Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chen ambushed a retreating Sand Ninja squad and questioned their Jonin, who mistook him for an Iwagakure ninja. Chen learned that the Third Kazekage had been missing long enough to confirm this was the Third Shinobi World War, then prepared to kill the surviving Jonin.

• Chen silently took down two Sand Ninja and killed a third before revealing himself to their Jonin.
• The Jonin attacked Chen with Shuriken, but Chen stopped them and triggered an explosion beneath the Jonin.
• The Jonin summoned his puppet and accused Chen of being from Iwagakure, threatening to report the attack to Sunagakure's leadership.
• Chen pretended to be an Iwagakure ninja and baited the Jonin into revealing that the Third Kazekage had been missing.
• After confirming the era, Chen formed Hand Seals and used Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet against the Jonin.

Chen overwhelmed a Sand Ninja with Earth Release techniques, but the opponent survived and resolved to bring information about Chen back to his village.

• Chen used Twin Earth Stone Dragon Technique, but the Sand Ninja destroyed the dragons with his Puppet Beasts and mocked him.
• Chen trapped the Sand Ninja in Super Earth Flow River, then sealed him inside Rock Pillar Prison and impaled him with Earth Rising Spear.
• The Sand Ninja used a Puppet Beast as a substitute and attacked Chen again with Wind Release techniques.
• Chen smashed through the Sand Ninja's attacks with an Earth Spear and left him lying motionless.
• The Sand Ninja eventually recovered enough to get up and decided to take intelligence about Chen back to his village.

The Sand Ninja survived Chen’s attack and headed for the Sand Ninja command post with Chen’s message. Chen sent Wood Clones to two battlefields and prepared to involve the Mist Ninja, then confronted a Konoha pursuer whose questions about Chen’s missing Headband raised suspicion.

• The wounded Sand Ninja treated himself, recalled his Puppet Beast, and limped toward the Sand Ninja command post with Chen’s intelligence.
• Chen reappeared, decided to disrupt the forces behind events, and sent two Wood Clones toward the Land of Soup and Land of Grass battlefields.
• Chen stayed behind to delay the Konoha pursuer while the Sand Ninja carried his message to the command post.
• A white-haired Konoha Jonin arrived, found three dead Genin, and asked Chen whether he had killed them.
• The Jonin recognized Chen’s Sharingan and asked which unit he served in after Chen admitted he had no Headband.

Chen encountered Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo and realized he might have arrived during the Second Shinobi World War. After Sakumo attacked him as a suspected spy, Chen blocked a sword strike with a Flying Thunder God kunai, and Sakumo began gathering Lightning Release Chakra.

• A Konoha ninja questioned Chen about his identity and demanded that he come along for verification.
• Chen refused, and Hatake Sakumo attacked him with Konoha sword techniques; Chen evaded the strikes with a leap and the Substitution Technique.
• Chen recognized the swordsman as Hatake Sakumo, who decided to kill him and protect the Sharingan from falling into enemy hands.
• Chen wondered whether he had traveled to the Second Shinobi World War and prepared to keep Sakumo occupied rather than draw his own sword.
• Sakumo repeated Chasing Fang at greater speed, and Chen barely blocked the attack with a Flying Thunder God kunai.
• Sakumo formed hand seals and gathered Lightning Release Chakra as their weapons clashed.

Uchiha Chen fought Hatake Sakumo, evading the White Fang’s lightning-fast swordsmanship with his space-time technique. After Sakumo mocked Chen for hiding his identity, Chen’s temper snapped and he unleashed overwhelming killing intent.

• Hatake Sakumo attacked Chen with his Lightning Fang sword technique, but Chen phased out of reach and avoided the blade.
• Sakumo withdrew from Chen’s counterattack and tested the phasing technique with a shuriken, realizing Chen was using space-time ninjutsu.
• Sakumo demanded Chen’s name, but Chen refused to reveal it.
• Sakumo called Chen a coward who did not deserve his strength, and Chen responded by releasing a massive killing intent.

Chen confronted Hatake Sakumo, overpowering him with his killing intent before Sakumo launched a lightning-fast White Fang attack. Chen used his Sharingan and Phasing to evade the strike and reappeared behind Sakumo, leaving him stunned.

• Chen overwhelmed Sakumo with his killing intent and mocked his talk of a true warrior’s heart.
• Chen advanced on Sakumo and raised his special kunai to strike.
• Sakumo drew the White Fang Blade and attacked with Konoha Sword Style: White Fang.
• Chen read Sakumo’s movements with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, deflected his sword hand, and vanished with Phasing.
• Chen caught his flying kunai behind Sakumo and mocked him as Sakumo turned in shock.

Uchiha Chen revealed that he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, shocking Hatake Sakumo and turning their clash into a deadly fight. Sakumo wounded Chen with his White Fang quick-draw, but Chen healed and teleported directly in front of him, leaving their confrontation poised to continue.

• Hatake Sakumo recognized the Flying Thunder God Technique in Uchiha Chen's hands and demanded to know how Chen had learned it.
• Chen claimed that his Sharingan could copy any ninjutsu, while Hatake Sakumo readied his White Fang Blade.
• Hatake Sakumo pierced Chen's oppressive aura and struck with White Fang Swordsmanship: Flash, cutting Chen's neck.
• Chen healed the wound with Wood Release Chakra and the Ten-Tails' chakra, then taunted Sakumo about his remaining chakra.
• Chen threw his special kunai, teleported to Sakumo's face, and confronted him as Sakumo held his blade ready.

Chen overwhelmed Hatake Sakumo in close combat until Shikaku Nara, Inoichi Yamanaka, and Choza Akimichi arrived and restrained him. Sakumo revealed that Chen could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Shikaku’s Shadow Imitation Technique began to fail as Chen forced his hands apart.

• Chen pressed Hatake Sakumo with a relentless kunai assault, leaving him wounded and near defeat.
• Choza Akimichi used Human Boulder to attack Chen while Inoichi Yamanaka tried the Mind Transfer Jutsu, but the Ten-Tails' Chakra drove out Inoichi’s control.
• Shikaku Nara restrained Chen with the Shadow Imitation Technique, while Inoichi warned that something more frightening than a Tailed Beast lived inside him.
• Sakumo told Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza that Chen might have stolen his Sharingan and had used the Flying Thunder God Technique.
• Shikaku proposed taking Chen to Konoha for interrogation, but Chen began forcing his bound hands apart and weakening the Shadow Imitation Technique.

Uchiha Chen broke through the Ino-Shika-Cho team’s coordinated attack and trapped them with Wood Release. Hatake Sakumo chose to stay behind and hold Chen off so Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza could escape and take their information back to Konoha.

• Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza combined their techniques to restrain Chen and strike him, but he emerged from the dust uninjured.
• Chen unleashed his chakra, forcing the four shinobi to retreat, then used Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence to block their escape routes.
• Shikaku and the others realized Chen possessed several closely guarded Konoha techniques and speculated that village leaders had backed him.
• Sakumo ordered Shikaku, Inoichi, and Choza to escape with the information while he stayed to hold Chen back.
• Shikaku refused to leave Sakumo behind, but Sakumo insisted that his role as commander required him to remain.

Hatake Sakumo tried to lead Shikaku, Shikamaru Nara, Choza Akimichi, and the injured Inoichi Yamanaka out of Uchiha Chen’s Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence. Chen’s technique kept draining their Chakra as they struggled to escape, while Chen dismissed Sakumo’s words about lacking the heart of a true strongman.

• Hatake Sakumo ordered Shikaku and the others to flee while he held off Uchiha Chen, and Shikaku sent up a signal flare before they ran.
• Sakumo used White Fang Blade Technique: True Void Splitter to cut a path through the branches, and Shikamaru Nara and Choza Akimichi carried Inoichi Yamanaka forward while throwing Explosive Tags behind them.
• The branches regrew before the group could escape, and Sakumo swallowed another Military Rations Pill despite Shikaku warning him about the side effects.
• Uchiha Chen watched from inside a tree as Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence drained the fugitives’ Chakra and blocked their progress.
• Uchiha Chen wondered what Sakumo had meant by saying he lacked the heart of a true strongman, then decided that having power was enough.

Uchiha Chen intensified his Wood Style assault on Hatake Sakumo, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka as they struggled to survive without backup. The chapter ended with Chen using Tree Binding Funeral to bury them, while Shikaku blamed himself for failing to anticipate the attack.

• Uchiha Chen strengthened the vines with Thorn Kill Technique, making them too hard for ordinary Explosive Tags and Hatake Sakumo's blade to cut.
• Hatake Sakumo asked Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka to hold on for three minutes, then sat down to meditate while they guarded him.
• Chen paused the assault before sending the branches at the exhausted trio with renewed force, and Shikaku and Choza protected Inoichi as his Chakra ran low.
• Uchiha Chen unleashed Wood Release: Tree Binding Funeral, drawing the trees together and sinking the sand beneath the four.
• Shikaku Nara realized Chen could use the First Hokage's deadliest technique and apologized to Choza and Inoichi for betraying their trust.

Uchiha Chen stopped the collapsing sand to save Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka after realizing Ino had not yet been born. Hatake Sakumo awakened in Sage Mode and confronted Chen, leaving him bewildered by the strange events of this era.

• Choza reassured Shikaku that their friendship meant they shared responsibility, while the three men remained trapped as the ground collapsed.
• Choza mentioned that Inoichi planned to marry after the war, prompting Chen to realize that killing him might prevent Ino from ever being born.
• Chen used Earth Release and Wood Style to stabilize the underground and save Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi.
• Hatake Sakumo awakened, cut down Chen's trees with a powerful strike of his White Fang Blade, and stood between Chen and the others.
• Chen recognized the markings and changed Chakra in Sakumo as signs of Sage Mode and wondered why Sakumo was alive and using it in this era.

Uchiha Chen fought Hatake Sakumo, who had entered Sage Mode, and discovered that the Flowing Light Starfall Blade had lost nearly all its ghostly energy after the time reversal. Their sword duel ended with Sakumo knocking Chen's blade aside, leaving both men facing off for the next move.

• Hatake Sakumo entered Sage Mode and challenged Uchiha Chen, who chose to avoid escalating the fight while injured and lacking recovered ocular power.
• Sakumo attacked with White Fang Swordsmanship, damaging Chen's specially made kunai, so Chen drew the Flowing Light Starfall Blade.
• Chen learned from the system that time reversal had caused the blade's ghostly energy to dissipate, while the system offered no explanation for Sakumo being alive in this era.
• Sakumo pressed Chen with a short-sword style resembling the Mist Ninja's Silent Assassination Technique, targeting vital points.
• Chen and Sakumo traded sword strikes without gaining an advantage until Sakumo knocked Chen's blade aside and the two faced each other in hostility.

Hatake Moshuo fought Uchiha Chen while trying to get Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka to safety. Chen summoned a meteor with his Seven Stars Shining Bright technique, and Moshuo launched himself toward it with his empowered White Fang Blade.

• Hatake Moshuo used Sage Mode and his Silent Assassination swordsmanship to fight Uchiha Chen, while worrying that Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Inoichi Yamanaka had not escaped.
• Uchiha Chen countered Moshuo with Chidori Stream, then began gathering power with Flowing Light Starfall Blade: Seven Stars Shining Bright.
• Hatake Moshuo signaled Shikaku, Choza, and Inoichi to retreat, but remained to face Chen as a meteor appeared in the sky.
• Hatake Moshuo drew on Natural Energy, extended White Fang Blade into a two-meter sword, and charged at the descending meteor with his Seven Stars Shining Bright technique.

Hatake Sakumo used his White Fang Forbidden Technique to destroy Chen’s descending meteor, astonishing Chen and the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clan members. After Sakumo explained that belief and a strong heart had let him succeed, Chen chose to end the fight and let him go.

• Hatake Sakumo used Sage Art: White Fang Forbidden Technique—True Ultimate Art: Flying Blossoms Chasing the Moon to shatter the meteor before it struck.
• The meteorite fragments fell like fiery petals, and Sakumo returned to the ground with his damaged White Fang Blade.
• Uchiha Chen asked Sakumo how he had destroyed the meteor, and Sakumo said he had believed he could do it.
• Sakumo described the confidence and fearlessness he believed a strong man needed, while Chen murmured about facing attacks without wavering or anger.
• Chen said he no longer wanted to fight and let Sakumo go, easing Sakumo’s tension.

Uchiha Chen let Hatake Sakumo leave and returned to the System Space, where he found Konan asleep after her soul was affected by another timeline. As Chen struggled to understand Sakumo’s advice about a strongman’s heart, the system explained that it came down to confidence and believing in himself.

• Hatake Sakumo chose not to attack Uchiha Chen and withdrew to rejoin the three Nara clan members.
• Uchiha Chen entered the System Space and learned that Konan had fallen asleep because her soul had been affected by her counterpart in another timeline.
• Chen carried Konan to bed, covered her with a blanket, and reflected on Sakumo’s words about a strongman’s heart.
• The system explained that a strongman’s heart depended on confidence and believing in oneself.

Chen paid 200,000 Points to restore his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan after overusing it against Candle Dragon, then returned to the desert and waited for Sunagakure to investigate the battle with Hatake Sakumo. He hid as a Sand Ninja team arrived at the devastated battlefield.

• Chen asked the system to accelerate his Eternal Mangekyo's recovery, and it demanded 200,000 Points to restore his eye power.
• Chen confirmed the payment and endured the recovery process until his eye power returned to its peak.
• Chen reflected on the dangers of relying on his eyes and the unexpected changes in the era, including Hatake Sakumo's survival and Senjutsu.
• Chen returned to the desert and waited for Sunagakure to send investigators to the battlefield.
• Chen heard a Sand Ninja team approaching, withdrew into the shadows, and watched as they surveyed the wreckage.

A Sand Ninja team discovered evidence that Wood Style had appeared in the devastated forest and realized Konoha might have gained a new user. Chen silently killed the team’s members and began extracting the surviving jōnin’s soul.

• The Sand Ninja team searched the battle site but found no bodies left by Chen’s fight.
• A Genin recognized that the flattened forest had not been there days earlier, and the team’s jōnin sensed Chakra in the trees.
• The jōnin identified the evidence as Wood Style and decided to report the discovery to Sunagakure.
• Chen killed the jōnin’s subordinates without being detected, then appeared behind the surviving jōnin.
• Chen used the Rinnegan’s Human Path to pull the jōnin’s soul from his body.

After extracting information from a Sand Ninja Jonin, Chen learned that the era’s events differed from the history he knew and set off toward an oasis, intending to learn more about Konoha. Black and White Zetsu erased the evidence of Chen’s battle and decided to report the unknown intruder.

• Chen extracted the Sand Ninja Jonin’s memories and learned that Sasori and Rasa were rival candidates for Fourth Kazekage, while both backed the war against Konoha.
• Chen decided to head toward Konoha or wait for one of its ninjas to learn more, then put on a conical hat and left the battlefield.
• Black and White Zetsu emerged after Chen departed, cleared away the signs of Wood Style and the meteorite fragments, and resolved to investigate Chen.
• Chen sensed Black and White Zetsu cleaning up the battlefield but continued on without confronting them.

After Black and White Zetsu concealed the battlefield, Sand Ninja mistook the clean scene for evidence that Iwagakure had covered up a massacre. Meanwhile, Chen traveled through the Land of Rivers, where the peaceful scenery calmed him and brought him to the brink of a breakthrough in his state of mind.

• Three Sand Ninja squads arrived at the reported battlefield, found no traces of a fight, and concluded that Iwagakure had cleaned it up.
• The leading jonin retreated to report the suspected Iwagakure attack to the Sand Ninja main camp.
• Chen continued toward Konoha through the Land of Rivers, abandoning his plan to detour to One-Line Sky.
• Chen passed through a peaceful village landscape, and the natural energy around him eased the lingering pain from the Candle Dragon Power.
• Chen approached mountain villagers as his tranquil state of mind deepened, and the system silently recognized the moment as a chance for him to break through.