Chapter Summaries

After the virtual reality trial ended, Wang Yan evaluated Team Seven and explained why Sasuke earned the highest reward. Gaara and Rasa returned to reality with their memories of the game intact, and Gaara left with a set of figurines—though he destroyed Sasuke’s and tossed Sakura’s aside.

• Everyone was ejected from the game, and Gaara and Rasa struggled to adjust as their virtual memories merged with their real ones.
• Wang Yan rated Sasuke excellent and Naruto and Sakura good, awarding them points and a D-rank Destiny Gem; he explained that Sasuke had earned more through his initiative in guiding the mission.
• Gaara threatened to kill Sasuke for killing Rasa and Naruto in the game, while Rasa corrected him for calling him Grandpa.
• Wang Yan explained that first-time virtual reality players could have trouble distinguishing the game from reality and noted that Gaara and Rasa’s relationship had improved.
• Wang Yan gave Gaara a set of figurines before leaving Sunagakure with Team Seven; Gaara kept the toys but destroyed Sasuke’s figurine and discarded Sakura’s.

Rasa told Gaara that his mother had always protected him, and Gaara accepted Wang Yan’s offer to become a Reincarnator so he could revive her. Wang Yan returned to a transformed Konoha with Team Seven, where Sasuke learned that Tsunade was the Fifth Hokage and asked what had happened to the Third.

• Rasa revealed the secret of Gaara’s gourd and told him that his mother had silently protected him.
• Gaara found Wang Yan’s note, decided he wanted to revive his mother, and received a novice mission to infiltrate Akatsuki as Reincarnator 007.
• A Whirlpool Mask Youth in an Akatsuki cloak picked up Sakura’s figurine and reflected on his codename, Sora.
• Wang Yan brought Team Seven back to New Konoha, left to promote Game Helmets, and Sakura and Sasuke discussed the Main God Exchange List.
• Sasuke saw a flyer announcing a work endorsed by Fifth Hokage Tsunade, then asked Konohamaru when she had taken office and what had happened to the Third Hokage.

Konohamaru brought Sasuke to a bookstore, where Sasuke bought Hinata Hyuga’s new manga after recognizing Sakura and Ino in its story. Tsunade received an optional mission to promote a virtual reality game, with a B-Rank Destiny Gem as the maximum reward, and Hinata asked for a recommendation ticket.

• Konohamaru, now without his family’s backing, tried to earn money by bringing Sasuke to a bookstore with his friends Udon and Moegi beside him.
• Sasuke examined Hinata Hyuga’s manga, recognized Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka as its heroines, and bought the available volume.
• The shopkeeper told Sasuke that Hinata had completed only the first volume of her new manga and had previously written a less popular work.
• Tsunade reviewed the Destiny Gem exchange rules and saw a poster advertising Hinata’s work with her endorsement.
• Tsunade received an optional mission to promote the Honor League virtual reality game, which could earn her up to 4,000 Reward Points and one B-Rank Destiny Gem.
• Hinata shyly asked Tsunade to give her a recommendation ticket.

Tsunade accepted a high-risk optional mission and met Wang Yan, who introduced her to the virtual reality game Honor League and urged her to have Orochimaru mass-produce its equipment. The chapter ended with Gaara traveling toward Amegakure, Hanzo of the Salamander’s homeland.

• Tsunade accepted the optional mission, which gave her 70 days to complete it and threatened a severe debt penalty if she failed.
• Wang Yan visited Tsunade, demonstrated control over her body, and claimed he had once been Reincarnator Number 003 before becoming the Main God's Guide.
• Wang Yan reassured Tsunade about the Main God and gave her a Game Helmet for the virtual reality game Honor League.
• Tsunade played against bots, praised the game's realism, and questioned its five-person team format before Wang Yan argued for five-member ninja teams.
• Wang Yan told Tsunade to give the Game Helmet's unencrypted designs and software to Orochimaru for research and mass production, then disappeared.
• Gaara left Sunagakure and headed toward Amegakure, Hanzo of the Salamander's homeland.

Gaara met Sasori of the Red Sands in Amegakure and was brought before Nagato, who tested him and accepted him into the Akatsuki Organization. Gaara also learned that reviving his mother would require 4,000 Reward Points and a B-Rank Destiny Gem.

• Gaara encountered Sasori of the Red Sands in Amegakure and impressed him by knowing about the Third Kazekage's assassination.
• Gaara revealed that he was the son of Fourth Kazekage Rasa and the Jinchuriki of One-Tails Shukaku, then asked to join the Akatsuki Organization.
• Sasori contacted Nagato, whose phantom attacked Gaara with a Black Rod during the admission test.
• Gaara caught the Black Rod with sand, and Nagato praised his skill and accepted him as the Akatsuki Organization's eleventh member.
• Gaara learned that he needed 4,000 Reward Points and one B-Rank Destiny Gem to revive his mother.

Gaara joined the Akatsuki Organization and received a custom earring, while Wang Yan ranked the Reincarnators and planned Gaara’s next steps. Wang Yan’s peaceful routine ended when Hinata came to him with news of another crisis.

• Gaara decided to grow strong enough to protect his parents before attempting to resurrect his mother.
• Nagato welcomed Gaara into the Akatsuki Organization and gave him a left-ear earring marked “Dark.”
• Gaara’s recruitment earned Wang Yan twenty thousand Resource Points, and Wang Yan ranked Orochimaru first and Gaara second among the seven Reincarnators.
• Wang Yan considered giving Gaara an Optional Mission so he could earn enough Reward Points to obtain the Sand-Sand Fruit.
• After finishing a hunt in Holographic Monster Hunter World, Wang Yan spoke with Hinata and sensed that another troubled time had begun.

Wang Yan advised Hinata to change her manga’s male characters into women before his Thought Clone vanished. Back in Konoha, he remembered Rock Lee’s severe injuries and sent him an invitation that could restore his health and offer him new power.

• Hinata told Wang Yan that her second manga volume had been rejected after she paired Naruko with Teuchi, and he urged her to rewrite it.
• Wang Yan warned Hinata against her plans for the third volume and suggested feminizing the male characters; she accepted his advice and named her manuscript “Everything Can Be Feminized!”
• Wang Yan’s Thought Clone dissipated, and Hinata woke in the Hyuga Clan estate determined to follow his wishes.
• Wang Yan remembered that Rock Lee had been left severely injured after fighting for the Third Hokage’s side and could no longer qualify as a ninja.
• Wang Yan sent Lee an invitation offering a chance to regain his health and pursue rewards, including the possibility of possessing Rinnegan or Tenseigan.

Rock Lee received a mission to restore his health but could not move or earn Reward Points. In Konoha, Danzo freed Hiruzen Sarutobi and the other prisoners by demanding their loyalty, while Asuma, Kurenai, and Might Guy stayed behind.

• Rock Lee learned that his revised Novice Mission was to restore his health and received Instant Calculation, but he could not act on the mission.
• Danzo entered the Water Prison and offered to save Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others in exchange for their loyalty.
• Hiruzen refused Danzo's demand, but Danzo destroyed the prison's restraints and warned the prisoners they could leave or die there.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura persuaded Hiruzen to leave with Danzo, and Shiranui Genma, Yamashiro Aoba, Namiashi Raidō, Morino Ibiki, Ebisu, and Gekko Hayate followed.
• Asuma and Kurenai chose to remain in the prison together, while Might Guy stayed to finish his training.

Tsunade dealt with Danzo’s escape and considered how to build support for Konoha’s leaders, then asked Jiraiya for help promoting the Honor League game. Jiraiya proposed using the Chunin Exams to introduce the Game Helmet, and Tsunade promised him extra Reward Points in exchange for the Destiny Gem.

• An Anbu reported to Tsunade that fifty-seven ninja, including Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura, had left with Danzo.
• Orochimaru advised killing Danzo’s group, but Tsunade rejected the idea and ordered Shizune to release Might Guy, Asuma Sarutobi, and Kurenai Yuhi under two years of movement restrictions and weekly reports.
• Tsunade explained to Jiraiya that she wanted him to strengthen his public standing, but Jiraiya reminded her that their future lay beyond Konoha and the Ninja World.
• Tsunade told Jiraiya that the Honor League game was difficult to promote despite its potential as a ninja-training tool.
• Jiraiya proposed moving up the Chunin Exams, recruiting the Five Great Nations’ Daimyos to publicize them, and promoting the Game Helmet during the event.
• Tsunade promised Jiraiya thirty percent more Reward Points and said she wanted only the Destiny Gem.

After Rock Lee sold his Eight Inner Gates knowledge to the Main God and used the points to heal himself, Sasuke learned he could sell his own assets for Reward Points. He spent everything he had on Super High School Level Luck, and Zuo Aotian was reborn.

• Might Guy rushed to Rock Lee’s hospital room and nearly tried to disembowel himself until Lee explained that he could recover at a cost.
• Rock Lee revealed that Reincarnators could sell anything they possessed for Reward Points, then sold his Eight Inner Gates knowledge for five hundred points.
• Rock Lee exchanged 136 Reward Points for Full Body Repair and recovered from his injuries, including old damage from training.
• Sasuke met Rock Lee and learned about selling assets for Reward Points, then considered the Main God Exchange List and planned his purchases.
• Sasuke spent all his Reward Points on Super High School Level Luck, and Zuo Aotian was reborn.

Tsunade used luxury goods and the daimyos’ influence to turn Konoha’s Chunin Exams into a major contest drawing in the Five Great Nations. As Iwagakure and Kirigakure prepared to compete, two cloaked figures discussed whether to intervene, with the man hinting at a motive beyond the bounty.

• Tsunade won the daimyos’ support with luxury goods, and their promotion spread news of Konoha’s “Strongest Chunin Exams in History” across the ninja world.
• Ōnoki ordered Iwagakure to participate and aim for first place, viewing the exams as a chance to display strength and probe its rivals.
• Mei Terumi rejected Chojuro’s suggestion that Kirigakure stay out of the contest and argued that a strong ranking could help secure an alliance against Iwagakure.
• Konoha offered large cash prizes and powerful scrolls to top-ranked teams, prompting more ninja factions to consider taking part.
• In a dark cave, a young girl asked a man whether they should act, and he said he cared about something beyond the high bounty.

Nagato organized Akatsuki members to enter Konoha’s Strongest Chunin Exams in History, while Tsunade reorganized Team 7 by adding Rock Lee and Tenten. Wang Yan met the new five-person team, leaving Sasuke doubtful about its prospects.

• Nagato selected Itachi, Deidara, Kisame Hoshigaki, Gaara, and Hidan for the exams, then replaced Deidara with Kakuzu when Deidara had to keep a promise to Sasori.
• Itachi and Juzo Biwa discussed Juzo’s return through an improved Impure World Reincarnation, while Gaara suspected the exams might be a smokescreen connected to Wang Yan.
• Tsunade added Rock Lee and Tenten to Team 7 after Hinata left the ninja career and Neji considered doing the same.
• Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame joined Kakashi’s class, which became a five-person Ino-Shika-Cho-Insect-Dog team.
• Wang Yan met Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Rock Lee, and Tenten, and Sasuke privately doubted the new team’s future after Rock Lee introduced himself.

Wang Yan gave Tenten an infinite-ammunition anti-materiel sniper rifle and restored the Hokage Rock after destroying it to demonstrate the weapon. Rock Lee revealed his interest in exchanging for All Might’s power, while Tsunade watched Wang Yan’s display from the Hokage’s Office.

• Wang Yan welcomed Tenten to Team 7 and gave her an XE98A Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle with infinite ammunition.
• Wang Yan fired the rifle at Third Hokage Yan Yan on the Hokage Rock, reducing it to dust, then restored it with his telekinetic power.
• The genin’s Loyalty Indexes rose after they witnessed Wang Yan’s power, and he gave Rock Lee The Legend of All Might.
• Rock Lee declared that he wanted to exchange for ONE-FOR-ALL, and Wang Yan confirmed that Rock Lee had revealed the word “exchange.”
• Tsunade watched the Hokage Rock’s destruction and restoration and concluded that Konoha was fortunate not to be Wang Yan’s enemy.

After learning about Reincarnators and the Main God, Tenten was offered a chance to earn a place among them, while Wang Yan challenged Team 7 to reach the Chunin Exams’ top five. Wang Yan then created five optimized bodies and prepared to begin a long-planned operation connected to Gaara’s news.

• Rock Lee, Sasuke, and Sakura explained the Main God, Reincarnators, and Reward Points to Tenten, and Wang Yan offered to recommend her after five months of observation.
• Wang Yan arranged internal sparring matches: Naruto faced Rock Lee, Sakura faced Tenten, and Sasuke drew a bye, realizing he was currently the weakest member of Team 7.
• After the matches left the Floating Courtyard wrecked and Naruto and Sakura badly injured, Wang Yan healed them and ordered the team to make the Chunin Exams’ top five or die trying.
• Wang Yan considered the news from Gaara and created five optimized physical bodies, preparing to begin his long-planned operation.

Wang Yan created five Thought Clones to train his Spiritual Power while Orochimaru discovered that Kimimaro’s illness might come from bacteria entering his body during fights. Orochimaru left the sake house intending to improve Choji’s digestion and recruit Naruto as a research assistant, and Naruto appeared before him.

• Wang Yan split his consciousness among five Thought Clones named Riven, Yasuo, Fiora, Trundle, and Yi, and learned the training would advance his spiritual attainments without negative effects.
• Orochimaru reflected on his research into Kimimaro’s Shikotsumyaku and its unrelated bone-density mutation while eating at a Konoha sake house.
• Choji Akimichi thanked Orochimaru for the new medicine, prompting Orochimaru to realize Kimimaro’s illness might stem from bacteria entering his body when he used it as a sheath for unshattered bones.
• Orochimaru decided to treat Kimimaro with an Extreme Antibacterial Drug and offered to modify Choji’s digestive system with a Steel Stomach.
• Orochimaru left without paying, thought Naruto Uzumaki could make a useful research assistant, and then saw Naruto appear before him after someone dragged him there.

Sasuke and Naruto negotiated with Orochimaru for a genetic enhancement that could accelerate their growth before the Chunin Exams. Meanwhile, Neji recognized Gaara in Hinata’s manuscript and discovered that its genderbent story had recast him as a woman, just as a conspiracy against New Konoha approached.

• Sasuke offered his blood and Naruto’s labor in exchange for Orochimaru strengthening them, and Naruto blurted out a demand to double their strength before the Chunin Exams.
• Orochimaru explained that he would adapt a Super Soldier gene plan using a Cursed Seal, Eight-Tails Serpent serum, and Kimimaro’s genetic fragments, estimating a five-to-ninefold increase in their growth rate.
• Sasuke dismissed Shisui and focused his hatred on Danzo as he followed Orochimaru to the Science and Technology Department.
• Neji bumped into a red-haired young man he recognized as Gaara, then opened Hinata’s second-volume manuscript to check his suspicion.
• Neji read that Hinata’s story transformed male ninjas into women and discovered that she had portrayed him as an older sister paired with Haku.

Danzo secured support for his False Konoha Destruction Strategy, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and the two Advisors opposed it. As the Strongest Chunin Exams in History began, Wang Yan observed the unusual contestants gathering in Konoha.

• Danzo called a final vote on his plan to attack Konoha during the Chunin Exams, and Hiruzen Sarutobi objected.
• Thirty-five ninja voted in favor of Danzo's plan, while Hiruzen Sarutobi, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura voted against it.
• Danzo ordered preparations for the attack, and the next day Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura died while Hiruzen Sarutobi disappeared.
• Wang Yan spotted disguised Akatsuki members and contestants from smaller villages using dubious means to enter the exams.
• The Strongest Chunin Exams in History began with 590 participants from more than forty ninja powers.

Wang Yan watched the Strongest Chunin Exams begin as Sasuke recognized his brother among the Akatsuki contestants and resolved to defeat him. The candidates faced a strange morality exam, where Gaara chose to kill an injured elderly man, certain it was the only correct answer.

• Wang Yan watched the contestants enter the arena, where the host introduced the League of Legends teams and the Akatsuki Organization.
• Sasuke recognized Uchiha Itachi as the contestant codenamed Tsukuyomi and told Sakura he planned to defeat him.
• The host began the written exam after 575 contestants entered and three teams withdrew.
• Wang Yan used Mind Suggestion, Twisted Will, and Fabricated Memories to alter the daimyo's minds and gained one Ability Experience Point.
• Candidates answered a morality question about an exhausted ninja finding an injured elderly man; Naruto, Rock Lee, and Sasuke chose to help, while Kakuzu chose to ignore him, Itachi chose to kill the beasts, and Gaara chose to kill the old man.

Jiraiya and the other examinees struggled with the subjective-looking written exam, whose final essay asked how they would respond to powerful invaders arriving in nine months. Tsunade introduced Wang Yan as the exam’s creator, and his display of power left the Kage wondering about his background as A eagerly sought a match with him.

• Jiraiya found the multiple-choice questions difficult and learned from Tsunade that they had no fixed answers.
• Hidan, Kakuzu, Naruto, Rock Lee, and Sasuke each wrote their own responses to the final essay question.
• The exam ended, and Tsunade announced that Wang Yan would explain how its grading was fair and objective.
• Wang Yan vanished and reappeared above the examination hall, then summoned more than five hundred exam papers with a wave of his hand.
• The Third Tsuchikage questioned Wang Yan’s background, while A asked Tsunade to arrange a match with him.

Mei Terumi suspected Tsunade and Rasa were hiding something about Wang Yan, while Wang Yan revealed how the written exam would be scored. The examinees waited for his explanation of the disputed multiple-choice questions, but he ended with a plea for votes instead.

• Mei Terumi noticed Tsunade and Rasa’s confidence in Wang Yan and teased Tsunade by asking to take him for herself.
• Wang Yan introduced himself as the written exam’s question setter, disappointing Fourth Raikage A and alarming Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.
• Wang Yan displayed the correct answers for the ten-point basic-knowledge section and explained that the thirty-point essay would be graded by word count.
• The examinees learned the essay scoring thresholds, and Naruto regretted writing only a few words.
• Wang Yan faced calls to explain the sixty disputed multiple-choice questions, then asked the audience to vote for the Main God.