Chapter Summaries

The four great ninja villages raised Fang Xu’s bounty to 500 million ryo after learning he had destroyed Sunagakure’s Black Sand squad. Fang Xu and Kakashi hurried toward the Eastern Front, while Kakuzu accepted the bounty and began gathering intelligence on Fang Xu.

• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to increase Fang Xu’s bounty and investigate him before engaging.
• Chiyo confirmed Fang Xu had killed the Black Sand squad and ordered Sunagakure to raise his bounty and track him.
• The Raikage and Kirigakure matched the bounty, pushing Fang Xu’s total to 500 million ryo and drawing bounty hunters toward him.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi suspected Danzo had leaked Fang Xu’s intelligence, then chose to avoid towns and main roads as they hurried toward the Eastern Front.
• Kakuzu accepted the mission to kill Fang Xu and demanded detailed intelligence before pursuing him.

Black Zetsu and White Zetsu reported that Fang Xu's growing influence had disrupted Madara's plans for Obito Uchiha. The chapter left Madara learning that Might Duy possessed the Eight Gates.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that seven-year-old Fang Xu had defeated an elite Sunagakure ambush squad and attracted the attention of the major ninja villages and bounty hunters.
• Madara dismissed recruiting Fang Xu and asked Black Zetsu about potential Uchiha candidates, including Obito Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu explained that Obito had become Might Duy's student and had shifted his focus from the Sharingan and rivalry with Kakashi to intense Taijutsu training.
• Black Zetsu said Fang Xu's influence on Konoha's young ninja had helped divert Obito from the despair Madara had expected to exploit.
• Madara asked what made Might Duy unusual, and Black Zetsu revealed that Duy possessed the forbidden technique, the Eight Gates.

Madara decided to keep observing Obito Uchiha and Might Duy as Fang Xu and Kakashi fought their way toward Konoha's Eastern Front Camp under pursuit from bounty hunters. By the second night, more than thirty attackers had fallen, and Fang Xu was still complaining about their meager spoils.

• Black Zetsu explained that Obito's time training with Might Duy and Might Guy was making him harder to manipulate, but Madara ordered continued observation and said to replace Obito if he proved unsuitable.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi killed twelve bounty hunters who ambushed them in the eastern Land of Fire, then changed routes and raced toward Konoha's Eastern Front Camp.
• Seven bounty hunters attacked with poison mist on the first evening, and Fang Xu and Kakashi defeated them.
• The next morning, Fang Xu broke through a valley trap set by fifteen hunters, and the pair killed the attackers.
• On the second night, Fang Xu, Kakashi, and Pikachu wiped out more than thirty bounty hunters attempting to surround them.
• Fang Xu searched the corpses for valuables and complained that the hunters had left behind too little money.

Fang Xu and Kakashi reached Konoha’s Eastern Front camp after evading bounty hunters, where they delivered Orochimaru’s intelligence to Hatake Sakumo. Sakumo ordered them to remain at the front under his command after learning that Kirigakure had a new infiltration route.

• Kakuzu watched Fang Xu’s deadly swordsmanship and decided to keep pursuing him until he found a safer opportunity to claim the bounty.
• Fang Xu told Kakashi that Kakashi also had a Black Market bounty and hinted that Asuma’s would later reach thirty-five million ryo.
• The camp sentries recognized Fang Xu and Kakashi, confirmed their identities, and admitted them to meet Hatake Sakumo.
• Kakashi delivered Orochimaru’s letter and intelligence scroll to Sakumo, who acknowledged Fang Xu’s recent feats and read the intelligence.
• Sakumo learned that Kirigakure had a new infiltration route and ordered Fang Xu and Kakashi to remain at the Eastern Front under his command.

Sakumo learned that Danzo had targeted Fang Xu and planned to test his disciple’s abilities while protecting him from further threats. Fang Xu exchanged a Shadow Clone Technique scroll with Arceus for a Crystal Ball, which Arceus sent to Saffron Gym as Team Rocket continued trying to control Nazi.

• Sakumo ordered Kakashi and Fang Xu to stay in camp, then read reports detailing Fang Xu’s victories, the bounty on him, and Danzo’s involvement in the threats against him.
• Sakumo decided to test Fang Xu’s abilities and resolved to confront Danzo when the time was right.
• Fang Xu used Exchange to send a Shadow Clone Technique scroll to Arceus in return for a Crystal Ball.
• Arceus accepted the scroll and sent the Crystal Ball’s power toward Kanto.
• At Saffron Gym, Athena used suppressors to drive Nazi’s Psychic power toward a rampage as Team Rocket tried to brainwash her.

Nazi broke free of Athena’s brainwashing when the instruments vanished, then used her Psychic Power to rescue the Gym’s hostages and reunite with her parents. In the Spatial Ring, Fang Xu received an invitation to the Pokémon World and absorbed Nazi’s extracted Psychic Source, advancing his Psychic Power to Early Elite Four Level.

• The brainwashing instruments disappeared, freeing Nazi, who subdued Athena and the Team Rocket members without killing them.
• A Crystal Ball gave Nazi the Crystal Meditation Method, helping her calm her Psychic Power and restore the people she had turned into dolls.
• Nazi freed her mother and reconciled with her parents.
• Fang Xu received an Arceus Invitation that would let him travel to and from the Pokémon World, along with four Psychic suppression instruments and Nazi’s Psychic Source Crystal.
• Fang Xu absorbed the crystal and advanced from Pseudo-Elite Four Level to Early Elite Four Level, greatly improving his mental strength and perception.

Fang Xu tested his newly strengthened Psychic abilities, learning their limits and how they could support him in battle. He decided to learn Flying Thunder God to explain his Teleportation and concluded his practice relieved that Nazi had escaped Team Rocket’s control.

• Fang Xu tested Teleport, finding it stable within ten kilometers but vulnerable to spatial and mental interference from Team Rocket’s suppression devices.
• Fang Xu decided not to use Psychic Teleportation openly and resolved to learn Flying Thunder God as a cover for the ability.
• Fang Xu practiced Mind Reader on ninja beasts and Shadow Clones, learning to detect simple thoughts and fleeting intentions.
• Fang Xu tested Hypnosis and Petrification Technique, discovering they could incapacitate weaker targets and disrupt opponents.
• Fang Xu compared Heal Pulse with the Mystical Palm Technique and Viridian Force, assigning it a role in rapid long-range battlefield healing.
• Fang Xu reflected that Nazi had escaped Team Rocket and would not have to join them.

Fang Xu reviewed how his level-three Exchange Talent could save uses for targeted exchanges, then sparred with Kakashi before they were summoned by Hatake Sakumo. The village promoted Fang Xu to Special Jonin and Kakashi to Chunin, while Fang Xu received the Flying Thunder God Technique as a reward.

• Fang Xu decided to save his exchange uses so he could later target worlds and invest in resources he needed.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi sparred at the Eastern Front camp's training ground until a messenger summoned them to Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo delivered the village appointments, promoting Fang Xu to Special Jonin and Kakashi to Chunin.
• Hatake Sakumo gave Fang Xu a reward scroll containing the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Fang Xu said he would master it quickly.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi left to collect their uniforms and ninja tool supplies.

After receiving the Flying Thunder God scroll, Fang Xu discovered that he lacked the Sealing Techniques needed to understand and use it, so he asked Tsunade for manuals. Tsunade learned the Third Hokage had sent the scroll without supporting materials and sought Minato's help, leaving him surprised and delighted that Fang Xu wanted to learn the technique.

• Fang Xu received his Special Jonin vest while Kakashi received his Chunin appointment.
• Fang Xu studied the Flying Thunder God scroll and realized its space coordinates required Sealing Technique knowledge he did not have.
• Fang Xu asked Katsuyu to request basic-to-intermediate Sealing Technique manuals from Tsunade.
• Tsunade grew angry that the Third Hokage had given Fang Xu the Flying Thunder God without the manuals needed to learn it.
• Tsunade found Minato at camp and asked to borrow manuals covering formulas, space coordinates, and stabilization.
• Minato realized Fang Xu was trying to learn the Flying Thunder God and reacted with delight.

Tsunade and Minato discussed whether Fang Xu could master Flying Thunder God and the need for Sealing Technique tomes to study it. Minato decided to retrieve his notes in Konoha and bring them to the Eastern Front, where he planned to meet Fang Xu.

• Tsunade told Minato that Fang Xu had been awarded Flying Thunder God, but the scroll had arrived without the Sealing Technique tomes needed to understand it.
• Minato explained that mastering Flying Thunder God required strong spatial perception, fast reactions, and precise Chakra Control, and judged Fang Xu capable in the latter two areas.
• Tsunade insisted Fang Xu would learn Flying Thunder God, while Minato said he would welcome another Konoha ninja mastering the technique.
• Minato offered to bring Fang Xu the Sealing Technique tomes he had compiled while learning Flying Thunder God.
• Minato said he would return to Konoha to deliver mission intelligence to the Third Hokage, retrieve the tomes, and then travel to the Eastern Front to meet Fang Xu.
• Minato sensed the Flying Thunder God coordinate he had left in Konoha.

Fang Xu received complete Sealing Technique manuals and Flying Thunder God notes from Minato and Kushina, and resolved to prevent their deaths during the Nine-Tails' Rebellion. Before he could begin training, Sakumo announced an imminent Kirigakure assault and assigned Fang Xu's Shadow Clone to spar with Kakashi.

• Tsunade and Orochimaru suspected Hiruzen had withheld Sealing Technique materials to keep Fang Xu dependent on the village, but Tsunade vowed to help him learn the Flying Thunder God.
• Minato returned with Sealing Technique manuals and his Flying Thunder God notes, including encouraging messages from himself and Kushina.
• Fang Xu resolved to protect Minato and Kushina from the Nine-Tails' Rebellion and watch for Obito, Black Zetsu, Madara Uchiha, and Danzo.
• Sakumo reported that the Third Mizukage, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki were gathering for a frontal assault on Konoha's Eastern Front.
• Sakumo left to scout Kirigakure's forces and ordered Fang Xu to train in Sealing Technique while his Shadow Clone sparred with Kakashi.

Fang Xu studied the basics of Sealing Technique while Kakuzu waited for the Eastern Front to descend into chaos so he could claim the bounty on him. In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo argued over wartime deployments and control of young recruits, then the Uchiha set out to reinforce the Hidden Mist front.

• Fang Xu entered the Spatial Ring and rapidly studied Minato's Sealing Technique notes with help from his strong Mental Strength and precise Chakra Control.
• Kakuzu watched the camp and decided to wait for Kirigakure's attack to create a chance to assassinate Fang Xu for five hundred million ryo.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura discussed reinforcements after learning the Third Mizukage and the Three-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchuriki had reached the Eastern Front.
• Danzo argued that the Uchiha should reinforce the Hidden Mist front and the Hyuga the Iwagakure front; Hiruzen accepted the deployment plan after initially proposing to switch them.
• Hiruzen refused Danzo's demand to graduate Ninja Academy students early on a large scale, accusing him of trying to recruit them into Root.
• Danzo left for the Iwagakure front, and Fugaku Uchiha led a fully equipped team out of Konoha to reinforce the Hidden Mist Eastern Front.

Fang Xu and Kakashi joined Konoha’s defense when the Third Mizukage led a massive Kirigakure assault before the Uchiha reinforcements arrived. Fang Xu tore through the enemy ranks, then rose above an eight-Jonin ambush and prepared to strike back.

• The Third Mizukage led fifty thousand Kirigakure ninja in an assault on Konoha’s Eastern Front Camp before the Uchiha reinforcements arrived.
• Fang Xu and Kakashi entered the battle as Kirigakure’s Water Release broke through Konoha’s defenses.
• Fang Xu used Thunder Breathing to kill nearly a hundred Kirigakure ninja, rallying Konoha’s fighters as Kakashi guarded his flanks.
• Eight Kirigakure Jonin surrounded Fang Xu with Water Release, Ice Release, and bone attacks, but he evaded their techniques by flying above them.
• Fang Xu activated his Electricity-Storage Bracelet and declared that none of the eight Jonin would escape.

Fang Xu annihilated eight Kirigakure Jonin with Thunder Dragon, then killed the Three-Tails Jinchuriki with a Railgun as the battle intensified. Hatake Sakumo kept the Third Mizukage occupied while Fang Xu continued striking Kirigakure’s forces from the sky.

• Fang Xu destroyed eight Kirigakure Jonin with Thunder Dragon, and Kakashi was thrown into the mud by the blast wave.
• Fang Xu detected Hozuki Blood Moon hiding beneath the sea, then killed the charging Three-Tails Jinchuriki with a Railgun.
• The Third Mizukage rushed at Fang Xu, but Hatake Sakumo wounded him and forced him into a close fight.
• Hozuki Blood Moon remained hidden underwater as Fang Xu fired two more Railguns into Kirigakure’s formations, sending dozens of ninja flying.

Fang Xu’s Railgun bombardment routed Kirigakure’s army, and the Third Hokage Mizukage ordered a retreat while his forces planned an ambush to counter Fang Xu. Konoha celebrated Fang Xu as the Shinobi World Thunder God, but he escaped the crowd with Kakashi and went to Sakumo’s tent to eat.

• Fang Xu’s Railgun attacks devastated Kirigakure’s formation, and the Third Hokage Mizukage ordered his troops to retreat.
• Hatake Sakumo halted Konoha’s pursuit, while the Third Hokage Mizukage and Hozuki Hozuki Blood Moon discussed ambushing Fang Xu and investigating his abilities.
• Konoha’s ninja celebrated Fang Xu as the Shinobi World Thunder God, and Kakashi resolved to train harder so he would not fall further behind.
• Fang Xu grew tired of the praise and questions, then slipped away with Kakashi into Hatake Sakumo’s tent.
• Fang Xu took cooking utensils and ingredients from his Spatial Ring and told Sakumo he had barely eaten at the victory banquet.

After Fang Xu helped drive back Kirigakure’s army, he shared a hot pot meal with Sakumo and Kakashi, who urged him to consider the responsibilities his strength would bring. Black Zetsu and White Zetsu reported Fang Xu’s battlefield feats to Madara Uchiha, who learned that Kirigakure had lost the Three-Tails and nearly a thousand shinobi.

• Fang Xu, Sakumo, and Kakashi ate hot pot while Sakumo praised Fang Xu’s battlefield accomplishments and advised him to think about his future responsibilities.
• Fang Xu said that at seven, he wanted to focus on growing, training, eating well, and surviving rather than worrying about ideals or the village’s future.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu watched Fang Xu’s battle and were stunned by his attacks, which killed the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and drove back Kirigakure’s army.
• Black Zetsu and White Zetsu left the Eastern Front to report Fang Xu’s power to Madara Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu told Madara that Kirigakure had lost nearly a thousand shinobi, and that both the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and the Three-Tails had died.

Madara rejected Black Zetsu’s proposal to kill Fang Xu and instead ordered him to monitor and manipulate Fang Xu to keep the Eastern Front war going. As Fang Xu’s victory spread, other villages considered ways to eliminate him, while Chiyo kept the truth about the Third Hokage Kazekage’s disappearance and Sasori’s suspected crime secret to prevent turmoil in Sunagakure.

• Black Zetsu told Madara that Fang Xu had defeated Kirigakure’s forces, killing the Three-Tails Jinchuriki and forcing a retreat, and urged Madara to have him eliminated.
• Madara refused to kill Fang Xu, dismissed the threat he posed, and ordered Black Zetsu to observe and control him so the Eastern Front would remain at war.
• The Third Hokage Raikage ordered Hidden Cloud to discover Fang Xu’s weakness and kill him when an opportunity arose.
• Ōnoki ordered Kitsuchi to contact Akatsuki and hire them to kill Fang Xu after bounty hunters failed.
• Chiyo concealed her suspicion that Sasori had killed the Third Hokage Kazekage and ordered Sunagakure to keep declaring him missing until there was conclusive evidence.

Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi sought to move Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo from the Eastern Front, while Hidden Cloud's invasion forced Konoha to send Minato Namikaze to hold the Land of Rivers. Minato arrived as the front collapsed, and A charged at Nara Shikaku after badly injuring Choza.

• Danzo urged Hiruzen Sarutobi to transfer Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo, but a report arrived that the Third Raikage had invaded the Land of Rivers with A, Killer B, and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
• Hiruzen ordered Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo to reinforce the Hidden Cloud battlefield and summoned Minato Namikaze with a broken Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Minato accepted the order to hold the Land of Rivers front and used Flying Thunder God to leave for the battlefield immediately.
• Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza coordinated Konoha's retreat as A broke through their attempts to slow him.
• A struck Choza hard enough to dispel his Multi-Size Technique, then charged at Shikaku, whom he identified as the key to Konoha's defense.

Minato Namikaze arrived on the battlefield and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rescue Shikaku, then stayed behind to cover Konoha’s retreat. He left the story exchanging rapid attacks with A while the wounded Konoha shinobi escaped.

• Minato appeared between A and Shikaku, struck A with a Rasengan, and teleported Shikaku to safety.
• Minato ordered Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza to lead the wounded away while he held off the Hidden Cloud forces.
• A tried to pursue the retreating Konoha shinobi, but Minato intercepted him with Flying Thunder God and Rasengan attacks.
• A and Minato traded attacks across the battlefield as the Hidden Cloud shinobi watched, unable to keep up with their speed.

Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God to slaughter Hidden Cloud pursuers until A ordered a retreat, then returned to Konoha’s temporary camp and learned its defenders were badly depleted. Reinforcements, including Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu, were on their way.

• A challenged Minato to fight directly, but Minato avoided his attacks and began striking the Hidden Cloud formation.
• Minato used his Flying Thunder God markers to kill and injure nearly a hundred Hidden Cloud ninja while evading A.
• A ordered a full retreat and vowed to defeat Minato at their next meeting.
• Minato assessed that his speed was sufficient but his attacks lacked the power to overcome defenses like A’s and the Third Raikage’s.
• Minato returned to the temporary camp, where Shikaku reported severe casualties, fallen defensive lines, and shortages of medical supplies.
• Minato told Shikaku that a large Konoha force, Hatake Sakumo, and Fang Xu were coming as reinforcements.