Chapter Summaries

Wang Yan convinced Sasuke that he was a Reincarnator working with Lord Main God and sent him off to train, while Sasuke eagerly explored the Exchange List. The Three Ninja received a team mission in a past version of Konoha and watched a scene of villagers abusing young Naruto, leaving Jiraiya disturbed and questioning Sarutobi-sensei’s care of him.

• Wang Yan told Sasuke that he was an external collaborator of Lord Main God and described the previous generation of Reincarnators being erased.
• Wang Yan identified Sasuke as Reincarnator Number 004, named Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade as the previous three, and promised to train Sasuke for Reward Points.
• Wang Yan disappeared, and Sasuke browsed the Exchange List, overwhelmed by its many abilities and treasures.
• The Three Ninja received a team mission and saw an image of Konoha from several years earlier.
• Jiraiya recognized the blond child being abused by villagers as Naruto Uzumaki and wondered how Sarutobi-sensei had let it happen.

After the Three Ninja watched a video depicting Naruto’s mistreatment, they accepted a mission to seize Konoha’s leadership and purge its upper ranks. Meanwhile, Wang Yan recruited a grieving Naruto as a Reincarnator by promising he could earn the means to resurrect his parents.

• Jiraiya grew furious at Konoha’s treatment of Naruto, Tsunade condemned the village’s decline, and Orochimaru studied Naruto with interest.
• The Three Ninja received a mission to take control of Konoha and punish its leaders, and Tsunade decided the team would accept it.
• Naruto brooded atop Fourth Hokage Rock after learning his parents’ names and feeling that he had no family left.
• Wang Yan told Naruto that Reincarnators could resurrect the dead and mentioned that Sasuke had joined before him.
• Naruto agreed to become a Reincarnator, and information about the Main God, missions, and rewards appeared in his mind.

Wang Yan watched Konoha’s political crisis approach as Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru prepared to return, then confronted Sakura with questions about how his arrival might change her future. The chapter left Sakura shaken by the possibility that Sasuke might no longer be with her.

• Wang Yan’s Resource Points rose from 95,500 to 112,500 after Naruto became a Reincarnator.
• Konoha’s leaders reacted grimly to the coming return of Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, while Tsunade rejected the Third Hokage’s demand to cut ties with Orochimaru.
• Sakura and Ino discussed Naruto’s parentage and the Three Ninja’s impending return at the Yamanaka Flower Shop.
• Wang Yan appeared at the flower shop while Hinata bought daffodils for Hanabi, and Sakura and Ino enthusiastically crowded around Hinata.
• Wang Yan asked Sakura whether she would remain the protagonist and whether Sasuke would still be with her if the future changed, leaving her sweating in alarm.

Sakura Haruno became Reincarnator Number 006 and learned that Sasuke and Naruto had already joined the Main God’s system. Wang Yan assigned her training in Sunagakure, while Hinata left the flower shop inspired by the manga Sakura and Ino had given her.

• Sakura accepted the Main God’s offer to take control of her fate and became Reincarnator Number 006.
• Wang Yan told Sakura that Sasuke was Number 004 and Naruto was Number 005, then explained the Main God’s authority over Reincarnators.
• Wang Yan ordered Sakura to pack for a training trip to Sunagakure the next morning, dismissing her worries about the dangers there.
• Wang Yan reassured Sakura that they would not encounter Orochimaru and vanished after giving Hinata a meaningful look.
• Hinata escaped Sakura and Ino’s enthusiastic attention with free daffodils and manga, then wished she could create works of her own.

Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke set off with Wang Yan for Sunagakure, discussing the abilities they hoped to exchange with their Reward Points. Along the way, Wang Yan shared his supposed secret about the purpose of impulsive, useless genin, leaving Naruto unconvinced.

• Naruto told Sakura and Sasuke he planned to exchange for the Saiyan Bloodline because he disliked the taste of Devil Fruits.
• Sakura described her choices, Fire Mist Warrior and Dragon Slayer Mage of Flame, while Sasuke praised their potential.
• Wang Yan appeared at the village entrance, approved of Team Seven arriving on time, and led them toward Sunagakure.
• Wang Yan flew ahead at a pace the exhausted genin could barely match, then claimed that teams included an impulsive idiot to boost morale.
• Naruto rejected Wang Yan's explanation and searched his teammates for anyone who fit the description.

Wang Yan brought Team Seven to Sunagakure after pushing them through a punishing journey, then used a blessing to clean and restore them while advising them to develop their own abilities. Sunagakure shinobi welcomed the group warmly and boasted about their village’s elite training, leaving Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura bewildered.

• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura arrived in Sunagakure exhausted after traveling three days’ worth of distance in one day.
• Wang Yan revealed that he had strengthened Team Seven’s spiritual growth and inner obsessions with a blessing, then restored their water and cleaned them using Basic Particle Control.
• Wang Yan told Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura that abilities they created themselves suited them better than anything they could exchange from the Main God.
• Several Sunagakure shinobi welcomed Team Seven, gave them water, and guided them into the village.
• A face-painted Sunagakure shinobi claimed the village’s elite shinobi far surpassed Konoha’s, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura stared at their own Konoha headbands in disbelief.

Wang Yan welcomed Naruto and his companions to Sunagakure, then gained the Timeline Observer identity and saw the many possible futures for the people around him. Unsatisfied with Hinata’s futures, he entered her mind and appeared before her as her Ancestor.

• Naruto enjoyed the warm welcome in Sunagakure while Sasuke suspected Wang Yan had influenced the villagers and Sakura explored the streets.
• Fourth Kazekage Rasa welcomed Wang Yan and his companions and arranged for them to rest before discussing matters the next day.
• Wang Yan exchanged twenty thousand Resource Points for the Timeline Observer identity and used True Vision to view the many futures of Naruto, Sasuke, and others.
• Wang Yan traveled from Sunagakure to Konoha and examined Hinata’s possible futures, deciding he disliked them.
• Wang Yan entered Hinata’s mind and told her that he was her Ancestor.

Wang Yan comforted Hinata in a dream, urged her to follow her own desires, and left a Thought Clone in her consciousness. The next day in Sunagakure, he began a meeting with Fourth Kazekage Rasa on behalf of the Ninja World Peace Council and asked whether Rasa had heard of Virtual Reality.

• Hinata doubted Wang Yan was her ancestor and threatened to protect the Byakugan if he tried to take it.
• Wang Yan claimed the Ultimate Eyes came from the Tenseigan and Rinnegan, then told Hinata to be herself and live by her own wishes.
• Hinata broke down crying, and Wang Yan attached a Thought Clone to her consciousness so she could call on him before sleep.
• Wang Yan arrived in Sunagakure and calculated that guiding Hinata's fate could earn twenty to thirty thousand Resource Points.
• Wang Yan met Fourth Kazekage Rasa, denied that he had come to make Sunagakure give up its Tailed Beasts, and introduced Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura as capable children of friends.
• Wang Yan asked Rasa whether he had heard of Virtual Reality.

Wang Yan offered Sunagakure humanitarian aid on behalf of the Ninja World Peace Council and astonished Rasa by conjuring a mountain of jewels. The chapter left Rasa inspecting the aid while Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke reacted to its value.

• Naruto and Sasuke privately mocked Rasa for mistaking them for his trained nephews, while Rasa asked Wang Yan what Virtual Reality was.
• Wang Yan set aside his game pitch and explained that he had come to provide material aid to impoverished Sunagakure.
• Sasuke reflected on Wang Yan's influence over events in Konoha, resolved to seek strength beyond the Kage, and briefly revealed his Two Tomoe Sharingan.
• Wang Yan used a Loyalty Detector to assess Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, finding their Loyalty Index values to be 60, 63, and 85.
• Wang Yan conjured a mountain of jewels in the conference hall, and Rasa confirmed that the jewels were real as Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke reacted to the fortune.

Wang Yan used wealth and the Coiled Dragon Ring’s power to pressure Rasa into accepting the Council’s plans for Sunagakure. After Wang Yan captured Gaara to demonstrate his strength, Rasa agreed to discuss promoting virtual reality games.

• Wang Yan showed Rasa the Coiled Dragon Ring and claimed it was a Council product that ordinary people could use.
• Wang Yan urged Sunagakure to expand ninja education and follow the Council’s “Five Emphases and Four Beauties,” then dismissed the Land of Wind’s Feudal Lord as an obstacle.
• Wang Yan claimed his ring could grant an ordinary person power to contend with Tailed Beasts and vanished from the conference hall.
• Wang Yan reappeared with Gaara, whom he had defeated and captured, and told Rasa that Shukaku had been temporarily sealed.
• Rasa, stifled by Wang Yan’s demonstration, agreed to discuss promoting virtual reality games.

Wang Yan introduced the virtual-reality game Shadow Breaking the Firmament to Rasa and the children, persuading them to try its helmets by explaining how it could improve Gaara’s sleep and mental strength. They entered the game world, where Gaara faced a decline in his chakra, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura learned their assigned missions.

• Wang Yan revealed the Game Helmets and explained that the game could simulate Fetal Breathing, helping Gaara avoid Shukaku’s influence.
• Rasa accepted Wang Yan’s explanation and put helmets on himself and Gaara, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura prepared to enter the game.
• Wang Yan sent all five into Shadow Breaking the Firmament, a virtual world where ninjutsu and Scientific Ninja Tools shaped society.
• Gaara tested his chakra in the Sunagakure Clan and discovered it had fallen to Lower-Rank Second Stage, then resolved to regain his strength and punish those mocking him.
• Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura awoke in the Konoha Clan and recalled Wang Yan’s instruction to play their roles for his evaluation.
• Naruto learned his mission was to become Gaara’s closest friend, while Sakura revealed hers was to go to Sunagakure and break off an engagement.

Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto spent a year in the virtual world playing roles that pushed Gaara toward revenge, then returned to reality exhausted and homesick. Wang Yan told Team Seven they would enter the game again after two more in-game years, as Hinata called out to him.

• Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto discussed their scripted identities and agreed to play their assigned roles.
• Sasuke helped Sakura break off her engagement to Gaara, mocked Gaara, and gave him three years to become strong enough to withstand one move.
• Gaara heard the voice of Rasa, who revealed that he had survived as a remnant soul inside Gaara's necklace and offered to compensate him for taking his Chakra.
• Team Seven woke after a year in the game, overwhelmed by exhaustion, homesickness, and the contrast between their virtual strength and real lives.
• Wang Yan praised the Genin and said they would return to the game after two more in-game years, while Hinata called to him.

Wang Yan advised Hinata on her rejected manga and discovered that her next story was a forbidden romance between two girls. He then kept Sunagakure calm while Hyuga Hiashi worried about Konoha’s silence over Naruto’s identity and the impending return of the Three Ninja.

• Wang Yan appeared to Hinata after she called and learned that her first manga had been rejected by a publisher.
• Wang Yan read Hinata’s story and advised her to make it simpler and easier for readers to enjoy.
• Wang Yan saw that Hinata’s next manga would feature a forbidden romance between two girls, then left her dream.
• Wang Yan used his Spiritual Power to make Sunagakure’s villagers ignore abnormal circumstances while Rasa and Gaara remained missing in a game.
• Hyuga Hiashi grew suspicious of Konoha’s leaders for ignoring Naruto Uzumaki’s revealed identity and worried about which side the returning Three Ninja would support.

Hiashi agreed to support Jiraiya, then discovered Hinata’s manga and was shocked by its unusual content and revelations about Konoha’s history. After reading it through, he confronted Hinata when she returned from submitting the manuscript, leaving her hiding the publisher’s commission letter.

• Hiashi dismissed Danzo’s promise, then agreed to have the Hyuga Clan stand with Jiraiya and the Three Ninja.
• After Jiraiya vanished, Hiashi drank alone, used his Byakugan to spy on Hinata, and fainted after seeing her manga.
• The next morning, Hiashi found Hinata’s manga, read it, and recognized its account of major events and secrets in the shinobi world.
• Hinata returned after the publisher accepted her revised manuscript, and Hiashi asked where she had obtained the books.

Hinata protected Ino and Sakura by claiming she had drawn the Naruto manga, while Hiashi realized she was following her own path and decided to speak with Neji. In the virtual world, Gaara prepared to settle his three-year pact with Sasuke, only for Naruto to reappear and shatter the moment.

• Hinata told Hiashi she had drawn the manga herself, and he realized Ino and Sakura had given it to her.
• Hiashi chose to accept Hinata's hobby and decided to visit Neji after learning of his thoughts.
• In Sunagakure, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke discussed their time in the virtual world before Wang Yan sent them back into the game.
• Wang Yan traced a sudden increase of ten thousand Resource Points to changes involving Hinata, Hiashi, and Neji.
• Gaara returned to Shadow City after three years of training and confronted Sasuke to settle their pact.
• Naruto suddenly appeared and offered to buy Gaara ramen if he won, leaving Gaara stunned that Naruto was alive.

The Three Ninja returned to Konoha and won the villagers’ support by promising to replace the village’s decaying leadership. They confronted Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Elder Council, and Hiruzen prepared to use force to stop them.

• Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya entered Konoha to a welcoming crowd, while residents’ distrust of the old leadership made them more willing to accept Orochimaru.
• Jiraiya promised to make Konoha prosperous and praised Tsunade and Orochimaru, prompting the villagers to cheer for the Three Ninja and demand a new Konoha.
• The Three Ninja arrived at the area between the Hokage Office Building and Hokage Rock, where Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura awaited them with a group of ninja.
• Hiruzen accused Jiraiya and Tsunade of betraying Konoha by associating with Orochimaru and demanded that they abandon their plans.
• Tsunade denounced Hiruzen’s leadership and vowed to protect the Konoha founded by Hashirama and Tobirama, prompting Hiruzen to prepare to fight them.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and his allies faced Tsunade’s forces, while Hyuga Hiashi revealed that the Hyuga Clan had joined the Three Ninja. The battle began in earnest, with Neji Hyuga rejecting the Hokage faction’s appeal and Kakashi notably absent.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned Enma and attacked Tsunade’s group with the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique, but the enemy’s elites blocked the barrage.
• Utatane Koharu blamed the clans for abandoning the Hokage faction, and Hyuga Hiashi declared that the Hyuga Clan had committed to the Three Ninja after Danzo targeted his clan.
• Mitokado Homura tried to win over the Hyuga branch families by promising to break the Caged Bird Seal, but Neji Hyuga said the clan had ended the distinction between branch and main families.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Enma charged into battle, prompting Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others loyal to them to attack; Kakashi was absent.

Konoha's civil war ended in a crushing defeat for Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction, while Kakashi remained at his father's grave, unable to choose a side. After Jiraiya confronted Hiruzen over Naruto's treatment, Tsunade and the others moved to end the fight, and Konoha's power changed hands.

• Kakashi visited Hatake Sakumo's grave and wondered whether his father would have helped the Hokage, but he could not bring himself to join the battle.
• Might Guy and Rock Lee kept fighting with overwhelming force as the other combatants were beaten down.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered the fighting to stop, but the Sound Ninja ignored him until Orochimaru paused his attack.
• Jiraiya demanded to know why Hiruzen had failed to protect Naruto, and Hiruzen could only weakly defend himself in the name of Konoha.
• Tsunade called for everyone to end the fight, and Konoha's banners changed as power passed into new hands.

The Three Ninja defeated Konoha’s feudal remnants in five minutes, and Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage as the village began stabilizing under her rule. In Sunagakure, Wang Yan reviewed the gains from the changed timeline and anticipated further rewards as New Konoha took shape.

• Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru joined forces to knock out Might Guy and defeat his disciple Rock Lee, prompting Hiruzen Sarutobi to surrender.
• Tsunade and Jiraiya stopped Orochimaru from killing their former teacher, and the three turned to managing Konoha’s aftermath.
• Tsunade negotiated with Konoha’s clans, received an autograph request from Hinata Hyuga, and ordered Might Guy and Rock Lee transferred from prison to the medical unit.
• Orochimaru went to investigate Root while Tsunade took charge of Konoha and its institutions.
• Wang Yan counted 45,260 new Resource Points, bringing his total to 156,260, and noted that Tsunade’s rise and Orochimaru’s new department had altered the timeline.

Wang Yan created a Resurrection Cross Charm and analyzed how to use the Eight Inner Gates with his own energy. In the Shadow Breaking the Firmament game, Gaara lost Rasa, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, and was left alone in despair.

• Wang Yan spent 5,000 Resource Points to create a Resurrection Cross Charm and set its revival location beside Konoha's Hokage Monument.
• Wang Yan studied Might Guy's movements and concluded he could use his own refined life energy to activate the Eight Inner Gates.
• Sasuke Uchiha unleashed Chidori Explosion, destroying half of Shadow City, while Rasa sacrificed his soul to protect Gaara.
• Naruto Uzumaki took Sasuke's fatal blow for Gaara and died, after which Gaara killed Sasuke with a storm of golden blades.
• Sakura Haruno stabbed herself after Sasuke died, and Gaara collapsed in despair, realizing he had wanted more than revenge.