Chapter Summaries

Konoha received orders transferring Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu from the Eastern Front to reinforce the Hidden Cloud battlefield, while Fugaku Uchiha took command in their place. Fang Xu and Hatake Sakumo agreed the move risked weakening the front and reflected the Hokage’s and Danzo’s political aims, but they accepted that the Hidden Cloud threat required reinforcements.

• Minato assigned Shikaku to manage the Hidden Cloud defenses while he dealt with A, Killer B, and other powerful fighters, and learned that the Third Raikage had returned to the Land of Lightning after leading the first attack.
• An Anbu messenger delivered the Hokage’s order for Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu to leave the Eastern Front and reinforce Hidden Cloud, with Fugaku Uchiha taking over command.
• Fang Xu warned that Kirigakure could exploit the weakened Eastern Front and argued that the transfer was intended to limit Sakumo’s influence and wear down the Uchiha.
• Hatake Sakumo agreed that Fang Xu’s judgment was correct but cautioned him against voicing such accusations openly.
• Hatake Sakumo accepted the transfer, noting that Konoha had to prevent Hidden Cloud from opening a path that could draw attacks from the other ninja villages.
• Kakashi asked what would happen to the Eastern Front.

Fang Xu and Sakumo arranged to leave the Eastern Front for the Hidden Cloud Battlefield while using Shadow Clones to conceal their departure. Kakashi accepted that he was not strong enough to join them and agreed to return to Konoha under Anbu escort.

• Fang Xu proposed leaving Shadow Clones at camp to mislead Kirigakure while the Uchiha took over the defense line.
• Kakashi asked to join the Hidden Cloud Battlefield, but Sakumo and Fang Xu told him he lacked the strength to survive its Kage Level threats.
• Kakashi agreed to return to Konoha, accepted Sakumo's offer of an Anbu escort, and promised to visit Kurenai, Obito, and the others for Fang Xu.
• Sakumo told trusted Jonin that command would pass to Fugaku Uchiha and ordered them to keep his and Fang Xu's mission secret.
• Fang Xu and Sakumo created Shadow Clones that stayed in camp to maintain the appearance that they had not left.

Sakumo and Fang Xu traveled from the Eastern Front toward the Land of Rivers to reinforce Minato, stopping overnight to preserve their stamina. Fang Xu’s abundant supplies made their rest unusually comfortable, and Sakumo went to sleep in a fully equipped tent.

• Sakumo and Fang Xu slipped out of camp while Kakashi returned to Konoha with two Anbu, and Kakashi told them both to come back alive.
• Fang Xu stopped outside a valley for the night, arguing that they should rest before reaching the Hidden Cloud battlefield.
• Fang Xu served Sakumo a hot meal from his Spatial Ring, and Sakumo asked him to upgrade his Spatial Bracelet.
• Fang Xu summoned Pikachu and fed him, then produced a ready-made tent for himself.
• Fang Xu brought out a second tent for Sakumo, who settled into its bedding and fell asleep.

Fang Xu used ten accumulated Exchange uses to send swordsmanship insights to the One Piece World and was pulled into Marineford during the battle. Luffy freed Ace, and Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat while he stayed behind.

• Fang Xu designated the One Piece World for an Exchange and sent it Thousand Hands and Hatake Style swordsmanship insights.
• Luffy fought his way toward Ace, and his family ties to Ace, Dragon, and Garp were revealed to the battlefield.
• Luffy's Conqueror's Haki knocked out the executioners, and Garp let Luffy strike him aside.
• Luffy freed Ace from the Seastone handcuffs, and the brothers fought their way toward the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard ordered his crew to retreat with Ace and Luffy, telling them to return to the New World alive.

Blackbeard arrived at Marineford and challenged Whitebeard, but an unknown force stripped him of his powers, allowing Whitebeard to kill him. Whitebeard then held off Akainu and ordered Marco to carry Ace and Luffy away as the pirates retreated.

• Blackbeard taunted the wounded Whitebeard, but an unknown force removed his Haki and Dark-Dark Fruit ability.
• Whitebeard struck Blackbeard with the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and killed him, avenging Thatch.
• Akainu pursued Ace and Luffy, but Whitebeard attacked him and buried him beneath the fractured ground.
• Whitebeard ordered Ace to return to the ship and told Marco to take Ace and Luffy away.
• Marco carried Ace and Luffy toward the retreating pirates while Ace struggled and called out for Whitebeard.

Whitebeard held off Aokiji, Kizaru, and the Marines so the Whitebeard Pirates could escape, despite his grievous wounds. After taking Kizaru’s Light-Speed Kick, he remained standing as the Marines declared his era over.

• Aokiji froze the bay and attacked Marco, Ace, and Luffy, but Whitebeard intervened and cracked the ice to open an escape route.
• Whitebeard blocked Aokiji and Kizaru while the pirate ships moved through the channel, taking more wounds as he deflected their attacks.
• Marco brought Ace and Luffy aboard a warship, and Ace stopped Marco from returning to help Whitebeard.
• Whitebeard drove back the Marines and blocked their pursuit, but Aokiji froze his legs and Kizaru struck his chest with a Light-Speed Kick.
• The smoke cleared to reveal Whitebeard still standing, bloodied and badly injured.

Whitebeard held off Aokiji and Kizaru until the Whitebeard Pirates escaped, then died standing after declaring that the One Piece was real. After the war ended, Fang Xu received two flawless Devil Fruits and Haki experience crystals, while Hawk-Eye obtained swordsmanship scrolls from another world.

• Whitebeard fought off Aokiji and Kizaru long enough for the Whitebeard Pirates to sail through the Gates of Justice, and Ace thanked him for taking him in.
• Whitebeard declared that the One Piece was real, then died standing amid the ruins of Marineford.
• Two swordsmanship scrolls appeared from spatial rifts and flew to Hawk-Eye, who recognized them as arts from another world and left to study them.
• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived and called for an end to the fighting, and Sengoku declared the war over.
• Fang Xu received the Flawless Dark-Dark Fruit, the Flawless Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and three Haki Experience Crystals, and realized he had made a killing.

Fang Xu fused Whitebeard’s Three-Color Haki and Hawk-Eye’s Kendo experience, gaining powerful perception, Haki, and swordsmanship while finding that his young body could not yet withstand their full strength. He then ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit without suffering their usual drawbacks.

• Fang Xu fused Whitebeard’s Haki Crystal, awakening Observation Haki, Conqueror’s Haki, and Armament Haki, but stopped using advanced Armament techniques when they strained his body.
• Fang Xu fused Hawk-Eye’s Complete Kendo Experience Crystal and demonstrated his swordsmanship by splitting an iron object and a distant boulder with a Flying Slash.
• Fang Xu’s Shadow Clone told Hatake Sakumo that the disturbance came from Fang Xu testing swordsmanship inside the Spatial Ring.
• Fang Xu recognized that his physique could not yet handle Hawk-Eye’s full strength and set aside Blackbeard’s Two-Color Haki Crystal.
• Fang Xu ate the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and both powers merged into him without conflict or bodily harm.

Fang Xu tested the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and Dark-Dark Fruit, discovering ways to use their powers while avoiding their physical costs. He confirmed that his flawless Dark-Dark Fruit had none of its usual weaknesses, then prepared to investigate its greatest surprise.

• Fang Xu tested the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, felt its physical backlash, and devised a possible method for tempering his body with vibrations and lightning.
• Fang Xu used Black Vortex to absorb his Shadow Clone’s lightning, fire, and water ninjutsu.
• Fang Xu discovered that touching an opponent with the Dark-Dark Fruit suppressed their Chakra and prevented them from using ninjutsu, while its darkness could also devour Psychic Power more slowly.
• Fang Xu tested whether the Dark-Dark Fruit amplified pain and confirmed that the wound from his Shadow Clone’s sword caused only normal pain.
• Fang Xu concluded that his flawless Dark-Dark Fruit had none of the usual weaknesses, then noted that it held an even greater surprise.

Fang Xu discovered that the Dark-Dark Fruit could extract, absorb, and transfer bloodline powers, then planned to use Root to obtain more. He continued training his combined abilities and ended the chapter by unleashing a powerful sword strike.

• Fang Xu extracted a trace of Senju Bloodline origin from a Shadow Clone, absorbed it, and successfully transferred it to another clone.
• Fang Xu realized the Dark-Dark Fruit could potentially seize and bestow bloodline powers such as Kekkei Genkai and planned to exploit Root’s resources and intelligence channels.
• Fang Xu ordered the Root shinobi he controlled to return and secretly screen for targets while he prepared to work around Danzo’s control methods.
• Fang Xu expanded his dark gravitational pull and tested the Dark-Dark Fruit alongside the Rumble-Rumble Fruit without harming his body.
• Fang Xu combined Haki, Thunder Breathing, and tremor power in a sword strike that shattered a distant row of boulders.

Fang Xu tempered his body and trained his new abilities before setting out with Hatake Sakumo toward the Land of Rivers front line. Sakumo noticed Fang Xu’s transformed sword aura and growing strength but accepted his explanation that he had made a breakthrough in swordsmanship.

• Fang Xu began tempering his body with vibrations and lightning, then used Viridian Force and Heal Pulse to repair the damage and strengthen himself.
• Fang Xu assigned Shadow Clones to practice his abilities and study sealing techniques needed for Flying Thunder God.
• At dawn, Hatake Sakumo noticed Fang Xu’s sharper, more restrained sword aura and asked what he had done overnight.
• Fang Xu said he had integrated his sword styles and made a breakthrough, and Sakumo warned him against dangerous methods of gaining power.
• Fang Xu and Sakumo set off at full speed for the Land of Rivers front line, where Minato was facing Hidden Cloud forces.

As Konoha’s defensive line in the Land of Rivers began to collapse, Minato faced A and Killer B’s Eight-Tails while trying to protect the camp of wounded. Fang Xu’s Railgun detonated the Tailed Beast Ball before it struck, and he and Sakumo descended through the thunderclouds as the battlefield reeled from the blast.

• Hidden Cloud’s vastly larger force overwhelmed Konoha’s damaged defenses, leaving Shikaku and the other defenders struggling to hold the line.
• Killer B transformed fully into the Eight-Tails and launched a Tailed Beast Ball at Konoha’s temporary camp, while A attacked Minato.
• Minato chose to stand between the Tailed Beast Ball and the camp, unable to escape or move the attack away.
• Fang Xu warned Minato to duck and fired a Railgun shot that struck the Tailed Beast Ball, making it explode before reaching the camp.
• The explosion hurled ninjas from both sides across the battlefield, and Fang Xu and Sakumo descended from the thunderclouds.

Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu arrived as Konoha’s forces were close to collapse and turned the battle against the Hidden Cloud. Fang Xu left A gravely wounded with a single slash, revealing that his close-range attack could pierce defenses that had resisted Minato’s Rasengan.

• Hatake Sakumo and Fang Xu arrived on the battlefield, lifting Konoha’s morale and alarming the Hidden Cloud forces.
• Sakumo cut down dozens of Hidden Cloud ninja with Thunder Breathing, allowing Konoha’s battered fighters to counterattack.
• A charged at Sakumo, but Fang Xu stopped him with a coin-fired beam and drew A’s attention.
• Fang Xu evaded A’s Lariat and slashed through his Lightning Release Chakra Armor, leaving him with a deep chest wound.
• Minato recognized that Fang Xu’s slash had surpassed the Rasengan’s close-range killing power.

Fang Xu defeated A and forced the Hidden Cloud army to retreat, while Killer B withdrew with his unconscious brother. As Konoha pursued the fleeing forces, Fang Xu used Railguns to devastate their retreat.

• Fang Xu punched A unconscious and sent him crashing into the Eight-Tails, leaving both brothers at the bottom of a crater.
• Blue B ordered a full retreat after assessing Hidden Cloud’s losses and warned Killer B that staying would risk losing both jinchūriki.
• Killer B withdrew the Eight-Tails’ chakra, secured A, and led Hidden Cloud’s forces away from the battlefield.
• Konoha’s ninja pursued the retreating army as Fang Xu fired repeated Railguns into its ranks and rear guards.

Fang Xu faced the returning Third Hokage Raikage alone after Hidden Cloud’s retreat, intending to end the war and return to Konoha. The Third Hokage Raikage blocked Fang Xu’s Railgun without injury, leaving the battle unresolved as Hidden Cloud rallied.

• Minato and Sakumo assessed Fang Xu’s strength and warned that the Third Hokage Raikage would be Hidden Cloud’s strongest threat when he returned.
• Fang Xu sensed the Third Hokage Raikage arriving through the Heavenly Transfer Technique as Blue B led the battered Hidden Cloud troops in retreat.
• The Third Hokage Raikage landed before Hidden Cloud’s formation, saw A’s severe wound, and learned that Fang Xu had injured him.
• Fang Xu told Minato and Sakumo to hold the Konoha line while he confronted the Third Hokage Raikage alone.
• Fang Xu fired a Railgun at the Third Hokage Raikage, who blocked it with Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite and emerged unharmed.

Fang Xu faced the Third Raikage’s Three-Fingered Spear Hand with a Haki-coated fist concealing the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s power. Their clash devastated both sides’ formations, and Fang Xu’s vibrations shattered the Raikage’s arm and damaged his internal organs.

• The Third Raikage launched a Three-Fingered Spear Hand at Fang Xu while Minato and Sakumo watched from Konoha’s formation.
• Fang Xu coated his right arm in Armament and Conqueror’s Haki and concealed compressed vibrations inside his fist.
• Fang Xu and the Third Raikage collided head-on, sending shockwaves across the battlefield and injuring hundreds of ninja.
• The Third Raikage realized Fang Xu’s fist had stopped his thrust, but vibrations traveled through his fingers and shattered the bones in his arm.
• Fang Xu drove his fist forward and unleashed the compressed vibrations, twisting the Third Raikage’s arm and striking his internal organs.

Fang Xu defeated the Third Raikage with a blow that destroyed him from within, breaking Hidden Cloud’s resolve and forcing its leader to offer a ceasefire. Fang Xu agreed to negotiate but warned that he would go to Kumogakure himself if Hidden Cloud tried any tricks.

• Fang Xu defeated the Third Raikage, and Konoha’s ninjas celebrated as Hidden Cloud’s confidence collapsed.
• Minato realized Fang Xu’s internal-damage attack could help him overcome powerful defenses and resolved to ask for guidance.
• Fang Xu determined that Haki had suppressed most of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s backlash as he descended to face the injured Third Raikage.
• The Third Raikage acknowledged defeat and offered to withdraw and negotiate a ceasefire, while Blue B stopped Hidden Cloud’s ninjas from continuing the fight.
• Fang Xu agreed to talks and warned Hidden Cloud that he would personally go to Kumogakure if they attempted any tricks.

After defeating the Third Raikage, Fang Xu returned to Konoha's position and revealed that his powerful vibrations had injured his own body. He left the ceasefire negotiations to Sakumo and Minato, insisting that Konoha demand substantial reparations from Hidden Cloud.

• The Third Raikage accepted defeat, promised that Hidden Cloud would send representatives to discuss peace, and led his army back to its position.
• Konoha's ninja cheered Fang Xu as he returned, but Sakumo's pat on his shoulder triggered pain and blood from Fang Xu's injuries.
• Fang Xu explained that the vibrations he used against the Third Raikage had caused internal backlash, and Sakumo and Minato warned him against risking further damage.
• Fang Xu assigned ceasefire negotiations to Sakumo and Minato and urged them to demand extensive reparations from Hidden Cloud.
• Sakumo and Minato agreed to pursue compensation for Konoha's wartime losses and to use the victory to weaken Hidden Cloud.

Fang Xu recovered from the backlash of his Tremor-Tremor Fruit attack while the Third Raikage concealed his injuries and planned to stall Konoha with ceasefire talks as Hidden Cloud prepared to strike Iwagakure’s rear. The chapter left A in critical condition, with Haki preventing the Hidden Cloud medics from healing his wound.

• Fang Xu used Viridian Force to heal the damage caused by his Tremor-Tremor Fruit attack and resolved to limit his output until his physique improved.
• The Third Raikage ordered the Hidden Cloud medical ninjas to keep his injuries secret and told Blue B to delay ceasefire negotiations with Konoha.
• The Third Raikage planned to send Hidden Cloud forces by sea to attack Iwagakure’s undefended rear while Konoha and Iwagakure believed Hidden Cloud was occupied with negotiations.
• A’s condition worsened as Haki continued destroying his flesh and meridians, and the Hidden Cloud medical ninjas could not remove it with Medical Ninjutsu.
• The Third Raikage hurried to A’s bedside and resolved that his son and successor could not die.

Fang Xu agreed to treat A only if Hidden Cloud provided a scroll's worth of Eight-Tails Chakra, and threatened to capture Killer B if they refused. Gyūki urged Killer B to accept the deal, leaving the negotiation unresolved.

• The Third Raikage sent A to the Konoha camp and ordered Blue B and Killer B to negotiate with Fang Xu.
• Hatake Sakumo confirmed Fang Xu had recovered and brought him to meet the Hidden Cloud delegation.
• Killer B insulted Fang Xu, but Blue B asked him to save A and offered to meet reasonable conditions.
• Fang Xu demanded Eight-Tails Chakra in a sealing scroll, and Blue B refused to hand it over.
• Fang Xu threatened to resume the war and capture Killer B to drain his Chakra, silencing Blue B.
• Gyūki told Killer B to give Fang Xu some of its Chakra rather than risk being captured and drained.