Chapter Summaries

Uchiha Chen’s chakra grew denser and stronger as he reflected on his past, and his temperament settled into a calmer state. Two little girls interrupted his meditation, mistook him for an uncle, and agreed to guide him toward their town while continuing to call him Uncle.

• Uchiha Chen’s chakra repeatedly compressed and expanded until its quality and quantity surpassed that of a low-tailed beast.
• Uchiha Chen reflected on his past choices and let his sharp aura fade as his state of mind matured.
• The system’s warnings about intruders pulled Uchiha Chen from his deep meditation when two young girls arrived.
• Uchiha Chen helped the frightened girls up and asked them to take him to their town.
• One girl called Uchiha Chen Uncle, and she kept doing so even after he insisted that she call him Big Brother.

Uchiha Chen met the lively Miaomiao and shy Miemie, teasing them before agreeing to let them guide him to their village. He lifted the girls onto his shoulders and leapt above the treetops with them, leaving them soaring over the mountain slopes.

• Chen asked Miaomiao to take him to her village, but she insisted he first ask her name and tell her his own.
• Miaomiao introduced herself while Miemie shyly revealed her name from behind her sister.
• Chen lifted both girls onto his shoulders, where Miemie clung nervously and Miaomiao pretended he was a horse.
• Chen jumped into the air with Miaomiao and Miemie and carried them above the treetops.

Uchiha Chen took Miao Miao and Miemie flying over the mountain, then followed them toward their village while considering asking their parents to let him train the girls as disciples. They reached the hidden village, where Miao Miao mistook the poet Tao Yuanming for a great ninja.

• Miao Miao and Miemie admired the scenery as Chen carried them above the mountain and flew over its peak.
• Chen told the girls he was a powerful ninja and asked them to lead him to their village.
• Chen considered taking the girls as disciples but decided to seek their parents' permission first.
• Miao Miao and Miemie led Chen along a winding path into their village.
• Chen praised the village and mentioned Tao Yuanming, and Miao Miao concluded that he must have been a great ninja.

Uchiha Chen brought Miao Miao and Miemie back to their secluded village home, where their mother welcomed them. Meanwhile, a military chief sent men to seize the village’s supplies, and a group began making its way there.

• Miao Miao and Miemie praised their cleverness as Uchiha Chen carried them through the village toward home.
• A chief ordered Yamada Nakaji and soldiers to collect grain and supplies from the village, threatening force if the villagers refused.
• A group reached the mountain route leading to the hidden village and set out through the woods.
• Uchiha Chen followed the girls’ directions to their home, which stood behind a row of small animal houses.
• Miao Miao and Miemie reunited with their mother and introduced Uchiha Chen as an amazing ninja.

Chen stayed with Miao Miao and Miemie’s family in a secluded village and offered to train the girls as ninja. Their mother refused, so Chen decided to remain nearby and teach them anyway while his Wood Clone managed his other plans.

• Chen introduced himself to Chuan Lüzi without revealing his Uchiha surname, and she welcomed him into her home.
• Chen asked about Miao Miao and Miemie’s father, and Chuan Lüzi explained that he had died in a wild boar attack two years earlier.
• Chen offered to take Miao Miao and Miemie as students, but Chuan Lüzi refused because she wanted them to remain in the village.
• Chen decided to stay at Chuan Lüzi’s home and teach the girls despite their mother’s refusal.

Chen confronted armed men from the Land of Rivers who had invaded a hidden village and threatened its residents. He killed their leader, Jing Kangzhu, and attacked the troops, while the villagers remained in danger.

• Chen sensed uninvited guests entering the village and went to investigate, leaving Chuan Lüzi with Miao Miao and Miemie.
• The Admiral of the Land of Rivers led his men into the village, then killed their guide and demanded the villagers hand over their food and money.
• A villager ran to fetch help while the Admiral threatened the others and prepared to strike one of them with his sword.
• Chen emerged from the void and identified the armed men as nobodies.
• Jing Kangzhu mocked Chen, who tore off his limbs, beheaded him, and hurled his poor-quality sword at the troops, killing or wounding several.

Uchiha Chen killed the Land of Rivers general and his samurai, then used the Human Path to learn why they had come to the village. He discovered that the Third Shinobi World War had cut off their supplies and escape route, and prepared to kill the remaining men.

• Uchiha Chen advanced on the general’s men, crushed one samurai with an invisible force, and demanded to know where they had come from.
• A samurai recognized Chen’s Sharingan and explained that the group had come to requisition food for the Land of Rivers’ army.
• Chen slapped the man for failing to identify who had sent them, then used the Rinnegan’s Human Path to pull out another samurai’s soul and learn the truth.
• Chen learned that the war had severed the army’s supply lines and blocked its route back to the General’s Mansion, forcing the men to take supplies from villagers.
• Chen smiled at the surviving samurai as they believed he would spare them, but he intended to kill them all.

Uchiha Chen killed the disguised soldiers who attacked the village, then faced the villagers’ suspicion and the village chief’s anxious deference. After Chen revealed the dead men belonged to the Land of Rivers, the chief feared the village would be blamed and attacked.

• Chen killed the remaining samurai and buried the bodies with Earth Release.
• The villagers gathered armed men and confronted Chen, suspecting his arrival was connected to the attackers.
• The village chief apologized to Chen and warned the villagers against provoking a ninja.
• Chen reconsidered his plan to offer the village an opportunity, then helped the chief up and told him to let the incident go.
• Chen said the attackers were soldiers from the Land of Rivers disguised as bandits, and the chief panicked over possible retaliation.

Uchiha Chen stopped the villagers from turning against him after a man accused him of bringing bandits to the village. He left to deal with a problem, while the village chief explained to the villagers how dangerous even a low-ranking ninja could be.

• A villager accused Uchiha Chen of bringing outlaws to the village and tried to turn the crowd against him.
• Uchiha Chen released his intimidating aura, making the villagers back away, then rebuked them for their ignorance and hostility.
• Uchiha Chen helped the kneeling village chief up, noticed the accuser's disappointment, and left the village through the canyon pass.
• Uchiha Chen told the village chief he was going to take care of a little problem, then vanished from sight.
• The village chief told the villagers that even a Genin could kill them all and described the power he had witnessed ninjas wield.

Chen left the hidden village and went to the Land of Rivers' supreme commander's stronghold to kill its leader and everyone there. After cutting down the guards and drawing the gathered samurai toward him, he faced Fujikang Mu Jian, who recognized the katana Chen carried.

• The old village chief warned the villagers not to provoke the ninja lord if he returned.
• Chen found the hidden route from the village to the supreme commander's stronghold and set off with the admiral's katana.
• Chen killed the two guards at the entrance and waited inside as the stronghold's people gathered.
• Fujikang Mu Jian arrived and berated his messenger while Chen identified him as the Land of Rivers' supreme commander.
• Chen approached the samurai and declared that they would all die, and Fujikang Mu Jian stared at the katana in his hand.

Uchiha Chen attacked the Land of Rivers' General's Mansion, where Fujikang Mu Jian tried to flee while ordering his samurai to fight. Chen used his Mangekyō Sharingan's Genjutsu: Night of Bewitchment to turn the samurai against their general, leaving Fujikang Mu Jian surrounded.

• Fujikang Mu Jian recognized the blade Chen carried and realized his vanguard had likely been wiped out, so he considered escaping through an underground passage.
• Fujikang Mu Jian ordered his samurai to seize Chen, and Chen cut down the charging men with a sweep of his katana.
• Chen noticed Fujikang Mu Jian trying to flee and exposed his betrayal to the samurai.
• Chen used Genjutsu: Night of Bewitchment to bewitch the samurai and make them turn on Fujikang Mu Jian.
• Fujikang Mu Jian panicked, drew his treasured blade, and wildly ordered the approaching samurai to stay back.

Uchiha Chen watched Fujikang Mu Jian die after his subordinates stabbed him, then burned the camp while containing the flames to protect the forest and the hidden village. With the threat gone, Chen headed back to the village to check on the two girls he had taken as disciples.

• Fujikang Mu Jian recognized Chen's Mangekyō Sharingan as his subordinates stabbed him, then died while desperately trying to pull the swords from his body.
• Chen used Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song Technique to burn Fujikang Mu Jian's camp and everyone in it.
• Chen confined the fire with Chakra and a barrier, preventing it from spreading into the forest near the hidden village.
• After the fire died down, Chen removed the barrier and set off back to the village to see the two girls.

Uchiha Chen returned to the village and visited Miao Miao and Miemie, whose mother now treated him with fear and deference after the village chief warned her about his power. Chen asked Miemie if she wanted to learn ninjutsu, and she eagerly agreed when he promised she could fly.

• Chen quietly returned to Miao Miao and Miemie's home and startled the two girls.
• Chuan Lüzi came home, recognized Chen, and anxiously addressed him as Lord Ninja instead of treating him like a younger brother.
• Chen helped Chuan Lüzi up and tried to reassure her, but she remained nervous and hurried away to make tea.
• Chen sat with Miao Miao and Miemie, and Miao Miao teased him about being a bad guy.
• Chen asked Miemie if she wanted to learn ninjutsu and promised she could fly; Miemie eagerly said she wanted to learn.

Uchiha Chen enjoyed a rare peaceful moment with Miemie and promised to teach her magic and flight. He asked Chuan Lüzi to let him train both girls in ninjutsu, but her instinctive refusal revealed her belief that girls were destined to serve others.

• Miemie told Uchiha Chen she wanted to fly and learn magic, and he promised to teach her.
• Chuan Lüzi treated Uchiha Chen with formal deference after learning he was a shinobi, despite his attempts to make her act naturally.
• Uchiha Chen asked Chuan Lüzi to let him take both girls as apprentices and teach them ninjutsu.
• Chuan Lüzi refused, then apologized for speaking out of turn and said girls would have to serve someone someday.
• Uchiha Chen covered Miemie's eyes and declared that his apprentices would reach the pinnacle of the Ninja World.

Chuan Lüzi pleaded with Uchiha Chen to leave her daughters out of the ninja world, provoking his anger and exposing a painful memory. When Chen turned to leave, Miao Miao defended her mother, and her small act of courage softened him.

• Chuan Lüzi begged Uchiha Chen not to make Miao Miao and Miemie his disciples, saying she wanted their family to stay together.
• Uchiha Chen put Miemie to sleep with genjutsu and pressured Chuan Lüzi, who continued pleading for her daughters despite her fear.
• Chen recalled someone who had once loved him deeply and died before he could reveal his feelings.
• Chen withdrew his pressure and started to leave after deciding not to force the apprenticeship.
• Miao Miao ran to protect Chuan Lüzi, hit Chen's knees, and called him a bad uncle.
• Chen was amused by Miao Miao, praised her strength, picked her up, and kissed her cheek.

Uchiha Chen persuaded Chuan Lüzi to let him teach Miao Miao and Miemie ninjutsu by appealing to Miao Miao’s excitement and love for her mother. Chuan Lüzi reluctantly agreed, while Chen promised the girls would be safe as his disciples.

• Miao Miao asked Chen not to bully her mother, and Chuan Lüzi pretended that she and Chen had only been discussing something.
• Chen asked Miao Miao if she wanted to learn ninjutsu, and she eagerly agreed before learning that her mother opposed it.
• Miao Miao pleaded with Chuan Lüzi to let her learn, and Chuan Lüzi relented when she saw how much the girl wanted it.
• Miao Miao tried to comfort her tearful mother by offering to have Chen teach her ninjutsu too, making Chuan Lüzi laugh.
• Chuan Lüzi agreed to let Chen teach the two little girls, and Chen assured her that they would be safe with him.

Unable to sleep on his first night in the era, Uchiha Chen spoke with Chuan Lüzi about his plans for her daughters, Miao Miao and Miemie. He insisted they would train under him and eventually travel the Ninja World, leaving Chuan Lüzi worried about their future.

• Chen sent Miemie back to bed with Chuan Lüzi and said he would begin training both girls the next morning.
• After everyone finished eating, Chen dismissed Chuan Lüzi and lay awake reflecting on the strange differences between this era and his own.
• Chen went outside to look at the moon and think about the powerful person sealed within it.
• Chuan Lüzi joined Chen on the veranda, and he apologized for what had happened and told her to call him by his name.
• Chen told Chuan Lüzi he planned to take Miao Miao and Miemie traveling once they learned to control their Chakra, while she pleaded to keep them home longer.

Uchiha Chen convinced Chuan Lüzi that her daughters would be safer leaving with him once they learned to mold chakra, and she agreed to entrust them to him. The next morning, Miao Miao and Miemie tried to prank Chen, but he startled them and caught Miao Miao afterward.

• Uchiha Chen warned Chuan Lüzi that war could reach the village and that her daughters would be safer traveling with him.
• Chuan Lüzi agreed to entrust Miao Miao and Miemie to Chen, though they would remain in the village for now while they learned to mold chakra.
• Chen pretended to be asleep when Miao Miao and Miemie crept into his room the next morning.
• Chen startled the girls, making them cry, then learned Miao Miao had planned the prank because she thought he had broken his promise to teach them.
• Chen caught Miao Miao as she tried to flee and pinched her cheeks.

Uchiha Chen began teaching Miao Miao and Miemie how to refine Chakra and demonstrated its power. Miao Miao quickly succeeded on her first attempt, revealing that she had an astonishing amount of talent.

• Uchiha Chen teased Miao Miao, then took her and Miemie to breakfast before bringing them to the courtyard.
• Chen explained what ninjas were and taught the girls about Chakra, demonstrating his own power by punching through a tree trunk.
• Chen passed the girls a Chakra-refinement method, and they sat down to try it while he rested and drank Pulse to ease his injuries.
• Miao Miao announced that she had found the feeling of Chakra, and Chen sensed that she had already refined about a Genin's worth.
• Chen marveled at Miao Miao's talent and turned expectantly toward Miemie to see whether she had succeeded too.

Chen comforted Miemie when she struggled to refine Chakra, then gave her diluted Pulse to help make up for her lack of energy. Miao Miao also tasted the drink, but Chen refused to give either girl more.

• Miemie grew anxious when she could not refine Chakra, and Chen comforted her by telling her not to compare herself with Miao Miao.
• Chen realized Miemie’s young age and limited physical and spiritual energy were holding her back, so he gave her a cup of diluted Pulse.
• Miemie mistook the Pulse for sweet sugar water and asked Chen for more, but he refused.
• Miao Miao smelled the Pulse, accused Chen of keeping treats from her, and demanded a cup of her own.
• Miemie offered Miao Miao her stuffed puppy to calm her, but Chen reassured her and gave Miao Miao another cup of diluted Pulse.
• Miao Miao drank the cup and asked for more, but Chen refused both girls.