Chapter Summaries

Shion received a Chunin identification certificate from Kakashi Hatake while Naruto and Sasuke watched in shock. Later, Ye Feng contained a massive chakra surge at the Hyuga Clan with a barrier, and Konoha’s leaders summoned him after failing to break through it.

• Naruto asked Kakashi Hatake what would happen to Shion, and Kakashi gave her the Chunin identification certificate from the Fifth Hokage.
• Shion bragged to Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha about outranking them, then left the classroom.
• Naruto Uzumaki and his companions completed the mission to protect Tazuna, facing powerful ninja and growing closer without encountering Zabuza Momochi or Haku.
• Ye Feng sensed a huge chakra surge, appeared above the Hyuga Clan, and enclosed it in a barrier of light as Otsutsuki Toneri sat amid the chakra.
• Minato Namikaze, the Third Hokage, and Konoha’s other prominent figures failed to breach the barrier, so Minato used Ye Feng’s Flying Thunder God Mark to summon him.

Otsutsuki Toneri awakened the Tenseigan and agreed to join the Hyuga Clan after Ye Feng warned him not to threaten Konoha or the Shinobi World. As Konoha prepared to host the Chunin Exams, the Fourth Raikage and Damuye made rival plans involving the other villages.

• Ye Feng brought Minato Namikaze and the Third Hokage to witness Otsutsuki Toneri awaken the Tenseigan, and Minato explained Toneri's origins to the Third Hokage.
• The Third Hokage objected to Ye Feng's handling of the Tenseigan, but Ye Feng dismissed his concerns and told him to enjoy retirement.
• Otsutsuki Toneri thanked Ye Feng for the Tenseigan, accepted his warning, and declared himself a member of the Hyuga Clan.
• Ye Feng dispelled the barrier, and Minato Namikaze and the Third Hokage ordered witnesses to keep the events inside the Hyuga Clan grounds secret.
• Konoha announced the Chunin Exams, and Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure agreed to participate while Iwagakure stayed silent.
• The Fourth Raikage complained that Ōnoki had ignored his message, while Damuye privately plotted to take advantage of Kumogakure or Sunagakure.

Konoha’s leaders planned their defenses against the allied villages’ threat during the Joint Chunin Ninja Exams, assigning major opponents to their strongest fighters. After agreeing to face the Eight-Tails, Ye Feng told Hyuga Hiashi that he had taken Hyuga Kong for special training, leading Hiashi to believe the Hyuga Clan would gain another Tenseigan pair.

• Minato Namikaze and Konoha’s leaders discussed the threat from Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure and agreed to restrict their numbers, increase security, and hold the competition outside the village.
• Jiraiya, Tsunade, Orochimaru, the Third Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku, and Minato Namikaze volunteered to face powerful opponents from the other villages.
• Minato Namikaze refused Hyuga Hiashi’s offer to send Toneri into battle and ordered the Hyuga Clan to protect him.
• Ye Feng agreed to handle the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki after the leaders turned to him for help.
• Hyuga Hiashi asked Ye Feng about Hyuga Kong, and Ye Feng said he had taken him away for special training.
• Hyuga Hiashi inferred that Hyuga Kong’s training would lead to another Tenseigan pair and gratefully promised to notify his parents.

Ye Feng observed the foreign villages gathering for the Chunin Ninja Exams and saw that their contestants and leaders had ulterior motives. After the written exam, Gaara’s team guarded the Central Tower until Shikamaru Nara led nine young ninja in a combined assault, allowing them to enter.

• Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Sunagakure, and smaller villages arrived in Konoha, and Ye Feng recognized Gaara, Haku, Zabuza Momochi, Mei Terumi, Killer B, and Karin among them.
• Rock Lee defeated Naruto and Sasuke before the Chunin Ninja Exams began, but Shion and Might Guy prevented them from being injured.
• Naruto’s shout helped most of his examination room pass the written test, and forty-two teams advanced to the second round.
• The organizers changed the Forest of Death rules to require teams to find one of twelve scroll pairs and reach the Central Tower within five days.
• Gaara and his teammates let Neji Hyuga’s team, Karui’s team, and Haku’s team pass, while driving back many others, including Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.
• Shikamaru Nara united nine young ninja to attack Gaara’s team, and Gaara let them enter the Central Tower.

Ye Feng refereed the preliminaries of the Chunin Exams, where dangerous one-on-one matches eliminated several contestants. Rock Lee injured Gaara before the One-Tail rampaged and struck Lee down; Might Guy intervened as Gaara prepared to attack again.

• After Gaara defeated the remaining teams and took their scrolls, only seven of the forty-two teams passed the second round.
• Ye Feng became the preliminary referee and announced that matches would continue until a contestant could not get up or lost consciousness, despite Kurenai Yuhi's warning that someone might die.
• Hozuki Suigetsu knocked Tenten unconscious, Sasuke Uchiha defeated Chojuro, Naruto wore Kiba Inuzuka down, and Temari burned Atsui with a Wind Release attack.
• Rock Lee opened the Fifth Gate and used the Reverse Lotus to injure Gaara, but the blood provoked the One-Tail inside Gaara to rampage.
• Gaara's sand claw broke Rock Lee's bones and knocked him unconscious, then attacked again; Might Guy shielded Lee and used the Eight Gates Released Formation to block the blow.

Ye Feng stopped Gaara from continuing to attack the unconscious Rock Lee, then healed his devastating injuries. The medical ninja confirmed Rock Lee was restored and knelt to ask Ye Feng to teach him.

• Gaara’s sand claw was destroyed when Ye Feng ordered him to stop, and Gaara ended the fight after seeing Rock Lee was unconscious.
• A medical ninja told Might Guy that Rock Lee’s injuries would end his career as a ninja, leaving Might Guy devastated.
• Ye Feng offered to heal Rock Lee and covered him in green light.
• The medical ninja examined Rock Lee and found his bones, chakra pathways, and muscles fully restored.
• The medical ninja knelt before Ye Feng and begged him to accept him as a student.

Ye Feng oversaw the remaining elimination matches, and the top ten genin were chosen for the main tournament. After the matchups were drawn, Ye Feng left to speak with Minato Namikaze and dismissed concerns about Sunagakure bringing the One-Tail.

• Ye Feng rejected the medical ninja’s request to learn his healing method but recommended that he study under Tsunade.
• Shikamaru Nara defeated Karui, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno knocked each other out, Neji Hyuga defeated Hinata Hyuga, and Shino Aburame and Omoi won their matches against Kankuro and Choji Akimichi.
• Haku advanced with a bye, completing the top ten: Sasuke Uchiha, Hozuki Suigetsu, Temari, Shikamaru Nara, Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuga, Gaara, Shino Aburame, Haku, and Omoi.
• The main tournament matchups were drawn, including Naruto Uzumaki against Neji Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha against Gaara, and Ye Feng gave the finalists a month to prepare.
• Ye Feng told Minato Namikaze that Sunagakure had brought the One-Tail, dismissed the need to stop the matches, and left to spend time with his wife.

Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze asked Ye Feng to train Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto, and Ye Feng agreed to teach them for one month. After making the boys wait under the sun as a test, Ye Feng took them somewhere with Shion.

• Uchiha Fugaku brought Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha to ask Ye Feng to train Sasuke.
• Minato Namikaze brought Naruto, and Ye Feng agreed to teach all three boys for one month using methods he warned might be extreme.
• Ye Feng made the boys wait at the Training Ground while he ate breakfast with Shion, arriving near noon.
• Ye Feng told the boys that enduring the wait had been a test, and they realized they had passed by staying.
• Ye Feng told Naruto and the others to grab his clothes and took them somewhere with Shion.

Ye Feng brought Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi to his remote training ground, where Itachi asked to learn Shisui’s training method and how to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Ye Feng put Itachi under a genjutsu that made him witness Shisui’s death and the Uchiha Clan’s destruction, leaving Itachi unconscious while the others waited for him to wake.

• Garurumon rushed toward Ye Feng, but Shion leaped onto her back and greeted her affectionately.
• Ye Feng sent Naruto and Sasuke to catch animals for lunch, then asked Itachi what he wanted to learn.
• Itachi asked to learn Shisui’s training method, then requested instruction on awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan.
• Ye Feng refused to teach Itachi his lineage’s secret training method and cast a genjutsu that made Itachi witness Shisui’s death and destroy the Uchiha Clan.
• Naruto and Sasuke returned with prey and found Itachi unconscious, and Ye Feng told Sasuke that Itachi was training.
• After lunch, Naruto urged Ye Feng to begin teaching, while Sasuke remained worried and watched Itachi.

Itachi awakened with the Mangekyō Sharingan after experiencing a painful genjutsu, and Ye Feng reassured him that the Uchiha would not meet the same fate in their current world. Ye Feng then began giving Naruto a small boost by bringing him inside himself to face the Nine-Tails.

• Itachi woke with a surge of power that knocked Naruto and Sasuke down, and Ye Feng saw his Mangekyō Sharingan before it reverted to black.
• Itachi asked Ye Feng whether a conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha could end in tragedy, and Ye Feng promised he would prevent it.
• Itachi said he would rather not have the eyes than endure the pain again, and Ye Feng told him to prepare for sparring after eating.
• Ye Feng reminded Naruto and Sasuke to build their fundamentals before seeking greater power, then offered them a small boost.
• Ye Feng asked Naruto to bare his stomach and gather Chakra, revealing a Sealing Jutsu before taking Naruto inside to meet the Nine-Tails.
• Naruto found himself in a dark, water-filled room and trembled when he saw the Nine-Tails’ blood-red eyes.

Ye Feng took Naruto into the space inside his body and introduced him to the Nine-Tails, revealing that Naruto was meant to guide the tailed beasts. After Naruto stood up to the fox, Ye Feng put him inside the gate, where the Nine-Tails sensed something familiar in him.

• Ye Feng told Naruto that the Nine-Tails had been sealed inside him after attacking Konoha, and the fox raged against humans for exploiting his power.
• Ye Feng called the Nine-Tails Kurama and invoked the Sage of Six Paths’ prophecy that the tailed beasts would be guided toward true power.
• Ye Feng said Naruto was the one destined to guide the tailed beasts, and Naruto boldly promised the Nine-Tails he would do so someday.
• The Nine-Tails tested Naruto’s resolve, then backed away when Naruto held his ground.
• Ye Feng threw Naruto through the gate, and the Nine-Tails restrained him with chakra and sensed a familiar trace in his soul.
• Ye Feng explained that Naruto carried the Sage of Six Paths’ aura because he was the one chosen by the sage.

Ye Feng persuaded the Nine-Tails to consider helping Naruto and weakened Naruto’s seal so they could communicate more easily. After the Nine-Tails restrained his chakra, Naruto discovered he could use several Ninjutsu that had previously failed him, leaving Sasuke stunned by his sudden improvement.

• Ye Feng told the Nine-Tails that Naruto might be the chosen one and promised he could eventually free him, while the Nine-Tails asked for more time to think.
• The Nine-Tails kicked Naruto away, then tacitly agreed to consider helping him as Ye Feng promised to weaken the seal and asked the Nine-Tails not to disrupt Naruto’s training.
• Ye Feng weakened Naruto’s seal, and the Nine-Tails briefly released red chakra before withdrawing it at Ye Feng’s warning.
• Ye Feng urged Naruto to treat the Nine-Tails kindly, and Naruto said he wanted them to become friends despite the Nine-Tails’ threats.
• Naruto successfully used the Clone Technique, Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique, and Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, surprising Sasuke with his sudden progress.

Ye Feng put Sasuke through a genjutsu of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, awakening his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then began teaching Naruto the Rasengan. Naruto saw the technique’s power and started its first training stage with water balloons.

• Itachi asked Ye Feng not to put Sasuke through the same experience he had endured, but Ye Feng led Sasuke aside and placed him under genjutsu.
• Sasuke relived the Uchiha Clan Massacre in the genjutsu and awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
• Itachi comforted Sasuke, who remembered their happy times and nodded firmly.
• Ye Feng demonstrated the Rasengan to Naruto by blasting a hole through a large tree, and Naruto excitedly asked to learn it.
• Ye Feng explained the Rasengan’s principles, then filled hundreds of balloons with water and told Naruto to make the water swirl by controlling his chakra.

Ye Feng trained Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi for a month, teaching Naruto the Rasengan and Sasuke the Chidori while Itachi developed his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities. With the Chunin Ninja Exams three days away, Ye Feng demonstrated the devastating Wind Release: Rasenshuriken and urged Naruto to explore adding elemental chakra to the Rasengan.

• Naruto used shadow clones to train the Rasengan, but Ye Feng warned him that absorbing too much accumulated fatigue could kill him, so Naruto limited himself to ten clones.
• Ye Feng taught Sasuke Chidori and explained how it worked with lightning chakra, speed, and the Sharingan; he gave Itachi no new technique.
• Over the month, Naruto learned to form the Rasengan by himself, Sasuke mastered Chidori, and Itachi learned to use his Mangekyō Sharingan abilities and summon Susanoo.
• With three days left before the Chunin Ninja Exams, Ye Feng ended the training and demonstrated Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, which devastated the surrounding landscape.
• Ye Feng told Naruto he could eventually add other chakra attributes to the Rasengan, and Naruto vowed to surpass him.

Ye Feng demonstrated several Chidori techniques for Sasuke, culminating in the terrifying Lightning Release: Kirin, and encouraged Sasuke to develop his lightning nature. Naruto and Itachi also sought instruction, and Ye Feng told Itachi he would help advance his eyes once their power reached its peak.

• Ye Feng showed Sasuke Lightning Blade, Chidori Stream, and Chidori Sharp Spear, while Itachi noticed Ye Feng's extraordinary speed.
• Ye Feng summoned a Lightning Kirin in the clouds, and Itachi explained that Ye Feng had once used it to kill hundreds of Sunagakure ninja and help end a war.
• Ye Feng dispersed the Kirin before it struck, and Sasuke bowed to thank him for his guidance.
• Naruto asked to learn Kirin, but Ye Feng explained that Naruto lacked a lightning nature and urged him to incorporate chakra natures into his Rasengan instead.
• The Nine-Tails refused to help Naruto, while Ye Feng told Itachi he would help advance his eyes after their power reached its peak.

Ye Feng told Itachi that even greater eye powers existed beyond the Mangekyō Sharingan, while Konoha and visiting ninja rushed to investigate Ye Feng’s Lightning Kirin. Garurumon fought off the ninja who tried to capture her, and the chapter ended with Kumogakure’s forces retreating after recognizing her Kage Level strength.

• Ye Feng told Itachi that stronger eyes than the Mangekyō Sharingan existed and depended on extraordinary opportunities to awaken.
• Minato Namikaze sent Anbu led by Shisui Uchiha to investigate Ye Feng’s Lightning Kirin, while ninja from other villages also headed to the Training Ground.
• A Jonin approached Garurumon, and she knocked him through several trees, prompting the gathered ninja to realize she was no ordinary beast.
• The ninja charged Garurumon to capture her, but she struck down multiple Jonin and evaded their Ninjutsu.
• A Kumogakure Jonin recognized Garurumon as at least Kage Level and ordered his village’s ninja to retreat.

Garurumon defeated the remaining enemy ninja and waited for Shisui Uchiha to take the injured prisoners back to Konoha. Shisui reunited with Ye Feng and the others, where Itachi showed his desire to test his new strength against him, but Shisui declined to fight.

• Garurumon incapacitated the enemy ninja who had tried to capture her and decided to hand the injured survivors over to Ye Feng.
• Shisui Uchiha arrived with an Anbu team, stopped Garurumon from appearing to eat a wounded ninja, and ordered his subordinates to take the prisoners to Konoha.
• After the Anbu left, Shisui apologized for misunderstanding Garurumon and promised to bring her tasty food; she asked him to get Ye Feng to cook grilled meat.
• Shisui met Ye Feng, complained that Ye Feng's Kirin had caused trouble, and greeted Itachi and the others.
• Itachi, who had obtained the Mangekyō Sharingan, showed Shisui that he wanted another spar, but Shisui declined because a possible war required him to stay ready.

Ye Feng ended the month of special training, and Naruto and the Uchiha brothers returned home with new abilities that surprised their families. Uchiha Fugaku learned that Ye Feng could further advance Itachi’s Mangekyō Sharingan and rushed to question him.

• Ye Feng took Shisui and the others back to Konoha, and Shisui reported the incident to Minato Namikaze, who felt relieved and considered using Garurumon.
• Kushina noticed Naruto’s seal had weakened, confronted him about it, and argued with Nine-Tails until Minato Namikaze returned.
• Minato Namikaze saw Naruto perform Rasengan and recalled how Naruto had successfully learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique after Ye Feng’s advice.
• Uchiha Fugaku asked Sasuke and Itachi to show their Sharingan, then saw Sasuke demonstrate Chidori and praised him.
• Itachi told Uchiha Fugaku that Ye Feng had promised to help advance his Mangekyō Sharingan, shocking Fugaku, who hurried out to ask Ye Feng about it.

Ye Feng told Uchiha Fugaku how the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan could be awakened and promised to find a way to advance Itachi’s eyes. At the Chunin Ninja Exams, Naruto struggled against Neji until he saw that Minato Namikaze still looked at him with concern, not disappointment.

• Uchiha Fugaku asked Ye Feng about advancing the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Ye Feng explained that close relatives’ Mangekyō Sharingan had to be transplanted to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō.
• Uchiha Fugaku offered his own eyes for Itachi if no other solution could be found, while Ye Feng assured him he would consider another way.
• The official Chunin Ninja Exams began at Konoha’s new arena, where Ye Feng announced Naruto Uzumaki’s match against Neji Hyuga as the first contest.
• Neji repeatedly knocked Naruto down and then used Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Chapters, leaving Naruto injured and unable to sense his chakra.
• Naruto looked up at Minato Namikaze, expecting disappointment, but saw only concern in his father’s eyes.

Naruto used the Nine-Tails' chakra and shadow clones to exhaust Neji, then struck him with a Rasengan that shattered Rotation. Though Neji appeared to have won, he conceded after realizing Naruto had deliberately canceled the Rasengan to spare him.

• The Nine-Tails lent Naruto its chakra, and Naruto renewed his resolve to fight Neji.
• Naruto overwhelmed Neji with successive waves of shadow clones, forcing him to rely on Rotation until he was nearly out of chakra.
• Naruto caught Neji's fist and attacked with a Rasengan, which clashed with Neji's Rotation in an explosion that injured Naruto.
• Neji managed to stand while Naruto could not, but Neji declared that he conceded.
• Might Guy explained that Naruto had canceled the Rasengan after Rotation shattered, taking the explosion's damage himself while sparing Neji.