Chapter Summaries

Naruto and Jiraiya traveled to the Land of Rice to search for Orochimaru and Sasuke, but discovered that Orochimaru had fled and the Sound Four had established Hidden Nether Village. After the village survived attacks from Takigakure and Kusagakure, Zhang Miao made Kimimaro its leader and ordered an alliance with Hidden God Village.

• Zhang Miao let Naruto leave for the Land of Rice with Kimimaro, while he stayed behind to eat ramen and sleep.
• The Sound Four established Hidden Nether Village with Orochimaru's former forces and the Fuma clan after purging his loyalists.
• Jiraiya learned that Hidden Nether Village had replaced Otogakure and concluded Orochimaru was gone, then returned to Konoha with Naruto and reported to Tsunade.
• Zhang Miao ordered Kimimaro to watch Hidden Nether Village for two months before deciding whether it should become a vassal of Hidden God Village.
• After Kimimaro reported that Hidden Nether Village had withstood attacks from Takigakure and Kusagakure, Zhang Miao appointed him its leader and ordered him to form the Nether God Alliance with Hidden God Village.

Zhang Miao recruited Kimimaro and gained his Battle to the Death specialty, then combined Shikotsumyaku with his Byakugan and Six Paths Body to obtain an incomplete Kaguya Otsutsuki Bloodline. He resolved to keep growing stronger rather than avoid future Otsutsuki threats and gave Kimimaro the new name Kimabu.

• Zhang Miao used Kimimaro's eight hundred Ninja Fragments to recruit him and received Kimimaro's Chakra Reserves and Battle to the Death specialty.
• Zhang Miao selected Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku specialty, and the system combined it with his Byakugan and Six Paths Body.
• Zhang Miao gained an incomplete Kaguya Otsutsuki Bloodline and three new specialties: Byakugan: Pressure, Byakugan: Genjutsu, and Shikotsumyaku: All-Killing Ash Bones.
• Zhang Miao decided not to avoid Kaguya Otsutsuki or future Otsutsuki threats and chose to keep growing stronger through battle.
• Zhang Miao told Kimimaro they would fight side by side and renamed him Kimabu.

Zhang Miao named the recruited Kimabu and assigned him to continue training Naruto before asking Minato Namikaze to help him practice taijutsu against the Flying Thunder God Technique. After hours of sparring, Minato proposed continuing the next day with Kushina, Naruto, and the Haruno family.

• Zhang Miao named the recruited ninja Kimabu, who pledged his loyalty and accepted the mission to train Naruto without killing him.
• Zhang Miao sent Kimabu and Aburame Mushi to resume hunting down Naruto, then went to the Hades Temple to ask Minato Namikaze to train with him.
• Minato Namikaze attacked Zhang Miao using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Zhang Miao endured hours of sparring without using ninjutsu, genjutsu, or his Sharingan.
• Zhang Miao explained that he was focusing on taijutsu because some future opponents would be unaffected by ninjutsu and genjutsu.
• Minato Namikaze agreed to help Zhang Miao train again the next day and suggested inviting Kushina, Naruto, and the Haruno family.

Minato Namikaze prepared a family outing disguised as training, and Naruto learned that Zhang Miao had once been offered the Fifth Hokage position. The family headed to the training ground, where Kushina Uzumaki’s lecture about devotion—and Minato Namikaze’s carefully worded praise—left Zhang Miao in the hot seat.

• Minato Namikaze packed food and sake while Kushina Uzumaki dressed for the family outing, and Naruto initially objected to going.
• Kushina Uzumaki explained that Minato Namikaze would fight Zhang Miao in a Kage-level battle and revealed that the Third Hokage had offered Zhang Miao the Fifth Hokage position.
• Naruto felt discouraged by Zhang Miao’s achievements, but Zhang Miao encouraged him and mentioned that Sakura’s family would attend, prompting Naruto to hurry off and change.
• Kushina Uzumaki asked Zhang Miao which girl he liked, and he listed Hinata, Ino, Yugao, and Shizuka.
• On the way to the training ground, Kushina Uzumaki lectured Naruto about being faithful, while Zhang Miao asked Minato Namikaze about his romantic past and Minato declared that Kushina Uzumaki was the only one who had ever made his heart race.

Zhang Miao and Minato Namikaze trained with the Flying Thunder God at a family picnic while Naruto watched in awe. Their meal was interrupted by the hulking Wind God and Thunder God, who arrived talking about finding Orochimaru.

• Kushina Uzumaki spread out the picnic, and Zhang Miao teased Naruto for anxiously waiting for Sakura's family.
• Zhang Miao and Minato Namikaze began a Flying Thunder God duel while Naruto watched and Kushina explained the technique.
• Zhang Miao admitted that Minato had the advantage with the second stage of the technique, and they stopped to eat.
• Wind God and Thunder God arrived, ate the picnic food, and said they planned to find Orochimaru.
• Minato Namikaze asked Wind God and Thunder God why they had come.

Zhang Miao and Minato Namikaze learned that Mizuki had incited Wind God and Thunder God to escape from Leaf Village Prison, and Naruto returned to Konoha to pursue them. After Kushina Uzumaki prepared a family meal, Zhang Miao resolved to grow stronger to protect her smile.

• Minato Namikaze persuaded Wind God and Thunder God to explain how Mizuki bribed them with food and led the prison break.
• Zhang Miao sent Naruto back to Konoha to help pursue the escaped prisoners and ordered Wind God and Thunder God to return to prison.
• Kushina Uzumaki gathered firewood and fish, then cooked for Zhang Miao and Minato Namikaze while they took a break from training.
• Kushina Uzumaki told Zhang Miao that he and Minato did not need to apologize and that she would always support her family.
• Zhang Miao resumed training with Minato Namikaze and vowed to grow stronger to protect Kushina Uzumaki's smile.

Zhang Miao trained with Minato Namikaze and encouraged Naruto after Naruto’s mission failed to uncover clues about Sasuke. When Naruto set out with Team Eight to find Scent Bugs, Zhang Miao decided to join him.

• Zhang Miao trained with Minato Namikaze while Kushina Uzumaki prepared a lavish dinner for them.
• Iruka returned Naruto home after their mission to capture fugitives, including Mizuki, had succeeded.
• Naruto told Zhang Miao that Orochimaru had left no useful clues about Sasuke, and Zhang Miao encouraged him to keep training.
• Naruto became more diligent and began challenging Kimimaro while Zhang Miao continued training with Minato Namikaze.
• Naruto told Zhang Miao he would join Hinata, Kiba, and Shino on a mission to find Scent Bugs.
• Zhang Miao recognized that the Scent Bugs could help locate Sasuke and decided to go with Naruto.

Zhang Miao secretly followed Naruto’s group to the valley to search for the Scent Bug, but his Byakugan found none. He spotted three Kamizuru Clan members nearby and considered drawing them away from Naruto’s team.

• Zhang Miao followed Naruto’s group to a rainforest valley without telling them, hoping they would handle the search themselves.
• Zhang Miao searched the valley with his Byakugan but found no Scent Bugs and suspected they would only emerge when it rained.
• Zhang Miao used his Sharingan to spot Black Bee, Hornet, and Ground Bee hiding on rocks nearby.
• Zhang Miao recalled that the Kamizuru Clan members sought the Scent Bug to find a forbidden scroll and revive their declining clan.
• Zhang Miao sympathized with the Kamizuru Clan and considered luring the three members away.

Naruto’s group searched for the Scent Bug while Zhang Miao secretly collected breeding pairs and watched the Kamizuru Clan members. After Hinata defeated Hornet and the others, Zhang Miao revealed himself to Hornet.

• Naruto mistook a rhinoceros beetle for a Scent Bug, and Shino corrected him.
• After three more fruitless days, Shino warned that the rainy day was their last chance to find Scent Bugs.
• Zhang Miao used the rain to locate and capture five pairs of Scent Bugs, then sent his Wood Style Clone to deliver them to Aburame Mushi for breeding research.
• Naruto’s group caught a female Scent Bug, and Hornet’s group kidnapped Hinata to demand an exchange.
• Hinata defeated Black Bee, Ground Bee, and Hornet, along with Hornet’s Queen Bee, before Zhang Miao emerged and stopped Hornet’s final attack.

Hornet, Black Bee, and Ground Bee approached Zhang Miao hoping he would help them obtain Naruto's Scent Bug, but Zhang Miao refused because he was a Konoha ninja. After he praised the Kamizuru Clan's abilities, Hornet offered for the clan to become Zhang Miao's Family Retainers, leaving the decision to him.

• Hornet, Black Bee, and Ground Bee greeted Zhang Miao and tried to flatter him by claiming Ōnoki often missed him.
• Zhang Miao exposed Hornet's pretense and refused to help steal Naruto's Scent Bug.
• Naruto revealed that Zhang Miao was a Konoha ninja, and the three Iwagakure shinobi despaired.
• Zhang Miao reassured the Kamizuru that they were useful talents whose abilities Iwagakure had failed to recognize.
• Hornet offered to make the Kamizuru Clan Zhang Miao's Family Retainers and begged him to accept them.

Zhang Miao offered Hornet and the Kamizuru Clan a place in the Hidden God Village in the Land of Waves, exciting Hornet, Black Bee, and Ground Bee. Naruto accidentally ruined Shino Aburame’s attempt to imprint Sasuke’s scent on a Scent Bug, and Zhang Miao left with Hornet for the Land of Waves.

• Zhang Miao offered to send Hornet to the Hidden God Village, and Hornet, Black Bee, and Ground Bee celebrated the chance for the Kamizuru Clan to join it.
• Shino Aburame explained the Hidden God Village’s strength to Naruto, who was amazed by its Kage’s reputed power.
• Naruto searched for Sasuke’s forehead protector as the Scent Bug emerged, but farted and caused the bug to imprint his scent instead.
• Shino Aburame declared the mission failed, while the Scent Bug landed on Naruto’s pants and Naruto protested that it should use Sasuke’s scent.
• Zhang Miao told Hornet that the bug would no longer be needed in the Land of Waves, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take her there while Black Bee and Ground Bee traveled on foot.

Zhang Miao brought Hornet from Iwagakure to the Hidden God Village and learned that the Kamizuru Clan’s bees produced large quantities of honey that could replenish Chakra. He appointed Hornet, Black Bee, and Ground Bee to develop and sell bee products, while Hornet discovered that Naruto Uzumaki answered to Zhang Miao.

• Hornet was astonished when Zhang Miao used the Flying Thunder God to bring her to the Land of Waves.
• Zhang Miao asked Hornet whether the Kamizuru Clan’s bees produced edible honey that could replenish Chakra.
• Hornet explained that the bees’ honey restored some Chakra and that the bees produced more than ten times as much honey as ordinary bees.
• Zhang Miao appointed Hornet as director of the Hidden God Village’s Special Products Research, Development, and Sales Department, with Black Bee and Ground Bee as her deputies.
• Naruto Uzumaki entered and knelt before Zhang Miao, calling him Boss, and Hornet realized Zhang Miao was the Hidden God Village’s true leader.

Zhang Miao brought Hornet and the Kamizuru Clan to the Hidden God Village to develop the Land of Waves’ economy through honey and Honey Wine. After giving Hornet a brewing recipe, he ordered Naruto to organize flower planting and began planning an advertisement.

• Zhang Miao introduced Hornet to Naruto, who welcomed her loyalty and learned that the Kamizuru Clan could produce large amounts of high-quality honey.
• Zhang Miao rejected Naruto’s idea of accepting foreign missions and proposed growing flowers across the Land of Waves to support honey production.
• Hornet admitted she did not know how to brew Honey Wine, so Zhang Miao gave her a recipe and ordered Naruto to help her establish production.
• Naruto left with Hornet to organize the planting, while Zhang Miao wrote an advertisement and planned to have Dan Katō and Nawaki deliver it to Tsunade.

After expanding Honey Wine sales across the ninja world, Zhang Miao recruited Orochimaru and reviewed his forbidden-jutsu specialties. He chose Impure World Reincarnation, leaving the selection about to be confirmed.

• Tsunade returned the recorded advertisement and offered to promote Honey Wine to Fire Country nobles in exchange for Dan Katō and Nawaki staying with her in Konoha for a year, and Zhang Miao agreed.
• Zhang Miao launched an effort to sell Honey Wine to the Five Great Ninja Villages and their countries’ nobles, while Naruto stayed busy with missions in Konoha.
• The system notified Zhang Miao that he had collected enough Ninja Fragments to recruit Seven-Star Kage-Level Orochimaru, and Zhang Miao summoned him.
• Zhang Miao gained Orochimaru’s Chakra Reserves and the Forbidden Jutsu Mastery specialty, which halved the Ninja Fragment cost of using forbidden jutsu.
• After examining Orochimaru’s four forbidden-jutsu specialties, Zhang Miao pressed the option for Impure World Reincarnation.

Zhang Miao obtained Impure World Reincarnation and returned to Konoha, where Kushina told him Naruto had left to train with Jiraiya for three years. The chapter ended with Zhang Miao joking that he wanted Minato and Kushina to give him a little sister named Naruko.

• Zhang Miao chose Impure World Reincarnation and learned that it required matching Elite Ninja Fragments or a living sacrifice.
• Zhang Miao named the recruited Orochimaru Little Snake, and Little Snake asked to reclaim the name Orochimaru if he killed this world's Orochimaru.
• Zhang Miao returned to Konoha and reunited with Kushina Uzumaki.
• Kushina told Zhang Miao that Naruto had left to train with Jiraiya for about three years after waiting a month for Zhang Miao to return.
• Zhang Miao said he missed Naruto, then joked that Minato and Kushina should give him a little sister named Naruko, prompting Kushina to tell him to get out.

Zhang Miao offered to truly resurrect Dan Katō and Nawaki, and Tsunade agreed to provide tissue from their graves. He left after asking her to collect tissue from Rin Nohara and Hatake Sakumo as well.

• Zhang Miao found Tsunade drinking Honey Wine in the Hokage's Office and told her he could give her a normal, mortal Dan Katō and Nawaki.
• Tsunade questioned Zhang Miao's motives, and he asked for permission for Hidden God Village's honey-brewing ninjas to enter the Land of Fire to collect nectar.
• Zhang Miao explained that his resurrection required tissue from the deceased Dan Katō and Nawaki, not the versions already with Tsunade.
• Tsunade agreed to bring him their tissue the next day after he assured her he would not use Impure World Reincarnation.
• Zhang Miao asked Tsunade to dig up tissue from Rin Nohara and Hatake Sakumo too, then left her furious.

Zhang Miao resurrected Nawaki, Dan Katō, Rin Nohara, and Hatake Sakumo, allowing them to reunite with Tsunade and Kakashi. The chapter ended with Zhang Miao teasing Kakashi and Rin about their age difference, while Tsunade wondered whether she and Dan would also be “robbing the cradle.”

• Tsunade and Kakashi brought the four locks of hair Zhang Miao needed to resurrect the dead.
• Zhang Miao used Impure World Reincarnation and the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive Nawaki, Dan Katō, Rin Nohara, and Hatake Sakumo.
• The four thanked Zhang Miao, and he told them to thank Tsunade and Kakashi for helping bring them back.
• Nawaki embraced Tsunade, and they wept together before she told Dan Katō that she had become Konoha's Fifth Hokage.
• Kakashi explained to Rin Nohara and Hatake Sakumo that Minato Namikaze had become the Fourth Hokage and that Kakashi was now twenty-seven.
• Zhang Miao teased Kakashi and Rin about their age difference, prompting Tsunade to wonder if she and Dan Katō would also be robbing the cradle.

Zhang Miao teased Tsunade about her age and relationship with Dan Katō, then invited Kakashi and the others to celebrate with a fishing trip. Kakashi explained Obito’s role in Minato and Kushina’s deaths, affirmed his father’s choice to save his comrades, and asked Hatake Sakumo to keep his identity hidden.

• Zhang Miao laughed at Tsunade for being much older than the revived Dan Katō, and Tsunade left with Dan and Nawaki.
• Zhang Miao suggested that Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Hatake Sakumo go fishing and make pan-fried river fish.
• Zhang Miao became angry when Rin Nohara mentioned Obito, and Kakashi explained that Obito had released the Nine-Tails and caused Minato’s and Kushina’s deaths.
• Kakashi told Rin Nohara not to mention Obito to Zhang Miao because Zhang Miao was Minato’s eldest son.
• Kakashi told Hatake Sakumo he was proud of him and asked him to hide his identity, and Hatake Sakumo agreed and put on an Anbu mask.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Kakashi to go fishing with him, and Kakashi happily agreed.

After villagers flocked to Hades Temple seeking the resurrection of their dead, Zhang Miao announced strict eligibility rules and prepared to revive more than ten thousand fallen ninjas. He used his Otsutsuki form to impress Konoha’s crowd, then summoned the dead before their stunned families.

• Tsunade announced four rules for resurrection, requiring the deceased to have been a young Chakra-cultivating ninja, left behind bodily material, and have family willing to offer half their possessions.
• More than ten thousand bundles of hair reached Hades Temple, where Minato Namikaze gave them to Zhang Miao.
• The system told Zhang Miao that ordinary Ninja Fragments could revive nameless background ninjas below six stars, so he began a mass resurrection.
• Zhang Miao appeared above Hades Temple in his Kaguya Otsutsuki Bloodline form, causing the crowd to kneel and earning Ninja Fragments from Konoha’s ninjas.
• Zhang Miao declared that he would return the unwilling dead to life, and more than ten thousand figures appeared as the onlookers watched in shock.

After using Impure World Reincarnation and reviving more than ten thousand people, Zhang Miao slept for three days and woke to find Rin Nohara living with his family. He learned Kakashi had gone to deliver Chunin Exam invitations and was then ordered to travel to Sunagakure to represent Konoha at the exams.

• Zhang Miao used the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive the people he had reincarnated, then returned home and slept for three days.
• Rin Nohara told Zhang Miao she had moved in with his family after Minato and Kushina decided it was inappropriate for her to stay at Kakashi's house.
• Rin Nohara said Kakashi had left three days earlier to deliver Chunin Exam invitations to the Land of Rain, and Zhang Miao concluded he should be safe because the Land of Rain would participate in Sunagakure's exams.
• An Anbu ninja delivered the Fifth Generation's order for Zhang Miao to go to Sunagakure and preside over the Chunin Ninja Exams.
• Zhang Miao told Rin Nohara to inform Kushina of his departure, then set off for Sunagakure.