Recaps

Xiao Tian broke into the Four Violet Flames Formation and fought Orochimaru’s reanimated Hokage, using his Mangekyō Sharingan and the Eight Gates to overwhelm Tobirama Senju. After Xiao Tian summoned Little Purple to keep Tobirama from recovering, Hiruzen Sarutobi’s Enma recognized the staff as its progenitor.

• Tobirama Senju and Hashirama Senju attacked Hiruzen Sarutobi under Orochimaru’s control, and Hiruzen defended himself with the Substitution Technique and Earth-Style Wall.
• Xiao Tian entered the Four Violet Flames Formation with Kamui, used Shadow Clones to distract Orochimaru, and struck Tobirama Senju with a series of attacks after opening six of the Eight Gates.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma and resumed fighting Hashirama Senju with the low-spec Adamantine Staff.
• Orochimaru defeated Xiao Tian’s Shadow Clones, but Xiao Tian dodged Tobirama Senju’s Water Dragon Bullet Technique and used the Morning Peacock to shatter much of Tobirama’s body.
• Xiao Tian summoned Little Purple, who repeatedly smashed Tobirama Senju’s Impure World Reincarnation Body as it began to recover.
• Enma saw Little Purple and cried out, “Progenitor!”

Xiao Tian Uchiha fought the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju while Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Orochimaru. After farming points from the Hokage, Xiao Tian attacked the Sound Ninja Four and broke the Four Violet Flames Formation.

• Orochimaru attacked Xiao Tian with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but Xiao Tian used Eight Trigrams: Rotation to deflect the snakes and counterattack.
• Xiao Tian left Hiruzen Sarutobi to fight Orochimaru and challenged Hashirama Senju, using the sixth gate and Kamui Intangibility against Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence.
• Xiao Tian and his Shadow Clones suppressed the regenerating Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju after their bodies stopped yielding points.
• Xiao Tian charged the Sound Ninja Four with Little Purple and the Adamantine Staff, killing Kidomaru with one strike and breaking the Four Violet Flames Formation.

Xiao Tian’s Deva Path rescued Orochimaru from Hiruzen Sarutobi’s deadly technique, then pursued him to demand the Soft Body Modification method. Their confrontation ended with Orochimaru escaping through a substitution technique, while the battle continued across Konoha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi trapped Orochimaru with Enma’s Adamantine Prison Wall and began using the Reaper Death Seal.
• Xiao Tian’s Deva Path Body shattered the prison and rescued Orochimaru, then repelled Might Guy with Shinra Tensei.
• Orochimaru and his followers retreated, and Orochimaru blocked Xiao Tian’s Thirty Gods Vacuum Attack with Triple Rashomon before abandoning his teammates.
• Xiao Tian sensed Shukaku emerging outside Konoha while the Animal Path’s summons attacked fighters inside the village.
• In the Forest of Death, Xiao Tian demanded Orochimaru’s Soft Body Modification method, but Orochimaru refused and escaped after being struck by Banshō Ten’in.

Xiao Tian trapped Orochimaru with a powerful gravitational pull and forced him to hand over the Soft Body Modification Technique. After learning it, Xiao Tian attacked Orochimaru, who escaped into the burning forest, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Xiao Tian used a black sphere to draw rocks, earth, and trees into the sky, making it difficult for Orochimaru to escape.
• Xiao Tian used the Kamui Dimension to catch up with Orochimaru and struck him with the Adamantine Staff, then burned the snakes he sent to attack.
• Orochimaru offered Xiao Tian the Soft Body Modification Technique in exchange for help escaping, and Xiao Tian accepted the scroll and learned the technique.
• Xiao Tian transported Orochimaru away, then attacked him with golden flames after Orochimaru warned that Konoha might target Xiao Tian and his mother.
• Orochimaru escaped with the Substitution Technique as Xiao Tian's flames tore through the ground and ignited the forest.

Naruto and Sasuke fought One-Tail Shukaku in the Forest of Death, and Naruto summoned Gamabunta to help. After Gamabunta fled and Shukaku celebrated, a spiral of twisted space cut Shukaku’s body in half.

• Naruto and Sasuke attacked Shukaku, but Shukaku overwhelmed them and slammed Sasuke into the ground.
• Naruto summoned Gamabunta, who drew his short sword and tore apart much of Shukaku’s sand body.
• Shukaku counterattacked with an Air Bullet and quicksand, forcing Gamabunta to flee back to Mount Myōboku.
• Naruto used Shadow Clones to cushion his fall while Shukaku rejoiced that Gamabunta was gone.
• A spiral of twisted space severed Shukaku’s body into upper and lower halves, and Shukaku cried out in pain.

Xiao Tian found Naruto and Sasuke after Shukaku rampaged through the forest, then went to confront the One-Tail himself. He struck Shukaku with the enlarged Adamantine Staff, leaving the tailed beast badly injured and burning as the fight continued.

• Xiao Tian and Sasuke found Naruto, who was unharmed after falling from Gamabunta.
• Xiao Tian decided to face Shukaku and entered the Kamui Dimension to approach him.
• Shukaku spotted Xiao Tian and became interested when he offered to show him a treasure.
• Xiao Tian enlarged the Adamantine Staff and leaped into the air to attack Shukaku.
• The staff crushed half of Shukaku's body, scattering sand and setting him ablaze with golden flames.

Xiao Tian repeatedly smashed Shukaku with the enormous Adamantine Staff, stopping him from taking his complete form while Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki watched. Xiao Tian then entered the mental channel connecting Shukaku and Nine-Tails and urged Kurama to lend Naruto his power to fight Shukaku.

• Xiao Tian struck Shukaku whenever his face began to form, preventing him from unleashing his complete form and risking Gaara's life.
• Xiao Tian ordered Little Purple to keep smashing Shukaku, astonishing Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki with the weapon's independent actions.
• Naruto Uzumaki felt sympathy for Shukaku, while Nine-Tails mocked him and Shukaku argued that Gaara might eventually lose control and break the seal.
• Xiao Tian heard Nine-Tails and Shukaku's conversation, entered their mental channel with the Spirit Transformation Technique, and urged Kurama to lend Naruto his power.

Xiao Tian provoked Kurama into offering Naruto his power to fight Shukaku, but Naruto refused to trust the Nine-Tails. The chapter ended with Naruto asking Xiao Tian about Shukaku’s challenge and the danger of using the monster’s Chakra.

• Shukaku mocked Kurama, and Xiao Tian taunted Kurama until he agreed to help Naruto defeat Shukaku.
• Xiao Tian returned to his body, and Shukaku cursed Kurama after the Adamantine Staff stopped suppressing him.
• Kurama offered Naruto tremendous power, but Naruto rejected it as a monster’s power and believed he could escape using Shadow Clones.
• Kurama forced a wisp of his Chakra through the seal to show Naruto its strength, but Naruto still refused to use it.
• Xiao Tian explained the situation to Naruto, who asked whether Shukaku was insisting on fighting him and recalled Pervy Sage’s warning about using the Nine-Tails’ Chakra.

Xiao Tian told Naruto that the Nine-Tails’ chakra belonged to him and revealed that his father was Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage. Naruto was left struggling with the shocking news, while Xiao Tian framed the Nine-Tails as a legacy his parents had left him.

• Xiao Tian urged Naruto to treat the Nine-Tails’ power as his own and questioned why he feared using it.
• Xiao Tian asked Naruto if he wanted to know who his parents were, and Naruto eagerly said yes as Sasuke kept watch.
• Shukaku challenged the Nine-Tails, so Xiao Tian interrupted his revelation to appear above Shukaku and repeatedly smash its forming chakra body with the Adamantine Staff.
• Xiao Tian told Naruto that his father was Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, leaving Naruto stunned and Sasuke dumbfounded.
• Xiao Tian explained that many villagers did not know Naruto’s parentage and called the sealed Nine-Tails a precious gift from his parents.

Naruto learned more about his parents and resolved to use the Nine-Tails' power, while Xiao Tian tried to turn him against Konoha. Naruto rejected that idea and promised to protect the village, even as Sasuke vowed to destroy it.

• Naruto claimed the Nine-Tails' power as an inheritance from his parents and vowed to make the fox obey him.
• Xiao Tian told Naruto about his mother, and Naruto grieved over his parents' deaths while feeling relieved to learn who they were.
• Xiao Tian asked what Naruto would do if someone had controlled the Nine-Tails to cause his parents' deaths, and Naruto vowed to find and kill that person.
• Xiao Tian revealed that Sasuke planned to destroy Konoha, and Sasuke confirmed he would act after learning the truth about his clan from Uchiha Itachi.
• Naruto refused to let Konoha be destroyed and promised to help Sasuke punish those responsible for his clan's suffering when he became Hokage.

Naruto and Sasuke agreed to settle their opposing plans for Konoha in a future fight, with Xiao Tian as their witness. Naruto then accepted the Nine-Tails’ chakra for another battle with Gaara, leaving Sasuke watching as he charged forward.

• Sasuke said Konoha needed to be overthrown, and Xiao Tian proposed that he and Naruto decide the village’s fate in a fight when they turned sixteen.
• Naruto and Sasuke accepted the promise, and Naruto asked Xiao Tian to witness their future battle.
• Naruto told the Nine-Tails he would free it after becoming Hokage, while the fox urged him to withstand its power so they could fight Shukaku.
• Naruto took on the Nine-Tails’ chakra, and Sasuke recognized its strength.
• Naruto charged toward Gaara at greatly increased speed, promising to beat the tailed beast back into its original form.

Naruto used Nine-Tails Chakra and the Eight Gates Released Formation to fight Shukaku, culminating in a clash between their Tailed Beast Bombs. Naruto defeated Shukaku, who returned to Gaara’s body, and Gaara woke up crying about his candy.

• Naruto opened four gates while using Nine-Tails Chakra and repeatedly attacked Shukaku, who trapped him with Sand Waterfall Imperial Funeral.
• Naruto broke free with a Nine-Tails Rasengan, and Nine-Tails taught him to form a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Naruto and Shukaku fired Tailed Beast Bombs that collided and devastated the mountain forest, while Xiao Tian invited Sasuke to train with him afterward.
• Naruto continued beating Shukaku until his Chakra ran out, then drove him back into Gaara’s body with Multiple Shadow Clone.
• Gaara woke up and cried out, asking for his candy.

Gaara left after thanking Xiao Tian, and Xiao Tian escorted Sasuke and the exhausted Naruto back toward Konoha while sending his Deva Path Body to help Neji. At the village’s edge, Xiao Tian exposed and killed Root ninja impersonating Anbu, then explained their connection to Danzō and the murdered guards.

• Gaara packed away the candy, found the unconscious Kankuro and Temari, and carried them off.
• Kakashi and Might Guy arrived, and Xiao Tian told Kakashi that Naruto had driven off Shukaku and was only asleep from exhaustion.
• Xiao Tian escorted Sasuke and Naruto toward Konoha and sent his Deva Path Body to Neji’s battlefield.
• The Deva Path Body saw Neji defeat Jirobo and Tenten finish him off; the Otogakure quartet had been killed, and Kimimaro had not appeared.
• Root ninja disguised as Anbu intercepted Xiao Tian, Sasuke, and Naruto at Konoha’s edge, but Xiao Tian killed them with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
• Xiao Tian told Sasuke that the Root ninja served Shimura Danzō and had murdered the Anbu stationed at the village’s edge; Sasuke agreed they deserved to die.

Xiao Tian met with Hiruzen Sarutobi, who discussed the Caged Bird Seal Mark, Orochimaru, and the future of Konoha. Hiruzen asked Xiao Tian to join the Anbu and declared that he would become the Fifth Hokage.

• Xiao Tian told Hiruzen Sarutobi that he wanted the Hyuga Clan to remove his mother’s Caged Bird Seal Mark instead of receiving a reward.
• Hiruzen said the mark could seemingly only be removed through death, but promised the Hyuga Clan would not threaten Meihuizi.
• Hiruzen encouraged Xiao Tian to grow stronger and suggested he might one day find a way to remove the mark.
• Hiruzen said he could serve as Hokage for about another year, asked Xiao Tian to join the Anbu, and named him as the future Fifth Hokage.

Xiao Tian declined the Third Hokage’s offer to become Fifth Hokage and learned the S-rank Rashomon technique from the Scroll of Seals. After dinner, he took Sasuke outside the village and summoned Zi Yan, the Ancient Void Dragon Emperor from another world.

• Xiao Tian told the Third Hokage he did not want to become Hokage and suggested Kakashi or Jiraiya as candidates.
• The Third Hokage let Xiao Tian learn three ninjutsu, and Xiao Tian gained the S-rank Rashomon technique from the Scroll of Seals.
• After Naruto ate dinner, Xiao Tian had him practice controlling the Nine-Tails while he took Sasuke through the Kamui Dimension.
• Xiao Tian’s Animal Path summoned him and Sasuke outside the village, where Xiao Tian summoned Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan asked Xiao Tian why his appearance had changed and where they were.

Xiao Tian summoned Zi Yan to help Sasuke form a contract with a dragon. Sasuke endured the Dragon Summoning Stone’s drain and summoned Ao Kuang, a lightning dragon of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, who agreed to fight alongside him.

• Xiao Tian summoned Zi Yan and asked her to help Sasuke form a dragon contract.
• Zi Yan gave Sasuke a Dragon Summoning Stone and told him to refine it with his blood and endure its drain.
• Sasuke held out as the stone consumed his blood and mental power, then received a purple Dragon Seal.
• The Dragon Summoning Stone summoned Ao Kuang, a lightning dragon born in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Ao Kuang acknowledged Zi Yan as the Dragon Emperor and agreed to fight alongside Sasuke.

The Sage of Six Paths watched events in the Shinobi World without realizing his descendants had been led astray, while Xiao Tian sensed his surveillance and anticipated future surprises. After more than two years of war and training, Xiao Tian awoke from his system-upgrade sleep in the Kamui Dimension and received rewards that could help Meihuizi remove her Caged Bird Seal.

• The Sage of Six Paths observed Sasuke fighting a dragon, Naruto with Kurama, and Xiao Tian, and praised Indra and Asura’s descendants.
• Xiao Tian sensed the Sage of Six Paths’ scrutiny end and looked forward to surprising Hagoromo with his abilities.
• After Sunagakure and Otogakure’s plan failed, Konoha’s forces fought Sunagakure while Granny Chiyo and Ebizo prolonged the war with covert help from Kirigakure and Iwagakure.
• Over the following two years, Naruto trained with Jiraiya, Sasuke trained with his summoning beast Ao Kuang, and Meihuizi searched for news of Xiao Tian while he slept in the Kamui Dimension.
• Xiao Tian awoke, opened his system’s upgrade compensation package, and received a Primordial Marrow-Cleansing Heavenly Pill, the Evil Transfer Technique, and two Six Paths Bodies.
• Xiao Tian realized the Evil Transfer Technique could deal with Meihuizi’s Caged Bird Seal.

Xiao Tian returned to Konoha after more than two years away and reunited with Meihuizi, giving her a pill that restored her chakra and awakened her Byakugan bloodline. Meihuizi’s appearance changed to resemble the Ōtsutsuki Clan, and she discovered that her Caged Bird Seal mark had vanished.

• Meihuizi welcomed Xiao Tian back, scolded him for his long absence, and hugged him before feeding him a huge meal.
• Xiao Tian gave Meihuizi the Primordial Marrow-Cleansing Heavenly Pill and explained what it could do.
• Meihuizi swallowed the pill and felt its power awaken within her.
• Meihuizi’s hair turned silvery white, and she felt the Caged Bird Seal mark disappear.
• Meihuizi admired her new appearance and wondered if the villagers would worship her as a goddess.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent Xiao Tian toward the front of Konoha’s drawn-out war with Sunagakure and asked him to bring Tsunade back as a potential Sixth Hokage. As Xiao Tian reached the desert battlefield, an unexpected torrential downpour began.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Xiao Tian that the war had stalled after failed negotiations and that Gaara had become Sunagakure’s Kazekage and a major force on the battlefield.
• Xiao Tian offered to go to the front and agreed to serve temporarily as Hokage if necessary, but said he would help bring Tsunade back to take the position afterward.
• Xiao Tian thanked Hiruzen Sarutobi for protecting Meihuizi’s clothing store and left Konoha for the battlefield.
• Meihuizi visited the Hyuga Clan, where the elders bowed to her and Hyuga Hiashi saw her off.
• Xiao Tian hurried toward the desert battlefield, where a torrential downpour began despite the region going a year without rain.

Xiao Tian created a massive, chakra-laced downpour over Sunagakure’s frontline base, terrifying Gaara and putting the Sand Ninja at a disadvantage. After sensing movement through the rain, Xiao Tian traveled to Konoha’s base, where the ninja recognized him and welcomed him.

• Kakashi, Might Guy, Asuma, and the others watched the rain fall over the desert as Asuma prepared another surprise attack.
• Granny Chiyo told the Sand Ninja to keep fighting rather than risk paying reparations.
• Gaara sensed chakra in the rain and realized that someone had created the downpour.
• Xiao Tian lounged on a Somersault Cloud and used his Deva Path Body’s upgraded Rain Tiger at Will Technique to create the rain and sense what it touched.
• After detecting movement at Sunagakure’s frontline base, Xiao Tian traveled through the Kamui Dimension to Konoha’s base.
• Konoha’s Chunin and Genin recognized Xiao Tian by his Silver · Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and greeted him respectfully.

Xiao Tian joined the Konoha forces preparing to face Sunagakure and chose to fight Granny Chiyo rather than Shukaku. After Neji challenged him, Xiao Tian overwhelmed him with Eight Trigrams One Hundred Eight Palms and left him eager to grow stronger.

• Kakashi suspected Xiao Tian had caused the rain that disrupted the Sand ninja’s advantage, and Xiao Tian denied it while asking about the battle preparations.
• Xiao Tian volunteered to face Granny Chiyo instead of Shukaku, then left the strategy meeting with Neji following him.
• Neji challenged Xiao Tian to a fight and struck him with Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
• Xiao Tian broke through the technique’s effects and defeated Neji with Eight Trigrams One Hundred Eight Palms, while holding back enough for Neji to recover.
• Xiao Tian praised Neji’s potential, patted his head, and left as Neji’s fighting spirit rekindled.

Xiao Tian Uchiha faced Granny Chiyo and destroyed one of her ten puppets with his bare hand, terrifying the Sand forces. Shukaku fled, and Granny Chiyo surrendered Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, though Xiao Tian insisted the fight continue.

• Shukaku rampaged across the desert as the Sand ninja attacked head-on in the torrential rain.
• Granny Chiyo summoned her White Secret Technique: Chikamatsu Ten Puppets and sent a bladed puppet at Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian stopped the puppet with his bare hand, destroyed it with golden flames, and forced Granny Chiyo to cut her Chakra Threads.
• Shukaku panicked at Xiao Tian's strength and fled, leaving the Konoha ninja and Sand forces stunned.
• Granny Chiyo surrendered Sunagakure and the Land of Wind, but Xiao Tian told her they had not finished fighting.

Gaara awakened after Shukaku fled and welcomed Sunagakure’s surrender, which Xiao Tian Uchiha had helped bring about. Xiao Tian secretly brought Gaara to Konoha, where Gaara enjoyed Meihuizi’s cooking, before Danzō challenged the official account of Xiao Tian’s contribution to ending the war.

• After Shukaku fled, Gaara awakened and learned that Elder Chiyo had surrendered on Sunagakure’s behalf.
• Gaara welcomed the surrender, and Shikaku Nara drew up reparations treaties as Konoha’s forces prepared to return home.
• Xiao Tian Uchiha took Gaara to Konoha on the Somersault Cloud, and Gaara enjoyed lollipops and Meihuizi’s food.
• At the Hokage’s office, the Third Hokage credited Xiao Tian with helping force Sunagakure’s surrender and awarded him first-class merit.
• Shimura Danzō disputed Xiao Tian’s role, arguing that the weather and Sunagakure’s internal problems had driven the surrender.

Xiao Tian confronted Danzo over his attempt to minimize Xiao Tian’s wartime credit and accused him of having ties to Sunagakure. After Xiao Tian revealed footage implicating Root members in dealings with Sunagakure, he called for Root to be disbanded, leaving Danzo facing demands for an explanation.

• Utatane Koharu defended Xiao Tian’s contributions, but Danzo argued that he deserved only limited praise.
• Xiao Tian challenged Danzo and offered to show a recording connected to Baki’s escape from Konoha.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to stop the dispute, but Danzo called for an investigation into Xiao Tian’s unexplained absence.
• Xiao Tian projected footage of apparent Anbu handing burlap sacks to Sunagakure shinobi, angering the Jonin and senior advisers.
• Hiruzen demanded an explanation from Danzo, who blamed traitors within Root and promised to investigate.
• Xiao Tian called for Root to be disbanded and Danzo to retire.

Xiao Tian forced the Third Hokage to disband Root and threatened Shimura Danzō over the Uchiha Clan Massacre. After leaving the Hokage’s office, Xiao Tian captured two Root ninja and used Human Path to extract information from them.

• The Third Hokage disbanded Root and ordered Shimura Danzō to rest, while Danzō blamed Xiao Tian for Konoha’s possible destruction.
• Xiao Tian challenged Danzō over the Uchiha Clan Massacre and revealed that someone possessed multiple Sharingan on his arm.
• Xiao Tian left the Hokage’s office, and the Third Hokage ordered everyone to keep the allegation confidential and investigate Danzō only when they had sufficient evidence.
• Xiao Tian evaded the watchers following him, knocked out Yamamura Ichirō and Kameda Kofuku, and brought them into the Kamui Dimension.
• Xiao Tian ordered Human Path to read the two Root ninja’s minds and obtain the information he wanted.