Chapter Summaries

After returning from a successful mission, Mu Feng received system rewards and spent 3,000 blackening points to redeem the Demon Blade Muramasa. He began testing the new sword’s performance.

• Mu Feng and the three Anbu members returned to Konoha after defeating five Kirigakure ninja, where Mu Feng briefly encountered Kakashi and handed back the fox mask.
• An Anbu member praised Mu Feng’s performance and invited him to join the Anbu if he passed the Chunin assessment.
• The system awarded Mu Feng an A rating, the Flying Thunder God Technique, 1,300 blackening points, and a random secret technique scroll.
• Mu Feng used 3,000 blackening points to redeem the Demon Blade Muramasa and practiced wielding it despite its length.
• Mu Feng drew on his chakra and prepared to test the Demon Blade Muramasa.

Mu Feng tested the Demon Blade Muramasa and found that it could combine with all five chakra natures, then received Minato Namikaze’s Flying Thunder God training scroll. After planning his training, Mu Feng heard someone calling for him outside.

• Mu Feng tested the Demon Blade Muramasa on wood and kunai, confirming its extraordinary sharpness.
• Mu Feng infused the blade with each of the five chakra natures and observed different effects, including heat, durability, paralysis, and enhanced cutting.
• Minato Namikaze visited Mu Feng, gave him a Flying Thunder God training scroll with personal notes, and told him to study the mark on his Space-Time Kunai.
• Mu Feng studied the scroll, concluded that mastering the technique would take time and require more chakra, and saw his chakra begin rage blackening.
• Mu Feng drew up a training plan, then heard someone calling for him from outside.

Mu Feng reunited with Kurenai Yuhi and their friends, learned the Chunin Ninja Exam results and that Orochimaru would attend the finals, and worried that the Sannin might uncover his secrets. He parted with the group after they promised to watch his matches in two days.

• Kurenai Yuhi and the others asked Mu Feng why he had missed the exams, and he explained that he had received a bye after Kakashi called him away.
• Kurenai Yuhi told Mu Feng that Hana Inuzuka and a ninja from a small village had been badly injured, while the Kumogakure contestants had been eliminated and left Konoha.
• Kurenai Yuhi revealed that Orochimaru had returned and would watch the matches, prompting Mu Feng to worry that Orochimaru would discover his unusual abilities and Hashirama's constitution.
• Mu Feng chatted with Kurenai Yuhi, Obito, Asuma Sarutobi, and Guy over ramen, and Kurenai Yuhi encouraged him to do his best in the matches two days later.

Mu Feng prepared for the Chunin Exams finals, where he was matched against Kisame Hoshigaki while Konoha officials watched for promising candidates. Shiosui Nara and Hokado Hyuga won their matches, and Mu Feng’s showdown with Kisame was next.

• Mu Feng checked in with the five other finalists and learned that he would face Kisame Hoshigaki.
• Namiashi Raidō told the Konoha candidates that Orochimaru would be watching, and Shiosui Nara warned Mu Feng about Kisame’s strength.
• Shiosui Nara defeated the Kirigakure Hozuki Clan ninja by catching him with the Shadow Imitation Technique after he liquefied.
• Hokado Hyuga beat Chōtō Akimichi and revealed that he could use Rotation.
• The announcer prepared to start the highly anticipated match between Mu Feng and Kisame Hoshigaki.

Mu Feng Uchiha faced Kisame Hoshigaki in the Chunin exam and revealed the strength of his demon blade and his mastery of wind-nature chakra. The fight continued as Mu Feng closed in, while Orochimaru and Hiruzen Sarutobi watched from the stands.

• Mu Feng and Kisame entered the arena as the spectators noticed their imposing swords, and Kurenai Yuhi cheered Mu Feng from the stands.
• After the examiner started the match, Kisame taunted Mu Feng and charged at him with his Ninja Blade.
• Mu Feng drew Muramasa and blocked Kisame's strike, notching Kisame's blade while his own remained unharmed.
• Mu Feng coated Muramasa in wind-nature chakra, astonishing Kisame and the Jonin watching from the stands.
• Mu Feng rushed Kisame to press his advantage, and Kisame saw him appear directly in front of him.

Mu Feng overwhelmed Kisame Hoshigaki in close combat, breaking Kisame’s blade and forcing him to switch to Water Release. Kisame trapped Mu Feng in a Great Waterfall Technique, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Mu Feng matched Kisame’s strength and unleashed a rapid sword assault that drove him backward.
• Mu Feng snapped Kisame’s Ninja Blade, and Kisame retreated to create distance.
• Kirigakure ninjas watching the fight recognized similarities between Mu Feng’s swordsmanship and their village’s style, then hoped Kisame would win.
• Kisame abandoned close combat and used Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique to trap Mu Feng in a surge of water.

Mu Feng was trapped underwater by Kisame Hoshigaki’s massive Water Release technique and faced five regenerating sharks. He escaped with the Eight Gates Released Formation and launched a lightning attack into the water prison, leaving Kisame’s fate unresolved.

• Kisame Hoshigaki trapped Mu Feng inside a huge water prison and summoned five sharks to attack him.
• Mu Feng struggled to breathe and evade the sharks as spectators, including Kurenai Yuhi and Obito, cheered him on.
• Mu Feng opened five gates, using the resulting force and turbulent currents to disrupt the sharks and race toward the prison’s edge.
• Mu Feng broke out of the water prison and deactivated the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Mu Feng charged his Demon Sword with lightning and plunged it into the water prison.

Mu Feng defeated Kisame Hoshigaki in the Chunin Ninja Exams and received a new system quest to become the strongest ninja. After leaving the arena, he noticed Orochimaru watching him, and Orochimaru told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he was interested in Mu Feng as a student.

• Mu Feng used lightning through his demonic blade to paralyze Kisame inside the water prison, then withdrew the blade as the prison burst apart.
• The head examiner declared Mu Feng the winner, and the crowd celebrated while the aftereffects of the Eight Gates Released Formation left him exhausted.
• The system awarded Mu Feng 1,000 blackening points and issued the main quest to become the strongest ninja.
• Namiashi Raidō congratulated Mu Feng and escorted him toward the medical room while the medical team carried Kisame away.
• Mu Feng looked toward Orochimaru in the viewing stand, and Hiruzen Sarutobi later summoned Orochimaru to discuss the exam.
• Orochimaru praised Mu Feng and asked Hiruzen whether Mu Feng had a teacher, prompting Hiruzen to suspect that Orochimaru wanted to take him as a student.

After Mu Feng recovered from his Chunin assessment battle, Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned him to the Hokage Building to receive his promotion and learn his assignment. Danzo tried to claim Mu Feng for Root, but Hiruzen insisted he had already decided where Mu Feng would go, just as Mu Feng arrived.

• Orochimaru expressed interest in Mu Feng's ability to stop the Eight Gates Released Formation while continuing to fight, but Hiruzen Sarutobi refused to let him take Mu Feng as a student.
• Mu Feng's classmates visited him in the infirmary, and he encouraged Guy by explaining how the Seventh and Eighth Gates could defeat Kisame.
• After resting overnight, Mu Feng received a summons to the Hokage Building and considered whether he would join a regular team, the Anbu, or Orochimaru.
• Shimura Danzō asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to assign Mu Feng to Root, arguing that Root needed a Sharingan.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi said he had already chosen Mu Feng's assignment and noted that Mu Feng had joined an Anbu operation; then Mu Feng arrived at the Hokage Building.

After Mu Feng passed the Chunin exams, Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned him to an Anbu squad rather than letting Danzo recruit him. Mu Feng left with the rabbit-masked Anbu ninja and learned they would undertake a new mission in a week, which he suspected would take him outside Konoha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi refused Danzo’s request to recruit Mu Feng into Root, and Danzo tried to persuade Mu Feng to serve under him as Mu Feng waited outside the Hokage’s office.
• Mu Feng avoided Danzo’s offer and entered the office, where Hiruzen Sarutobi praised his contributions during the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi offered Mu Feng the choice of joining the Anbu or learning under Orochimaru, and Mu Feng chose to stay in the village and take missions.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi assigned Mu Feng to the rabbit-masked Anbu ninja’s squad and told them to prepare for a new mission in a week.
• Mu Feng followed the Anbu ninja out and suspected the upcoming mission would take him beyond Konoha.