Recaps

Shengu Xuan returned Sasuke to Konoha after defeating the Sound Five, leaving the Hokage and her team stunned by his power. When Danzo tried to seize him and claim his techniques, Shengu Xuan unleashed a storm of lightning, forced Danzo to back down, and left Tsunade wondering what he would do next.

• Shengu Xuan admitted that he had caused the lightning display in the forest, then led the group carrying the unconscious Sasuke back to Konoha.
• Konoha’s medical team rushed Sasuke into treatment, and Shikamaru told Tsunade that Shengu Xuan had defeated the Sound Five and brought Sasuke back alone.
• Shikamaru recounted Shengu Xuan’s powers, including his shadow monsters, Soul Projection, frog transformation, immortality, and overwhelming strength against Sasuke.
• Danzo and the advisers demanded that Shengu Xuan be handed over to Root and that his techniques be surrendered to Konoha.
• Shengu Xuan’s thunder pressure overwhelmed the Root guards and terrified Danzo and the advisers, who fled after he threatened to destroy them if they pursued his power.

Shengu Xuan obtained permission to leave Konoha and traveled to the Land of Lightning to test his strength against Killer B. After defeating a Kumogakure patrol at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, he heard Killer B rapping nearby.

• Shengu Xuan rejected Tsunade’s offers of promotion and received a high-level travel pass to leave Konoha.
• Sasuke Uchiha was confined in Konoha’s special prison, while Naruto left with Jiraiya for two years of training.
• Shengu Xuan traveled through the Land of Fire and other regions before heading to the Land of Lightning to strengthen his Thunder Demon Chi.
• Shengu Xuan reached the Valley of Clouds and Lightning and told a Kumogakure patrol he wanted to fight Killer B.
• The patrol attacked with Lightning Release, but Shengu Xuan absorbed the lightning and struck the ninja down with thunderbolts.
• Shengu Xuan continued into the valley and heard Killer B rapping nearby.

Shengu Xuan arrived in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning and challenged Killer B after mocking his rap. He unleashed overwhelming lightning power, and Killer B responded by attacking with his seven blades and Tailed Beast Chakra.

• Killer B confronted Shengu Xuan in the Valley of Clouds and Lightning with a boastful rap.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Killer B's rap, provoking him to angrily defend his art.
• Omoi and Karui arrived, and Karui threatened Shengu Xuan while Omoi feared for their lives.
• Shengu Xuan announced that he had come to test Killer B's strength and unleashed the Thunder Demon Chi, summoning a storm of lightning.
• Gyuki warned Killer B about Shengu Xuan's power, and Killer B activated his Tailed Beast Cloak and charged with seven blades using Acrobat.

Shengu Xuan overwhelmed Killer B with his thunder demon chi, then defeated the Eight-Tails’ Tailed Beast Bomb with a lightning dragon. As he turned to leave, a pillar of blue lightning struck in front of him and an unseen attacker threatened to kill him for harming their little brother.

• Killer B attacked Shengu Xuan with his Tailed Beast Cloak and spinning ninja blades while Karui and Omoi watched.
• Shengu Xuan snapped his fingers and blasted Killer B with blue lightning, destroying his cloak and melting his blades before hurling him into a cliff.
• Killer B transformed into the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, and began charging a Tailed Beast Bomb as Karui and Omoi fled.
• Shengu Xuan summoned a lightning dragon that collided with the Tailed Beast Bomb and left Gyuki and Killer B defeated in the crater.
• A pillar of blue lightning struck in front of Shengu Xuan, and an unseen attacker threatened to kill him for harming their little brother.

The Fourth Raikage A arrived at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning and attacked Shengu Xuan in fury over Killer B’s injuries. Shengu Xuan absorbed the Raikage’s Lightning Release chakra and hurled him away, but A rose and charged again with the Liger Bomb.

• The Fourth Raikage A arrived and found Killer B charred in a crater, then vowed to kill Shengu Xuan.
• Shengu Xuan mocked A, who rushed in and struck at his neck with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.
• Shengu Xuan absorbed the lightning armor from A’s arm and unleashed retaliatory lightning that sent him crashing through rocks.
• A recognized Shengu Xuan’s ability to absorb Lightning Release, concentrated his chakra into his muscles, and charged with the Liger Bomb.
• Shengu Xuan declared that A had chosen the wrong opponent for a contest of strength.

Shengu Xuan used the Ox Talisman’s power to overpower the Fourth Raikage, breaking his right leg and crushing his left wrist before knocking him down. As the defeated Raikage lay helpless, Darui and Kumogakure’s elite forces surrounded Shengu Xuan.

• Shengu Xuan met the Raikage’s Liger Bomb with a punch powered by the Ox Talisman, shattering the Raikage’s right lower leg and sending him into a cliff.
• The Raikage hauled himself from the cliff and launched another Liger Bomb, but Shengu Xuan caught his left wrist and crushed its bones.
• Shengu Xuan kicked the Raikage into the ground, leaving him unable to rise and despairing over his defeat.
• Darui and a force of Kumogakure ANBU and senior ninja arrived and surrounded Shengu Xuan, who mocked them for ganging up on him.

Shengu Xuan defeated the Raikage and Killer B, then extorted supplies and money from Kumogakure before leaving the Land of Lightning. At a port, he tried to book passage to the Land of Water, but the frightened boatman warned him that the country had become a blood-soaked hell.

• The Raikage stopped Kumogakure’s ANBU from attacking Shengu Xuan and agreed to pay him to spare B and the village’s ninja.
• Shengu Xuan demanded wagyu, Thunderclap Sake, and fifty million ryo, and Kumogakure delivered them within half an hour.
• Shengu Xuan left the ruined Valley of Clouds and Lightning with the payment, and the Raikage lost consciousness as Kumogakure tended to the wounded.
• Several days later, Shengu Xuan boarded a passenger ship and asked the boatman to take him to the Land of Water.
• The boatman refused Shengu Xuan’s money and warned him that the Land of Water was engulfed in killing.

Shengu Xuan arrived in the Land of Water during the chaos following Yagura’s death and killed a band of Kirigakure rogue ninja who were attacking villagers. After learning that Mei Terumi was leading a coup, he continued inland while Mei and Ao decided to test whether they could recruit him.

• Shengu Xuan paid a boatman to take him to the Land of Water, then went ashore and walked inland through the fog.
• Shengu Xuan summoned ten Shadowkhan, who killed four rogue ninja attacking villagers, while he captured their leader.
• Shengu Xuan learned from the leader that Yagura had died and that Mei Terumi was fighting the old hard-liners for control of Kirigakure.
• Shengu Xuan killed the rogue ninja leader and continued deeper into the Land of Water.
• Mei Terumi and Ao watched Shengu Xuan, judged him a dangerous potential ally, and decided to send people to test him.

Shengu Xuan encountered Mei Terumi and Ao in the mist, rejected her offer to join her rebellion, and was surrounded by Conservative Faction ninjas led by Hōzuki Can. As they prepared to attack, Shengu Xuan announced he would clear the field himself.

• Shengu Xuan caught and destroyed three tagged kunai, then exposed Mei Terumi and Ao hiding in a tree.
• Mei Terumi and Ao approached Shengu Xuan, who identified her rebellion plans and refused her offer of wealth and power.
• Shengu Xuan insulted Mei Terumi by calling her an old woman, and Ao nearly attacked him before she ordered Ao to stand down.
• Hōzuki Can arrived with over a hundred Conservative Faction ninjas and accused Mei Terumi of treason.
• Hōzuki Can and his ninjas mocked Shengu Xuan, and a chunin attacked him as he prepared to show his strength.

Shengu Xuan unlocked the Black Chi of Basha, the Water Demon, and used his power over water to destroy Hōzuki Can and the Conservative Faction forces. After rejecting Mei Terumi’s offer to make him Mizukage, he left the Land of Water and returned to Konoha two years later.

• Shengu Xuan killed a Conservative Faction chunin, then unlocked the Black Chi of Basha after the system detected his role in Kirigakure’s coup.
• Shengu Xuan dispersed the combined Water Release attack from over a hundred Conservative Faction ninja with a single command.
• Shengu Xuan summoned a tsunami and used it to kill Hōzuki Can and the Conservative Faction forces while protecting Mei Terumi and Ao.
• Mei Terumi offered Shengu Xuan the Mizukage position and herself, but he rejected her and left the Land of Water with seafood.
• Two years later, Shengu Xuan arrived at Konoha and entered the Hokage’s office to see Auntie Tsunade.

Shengu Xuan returned to Konoha after two years of traveling and revealed that he had fought powerful shinobi in the Land of Lightning and interfered in the Land of Water. Naruto also returned from training and challenged Shengu Xuan to a spar, which began at the Third Training Ground.

• Shengu Xuan returned to Konoha and deflected Tsunade’s ink bottle with an invisible force.
• Shengu Xuan told Tsunade that he had fought the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, extorted money from the Raikage, and helped Mei Terumi in the Land of Water.
• Naruto Uzumaki returned to the Hokage’s office with Jiraiya and challenged Shengu Xuan, claiming his two years of training had made him stronger.
• Kakashi suggested that Shengu Xuan and Naruto spar at the Third Training Ground, and Shengu Xuan agreed.
• Naruto used two shadow clones to form a Big Ball Rasengan and launched his attack at Shengu Xuan.

Shengu Xuan effortlessly defeated Naruto and Kakashi during a training-ground challenge, revealing power that left the assembled shinobi stunned. As he prepared to leave, Shizune arrived with an urgent report that Gaara had been abducted by a mysterious organization.

• Naruto attacked Shengu Xuan with a Big Ball Rasengan, but Shengu stopped it with one finger and dispersed it before knocking Naruto back.
• Kakashi struck Shengu with Lightning Blade, but Shengu absorbed the attack and blasted Kakashi away with a powerful lightning counterattack.
• Tsunade, Jiraiya, Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi were left shocked by Shengu's overwhelming strength.
• Shizune arrived carrying an emergency aid request from Sunagakure and reported that Gaara had been abducted by a mysterious organization wearing black cloaks with red clouds.

After Gaara was captured by the Akatsuki, Shengu Xuan joined Team Kakashi’s rescue mission and helped them reach the enemies’ hideout. He smashed through the Five-Seal Barrier to reveal Gaara and the Akatsuki, who had already extracted his Tailed Beast.

• Tsunade ordered Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura to rescue Gaara, and Shengu Xuan joined them as a special combat asset.
• Sakura cured Kankuro’s poison in Sunagakure, and Kakashi used Pakkun’s tracking skills to follow the Akatsuki’s trail.
• Granny Chiyo joined the pursuit, and the team followed Pakkun to a cave in the Land of Rivers.
• Shengu Xuan shattered the boulder sealing the cave with one casual punch, breaking the Five-Seal Barrier.
• The team found Gaara lying apparently lifeless after his Tailed Beast had been extracted, while Sasori and Deidara stood nearby.
• Deidara mounted a giant bird made of Explosive Clay and declared that he would show Shengu Xuan his ultimate art.

Shengu Xuan faced Deidara and Sasori in the cave, where Deidara’s explosive clay attacks failed to harm him. The chapter ended with Deidara preparing a powerful technique and Shengu Xuan drawing his hands from his pockets to respond.

• Deidara attacked Shengu Xuan with explosive clay spiders despite warnings from Kakashi and Granny Chiyo.
• The spiders detonated, but Shengu Xuan stood unharmed in the crater.
• Sasori criticized Deidara for wasting chakra, while Deidara and the others reacted in shock at Shengu Xuan’s durability.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Deidara’s explosions, driving Deidara to prepare C3 No. 18 despite Sasori’s warning that it could collapse the cave.
• Shengu Xuan drew his hands from his pockets and said he would show Deidara a real explosion.

Shengu Xuan vaporized Deidara’s C3 No. 18 with Dragon Blast and badly injured him, then faced Sasori as he revealed his true puppet body. Sasori opened a scroll and prepared to unleash his puppet army.

• Deidara dropped C3 No. 18 toward Shengu Xuan while Kakashi led Naruto and Sakura away from the cavern.
• Shengu Xuan fired Dragon Blast, vaporizing the bomb and striking Deidara’s clay bird, sending Deidara crashing into a crater with severe burns.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Deidara as Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and Granny Chiyo stared in shock.
• Sasori emerged from the shadows, dismissed Deidara, and revealed his red-haired Human Puppet body by breaking out of Hiruko.
• Sasori opened a large red scroll and challenged Shengu Xuan to face his puppet army.

Sasori unleashed his hundred-puppet army and claimed that numbers would overwhelm his enemies, but Shengu Xuan answered by summoning a far larger force of Shadowkhan. The Shadowkhan surrounded Sasori’s puppets as Shengu Xuan ordered them to tear the puppets apart.

• Sasori summoned a hundred human puppets with his Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets.
• Granny Chiyo warned that Sasori had once used the technique to destroy a powerful nation, while Kakashi urged Shengu Xuan to retreat and Naruto summoned shadow clones.
• Shengu Xuan mocked Sasori’s claim that numbers guaranteed victory and called forth the Shadowkhan from the cave’s shadows.
• At least five hundred Shadow Ninjas emerged and surrounded Sasori’s puppets, leaving Sasori, Granny Chiyo, Kakashi, and Naruto stunned.
• Shengu Xuan taunted Sasori about the imbalance in numbers and ordered the Shadowkhan to tear the puppets apart.

Shengu Xuan’s Shadowkhan overwhelmed Sasori’s hundred puppets, and Shengu Xuan killed Sasori and incapacitated Deidara. Naruto mourned Gaara after finding him dead from the extraction of his tailed beast, but Shengu Xuan claimed Gaara was not dead for good.

• Shengu Xuan’s Shadowkhan tore Sasori’s puppets apart and pinned Sasori to the ground.
• Shengu Xuan crushed the human core in Sasori’s chest, killing him.
• Deidara tried to trigger a self-detonation, but Shengu Xuan knocked the explosive clay from his mouth and broke all four of his limbs.
• Naruto found Gaara cold and lifeless, then blamed Sunagakure and Granny Chiyo for his fate.
• Granny Chiyo, Sakura, and Kakashi grieved as Naruto held Gaara’s body.
• Shengu Xuan told Naruto that Gaara was not dead for good.

Shengu Xuan revived Gaara after his tailed beast was extracted, earning the reverence of Sunagakure before leaving for Konoha with Team Kakashi. In Konoha, Danzo learned of Shengu Xuan’s power and ordered Root to ambush him on the way back.

• Shengu Xuan used the Horse Talisman and the Water Demon Chi to restore Gaara’s life, and Gaara woke as Naruto embraced him.
• Granny Chiyo credited Shengu Xuan with defeating Sasori and Deidara and saving Gaara, prompting Kankuro, Temari, and hundreds of Sunagakure ninja to bow in gratitude.
• Shengu Xuan dismissed the villagers’ praise and left the cave with Team Kakashi and Deidara, heading back to Konoha.
• Danzo read a report about Shengu Xuan’s abilities and feared he would strengthen Hiruzen’s faction.
• Danzo ordered elite Root operatives to ambush and kill Shengu Xuan in the Forest of Death.

Danzo sent Root elites to ambush Team Kakashi and assassinate Shengu Xuan on the way back to Konoha, but Shengu Xuan destroyed the trap and slaughtered the attackers. After learning the location of Root’s underground base, he left to kill Danzo, while Kakashi and the others were told to return to the village.

• Danzo ordered dozens of Root operatives to ambush Shengu Xuan and ensure he did not reach Konoha.
• Root trapped Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and Shengu Xuan inside a Four Violet Flames Formation and attacked them with poison mist and tens of thousands of explosive tags.
• Shengu Xuan used Water Demon Chi to purify the poison and deactivate the explosive tags, then summoned Shadowkhan to kill the Root operatives.
• Shengu Xuan read Root’s underground base coordinates from the fox-masked jonin’s mind, killing him in the process.
• Shengu Xuan told Kakashi and the others to return to Konoha and disappeared into the shadows to kill Danzo.

Shengu Xuan broke into Root's underground base and slaughtered its elite fighters, shattering Danzo's plan to seize the Hokage position. He confronted Danzo, who tore away the bandages covering his right eye and arm to reveal his power.

• Kakashi recognized that Shengu Xuan was heading to kill Shimura Danzō and raced with Naruto and Sakura to warn Tsunade.
• Danzo smugly expected his Sure-Kill Squad to kill Shengu Xuan and imagined taking the Hokage position.
• Shengu Xuan punched through the base's ceiling, arrived before Danzo, and said he had killed the Sure-Kill Squad.
• Danzo ordered hundreds of Root warriors to attack, but Shengu Xuan shattered their techniques and wiped them out with a single stomp.
• Shengu Xuan approached Danzo, who cast aside his cane, removed the bandages from his right eye and arm, and vowed to show his invincible power.

Danzo unveiled his Sharingan- and Hashirama-cell-enhanced arm and used Izanagi to survive Shengu Xuan’s attacks, but Shengu Xuan killed him repeatedly without relying on chakra. The chapter left Danzo kneeling in terror after every Sharingan on his arm had closed, with only the Mangekyō beneath his bandages remaining.

• Danzo revealed his grotesque arm covered in Sharingan and boasted that its power would make him invincible.
• Danzo attacked Shengu Xuan with Wind Release and Wood Release, but Shengu Xuan shattered the attacks and blasted Danzo apart with a punch.
• Danzo revived using Izanagi and explained that each Sharingan could erase fatal injuries for one minute.
• Shengu Xuan burned Danzo with crimson flames, then drained the moisture from his body, forcing Danzo to revive again and again.
• Shengu Xuan and the Shadowkhan killed Danzo in numerous ways until all the Sharingan on his arm had closed.
• Danzo fell to his knees as Shengu Xuan mocked his exhausted invincibility, while the final Mangekyō remained hidden beneath his bandages.

Shengu Xuan defeated Danzo’s final attempt to control him and killed him after the Shadowkhan Devourers consumed his enhanced arm. The system then announced a hidden achievement reward for eliminating Danzo and Root, leaving Shengu Xuan to discover what he had unlocked.

• Danzo used Shisui Uchiha’s Mangekyō Sharingan and Kotoamatsukami on Shengu Xuan, but the genjutsu was overwhelmed by the powers within Shengu Xuan and destroyed Danzo’s eye.
• Danzo tried to flee and call for help, but Shengu Xuan pursued him through the Underground Base, where no Root ninja remained alive.
• Shengu Xuan summoned the Shadowkhan Devourers, which ate Danzo’s Sharingan-covered right arm and drained his life force.
• Danzo pleaded that his actions had been for Konoha, but Shengu Xuan condemned him for his crimes and crushed his head.
• The system announced that Shengu Xuan had killed Shimura Danzō and wiped out Root, unlocking a hidden achievement reward.

Shengu Xuan unlocked Tso Lan's Black Chi and used its gravity powers to destroy Root and erase Danzo. Tsunade covered up Danzo's death and disbanded Root, while Pain decided to advance Akatsuki's plan and attack Konoha himself.

• Shengu Xuan unlocked Tso Lan's Black Chi and used hundredfold gravity to crush Root's underground base and erase Danzo's body.
• Tsunade arrived with Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and ANBU, and Shengu Xuan admitted that he had destroyed Root after Danzo's assassination attempt.
• Tsunade declared that Danzo had died in an accidental forbidden-technique explosion and officially disbanded Root, shielding Shengu Xuan.
• Pain learned that Sasori and Deidara had been killed and that Shengu Xuan had revived a Jinchūriki whose tailed beast had been extracted.
• Pain ordered Akatsuki to move its plan forward and said he would go to Konoha to make Shengu Xuan and the village know pain.

Tsunade protected Shengu Xuan from the village elders and permanently disbanded Root, while Shengu Xuan tested Tso Lan’s gravity power by obliterating a canyon. Asuma led Shikamaru, Izumo, and Kotetsu out of Konoha to confront Akatsuki members operating in the Land of Fire.

• Nagato ordered Hidan and Kakuzu to infiltrate the Land of Fire, raise funds, investigate Konoha’s defenses, and test Shengu Xuan’s strength.
• Tsunade rejected Homura and Koharu’s demand to brand Shengu Xuan a rogue ninja, defended him, and declared Root permanently disbanded.
• Shengu Xuan used Tso Lan’s black chi to remove gravity from a canyon’s surroundings, then crushed the floating landscape under hundredfold gravity.
• Asuma led Shikamaru, Izumo, and Kotetsu from Konoha toward the Land of Fire’s border to confront Akatsuki.

Asuma's squad ambushed Hidan and Kakuzu near the Land of Fire's border, but Hidan survived their attacks and used Asuma's blood to prepare a Jashin curse. Shikamaru realized the danger and warned Asuma, but Hidan had already begun the ritual.

• Asuma led Shikamaru, Izumo, and Kotetsu toward the border's Bounty Station to investigate Chiriku's murder and the Akatsuki.
• Hidan complained while waiting for Kakuzu, who emerged with the bounty money and said they had orders to probe Konoha and possibly capture the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.
• Kakuzu sensed Asuma's squad nearby, and Izumo and Kotetsu ambushed Hidan with explosive-tag kunai, but Hidan emerged unharmed by the blast.
• Asuma attacked Hidan with his Chakra Flying Swallow Twin Blades, but Hidan cut Asuma's flank before Asuma pierced Hidan's abdomen.
• Hidan licked Asuma's blood from his scythe, transformed into his skeletal form, and drew the Jashin Cursed Formation while Shikamaru warned Asuma to escape.