Recaps

Xiao Tian became a proctor for the Chunin Ninja Exams and announced the start of the exams. As the first test began, Hinata remembered how Xiao Tian had rescued her from bullies when they were children.

• Xiao Tian met Naruto, Sasuke, and the other examinees before announcing that the Chunin Ninja Exams had begun.
• Kabuto watched Xiao Tian and thought Orochimaru would still pursue him despite his role as an examiner.
• Xiao Tian joined the proctors for the first test, where Sakura took his place on Team 7 alongside Naruto and Sasuke.
• Hinata remembered fleeing her clan compound as a child and being bullied by older children.
• Seven-year-old Xiao Tian drove off one of the bullies and led Hinata away through the snow.

Xiao Tian remembered saving Hinata when he was seven as Ibiki Morino began the Chunin Exam’s written test. He used his Spirit Illusion Technique to possess Naruto and answer the questions, leaving Ibiki baffled by how Naruto had cheated.

• Xiao Tian realized he had saved Hinata when he was seven and wondered why she blushed around him.
• Ibiki Morino explained that teams would be eliminated if a member scored zero, and Naruto panicked over the difficult test.
• As the exam began, ninja including Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Gaara, and Sasuke Uchiha cheated using different techniques.
• Xiao Tian possessed Naruto with his Spirit Illusion Technique and answered all nine questions on Naruto’s paper.
• Ibiki Morino saw Naruto’s scrawled answers and wondered how he had cheated without producing a detectable Chakra fluctuation.

Ibiki Morino announced that Naruto and the remaining candidates had passed the first exam, then warned Xiao Tian to stay alert for the second round amid the village’s tense atmosphere. The next morning, Xiao Tian and Mitaraishi Anko gathered the candidates at the Forest of Death, where Anko warned them they might die and handed out liability waivers.

• Ibiki Morino eliminated candidates who failed to gather intelligence effectively, and several more withdrew rather than risk the tenth question.
• Sakura Haruno nearly raised her hand to withdraw but stopped when Sasuke nodded at her, misunderstanding his warning as a romantic gesture.
• Ibiki Morino announced that Naruto and the remaining candidates had passed, and later asked Xiao Tian how Naruto had answered every question correctly.
• Xiao Tian suggested Naruto might have copied answers from his sleeve, but Ibiki Morino doubted the explanation and urged him to pay closer attention in the next round.
• The following morning, Xiao Tian and Mitaraishi Anko met the candidates near the Forest of Death, where Anko warned them of the danger and presented death liability waivers.

Xiao Tian suspected Orochimaru had entered the Forest of Death disguised as a Kusagakure ninja and anticipated his attack on Sasuke. After Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno struggled through the forest, Orochimaru appeared as enormous snakes approached them.

• Xiao Tian spotted the disguised Orochimaru, who decided to target Sasuke Uchiha instead of Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian warned Naruto and Sasuke to watch out for Gaara, Neji Hyuga, and Rock Lee before opening the Forest of Death gate.
• Xiao Tian left a clone at his post and entered the forest with his real body, releasing his Deva Path Body to search for Orochimaru.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno spent half a day dodging poisonous creatures and miasma without finding a scroll.
• Sakura Haruno screamed when several enormous snakes appeared, and Xiao Tian's Deva Path Body realized Orochimaru had arrived.

Sasuke and Naruto fought giant snakes while Sakura struggled with fear, and Orochimaru revealed himself to attack Sasuke. The chapter ended with Sasuke facing Orochimaru’s rapid strike.

• Sasuke used his Sharingan and Great Fire Dragon Technique to kill two giant snakes, while Naruto summoned nearly a thousand shadow clones to attack the others.
• Sakura panicked when a giant snake appeared above her and hurled kunai and shuriken, but it fled without being seriously hurt.
• Sasuke avoided poisonous mist and burned an oncoming swarm of snakes with his fire techniques.
• A snake coiled around Sasuke’s foot, and Orochimaru emerged from a giant python’s mouth to confront him.
• Orochimaru stretched his head toward Sasuke, who killed the snake around his foot but could not move quickly enough to evade the attack.

Xiao Tian · Deva Path Body intervened when Orochimaru attacked Sasuke, then confronted Orochimaru in disguise and drove him to flee. Orochimaru escaped after mistaking the Deva Path Body for Pain and fearing the Rinnegan.

• Xiao Tian · Deva Path Body blocked Orochimaru from reaching Sasuke and tied Orochimaru’s neck around trees before vanishing.
• Orochimaru’s head and neck scattered like mud, and Sasuke realized the attack had been a substitution technique.
• Sakura Haruno reached Sasuke, who asked where Naruto was after his Shadow Clones disappeared.
• Orochimaru, disguised as a Kusagakure kunoichi, confronted Xiao Tian · Deva Path Body and learned the Akatsuki targeted Sasuke and Naruto.
• Xiao Tian · Deva Path Body used Banshō Ten'in to drag Orochimaru out of hiding, then blasted him with Shinra Tensei.
• Xiao Tian · Deva Path Body chased down and beat Orochimaru, who abandoned the kunoichi’s body and fled.

Xiao Tian disguised himself as a scroll seller in the Forest of Death and used Naruto’s singing as an excuse to give him a stash of real Heaven and Earth Scrolls. Naruto was left with more scrolls than he could easily carry, while Xiao Tian watched from a distance, pleased with his scheme.

• Xiao Tian, aware of Orochimaru’s plans for Konoha, looked for another opportunity to act while his original body watched Naruto being chased by Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Akamaru.
• Naruto refused Kiba’s demand for his Heaven Scroll, explaining that he had found it after defeating two opponents.
• Xiao Tian disguised himself and called out that he was selling real Heaven and Earth Scrolls, drawing Naruto and Kiba’s group toward him.
• Kiba decided against buying scrolls and left with Hinata, Shino, and Akamaru, while Naruto inspected Xiao Tian’s stock.
• Xiao Tian offered to give Naruto all nine scrolls if he sang a song, then fled after hearing Naruto sing and left the scrolls behind.
• Naruto accepted the scrolls and wondered how to carry them as Xiao Tian watched from a distance with a crafty grin.

Xiao Tian used Naruto and the scrolls to draw ninjas through the Forest of Death, then impersonated Temari to ambush them for points. After Gaara killed pursuing ninjas and met Xiao Tian in his Kamen Rider Zi-O disguise, he admired Xiao Tian's outfit instead of attacking him.

• Naruto fled through the Forest of Death with a conspicuous jar of scrolls while ninjas pursued him, and Xiao Tian ambushed them while disguised as Temari.
• The real Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara encountered Xiao Tian's disguise, but he escaped by using the Misting Technique.
• Gaara chased Naruto and took the Heaven and Earth Scrolls from him, then blocked pursuing ninjas' Water Bullet Techniques with sand.
• Gaara killed the pursuing ninjas with Sand Burial despite Temari's attempt to stop him.
• Xiao Tian appeared behind Gaara disguised as Kamen Rider Zi-O, and Gaara complimented his outfit.

Xiao Tian gave Gaara candy, eliminated three Otogakure ninja, and interfered with the Forest of Death exam. When the second round ended, Anko found evidence that Orochimaru had appeared.

• Xiao Tian gave Gaara more lollipops, earning his favorable impression, while Temari and Kankuro worried about the candy and Gaara's reaction.
• Naruto reunited with Sasuke and Sakura Haruno, and the three defeated their pursuers before heading to their destination with the scrolls.
• Xiao Tian killed Zaku, Dosu, and their companion with three shuriken after they threatened him.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura became the first team to pass the exam, and only six teams passed after Xiao Tian's interference.
• After the second round ended, Anko found signs of a fierce battle and a charred giant snake, and recognized that Orochimaru had appeared.

Xiao Tian watched Sasuke defeat Akado Yoroi in the Chunin Exam preliminaries before Jiraiya took him to test a summoning contract. The attempt transported Xiao Tian and Jiraiya to Mount Myōboku.

• Sasuke defeated Akado Yoroi with the Shadow Clone Technique and the Lion Combo, winning the first match.
• Gekko Hayate announced Ino Yamanaka versus Sakura Haruno as the second match, but a Chunin summoned Xiao Tian to the Hokage's office.
• The Third Hokage told Xiao Tian that Jiraiya needed his help, and Jiraiya arrived to take him away.
• Jiraiya gave Xiao Tian a summoning scroll and had him place his handprint on its contract.
• Jiraiya reacted to the failed summoning attempt, grabbed Xiao Tian, and used Reverse Summoning to take them to Mount Myōboku.

Jiraiya brought Xiao Tian to Mount Myōboku, where the Great Toad Sage declared Xiao Tian’s future unreadable and offered him the toads’ support. After Xiao Tian became Mount Myōboku’s envoy, Jiraiya proposed teaching him Senjutsu.

• Jiraiya introduced Xiao Tian to Sage Fukasaku and brought him before the Great Toad Sage.
• The Great Toad Sage said Xiao Tian was not the Child of Destiny but declared that the Shinobi World needed him and offered Mount Myōboku’s aid.
• Sage Fukasaku and Sage Shima gave Xiao Tian summoning contracts, making him Mount Myōboku’s envoy and earning him an Achievement Point.
• After leaving Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya offered to teach Xiao Tian Senjutsu, and Xiao Tian eagerly accepted.

Xiao Tian learned to sense natural energy and discovered his body could recover from petrification caused by absorbing it. After repeatedly dying and reviving during training, he became resistant to petrification and activated Sage Mode.

• Jiraiya explained that Xiao Tian needed to sense natural energy before learning Senjutsu, and warned him not to absorb it recklessly.
• Xiao Tian sensed natural energy immediately and absorbed it, causing his body to petrify until Jiraiya interrupted him.
• Jiraiya found that Xiao Tian's petrified limbs recovered on their own and told him to absorb natural energy in moderation to form senjutsu chakra.
• After Jiraiya left, Xiao Tian used his counter-surveillance perception and repeatedly absorbed natural energy until petrification killed him and the system revived him.
• By evening, Xiao Tian had overcome petrification and could freely absorb natural energy, then activated Sage Mode.

Xiao Tian entered a distinctive golden-flame Sage Mode, awakened Scorch Release, and created an Animal Path body. After learning the preliminary exam results, he met Hyuga Hiashi, who had come to ask him for a favor.

• Xiao Tian transformed into Sage Mode and discovered that he could combine fire and wind into Scorch Release, destroying a large tree with a golden-flamed Rasengan.
• The System awarded Xiao Tian an Achievement Point, and he spent System Points strengthening himself before summoning an Animal Path body.
• Xiao Tian learned that Hinata had defeated Misumi Tsurugi and that Kankuro had lost to Neji Hyuga, leaving eight competitors for the main matches.
• Hyuga Hiashi arrived at Xiao Tian's home and asked to speak with him about a favor.

Xiao Tian met with Hyuga Hiashi, who asked him to protect Hinata and Neji during the main competition. After Hiashi left, Meihuizi offered to teach Xiao Tian Hyuga Taijutsu, including her Thirty Gods Vacuum Attack.

• Hyuga Hiashi asked Xiao Tian to protect Hinata and Neji during the competition, and Xiao Tian agreed to protect the participants and spectators as best he could.
• Hyuga Hiashi told Meihuizi that the clan elders had agreed to let Xiao Tian learn Hyuga Taijutsu, including techniques she had created.
• Meihuizi asked Xiao Tian whether he wanted to learn Gentle Fist, and Xiao Tian questioned how well it worked without the Byakugan.
• Meihuizi explained that she had developed the A-Class Thirty Gods Vacuum Attack from the lost Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack and described its destructive power.

Xiao Tian mastered several Gentle Fist techniques from Meihuizi while the Third Hokage considered his potential. Later, Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki confronted Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi, leaving Kurenai incapacitated by Tsukuyomi.

• Xiao Tian learned Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams One Hundred Eight Palms and Eight Trigrams Vacuum Wall Palm from Meihuizi in Senju Park.
• An Anbu Ninja reported on Xiao Tian to the Third Hokage, who considered him a possible future Anbu commander.
• At the Chunin Exams, Xiao Tian spotted Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki facing Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi by the river.
• Uchiha Itachi used Tsukuyomi to turn Kurenai Yuhi's Genjutsu against her and leave her rigid and confused.

Xiao Tian, disguised as Kakashi, seized and transformed Samehada while helping Asuma and Kurenai during the fight against Kisame and Itachi. Itachi recognized that the disguised fighter was not Kakashi and revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan.

• Asuma attacked Kisame with Fire Release and chakra blades, but Samehada began draining his chakra.
• Xiao Tian, disguised as Kakashi, freed Asuma from Samehada and subdued the weapon after shocking and burning it with lightning.
• Xiao Tian used the System to reshape Samehada into a dragon-scaled weapon with a dragon’s face.
• Itachi told Kisame to withdraw after his Tsukuyomi failed to affect Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian rescued Asuma, released Kurenai from genjutsu, and faced Itachi as Itachi revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and identified him as someone other than Kakashi.

Xiao Tian confronted Uchiha Itachi and Kisame while disguised as Kakashi, revealing his silver Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan before both enemies escaped. Afterward, Kakashi suspected the impostor might be a teammate, while Itachi considered the strange eye and looked toward Meihuizi's clothing shop.

• Xiao Tian stepped in front of Kurenai Yuhi and used Amaterasu and Kamui against Uchiha Itachi, but Itachi escaped with a Crow Clone.
• Xiao Tian attacked Itachi with Lightning Blade, but his strikes hit crows, and Itachi soon called Kisame away from Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi.
• Kisame escaped without Samehada, and Xiao Tian also left before the real Kakashi and Might Guy arrived.
• Asuma told Kakashi that someone had impersonated him and used Lightning Blade, and Kakashi wondered if the impostor was a teammate.
• Xiao Tian took the modified Samehada, which he called Dragon Scale Skin, then entered the Kamui Dimension to train in the Eight Gates Released Formation.
• Kisame complained about Xiao Tian, while Itachi suggested the silver Mangekyō Sharingan might be a mutation and looked toward Meihuizi's clothing shop.

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki ambushed Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha on their way to the Chunin Ninja Exams, but a powerful white tiger forced them to retreat. Xiao Tian revealed that he had summoned the tiger, while Kakashi and Might Guy arrived to investigate the attack.

• Itachi Uchiha trapped Sasuke Uchiha in the Tsukuyomi World after Sasuke charged at him with Chidori.
• Kisame Hoshigaki swept away Naruto Uzumaki's shadow clones with water dragons as Naruto tried to resist.
• A huge white tiger attacked Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, forcing them to retreat before it disappeared in a puff of smoke.
• Xiao Tian watched from a balcony and revealed that he had summoned the white tiger to protect Naruto Uzumaki.
• Kakashi and Might Guy arrived, and Naruto excitedly told Kakashi about the white tiger that had saved them.

Sasuke remained trapped in the trauma of the Uchiha Clan massacre, so Xiao Tian used a powerful Genjutsu to force him to relive it. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian asking Sasuke whether he understood the root cause of the massacre.

• Naruto urged Sasuke to pull himself together, but Sasuke ignored him, and Kakashi struggled to counsel him.
• After learning of Sasuke's condition, Xiao Tian left the Kamui Dimension and went to the inn at Kakashi's request.
• Xiao Tian provoked Sasuke, awakening his three-tomoe Sharingan, then trapped him in the Hell Viewing Technique.
• Sasuke relived the massacre repeatedly until his rage made him more resilient, and Xiao Tian appeared in his Genjutsu.
• Xiao Tian asked Sasuke whether he understood the root cause of the Uchiha Clan's massacre.

Xiao Tian explained to Sasuke why Itachi spared him and described the history behind the Uchiha Clan’s rebellion. Sasuke began to question the reasons for the clan’s conflict with Konoha.

• Xiao Tian told Sasuke that Itachi had killed the clan to prevent its rebellion from bringing disaster, but could not bring himself to kill Sasuke.
• Xiao Tian said he had spoken with Itachi, provoking Sasuke to ask why Itachi had not told him the truth.
• Xiao Tian challenged Sasuke’s belief that Itachi wanted him to suffer, and Sasuke recalled how Itachi had always overshadowed him.
• Sasuke asked why the Uchiha Clan had rebelled, and Xiao Tian explained how the clan lost influence after Konoha’s founding.
• Xiao Tian described Madara Uchiha’s hatred of Tobirama Senju and the Uchiha Clan’s growing ostracism in the village.

Xiao Tian told Sasuke that Konoha’s leaders had ordered the Uchiha Clan’s extermination, prompting Itachi to kill the clan and spare Sasuke. Sasuke left the genjutsu with renewed resolve to uncover the truth, grow stronger, and target Shimura Danzō before Xiao Tian could; he then headed to the Chunin Ninja Exams’ official matches.

• Xiao Tian explained to Sasuke how the village’s political conflict and planned extermination had led Itachi to kill the Uchiha Clan and spare him.
• Sasuke blamed Konoha for the clan’s destruction and said he wanted to leave after the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Xiao Tian offered to introduce Sasuke to Orochimaru and agreed to act as his inside man in the village.
• Sasuke decided to make Itachi tell him the truth and to kill Shimura Danzō before Xiao Tian could.
• Kakashi thanked Xiao Tian after Sasuke regained his fighting spirit, and Sasuke hurried to the official matches.

Sasuke faced Gaara in the Chunin Ninja Exams finals after promising to show him where to find Xiao Tian’s candy. Sasuke’s attacks injured Gaara, but Gaara struck back with sand as Shukaku urged him to give up control.

• Kakashi asked Xiao Tian what he had said to Sasuke, and Xiao Tian replied that people should face difficulties with a smile.
• Sasuke arrived at the finals, and Genma Shiranui announced his match against Gaara.
• Gaara showed Sasuke a lollipop and asked where he could find more; Sasuke promised to take him after their fight.
• Sasuke attacked Gaara with shuriken, then used a sneak attack and Lion Combo to launch him into the air and injure him through his Sand Armor.
• Gaara blasted Sasuke’s Shadow Clones with sand while Shukaku urged him to let it out.

Sasuke's illusion drove Gaara's seal toward breaking as One-Tail Shukaku pressed to escape, just as enemies launched a surprise attack on Konoha. The village's defenders mobilized, and Jiraiya and Gamabunta joined the fight against the giant snakes.

• Sasuke evaded Gaara's sand attacks and used Hell Viewing Technique to trap him in painful childhood memories.
• One-Tail Shukaku exploited Gaara's weakened state, intensifying the sand and unsettling the spectators.
• Explosions sounded across Konoha, and Kakashi ordered Genma Shiranui and the others to suspend the exams and evacuate the participants.
• The Third Hokage refused to seek shelter as the Kazekage mocked his age.
• Jiraiya arrived on Gamabunta and used Toad Short Sword Slash to cut down several giant snakes.

As the invasion began, Orochimaru trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi inside the Four Violet Flames Formation while Gaara and his siblings fled Konoha. Xiao Tian discovered Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki approaching Meihuizi and Xiaomei, and appeared in front of them to protect them.

• Xiao Tian spotted the Four Violet Flames Formation and saw Orochimaru reveal himself as he trapped Hiruzen Sarutobi inside it.
• Baki led Temari and Kankuro away with Gaara, while Kakashi held Baki off and Xiao Tian told Naruto to go after Sasuke.
• Hiruzen fought Orochimaru inside the barrier, evading Hidden Shadow Snake Hands with a Substitution Technique.
• Xiao Tian learned that Itachi and Kisame were heading toward Meihuizi's clothing store, where they encountered Meihuizi and Xiaomei as they prepared to evacuate.
• Xiao Tian activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and used the Kamui Dimension to appear in front of Meihuizi and Xiaomei.

Xiao Tian protected Meihuizi and Xiaomei during the attack on Konoha, then returned to the village to witness Orochimaru summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju. He left poised to confront the Hokage inside the Four Violet Flames Formation for points.

• Meihuizi warned Xiao Tian about the Akatsuki, but he told her he had fought them before.
• Kisame Hoshigaki used a Water Clone to approach Meihuizi and Xiaomei, and Xiao Tian struck him with a powerful kick after opening six gates.
• Uchiha Itachi withdrew, while Meihuizi praised Xiao Tian and Hyuga Hiashi warned that Sunagakure and Otogakure ninja were attacking Konoha.
• Xiao Tian took Meihuizi and Xiaomei to the shelter inside Hokage Rock, then returned to Meihuizi's clothing shop and summoned a Black Tortoise to guard it.
• Xiao Tian saw Orochimaru use Impure World Reincarnation to summon Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, while Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated to fight them.
• Xiao Tian brought his original body and the Deva Path Body to the Four Violet Flames Formation and eyed the First and Second Hokage as a source of points.