Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ye reviewed his rapid progress and left the small town to continue traveling, where a caravan invited him to join them. He accepted after the system issued a mission to travel with the caravan, then introduced himself as Genya Namikaze.

• Xuan Ye checked his status and saw that his chakra proficiency had reached 76,000, nearing the Genin level.
• Xuan Ye slept at the inn, ate breakfast, and left the small town to continue his journey.
• Xuan Ye encountered a caravan, whose wealthy middle-aged owner invited him to travel with them for his safety.
• The system issued Xuan Ye a mission to travel with the caravan, rewarding him with 20,000 chakra proficiency.
• Xuan Ye accepted the invitation and introduced himself to the caravan as Genya Namikaze.

Xuan Ye joined Nakagawa Itta’s merchant caravan and traveled with them, introducing himself as a Genin from Konoha Village. As the caravan continued on its way, he thought about his unconscious parents and younger brother Naruto Uzumaki.

• Nakagawa Itta introduced himself, his caravan, and his samurai Nakagawa Ichihara and guard Daigen Isseki to Xuan Ye.
• Nakagawa Itta invited Xuan Ye to travel with the caravan, and Xuan Ye accepted a seat in one of its carriages.
• Daigen Isseki asked where Xuan Ye came from, and Xuan Ye said he was traveling to gain experience.
• Nakagawa Itta asked whether Xuan Ye was a ninja, and Xuan Ye claimed to be a Genin before showing his Konoha Village forehead protector.
• The people in the carriage were surprised to learn Xuan Ye was from Konoha Village, then encouraged him to become a powerful ninja.
• Xuan Ye thought about his unconscious parents and wondered how his younger brother Naruto Uzumaki was doing under the Third Hokage’s care.

After ten days on Nakagawa Itta’s caravan, Xuan Ye and the others were surrounded by bandits near their destination. Xuan Ye sensed chakra among the bandits and hid in a tree, leaving the threat of an unknown ninja unresolved.

• Nakagawa Itta, Daigen Isseki, Nakagawa Ichihara, and Xuan Ye traveled with the caravan for ten days toward a small town.
• Nearly thirty bandits surrounded the caravan and threatened to kill everyone unless they surrendered their valuables.
• Xuan Ye warned the people in the carriage that the bandits intended to rob them, while Nakagawa Itta’s guards and servants prepared for danger.
• The One-Eyed Dragon stepped forward with a broadsword and demanded the caravan’s valuables.
• Xuan Ye detected a faint chakra fluctuation among the bandits and leaped into a tree to hide, suspecting one of them was a ninja.

Xuan Ye watched the bandits surround the caravan and threaten its guards, then prepared to intervene when their leader ordered an attack. He created four Shadow Clones and readied himself to fight as the bandits charged.

• Xuan Ye hid in a tree, watched the bandits approach, and prepared to strike the concealed ninja among them.
• The bandits surrounded the caravan, and Daigen Isseki refused to surrender its money or goods.
• The one-eyed bandit leader ordered his men to kill the caravan guards and seize the cargo, causing the servants to flee.
• Xuan Ye used Shadow Clone Jutsu to create four clones beside himself and prepared to attack the bandits.

Xuan Ye used his blood-red eyes and deadly speed to kill the bandits attacking the merchant caravan, leaving only their leader alive. The Mountain Bandit Leader begged for mercy, but Xuan Ye rejected him.

• Xuan Ye decided to attack the bandits to draw out the hidden ninjas and rushed from his branch toward them.
• The bandits attacked the caravan guards, killing four and injuring several before Xuan Ye appeared before them.
• Xuan Ye's blood-red eyes frightened the bandits, and he told their leader that they all deserved to die.
• Xuan Ye's Shadow Clone killed every bandit except the Mountain Bandit Leader in a second.
• The Mountain Bandit Leader dropped his saber, knelt, and begged Xuan Ye to spare him, but Xuan Ye refused.

Xuan Ye killed the Mountain Bandit Leader and the remaining bandits, then encountered an Amegakure ninja who challenged him. After seeing through the ninja’s Mist Clones and judging him to be only a Genin, Xuan Ye looked down on him.

• Xuan Ye kicked the Mountain Bandit Leader through several trees, then threw a Kunai that blew apart his head.
• Daigen Isseki explained to Nakagawa Itta and the guards that the Kunai’s force had destroyed the bandit leader’s head.
• Xuan Ye reflected that strength ruled the world and that no one would pursue the deaths of the mountain bandits.
• A ninja used the Mist Clone Technique and appeared before Xuan Ye, boasting that he had found a young ninja from another village.
• Xuan Ye saw through the Mist Clones with his Divine Eye and judged their user to be a weak Genin.

Xuan Ye faced a boastful Amegakure ninja whose endless insults reignited his anger and killing intent. The chapter ended with Xuan Ye's eyes turning blood-red, leaving the ninja trembling in fear.

• Xuan Ye questioned whether the self-proclaimed Amegakure ninja was truly a ninja.
• The ninja bragged about his Mist Clones and mocked Xuan Ye, who initially found him ridiculous and offered to let him leave.
• The ninja continued insulting Xuan Ye and vowed to kill him, causing Xuan Ye's hostility and killing intent to rise.
• Xuan Ye closed his eyes and clenched his fists as his anger grew uncontrollable.
• Xuan Ye opened his blood-red eyes, and the ninja fell silent and trembled in fear.

Xuan Ye's murderous aura and blood-red mist terrified an Amegakure Genin who had insulted him. He killed the pleading ninja with a Kunai, leaving the body bleeding on the ground.

• Xuan Ye's blood-red eyes, murderous aura, and crimson mist frightened the ninja who had insulted him.
• Xuan Ye mocked the ninja's earlier insults and declared that he would die.
• The Amegakure Genin begged for his life and kowtowed, but Xuan Ye drew a Kunai and attacked.
• Xuan Ye cut the ninja's throat, watched him collapse, and wiped the blood from his Kunai.

After killing the bandits and an Amegakure ninja who attacked the caravan, Xuan Ye returned to Nakagawa Itta and hid his blood-red eyes. He rested in the carriage as the caravan reached a small town.

• Xuan Ye killed the bandits and the Amegakure ninja, then reflected on the ninja's death.
• Xuan Ye walked back to the caravan as his murderous aura faded, frightening the guards with his blood-red eyes.
• Nakagawa Itta thanked Xuan Ye for saving the caravan, and Xuan Ye reassured him before claiming he was tired.
• Xuan Ye returned to the carriage, and Daigen Isseki shouted as the caravan arrived at a small town.

After arriving in a prosperous town, Xuan Ye ate his way through its street stalls and followed the noise of a casino. He showed the guards his money and entered, while one guard seemed reluctant to let him go inside.

• Xuan Ye entered the town with the merchant caravan, passed the gate inspection, and bid the caravan members farewell.
• Xuan Ye wandered the streets, sampled the many snacks, and spent nearly two thousand taels.
• Xuan Ye heard shouting from a noisy establishment and decided to go inside to see what it was.
• Two guards initially tried to turn Xuan Ye away, but he showed them several tens of thousands of taels in banknotes.
• One guard let Xuan Ye enter the casino, while the other stepped toward him with growing reluctance.

Xuan Ye entered a casino intending to make money by betting on dice, drawing on his past experience listening to their sounds. After reaching a Big or Small table, he asked the casino employee how the game worked while nearby gamblers mocked him.

• A companion stopped the kind-hearted burly man from intervening as Xuan Ye walked into the casino.
• Xuan Ye recalled how his previous-life plan to earn money by listening to dice had failed because casinos used lead-filled dice and soundproofing.
• Xuan Ye surveyed the casino, squeezed through the crowd, and reached a table playing Big or Small.
• Xuan Ye asked the casino employee to explain the rules, and the employee coaxed him while the surrounding gamblers laughed at him.

Xuan Ye entered a casino, silenced gamblers who mocked him by placing a fifty-thousand-ryo note on the table, and discovered that his chakra could see through the dice cup. After realizing his chakra had risen to Genin level, he prepared to use it to win more money as the first dice game began.

• Gamblers mocked Xuan Ye for being a child, so he slapped a fifty-thousand-ryo note onto the table and quieted them.
• A casino staff member explained the big-or-small dice game, and Xuan Ye pretended to be an impatient rich young master.
• Xuan Ye sent chakra toward the black dice cup and was surprised to see the dice inside clearly.
• Xuan Ye checked his system status and realized his chakra had automatically risen from trainee ninja level to Genin level during his travels.
• Xuan Ye decided to use his chakra to read the dice and win more money as the staff member shook the cup and the gamblers watched.

Xuan Ye used chakra to learn the dice results and won twice by betting on triples. After correctly wagering on triple sixes, he left the gamblers wondering whether his repeated wins were luck.

• The gamblers mocked Xuan Ye when he placed all fifty thousand taels on triple ones.
• Xuan Ye won four hundred thousand taels when the dice revealed triple ones, while the other gamblers lost their bets.
• The staff member shook the dice again, and Xuan Ye used chakra to check the result.
• Xuan Ye put all his winnings on triple sixes, and the dice landed on triple sixes again.
• The gamblers called Xuan Ye extraordinarily lucky and predicted that he would lose next time.

Xuan Ye won four consecutive rounds at the casino and built his winnings to 6.05 million taels. He planned to exploit the gamblers who had begun following his bets, and the chapter ended with him wagering four million taels on triple twos as everyone copied him.

• Xuan Ye won the third round by betting nearly two million taels on Big, bringing his total to 6.05 million taels.
• The gamblers began to regard Xuan Ye as a gambling god after he won the fourth round by betting three million taels on Small.
• Xuan Ye decided to let the gamblers follow his bets before deliberately leading them into a loss.
• Xuan Ye bet four million taels on triple twos in the fifth round, and the gamblers followed by staking all their money on the same result.

Xuan Ye tricked the gamblers into betting their money on triple twos, but the dice showed three, four, five, leaving the gamblers furious and the casino worker delighted. The chapter ended with the crowd turning against Xuan Ye after losing their wagers.

• The dice landed on three twos, and the casino worker reluctantly paid out the gamblers’ winnings.
• The worker shook the dice again while the gamblers waited to follow Xuan Ye’s bet.
• Xuan Ye used his chakra to see that the dice showed three, four, five, then bet ten million liang on triple twos.
• The gamblers followed Xuan Ye and wagered all their money on triple twos.
• The worker opened the cup to reveal three, four, five, and the gamblers lost their money while the worker celebrated the casino’s windfall.

Xuan Ye maimed a gambler who tried to steal his winnings and left the casino unharmed. Afterward, he decided to find a place to train, having spent more than a month traveling away from Konoha.

• Several burly men blamed Xuan Ye for their gambling losses and demanded his money.
• When one burly man reached for Xuan Ye’s banknotes, Xuan Ye warned him and then sliced off both of his arms with a Kunai.
• The gamblers panicked, and the casino guards carried away the injured man while the owner chose not to confront Xuan Ye.
• Xuan Ye collected his winnings, put them in his backpack, and left the casino.
• Xuan Ye reflected on his month of travel and decided to find a place where he could train for a while.

Xuan Ye noticed three men following him and lured them into a dark alley, where they tried to rob him. He killed all three with a Kunai after they revealed they were ninjas.

• Xuan Ye carried roughly twenty million taels' worth of banknotes and considered how easily he could earn more money.
• Xuan Ye noticed three middle-aged men in black following him and deliberately led them into an empty alley.
• The three men confronted Xuan Ye, revealed they were ninjas, and demanded that he hand over his banknotes.
• Xuan Ye drew a Kunai and stabbed all three men in the throat.

After killing three weak men posing as ninjas, Xuan Ye wandered through town and spent money on food, toys, and stylish white clothes. Unable to carry everything without a Space Ring or Space Pouch, he ate the food, discarded the toys and some old clothes, and continued on in a new robe.

• Xuan Ye returned to town after killing the three men in black and cleaned his Kunai.
• Xuan Ye wished for a Space Ring to replace his backpack, but the system had refused to give him one.
• Xuan Ye bought food, toys, and stylish white clothes until his backpack could hold no more.
• Xuan Ye ate all the food, then discarded the toys and several old outfits to make room for new clothes.
• Xuan Ye changed into a new white robe and left the unwanted goods scattered on the ground.

After Xuan Ye left the street where he had scattered goods, the Casino Boss approached him and offered him a job overseeing the casino. Xuan Ye accepted in exchange for a quiet place to stay and other provisions, agreeing to handle trouble caused by ninja.

• Xuan Ye left the street and was confronted by a group led by the Casino Boss.
• Xuan Ye's hostility frightened the Casino Boss, who explained that he had come to offer Xuan Ye work, not rob him.
• The Casino Boss offered Xuan Ye ten million taels a month to oversee the casino, and Xuan Ye accepted.
• Xuan Ye required a quiet place to live, three meals a day, and no calls to deal with ordinary people.
• The Casino Boss agreed to Xuan Ye's requirements and asked him to intervene if ninja caused trouble.

Xuan Ye settled into a quiet courtyard to train, hoping to reach Kage-level strength so he could return to Konoha and treat his unconscious parents. After a month of grueling exercise, he completed twenty thousand push-ups wearing a heavy Weight Training Suit and collapsed from exhaustion.

• Xuan Ye asked the Casino Boss to find him a secluded place to train and prepare the heaviest Weight Training Suit, Kunai, and Shuriken.
• The Casino Boss led Xuan Ye to a peaceful courtyard with blooming osmanthus trees and a clear pond.
• The Casino Boss brought Xuan Ye three Weight Training Suits weighing one thousand, three thousand, and five thousand kilograms, along with ten boxes of Kunai and Shuriken.
• Xuan Ye began training in seclusion, initially finding that wearing all three suits at once made it nearly impossible to move.
• One month later, Xuan Ye completed twenty thousand push-ups and collapsed, exhausted.