Recaps

After the system awakened the Shendu Template in Shengu Xuan, he used his new powers to defeat the students who ambushed him. He left them crippled and warned Daisuke to tell Mizuki that he had a surprise planned for the graduation exam.

• Daisuke and his two lackeys ambushed Shengu Xuan and threatened to cripple him before the graduation exam, at Mizuki’s urging.
• As the lackeys attacked, the system activated and granted Shengu Xuan the Dog Talisman, Horse Talisman, Fire Demon Chi, and control of the Shadowkhan.
• The lackeys broke their wrists punching Shengu Xuan, who remained unharmed and summoned five Shadow Ninjas from the surrounding shadows.
• Shengu Xuan ordered the Shadow Ninjas to attack, and they beat Daisuke and his two lackeys until they were permanently crippled.
• Shengu Xuan told Daisuke to warn Mizuki that he had a surprise ready for the graduation exam, then headed back toward Konoha.

At the graduation exam, Mizuki tried to kill Shengu Xuan with a Fūma Shuriken, but Shengu awakened the Ox Talisman’s overwhelming strength and defeated him. The chapter ended with Mizuki suspended unconscious in the exam room as Shengu asked Iruka whether he had passed.

• Sasuke Uchiha passed the Clone Technique test with three perfect clones.
• Shengu Xuan admitted he could not use the Clone Technique, so Mizuki proposed testing his taijutsu by throwing shuriken at him.
• Mizuki hurled a Fūma Shuriken at Shengu Xuan, triggering the Ox Talisman’s strength as the blade neared his neck.
• Shengu caught and crushed the Fūma Shuriken, then struck Mizuki through the exam room wall with one punch.
• Shengu summoned Shadow Ninjas, who chained the unconscious Mizuki upside down in the room, and asked Iruka whether his taijutsu and Summoning Technique earned him a pass.

After Shengu Xuan displayed overwhelming physical strength and summoned shadow creatures at the Ninja Academy, Hiruzen classified his abilities as a possible mutant Kekkei Genkai and ordered protection and secrecy. Danzo learned of Shengu Xuan and sent Root operatives to abduct him, but Shengu Xuan sensed them closing in as he left the Academy.

• Hiruzen watched Shengu Xuan crush a Fūma Shuriken, damage the examination grounds, and summon four living shadows that restrained Mizuki.
• Hiruzen ordered the Academy incident concealed, classified Shengu Xuan's file as S-rank, and assigned Anbu to protect him.
• Danzo received a report about Shengu Xuan's abilities and decided to recruit him into Root.
• Danzo sent Alpha, Beta, and Gamma to find Shengu Xuan and bring him to Root, ordering them to kill anyone who interfered.
• Shengu Xuan sensed Root operatives surrounding him as he left the Ninja Academy and prepared to confront them.

Shengu Xuan defeated a Root assassination team with his demonic power and Shadowkhan, then faced the Third Hokage’s Anbu before Hiruzen arrived and claimed responsibility for protecting him. Hiruzen escorted him to the Hokage Building, wary of his power and considering how to control or guide him.

• Three Root assassins attacked Shengu Xuan with poison, a cursed blade, and a mental technique, but he killed two and left the third badly wounded.
• Shengu Xuan summoned more than a hundred Shadow Ninjas and ordered them to kill the surviving Root ninja and dispose of the corpses.
• Anbu led by Tenzo attacked the Shadow Ninjas, but the creatures quickly reformed after being struck by fire and wind ninjutsu.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived, condemned Danzo’s actions, and declared Shengu Xuan a treasure of Konoha under his personal protection.
• A hidden cursed seal killed the wounded Root ninja, and Shengu Xuan dismissed his Shadow Ninjas before following Hiruzen to the Hokage Building.
• Hiruzen wondered whether he could control Shengu Xuan’s power and decided that someone should guide him.

Hiruzen assigned Shengu Xuan to Team 7 as a special member, pairing him with Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha under Kakashi's instruction. Kakashi arrived to meet the team and singled Shengu Xuan out for questioning.

• Hiruzen explained Shengu Xuan's strengths and shortcomings, then assigned him to Team 7 to train as a Konoha ninja.
• Iruka announced Team 7's members, and the graduates objected to Shengu Xuan joining Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha.
• Naruto set an eraser prank for their late instructor, but Shengu Xuan sensed Kakashi outside before the jonin entered and triggered it.
• Kakashi called the students hopeless idiots and showed interest in Shengu Xuan, telling him he had plenty of questions.

Kakashi Hatake had Team 7 introduce themselves, and Shengu Xuan declared that his dream was longevity. Alarmed by the taboo implications, Kakashi announced a bell survival test for the next morning, while Shengu Xuan remained confident he could handle him.

• Kakashi Hatake asked Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Shengu Xuan to introduce themselves.
• Naruto said he wanted to surpass every Hokage and earn the village's acknowledgment, while Sakura confessed her feelings for Sasuke and said she hated Naruto.
• Sasuke said he wanted to restore the Uchiha Clan and kill a certain man, and Shengu Xuan declared that his dream was longevity.
• Kakashi recognized longevity as a forbidden ambition associated with Orochimaru and decided to test Shengu Xuan's abilities.
• Kakashi scheduled a bell survival exercise at Training Ground 7, warning that only two bells were available and telling Team 7 to skip breakfast.
• Shengu Xuan dismissed Kakashi's killing intent and remained confident as Kakashi vanished.

Kakashi tested Team 7 for the bells, easily defeating Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura while Shengu Xuan watched. Shengu Xuan then summoned hundreds of Shadow Ninjas and ordered them to attack Kakashi, leaving the Copy Ninja surrounded and facing his real test.

• Shengu Xuan arrived at Training Ground 7 eating dumplings and drinking milk while Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke waited hungry for Kakashi.
• Kakashi announced the bell test and warned the team that only two bells were available and those who failed would be tied to posts and sent back for retraining.
• Kakashi dodged Naruto's attacks, launched him into a stream with Thousand Years of Death, trapped Sasuke underground, and made Sakura faint with a genjutsu.
• Shengu Xuan criticized Kakashi's treatment of the three genin, and Kakashi revealed his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and challenged him to fight.
• Shengu Xuan made hundreds of Shadow Ninjas emerge from the shadows around Training Ground 7 and ordered them to attack Kakashi.

Shengu Xuan’s Shadow Ninjas overwhelmed Kakashi, but he unlocked the Rabbit Talisman and moved faster than Kakashi’s Sharingan could track, taking both bells. After dismissing the army, he asked whether his team had passed, leaving Kakashi shaken and demanding to know who he was.

• Kakashi attacked the Shadow Ninjas with Lightning Blade and Fire Release, but they regenerated and resisted his attacks while forcing him onto the defensive.
• Sasuke watched Kakashi struggle as Shengu Xuan stood calmly outside the fight.
• Kakashi used smoke bombs to slip past the Shadow Ninjas and rush Shengu Xuan, but Shengu Xuan unlocked the Rabbit Talisman and vanished from Kakashi’s Sharingan.
• Shengu Xuan reappeared behind Kakashi with both bells, gave one to Sasuke, placed the other in Sakura’s hand, and dismissed the Shadow Ninjas.
• Shengu Xuan returned Kakashi’s book and asked whether the team passed, but Kakashi instead asked who Shengu Xuan really was.

Shengu Xuan demonstrated speed beyond Kakashi Hatake's Sharingan, then gave the bells to Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura instead of claiming them himself. He challenged Kakashi to announce a result that reflected the test's lesson about teamwork.

• Shengu Xuan returned Kakashi Hatake's book and vanished so quickly that Kakashi's Sharingan could not follow him, then reappeared behind him to show how easily he could have killed him.
• Sasuke Uchiha realized how insignificant his strength seemed beside Shengu Xuan's, while Naruto Uzumaki emerged from the river and asked what had happened.
• Shengu Xuan gave one bell to Sasuke and placed the other in Sakura's hand, then asked Kakashi whether the test was over.
• Shengu Xuan explained that the test was meant to teach Kakashi and the team that teamwork required more than empty words and that they should not treat comrades as rivals or burdens.
• Kakashi remembered Obito and Rin as Shengu Xuan asked whether he would still declare Naruto and Shengu Xuan eliminated or announce a result that satisfied everyone.

Kakashi declared Team 7 passed after Shengu Xuan demonstrated overwhelming power and gave up the bells. He reported the boy’s abilities to Hiruzen, who rejected Danzo’s plan to turn Shengu Xuan into a weapon and ordered Kakashi to build a bond with him.

• Kakashi ended the test and announced that Shengu Xuan, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura had all passed, officially forming Team 7.
• Kakashi thanked Shengu Xuan, then reported to Hiruzen that the boy commanded an undying army and moved faster than Kakashi’s Sharingan could track.
• Danzo urged Hiruzen to seize Shengu Xuan and shape him into a weapon for Root, but Hiruzen refused to let him be treated as a tool.
• Hiruzen ordered Kakashi to continue leading Team 7 and make building Shengu Xuan’s trust and sense of belonging a long-term S-rank mission.
• Hiruzen warned that if Shengu Xuan could not be controlled, Konoha should pray that Danzo did not provoke him, and asked Kakashi to consider what Danzo would do with an immortal army.

Team 7 began its first D-rank mission, but passing the sealed Uchiha grounds led Shengu Xuan to provoke Sasuke and reveal that he knew secrets about the clan’s massacre. The chapter left Sasuke demanding answers and Shengu Xuan challenging him to grow stronger first, while Kakashi worried about the danger brewing within his team.

• Kakashi told Team 7 they would start with D-rank missions, and Naruto protested before the team received a job weeding an abandoned plot.
• Passing the former Uchiha grounds, Sasuke grew agitated, and Shengu Xuan called the clan pathetic and criticized its weakness and pride.
• Sasuke confronted Shengu Xuan, whose words pushed Sasuke’s Sharingan toward three tomoe.
• Shengu Xuan claimed to know Sasuke’s eyes’ final evolution, the secret carried by the man who destroyed the Uchiha, and the mastermind behind the events.
• Shengu Xuan told Sasuke to become strong enough to last three minutes against him if he wanted answers, leaving Kakashi concerned about guiding Team 7.

Team 7 tackled a weed-clearing mission, but Shengu Xuan finished the job with his Shadow Ninjas in minutes and collected double the promised payment. Naruto protested his unconventional method as the team saw how efficiently he could use his powers.

• Lan Zi ordered Team 7 to clear her overgrown field before sunset and threatened to complain to the Hokage if they failed.
• Naruto and Sasuke pulled weeds recklessly, scattering them and trampling seedlings, while Sakura struggled and Kakashi watched.
• Shengu Xuan summoned twenty Shadow Ninjas, who cleared and bundled the weeds with perfect efficiency.
• Lan Zi paid Shengu Xuan twice the agreed amount and begged him to leave.
• Naruto accused Shengu Xuan of cheating, but Shengu Xuan pointed out that the mission never required them to pull weeds by hand.

Shengu Xuan unlocked the Dragon Talisman and used its explosive power to clear Training Ground 4, leaving Team 7 stunned. The blast attracted the Demon Brothers, and Shengu Xuan confronted them as they threatened his teammates.

• After Shengu Xuan completed the weeding mission with explosives, Kakashi assigned Team 7 to clear Training Ground 4.
• Naruto and Sasuke failed to remove the buried boulders and roots, so Shengu Xuan approached the largest boulder and unlocked the Dragon Talisman.
• Shengu Xuan unleashed the Dragon Talisman's power, vaporizing the rocks, roots, and soil and transforming the training ground into a huge crater.
• Kakashi warned Team 7 to prepare for combat when the blast drew the Demon Brothers, Meizu and Gozu, from the nearby woods.
• The Demon Brothers threatened Kakashi and his students, and Shengu Xuan challenged them for daring to target his teammates.

Shengu Xuan watched the Demon Brothers overwhelm Team 7, then prepared to use his destructive power against Gozu. The chapter ended with Gozu immobilized by Shengu Xuan’s presence as scarlet energy gathered in his palm.

• Meizu and Gozu dismissed Shengu Xuan as harmless while Kakashi warned Team 7 that the Demon Brothers were dangerous rogue Chunin.
• Gozu attacked Sakura, but Sasuke intercepted the strike and was injured as Kakashi and Naruto were kept occupied.
• Shengu Xuan remained still as his teammates fell into danger, then raised his hand and gathered scarlet energy.
• Gozu sensed the threat and tried to flee, but Shengu Xuan’s overwhelming pressure left him unable to move.

Shengu Xuan used the Dragon Talisman's power to erase Gozu and detonate Meizu in front of Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi. He then called out another enemy hiding in the mist-shrouded forest.

• Shengu Xuan fired a precise crimson ray that disintegrated Gozu into red dust.
• Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi were stunned by Shengu Xuan's overwhelming power and control.
• Meizu charged Shengu Xuan to avenge Gozu, but Shengu Xuan detonated a dragon mark on Meizu's chest and destroyed him.
• Shengu Xuan sensed someone watching from the forest and challenged them to come out.

After Shengu Xuan killed the Demon Brothers and drove off a hidden enemy, Kakashi and Sasuke tried to explain his power as ninjutsu without hand seals. The Third Hokage assigned Team 7 to escort Tazuna to the Land of Waves, leaving Shengu Xuan asking how much the mission paid.

• Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto realized another enemy was hiding in the forest, but Shengu Xuan ignored the figure and walked away.
• The hidden enemy retreated after Shengu Xuan turned his back, and Shengu Xuan declared the mission complete.
• Kakashi questioned Shengu Xuan about his power, while Sasuke theorized that it came from ninjutsu performed without hand seals.
• Kakashi reported the encounter to the Third Hokage, who heard Tazuna's request for protection and assigned Team 7 to escort him to the Land of Waves.
• Naruto celebrated the new mission, Sasuke showed anticipation, and Shengu Xuan asked how much it paid.

Team 7 escorted Tazuna toward the Land of Waves, where Kakashi discovered the mission had been misranked and Zabuza ambushed them. As Kakashi and Zabuza prepared to clash with water dragons, Shengu Xuan unleashed a massive fire dragon, leaving the two attacks about to collide.

• Shengu Xuan asked how much the C-rank escort mission paid before Team 7 set off with Tazuna for the Land of Waves.
• Kakashi questioned Tazuna about rogue Kirigakure ninja targeting him and realized Tazuna had hidden that the mission involved ninja-level threats.
• Two Kirigakure ninja attacked from a puddle, but Kakashi destroyed their water clones and warned that the attack was only a probe.
• Zabuza Momochi appeared and attacked Kakashi with his Kubikiribōchō, surrounding Team 7 with his killing intent.
• Zabuza formed the seals for Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, and Kakashi began copying it with his Sharingan.
• Shengu Xuan cast Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet Technique without hand seals, sending a huge crimson fire dragon toward Zabuza's water dragon.

Shengu Xuan’s Dragon Talisman fire dragon vaporized Zabuza’s Water Release and left him badly burned, but Zabuza used the steam to launch a Hidden Mist assassination. Shengu Xuan revealed his control over shadows, surrounding Zabuza with countless Shadow Ninja and leaving him in despair.

• Zabuza’s Water Dragon Bullet was instantly vaporized by Shengu Xuan’s fire dragon, which then struck Zabuza’s Great Waterfall Technique and filled the battlefield with scalding steam.
• Naruto, Sakura, Tazuna, Kakashi, and Sasuke took cover as the steam boiled the river and obscured the battlefield.
• Badly burned, Zabuza admitted defeat in the ninjutsu contest, then used Hidden Mist Technique to conceal himself and prepare an assassination.
• Kakashi protected Naruto, Sakura, and Tazuna while he and Sasuke watched for Zabuza in the dense mist.
• Shengu Xuan snapped his fingers and summoned Shadow Ninja from the shadows throughout the battlefield.
• Zabuza found himself surrounded by hundreds or thousands of Shadow Ninja, one holding a katana at his neck.

Shengu Xuan’s Shadow Ninjas overwhelmed and pinned Zabuza, but a masked Kirigakure hunter-nin intervened before they could kill him. Shengu Xuan exposed the newcomer’s supposed hunter-nin identity as a performance and demanded to know who they really were.

• Shengu Xuan surrounded Zabuza with Shadow Ninjas and told him his fate was sealed for threatening his teammates.
• The Shadow Ninjas attacked in perfect coordination, wearing Zabuza down despite his powerful swordsmanship and their ability to reform after being cut apart.
• The Shadow Ninjas pinned Zabuza and held their weapons to his vital points as Shengu Xuan prepared to finish him.
• A masked figure claiming to be a Kirigakure hunter-nin stopped the execution by striking the Shadow Ninjas’ weapons with senbon.
• Shengu Xuan questioned the figure’s claim, pointing out that hunter-nin would normally kill a missing-nin and that the masked person showed concern for Zabuza.

Shengu Xuan exposed Haku’s disguise and his bond with Zabuza, then chose to leave them alive so he could continue his hunt. He warned Team 7 that they must grow stronger, prompting Kakashi to resolve to train them urgently.

• Shengu Xuan revealed that the masked pursuer was Haku, a boy who had staged Zabuza’s false death to save him.
• When Shengu Xuan threatened to kill Zabuza, Haku shielded him and begged to die in his place.
• Shengu Xuan stopped his attack and left Haku and Zabuza alive, saying he wanted to prolong the hunt.
• Naruto challenged Shengu Xuan for letting the enemies go, but Shengu Xuan said they could not escape his hunting ground.
• Shengu Xuan warned Team 7 that he might dispose of them if they remained weak, and Kakashi resolved to make them stronger quickly.

Kakashi began tree-climbing training to improve Team 7’s chakra control, but Shengu Xuan outdid everyone with an absurd shadow-clone relay. He deliberately injured himself to unlock the Horse Talisman, whose healing power instantly repaired and strengthened him, leaving Sasuke questioning what he had witnessed.

• Kakashi warned Team 7 that Zabuza and the masked boy would return together, then started emergency training in chakra control through tree climbing.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura practiced climbing while Shengu Xuan used twenty shadow clones to leapfrog each other to the treetop instead of sticking to the trunk.
• Shengu Xuan asked the system how to unlock the next talisman and learned he needed to experience injury and healing.
• Shengu Xuan deliberately flooded his feet with chaotic chakra, blasted a hole in the tree, and suffered minor damage to his chakra pathways.
• The system unlocked the Horse Talisman, whose healing energy repaired Shengu Xuan’s damage and strengthened his chakra pathways.
• Sasuke saw Shengu Xuan’s aura grow stronger after the healing and asked what ability he had used.

Shengu Xuan pretended that his healing came from profound control over life, and Sasuke mistook the explanation for a higher path of training. After Shengu Xuan demonstrated finer control over the Dragon Talisman and Shadowkhan, the others began training, while a strange resonance in his eyes triggered a new ability.

• Sasuke, Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura questioned how Shengu Xuan had instantly healed himself, and Shengu Xuan claimed it came from controlling life and restoring bodily harmony.
• Sasuke interpreted Shengu Xuan's explanation as direct control over the body and mind, then declared he would train until he could sense his own cells.
• Shengu Xuan used the Dragon Talisman's power to vaporize a precise area of river water and transformed one Shadow Ninja into several different forms.
• Naruto resumed tree-climbing training after Kakashi encouraged him, while Shengu Xuan was pleased that Sasuke and Naruto were motivated to improve.
• Shengu Xuan felt a burning throb in his eyes, and his system announced that a new ability had activated through a resonance between the Dragon Talisman and his vision.

Shengu Xuan unlocked the Pig Talisman and used its lightning beams to split a distant reef, terrifying Kakashi and Naruto. When Gato’s men took Inari and Haku and Zabuza appeared at the bridge, Shengu Xuan prepared to face them.

• Shengu Xuan activated the Pig Talisman, endured the burning pain as his eyes changed, and gained the ability to see energy throughout the world.
• Shengu Xuan fired silent crimson beams from his eyes and split a massive reef several thousand meters away.
• Kakashi asked Shengu Xuan to remain on their side until Tazuna was safe, and Shengu Xuan agreed because ending the game early would be boring.
• A villager reported that Gato’s men had stormed the bridge and taken Inari, while Zabuza and Haku were waiting at the bridge entrance.
• Shengu Xuan looked toward the bridge and announced that the warm-up was over.

Kakashi’s team reached the bridge and found the workers slaughtered, where Zabuza and Haku confronted them again. Sasuke fought Haku but was trapped inside the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, while Kakashi prepared to face Zabuza and Shengu Xuan watched from the sidelines.

• Naruto rushed to Tazuna’s house to rescue Inari and Tsunami while Kakashi led the others toward the bridge.
• The group found more than a dozen bridge workers dead, and Zabuza and Haku emerged from the fog to challenge them.
• Zabuza claimed he had discovered how to counter Shengu Xuan’s fire and shadow abilities, but Shengu Xuan dismissed him and assigned Haku to Sasuke.
• Sasuke attacked Haku, using his improved chakra control to dodge ice senbon and knock Haku back with a kick.
• Sasuke’s Great Fireball failed to melt Haku’s ice mirrors, and Haku trapped him in the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.

Haku trapped Sasuke in the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and overwhelmed him with ice senbon until Shengu Xuan appeared to save him. Shengu Xuan healed Sasuke completely and prepared to destroy the ice mirrors.

• Haku used the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals to attack Sasuke from every direction, evading his fire and leaving him badly wounded.
• Haku launched three ice senbon at Sasuke's vital points while Kakashi was held back by Zabuza.
• Shengu Xuan appeared in front of Sasuke and stopped Haku's senbon with a snap of his fingers, then shattered them.
• Shengu Xuan activated the Horse Talisman's Healing Divine Authority, removing Sasuke's injuries and restoring his chakra and stamina.
• Shengu Xuan turned toward the ice mirrors and said he would clear them away.