Recaps

Xuan Zhe and Obito fought Higashimura Sanxiong, whose evasiveness kept Obito from using his dimensional ability. After Sanxiong failed to persuade them to talk, Xuan Zhe and Obito left to get a late-night snack.

• Xuan Zhe repeatedly struck Sanxiong while shrugging off the damage from Sanxiong's attacks.
• Obito tried to touch Sanxiong and pull him into his dimension, but Sanxiong dodged him.
• Sanxiong tried to flee, but Xuan Zhe and Obito chased him without catching him.
• Sanxiong asked to talk, but Xuan Zhe and Obito answered with more attacks.
• Xuan Zhe asked Obito if he could handle Sanxiong, then invited him to get a late-night snack.
• Xuan Zhe and Obito left Sanxiong behind.

Xuan Zhe, Obito, and Higashimura Sanxiong ate together while Higashimura tried to recruit Xuan Zhe and ask about Kara. When a group of troublemakers confronted them, Xuan Zhe fought their leader and continued to overpower him.

• Higashimura Sanxiong followed Xuan Zhe and Obito to a meal and offered Xuan Zhe gold to join his organization.
• Xuan Zhe told Obito he knew his identity and asked about life in the Akatsuki, while Higashimura Sanxiong asked who belonged to Kara.
• A group of rowdy men kicked over the table and their leader threatened Xuan Zhe.
• Xuan Zhe repeatedly kicked and dodged the leader's attacks as the leader grew increasingly angry.
• After the leader attacked for twenty minutes without success, Xuan Zhe struck him in the heart and demanded that he attack again.

Xuan Zhe beat the ringleader into submission, then confronted the wandering Shinobi who arrived after the boss signaled for help. When Matsushita General drew his blade, Xuan Zhe attacked him, and their fight continued.

• Xuan Zhe overwhelmed the ringleader and held him by the neck until the boss accepted defeat.
• The boss threatened Xuan Zhe and signaled for help, while Xuan Zhe remained unmoved and prepared to fight.
• Matsushita General arrived with a group of wandering Shinobi and challenged Xuan Zhe.
• Xuan Zhe attacked Matsushita General, who drew his blade and launched a flurry of slashes.

Xuan Zhe defeated General Matsushita and his men, then accepted a mission to investigate the Land of Iron and traveled there with Hinata. In a town, he shoved aside a young master who harassed Hinata and provoked him into a confrontation.

• Xuan Zhe overpowered General Matsushita in a duel, then fought off the general's group until they knelt and kowtowed.
• Xuan Zhe left the defeated men and, more than ten days later, accepted a mission to investigate a troubled country.
• Hinata arrived at the Shinobi village to confront Xuan Zhe, then agreed to accompany him to the Land of Iron using her connections there.
• Xuan Zhe and Hinata entered a town in the Land of Iron, where a young master pursued Hinata after she ignored him.
• Xuan Zhe shoved the young master aside and traded insults with him after the man threatened to kill him.

Xuan Zhe beat the young master, who returned with the samurai Tiezi Asan to attack him. Xuan Zhe dodged Tiezi Asan’s Iaido Slash, then overwhelmed his defenses with Black Blade and used Flying Thunder God Slash as Tiezi Asan ran out of strength.

• Xuan Zhe repeatedly struck the young master and dismissed his pleas to talk.
• The young master fled, then returned with Tiezi Asan, a samurai from the Land of Iron.
• Tiezi Asan attacked Xuan Zhe with Iaido Slash, but Xuan Zhe dodged every strike.
• Xuan Zhe drew Black Blade and forced Tiezi Asan to block his faster attacks until he was exhausted.
• Tiezi Asan retreated to avoid leaving an opening, but Xuan Zhe used Flying Thunder God Slash and appeared with his blade before him.

Xuan Zhe left Tiezi Asan wounded and enraged, then confronted A Bing outside the inn after arriving with Hinata. The two clashed, and Xuan Zhe drew Black Blade as the fight escalated.

• Xuan Zhe taunted Tiezi Asan, refused his request to talk unless he knelt, and walked away while Tiezi Asan vowed to report him to Sifune.
• Xuan Zhe told Hinata they had reached their lodgings, and she mistook his remarks about her guards for a genuine attempt to take one of them before he said he was teasing.
• On the inn's third floor, a man noticed Xuan Zhe training below and headed toward the entrance.
• A Bing confronted Xuan Zhe outside the inn and attacked him with his blade, but Xuan Zhe dodged each strike.
• Xuan Zhe drew Black Blade and moved toward A Bing.

Xuan Zhe fought off A Bing, who retreated swearing revenge, before the group stopped for ramen and Yumazi's mother tried to arrange a marriage between him and her daughter. As Xuan Zhe attempted to leave, Yumazi's pursuer Bandao attacked him with a knife.

• Xuan Zhe used Flying Thunder God to get behind A Bing and beat him until A Bing withdrew, vowing to take revenge someday.
• The group left the inn and ate ramen, where the proprietress repeatedly asked Xuan Zhe if he was married.
• The proprietress introduced her daughter Yumazi to Xuan Zhe and insisted they were a perfect match.
• Xuan Zhe tried to leave, but Yumazi blocked his way and called him her fiancé when Bandao arrived.
• Bandao decided to kill Xuan Zhe and thrust a knife at him.

Xuan Zhe repeatedly evaded Bandao’s attacks, stopped him from using ninjutsu, and left him helpless before walking away. Yumazi followed Xuan Zhe, who rejected her advances and pointed out Hinata as his wife.

• Bandao repeatedly attacked Xuan Zhe, but none of his strikes landed.
• Bandao tried to use ninjutsu, but public security officer Tiezi Zhian interrupted him because ninjutsu was forbidden in the Land of Iron.
• Bandao switched to kunai attacks and the Body Flicker Technique, but Xuan Zhe dodged every attack and threatened him with Flying Thunder God Slash.
• Bandao begged Xuan Zhe to let him live, but Xuan Zhe refused to relent before turning and leaving; Yumazi followed him.
• Xuan Zhe told Yumazi that he already had a woman and gestured toward Hinata as his wife.

Hinata and Yumazi made peace, but Xuan Zhe clashed with a man who wanted to discuss working together and later fought A-Bing. The fight ended with A-Bing summoning a group that surrounded Xuan Zhe.

• Hinata fought Xuan Zhe to a draw, then befriended Yumazi after deciding not to continue fighting over her.
• A man confronted Xuan Zhe in the street and tried to discuss working together, but Xuan Zhe dismissed him and walked away.
• Yumazi chose to share a room with Hinata, while Xuan Zhe slipped out at night to confront A-Bing.
• A-Bing accused Xuan Zhe of coming to pick a fight and attacked him with lethal sword strikes.
• Xuan Zhe and A-Bing fought to a standstill, trading taunts until A-Bing called for help.
• A group of people emerged and surrounded Xuan Zhe.

Bingzi ordered the samurai to kill Xuan Zhe after he refused to join the Land of Iron, but Xuan Zhe evaded Bingzi’s Iaido Slash and wounded her with Flying Thunder God Slash. Bingzi’s steel-wire trap failed when Xuan Zhe vanished, and he disappeared again as the samurai launched another attack.

• Bingzi ordered the samurai to attack Xuan Zhe after he rejected the offer to serve the Land of Iron.
• Bingzi repeatedly used Iaido Slash, but Xuan Zhe anticipated each strike and avoided them.
• Xuan Zhe countered with Flying Thunder God Slash, cutting Bingzi and leaving her struggling to keep up.
• Bingzi had the samurai form a steel-wire net around Xuan Zhe, but he vanished with Flying Thunder God.
• The samurai rushed at Xuan Zhe, who activated Flying Thunder God again and disappeared.

Xuan Zhe abandoned his fight with Bingzi and left, then went shopping the next day, where he caught a thief and fought off the thief’s allies. He stood surrounded by the attackers, unbothered, as they charged him.

• Xuan Zhe attacked Bingzi repeatedly, but Bingzi dodged or relied on his Absolute Defense to withstand the blows.
• Xuan Zhe decided to leave, and Bingzi remained behind to ponder how to deal with him.
• The next day, Xuan Zhe went shopping and let a thief make repeated attempts to steal from his pocket before catching the thief’s hand.
• Xuan Zhe struck and slapped the thief until the thief’s allies arrived and surrounded him.
• The thief lunged at Xuan Zhe, but he struck her throat, then calmly challenged the surrounding attackers.
• The attackers all charged at Xuan Zhe.

Xuan Zhe effortlessly defeated a group of attackers, severing fingers from men who pointed at him and dodging a swordsman’s relentless strikes. After he left Tiezi Wudi behind, the organization brought over its stationed expert.

• Xuan Zhe brushed aside the group’s attacks and refused their leader’s request to talk.
• Xuan Zhe cut off the finger of a man who pointed at him, and the man backed down without attacking.
• Xuan Zhe severed another man’s finger after he pointed, then warned him not to do it again; the man fled with the others.
• A remaining swordsman attacked Xuan Zhe repeatedly, but Xuan Zhe dodged every slash and told him he could not kill him.
• Xuan Zhe left after the swordsman gave up, and Tiezi Wudi stared at him as Xuan Zhe threatened to keep him alive and suffering.
• About ten minutes later, someone brought the organization’s stationed expert over.

Xuan Zhe easily evaded Tiezi Wudi’s attacks and walked away, then gave Kakashi a ninjutsu scroll and offered to take him as his disciple. Kakashi eagerly accepted and knelt to show his gratitude.

• Tiezi Wudi confronted Xuan Zhe and demanded an apology, but Xuan Zhe refused and mocked him.
• Tiezi Wudi attacked with his blade, and Xuan Zhe dodged every strike with ease.
• Xuan Zhe ignored Tiezi Wudi’s threats and walked away after declaring he was leaving.
• Kakashi asked Xuan Zhe for training, and Xuan Zhe gave him a scroll of practical ninjutsu knowledge.
• Xuan Zhe offered to take Kakashi as his disciple, and Kakashi joyfully accepted and dropped to his knees.

Xuan Zhe provisionally took Kakashi as his disciple, gave him training materials and a Flying Thunder God Kunai, and urged him to keep improving. After Kakashi left to train, Xuan Zhe continued refining his chakra, which had reached 999 times the threshold and was still rising.

• Xuan Zhe told Kakashi that he was only accepting him provisionally and urged him to focus on building a solid foundation.
• With Xuan Zhe's guidance, Kakashi mastered the ninjutsu scroll and proudly asked if he now counted as a qualified Shinobi.
• Xuan Zhe rewarded Kakashi with a Flying Thunder God Kunai and explained that mastering its technique could let him travel between worlds.
• Xuan Zhe handed Kakashi a stack of advanced ninjutsu training books, and Kakashi vowed to study them diligently.
• After Kakashi left, Xuan Zhe regulated his chakra and continued training as his reserves climbed beyond 999 times the threshold.

Xuan Zhe left the Treasure Cave after improving his Space-Time Ninjutsu and learning the rudiments of Thousand Leaves Style, only to find the Red-Clothed Family waiting outside. When one of them attacked him, he countered with a Flying Thunder God Kunai.

• Xuan Zhe trained in the Treasure Cave, refined his chakra, and learned the rudiments of Thousand Leaves Style.
• Xuan Zhe realized the great families had left no guards outside and suspected they planned to seize the cave's treasures.
• Xuan Zhe emerged from the cave and met members of the Red-Clothed Family, then asked them to help him find his friend.
• A Red-Clothed Family member blocked Xuan Zhe's way and threatened him, so he challenged her to attack.
• The red-clothed woman struck at Xuan Zhe, who threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai at her; she recognized the danger and dodged while retreating.

Xuan Zhe overwhelmed the woman in red, mocked her and demanded that she kneel, then attacked her when she refused. She was left badly injured but still vowed revenge as the confrontation continued.

• Xuan Zhe caught the woman in red with a Flying Thunder God Kunai and restrained her despite her struggles.
• The woman in red threatened him with the Red-Clothed Shinobi Family, then pleaded for release when she realized how powerful he was.
• Xuan Zhe disabled her arm and ordered her to kneel or die, but she refused.
• Xuan Zhe struck the woman in red in the chest, sending her crashing into a wall and leaving her severely injured.
• The woman in red struggled to her feet, glared at Xuan Zhe, and vowed that their conflict was not over.

Xuan Zhe spared the woman in red, then followed a white cat to a cliff and suffered severe injuries while searching for it. After discovering the cat was an Uchiha Clan Ninja Cat sent by someone for an unknown purpose, he found it badly wounded at the cliff’s bottom and carried it back up.

• Xuan Zhe defeated the woman in red and spared her after she begged for forgiveness and apologized.
• Kakashi visited Xuan Zhe to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, then left after hearing the training method.
• A white cat escaped from Xuan Zhe’s hand and led him to a cliff, where he climbed down through intense pain and collapsed.
• The white cat appeared beside the motionless Xuan Zhe, then left; it was revealed to be an Uchiha Clan Ninja Cat sent by an unknown person.
• Xuan Zhe woke badly injured, found the cat again, and later heard its cries at the bottom of the cliff.
• Xuan Zhe found the cat covered in deep cuts and carried it toward the top of the cliff.

Xuan Zhe fought a mysterious white kitten that drained his chakra and used powerful abilities, then learned it believed he was its master because it sensed his bloodline. The kitten offered to teach and support him, but Xuan Zhe remained wary of its identity and intentions.

• Xuan Zhe tried to save the injured cat, but it began draining his chakra, so he attacked it instead.
• The cat transformed into a white kitten and fought back with the Uchiha Clan's Phoenix Flower Technique, Earth Release resistance, and other strange powers.
• Xuan Zhe trapped the kitten in a water prison, but it returned and told him it wanted to be friends because it recognized his bloodline as its master's.
• The kitten insisted Xuan Zhe was its master and offered protection, ninjutsu training, and resources to help him become stronger.
• The kitten claimed Xuan Zhe was their prince and that it was a top shinobi from the village who knew him well, leaving Xuan Zhe confused and suspicious.

Xuan Zhe took the transforming cat as his helper, then learned that he was the son of the Black Cat Country's Imperial Preceptor and that the cat was his bodyguard. When Konoha's leaders invited him to meet, Xuan Zhe agreed only on the condition that they speak with his master.

• Xuan Zhe agreed to take the cat with him, and Kakashi offered to look after it for a few days.
• Over the next three days, Xuan Zhe trained with the cat and taught it ninjutsu, which it adapted into techniques of its own.
• Xuan Zhe left the cat with Kakashi and went to the training grounds, where he learned that Konoha's envoys had come to see him.
• The cat identified Xuan Zhe as a lord of the Black Cat Country, and memories revealed that he was the son of the Imperial Preceptor and the cat's master.
• Xuan Zhe agreed to meet Konoha's village chief but insisted that his master speak with him face-to-face.
• The village chief accepted and led Xuan Zhe toward the main hall.

Xuan Zhe learned that Tsunade had been kidnapped and asked Konoha to secretly search for her while he set out with Kitten. Meanwhile, Hidden Mystery Village’s response to the kidnapping was mistaken for an attack on Konoha, and the chapter ended with Konoha preparing to face thirty approaching Shinobi.

• Xuan Zhe agreed to take Kitten and gave it the name Kitten, then learned from the village chief that Tsunade had been kidnapped.
• Xuan Zhe asked Konoha to send its elite Shinobi to search secretly for Tsunade, and the village chief agreed.
• Xuan Zhe left Konoha to look for Tsunade, and Kitten caught up with him as they headed toward Hidden Mystery Village.
• The chief of Hidden Mystery Village gathered his people to discuss the crisis after Tsunade was imprisoned there, while Konoha villagers misread the gathering as preparations for an attack.
• Konoha’s village chief said Hidden Mystery Village had sent thirty Shinobi toward Konoha, prompting the elders to ask how they should respond.

Konoha and Hidden Mystery Village prepared for war after their relations collapsed, and Hidden Mystery's leader launched an attack on Konoha. The leader then entered the village and went to confront Konoha's leader, leaving their meeting about to begin.

• Konoha's village chief warned that Hidden Mystery had many Kage-level fighters, while angry villagers called for a forceful response.
• The chief of Hidden Mystery Village and neighboring leaders formed an alliance and ordered their forces to prepare ambushes in four cities.
• After a day's travel, the old village chief and the expedition reached Hidden Mystery Village, where its leader ordered an all-out assault.
• The Hidden Mystery Village leader's ninjutsu killed a man on his own side, and his shinobi charged into the village, killing more than a dozen villagers.
• The leader entered the village, instructed his shinobi to stay alert, and went to Konoha's leader's residence to demand a meeting.

Konoha's Clan Head confronted Hidden Mystery Village's chief, who denied responsibility for the attack and warned Konoha not to interfere in his village's affairs. After Hidden Mystery Village released Tsunade, Konoha's leaders considered an alliance with a mysterious foreign organization to strengthen the village against future threats.

• Hidden Mystery Village's chief denied deliberately attacking Konoha, returned Princess Tsunade, and warned Konoha's chief not to interfere in his village's affairs.
• Konoha's chief and Hidden Mystery Village's chief exchanged threats, declared their villages' friendship over, and parted without fighting.
• Konoha learned that Tsunade had returned safely, and its chief ordered the dispute kept quiet while warning that Konoha would not accept defeat.
• At a council meeting, Konoha's Clan Head told the senior figures that foreign Shinobi had offered an alliance against Hidden Mystery Village.
• Konoha's council agreed to contact the mysterious organization and cooperate with it, while the First Elder asked whether Konoha could survive the crisis.

Konoha's Clan Head prepared to confront Hidden Mystery Village while secretly hoping to turn the coming conflict to Konoha's advantage. Xuan Ying's forces arrived and clashed with Konoha's shinobi, while the chapter ended with Konoha's Clan Head and the Hidden Mystery village chief meeting to discuss them.

• Konoha's Clan Head argued that Konoha should avoid fighting Hidden Mystery Village directly and urged his people to strengthen the village.
• Konoha's Clan Head pressed the shinobi about the delayed weapons shipment, then promised protection in exchange for their account of recent events.
• Xuan Zhe watched from the shadows and suspected that Konoha's Clan Head planned to use Hidden Mystery Village's forces as a weapon against it.
• Xuan Ying and his party entered Konoha, where Konoha's Clan Head ordered hundreds of shinobi to surround them, and a brutal battle began.
• The Hidden Mystery village chief and his group raced toward Konoha, and he later sat with Konoha's Clan Head to discuss Xuan Ying and his party.

The Konoha Clan Head and Xuan Ying plotted to join forces against Konoha, while Xuan Zhe decided to help Konoha destroy Hidden Mystery Village. After Hidden Mystery's remaining fighters retreated, a few villagers celebrated Konoha's supposed defeat until Xuan Zhe appeared.

• The Konoha Clan Head and Xuan Ying agreed to attack Konoha together and make its people serve them.
• Xuan Ying told the Hidden Mystery Village Chief that Konoha's elders were rebelling, then claimed Hidden Mystery had suffered devastating losses.
• Xuan Zhe watched the two sides fight and decided to help Konoha because Hidden Mystery Village had attacked Tsunade.
• The First Elder and Second Elder ordered Hidden Mystery's remaining fighters to retreat after their forces dwindled to nine people.
• A few Hidden Mystery villagers celebrated Konoha's destruction, but Xuan Zhe appeared and challenged their confidence.

Xuan Zhe returned to Konoha, declared that he would protect the village, and drove Hidden Mystery Village's Shinobi into retreat. Konoha's villagers pursued them and a battle erupted, leaving the first and second elders facing the enemy's threats.

• Xuan Zhe swept away the Hidden Mystery Village Shinobi attacking Konoha and told the first elder that he would not let anyone in the village die.
• Xuan Zhe's aura surged, terrifying Hidden Mystery Village's Shinobi and prompting them to flee.
• Xuan Zhe pursued the fleeing Shinobi and destroyed one with a single punch, astonishing Konoha's villagers.
• The first elder and Konoha's villagers followed the fleeing enemy, and the two sides clashed in a chaotic battle.
• The first elder and second elder watched as the Hidden Mystery Village Shinobi threatened to destroy Konoha, and the first elder challenged their arrogance.