Recaps

Ye Feng built his strength through cultivation and taijutsu, entered the Ninja Academy, and defeated Uchiha Shinichi, drawing attention from Konoha’s leaders. After Root tried to seize him, he secured Orochimaru’s protection by offering help with his immortality research and became his announced disciple.

• Ye Feng discovered that chakra training strained his body, then developed his strength and awakened the one-tomoe Sharingan through cultivation.
• Ye Feng began training with Might Duy and Might Guy, joined the Ninja Academy, and befriended classmates including Obito, Rin, Kurenai, and Tanaka Shu.
• Ye Feng stopped Uchiha Lie from attacking Tanaka Shu and later accepted Uchiha Shinichi’s challenge to settle their disputes.
• Ye Feng defeated Shinichi in two fights, displaying strength that impressed Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hiruzen Sarutobi.
• Hiruzen considered recruiting Ye Feng to spy on the Uchiha, while Shimura Danzō sent Root to bring him in.
• Ye Feng arranged for Obito to seek Orochimaru’s help, and Orochimaru intercepted the Root operative and took Ye Feng to his laboratory.
• Ye Feng warned Orochimaru that soul transfers would corrupt him and proposed a natural-energy Cursed Seal, then offered help with Sage Mode in exchange for cloned bodies, perfected Impure World Reincarnation, and protection.
• Orochimaru agreed to protect Ye Feng and planned to announce him as his disciple, while Ye Feng left with two sealed test tubes.

Ye Feng faced Root’s assassination attempt, deepened his alliance with Orochimaru, and uncovered Shinnō’s plans to steal the Eight Gates and medicinal knowledge. After Might Duy defeated Shinnō at great cost, Ye Feng took responsibility for caring for his injured teacher while Konoha moved to pursue the remaining Sky Ninja.

• Ye Feng refused to take sides in the Uchiha-Hokage conflict, trained with Might Duy, and secretly advanced his physical cultivation and the Eight Gates.
• Ye Feng led two Root ninja into an alley, killed one, awakened his Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and drove the other away before Orochimaru confronted Danzō over the attack.
• Ye Feng told Orochimaru about his visions of other worlds and his control of natural energy, persuading Orochimaru to join him in exploring the unknown.
• Ye Feng recognized Shinnō as a threat to Might Duy and the Eight Gates, then worked with Orochimaru to plan an ambush and retrieve Shinnō’s Body Revival scroll.
• Shinnō transformed and overpowered Orochimaru’s group, but Might Duy opened the Seventh Gate and knocked him unconscious before Orochimaru destroyed his head.
• Ye Feng examined the injured Might Duy and took him home to care for him, while the Third Hokage ordered an investigation into Shinnō and the Sky Ninja.

Uchiha Yefeng uncovered Shimura Danzō’s role in his parents’ disappearance, advanced his power, and created spirit talismans. After the Second Elder tried to recruit and poison him, Uchiha Tianchang removed Yefeng from the compound for judgment while the clan’s conflict remained unresolved.

• Orochimaru revealed that Yefeng had learned the Eight Gates Released Formation, and the Third Hokage promoted Might Duy to jonin.
• Yefeng applied for early graduation, learned the Three Body and Shadow Clone techniques from Orochimaru, and helped Minato Namikaze refine the Rasengan.
• Yefeng traced his parents’ disappearance to Shimura Danzō’s Uchiha experiments, then used Edo Tensei to spend time with his parents’ reanimated forms before burying their remains.
• Yefeng broke through the Body Tempering Realm, gained three tomoe in his Sharingan, and discovered that his divine sense could detect life over a wide area.
• Yefeng wounded Gamabunta to obtain his blood, used it to make powerful Fire Spirit Talismans, and sold talismans to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.
• The Second Elder asked Yefeng to help him, but Yefeng refused and realized the Second Elder had poisoned him when guards moved to seize him.
• Yefeng fought through the compound and used his Fire Spirit Talismans to escape the guards, then asked that Fugaku be told he was trapped inside.
• Uchiha Tianchang stopped the Second Elder from striking Yefeng and ordered his guards to take Yefeng to the clan adjudicators.

Ye Feng helped Uchiha Tianchang defeat Uchiha Chihuo’s coup, then warned the Uchiha to avoid provoking Konoha while the clan recovered. He passed the graduation assessment, began conditioning Orochimaru for natural energy, mastered teleportation to his Flying Thunder God Mark, and ended up assigned to Minato Namikaze’s team with Kakashi Hatake.

• Uchiha Tianchang exposed Uchiha Chihuo’s coup at the Clan Meeting, and Ye Feng fought alongside Tianchang’s forces, killing the Elite Jonin before Tianchang defeated Chihuo.
• After the battle, Hiruzen Sarutobi left the Uchiha alone, and Ye Feng persuaded the clan to delay Military Police Force reforms and quietly gather evidence against Konoha’s leaders.
• Uchiha Tianchang formed a hidden unit from the missing-nin, while Ye Feng returned home and reunited with his friends and the Might family.
• Ye Feng topped the written assessment and won Orochimaru’s ninjutsu free-for-all by defeating Kakashi Hatake and Uchiha Shinichi, earning an A-rank scroll and choosing the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Ye Feng agreed to get closer to Hiruzen Sarutobi and leave the village on genin missions, while he began conditioning Orochimaru to use natural energy and told him about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
• Ye Feng received his Genin certificate, practiced the Flying Thunder God Technique, strengthened his divine sense, and learned to teleport himself to his marked location using true qi.
• Minato Namikaze introduced himself as Ye Feng and Kakashi Hatake’s squad leader and said the Hokage would assign a fourth teammate the next day.
• Kakashi Hatake challenged Minato Namikaze to a spar, but Minato disarmed him and sent him flying before Kakashi retreated into the woods.