Chapter Summaries

Teuchi spent his money opening jars in search of the final pieces of several recipes, while Tsunade invited Shen Mo to stay the night before leaving. After Naruto and Sakura went home, Sasuke stayed behind and Shen Mo confronted a group of figures who had been following him.

• Teuchi bought more jars and, after running out of money, hurried home to fetch enough for twelve more sets and a Member Badge.
• Tsunade invited Shen Mo to stay at her place, but left when he joked about her charging him rent.
• Sakura corrected Naruto after he called Tsunade his big sister, explaining that Tsunade was over fifty and the granddaughter of the First Hokage.
• Naruto and Sakura headed home, while Sasuke stayed at Ichiraku Ramen to look around.
• Shen Mo addressed the people hiding in the shadows, and seven or eight figures emerged on the deserted street.

Shen Mo faced an Anbu squad that tried to seize him, while Sasuke watched and longed for the power to become stronger. After the Anbu attacked, Shen Mo repelled them with a protective talisman and unleashed Dragon Might, leaving everyone collapsed in fear.

• Anbu ninja confronted Shen Mo outside Ichiraku Ramen and demanded that he come with them, while Sasuke realized they had targeted the mysterious merchant.
• Shen Mo refused to be intimidated, and an Anbu ninja's strike bounced off the pale-golden barrier of his Adamantine Talisman.
• The Root captain accused Shen Mo of sneaking into Konoha and ordered the squad to kill him if he resisted.
• The Anbu ninja attacked Shen Mo with sand, weapons, and ninjutsu, but his barrier protected him from every assault.
• Shen Mo released Dragon Might, and its Golden Eyes overwhelmed Sasuke and the Anbu, forcing them to collapse and bow their heads.

Shen Mo used Dragon Might to overwhelm the ANBU and Sasuke, alarming the Third Hokage, who summoned Danzo. Teuchi arrived with his savings to buy chests, and Shen Mo explained that he could also trade valuable food and recipes for jars.

• Shen Mo’s Dragon Might reached Hiruzen Sarutobi through the Far-Sight Technique, shattering the crystal ball and prompting Hiruzen to summon Danzo.
• Shen Mo reduced the Dragon Might and flung the immobilized ANBU into a nearby alley, while Sasuke struggled to stand and feared the power he had witnessed.
• Teuchi returned with his belongings, and Shen Mo welcomed him into the shop to discuss buying jars.
• Teuchi offered twelve million and asked to buy the remaining twelve sets of Level 1 Chests and one set of Level 2 Chests.
• Shen Mo told Teuchi that he could trade valuable dishes and recipes for jars, encouraging him to develop his cooking and earn more chests.

Shen Mo weighed the cost of staying powerful enough to deter Konoha and agreed to visit Sasuke’s home to see what he could trade for strength. After Teuchi became a member, Shen Mo left Ichiraku with Sasuke, whose desire for power and revenge had intensified.

• Shen Mo concluded that he needed to keep twenty million Trading Points in reserve to protect his image of invincibility and avoid costly fights.
• Sasuke told Shen Mo he wanted power to kill someone, and Shen Mo agreed to assess the money and other valuables at Sasuke’s home in exchange for goods.
• Teuchi opened another Level 2 Chest and found edamame, then received a Member Badge from Shen Mo.
• Shen Mo left Ichiraku Ramen with Sasuke, who watched him with feverish desire.

Shen Mo encouraged Sasuke to think beyond simply pursuing strength and showed him the countless powers that might be found in the Jars. Sasuke became eager to open Jars and gain power to confront his older brother, while Shen Mo privately knew he controlled the probabilities.

• Shen Mo warned Sasuke that the Jars varied in value and asked him to consider what kind of strength he wanted.
• Sasuke admitted he had not chosen a direction, and Shen Mo explained that luck could matter more than spending or talent.
• Shen Mo described the God Tongue and tapped Sasuke between the brows, showing him visions of powers from other worlds.
• Sasuke grew excited about the possibilities and declared that he would open powerful strength to face his older brother.
• Shen Mo followed Sasuke while carrying the drowsy Hikari, noticed the Anbu ninja were gone, and wondered how the Third Hokage and Danzo would react.

Hiruzen Sarutobi confronted Danzo over his order to test the mysterious merchant, whose overwhelming presence had terrified Ippei and unsettled the Hokage. Hiruzen wanted Danzo to take responsibility and avoid further conflict, but Danzo left resentful and began considering how the Akatsuki Organization might be involved.

• Danzo waited outside the Hokage's Office until Ippei arrived, then entered after Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned them.
• Hiruzen questioned Danzo about ordering Ippei to test the mysterious merchant, and Danzo argued that Hiruzen had prompted him to interfere.
• Ippei described losing consciousness from the merchant's terrifying presence, and Hiruzen judged that the man's strength surpassed the First Hokage's.
• Hiruzen asked Danzo to take responsibility for the conflict and avoid provoking the merchant, especially because Tsunade had returned.
• Danzo left in anger and considered whether the Akatsuki Organization might be interested in the merchant, thinking of Itachi Uchiha.

Shen Mo assessed the hidden Uchiha Clan cache and told Sasuke it was worth about two hundred million, enough to trade for jars. After Sasuke asked Shen Mo to choose a power suited to defeating Itachi, Shen Mo recommended Swordsmanship, and Sasuke chose it as two hundred Level 1 Chests appeared.

• Shen Mo followed Sasuke to the abandoned Uchiha Clan district, where Sasuke revealed a concealed underground supply cache.
• Shen Mo valued the cache’s money, weapons, precious metals, and Ninjutsu scrolls at about two hundred million.
• Sasuke decided to exchange everything for jars and asked Shen Mo to choose a series that would help him take revenge.
• After Sasuke described Itachi as exceptional in Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, and Genjutsu, Shen Mo recommended Swordsmanship.
• Sasuke chose Swordsmanship, and Shen Mo produced two hundred Level 1 Chests.

Sasuke opened the Swordsmanship Series jars and discovered sword techniques and other items that helped him grow stronger. After seeing a battle scene featuring Ximen Chuixue, he became fascinated with the sword god and asked Shen Mo about him.

• Sasuke asked Shen Mo about the Level 2 Chests, and Shen Mo revealed three hundred and eighty of them.
• Sasuke opened his first jar and received an Inheritance Aura containing the First Four Forms of Songfeng Swordplay, which he absorbed.
• Sasuke opened a jar containing one hundred thousand in cash, then continued opening jars and finding sword-related items.
• Sasuke opened the one hundred and twenty-second jar and saw a battle scene featuring the high-martial Ximen Chuixue.
• Sasuke imitated Ximen Chuixue's sword stance and asked Shen Mo about him, then shouted in disbelief when Shen Mo described his family and decent character.

Sasuke questioned the meaning of swordsmanship until Shen Mo let him use an Experience Jade to experience the true Ruthless Sword. The experience nearly stripped away Sasuke’s humanity, and Shen Mo left him warned that this path was not suited to him.

• Sasuke asked whether killing anyone who obstructed his revenge meant he had achieved the Ruthless Sword, and Shen Mo told him he still had much to learn.
• Sasuke opened the 194th Jar and found an Experience Jade that Shen Mo said could let him experience the true Ruthless Sword.
• Sasuke pressed the jade to his forehead and entered a realm where he felt only the sword, with neither emotion nor hatred.
• Shen Mo shouted Sasuke back from the realm, and Sasuke collapsed, shaken by how close he had come to losing himself.
• Shen Mo explained that the Ruthless Sword demanded loyalty to the sword over people and warned Sasuke that he was unsuited to it.

After the Ruthless Sword Intent enslaved Sasuke, Shen Mo explained that swordsmanship depended on aptitude and encouraged him to seek a Sword Body in the chests. Sasuke opened chests until he found a rare Skill Orb, whose contents remained unrevealed.

• Sasuke recovered from being enslaved by the Ruthless Sword Intent, and Shen Mo explained that resistance and emotion had made him unsuitable for that path.
• Shen Mo told Sasuke that Sword Bodies improved swordsmanship and could be obtained from chests, then described the rare Heavy Sword Embryo Body and stronger Sword Bodies in Level 3 Chests.
• Sasuke eagerly continued opening chests, and Shen Mo secretly replaced the planned grand prize with a more valuable one.
• After opening chests through the night, Sasuke reached the final twelve and obtained a rare Swordsmanship Skill Orb.
• Shen Mo explained that Skill Orbs contained techniques created by powerful Sword Masters, which Sasuke could learn without first comprehending sword intent.

Sasuke obtained the Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens sword technique from Shen Mo’s Jars and became determined to grow stronger. After joining Shen Mo’s group, Sasuke decided to leave his ninja team and challenge Kakashi, while Shen Mo followed to watch.

• Sasuke touched the Skill Orb and learned Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens, a powerful sword technique created by Ye Gucheng.
• Sasuke told Shen Mo about the skill, and Shen Mo explained that Ye Gucheng had died fighting his rival Ximen Chuixue.
• Sasuke opened the rest of his Jars, recognized how much his strength and circumstances had changed, and asked Shen Mo who he was and why he sold Jars.
• Shen Mo gave Sasuke a Badge, and Sasuke tucked it away before they left the basement at dawn.
• Sasuke decided to leave his ninja team so he could seek battle and improve his Swordsmanship, then set off to find Kakashi.
• Shen Mo followed Sasuke to watch him and see how others reacted to his newfound strength.

Shen Mo bought and strengthened Telekinesis with his Trading Points, raising his power to around the level of a weaker Kage. At Team 7's meeting place, Hiruzen Sarutobi came to apologize and meet him, and Shen Mo used the opportunity to bring up Sasuke's wish to leave the team.

• Shen Mo spent four million Trading Points to acquire Tatsumaki's little sister's Telekinesis and used five million more to strengthen it.
• Shen Mo arrived late with Sasuke at Team 7's meeting place, where Kakashi and the others were waiting.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade arrived, and Hiruzen explained that the incident the previous night had resulted from a subordinate acting on his own.
• Shen Mo told Sasuke that Hiruzen was there and could approve Sasuke's request to leave Team 7.

Sasuke asked to leave Team 7 because he believed his new strength had outgrown Naruto and Sakura, so Hiruzen Sarutobi required him to prove it by fighting Kakashi. Sasuke and Kakashi took their positions for the match, with Sasuke warning Kakashi about his sword, Green Edge.

• Sasuke told Hiruzen Sarutobi that Naruto and Sakura could no longer keep pace with him and again requested to leave the team.
• Naruto attacked Sasuke, but Sasuke effortlessly dodged him and tossed him toward Kakashi.
• Tsunade realized Sasuke had bought Jars from Shen Mo, and Sasuke confirmed that he had changed overnight.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi told Sasuke to defeat Kakashi in a match to prove he no longer needed a team, and Sasuke readily agreed.
• Sasuke and Kakashi took their positions, and Sasuke introduced his sword, Green Edge, and warned Kakashi of its sharpness.

Sasuke used the swordsmanship, strength, and experience he had gained from Shen Mo’s jars to fight Kakashi on nearly even terms, surprising the spectators. He declared that he would win and considered using his remaining trump card, while Kakashi had yet to use ninjutsu.

• Sasuke and Kakashi began their duel after the Third Hokage gave the signal.
• Kakashi launched a swift opening attack, but Sasuke blocked his kunai with a broad sword and showed strength near a Jonin’s level.
• Sasuke attacked with skilled swordplay, and Shen Mo explained that his jars had come from a battle-focused series.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi and Tsunade were astonished by Sasuke’s strength and sword experience, while Naruto urged Kakashi to defeat him.
• Kakashi kicked Sasuke back with Shadow Leaf Dance, but Sasuke remained excited and insisted he would win.
• Sasuke thought of taking revenge on Itachi Uchiha, while Shen Mo noted that Kakashi had not yet used ninjutsu.

Kakashi pushed Sasuke to confront the gap between his strength and Itachi Uchiha’s, then revealed his Sharingan and tested him in a life-or-death battle. Sasuke appeared to catch Kakashi with a sword, but Kakashi’s clone seized his leg from underground.

• Kakashi warned Sasuke that leaving the squad to seek revenge on Itachi Uchiha would get him killed.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi recounted Kakashi’s exceptional career and urged him to take the fight seriously.
• Kakashi revealed his Sharingan and told Sasuke to treat him as his most hated enemy.
• Sasuke used Seven Star Steps to attack Kakashi and placed his sword at Kakashi’s neck.
• Kakashi revealed that Sasuke had targeted a clone and used the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique to seize his leg from underground.

Kakashi overwhelmed Sasuke in their fight, but Sasuke unleashed the uncontrollable Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens and nearly collided with Kakashi’s Chidori. Shen Mo stopped them at the last moment, restored Sasuke, and declared him the clear loser.

• Kakashi broke Sasuke’s defenses with his Sharingan, Genjutsu, and relentless attacks, warning him that seeking out Itachi Uchiha would mean walking into death.
• Sasuke remembered Shen Mo’s words about Sword Intent and used Gale Quick Sword to force Kakashi back.
• Sasuke awakened the Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens, and his sword strike collided with Kakashi’s Chidori as Hiruzen Sarutobi realized Sasuke might not survive.
• Shen Mo froze Sasuke and Kakashi in midair, erased their attacks, and safely set Sasuke down.
• Shen Mo restored Sasuke’s Chakra and injuries, then told him he had lost the battle completely.

After Sasuke lost to Kakashi, Shen Mo warned him that Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens could have killed him and recommended jars that granted combat experience. Naruto wanted to buy jars too, and Shen Mo explained that transactions could use anything of value, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi staring at the All-Knowing All-Seeing Eye.

• Sasuke admitted defeat, and Shen Mo explained that Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens could have left Sasuke dead or badly injured.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi helped Sasuke up and told him he still had much to learn from Kakashi.
• Shen Mo recommended Battle Experience Series jars, claiming they could grant combat experience and techniques.
• Naruto asked to buy jars, but Sasuke challenged whether he had the money and revealed he had spent two hundred million.
• Shen Mo told Tsunade that transactions could use anything of value and revealed the All-Knowing All-Seeing Eye to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi.

Shen Mo identified Kakashi and Naruto as valuable customers and offered to trade their abilities and Chakra for chests. Naruto chose to pursue his dream of becoming Hokage and protecting the village, prompting Shen Mo to introduce a hero.

• Shen Mo scanned Kakashi and revealed that he knew 1,121 Ninjutsu, then offered to buy his knowledge and sell him chests.
• Shen Mo scanned Naruto and said his Chakra could be worth around two million Trading Points, enough for forty Level 1 Chests.
• Shen Mo assured Hiruzen Sarutobi that trading Naruto's Chakra would not harm him, and Naruto agreed to sell it.
• Shen Mo asked Naruto what fate he wanted to change, and Naruto declared that he wanted to become Hokage and protect the village.
• Shen Mo began introducing a hero to Naruto, showing light and shadow accompanied by sound.

Shen Mo showed Naruto and the others images of heroes from other worlds, including All Might, rescuing people and protecting cities. Naruto vowed to become a hero who could protect Konoha, while the others were moved by the displays.

• Shen Mo showed Naruto a three-dimensional scene of All Might arriving at a burning disaster and rescuing everyone without further casualties.
• Shen Mo explained that All Might's smile inspired trust, and Naruto cheered as he watched him save people.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered whether he gave the people of Konoha the same confidence as All Might.
• Shen Mo showed more heroes, including a man freezing a lake to extinguish a fire and a bald man shattering a meteor with one punch.
• Naruto declared that he wanted to become a hero like them and protect Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke were also moved.

Shen Mo persuaded Naruto to choose Strength Chests by showing him heroes who relied on overwhelming physical power. Naruto agreed to open forty Level 1 Chests, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Kakashi watched with interest.

• Shen Mo explained that heroes needed strength and a dependable image, and Naruto guessed that heroes had muscular bodies.
• Shen Mo recommended Strength Chests and showed the group images of Saitama defeating powerful enemies with his fists.
• Naruto chose Strength Chests, and Hiruzen Sarutobi accepted that choice without objecting.
• Shen Mo produced forty Level 1 Chests for Naruto and said he would collect payment later.
• Tsunade and Sasuke warned that Level 1 Chests rarely contained powerful items, while Shen Mo encouraged Naruto to open them with hope.