Chapter Summaries

Jueming stalled Yakushi Nonō and her companions while Kakashi marveled at his shameless tactics. When they began breaking down his door, Jueming slipped away to raid Nonō’s home, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jueming told Kakashi to stall Nonō, Yamanaka Santai, and Nara Suzaku until the next day, when he expected Teacher Momoka to wake up.
• Jueming refused to open the door and admitted he had stripped Santai’s house and sold Suzaku’s antiques, enraging both men.
• Nonō lost her temper and ordered her companions to break down the door and capture Jueming for Root.
• Jueming left Kakashi behind and headed for Nonō’s house, trusting his Five Seal Barrier to protect his own home.
• Jueming rammed open Nonō’s front door and entered her home.

Jueming emptied Yakushi Nonō’s house, then lured her inside and revealed what he had done. When Nonō attacked him, he used Grass Release and her stolen furniture to subdue her, gaining a new skill before she could escape.

• Jueming emptied Yakushi Nonō’s house and took her wardrobe and clothes while Mito Uzumaki objected.
• Yakushi Nonō, Yamanaka Santai, and Nara Suzaku failed to break Jueming’s Five Seal Barrier, while Nonō pressured Kakashi to join Root and repay her treatment.
• Jueming persuaded Nonō to enter alone, then told her he had emptied her house, sending her into a rage.
• Nonō attacked Jueming with Mystical Palm Technique, but he used Grass Substitution and dropped stolen furniture on her to pin her down.
• Jueming repeatedly struck Nonō until he gained the Grass Release—Grass—Brave Bull skill, which could suppress a degree of bodily Mutation.

Jueming drove Yakushi Nonō and the two Root operatives away after looting Nonō’s house, while Danzo decided to send Jueming to the battlefield. Danzo recruited Hiru to help study Senju Takeshi’s Aberration and begin creating a Mutation Weapon.

• Jueming suppressed his Mutation, took Yakushi Nonō’s equipment, and threw her over his backyard wall after sending Yamanaka Santai and Nara Suzaku away.
• Yakushi Nonō, Yamanaka Santai, and Nara Suzaku reported their failed mission to Danzo, who told them to take another assignment and recover.
• Danzo planned to use his influence to send Senju Jueming to the battlefield, where he hoped Jueming would die or become a threat to the Senju Clan.
• Danzo met with Hiru and showed him Senju Takeshi’s mutated body, offering him the chance to gain Wood Style Power.
• Hiru showed interest in Danzo’s offer, and Danzo prepared to begin the second phase of Aberration research: creating a Mutation Weapon.

Jueming used [Brave Ox] to suppress Mutation Factors in a concealed part of his body, then visited Momoka Senju, whose Mutation had spread to her waist. Momoka secretly discovered something alarming about Jueming but could not identify it, and resolved to live long enough to see him protect the clan.

• After a night of training, Jueming used [Insight] and [Brave Ox] to suppress Mutation Factors in a concealed area, increasing his effective Mutation resistance.
• Jueming and Mito Uzumaki passed the twisted trees transformed by Momoka Senju's Mutation and found Momoka's condition had worsened.
• Momoka congratulated Jueming for winning first place in the Chunin Exams and urged him to train while the clan shielded him from trouble surrounding Aoki Senju.
• Momoka checked Jueming's health, sensed an alarming condition that [Brave Ox] had concealed, and hurriedly sent him away.
• Momoka wondered whether Jueming's condition counted as Mutation and resolved to stay alive until he could become the clan's protector.

Jueming prepared for the Third Great Ninja War after suppressing the Mutation within himself, while the Senju Clan mobilized for the battlefield. The Great Elder assigned allies to protect Jueming, but three of them secretly planned to abduct him, leaving Ryota wondering whether the assignment was a trap.

• Jueming left the Senju Clan Forbidden Ground after confirming that [Brave Ox] had concealed his disappointment and considered using Grass Release techniques to manage the suppressed Mutation.
• Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura discussed exploiting the war to capture Senju Mutations and weaken the Pure-blooded Senju movement, while Danzo reported recruiting [Hiru] to help Senju Takeshi's Mutation Weapon research.
• The Great Elder asked Senju Iris, his nephew and a taijutsu specialist registered as an ordinary resident, to protect Jueming and warned him that enemies within the clan might target Jueming.
• The Senju Clan completed its prewar mobilization, and the Great Elder assigned Jing Senju, Ryota Senju, and Otsuki Senju to accompany and protect Jueming.
• Jing Senju, Ryota Senju, and Otsuki Senju secretly planned to abduct Jueming for Aoki Senju, while Ryota questioned whether the Great Elder had arranged the assignment to catch them in the act.

Jueming received the Mist Servant Technique from the Great Elder before setting out for the battlefield with Kakashi and the others. His teasing of Rin Nohara left her flustered and Obito Uchiha jealous, while Rin resolved to graduate and grow stronger.

• The Great Elder gave Jueming a D-Rank Mist Servant Technique scroll and advised him to be careful on the battlefield.
• Kakashi waited outside Jueming's residence, where Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha came to wish him a safe return.
• Jueming asked Rin how she had practiced the Immobilization Technique and promised to inspect her training when he returned, making Rin and Obito feel distressed.
• Rin left for the Ninja Academy and thought about graduating soon so she could become strong enough to face the dangers outside the village.
• Obito questioned Rin about Jueming teaching her, then vowed to grow stronger and defeat Jueming as a scarlet gleam briefly flashed in his eyes.

Senju Jueming traveled with Kakashi Hatake and three Senju on a border patrol, while the Senju secretly planned to take him to Aoki Senju in the Land of Grass. As the group reached the Land of Rain, Jueming stayed wary of them, and Jing Senju prepared to carry out their plan during the patrol.

• Jing Senju led Jueming, Kakashi Hatake, Ryota Senju, and Otsuki Senju toward the borders of the Land of Rain and the Land of Grass on a reconnaissance mission.
• Jueming warned Kakashi that charging ahead could make him the first to hit a trap, then set up a large bed from his Great Scroll while the others slept on marching bedding.
• Jueming practiced the Mist Servant Technique and considered how to use its illusions to conceal himself and launch surprise attacks.
• The group reached the border of the Land of Rain, where Jing Senju explained the patrol route and instructed them to fight, retreat, or report depending on the enemy threat.
• After Jueming and Kakashi appeared to fall asleep, Ryota Senju asked whether they should act, but Jing Senju said Jueming was still awake and then planned to take him to Aoki Senju at the Land of Grass border.

Jueming and the Senju team encountered Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan at the Land of Rain border, where an argument about strength and peace nearly turned into a fight. Jueming stopped the dispute by agreeing to spar with Yahiko, leaving the two ready to begin.

• Jueming and Kakashi recognized Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan confronting Jing Senju’s team at the Land of Rain border.
• Yahiko introduced himself as the future overlord of the Ninja World and demanded to know why the Konoha ninja had entered the Land of Rain.
• Nagato and Jing Senju argued over whether strength justified the great nations bullying weaker countries, while Jueming rested in a puddle and gained stamina.
• Jueming asked Yahiko to stop the dispute, and Yahiko proposed a spar with him; Jing Senju approved, and the two prepared to fight.

Yahiko fought Senju Jueming, who endured his attacks and repeatedly charged back at him while gaining enhancement points from their sparring. Nagato noticed Jueming’s unusual connection to nature, and Konan wondered whether all Senju fought in his unsettling four-legged style.

• Yahiko struck Jueming down, immobilized him, and blasted him with Water Release, but Jueming moved again and rushed at him on all fours.
• Otsuki Senju mistook Jueming’s movements for a mutation until Jing Senju recognized the Inuzuka Clan’s Four Legs Technique.
• Yahiko’s punches and kicks barely slowed Jueming, and Nagato’s Rinnegan revealed that Jueming seemed to blend with nature rather than resemble an ordinary ninja.
• Jueming realized their sparring was earning him enhancement points and decided to keep getting along with Yahiko, while eyeing Konan and Nagato as potential sparring partners too.
• Konan found Jueming’s fighting style creepy and asked Jing Senju and the others whether all Senju fought that way.

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Senju Jueming defeated Yahiko, gave him Explosive Tags, and continued traveling with his team toward the border of the Land of Grass. Jing Senju secretly planned to kill Jueming that night, while the group reached the tall grass where the chapter ended.

• Yahiko admitted defeat after his attacks failed to harm Jueming, and Jueming claimed victory.
• Jueming gave Yahiko several Explosive Tags as an investment in his ideals, and Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato examined them.
• Jing Senju, Ryota Senju, and Otsuki Senju discussed killing Jueming and agreed to make their move that night.
• Jueming pretended to be hurt to reassure Jing Senju, and the team continued toward the Land of Grass border.
• At night, the group arrived in dense, person-high grass, and Jueming asked if they had reached the border.

Jueming was ambushed by Jing Senju and her allies, who had joined Aoki Senju, but Senju Iris arrived to protect him. Iris easily defeated Jing and confronted her for attacking her own Clan Members.

• Mito Uzumaki warned Jueming of an attack, but Jing Senju kicked him and accused him of colluding with the enemy.
• Jueming escaped Jing’s follow-up attacks and realized that she, Ryota Senju, and Otsuki Senju were working with Aoki Senju.
• Jueming asked Jing and Aoki for the locations of their homes, planning to strip their houses bare after returning to Konoha.
• Aoki moved to kill Jueming, but Senju Iris descended and sent Aoki flying with a kick.
• Jing attacked Iris, but he swept her off her feet, grabbed her by the throat, and called her trash for attacking her own Clan Members.

Jueming used the Mist Servant Technique to confuse Aoki Senju’s group and secretly incapacitate Ryota Senju and Otsuki Senju. He gained the ability to eat grass for sustenance, while the remaining enemies still faced him and his eerie handstand apparitions.

• Jueming challenged Jing Senju’s argument that the Senju Clan should accept Aoki Senju’s cure, and Senju Iris renewed his resolve to oppose the traitors.
• Jueming cast the Mist Servant Technique, filling the forest with eerie, laughing handstand figures that unsettled both sides.
• Jueming explained that the apparitions multiplied when attacked, while Kakashi realized Jueming could disguise himself among them.
• Jueming disguised himself as an apparition and stabbed Ryota Senju, then used the multiplying figures to distract Otsuki Senju before stabbing him too.
• Jueming received the Grass Release - Body - Eating Grass ability, which let him eat grass and other herbaceous plants for sustenance.

Jueming and the others escaped Aoki after Iris defeated him, while Black Zetsu shifted focus to recruiting Senju clan members and learned that Iwagakure had broken Konoha’s northern defenses. Back at an inn, Jueming’s companions prepared to eat, only to see him eating grass.

• Iris knocked Jing Senju unconscious and passed her to Jueming before fighting Aoki, defeating him in taijutsu and forcing him to retreat.
• Iris ordered the group to leave and report Aoki’s increased strength to the Great Elder.
• Aoki told Black Zetsu that Iris had thwarted the mission, and Black Zetsu called off the attempt to capture Jueming and directed Aoki to recruit more Senju.
• Black Zetsu revealed that Iwagakure had crushed Konoha’s northern defenses with its Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, as part of his plan to keep Ōnoki fighting Konoha.
• The next morning, Jueming and the others rested at an inn, where Kakashi watched in surprise as Jueming ate grass from his bowl.

Jueming returned to Konoha and learned that Iwagakure had annihilated most of a 2,000-ninja force with an overwhelming assault. He and the Great Elder concluded that Konoha might have only 4,000 to 6,000 ninja left, leaving the village facing a possible existential crisis.

• Jueming ate grass to convince Iris and the three Senju prisoners that his discipline qualified him to lead the Senju Clan.
• Jueming returned to Konoha and learned that fewer than 200 of the village's 2,000 ninja had survived the battle in the north of the Land of Fire.
• The Great Elder explained that 10,000 Iwa Ninja, led by the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki, had overwhelmed Konoha's forces after bombarding them with Tailed Beast Balls.
• Jueming estimated that Iwagakure had prepared at least 13,000 ninja for the war and that Konoha might have only 4,000 to 6,000 ninja in total.
• Jueming warned the Great Elder and Iris that Konoha's losses could leave the village facing a crisis of national annihilation.

After learning that Iwagakure had devastated Konoha’s northern border and that other villages might attack next, Jueming prepared to flee with Momoka Senju if Konoha fell. He stripped valuables from four Senju homes, converted them into Explosive Tags, and returned home to find Minato Namikaze warning that the village might force his class to graduate early.

• Jueming and the Great Elder concluded that Iwagakure had withdrawn after plundering the northern border, and Jueming predicted that Sunagakure and other villages would soon threaten Konoha.
• Jueming told Momoka Senju they might need to run, and she said she would fight for Konoha if the enemy invaded; Jueming stressed that Konoha belonged to its people, not its leaders.
• Jueming emptied the homes of Aoki Senju, Jing Senju, Ryota Senju, and Otsuki Senju, bringing his collected valuables to 1.6 million ryō.
• Jueming exchanged the valuables for eighty Explosive Tags, bringing his total to one hundred, and packed his Great Scroll in preparation to flee.
• Jueming returned home, where Minato Namikaze told him that he and Kakashi’s classmates might be forced to graduate early.

Jueming parted from Kakashi as Minato took him on a mission, then worried about the growing monster inside him. In the war-torn Land of Fire, Aoki learned that his urges came from Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will, while Yahiko declared that he would change the Ninja World and met a doctor named Shennong.

• Minato took Kakashi on a mission, and Jueming hoped he would keep Kakashi safe.
• Jueming dreamed of a raging bull-headed monster and realized his Mutation Level had reached 12.
• Aoki tried to drain a civilian’s Chakra, and Black Zetsu explained that White Zetsu Cells were awakening Kaguya Otsutsuki’s will in him.
• Yahiko’s Akatsuki team fought Iwagakure squads in the northern Land of Fire, and Yahiko explained why they were helping its civilians.
• Yahiko vowed to change the Ninja World’s order, and Shennong appeared and praised his speech.

Konoha held an emergency Graduation Exam because heavy losses in the war left the village desperate for manpower. After Obito passed and fought classmates, he challenged Jueming when he found him with Rin, while Rin also felt hurt by Jueming’s teasing.

• Funano Daikoku announced that the students would take the Graduation Exam early because Konoha’s northern front had collapsed and the village had suffered major losses.
• Obito credited his sudden improvement to his determination to stand beside Rin, earned full marks on the Transformation Technique, and challenged classmates who doubted him.
• Rin visited Jueming after passing the exam and told him that Obito had injured several classmates in a fight.
• Jueming learned that Obito’s strength had surged even though he had not awakened the Sharingan, then teased Rin by promising to teach her ninja skills hand in hand.
• Obito arrived, saw Rin with Jueming, and challenged Jueming; the system reported that both Obito and Rin felt pain.

Jueming provoked Obito during a fight and pushed him into awakening the Sharingan. He then trained Rin harshly by invoking Kakashi, leaving her restrained and beaten as her pain value rose.

• Jueming fought Obito with only one foot and taunted him about his weakness.
• Obito, who had placed first in the Graduation Exam, attacked Jueming but could not land a hit.
• Obito ran off in pain and awakened a two-tomoe Sharingan.
• Jueming brought Rin inside and urged her to become stronger by thinking of Kakashi.
• Jueming restrained Rin with Grass Release techniques and beat her until her pain value reached 20/100.

Jueming fooled Rin Nohara into believing that eating grass demonstrated devotion to the Will of Fire, then went looking for Tekka Uchiha and encountered a Sunagakure envoy. He reached the Uchiha district and learned where Obito Uchiha lived before heading to Tekka Uchiha’s home.

• Jueming convinced Rin Nohara that eating grass honored the Will of Fire, and she resolved to visit him for more guidance.
• Jueming left the Senju Clan Forbidden Ground and spotted four Sunagakure ninja, including a striking woman he hoped to learn more about.
• Jueming entered the Uchiha district, asked an Uchiha ninja for directions to Obito Uchiha’s home, and memorized the location.
• Jueming went to Tekka Uchiha’s home.