Chapter Summaries

Sasuke defeated Yoroi Akado, and the preliminary matches narrowed the field before Noah was paired against Rock Lee. Noah entered the arena ahead of his opponent, leaving the Third Hokage and the watching jonin eager to see how the match would unfold.

• Sasuke knocked Yoroi Akado unconscious without killing him, then the preliminary matches continued.
• Ino and Hinata tied, while Neji defeated a badly injured Sound ninja with the Byakugan and Gentle Fist.
• Noah learned that he would face Rock Lee and considered how his speed and spatial power countered Lee's taijutsu.
• Noah appeared in the arena before Rock Lee, who had been distracted talking with Might Guy, and Lee apologized before taking his stance.
• Might Guy praised Rock Lee's prospects to Kakashi, while the Third Hokage watched the match with interest.

Noah and Rock Lee escalated their preliminary match after a lightning-fast opening exchange, drawing the crowd’s attention to their hidden strength. Noah began attacking with his Chakra Dagger after Lee removed his weights, leaving Lee to evade his slashes.

• Hiruzen and the gathered ninja watched Noah and Rock Lee begin their match at astonishing speed, while Noah repeatedly dodged instead of counterattacking.
• Noah and Rock Lee separated, and Lee urged Noah to use the short sword at his waist; Noah said their opening exchange had only been a warm-up.
• Noah pointed out that Lee could not touch him while wearing his weights, and Guy gave Lee permission to remove them.
• Lee tossed his weights out of the arena, startling the spectators with their impact, while Noah drew his Chakra Dagger.
• Noah surged forward at much greater speed and slashed with his chakra-coated dagger, forcing Lee to dodge as the fight’s momentum shifted.

Noah faced Rock Lee in the arena, first matching his speed and then trapping him with Earth Release ninjutsu. He revealed that he had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique and defeated Lee, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Neji watched Noah and Lee clash and judged that Noah's Chakra and speed made him difficult to defeat.
• Lee asked Noah to fight seriously, then opened the Eight Inner Gates with Might Guy's approval.
• Noah used one-handed Earth Release techniques to block Lee, trap him in a swamp, and launch earthen spears.
• Noah appeared behind Lee using the Flying Thunder God Technique, astonishing the Third Hokage, Guy, and the spectators.
• Noah held his blade against Lee's back, and Hayate Gekko declared Noah the winner.

After defeating Rock Lee, Noah spoke privately with Hiruzen Sarutobi about his Flying Thunder God Technique and demonstrated a newly developed Wood Release. Hiruzen resolved to nurture Noah as one of Konoha’s future pillars.

• Noah defeated Rock Lee, who declared Noah his lifelong rival, then accepted Hiruzen Sarutobi’s request to talk privately.
• Noah explained that he used Chakra to resonate with space and could teleport within his line of sight, leaving Hiruzen astonished.
• Hiruzen praised Noah’s talent and urged him to use his abilities well, deciding to nurture him as a future core member of Konoha.
• Noah showed Hiruzen a tree he had grown by combining Water, Earth, and a special Chakra nature, and Hiruzen identified it as Wood Release.

Noah revealed his Wood Release to Hiruzen Sarutobi, who decided to cultivate him and asked him to meet privately after the preliminaries. After drawing Gaara as his third-stage opponent, Noah visited Shisui Uchiha and warned him that a dangerous, snake-like person seemed interested in Sasuke Uchiha.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Noah had developed Wood Release and, after discussing Noah's ties to Konoha, decided to make a move to secure his loyalty.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Noah to visit him after the preliminaries and keep their meeting secret, while Noah privately recognized that his plan was working.
• The preliminaries ended, and Noah drew Gaara of Sunagakure as his opponent in the third stage of the Chunin Exams.
• Noah met Shisui Uchiha, who said his Sharingan's ocular power seemed to be increasing, then sparred with him.
• Noah asked Shisui Uchiha to attend his exam and warned him about a dangerous, snake-like person who seemed interested in Sasuke Uchiha.

Noah received the complete Flying Thunder God Technique records and Wood Release scrolls from the Third Hokage, then trained in Wood Release with Yamato until he outgrew his instruction. As the month of preparation ended, Noah headed to the arena, ready to let loose.

• Shisui took Noah's warning seriously and decided to watch Sasuke more closely.
• The Third Hokage gave Noah scrolls containing the Flying Thunder God Technique and Wood Release ninjutsu, which Noah quickly memorized.
• Yamato explained Wood Release to Noah, who asked increasingly advanced questions and soon gained confidence in how to master it.
• Noah trained with Yamato throughout the preparation month while observing Sasuke and the other contestants; Yamato eventually reported that he had nothing more to teach him.
• When the month ended, Noah went to the arena, looking forward to finally letting loose.

During the Chunin Exams, Naruto defeated Neji and Noah began fighting Gaara, overwhelming him with powerful ninjutsu. The Konoha Crush Plan started before Noah could finish the match, leaving the arena in chaos as Orochimaru revealed himself.

• Naruto Uzumaki defeated Neji Hyuga after their fight over fate, then told Noah he had imitated him.
• Noah entered the arena to fight Gaara, while Naruto and Sasuke offered him encouragement that sounded like a farewell.
• Gaara attacked Noah with Desert Rebellious Slave, but Noah flooded the arena with Swamp of the Underworld and forced Gaara into the air with his sand.
• Noah struck at Gaara with Water Dragon Jutsu, weakening his sand and sensing One-Tail's intense killing intent in Gaara's Chakra.
• A genjutsu spread through the arena, and while most spectators fell unconscious, the Third Hokage was taken to the rooftop by the disguised Orochimaru as the Konoha Crush Plan began.

Noah stopped Gaara and the Sand ninja from escaping, then used Wood Release to bind and drain the One-Tail after Gaara transformed. With the beast restrained, Noah prepared to head toward the rooftop and do something he had long delayed.

• Baki judged Gaara too unstable to continue the operation and tried to retreat with him, Temari, and Kankuro.
• Noah blocked their escape with a massive torrent of water, then struck down Baki, Temari, and Kankuro using his Chakra Dagger.
• Gaara lost control and transformed into the One-Tail, alarming the Konoha ninja already fighting Sound ninja in the stands.
• Noah used Wood Release: Silent Killing Binding Technique to restrain the One-Tail and drain its Chakra.
• Noah left the remaining enemies to Genma Shiranui and said he was going to do something he should have done long ago.

Noah took over the fight against Orochimaru inside the barrier, revealing a mysterious power that overwhelmed Orochimaru. Orochimaru survived Noah’s opening attack and began summoning the First Hokage and Second Hokage with Impure World Reincarnation.

• Noah appeared beside the Third Hokage and told him to leave Orochimaru to him, then sent him outside the barrier.
• Noah and Orochimaru exchanged taunts, and Orochimaru guessed that Noah was descended from the Senju Clan because he used Wood Release and spatial ninjutsu.
• Noah unleashed his aura, causing Orochimaru to sense a godlike figure behind him, then manifested golden light and black magatama.
• Noah sliced Orochimaru in half, but Orochimaru regenerated from one of the severed halves and admitted that he had run into trouble.
• Orochimaru began performing the hand seals for Impure World Reincarnation, intending to summon the First Hokage and Second Hokage.

Noah watched Orochimaru summon the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Fourth Kazekage through Impure World Reincarnation, confirming the technique could connect to the World of the Dead. When they attacked, Noah revealed a golden, black-armored Susanoo and left Orochimaru’s forces and Konoha’s barrier devastated.

• Noah examined the three reincarnated Kage and recognized an aura linked to the World of the Dead, deciding to learn and transform the technique into magic.
• Orochimaru implanted control talismans in the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Fourth Kazekage, then sent them and a Giant Snake to attack Noah.
• Noah ignored the Third Hokage’s plea to join the fight and manifested a golden Susanoo with black armor and two black longswords.
• Noah’s Susanoo blocked the attacks and shattered Hashirama Senju’s wooden defense with a single sword strike.
• Noah moved beside Orochimaru, cut down the Giant Snake, and shattered the Four Violet Flames Formation, leaving the onlookers stunned.

After revealing his overwhelming power and outsider origins to Orochimaru, Noah prepared to leave the ninja world while arranging for an independent version of himself to remain behind. The chapter ended with Noah wondering how that other self would live.

• The Third Hokage told the gathered clan leaders that Noah had created the giant and had also learned Wood Release.
• Orochimaru suspected Noah was an outsider whose full power could destroy their world, and Noah explained that different worlds had different power systems.
• Noah confirmed the Impure World Reincarnation scroll was genuine, burned it, and let Orochimaru leave alive.
• Noah entered the System Space and learned that the system had prepared a blue crystal containing his spiritual power for the body he would leave behind.
• Noah planned for his remaining self to live independently, eventually die, and return the crystal’s spiritual power to him, then wondered whether that self would learn from Madara.

Noah recovered his memories and powers after spending twelve or thirteen years in the Naruto world, where he defeated Orochimaru and helped save Konoha. Back in Kamar-Taj, he reunited with The Ancient One and All-Father Odin, gave them materials on Impure World Reincarnation to adapt into magic, and prepared to return to the people he missed.

• Noah regained his memories of saving Shisui Uchiha, changing events in Konoha, and being ambushed by Orochimaru after defeating him.
• Noah awoke in Kamar-Taj with The Ancient One and All-Father Odin beside him, learned he had been gone for roughly half a year, and confirmed his magic had returned.
• Noah handed The Ancient One and All-Father Odin translated materials on Impure World Reincarnation so they could consider turning the technique into magic.
• The Ancient One and All-Father Odin urged Noah to return to Kamar-Taj and see the people he had missed.

Noah returned to London's magical community and discovered that wizards mistook him for an impersonator of the revered Sorcerer Supreme. He revealed himself to Ron and vanished, leaving Ron to realize who he had just met.

• Noah entered the magical world, ordered milk tea, and was mistaken by a waitress for someone imitating Lord Phileas.
• Ron arrived with Aurors to arrest Noah, unaware that the supposed impersonator was Noah himself.
• Noah checked his phone and learned that the release of Arcane magic had made wizards believe he had discovered another magical civilization, fueling his fame and a wave of impersonators.
• Noah teased Ron for still being as muddled as he had been as a child, told him to pay for the meal, and disappeared in a flash of golden light.

Noah returned to the London Sanctum after thirteen years away, though only half a year had passed on Earth, and learned how Kamar-Taj had handled the release of Arcane materials. As Hermione arrived to embrace him, Noah left Wong and Mordo to continue developing the Council and studying domains.

• Noah summoned Wong and Mordo, explained how little time had passed on Earth, and heard that Kamar-Taj had publicly released the Arcane materials and kept the Council running.
• Mordo and Wong told Noah that they had used his name to shut down debate over sharing domain magic with other Magic Organizations, though Mordo warned against giving it away.
• Noah discovered that Wong and Mordo had both reached Tier 8 and learned from the system that their progress came from studying domains atop his and the system's experience.
• Noah told Wong and Mordo that sharing domain magic could unite Earth against outside forces and create competition between Kamar-Taj and other Magic Organizations.
• Noah sensed someone approaching, learned from Wong that the others' magic power had increased but their domain integration had not, and watched Hermione emerge from a portal and hug him.

Noah spoke with his system about improving his domain and adapting Susanoo into magic, then let the system begin fusing all eight of his powers. He woke beside Hermione after the process began and stayed with her as she prepared for a meeting.

• Noah entered the System Space and asked whether his domain could undergo another fusion and whether ninjutsu could be converted into magic.
• The system said Noah’s experience in the Naruto universe had helped and that it could explore converting Susanoo into magic.
• Noah asked the system to improve his domain, and it took control of his magic and began merging his elemental, Holy Light, dark, time, and space powers.
• Noah questioned whether fusing all eight powers was premature, but the system said it wanted to test its conjecture.
• Hermione woke beside Noah, remembered her meeting, and Noah asked her to stay with him because he had been away for twelve or thirteen years.

After the system fused Noah’s eight powers, it created a mysterious silver energy that seemed to share the system’s own origin. Noah asked the system to produce more, then discovered that his domain had changed and that the new silver orb at its center contained faint signs of life.

• After Hermione left for the Ministry of Magic, Noah returned to the System Space and discussed the silver power created by fusing his eight powers with the system.
• Noah worried that the silver power might attract the attention of the system’s creator or the Void, but the system reassured him that its master would not care about someone so weak.
• The system told Noah to produce more silver power and become familiar with it, revealing that it had fused roughly one quarter of the available energy.
• Noah unfolded his domain and saw that its colored orbs had transformed, gaining landscapes and the ability to wield fused magic.
• Noah found a mysterious silver orb at the center of his domain and sensed something tiny but real within it that seemed to be life.

After returning to the Sanctum, Noah checked on Wanda and Strange and found both of his disciples progressing rapidly. He left Strange at Baker Street with his spatial and Holy Light powers beginning to merge.

• Noah discovered signs of life in his expanding domain and reminded the system to keep integrating with it.
• Noah inspected Wanda and found that the Mind Stone had helped her reach Tier Eight, then urged her to study in the Library and spar with Charles.
• Noah left the Sanctum and went to Baker Street to check on Strange, who was balancing work as a doctor and an exorcist.
• Noah found that Strange's spatial talent was developing quickly and that his Holy Light Seed had begun to grow.
• Noah sensed that Strange's spatial power and Holy Light were starting to merge.

Noah visited Avengers Base with Strange and heard about Tony’s trip to the 1970s, which had helped him understand his parents and renewed Steve Rogers’s feelings for Peggy Carter. Noah suggested he might use Tony’s parents’ DNA to help bring them back, leaving Tony eager to prepare.

• Noah and Strange traveled to Avengers Base, where Noah learned Strange had declined an invitation to join the Avengers for now.
• Tony told Noah that he and Steve Rogers had traveled to the 1970s, where Tony had met Howard Stark and gained a deeper understanding of his father.
• Tony said Steve had encountered Peggy Carter and returned heartbroken but had recovered and taken charge of guarding the new spaceship.
• Noah asked whether Tony had his parents’ DNA and hinted that he might be able to use magic to help, prompting Tony to say he needed to prepare in advance.

Noah inspected Tony’s fleet of magically housed warships and considered how they might help against Thanos. He then proposed that Steve might be suited to wield Noah’s Holy Light, leaving Steve surprised and uncertain.

• Noah followed Tony into the basement and surveyed the enormous fleet Tony had built using technology and magic.
• Tony told Noah that Washington officials had tried to gain access to the ships, and Steve said he distrusted those officials too.
• Tony explained that J.A.R.V.I.S. operated the ships while he searched for trustworthy captains, and that he had built the vessels to test improvements.
• Noah considered whether Steve’s character and will made him a good candidate to become a paladin.
• Noah asked Steve what he thought of his current strength and offered him a power that might suit him.

Noah offered Captain America a seed of Holy Light, explaining that Steve’s character made him a fitting subject for exploring its uses beyond magic. Meanwhile, Thor learned that the Kree had joined Thanos against Asgard and, with Loki’s help, began preparing for war and contacting allies.

• Noah revealed a seed of Holy Light and offered it to Captain America as an experiment, while Tony and Strange watched.
• Noah explained that Steve’s character suited the Holy Light and that its power could help him in future battles.
• Steve accepted the offer after asking about Noah’s intentions and learning the power was called Holy Light.
• Thor struggled with Asgard’s backlog of affairs until Loki told him the Kree had joined Thanos and Hela had gone to the front lines.
• Loki restrained Thor from leaving before handling his duties, and Thor asked about intelligence, logistics, and available soldiers.
• Loki said he had handled preparations and told Thor to rally Asgard’s people and contact their mage allies.