Chapter Summaries

After returning from eighteen C-rank missions, Fang Xu reunited with his friends, invited them to Ichiraku Ramen, and accompanied Kurenai home. He returned to his residence and let Pikachu out, asking if it was hungry.

• Fang Xu and Kakashi agreed to use Shadow Clones for tedious D-rank tasks but refused toilet-cleaning jobs.
• Fang Xu told Kurenai and Rin that he and Kakashi would train in the village and invited them to join, while Kurenai worried about her father leaving for the Land of Earth front lines.
• Fang Xu treated Kurenai, Rin, Obito, Asuma, and Kakashi to Ichiraku Ramen, where Kenta remarked on Fang Xu's rapid growth.
• Asuma realized Kurenai cared for Fang Xu as more than an ordinary companion and gave up competing for her affection.
• Fang Xu walked Kurenai through the shopping district and promised to wait for her training the next afternoon.
• Fang Xu returned home, released Pikachu, and asked if it was hungry.

Fang Xu exchanged a Chakra-bearing Ninja Cat, and Arceus directed it into Team Rocket’s base beneath Viridian Gym, where the disruption freed Mewtwo and caused Giovanni to lose the Viridian Force. Fang Xu gained crystals containing Giovanni’s Viridian Force and physique, awakening his dormant Senju Bloodline and developing Water and Earth Chakra attributes.

• Fang Xu exchanged a Ninja Cat from the Spatial Ring, and Arceus opened the barrier to send it into Team Rocket’s base beneath Viridian Gym.
• Giovanni lost the Viridian Force as the Ninja Cat’s arrival disrupted Mewtwo’s restraints, allowing Mewtwo to escape and destroy the underground facility.
• Giovanni fled and activated the base’s self-destruct sequence, while Officer Jenny and Pokémon League Investigators evacuated the area before the explosion leveled Viridian Gym.
• The Ninja Cat appeared in Nanami’s arms at Professor Oak’s Laboratory, and Professor Oak flew with Dragonite toward Viridian City after sensing trouble.
• Fang Xu concluded that Arceus had intervened and received crystals containing Giovanni’s Viridian Force and Super Viridian Physique.
• Fang Xu absorbed both crystals, awakening his Senju Bloodline and developing Water and Earth Chakra attributes.

Fang Xu assessed his newly awakened Senju Bloodline and tested the healing power of his Viridian Force before taking Pikachu to train with his friends. The chapter ended with Obito touching Pikachu’s Electric Sac and triggering a Thunderbolt.

• Fang Xu confirmed his overall strength had reached Early Kage Level, while his Chakra remained at Jonin Level, and decided to keep training and pursue Wood Release without rushing.
• Fang Xu found that Viridian Force complemented his Medical Ninjutsu by restoring stamina, healing injuries, and soothing the mind.
• Fang Xu jogged to the training ground with Pikachu and met Obito, Kurenai, Rin, Kakashi, Asuma, and Might Guy.
• Fang Xu introduced Pikachu and explained that it had Elite Chunin strength, great speed, and powerful lightning.
• Obito poked Pikachu’s Electric Sac, and Pikachu responded with a Thunderbolt.

After Obito was shocked for touching Pikachu’s sensitive Electric Sacs, Might Guy dragged him into intense morning training. Fang Xu stopped Kurenai and Rin when they tired, then rejoined the runners as Kakashi explained why Pikachu’s fast, hand-seal-free electric attacks made him dangerous.

• Pikachu shocked Obito after he ignored Fang Xu’s warning and touched its Electric Sacs, leaving him charred but alive.
• Rin checked on Obito, and Kakashi confirmed that he had successfully tested whether Pikachu could discharge electricity.
• Might Guy pulled Obito into the morning run and demanded ten laps and additional exercises despite Obito’s protests.
• Fang Xu stopped Kurenai and Rin after three laps, left a Shadow Clone to help them stretch, and continued running with the others.
• Asuma questioned Pikachu’s combat strength, and Kakashi described its quick electric attacks and ability to fight without hand seals.

Fang Xu and Kakashi spent more than five months training their friends while using Shadow Clones to take easy D-rank missions, as Konoha's situation worsened and the village prepared for frontline combat. Hiruzen ordered them to report to the Hokage Office for frontline missions, and they accepted that their time of avoiding deployment had ended.

• Kakashi explained that Pikachu's instant lightning attacks were difficult for ninja to predict, and he asked Fang Xu to find him a Pokémon like Pikachu someday.
• Over five months, Konoha faced mounting pressure from the other great ninja villages while Fang Xu and Kakashi trained their friends and used Shadow Clones for missions, hospital work, and practice.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi turned seven as Genin complained that their Shadow Clones kept taking the easy D-rank missions.
• Hiruzen caught Fang Xu's and Kakashi's Shadow Clones in the mission hall and ordered their main bodies to report for frontline missions.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi received their clones' memories at the training ground, and Kakashi noted that the Genin had finally reported them.

Fang Xu and Kakashi received a two-stage frontline mission from the Third Hokage: escort supplies to Kikyo Castle, then deliver a letter to Hatake Sakumo on the Hidden Mist Frontline. Before assembling, Fang Xu visited Kurenai to say goodbye and promised to return safely.

• The Third Hokage assigned Fang Xu and Kakashi to escort supplies with Hizashi Hyuga to Kikyo Castle, then carry a letter to Hatake Sakumo on the Hidden Mist Frontline.
• Fang Xu sent a Shadow Clone to pack supplies while Kakashi went home to prepare his equipment.
• Fang Xu went to the Ninja Academy and told Kurenai about the dangerous mission.
• Fang Xu encouraged Kurenai to keep training, gave her medicine, and hugged her before she returned to class.

Fang Xu and Kakashi joined Hizashi Hyuga's convoy escort toward the Land of Rivers, where Sunagakure ambushed the supply route. After the scouting team was killed, Hizashi divided his forces to draw the attackers away from the supplies, and Fang Xu stopped Kakashi from joining the battle.

• Fang Xu arrived at Konoha's gates with Kakashi and brought a Shadow Clone to help guard the supplies.
• Hizashi Hyuga led the convoy out of Konoha and warned Fang Xu, Kakashi, and the other ninja to follow orders.
• Fang Xu's Shadow Clone checked the carts and supplies while Kakashi helped scout the route during the peaceful first days of travel.
• Near the war zone, Hizashi Hyuga used his Byakugan and sent three Chunin to scout ahead.
• An explosion and distress flare signaled that the three scouts had been killed, and Hizashi discovered twenty Sand Ninja waiting in ambush.
• Hizashi ordered two squads to protect the convoy while he led the others against the Sand Ninja, and Fang Xu told Kakashi to stay with the supplies.

Fang Xu broke away from the Konoha convoy and charged alone into a Sand Ninja ambush, where he wiped out most of the squad with Raigo. Black Sand mistook Fang Xu’s steady composure for exhaustion and ordered the surviving Sand Ninja to attack him.

• Fang Xu left his Shadow Clone to guard the supply convoy and raced ahead, leaving Hizashi Hyuga and the other Konoha Jonin unable to catch him.
• Black Sand’s ambush squad learned that one Konoha ninja was approaching alone and chose to encircle and kill him rather than withdraw.
• Fang Xu reached the clearing, drew on his Electricity-Storage Bracelet, and unleashed Raigo from the storm clouds above.
• Raigo killed ten Chunin and four Jonin, severely wounded the remaining Sand Ninja, and left Black Sand’s ambush formation destroyed.
• Black Sand assumed Fang Xu had exhausted himself and ordered the surviving Sand Ninja to attack.

Fang Xu annihilated a twenty-man Sand Ninja ambush squad, including two Elite Jonin, but Hizashi Hyuga reprimanded him for leaving the convoy without orders. The chapter ended with Hizashi demanding to know why Fang Xu had acted alone.

• Fang Xu used six lightning-fast attacks to kill the remaining Sand Ninja and decapitate Black Sand.
• Hizashi Hyuga and his team arrived to find the ambush squad wiped out and Fang Xu still standing.
• Fang Xu assessed the strain his combined techniques had placed on his body.
• Hizashi Hyuga confronted Fang Xu for disobeying orders and risking the escort mission.
• Fang Xu denied acting to show off, and Hizashi demanded his real reason.

After Fang Xu wiped out a Sand Ninja ambush squad alone, he defended his disobedience as a calculated attack, leaving Hizashi Hyuga impressed and frustrated by the boy’s strength. Hizashi ordered the battlefield cleared and prepared to report Fang Xu’s insubordination, while reflecting on the vast gap in talent and the limits imposed on him as a Hyuga Branch Family member.

• Fang Xu explained that he had drawn the Sand Ninja away from the convoy and defeated them to prevent Konoha casualties.
• Hizashi Hyuga ordered the Sand Ninja bodies and equipment collected and the fallen scouts’ bodies recovered.
• Hizashi struck Fang Xu’s shoulder, discovered how unusually hard his body was, and questioned his age and training.
• Hizashi recognized Fang Xu’s extraordinary combat power, but warned him that he would report his disobedience.
• Fang Xu described Kakashi as an Elite Chunin who still fell far short of his own strength.
• Hizashi Hyuga reflected on the difference between Fang Xu’s talent and his own constrained fate as a member of the Hyuga Branch Family.

Fang Xu returned to the convoy after killing all twenty Sand Ninja, and Hizashi Hyuga confirmed the astonishing details of his battle. Kakashi learned that Fang Xu could not teach him Raigo yet, but promised to develop other S-rank Lightning Release techniques for him once his foundation improved.

• Hizashi Hyuga confirmed that all twenty Sand Ninja and the three missing scouts were dead, then led the group back to the supply convoy.
• Kakashi questioned Fang Xu about the battle, and Fang Xu admitted that he had killed all twenty Sand Ninja.
• Hizashi Hyuga explained that Fang Xu had used Raigo to kill fourteen enemies and then killed the remaining six Jonin, including Black Sand.
• Kakashi grabbed Fang Xu in frustration and asked how he had learned Raigo and reached such strength.
• Fang Xu explained that Kakashi could not learn Raigo because it relied on his special lightning abilities, but promised to create S-rank Lightning Release techniques suited to Kakashi later.
• Hizashi Hyuga learned that Fang Xu had other original S-rank Lightning Release techniques in mind and marveled at the strength of the new generation.

Hizashi Hyuga hurried the supply convoy toward Kikyo Castle after Fang Xu’s Lightning Release attack exposed their position. At the frontline camp, Orochimaru and Tsunade realized the convoy had been attacked, and Tsunade led a rescue team despite Orochimaru’s concerns about her condition.

• Hizashi Hyuga ordered the convoy to move quickly to Kikyo Castle and expanded its scouting perimeter.
• Kakashi acknowledged that Fang Xu’s lightning attack would reveal Konoha’s powerful Lightning Release ninja, then vowed to catch up with him.
• Orochimaru and Tsunade saw a huge pillar of lightning strike near the supply route and concluded that Sunagakure had attacked the convoy.
• Tsunade selected six Jonin and two Medical Ninjutsu ninja and left to assist the convoy.

Tsunade rushed to meet Konoha’s supply convoy after a massive lightning strike and scolded Fang Xu for being on the front lines. She learned that the seven-year-old had killed the entire twenty-member Sand Ninja ambush team, including two Elite Jonin, and was left stunned by his claim that he had borrowed the weather.

• Orochimaru ordered the camp to stay on alert and sent sensory ninja to monitor Tsunade’s direction.
• Chiyo recognized that the thunder pillar had fallen in the area assigned to Black Sand’s ambush team and sent ninja to investigate without engaging any powerful Lightning Release user.
• Hizashi Hyuga spotted Tsunade approaching the convoy, and she checked Fang Xu for injuries before twisting his ear and ordering him back to Konoha.
• Hizashi told Tsunade that three scouts had died, the convoy was unharmed, and Fang Xu had killed all twenty Sand Ninja attackers, including two Elite Jonin.
• Kakashi confirmed the account, and Fang Xu told the stunned Tsunade that he had borrowed the weather.

Fang Xu returned to Konoha’s frontline Camp after single-handedly defeating a Sand Ninja ambush squad, and the recovered bodies proved the scale of his strength. Orochimaru recognized him as a monster beyond any genius, while the supply convoy reached camp safely.

• Fang Xu told Tsunade that he had used Raigo to break the Sand Ninja formation, then killed the remaining Jonin with Lightning Release Swordsmanship and Taijutsu.
• Tsunade examined Fang Xu, confirmed he had no serious injuries, and joined Hizashi Hyuga in escorting the supply convoy to camp.
• Tsunade, Hizashi Hyuga, Kakashi, and Fang Xu reached Konoha’s frontline Camp at Kikyo Castle before dusk.
• Hizashi Hyuga reported that Fang Xu had killed all twenty Sand Ninja, and Orochimaru ordered the sealed corpses opened for inspection.
• Orochimaru examined the bodies and acknowledged Fang Xu as a monster far beyond any genius.

After Fang Xu destroyed Sunagakure’s ambush, Orochimaru ordered him and Kakashi to deliver a sealed letter to Hatake Sakumo on the Eastern Front. Despite Tsunade’s warnings, the two left Kikyo Castle before dusk and continued toward the Hidden Mist Battlefield.

• Orochimaru praised Fang Xu’s role in defeating the ambush and promised to report his achievements to the village.
• Orochimaru gave Fang Xu a sealed letter for Hatake Sakumo and ordered him and Kakashi to follow Sakumo’s deployment on the Eastern Front.
• Fang Xu asked to leave Kikyo Castle immediately, and Kakashi agreed that neither wanted to stay under the other ninja’s scrutiny.
• Tsunade warned Fang Xu to keep a low profile, follow White Fang’s command, and prioritize survival on the Eastern Front.
• Hizashi Hyuga thanked Fang Xu for protecting the transport squad and promised to record both his achievements and his violation of orders.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi took supplies and a map, left the Camp before dusk, and traveled more than a hundred kilometers by nightfall.

Fang Xu and Kakashi rested in the wilderness, where Fang Xu revealed more about his Spatial Ring and Pikachu’s rapid growth. Fang Xu then used his Exchange Talent to travel to the Universal Island World, where he was about to face a new trial.

• Fang Xu served Kakashi and Pikachu a hot feast from his Spatial Ring and explained that it preserved food.
• Fang Xu told Kakashi that the Beast Taming Space let Pikachu train at fifteen times the outside rate, but its next advancement required Fang Xu to reach True Kage Level.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi took turns keeping watch, and Fang Xu gave Kakashi a spare tent.
• Fang Xu left a Shadow Clone and Pikachu to guard the camp while his main body entered the Spatial Ring to prepare an exchange.
• Fang Xu exchanged ninja techniques, a contract scroll, and a Chakra Seed Crystal, then was pulled into the Universal Island World, where eighteen-year-olds faced the Island Lord Awakening Trial.

Fang Xu acquired and absorbed the S-Rank Enslavement Contract Talent Crystal after its former owner, Su Tian, tried and failed to enslave an injured Mermaid. He recognized the talent’s potential for controlling enemies and allies in the Shinobi World.

• Su Tian awakened an S-Rank Enslavement Contract talent and found an unconscious, severely injured Silver Rank Mermaid on the island.
• Su Tian tried to enslave the Mermaid, but an invisible force removed his talent and caused a scroll, a Chakra Seed Crystal, and other materials to appear.
• The Mermaid woke, killed Su Tian, and learned about chakra refinement and summoning contracts from the scroll and crystal.
• Fang Xu opened his eyes inside the Spatial Ring with the Enslavement Contract Talent Crystal in his palm.
• Fang Xu absorbed the crystal and learned that he could force contracts on weaker targets or on stronger targets rendered unable to resist.

Fang Xu’s Exchange Talent reached Level 3, letting him save attempts and travel directly to previously exchanged worlds. After returning from his Spatial Ring, he defeated five Root ninjas sent to assassinate him and Kakashi, then successfully bound one with a contract rune.

• Fang Xu’s Exchange Talent upgraded to Level 3, gaining accumulated attempts, targeted travel, and a higher chance of valuable exchanges.
• Fang Xu returned to the camp and evaded a coordinated ambush by five Root ninjas targeting him and Kakashi.
• Fang Xu’s Shadow Clone incapacitated the three Chunin before they could reach Kakashi’s tent.
• Fang Xu destroyed the Kikaichū swarm, broke the Short Sword Jonin’s weapon, and knocked out both Elite Jonin.
• Fang Xu placed a contract rune on the unconscious Short Sword Jonin and confirmed that it bound the man’s loyalty and life.

Fang Xu turned five Root ninja sent by Danzo into loyal agents and ordered them to gather evidence against him while Kakashi continued his mission. The chapter ended with Hiruzen Sarutobi reading a report that Fang Xu had annihilated a twenty-person Sunagakure squad.

• Fang Xu explained to Kakashi that Danzo had sent Root ninja to assassinate them and revealed that the Cursed Tongue Eradication Jutsu still prevented the captives from speaking directly about Danzo.
• The five Root ninja awoke under Fang Xu’s soul contracts, and he ordered them to return to Root, conceal their failure, and secretly gather evidence and intelligence.
• Fang Xu warned Kakashi not to confront Danzo and told him to rest before continuing to the Hidden Mist Frontline to deliver a letter to Teacher Sakumo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi read a report from Orochimaru and Hizashi Hyuga stating that Fang Xu had killed twenty Sunagakure ninja, including two Elite Jonin, and reacted with disbelief.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confirmed Fang Xu had defeated a twenty-person Sunagakure elite squad and promoted him to Special Jonin, rewarding him with the Flying Thunder God scroll. Danzo secretly placed a massive bounty on Fang Xu and leaked his abilities, and the intelligence reached Iwagakure, where Ōnoki reacted with alarm.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the frontline Anbu to verify reports that seven-year-old Fang Xu had defeated twenty Sunagakure elites, and the Anbu confirmed the casualties and battlefield evidence.
• Hiruzen recognized Fang Xu’s strength and influence in Konoha, then promoted him to Special Jonin and ordered the Flying Thunder God scroll sent to him as a reward.
• Danzo suspected Fang Xu had killed the Root assassins sent after him and decided Fang Xu could not be allowed to live.
• Danzo ordered Root to place an anonymous one hundred million ryo bounty on Fang Xu and leak his combat record through concealed channels.
• Fang Xu’s intelligence spread among the great ninja villages, and Ōnoki read it in Iwagakure and remarked on Konoha’s luck.