Recaps

Xin secretly protected Hinata, then followed Orochimaru and negotiated to let the Konoha Crush Plan proceed only if Hiruzen Sarutobi survived. When Orochimaru attacked and tried to seize Xin’s body, Xin struck him with Amaterasu, leaving Orochimaru burning in agony.

• Xin secretly gave Hinata an enhanced Vision Resonance that alerted him if she faced mortal danger or her chakra fluctuated violently.
• Xin watched Naruto escape from a giant snake, then used Kamui to secretly follow Orochimaru as he defeated Sasuke and placed the Cursed Seal of Heaven on him.
• Xin watched Mitarashi Anko fail to kill Orochimaru, then revealed himself to Orochimaru in a clearing.
• Xin offered to let Orochimaru continue the Konoha Crush Plan if he guaranteed that Hiruzen Sarutobi would not die.
• Orochimaru attacked Xin with Hidden Shadow Snake Hands, but the snakes passed through Xin’s intangible body.
• Orochimaru recognized Xin’s Mangekyō Sharingan and became determined to take his body, so Xin used Amaterasu and set Orochimaru ablaze.

Xin defeated Orochimaru’s summoned snake and forced him to negotiate, agreeing to let the Konoha Crush Plan continue in exchange for the Third Hokage surviving and Orochimaru taking Sasuke Uchiha. Xin warned Orochimaru about the Reaper Death Seal before leaving.

• Orochimaru survived Xin’s black flames and summoned a giant snake, but Xin killed it with Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Xin used Kamui to reach Orochimaru and blasted apart an Earth Clone with Lightning Release: Lariat.
• Xin demanded that Orochimaru keep the Third Hokage alive in exchange for Sasuke Uchiha, then revealed he knew about Living Corpse Reincarnation.
• Orochimaru accepted the deal after Xin said he would not interfere with Sasuke’s capture or the Konoha Crush Plan.
• Xin warned Orochimaru to beware of the Reaper Death Seal when facing the Third Hokage, then left.

After the Forest of Death exam, Xin watched the Chunin preliminaries and encouraged Hinata as she faced Neji. The chapter ended with Hinata finding her resolve to fight.

• Xin left the Forest of Death, and five days later the second exam ended with more candidates passing than expected, so the Third Hokage added one-on-one preliminaries.
• Xin arrived at the arena as Naruto defeated Kiba and joked about winning with a fart.
• The match display paired Hinata against Neji, who urged her to forfeit and insulted her strength.
• Xin rebuked Neji and encouraged Hinata to show her strength, prompting her to raise her head with a resolute gaze.

Hinata fought Neji evenly, broke his Rotation with a counter Uchiha Xin had taught her, and left him badly injured. Though she had the advantage, Hinata surrendered, so Gekko Hayate declared Neji the winner.

• Neji attacked Hinata with Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, but she dodged and matched his strikes.
• Hinata seized an opening in Neji's movements and drove him to use the Hyuga Main Family's secret Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin.
• Hinata used Eight Trigrams Palms: Heavenly Spin: Reverse, a counter Uchiha Xin had taught her, to break Neji's Rotation and send him crashing to the arena's edge.
• Neji tried to keep fighting despite his injuries, but Hinata surrendered because she could not bear to see him suffer.
• Gekko Hayate declared Neji the winner.

Uchiha Xin secretly prevented Rock Lee from suffering a career-ending injury, then received a mission to protect a film crew and Fujikaze Yukie. When Yukie disappeared shortly after filming began, Xin used his chakra-sensing ability to locate a suspiciously disguised figure on a Konoha street.

• Xin disrupted Shukaku's chakra output during Gaara's attack, giving Rock Lee time to hold back and avoid a devastating leg fracture.
• The preliminaries ended with nine genin advancing, and Naruto tried to celebrate with ramen before Kakashi took him to the hospital.
• The Third Hokage assigned Xin to protect a film crew and Kazahana Koyuki, also known as Fujikaze Yukie, in the Land of Snow.
• Asama Sandayu explained that the crew would spend three days in the Land of Snow and finish filming seven days later, while Xin recognized their plan to restore Koyuki to the throne.
• Xin joined the crew, but Fujikaze Yukie went missing just as filming was about to begin.
• Xin followed a chakra signature through the streets and spotted a disguised figure wearing a low conical hat and sunglasses.

Xin forced Kazahana Koyuki to continue with the film crew and repeatedly stopped her escape attempts as they traveled toward the Land of Snow. After Koyuki quietly boarded a rowboat at night to flee the passenger ship, her escape was left unresolved.

• Xin recognized the disguised Kazahana Koyuki, knocked her unconscious when she tried to flee, and carried her back to the crew.
• Over the next three days, Xin foiled Koyuki's attempts to escape through a vent, in a lunch cart, and from a window.
• At a tavern, Xin explained Koyuki's family history and teased her about worrying over him; Koyuki angrily left.
• Koyuki stopped trying to escape on land and focused on filming, though she avoided speaking to Xin.
• The crew boarded a passenger ship bound for the Land of Snow, and Koyuki secretly lowered a spare boat from the stern to escape.

Uchiha Xin protected Kazahana Koyuki from repeated assassination attempts on the voyage to the Land of Snow and stopped her from fleeing after they arrived. When Nadare Rōga, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Mizore Fuyukuma confronted them, Xin unleashed a massive Fire Style technique that obliterated Mizore.

• Uchiha Xin caught Kazahana Koyuki trying to escape by boat and had already eliminated the assassins sent by Kazahana Dōtō.
• Uchiha Xin secretly killed more than a dozen attackers during the five-day voyage to the Land of Snow.
• Kazahana Koyuki tried to flee on horseback, but Uchiha Xin intercepted her on a snowy hill.
• Nadare Rōga, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Mizore Fuyukuma confronted Kazahana Koyuki and demanded the Hexagonal Crystal, while Koyuki pleaded for Uchiha Xin to be spared.
• Uchiha Xin pulled Kazahana Koyuki behind him and struck Mizore Fuyukuma with a gigantic Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, reducing him to a charred mark.

Xin killed Mizore Fuyukuma, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Nadare Rōga with overwhelming Fire Style, then returned to the ship with Kazahana Koyuki. The next morning, Koyuki confronted Xin about his strength and knelt to beg him for help.

• Xin burned Mizore Fuyukuma to ash and melted Fubuki Kakuyoku’s Ice Release attacks.
• Nadare Rōga summoned an enormous ice whale, but Xin used Kamui to protect himself and Kazahana Koyuki from its impact.
• Xin killed Fubuki Kakuyoku with a Great Fireball Technique, and Nadare Rōga fled before Xin obliterated him with a colossal fireball.
• Xin took Kazahana Koyuki back to their room aboard the passenger ship, where she spent the night trembling over what she had witnessed.
• The next morning, Koyuki stayed in her room and asked Xin how strong he was; Xin claimed he could defeat a hundred Kazahana Dōtōs.
• Koyuki knelt before Xin and begged him for help.

Uchiha Xin accepted Kazahana Koyuki’s offer to help kill Kazahana Dōtō and reclaim the Land of Snow. He killed Dōtō with Lightning Release: Kirin, leaving Koyuki stunned as he reminded her that he had fulfilled his promise.

• Kazahana Dōtō learned that Nadare Rōga, Fubuki Kakuyoku, and Mizore Fuyukuma had disappeared and raged over their failure to capture Kazahana Koyuki.
• Uchiha Xin and Kazahana Koyuki appeared in the daimyo’s residence, where Dōtō mocked them and Xin revealed that he had killed Dōtō’s subordinates.
• Kazahana Dōtō trapped Xin and Koyuki in an Ice Prison Technique, but Xin shattered the prison without being harmed.
• Uchiha Xin summoned Lightning Release: Kirin from the thunderclouds above the residence and killed Kazahana Dōtō, reducing him to ashes.
• Kazahana Koyuki watched in shock as Xin reminded her that he had fulfilled his promise.

Uchiha Xin helped Kazahana Koyuki uncover her father’s legacy, restore the Land of Snow’s climate, and take the throne. As Koyuki was crowned queen, Xin realized he had forgotten that the third round of the Chunin Ninja Exams should already have begun.

• Xin asked Koyuki to honor her promise, and she blushed and protested that she was too young.
• Sandayu showed Xin plans for the rebuilt daimyo’s residence, and Xin requested a spacious courtyard with a hot spring.
• Koyuki used the hexagonal crystal to open her father’s hidden chamber and watched his recordings about their childhood and his geothermal research.
• Xin repaired the unfinished modification machine, allowing the Land of Snow’s geothermal generators to melt the snow and bring spring.
• Koyuki was crowned queen and asked Xin to become daimyo, but he refused and urged her to inherit her father’s legacy.
• While watching the coronation fireworks, Xin remembered that the third round of the Chunin Ninja Exams should have started.

During the Konoha Crush, Orochimaru used the First and Second Hokage to overwhelm the Third Hokage, but black flames suddenly struck and forced him to retreat. The Third Hokage survived, though gravely wounded, and ordered the Anbu to focus on restoring order in Konoha.

• Orochimaru summoned Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, and they joined him in attacking Hiruzen Sarutobi inside the Four Violet Flames Formation.
• Hiruzen attempted to use the Reaper Death Seal, but Hashirama's Wood Release bound him and interrupted the jutsu.
• Orochimaru revealed he had researched the Reaper Death Seal and declared his intention to destroy Konoha before attacking Hiruzen with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Black flames ignited on Orochimaru's hands, and he escaped them by shedding his burning body; he recognized Uchiha Xin as the source.
• Orochimaru ordered the Sound Four to retreat and fled with the First and Second Hokage's coffins.
• Hiruzen stopped the Anbu from pursuing Orochimaru and told them to prioritize the fires and Sand Ninja attacking Konoha.

Uchiha Xin left Koyuki in the Land of Snow and returned to Konoha after his Amaterasu mark was triggered when Orochimaru attacked the Third Hokage. He confronted Orochimaru, who summoned Manda, and the chapter ended with Xin facing the giant serpent.

• Uchiha Xin sensed that the Amaterasu mark he had placed on Orochimaru had activated, promised Koyuki he would return, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.
• Orochimaru escaped with the Sound Four after Amaterasu burned through both his wrists, but Uchiha Xin appeared in their path and confronted him for trying to kill the Third Hokage.
• Uchiha Xin used Tsukuyomi to immobilize Sakon, Kidomaru, Tayuya, and Jirobo, while Orochimaru tried to justify his attack by bringing up the Uchiha Clan Massacre.
• Orochimaru summoned Manda and offered him sacrifices in exchange for killing Uchiha Xin.
• Manda mocked Xin and demanded a hundred living sacrifices, and Xin called him a mere reptile.

Xin used his Perfect Susanoo to defeat Manda and overwhelm Orochimaru, but Orochimaru revealed a hidden attack with the reanimated First and Second Hokage. Xin destroyed both Hokage’s bodies with lightning and Amaterasu, while Orochimaru began explaining why those attacks could not defeat them for good.

• Xin manifested his Perfect Susanoo and attacked Manda and Orochimaru with a lightning sword, cutting through their wind techniques.
• Xin formed a black-flame arrow and pierced Manda through Orochimaru’s Triple Rashomon, forcing Manda to flee to Ryūchi Cave.
• Orochimaru summoned the reanimated Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju from underground to bind Susanoo with Wood Release and bombard it with explosive tags.
• Xin dispelled Susanoo, evaded the explosions with Kamui Intangibility, and used Black Flame Lariat to shatter Tobirama and Hashirama’s bodies.
• Orochimaru mocked Xin and began explaining that Impure World Reincarnation made the reanimated Hokage undying and immune to physical attacks.

Xin nearly killed Orochimaru with the Third Raikage’s Hell Stab, then fought the First and Second Hokage as they protected the wounded Orochimaru. After Xin destroyed Hashirama’s Wood Golem, Hashirama summoned five Rashomon gates to defend against him.

• Xin pierced Orochimaru’s chest with Hell Stab, forcing Orochimaru to escape through his substitution technique and leaving his Chakra pathways severely damaged.
• The First Hokage and Second Hokage recovered their bodies and shielded Orochimaru as Xin dismissed their ability to protect him.
• The First Hokage raised a Wood Wall, but Xin’s Black Kirin shattered it before the First Hokage’s Wood Dragon met the attack in midair.
• The Second Hokage teleported toward Xin with a Hard Vortex Water Blade, but Xin used his Flying Thunder God mark to appear behind him and blast him away with a Rasengan.
• Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Golem and attacked Xin, who destroyed it with his Black Dragon technique.
• The First Hokage summoned Fivefold Rashomon, raising five enormous gates in front of himself.

Uchiha Xin overwhelmed Orochimaru and kept the First and Second Hokage trapped under continuous lightning. When Orochimaru’s attempt to summon Minato failed, Xin spared his life but severed both his arms.

• Xin’s black dragon smashed through the five Rashomon gates and destroyed the First Hokage’s reanimated body.
• Xin used Infinite Lightning Storm to repeatedly blast apart the First and Second Hokage as they regenerated.
• Orochimaru tried to summon Minato Namikaze, but the coffin remained sealed because Minato’s soul was trapped by the Reaper Death Seal.
• Orochimaru prepared to use the Eight Branches Technique, but Xin said he would not kill him and used Kamui to appear beside him.
• Xin cut off both of Orochimaru’s arms, leaving him screaming and rolling on the ground.

Xin permanently crippled Orochimaru after the latter broke their deal, then arranged to return to Konoha while hiding his movements. On the way, he encountered Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki near Konoha.

• Xin severed Orochimaru's arms and left lightning chakra and traces of Amaterasu's flames in the wounds, preventing them from healing.
• Xin sent a Shadow Clone to Konoha, where it deceived Kakashi about a secret investigation in the Land of Snow and asked him to keep Xin's return quiet.
• Several days later, Xin said goodbye to Kazahana Koyuki, who planned to rebuild the Land of Snow and mass-produce Chakra Armor.
• Xin traveled through the Land of Fire toward Konoha and met Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki on a forest path.

Xin confronted Itachi and Kisame, swiftly defeating Kisame before defending his decision to let Orochimaru train Sasuke. He assured Itachi that Sasuke could be retrieved with his space-time dōjutsu if danger arose, then vanished.

• Xin used the Flying Thunder God Technique to strike Kisame and trap him in Tsukuyomi, sending him crashing through trees and leaving him unconscious.
• Itachi accused Xin of failing to protect Sasuke from Orochimaru’s Cursed Seal of Heaven.
• Xin said he had deliberately chosen Orochimaru as Sasuke’s teacher because Orochimaru could provide years of powerful training.
• Xin explained that Orochimaru’s condition and the limits of Living Corpse Reincarnation meant Sasuke would not face mortal danger for three years.
• Xin promised he could locate and bring Sasuke back to Konoha using a hidden chakra mark and a space-time dōjutsu.
• Xin vanished as Itachi reacted with surprise to his abilities.

Uchiha Xin persuaded Itachi that the Totsuka Blade could protect Sasuke from Orochimaru’s Living Corpse Reincarnation, then returned to Konoha and was promoted to Special Jōnin. The Third Hokage praised Xin’s mission in the Land of Snow and asked what urgent matter he had wanted to report privately.

• Xin told Itachi that the Totsuka Blade could seal Orochimaru’s soul and leave Sasuke unharmed, convincing Itachi to stand down.
• Xin ordered Itachi to take Kisame away and warned Kisame not to insult him again; Itachi carried Kisame off as a flock of crows.
• Kisame woke beside a lake and vowed to attack Xin, but Itachi warned him that Xin was extremely dangerous.
• Two Konoha Anbu stopped Xin at the village gate and ordered him to report to the Third Hokage immediately.
• The Third Hokage praised Xin for protecting the film crew and Princess Kazahana Koyuki and ending Kazahana Dōtō’s rebellion, upgraded the mission to S-rank, and promoted Xin to Special Jōnin.
• The Third Hokage asked Xin about the urgent matter he had wanted to discuss in private.

Xin insisted on a private report to the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, then revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan and demonstrated his dōjutsu. The Hokage and Jiraiya learned that Xin could use Amaterasu and an unmarked Space-Time Ninjutsu he called Divine Flash.

• Xin warned the Third Hokage that hidden listeners were in the office and asked to speak privately.
• Jiraiya arrived, sealed the office with Solitary Yang Formation, and joined the discussion.
• Xin revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, alarming the Third Hokage and Jiraiya, who feared he might possess Kotoamatsukami.
• Xin explained that his dōjutsu were Amaterasu and Divine Flash, then ignited a teacup with Amaterasu and extinguished the flames at will.
• Xin demonstrated Divine Flash by moving around the office without markings, leaving the Third Hokage and Jiraiya amazed at its speed and potential.

Xin told the Third Hokage and Jiraiya that chakra came from the God Tree and that Kaguya, the Sage of Six Paths, Indra, and Asura shaped the Shinobi World. He claimed the Senju and Uchiha descended from the Sage’s sons, then presented a tablet stating that the Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan, leaving Jiraiya struggling to accept the revelation.

• Xin asked the Third Hokage and Jiraiya whether chakra had always existed in humans, then recounted how Kaguya ate the God Tree Fruit and became the first person to possess chakra.
• Xin explained that Kaguya used Infinite Tsukuyomi to harvest people’s chakra, until Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura joined forces to seal her.
• Xin said Hagoromo became the Sage of Six Paths and that his sons Indra and Asura were ancestors of the Uchiha and Senju clans.
• Xin summoned an ancient-looking stone tablet and used it to project scenes from his account of chakra’s origins.
• The tablet stated that the Sharingan could evolve into the Rinnegan, and Jiraiya rejected the claim because he believed the Rinnegan were divine eyes.

Xin used a mysterious stone tablet and his explanation of Nagato’s Rinnegan to convince the Third Hokage and Jiraiya that his eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was genuine. He left them reeling by naming Madara Uchiha as the likeliest person to have evolved the Rinnegan.

• Xin claimed that a chakra-activated stone tablet described how to evolve the Sharingan into the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The Third Hokage tested the tablet with a chakra-coated kunai, but could not scratch its surface.
• Jiraiya revealed that Nagato, one of his students in the Land of Rain, possessed the Rinnegan and argued that it disproved Xin’s explanation.
• Xin suggested that Nagato’s weakness and memory loss showed the Rinnegan had been transplanted into him, comparing its burden to Kakashi’s transplanted Sharingan.
• Jiraiya demanded to know who owned Nagato’s eyes, and Xin named Madara Uchiha as the person most likely to have evolved the Rinnegan.

Xin used a fabricated account of the Uchiha tablet to convince the Third Hokage and Jiraiya that Madara Uchiha might have manipulated Nagato, then had Kakashi verify the tablet’s contents. The chapter ended with Xin claiming the tablet revealed the Ten-Tails’ connection to the Tailed Beasts, Black Zetsu, and Infinite Tsukuyomi.

• Jiraiya challenged Xin’s claim that Madara Uchiha was still alive, but Xin said an ancient tablet beneath Naka Shrine supported his account.
• The Third Hokage ordered Jiraiya to retrieve the Naka Shrine tablet and bring Kakashi to examine it.
• Kakashi used his Three-Tomoe Sharingan and Mangekyō Sharingan to read the tablet, confirming that it matched Xin’s stone tablet.
• Jiraiya was shaken by the matching records and wondered whether someone had transplanted the Rinnegan into Nagato.
• Xin activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and claimed the tablet identified the God Tree as the Ten-Tails, said the Sage of Six Paths had split its chakra into the Tailed Beasts, and mentioned Black Zetsu and Infinite Tsukuyomi.

After revealing the Akatsuki’s plan to revive the Ten-Tails, Xin was ordered to bring Tsunade back to Konoha. He left early and began searching casinos for her, but his winnings drew the attention of a gang.

• Jiraiya identified the Akatsuki as the group collecting Tailed Beasts, and Xin warned that its leader might possess the Rinnegan.
• The Third Hokage ordered Jiraiya to investigate Nagato and the Akatsuki, sent Kakashi to recover, and tasked Xin with bringing Tsunade back to Konoha.
• Xin agreed to the mission, learned Hinata was away on a mission, and left Konoha that afternoon without saying goodbye.
• Xin used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to win at casinos, hoping to fund Kazahana Koyuki’s Chakra Armor research in the Land of Snow.
• After Xin won thirty million ryō at a casino, armed thugs blocked his way and demanded his money and a hand.

Xin robbed casinos to fund Koyuki’s research and keep her company, then encountered Tsunade in Tanzaku Town and paid off her gambling debts while trying to persuade her to return to Konoha as Hokage. Tsunade refused the offer, so Xin challenged her to gamble for the debt, and her first roll came up three ones.

• Xin defeated the casino thugs, looted the vault, and brought the money to Koyuki in the Land of Snow.
• For half a month, Xin robbed casinos by day and returned to Koyuki at night.
• In Tanzaku Town, Xin found Tsunade and Shizune fleeing creditors and paid off Tsunade’s thirty-five million ryo gambling debt.
• Xin told Tsunade that the Third Hokage wanted her to return to Konoha and become the Fifth Hokage, but she refused.
• When Tsunade refused to repay the debt, Xin proposed a one-round dice gamble, and Tsunade rolled three ones.

Xin beat Tsunade in seven escalating dice rounds, leaving her owing 4.48 billion ryo and forcing her to agree to return to Konoha. After Tsunade and Shizune left the tavern, Xin confronted Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, who had been watching from the shadows.

• Xin won seven consecutive dice rounds against Tsunade, doubling the stakes until she owed him 4.48 billion ryo.
• Tsunade tried to bargain down the debt, then attacked Xin and failed to land a blow when he vanished from his chair.
• Tsunade agreed to return to Konoha the next morning, then hurried away with Shizune.
• Xin went outside the tavern and called out Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi, who emerged from hiding.
• Xin told Orochimaru his arms were ruined and Tsunade could not save him, prompting Orochimaru to regard Xin with killing intent.