Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye easily outmatched Itachi Uchiha in a prolonged close-combat fight while their classmates and instructor praised Xuan Ye’s strength. As Itachi ran out of strength, he decided to use his newly learned Great Fireball Technique, leaving the battle poised for his ninjutsu attack.

• Xuan Ye blocked Itachi Uchiha’s rapid attacks with one hand, shocking Itachi and the watching students.
• The ninja instructor told the students that Xuan Ye’s strength came from harsh training and that he slept in class because he was exhausted and already knew the lessons.
• Xuan Ye taunted Itachi after noticing his attacks weaken, prompting Itachi to renew his assault, but Itachi remained at a disadvantage.
• After ten minutes, Itachi was exhausted and decided to try ninjutsu instead of close combat.
• Xuan Ye let Itachi steady his breathing, and Itachi ran around him before shouting, “Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!”

Itachi Uchiha launched his Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique at Xuan Ye, wagering the match on the attack. Xuan Ye calmly raised a hand and formed a mysterious golden bell-shaped chakra film as the fireball closed in.

• Itachi Uchiha unleashed the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique, exhausting his chakra and declaring that the attack would decide the match.
• Xuan Ye stood his ground and judged that he could withstand Itachi's fireball.
• Itachi Uchiha watched the fireball race toward Xuan Ye, believing its power would determine the winner.
• Xuan Ye channeled chakra into his raised hand and covered it with a thin chakra film.
• Xuan Ye shaped the film into a golden bell, making Itachi Uchiha, the students, and the instructor feel an unsettling ancient aura.

Xuan Ye defeated Itachi Uchiha with the Golden Bell Shield in their practical combat match, and the two made peace afterward. Xuan Ye received the A-rank Wind Style Ninjutsu Half-Moon Slash as his mission reward and examined its properties.

• Xuan Ye's golden bell-shaped chakra overwhelmed Itachi Uchiha's Great Fireball Technique and ended the match.
• Itachi Uchiha admitted defeat, steadied himself, and vowed to train until he could surpass Xuan Ye.
• Xuan Ye apologized for spacing out, and he and Itachi Uchiha shook hands before leaving the field together.
• The ninja instructor dismissed the class and told them to return to the training ground the next day.
• Xuan Ye checked the system notification and received the A-rank, hand-signless Wind Style Ninjutsu Half-Moon Slash.

Xuan Ye tested the A-rank Wind Style Ninjutsu: Half-Moon Slash he had received from the system at an isolated training ground. After seeing it slice through several trees with devastating precision, he headed home mindful of how much chakra the technique consumed.

• Xuan Ye went to a little-used training ground to test his new hand-sign-free ninjutsu without revealing his strength to others.
• Xuan Ye used one-tenth of his chakra to form and launch the blue crescent-shaped Half-Moon Slash.
• Xuan Ye saw the slash pass through a tree before it and several trees behind it fell with smooth, clean cuts.
• Xuan Ye realized the technique was powerful and fast but would quickly exhaust his chakra if he used it carelessly.
• Xuan Ye left the training ground and headed home, resolving to conserve the technique for battle.

Xuan Ye returned home and struggled with the knowledge that the Nine-Tails' Attack would kill his parents and leave his newborn brother Naruto Uzumaki burdened with the Nine-Tails. He ended the night grieving and frustrated by his inability to become strong enough to change the future.

• On his way home, Xuan Ye worried that his Wind Style: Half-Moon Slash might have left evidence if he had used it near the training ground's wall.
• Kushina Uzumaki welcomed Xuan Ye home, reheated dinner, and ate with him while he hid his sorrow about her approaching childbirth.
• Xuan Ye asked Kushina Uzumaki not to wait up for him, and she agreed but told him to return early so she would not worry.
• In his room, Xuan Ye recalled that the Nine-Tails' Attack would kill his parents and leave Naruto Uzumaki despised by Konoha Village.
• Xuan Ye despaired over his limited strength and inability to change the future, then cried alone on his bed.

Genya’s parents learned that he had defeated Itachi in the Ninja Academy’s practical test, while Fugaku urged Itachi to regain the Uchiha clan’s honor. As Genya headed to the academy, he struggled with growing restlessness over his mother’s pregnancy and stopped beneath a tree to think.

• Minato asked Genya whether he had defeated Itachi in the practical test, and Genya confirmed that he had.
• Kushina celebrated Genya’s victory over Mikoto’s son, while Genya worried that Minato might ask how he had won.
• Fugaku questioned Itachi about his loss, and Itachi vowed to train hard and defeat Genya.
• Mikoto resented the thought that Kushina would boast about Genya’s victory.
• Genya ate breakfast with his parents, then left for the Ninja Academy while hiding his growing irritability about his mother’s pregnancy.
• Genya reached the academy training ground and sat beneath a large tree to think.

Xuan Ye wondered why Minato Namikaze had not asked about the unfamiliar ninjutsu he used, then spent the day resting while his classmates trained. At the academy’s closing time, Itachi Uchiha challenged him to another fight, and their battle began before a crowd of students.

• Xuan Ye guessed that Minato Namikaze had stayed silent to avoid pressuring him to explain how he got the ninjutsu.
• The instructor addressed the students and let Xuan Ye rest beneath a tree while the others trained with weights.
• Itachi Uchiha approached Xuan Ye in the evening and asked to fight again, and Xuan Ye accepted.
• Students from other classes gathered to watch as Itachi Uchiha attacked Xuan Ye first.
• Xuan Ye fought using only physical strength and quickly showed that his combat skills surpassed Itachi Uchiha’s.

Genya Namikaze outmatched Itachi Uchiha in close combat, dodged his shuriken, and used the Substitution Technique to evade his Konoha Whirlwind. Itachi realized Genya had mastered a basic technique that he had not yet learned.

• Genya Namikaze forced Itachi Uchiha back during their close-combat exchange as students watched and identified Genya as the Fourth Hokage's son.
• Itachi Uchiha grew angry when Genya became distracted and threw three shuriken at him.
• Genya dodged the shuriken with a slight twist, surprising Itachi and the ninja instructors watching.
• Itachi charged and attacked with Konoha Whirlwind, but Genya's body turned into a piece of wood when the kick connected.
• Itachi recognized the Substitution Technique and reflected that he had focused on learning the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique instead of the Basic Three Body Jutsu.

Xuan Ye defeated Itachi Uchiha again after evading his powerful Great Fireball Technique and taking him by surprise. Itachi made Xuan Ye his lifelong rival and vowed to keep challenging him, setting up frequent future fights.

• Itachi Uchiha used the Great Fireball Technique against Xuan Ye, alarming the instructors with its strength.
• Xuan Ye dodged the fireball, moved behind Itachi Uchiha, and held a Kunai to his neck, forcing him to concede.
• The instructors and students were astonished by Xuan Ye's speed and victory.
• Xuan Ye left the field, while Itachi Uchiha decided to make surpassing him his eternal goal.
• Itachi Uchiha vowed to keep improving and challenge Xuan Ye often, though Xuan Ye did not know he would now fight Itachi nearly every day.

Kushina Uzumaki gave birth to Naruto Uzumaki, but a masked man appeared and abducted her after using the newborn as a hostage. Xuan Ye chased after them despite realizing how powerless he was, while the masked man escaped to Konoha’s central district with Kushina.

• Naruto Uzumaki was born safely, and Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki celebrated his birth.
• A masked man appeared, took Naruto Uzumaki hostage, and then abducted the weakened Kushina Uzumaki.
• Xuan Ye realized he could not keep up with Minato Namikaze and the masked man, then resolved to pursue them.
• Minato Namikaze followed the masked man, who escaped by using space ninjutsu to reach Konoha’s central district.
• The masked man laughed over his long-awaited plan while holding the exhausted Kushina Uzumaki.

A masked man summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha, forcing Minato Namikaze and the village’s ninja to fight it while Kushina Uzumaki lay near death. The Nine-Tails fired a Tailed Beast Bomb toward Konoha, leaving the defenders facing an imminent disaster.

• A mysterious man in black robes summoned the Nine-Tails into Konoha, while Neji Hyuga and Itachi Uchiha remained at home with Sasuke.
• Minato Namikaze fought the masked man with Flying Thunder God, broke his arm, and severed his control of the Nine-Tails as Kushina Uzumaki struggled to survive.
• Kakashi, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and other young ninja arrived but were ordered by the Anbu to stay out of the battle.
• Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma, who transformed into a staff and struck the Nine-Tails back.
• The Nine-Tails gathered chakra and fired a Tailed Beast Bomb toward Konoha, alarming Minato, Hiruzen, and the other defenders.

Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God Guiding Lightning to divert the Nine-Tails Fox’s Tailed Beast Bomb away from Konoha Village, saving the village from catastrophic damage. The battle continued, and as the other ninjas exhausted their Chakra, only Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi remained able to fight.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Minato Namikaze to stop the Tailed Beast Bomb, and Minato accepted the responsibility.
• Minato Namikaze used Flying Thunder God Guiding Lightning to send the Tailed Beast Bomb away from Konoha Village, where it exploded harmlessly at a distance.
• The ninjas rejoiced and praised Minato Namikaze for protecting Konoha Village.
• Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi led the ninjas in fighting the Nine-Tails Fox, but their attacks did little damage.
• The Jonin and Chunin ran out of Chakra, leaving only Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi continuing the battle.

Minato decided to use the Reaper Death Seal to stop the Nine-Tails Fox, accepting that the technique would cost him his life. With Kushina’s chains restraining the beast, Minato began preparing to seal it inside newborn Naruto.

• Minato told Hiruzen he would use the Reaper Death Seal to seal the Nine-Tails Fox again, and Hiruzen agreed.
• Minato ran to the Nine-Tails Fox and, after speaking with Kushina, cast the Reaper Death Seal.
• Genya heard Minato invoke the technique and ran toward his father, falling several times before getting back up.
• The death god phantom seized the Nine-Tails Fox, and Kushina bound it with chains when Minato began to lose control of it.
• Minato and Kushina agreed that Naruto would become the Nine-Tails Fox’s vessel, and Minato placed him on the ground and began a sealing technique.

Minato Namikaze sealed the Nine-Tails Fox into Naruto Uzumaki, using a technique that caused his soul to fade. Genya reached his dying father and weakened mother, while the other ninjas believed neither could be saved.

• Minato Namikaze spread sealing marks around Naruto as the Nine-Tails Fox struggled against his and Kushina Uzumaki's restraints.
• Minato Namikaze decided to seal the Nine-Tails Fox before it could break free and said goodbye to Kushina Uzumaki, Genya, and Naruto.
• Minato Namikaze sealed the Nine-Tails Fox into Naruto Uzumaki, and his soul began to fade after he summoned the Reaper.
• Genya reached Minato Namikaze and saw that his father and Kushina Uzumaki were both near death.
• The other ninjas believed Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki could not be saved, and Hiruzen Sarutobi reflected on Konoha Village's devastating losses.

After Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were left near death, Xuan Ye used his system to trade away his chakra for their lives. Their life forces began to recover, leaving the family’s fate changed.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi learned that Konoha had suffered heavy casualties, including Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, who were near death.
• Xuan Ye remembered his system and asked whether it could revive his parents.
• The system offered to save Minato and Kushina if Xuan Ye accepted having his chakra reduced to an apprentice ninja’s level.
• Xuan Ye accepted without hesitation, and his chakra rapidly diminished.
• Powerful life force emerged from Xuan Ye and entered Minato and Kushina, halting their decline and beginning to strengthen their life auras.

After the Nine-Tails' Attack, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki survived and their injuries healed, but Genya learned they would not awaken without his help. The system told him he needed Kage-level Chakra to create enough life energy, then required him to graduate from Konoha's Ninja Academy before leaving to train, with a Chakra-boosting necklace as the reward.

• Medical ninja told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were out of life-threatening danger, and Hiruzen examined them and found their injuries healed, though they remained unconscious.
• Hiruzen learned from a medical ninja that Minato and Kushina should wake within a week, then left Genya Namikaze with them at the hospital.
• Genya asked the system when his parents would wake, and it said they needed stronger life energy that he could produce through the Healer Sub-profession once he reached Kage-level Chakra.
• Genya resolved to grow stronger and leave the village to train, but the system gave him a mission to graduate from Konoha's Ninja Academy before departing.
• The system offered a Blue Crystal Necklace that doubled Chakra extraction efficiency, and Genya decided to stay in Konoha and complete the mission.

After the Nine-Tails' Attack, Genya Namikaze returned to the Ninja Academy and decided to ask Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi for early graduation. Hiruzen agreed to consider it but required Genya to pass a test, leaving Genya confident he could succeed.

• Genya Namikaze spent three days at the hospital with his unconscious parents, Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, while Konoha recovered from the Nine-Tails' Attack.
• Genya returned to the Ninja Academy and decided to focus on gaining strength so his parents could wake sooner.
• Genya left the academy and traveled across the rooftops to the Hokage Office Building to ask Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi for early graduation.
• Genya told Hiruzen that the academy had nothing left to teach him and that he wanted to train his abilities directly.
• Hiruzen agreed to consider Genya's early graduation but said he had to pass a test first, and Genya showed confidence in his ability to pass.

Xuan Ye learned that his early graduation assessment would be held at noon, then faced a requirement to survive five minutes against three Genin. He accepted the challenge, and the assessment was about to begin.

• Xuan Ye overheard students say his graduation assessment was scheduled for noon and fell asleep while waiting.
• Konoha ninjas and villagers gathered at the training ground, where Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived to conduct Xuan Ye's assessment.
• Hiruzen set the test: Xuan Ye had to last five minutes against three Genin to graduate early.
• Xuan Ye accepted the challenge, and the three Genin stepped forward to face him.

Genya Namikaze, also called Xuan Ye, began his graduation exam against three Konoha Genin and easily handled their attacks. The Genin withdrew to prepare ninjutsu, leaving Xuan Ye waiting to see what they would try next.

• A ninja instructor explained that Xuan Ye would pass if he lasted five minutes against three Konoha Genin.
• Two Genin praised Xuan Ye, while their leader warned him that they had extensive combat experience.
• Xuan Ye confidently challenged the three Genin, who rushed him and threw kunai.
• Xuan Ye dodged the kunai and calmly withstood the Genin's close-range attacks.
• The three Genin pulled away to prepare chakra and ninjutsu, and Xuan Ye chose not to pursue them.

Xuan Ye watched three Konoha Genin launch a coordinated attack during his graduation examination and used the Divine Eye to evade their Wind Release: Great Breakthrough. He appeared behind the exhausted Genin who cast it, Kunai in hand, while most of the spectators could not follow his movement.

• A Konoha Genin gathered chakra and announced that he would use his strongest attack, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, while the other two prepared to follow up.
• The Genin cast Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, sending several fast-moving whirlwinds toward Xuan Ye, and his two teammates attacked after it.
• Xuan Ye activated his second-level Divine Eye, which slowed the incoming attack in his perception but could last only five minutes with his current chakra.
• Xuan Ye tracked the whirlwinds and dodged them at high speed, arriving behind the Genin who had exhausted his chakra.
• Xuan Ye drew a Kunai as he moved, while only a handful of elite Chunin, Jonin, and the Third Hokage could barely follow his trajectory.