to lead a team so Kurenai Yuhi could join him. Fang Xu sent chakra and the Chakra Refinement Technique to Ancient One, who saw a possible way to escape her reliance on the Dark Dimension before dismissing Stephen Strange from Kamar-Taj.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Kakashi that his team assignment with Obito and Rin was finalized, and Kakashi agreed to report to Team 7.
• Kakashi concluded that Kurenai Yuhi was likely assigned to Fang Xu’s team and that this was why Fang Xu had accepted a leadership role.
• Kurenai Yuhi left for the academy on assignment day, while Fang Xu created a Shadow Clone at home and entered the Spatial Ring World.
• Fang Xu exchanged the Eight-Tails Chakra, the complete Chakra Refinement Technique, and a strand of his own Chakra to the Marvel universe.
• Ancient One examined the offerings and realized the Chakra System might help her break free from dependence on the Dark Dimension, but she believed her body was already too damaged to change systems.
• Ancient One returned Stephen Strange to his body, declared that his training was over, and threw him out of Kamar-Taj, telling him to come back when he was truly ready.

Fang Xu obtained the Ancient One’s Mirror Dimension magic and tested how it isolated destructive ninjutsu from the real world. He then headed to the Hokage Office for his formal appointment and met Minato Namikaze on the way.

• Fang Xu absorbed the Mirror Dimension knowledge and casting experience gained through the Exchange.
• Fang Xu used Chakra and Mental Strength to create a Mirror Dimension covering his residence.
• Fang Xu tested the Great Fireball Technique inside the Mirror Dimension and found the real courtyard unharmed after he released it.
• Fang Xu left for the Hokage Office to attend the squad leaders’ gathering.
• Minato Namikaze approached Fang Xu and asked if he was also going to the Hokage Office.

Fang Xu warned Minato Namikaze not to voice criticism of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s past decisions, then discussed Minato’s ambition to become Fourth Hokage. At the Hokage Tower, Hiruzen began briefing the new Jonin team leaders before Masaki Shimura objected to their appointments.

• Minato Namikaze told Fang Xu that Konoha could have ended the war sooner if Fang Xu had been sent to the front earlier, and Fang Xu shielded their conversation from passersby.
• Fang Xu warned Minato that openly criticizing Hiruzen Sarutobi could hurt his chances of becoming Fourth Hokage, then explained that he, Tsunade, and Sakumo did not want the position.
• Minato Namikaze affirmed that he wanted to become Hokage and promised Fang Xu that he would not sideline a ninja out of fear of their reputation.
• Fang Xu and Minato Namikaze entered the Hokage Tower, where Hiruzen Sarutobi instructed the Jonin team leaders to protect and train the young graduates carefully.
• Masaki Shimura stepped forward and objected to the appointment of the team leaders.

At the Hokage Office, Masaki Shimura challenged Fang Xu’s appointment as a team leader and insulted his parents, so Fang Xu beat him nearly to death in front of the gathered Jonin. Hiruzen Sarutobi ended the meeting and kept Fang Xu behind, while the other Jonin left and spoke openly about the Shimura Clan’s poor standing.

• Masaki Shimura questioned Fang Xu’s qualifications to lead a team and insulted his parents during the Hokage meeting.
• Fang Xu struck Masaki Shimura with a lightning-fast attack, smashing him through two floors and leaving him unconscious and severely injured.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Anbu to take Masaki Shimura to the hospital, and no one else objected to Fang Xu’s appointment.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the other Jonin but told Fang Xu to stay behind.
• As the Jonin left, they criticized the Shimura Clan, and Fang Xu heard their private conversations using his Mental Strength and Observation Haki.

Fang Xu warned Hiruzen Sarutobi that he would kill any Shimura clansman who provoked or insulted him, while Hiruzen tried to contain the fallout and planned to confront the Shimura Clan. At the Ninja Academy, Minato Namikaze took charge of Team 7, while Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato waited for Team 10’s teacher.

• Fang Xu told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Masaki Shimura had provoked him and that future insults or face-to-face provocations would be met with death.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi urged Fang Xu not to retaliate against uninvolved Shimura clansmen, but Fang Xu left after insisting that keeping the clan in line was Hiruzen’s responsibility.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi blamed Shimura Danzō for continuing to fuel conflict and set out to warn the Shimura Clan against provoking Fang Xu again.
• Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara speculated about their squad leader before Minato Namikaze arrived and announced that he would lead Team 7 with Kakashi Hatake.
• Uzuki Yugao and Shizune Kato waited for Team 10’s teacher, wondering whether a frontline mission had delayed the Jonin.

Fang Xu took charge of Team 10 and brought Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato to his estate for their first meeting. After hearing their abilities and ambitions, he promised training-based opportunities in genjutsu, swordsmanship, and medical ninjutsu, leaving all three eager to meet his standards.

• Fang Xu entered the classroom and called Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato to join Team 10, surprising the students who remained behind.
• Fang Xu led Team 10 to his estate's training ground and asked the three students to introduce their abilities, interests, and dreams.
• Kurenai Yuhi said she excelled at genjutsu and taijutsu and wanted to marry Fang Xu; he told her to wait until adulthood and warned her not to drink alcohol.
• Uzuki Yugao asked Fang Xu to teach her swordsmanship, and he promised to teach her his high-level swordsmanship if she completed his training.
• Shizune Kato said she wanted to become a top medical ninja, and Fang Xu offered guidance and a chance to apprentice under Tsunade if her performance met his requirements.

Fang Xu assigned Team Ten a D-rank weeding mission, explaining that basic work would build the new genin’s discipline and chakra control before they faced missions outside the village. The team reached a vast wasteland and balked at the amount of work ahead.

• Uzuki Yugao asked Fang Xu to teach her swordsmanship so she could revive Uzuki Kendo, and he promised an advanced technique if she met his training standards.
• Kurenai Yuhi openly said she wanted to grow up and marry Fang Xu, prompting Haku, Yugao, and Shizune Kato to tease her.
• Fang Xu told Yugao, Shizune, and Kurenai to meet at the Hokage Tower for their first mission, a D-rank weeding job.
• Fang Xu explained to Tsunade that farm work would temper the new genin and develop their chakra control before he took them outside the village.
• Fang Xu brought the three girls to ten mu of overgrown wasteland, where Yugao questioned why ninjas had to do farm work and Fang Xu offered to change the mission.

Fang Xu turned a weeding mission into chakra-control and swordsmanship training for Uzuki Yugao, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shizune Kato. Meanwhile, Minato Namikaze began supervising Team 7, where Obito Uchiha and Kakashi clashed before accepting his authority.

• Fang Xu taught Kurenai Yuhi and Shizune Kato to pull weeds with Sole Chakra and assigned Uzuki Yugao to practice swordsmanship on the field.
• Uzuki Yugao, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shizune Kato began training while Fang Xu sent Shadow Clones into his spatial ring to work on cultivation and techniques.
• At Training Ground Three, Obito Uchiha argued with Kakashi after learning Kakashi would join Team 7.
• Minato Namikaze stopped Obito from attacking Kakashi and introduced himself as Team 7's supervising teacher.
• Minato Namikaze asked Kakashi to look after Obito and Rin Nohara, and Kakashi agreed to follow his arrangements.

Minato Namikaze began a survival test in which his three students had to take two bells from him before noon, prompting Kakashi to recognize the test’s teamwork challenge. After Obito’s reckless attack failed, Kakashi fought Minato with Thunder Breathing but was outmatched and conceded, leaving Rin and Obito yet to act.

• Minato Namikaze announced that only students who took one of his two bells would officially become his students, and Kakashi realized the shortage was meant to test teamwork.
• Rin proposed that Obito distract Minato while she maneuvered and Kakashi looked for an opening, but Obito rejected the plan and charged alone.
• Minato dodged Obito’s punch and sent him tumbling with a tap to the forehead.
• Kakashi attacked Minato with Thunder Breathing and a long sword, but Minato evaded his strikes and pointed out flaws in his technique.
• After more than ten minutes of fighting, Kakashi exhausted himself and conceded.

Minato Namikaze defeated Kakashi, Obito, and Rin during a team test, while the Shimura Clan and Shimura Danzō chose to avoid direct retaliation against Fang Xu and considered targeting his associates. After learning that Hanzō and Yahiko had died and Akatsuki had gone underground, Fang Xu ordered Kakuzu to infiltrate the group, but Kakuzu worried about the danger and the Dawn Group businesses he controlled.

• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to knock out Obito, Rin, and Kakashi, then judged their teamwork and individual weaknesses.
• The Shimura clan head ordered the clan to lie low and leave the matter of Yanming to Shimura Danzō rather than attack Fang Xu directly.
• After receiving the report, Shimura Danzō ordered Root to avoid provoking Fang Xu, target people around him, and try to contact Akatsuki.
• Fang Xu learned that Hanzō and Yahiko had died and Akatsuki had gone underground, then ordered Kakuzu to investigate and infiltrate them.
• Kakuzu warned that infiltrating Akatsuki was risky and hesitated to leave the profitable Dawn Group businesses he controlled.

Fang Xu arranged for Kakuzu to publicly leave the Dawn Group while Gato and Kado Taro managed its daily affairs through a planned long-distance communication network. He then warned Kakuzu about the Akatsuki’s hidden players and the true purpose of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, leaving Kakuzu aware of the danger he would face while infiltrating the organization.

• Fang Xu explained that Kakuzu could publicly sever ties with the Dawn Group while remaining its final authority, and that Akatsuki communication techniques could connect him with Gato and Kado Taro.
• Kakuzu agreed to withdraw publicly from the Dawn Group and put Gato in charge, with Taro assisting him and reporting important matters remotely.
• Fang Xu told Kakuzu that Nagato’s Rinnegan had belonged to Madara Uchiha, who had implanted them in Nagato to use the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive himself.
• Fang Xu revealed that Uchiha En had inherited Madara’s name and warned Kakuzu not to expose him or reveal that he recognized him.
• Fang Xu identified Black Zetsu as the manifestation of Otsutsuki Kaguya’s will and explained that the Infinite Tsukuyomi would drain people’s Chakra and life force, turning them into White Zetsu.

Fang Xu prepared Kakuzu to infiltrate Akatsuki while hiding his connection to Dawn Group, then used Cross-World Exchange to seek long-distance communication technology. The exchange showed Korin watching Tao Pai Pai lose to Son Goku at Korin Tower.

• Fang Xu instructed Kakuzu to join Akatsuki as a bounty hunter, gather intelligence, conceal his strength and wealth, and avoid acting without orders.
• Kakuzu repeated the plan and the key facts about Akatsuki, Infinite Tsukuyomi, Uchiha En, and Black Zetsu to confirm he understood.
• Fang Xu left Kakuzu's office, and Kakuzu told Kado Taro to gradually take over Dawn Group's affairs and announce his return to bounty hunting.
• Fang Xu checked that Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato were still training, then returned to his residence to address long-distance communication.
• Fang Xu offered a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and a Chakra Seed to Cross-World Exchange, which showed Korin watching Tao Pai Pai retreat after failing to defeat Son Goku.

Korin discovered that his Senzu Beans had been exchanged for a Chakra Refinement Technique and Chakra Seed, while Fang Xu received the beans, proved their restorative power, and began growing them. Fang Xu then selected the Dragon Ball World for another exchange, and Bulma’s newly completed Gravity Training Room vanished from Capsule Corporation’s laboratory.

• Korin found his jar of Senzu Beans empty and discovered a Chakra Refinement Technique scroll and Chakra Seed in its place.
• Fang Xu received the jar of Senzu Beans, planted several in the Beast Taming Space, and confirmed that one bean restored his exhausted body and mind.
• Fang Xu used two Cross-World Exchanges to select the Dragon Ball World again and offered a Spatial Bracelet.
• Bulma and Dr. Brief tested Bulma’s Gravity Training Room, which could reach one hundred times normal gravity and run on sunlight.
• The Gravity Training Room vanished from Capsule Corporation’s laboratory, leaving Bulma staring at the empty space.

Fang Xu received a Gravity Training Room from the Dragon Ball World and moved it into his Spatial Ring World, where he planned to combine gravity training with his existing body-tempering methods. He then offered a Spatial Bracelet Manufacturing Manual, a Chakra Refinement Scroll, and concentrated Chakra for his remaining exchanges.

• Bulma and Brief discovered that the Gravity Training Room had vanished and found a Spatial Bracelet in its place.
• Brief successfully bound the bracelet with his blood and tested its ten-cubic-meter storage space, while Bulma began preparing materials to build another Gravity Training Room.
• Fang Xu inspected the intact Gravity Training Room in his Spatial Ring World and considered how it could improve training for himself and others.
• Fang Xu used three offerings: a Spatial Bracelet Manufacturing Manual, a Chakra Refinement Scroll, and concentrated Chakra.

Dr. Brief received the knowledge and Chakra needed to complete his Spatial Bracelet research, while Fang Xu obtained the manufacturing technologies for the Gravity Training Room and Universal Capsules. Fang Xu planned to gather materials for production and tested the new training room, finding that its body-tempering effects became noticeable at five times gravity.

• Dr. Brief received a Spatial Bracelet Manufacturing Manual, a Chakra Refinement Scroll, and concentrated Chakra, solving the problems that had stalled his research.
• Dr. Brief learned that Chakra could activate the bracelet’s runes and considered combining spatial storage technology with Universal Capsule technology.
• Fang Xu received complete manufacturing processes for the Gravity Training Room and Universal Capsule, optimized for production with Shinobi World techniques and materials.
• Fang Xu planned to mine ore in the Lands of Earth, Wind, and Lightning to build production equipment.
• Fang Xu tested the Gravity Training Room at settings from one to five times gravity and found that the body-tempering effect became obvious at five times.

Fang Xu completed an intense gravity and lightning body-tempering session, recovered with a Senzu Bean, and began organizing the technology needed to build gravity equipment. He met Might Guy after Guy became a genin and gave him and Might Duy Flying Thunder God swords to summon help in deadly danger.

• Fang Xu trained for five hours until he adapted to ten times normal gravity, then used a Senzu Bean to heal his exhausted and damaged body.
• Fang Xu reviewed the two technology jade slips, concluded he could manufacture the components himself, and planned to mine ore in the Land of Earth, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Lightning.
• Fang Xu created Shadow Clones and assigned them to study the technologies and develop alloy-smelting and manual manufacturing processes.
• Might Guy celebrated becoming a genin and challenged Fang Xu to spar, but Fang Xu suggested that he challenge Kakashi instead.
• Fang Xu gave Might Duy and Might Guy short swords marked with Flying Thunder God formulas so he could reach them if they faced deadly danger.

Fang Xu tested Team 10’s progress after a month of farm work and brought Tsunade, Nazi, and Kurenai Yuhi to try the Gravity Training Room. The test began at onefold gravity, leaving Kurenai struggling to stand while Tsunade assessed the strain and Nazi lost her Psychic Power protection.

• Ebisu and Aoba Yamashiro envied Fang Xu’s Flying Thunder God life-saving short swords, while Might Guy rushed off to challenge Kakashi.
• Fang Xu told Kurenai Yuhi, Uzuki Yugao, and Shizune Kato that Team 10 would leave the village for a C-Rank Mission the next morning, then tested their teamwork and saw how much their training had improved.
• Fang Xu sent the three girls back to their farm work after they admitted their impatience, leaving a Shadow Clone to supervise them.
• Tsunade and Nazi returned from the front lines, and Fang Xu told them about the Gravity Training Room before taking them and Kurenai Yuhi into the Spatial Ring World.
• Fang Xu activated onefold gravity, causing Kurenai Yuhi to collapse to her knees and Tsunade to feel heavy pressure throughout her body.
• Nazi initially resisted the gravity with Psychic Power, but after Fang Xu told her to remove the protection, she struggled to stay upright.