Chapter Summaries

Jueming learned that Senju extremists had contaminated the clan’s separate water supply with Hashirama Cells, causing members to lose control and the clan to decline. Momoka Senju decided to observe Jueming and, if he remained sane, entrust the Senju legacy to him because no other promising youngsters remained.

• The Great Elder explained that extremists had poisoned the Senju Clan’s water with Hashirama Cells, which combined with their bloodline and caused members to become monsters.
• Mito Uzumaki explained that Tobirama Senju had created a separate water source to protect the Senju from the Uchiha, and she warned Jueming about the Uchiha’s powerful ocular techniques.
• The Great Elder told Jueming that the clan could not reverse the changes in its DNA, and Jueming resolved to reach the Six Paths level and save the Senju Clan.
• Jueming removed the blades of Grass from Senju Akira’s eyes, closed them, and received a new Grass Release skill from his System.
• The Great Elder reported the events to Momoka Senju, who decided to observe Jueming and pass the clan’s techniques and secrets to him if he remained sane.
• The Great Elder told Momoka Senju that Jueming was the only promising youngster left, and Momoka accepted that the clan’s fate rested on him.

After Senju Akira’s death was covered up, Jueming grew wary of the Senju and Uchiha clans and focused on getting stronger. At the Ninja Academy, Tekka Uchiha warned that he would settle their score in half a year, and Jueming asked Rin Nohara to spar.

• Jueming avoided Senju clansmen after Anbu cleaned Senju Akira’s home and watched him overnight.
• Jueming rebuffed Senju Takeshi and watched Obito Uchiha and Tekka Uchiha warily at the Ninja Academy.
• Jueming asked Funano Daikoku when he could graduate, and the teacher told him he could graduate whenever he wanted while warning the class not to provoke him.
• Jueming planned to raise his Grass Release skill by sparring with a female classmate and chose Rin Nohara as his first opponent.
• Tekka Uchiha told Jueming to train hard for half a year before turning to settle their score.
• Jueming approached Rin Nohara and asked her to spar.

Jueming discovered that sparring with Rin Nohara triggered his Kidney Development skill and used the training to strengthen himself while pursuing his plans for the Senju Clan. Mito Uzumaki then warned him that Konoha’s graduation age may have been lowered to five and a half, suggesting the village was declining.

• Jueming sparred with Rin Nohara and found that overpowering her triggered Kidney Development and increased his limb strength and endurance.
• Jueming framed his sparring with Rin Nohara as training and as preparation to preserve the Senju Clan’s bloodline, while Rin resolved to train harder and Obito Uchiha grew displeased.
• After class, Mito Uzumaki asked Jueming about Tekka Uchiha’s mention of half a year and explained that academy students usually graduated after a year, while past prodigies such as Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru graduated at six.
• Mito Uzumaki suggested Konoha had changed during her absence and reasoned that lowering the earliest graduation age to five and a half could mean the village was declining.

Jueming sought out Rin Nohara after class to spar, then chose Uzuki Yugao as his opponent during the Academy’s first taijutsu lesson. He struck Yugao on the shoulder and gained another point of Kidney Development.

• Jueming decided to train hard enough to defeat the class’s strongest students and take the Graduation Exam within half a year.
• Jueming tried to spar with Rin Nohara after class, but Kakashi Hatake interrupted before he could approach her again at lunchtime.
• Jueming chose Uzuki Yugao as his opponent during Funano Daikoku’s taijutsu class, despite Mito Uzumaki suspecting he wanted to bully girls.
• Jueming exchanged blows with Uzuki Yugao, struck her shoulder with his palm, and received a Kidney Development point.

Jueming fought Uzuki Yugao while secretly gaining strength, then studied Natsu Hyuga's Gentle Fist as she defeated Ebisu. After learning how the technique disrupted an opponent's Chakra and could damage internal organs, Jueming decided to target Anko Mitarashi before Natsu.

• Jueming defeated Uzuki Yugao without seriously hurting her, gained Kidney Development stats, and returned to his spot as Funano Daikoku praised their demonstration.
• Natsu Hyuga faced Ebisu while Jueming watched and studied her Byakugan and Gentle Fist stance.
• Natsu struck Ebisu with Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams Two Palms, sealing his Chakra and leaving him unable to move properly.
• Mito Uzumaki explained that the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist could obstruct Chakra and, at full strength, destroy internal organs.
• Jueming judged Natsu stronger than Anko Mitarashi and decided to harvest Anko first instead.

Jueming defended the Senju Clan’s honor by defeating Anko Mitarashi with three punches, impressing Mito Uzumaki and Funano Daikoku with his strength and Ninja Body Fist. After the fight, Daikoku considered observing Jueming for possible early graduation, while Jueming planned to target Anko again after school.

• Anko Mitarashi mocked Senju Takeshi and challenged Jueming after he told her not to insult the Senju Clan.
• Jueming rushed Anko and knocked her down with three punches, gaining strength with each hit.
• Mito Uzumaki approved of Jueming’s defense of the Senju Clan, and Funano Daikoku recognized his use of Ninja Body Fist and considered watching him for possible early graduation.
• Senju Takeshi approached Jueming, but Jueming glared at him and made him back off.
• Jueming watched Anko leave and planned to follow her after school to get stronger.

Jueming chased Mitaraishi Anko into a dark alley and fought her, using the battle to gain Kidney Development enhancements. He left after defeating her and taking money and lollipops, while Anko vowed to kill him.

• Mitaraishi Anko fled Jueming after school, but he cornered her in a dark alley.
• Anko adopted a crazed fighting persona and attacked Jueming, who dismissed her as less frightening than Senju Akira.
• Jueming beat Anko and gained repeated Kidney Development enhancements as their fight continued.
• Anko surrendered, but Jueming continued striking her until his system stopped giving him prompts.
• Jueming took money and lollipops from Anko and walked away, while she vowed revenge.

Jueming provoked Natsu Hyuga with his self-proclaimed Senju Clan Ninja Body Palm while using taijutsu practice to grow stronger. Natsu finally challenged him to stay after school, setting up a confrontation.

• Jueming ate at Ichiraku Ramen, then returned to Senju Akira's former house and turned its living room into a training room.
• Anko Mitarashi took leave after Jueming beat her, and Mito Uzumaki scolded Jueming while he dismissed her concerns.
• Natsu Hyuga and Kurenai Yuhi voiced their dissatisfaction with Jueming, who noticed Natsu's discomfort with his palm techniques.
• During taijutsu class, Jueming sparred with Rin Nohara and deliberately used palm strikes to provoke Natsu.
• Jueming practiced with Uzuki Yugao while loudly praising his Ninja Body Palm, and Natsu challenged him not to leave after school.

Senju Jueming challenged Natsu Hyuga to a rooftop fight while boasting about the Senju Clan, then met her Gentle Fist with his own powerful palm strikes. Their exchange left the watching students astonished, and the fight continued with neither side gaining ground.

• Jueming invited Natsu Hyuga to test the strongest palm technique and the Senju Clan’s strength, drawing the class to the Academy rooftop.
• Jueming questioned Natsu about the bandage on her forehead, upsetting her before she challenged him to a fight.
• Natsu charged with the Gentle Fist, but Jueming blocked her attacks with his Ninja Body Palm technique.
• Jueming’s boastful taunt distracted Natsu, letting him force her back with two palms.
• Natsu countered with Eight Trigrams Two Palms and then Eight Trigrams Four Palms, while Jueming matched her strikes and amazed the spectators.

Jueming defeated Natsu Hyuga using dirt, enhanced grass leaves, and his backpack, then discovered the Caged Bird Seal on her forehead. After Mito Uzumaki confronted him over exposing Natsu’s secret, Jueming woke the next morning unable to move his legs.

• Natsu Hyuga attacked Jueming with Chakra needles, but he drove her back by pelting her with dirt, stones, and grass leaves enhanced by his Grass Release.
• Jueming charged Natsu with his backpack and knocked her down, then spotted the Caged Bird Seal on her forehead as she fled in tears.
• Jueming learned that the Hyuga Branch Family could escape the Caged Bird Seal through Six Paths-level Yin-Yang Release or a later Grass Release skill.
• Mito Uzumaki rebuked Jueming for exposing Natsu’s scar and decided to punish him, while Jueming waited to see what she would do.
• Jueming woke the next morning unable to move his legs and realized he was paralyzed.

Jueming unlocked a handstand skill to cope with Mito Uzumaki's restraint, then used the posture to get around and join the Great Elder for a meal. The Great Elder discussed Jueming's school progress and the upcoming exams, leaving him aware of a possible path toward early graduation and Senju Clan secret techniques.

• Jueming unlocked Grass Release—Body—Handstand after finding that Mito Uzumaki had immobilized his legs.
• The Great Elder visited Jueming, who opened the door with a rope and negotiated meals for himself and his cockroach, Little Strong.
• Jueming traveled to a restaurant on his hands, earning the Great Elder's alarm and attracting stares from passersby.
• Jueming told the Great Elder he had finished the school theory material and could fight three to five ordinary adult men.
• The Great Elder explained the upcoming Monthly Exam, the half-year Early Graduation Exam, and the chance to inherit Senju Clan secret techniques.

Jueming raced Might Guy to the Academy while walking on his hands, then sparred with him upside down. Their fight unlocked a new Grass Release skill that let Jueming improve his skin’s impact resistance by sparring with male companions.

• Jueming and Might Guy raced to the Academy on their hands, and Jueming reached the school gate first.
• Guy arrived exhausted, and Jueming challenged him to a friendly spar after receiving a system prompt about unlocking new skills.
• Guy charged Jueming on his hands while a crowd of students, including Kakashi’s group, watched.
• Jueming blocked Guy’s first punch and let Guy’s next blows hit his shoulder to test his defensive skill.
• Jueming gained Tough Skin and unlocked Grass Release—Body—Sparring, which let him improve his resistance to impacts through sparring with male companions.

Jueming planned to build his strength by sparring with classmates, and Obito Uchiha confronted him over his supposed interest in Rin Nohara. Jueming began sparring with Obito while still upside down, and the system rewarded him with Tough Skin +1.

• Jueming returned to class after training with Might Guy and planned to challenge classmates in order of strength before the Monthly Exam.
• Jueming noticed Anko Mitarashi and Natsu Hyuga had returned to class and made a list of boys to spar with.
• Obito Uchiha confronted Jueming and accused him of having improper thoughts about Rin Nohara.
• Jueming and Mito Uzumaki discussed the Senju and Uchiha feud, including the Sharingan and the Uchiha's place in Konoha.
• Jueming invited Obito to spar and refused to stop standing upside down.
• Obito charged at Jueming, who blocked his kick, and the system granted Jueming Tough Skin +1.

Jueming repeatedly sparred with Obito Uchiha to increase his Tough Skin, while Obito mistook the one-sided practice for friendship and Kakashi recognized Jueming’s strength. When sparring with Obito stopped producing gains, Jueming began choosing other classmates as his next partners.

• Jueming and Obito Uchiha fought for fifteen minutes before shaking hands, and Hatake Sakumo told Kakashi that Jueming’s future achievements would rival his own.
• Jueming returned to the academy and sparred with Obito throughout the day, gaining Tough Skin proficiency while Obito grew eager to keep practicing.
• Mito Uzumaki objected to Jueming befriending an Uchiha, but Jueming told her to shut up.
• Jueming fenced with Obito until late that evening, then continued training after Obito left, satisfied with his growing defense.
• The next morning, Jueming sparred with Obito again but received no more Tough Skin gains, so he studied his classmates and planned to fence with others.

Jueming concluded that Senju training could hasten mutation and began challenging a new group of classmates. At the Ninja Academy, he persuaded the sickly Hayate Gekko to accept a spar by appealing to his dream of becoming a ninja.

• Jueming confronted Senju Takeshi and implied he knew about the danger of mutation in the Senju Clan; Takeshi swallowed calming medication after Jueming left.
• Jueming told Mito Uzumaki that stronger Senju were more likely to mutate because training awakened their Yang Attribute and accelerated the Wood Release Factor's invasion.
• After crossing Might Guy, Obito Uchiha, and Senju Takeshi off his list, Jueming set out to challenge Hayate Gekko, Ebisu, Genma Shiranui, Aoba Yamashiro, Namiashi Raidō, and Ibiki Morino.
• Jueming learned that Hayate Gekko had a Bloodline Disease associated with his Transparent Release Bloodline Limit.
• Jueming urged Hayate Gekko to spar, arguing that training was part of pursuing his dream, and Hayate accepted firmly.

Jueming used his inverted stance to withstand Hayate Gekko’s sword and defeat him, then challenged other male students to build his strength. After weeks of winning while upside down, he mastered a new prone stance that could further increase his defense.

• Hayate Gekko attacked Jueming with a branch and then a sword, but Jueming’s enhanced defense left him unharmed.
• Jueming fought Hayate Gekko upside down, gained the upper hand, and knocked him down despite Hayate’s sword leaving only a white mark on his arm.
• Jueming challenged Ebisu and Genma Shiranui after catching them reading adult magazines, then sparred with them.
• Over the following weeks, Jueming defeated the male students in his class while fighting upside down and increased his defense and Strange Stance ability.
• Jueming mastered Grass Release - Body - Handstand and unlocked the new Strange Stance, Grass Release - Body - Prone.

Jueming acquired the Prone skill after defeating Ibiki Morino and prepared for the next day's Monthly Exam, while Mito Uzumaki confronted her sense of uselessness. That night, Mito secretly used a Sealing Technique to store Jueming's ninja tools in a scroll, and he acknowledged her usefulness the next morning.

• Jueming defeated Ibiki Morino, gained the Prone skill, and crawled away on all fours before Ibiki could surrender.
• Jueming met Tsume Inuzuka, who mistook his movement for the Inuzuka Clan's Four Legs Technique and encouraged him to keep practicing it.
• Jueming told Mito Uzumaki she was completely useless, and she wondered whether she had only held him back during his recovery.
• Mito Uzumaki used Sealing Technique: Storage to seal the ninja tools on Jueming's table into a scroll while he slept.
• Jueming found the tools missing the next morning, realized Mito had sealed them in the scroll, and called her somewhat useful.

On the day of the Academy’s Monthly Exam, Jueming showed off his bizarre but increasingly fast prone movement and remained confident he would excel. The exam’s five subjects and ranking system were announced, with the tests yet to begin.

• At the Senju Clan Ancestral Hall, Jueming met Senju Sayuri and practiced the Four Legs Technique while the Great Elder told the juniors to do their best in the Monthly Exam.
• Jueming crawled through the streets at high speed, alarming passersby, while Mito Uzumaki questioned his strange posture.
• Jueming defended his prone movement as practical and said his enhanced defenses made him confident about the exam.
• At the Ninja Academy, Jueming lay on a bench as Funano Daikoku announced the five exam subjects and explained how class and grade rankings would be combined.

Senju Jueming dominated the first three rounds of the monthly exam, impressing his teachers and classmates with his knowledge, chakra control, and throwing skill. He chose Asuma Sarutobi as his opponent for the final test.

• Jueming quickly completed the written exam, while Mito Uzumaki praised his intelligence and compared him favorably to Hashirama.
• Jueming refined chakra without letting any leak out, stunning the proctors and drawing Kurenai Yuhi's interest.
• Jueming hit the target's center with two ordinary blades of grass and received a perfect score and first place in the throwing test.
• Funano Daikoku allowed Jueming to choose his opponent instead of drawing lots, and Jueming ruled out Kakashi and Tekka Uchiha.
• Jueming chose Asuma Sarutobi as his opponent for the individual skills test.

Senju Jueming defeated Asuma Sarutobi by fighting from the ground and targeting his knees, then secured victory in the team competition when every opposing team surrendered rather than face him. The chapter left Jueming, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi advancing without a fight.

• Asuma Sarutobi challenged Jueming, who dropped flat onto the arena floor and claimed his unusual stance showed respect for his opponent.
• Asuma punched Jueming's back, but Jueming's tough skin absorbed the blow and increased his skin defense.
• Jueming struck Asuma's knees twice, leaving him rolling and crying out in pain as Jueming explained his tactics to the stunned crowd.
• Jueming teamed up with Might Guy and Kurenai Yuhi for the team competition and lay down, daring the other students to attack him.
• Every opposing student surrendered, leaving Kakashi without teammates and giving Jueming's team the victory.