Chapter Summaries

Hozuki Mangetsu fought Orochimaru, switching swords after Orochimaru cut through Nuibari’s wire net and countering his Fire Release with a Water Dragon Bullet. Orochimaru used Lightning Release through the water, but Mangetsu avoided most of the attack, leaving Orochimaru surprised by his survival.

• Mangetsu trapped Orochimaru in a steel-wire net woven with Nuibari, but Orochimaru cut through it with the Kusanagi Sword.
• Mangetsu summoned Exploding Blade Shibuki and charged as Orochimaru attacked him with a Great Fireball Technique.
• Mangetsu’s Water Dragon Bullet dispersed the fireball and struck Orochimaru, driving him into the ground.
• Orochimaru used False Darkness through the water dragon, forcing Mangetsu to abandon the technique and flee while throwing Nuibari aside.
• The lightning destroyed the water dragon and mostly struck Nuibari, leaving Mangetsu weakened but standing; Orochimaru wondered how he had survived.

The author explained that Qi Shuang’s powerful ninjutsu came from years of effort and the modern knowledge he carried as a transmigrator, rather than an implausibly strong protagonist’s halo. The chapter ended by arguing that even ordinary modern education would make someone exceptionally knowledgeable in the Ninja World.

• The author addressed a reader’s question about why Qi Shuang could create powerful skills such as Fleeting Bloom.
• The author explained that Qi Shuang had spent nearly three years creating Fleeting Bloom, a long effort in a dangerous world where ninjas prioritized survival.
• The author argued that poor living conditions, low literacy, and chakra-focused research limited the Ninja World’s knowledge and its clans’ accumulated learning.
• The author compared Qi Shuang’s modern education with knowledge developed over centuries, saying it gave him a strong foundation despite being only high-school level.
• The author concluded that Qi Shuang needed time to adapt his knowledge to the Ninja World, making his ability to create astonishing ninjutsu reasonable.

Hozuki Mangetsu survived Orochimaru’s attack, but learned that his mother had died and Hozuki Suigetsu had disappeared. As Kirigakure’s purge of the Kaguya Clan ended at sunrise, the village was left with extensive casualties and destruction.

• Orochimaru realized Hozuki Mangetsu had used Nuibari and its wire to divert most of the Lightning Release, but withdrew when Hozuki Clan reinforcements arrived.
• Hozuki Mangetsu learned that his mother was dead and Hozuki Suigetsu had disappeared, then collapsed from his injuries and shock.
• The Hozuki Clan members carried Mangetsu back to their residence.
• Mei Terumi waited with Qi Shuang as Kirigakure’s purge of the Kaguya Clan dwindled and the remaining escape attempts were stopped.
• At sunrise, the fighting ended, leaving burned houses, a mound of Kaguya Clan corpses, and heavy civilian casualties in Kirigakure.

Qi Shuang prepared a forged version of his “Fleeting Bloom” technique data for his planned deal with Orochimaru, then slept before buying Sealing Talismans for his next plan. The chapter left him carrying the three expensive talismans away from the weapons shop.

• Qi Shuang decided to alter crucial parts of the “Fleeting Bloom” data rather than risk giving Orochimaru the genuine technique.
• Qi Shuang wrote the technique data onto a scroll, then went to sleep after a sleepless night.
• Qi Shuang woke at eleven, took the scroll, and went to a weapons shop that had survived the previous night’s turmoil.
• The weapons shop owner found three Sealing Talismans, and Qi Shuang paid three hundred thousand ryo for them.

Qi Shuang met Orochimaru to trade the secret technique Fleeting Bloom for techniques associated with the Second Hokage. After discovering that Orochimaru had omitted Impure World Reincarnation from the catalog, Qi Shuang revealed that he knew Orochimaru had developed a preliminary version and pressed him for it.

• Qi Shuang left Kirigakure and met Orochimaru at their previous meeting place, showing him the Fleeting Bloom scroll from a distance.
• Orochimaru examined the technique and handed Qi Shuang a catalog of Second Hokage techniques in exchange.
• Qi Shuang chose Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag, then asked why Impure World Reincarnation was missing from the catalog.
• Orochimaru explained that the Second Hokage had left the technique unfinished and admitted it was called Impure World Reincarnation.
• Qi Shuang told Orochimaru that he had heard Orochimaru had completed a preliminary version, surprising him.

Qi Shuang pretended to prepare the materials for Impure World Reincarnation so Orochimaru would lower his suspicions. He obtained a condemned prisoner from Kirigakure and left the village with Rin Nohara's remains to meet Orochimaru.

• Qi Shuang asked Orochimaru to demonstrate Impure World Reincarnation, and Orochimaru agreed to transcribe it and Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag while Qi Shuang gathered the required materials.
• Qi Shuang returned to Kirigakure and asked Ao for authorization to obtain a condemned prisoner for a ninjutsu experiment.
• Ao gave Qi Shuang an authorization order, which allowed him to enter the prison and take a prisoner who was still reasonably healthy.
• Qi Shuang removed the prisoner's shackles, bound him with Ice Release: Ice Binding Technique, and led him out of Kirigakure.
• Qi Shuang took out a piece of Rin Nohara's remains and continued with the prisoner toward his meeting place with Orochimaru.

Qi Shuang used a supposed exchange of techniques to get Orochimaru to perform Impure World Reincarnation with Rin Nohara’s bone. The technique succeeded, and Orochimaru realized the revived girl had been a Konoha shinobi.

• Orochimaru finished recording two techniques while Qi Shuang brought him a condemned prisoner from Kirigakure to serve as a sacrifice.
• Qi Shuang gave Orochimaru a bone that he claimed to have found by the road, secretly intending to revive Rin Nohara.
• Orochimaru warned Qi Shuang that his version of Impure World Reincarnation could not keep the revived dead in the living world for long.
• Orochimaru demonstrated the technique, using the bone and the bound prisoner as the summoning array covered the sacrifice.
• The prisoner’s body transformed into a short-haired girl with purple facial markings, and Orochimaru recognized her Konoha forehead protector.

Orochimaru demonstrated Impure World Reincarnation by resurrecting Rin Nohara and explaining how its caster could control the dead. Qi Shuang seized and sealed Rin, taking her remains and soul so he could use them against Obito Uchiha.

• Rin Nohara awakened in a sacrificial body and remembered that Kakashi had killed her.
• Orochimaru explained Impure World Reincarnation and moved to control Rin with a talisman.
• Qi Shuang pulled Rin away with Water Release: Water Whip and sealed her with three Sealing Talismans.
• Qi Shuang stored Rin in a scroll with her remains and soul, planning to reveal her to Obito Uchiha.

Qi Shuang traded a deliberately incomplete copy of Fleeting Bloom to Orochimaru for the scrolls of Impure World Reincarnation and Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag, then vanished. Orochimaru realized the girl Qi Shuang had revived was Rin Nohara, but chose not to investigate.

• Orochimaru gave Qi Shuang the scrolls of Impure World Reincarnation and Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tag and warned him not to flee with them.
• Qi Shuang verified the techniques, handed Orochimaru the incomplete Fleeting Bloom scroll, and disappeared.
• Orochimaru confirmed the scroll was genuine and reflected on his gains from the trip to the Land of Water.
• Orochimaru recalled Kakashi's former teammate and recognized the revived girl as Rin Nohara.
• Orochimaru wondered whether Rin's appearance was a coincidence, then decided Qi Shuang's actions were no concern of his and left.

Qi Shuang prepared to seek Sage Power at Ryūchi Cave, believing it was his best chance to gain Senjutsu. He already had a way to summon Manda and reach the Sage Land, but he would have to pass the White Snake Sage’s test.

• Qi Shuang woke at noon after sleeping off his return and decided to prepare for his journey.
• Qi Shuang judged that gaining Kekkei Mōra was beyond his reach and chose to pursue Sage Power instead.
• Qi Shuang ruled out Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest because he lacked a suitable connection to their sages.
• Qi Shuang chose Ryūchi Cave, where the White Snake Sage offered Senjutsu training to those who passed its test.
• Qi Shuang planned to use Orochimaru’s blood to summon Manda and open the way to Ryūchi Cave.

Qi Shuang prepared supplies and received Ao’s approval to leave Kirigakure for a long journey, seeking Sage Power so he could shape his own future. At the training ground, Mei Terumi revealed that she had mastered Boiling Release.

• Qi Shuang packed weapons and equipment into one Sealing Scroll, bought nearly half a year’s worth of food, and stored it in another scroll.
• Qi Shuang asked Ao for leave lasting between two or three months and a year and a half, but refused to reveal where he was going.
• Qi Shuang told Ao he had to leave to gain Sage Power before Kirigakure’s peace ended, and Ao agreed to let him go.
• Qi Shuang went to the training ground, where Mei Terumi showed him that she could combine Fire Style and Water Style chakra to use Boiling Release.

Mei Terumi successfully developed Boiling Release and discussed using it with Lava Release to pursue Kekkei Tōta. Qi Shuang told her he was leaving for months and urged her to stay out of Kirigakure’s factional conflict and focus on gaining strength.

• Mei Terumi showed Qi Shuang how her new Boiling Release melted sand into glass, and he praised its dangerous corrosive power.
• Mei Terumi explained that she planned to combine Boiling Release and Lava Release with Water Release as a bridge toward Kekkei Tōta.
• Qi Shuang said he was leaving on private business for at least two or three months, and Mei Terumi reluctantly agreed to stay behind and study.
• Qi Shuang warned Mei Terumi to avoid the Reformist Faction and Conservative Faction dispute as Kirigakure approached upheaval.
• Mei Terumi defended reform, but Qi Shuang insisted that only strength could secure victory and give her a real voice.

Qi Shuang gave Mei Terumi a snow lotus made from an Ice Release Clone, then secretly left Kirigakure to prepare for summoning Manda. He used Orochimaru’s blood to begin the summoning ritual on a beach.

• Qi Shuang shaped compressed chakra and ice into a snow lotus for Mei Terumi, concealing that it was linked to his life.
• Qi Shuang told Mei Terumi to keep cultivating, then left before the next morning to avoid her trying to join him.
• Qi Shuang departed Kirigakure, erased his tracks, and traveled to a secluded beach, where he made an Ice Release Clone and recovered his strength.
• Qi Shuang retrieved Orochimaru’s frozen heart from a Sealing Scroll, took some of its blood, and prepared the summoning hand seals.
• Qi Shuang used Orochimaru’s blood to perform the Summoning Technique on the beach.

Qi Shuang used an Ice Release clone to freeze Manda, then released the summoning technique to teleport himself to Ryūchi Cave inside the snake’s mouth. Mei Terumi arrived too late to catch him, while Manda regained movement and found itself back in Ryūchi Cave with Qi Shuang gone.

• Qi Shuang secretly summoned Manda using Orochimaru’s blood, and his Ice Release clone froze the giant snake long enough to immobilize it.
• Qi Shuang entered Manda’s mouth and released the Summoning Jutsu, transporting them from the beach to Ryūchi Cave.
• Mei Terumi went to Qi Shuang’s home, discovered he had left without her, and left angrily while keeping the snow lotus he had given her.
• Qi Shuang escaped from Manda’s mouth and fled through Ryūchi Cave before the freezing technique wore off.
• Manda regained movement, found Qi Shuang missing, and realized it had returned to Ryūchi Cave.

Qi Shuang escaped into Ryūchi Cave by summoning King of Manda without a contract, drawing White Snake Sage’s interest. As King of Manda pursued him through the cavern, White Snake Sage sent the three shrine maidens to assess whether he deserved a chance to reach her.

• King of Manda detected Qi Shuang fleeing and chased him, intent on swallowing him.
• White Snake Sage watched from her temple and told Ichikishimahime that the human who had entered Ryūchi Cave was unusual.
• White Snake Sage revealed that Qi Shuang had hidden inside King of Manda’s mouth and used the Summoning Jutsu to enter the cave.
• White Snake Sage concluded that Qi Shuang had summoned King of Manda without a contract and ordered the three shrine maidens to see whether he deserved an assessment.
• Qi Shuang ran through the cavern to avoid fighting King of Manda, which struggled to catch him despite its speed.

Qi Shuang tried to escape Manda through Ryūchi Cave by blocking a passage and masking his scent and heat. He sent two Water Clones away with his old clothes and Orochimaru’s heart to lay a false trail and distract Manda.

• Qi Shuang dodged Manda’s charge, then sealed a passage with Explosive Tags to slow the pursuing snake.
• Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagitsuhime watched Qi Shuang from hiding and decided to see whether he could reach the depths of Ryūchi Cave on his own.
• Manda recovered from the rockfall, found the blocked passage, and took another route to continue chasing Qi Shuang.
• Qi Shuang washed in a water pit, changed clothes, and created two Water Clones to carry his old clothes as a false trail.
• Qi Shuang gave the clones chakra and Orochimaru’s blood, telling them to summon Manda after an hour if they had not encountered him.

Qi Shuang preserved Orochimaru's blood and used Ice Release to hide his heat signature while moving through Ryūchi Cave. The White Snake Sage ordered the priestesses to keep him safe and let him undergo the usual trials, while Qi Shuang remained unaware that the watchers had moved behind him.

• Qi Shuang froze Orochimaru's blood in ice spheres, sealed the heart in a scroll, and sent his two clones into separate caves.
• Tagitsuhime, Tagorihime, and Ichikishimahime learned that Qi Shuang could use Ice Release, and the White Snake Sage ordered them to follow him, conduct the trials as usual, and ensure he survived so she could teach him Senjutsu.
• Qi Shuang lowered his body temperature with Ice Release, making his heat signature difficult for the priestesses to detect.
• Qi Shuang called out to the hidden priestesses, but Tagitsuhime decided he was bluffing and led the others behind him.
• Qi Shuang stared at the spot where he had sensed the watchers and wondered why it was empty, unaware they had moved.

Qi Shuang evaded Manda by climbing along Ryūchi Cave’s ceiling while Manda searched for him on the ground. Manda summoned the snakes to track Qi Shuang by scent, but they found only the false trails scattered by his clone, leaving Qi Shuang undiscovered.

• Qi Shuang climbed onto the cave ceiling and passed unnoticed above Manda as the snake searched the passage below.
• Manda found Qi Shuang’s discarded clothing and realized he had been misled by several false scent trails.
• Manda summoned nearby Summoning Snakes and ordered them to search for Qi Shuang using the clothing’s scent.
• Qi Shuang inferred that Manda had called the snakes and stayed hidden above them as they passed beneath him.
• The Summoning Snakes found the clothing scraps scattered by Qi Shuang’s clone but failed to locate Qi Shuang or the clone.

Qi Shuang used airflow to navigate Ryūchi Cave while Manda searched for him, then discovered the White Snake Sage’s temple surrounded by Summoning Snakes. With Manda’s blockade waiting outside the passage, Qi Shuang faced the challenge of reaching the temple without being overwhelmed.

• The Snake Sages wondered how Qi Shuang knew his way through Ryūchi Cave, unaware that he used Wind Release to follow the airflow.
• Qi Shuang learned through a clone that Manda had not found him, and another clone used a frozen bead of blood to summon Manda and taunt him before dispersing.
• Manda realized Qi Shuang was likely seeking the White Snake Sage and led the Summoning Snakes to block the route to her temple.
• Qi Shuang sensed the snakes moving ahead, restored his chakra, and followed the increasingly strong stench until he found the temple and the snakes guarding the passage.
• The White Snake Sage watched from inside the temple and wondered what Qi Shuang would do as he faced the blockade.

Qi Shuang used a clone to summon Manda away, then charged through the snakes’ blockade with Water Release and Ice Release. As the snake tide pressed on, he raised an Ice Wall while the hidden priestesses prepared to intervene.

• Qi Shuang realized his remaining clone would soon summon Manda away and planned to use the opening to reach the central temple.
• Tagitsuhime, Ichikishimahime, and Tagorihime watched over Qi Shuang, with Tagorihime volunteering to keep Manda in check.
• Qi Shuang’s clone performed Summoning Jutsu, pulling Manda away from the White Snake Sage’s temple.
• Qi Shuang burst from the passage and transformed a Water Dragon Bullet into an Ice Dragon that crashed through the front of the snake tide.
• As the snakes continued surging toward him, Qi Shuang created an Ice Wall, and Tagitsuhime readied the priestesses to intervene.